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Nokia has launched a set of low-priced phone models:

Model	Price	Description	Image
Nokia 1208	£39.00	Affordable and easy-to-use, with handy One Touch shortcut keys, unique cost management features, and a vibrant color display screen to make your connections hassle-free.
Nokia 2630	£79.00	Celebrate life’s precious moments with the slender Nokia 2630, featuring a VGA camera for pictures and video, email, Bluetooth, WAP 2.0 browser, and FM radio.
Nokia 2760	£69.00	Elegant and modern design, digital VGA camera (4x zoom) with video recorder and playback, large user memory, and easy Bluetooth connectivity.

Phones are available to buy from Nokia website.

Samsung on the other hand is planning to enter low-end handset market this year to compete more effectively with Nokia. Samsung is planning to release phones with colour screens for $40-$50 (£20-£25) and capture market in emerging markets, such as India, Russia and Latin America.

Currently Samsung is number 2 phone maker in the world and is planning to secure it’s market share by expanding to lower-end market.

There are no signs of new inexpensive handsets on Samsung’s website yet, but I am sure they will appear very soon!

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Popular smartphone Nokia N95 Black is now available from 3. You can get it with 18 month contract as low as £15 a month. Handset comes with full length Spiderman 3 movie, which you can watch on handet’s 2.8″ QVGA screen or at home using TV Out application.

You can buy it from 3 here.

With recent 15.0.015 firmware update for the N95 8GB from Nokia, handset is more stable and faster, and it adds full support for Flash Lite 3, including video, which automatically allows the use of sites such as YouTube. With this capabilities, you can utilize 3’s 3G network to the max, watch videos online, download music and browse media rich websites.

Black Nokia N95 8GB is already available for about 6 months from Vodafone.

I wonder when other providers will offer this handset so that customers on other networks can get hold of this handset.

If you own this handset and updated firmware recently, please share your experience!

See handset review here.

Nokia UK web shop has launched Nokia N82 adventure pack on their website.

First 500 customers who buy handset online will receive Sportstracker application and a free Salomon backpack.

Nokia N82 handset or as Nokia shop calls it Multimedia Computer comes with:

Nokia Travel Charger AC-5

Nokia Music Headset HS-43

Nokia Connectivity Cable CA-101

Nokia Video Connectivity Cable CA-75U

Nokia 2GB microSD Card MU-37**

Hanset is not cheap, Nokia website sells it for £399 and £3.99 for postage.

Here are specifications of this phone from Nokia website:

Mapping

• Internal GPS receiver and Nokia Maps
• Free* downloadable maps for over 150 countries

Imaging

• 5 megapixel camera
• Built-in Xenon flash
• Carl Zeiss Optics

Share

• Instantly upload photos to the web
• Wi-Fi connectivity
• Video playback at up to 30 frames per second

Digital Scrapbook

• Create multimedia shows complete with your choice of music
• High quality stereo sound
• Connect to your compatible TV using the Video connectivity cable (included)

To buy this phone and for more details, visit Nokia’s website.

See preview of Nokia N82 here.

For all Nokia N95 users out there - good news, Nokia has released a software update that improves battery life, speeds up application performance and also allows you to re-arrange menu layout. Nokia claims 30% improvement on battery life.

Also there is an updated version of Map Loader and free N-Gage demo games.

Since initial launch of Nokia N95 handset, battery life was a biggest complain from users. So if you own one and listen to music or surf internet apart from receiving/making calls, then you should update as soon as possible.

Update is version 20.0.015 and available from Nokia’s website.

You will need Nokia Software Updater utility and cable connection to update your phone software. Nokia Software Updater utility available here:

http://europe.nokia.com/A4579163

Note: Updater utility is Windows only.

London today started a trial scheme where passengers will be able to pay for their journey using special handsets with built in Oyster card or Credit card. Scheme will be accepted on underground and bus network.

Transport for London (TfL) has teamed up with Nokia handset producer, O2 mobile operator and Barclays Bank to try this scheme for next 6 months. When the phone is passed over a scanner in stations or shops, money is deducted from the mobile phone as payment.

Currrently users may spend up to £10 for payments in underground, bus network, selected shops and cafes, Threshers and Books etc.

If scheme is successful, it will be rolled out to accept larger payments and to a wider selection of retailers.

Those taking part will receive 50 pounds worth of Oyster journeys, 60 pounds off their O2 phone bill and 200 pounds to spend with the in-built Barclaycard.

Source: Reuters