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Google officially announced their new Android phone, Nexus One, manufactured by HTC. It comes with a 3.7-inch touchscreen, 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, GPS, 802.11n Wi-Fi support, digital compass, accelerometer, light and proximity sensor, 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, 3.5mm headphone jack, and a multicolored status alerting trackball.

Google Nexus One runs on Android 2.1, which features a new API that will give developers access to the Android 3D framework.

Google Nexus One is now available SIM-free and unlocked for $529 in the UK, Singapore and Hong Kong and US. In the US you can buy it with a T-Mobile plan for only $179.

In Spring 2010, Nexus One will also be offered through Verizon Wireless in the US and from Vodafone in Europe.

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Motorola is getting ready to launch its own Android application store, called SHOP4APPS. SHOP4APPS is accessible both from a Web browser and from a free mobile client called MotoAppstore (still in the testing phase).

The upcoming Android app store will feature a MyLocker section (where you can check your download history), automatic notifications when new versions of the applications are launched, and the ability to re-download/transfer apps.

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Orange will launch its own application store this month. At first, the Orange App Store will be filled with 2,000 games, 500 applications and ringtones, and wallpapers for some Java-enabled phones. The App Store will become available on Android and BlackBerry devices during the first quarter of next year. Symbian and possibly WinMo phones will also be supported in the future.

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Nokia plans to reduce the amount of S40 devices that it releases and increase the percentage of smartphones in its portfolio. Both platforms currently utilized by the Finnish company (Symbian and Maemo) are planned to increase their share. Nokia plans major renewal of the aging Symbian UI and the launch of the first Maemo 6 device in the second half of 2010.

Nokia expects the amount of mobile phones sold in 2010 to be 10% higher, compared to 2009. The company expects to maintain its market share of 38% throughout the next year but admits that the average selling price of its devices will decrease.

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Nokia has just announced the availability of Qt 4.6, the newest version of its cross-platform application and UI framework. Qt 4.6 comes with many new features, as well as with support for more platforms: Symbian, Windows 7, Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard and the yet-to-come Maemo 6. Support for Maemo 5 should come soon, too.

Qt 4.6 also adds support for multi-touch and gestures, and offers new graphical capabilities. There are also performance improvements, thanks to a re-written Qt GraphicsView rendering algorithm, 2D vector graphic support, a new OpenGL paint engine and new DirectFB support.

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Embalze has officially announced First Else, a phone “built from scratch” over the last two years and now powered by Access Linux Platform (ALP) 3.0, which is LiMo compliant and has support for classic Palm OS and Java apps. But on top of ALP, ELSE Mobile have put a new UI called ELSE Intuition.

Powered by the TI OMAP 3430 platform the First Else will share the same CPU and graphics accelerator with devices such as the iPhone 3GS, Nokia N900 and Samsung i8910 Omnia HD. The handset packs an impressive 3.5″ capacitive LCD touchscreen display with a resolution of 854 x 480 pixels.

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Samsung announced its own smartphone OS. The Samsung bada open mobile OS will be launched in December this year, when a SDK is planned to be made available. It is expected to gradually replace Symbian and WinMo in Samsung’s smartphone portfolio.

Samsung bada is described as being simple for developers to use and having a ground-breaking UI. Samsung is also promising bada will support a rigorous application ecosystem—seemingly powered by Samsung’s Application Store—so users can enhance and customize the functionality of their devices.

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AdMob announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Google for $750 million. This is really impressive given the shaky mobile advertising business.

Read more: www.admob.com/google

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Verizon Wireless launches its first two Android-powered smartphones: Motorola Droid and HTC Droid Eris. Motorola Droid is the first Android smartphone to feature the version 2.0 platform. A successful launch is regarded by many as critical to Motorola’s future success, as the company attempts to regain market share.

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Nokia release a new ApiBridge component which enables developers to simplify development and extend the features of Web Runtime widgets by using various capabilities of Symbian OS. The capabilities available include:

• Uploading files.
• Capturing video, image, and audio.
• Reading files.
• Resizing images.
• Creating image thumbnail.
• Using the logging service.
• Using the location service.
• Using the media management Service

http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.com/id/d697a64f-ddae-4937-8151-be157b542d26/ApiBridge.html

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