Nokia E7, Brother N8 with Qwerty Slide Keypad

After the Nokia N900 and N97 Mini, Nokia again presents a stylish smartphone form factor combined with a qwerty keypad slides. With a first name E-Series, the smart phone is targeting businesspeople. This is the Nokia E7.

From its stylish and unique, Nokia E7 Communicator, we would immediately think that this is a version of the Nokia N8 with a qwerty keypad. Unfortunately, unlike his brother, he was not provided by 12-megapixel camera, but only 8 megapixels.

Tuesday (14/12/2010), this phone is so comfortable. Feels heavy and solid in her stainless steel cover silvernya. Not only comes with one color, E7 also has a black, blue and orange.

Armed with 4 inch screen sense the phone is still similar to the Nokia N8. But he offers office applications are supported on the Go USB connection and an HDMI port. On this occasion, we had time to do testing with data input power point.

It did not take long, Nokia E7 directly medeteksinya. Users can simply edit as necessary, before direct broadcast via the HDMI port. Also very practical way, users who are familiar with Nokia phones would not take long to adapt.

Viewed applications in it, this handset has several applications pre-installed with productivity functions such as: Vligo, F-Secure, Quick Office and World Traveler. Not only that he also comes pre-installed business applications such as: Microsoft Communicator Mobile and Joiku Spot.

Unfortunately, the time given Nokia is very limited for this product menajajal deeper. In addition, Nokia also not sure how much prices need to be redeemed to bring home this phone, so just wait presence in the market began to First Quarter 2011 (Penyamun Code).

Here are the specifications of the Nokia E7:
- OS: Symbian ^ 3
- Dimensions: 123.7 x 62.4 x 13.6 mm
- Weight: 176 grams
- Display: 4 inch AMOLED capacitive
- Memory: 16 GB mass memory / RAM 256
- Camera: 8 megapixels, dual LED flash

Cisco Aims Skype

Cisco reportedly interested in buying the company's VoIP service provider, Skype before the company doing an IPO. Rumors are disclosed internal source Skype, Cisco completed the initial mention of the company.

Techcrunch, Tuesday (31/08/2010), Flip Video Cisco reported, if the rumor is the case then it is expected to benefit both companies. EBay purchased Skype in 2005 worth $ 2, 6 billion was expected to boost the number of access of the auction site.

Unfortunately, the way eBay is failing to integrate voice services. In 2009, eBay began considering an IPO for Skype as a way for Skype to become more independent. But, once again planned IPO was stopped because of a lawsuit from the founders of Skype who still have part of Skype

Founder finally, got way out with menspin-off Skype. Some investors also bought a majority stake in the company, with eBay still has about a third of Skype.

Currently, Skype is rumored to be doing an IPO. Skype estimated value of USD 5 billion range. If Cisco's interest, the possibility its value will be in that range.
With the purchase of Skype, it is expected that Cisco will be able to offer complete communications solutions for the enterprise segment.

Sony Develops Mobile Platform Open Source

Sony announced plans to provide a mobile development platform based on open source version of Apple's OPENSTEP and technology called Cocoa.

Sony project plan itself is referred to as SNAP (Sony Networked Application Platform), Gadget Fighter - which is expected to provide advantage for the open source community to provide an alternative to Apple's Cocoa Touch.

As a starting point, Sony took the GNUstep code of an existing project that originated as the implementation of the OPENSTEP, the basis for Apple's Cocoa in Mac OS X and IOS. GNUstep Objective-C language and implement the same in similar (but not identical). This code is used to make existing software on the iPhone, iPod Touch and IPAD.

Reported by Apple Insider, Monday (23/11/2010), Sony's intention to use open source platform to compete against Apple in the mobile device arena, rather than using the existing alternatives such as Android-based Java, JavaME, and BlackBerry OS, or Microsoft Windows-based Silverlight 7 Phone.

This development also, because Sony is not interested in pinning eberapa version of Adobe Flash Lite, Flash web plugin, or Flash Water

Before bringing the technology to Apple acquired NeXT in 1997 by Steve Jobs, NeXT create advanced UNIX operating system using an advanced, object-oriented development framework that makes building applications easier.

Named NeXTSTEP, this package is widely used by investment banks and security agencies to create custom applications, and famous used to build the first web server and the client browser.