Nokia today unveiled the Nokia N97, the world’s most advanced mobile computer, which will transform the way people connect to the Internet and to each other. Nokia N97 combines a large 3.5″ touch display with a full QWERTY keyboard, providing an ‘always open’ window to favorite social networking sites and Internet destinations.

The Nokia N97 supports up to 48 GB of storage, including 32 GB of on-board memory, expandable with a 16 GB microSD card for music, media and more. This is complemented by excellent music capabilities, full support for the Nokia Music Store and continuous playback time of up to 1.5 days. The Nokia N97 also has a 5-Megapixel camera with high-quality Carl Zeiss optics, 16:9 and DVD quality video capture, and support for services like Share on Ovi for immediate sharing over HSDPA and WLAN. Read more »

As part of mynokia.in promotional offer, there is a chance of getting Nokia E71.

You can win this cool Nokia E71, if you do the following 3 steps

Register at http://mynokia.in Add 100+ friends in your network Send one SMS: mn [Phone Model] 9740063021 to 55555 (eg: mn N73 9740063021 to 55555) Steps to be followed while sending the message 1. Create new text message 2. Write: mn [Phone Model] 9740063021 3. Send it to 55555 4. You will get a confirmation sms from MyNokia Conditions The contest starts today, 22nd September 2008 and will be for a durationof 1 week (end date: 29th September 2008) Nokia India employees are not eligible for the contest It’s an individual event If more members have 100+ friends, top one will be considered as winner

More details can be located here 

MyNokia is a free service for Nokia owners, which helps you to get the most out of your Nokia. By registering for MyNokia you can receive regular communications that include tips & tricks specific to your phone, great offers, competitions and more. You can choose how you receive these communications, directly to your phone and/or via email. You will also be able to log-in to your own personalized My Nokia web page (and in some markets a personalized mobile page). You will also receive information on new device models through My Nokia.

How to register?

Send SMS to 55555 with following text

mn <phone model> 9740063021

eg:- if you have N73 model, you should send sms to 55555 with the following message

mn N73 9740063021

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Google has launched the Android Developer Challenge, which will provide $10 million in awards for great mobile apps built on the Android platform.

The award money will be distributed equally between two Android Developer Challenges:

• Android Developer Challenge I: Google will accept submissions from January 2 through March 3, 2008
• Android Developer Challenge II: This part will launch after the first handsets built on the platform become available in the second half of 2008

In the Android Developer Challenge I, the 50 most promising entries received by March 3 will each receive a $25,000 award to fund further development. Those selected will then be eligible for even greater recognition via ten $275,000 awards and ten $100,000 awards.

What is Android ?

Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications. This early look at the Android SDK provides the tools and APIs necessary to begin developing applications on the Android platform using the Java programming language.

Features

• Application framework enabling reuse and replacement of components
• Dalvik virtual machine optimized for mobile devices
• Integrated browser based on the open source WebKit engine
• Optimized graphics powered by a custom 2D graphics library; 3D graphics based on the OpenGL ES 1.0 specification (hardware acceleration optional)
• SQLite for structured data storage
• Media support for common audio, video, and still image formats (MPEG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG, GIF)
• GSM Telephony (hardware dependent)
• Bluetooth, EDGE, 3G, and WiFi (hardware dependent)
• Camera, GPS, compass, and accelerometer (hardware dependent)
• Rich development environment including a device emulator, tools for debugging, memory and performance profiling, and a plugin for the Eclipse IDE

Android will ship with a set of core applications including an email client, SMS program, calendar, maps, browser, contacts, and others. All applications are written using the Java programming language. Read more »

Nokmote allow you to control your N95 by detecting the movement of the phone through motion sensing, like the Wiimote. Read more »