Nokia has unveiled the N82, billed as what cameras have become: a leading-edge connected camera, navigation device and multimedia computer in one. Announced 14th November 2007 from Espoo, it's optimised for photography, navigation and internet connectivity in a single handset.
These official Nokia N82 press photos definitely look better than the earlier leaked shots. You can see them here, with the official announcement now just 18 more hours away from the time of this post. The wait is nearly over.
This isn't an advert; it's my mom's company. I'm using my traffic to help search engines crawl First Food Industries Pte Ltd. For the record, my mom is one of two agents distributing Glico products in Singapore.
Happy 23rd birthday, my dear! This is the fifth birthday I've celebrated with you. I didn't do or buy anything this year as I'm buried in CS3214, but I promise to make it up after my exams.
The Nokia N82 goes on sale around January 2008, with the announcement expected next Tuesday or Wednesday and a recommended retail price of S$998. To recap the specs: 112 by 50.2 by 17.3mm, 120g, and a 2.4-inch QVGA 16-million-colour display.
Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured web browser that makes browsing more efficient than ever. Firefox 3.0 Beta 1 includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated Google search and simplified privacy controls to help you cover your tracks.
Microsoft has enabled @live.xx signups, so grab yours now, whether a local domain like @live.co.uk or @live.com itself. Confirmed available aliases so far span many countries, including Argentina, Australia, Austria and Belgium, with more domains expected to follow.
Woot, I've applied! The School of Computing is offering a new 4-MC Facebook Programming module next semester, CS3216: Software Development on Evolving Platforms. It's a chance to be part of this new global internet phenomenon.
Seriously, what is wrong with Singapore? Over ten people have offered to pay a student hacker's fine, though he isn't even Singaporean. I don't care about his background; he committed a crime and should be responsible for it.
Epic and Midway have announced that Unreal Tournament 3 for PC has gone to gold master. Developed by the team behind the acclaimed Gears of War, UT3 is currently scheduled to ship in North America soon, much to fans' delight.
Live shots of the Nokia N82 have surfaced. Rumoured specs include quad-band GSM, UMTS and HSDPA, a 5-megapixel Carl Zeiss autofocus camera with real Xenon flash, VGA video capture, a 2.4-inch QVGA screen, built-in GPS, FM radio, TV-out and Wi-Fi.
Today, 24th October 2007, marks our third year together. We celebrated early instead of on the actual date, due to night class later. We had a buffet dinner at Carnivore at CHIJMES last Friday.
Nokia's N81 and N81 8GB multimedia computers are now shipping globally. Designed for the best in music and gaming, these devices promise mobile entertainment on the move, so boredom should be a thing of the past.
Microsoft has created MinWin, a stripped-down version of the Windows core that will sit at the heart of future Windows products, starting with Windows 7, due in 2010. The team has spent years reducing the dependencies tangled within Windows.
I'm not sure if you've noticed, but there's a site called Nokia Beta Labs hosting several nice S60 applications made by Nokia themselves. I only discovered it via Engadget, discussing one of its S60 apps.
What could top Capcom reviving Bionic Commando? Street Fighter 4! GamesRadar reports from Capcom's Gamer's Day in London that the fourth game in the series is officially confirmed. A stylised trailer of Ken and Ryu fighting was shown.
At the Symbian Smartphone Show today, Nokia showed S60 running with a touch interface. It supports both finger and stylus input, full multilingual support and tactile haptic feedback, and remains backwardly compatible with the existing S60 platform.
The stunning Nokia N95 8GB made its global shipping debut today, 15th October 2007. This power-packed, memory-loaded multimedia computer is the big brother of the original Nokia N95, doubling down on storage for media on the move.
In case you haven't heard, the Unreal Tournament 3 demo is out, available at FilePlanet, 3D Gamers or your friendly neighbourhood torrent sites. I tried it on my P4 3.2GHz with an ATI X800 XT, but it crawled.
James Wong will write and direct the upcoming Dragon Ball movie, set to begin production this November up in Canada. Wong previously directed Final Destination 1 and 3 and Jet Li's The One, with writing credits on those films too.
I love Adam Sandler comedies, and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry is no exception, hilarious in a gay-themed way given its plot. I recommend it to anyone wanting a good laugh; I just really enjoyed the whole thing.
Rumoured upcoming Nokia phones: a 6233/6300 successor with a 3.2MP camera, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, LED flash, 3G and a front video cam in a conservative metal design. The N78 is a cheap candybar replacing the N73.