August 2009 Roundup
Monday, August 31st, 2009
August 2009 was a quiet month for new releases, but there were a number of significant announcements from Nokia.
Archive for August, 2009
Nokia N900
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Nokia have redefined what to expect from a high-end phone with the new Nokia N900 Internet tablet, Nokia's first phone running Linux.
Nokia 5230
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
Another touchscreen phone from Nokia, but this time the Nokia 5230 concentrates on packing as many features in as it can while keeping the cost down.
EA Mobile Launches Major Franchises on BlackBerry App World
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
EA Mobile today announced eight new titles available on BlackBerry App World including globally renowned mobile titles: Bejeweled, Need for Speed Undercover, RISK, SCRABBLE (in the US and Canada only), Tetris, Tetris Mania, The Sims 3, and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR.
“We are excited to bring some of EA Mobile’s most popular franchises to the BlackBerry App World where BlackBerry customers can easily download them from one location,” said Adam Sussman, VP Worldwide Publishing for EA Mobile. “We look for the BlackBerry App World to become an important channel for EA Mobile, providing convenient access of our great games to BlackBerry customers everywhere.”
[via mobilecrunch]
LG Arena Hits One Million Sales
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009LG announced today that its LG ARENA (LG-KM900) multimedia phone has exceeded one million sales worldwide. The ARENA reached the milestone in five months after debuting at the Mobile World Congress 2009 in February. The camera phone is currently being sold in 53 countries across the globe and is seeing intense interest and orders from new carriers in France, Portugal, Romania and other countries.
“We live in an age when mobile phones are tools for entertaining and staying connected to the world. The ARENA was developed to draw on this trend and LG has reached the pinnacle in terms of functionality and user convenience, which has been reflected in consumer uptake,” said Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “Considering the swift sales success of the ARENA it is true that real innovation comes from customers, so we will keep going out of our way to gain their insights and reflect their needs in our products.”
The LG ARENA packs Dolby and DivX technologies to provide an outstanding audiovisual experience. Moreover, LG’s 3D S-Class UI, which was unveiled with the ARENA, enables users to navigate and access content easier. The phone picked up a Gold iF Design Communication Award in June for its intuitive and superior 3D S-Class user interface. In August, ARENA was awarded the European Green Mobile Phone 2009-2010 by the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) for its sustainable components and packaging