Celluloco.com taking pre-orders for Nokia 6700 Classic Gold Edition to arrive in 1Q 2010 « Celluloco.com Official Blogger

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The Nokia 6700 classic is a very classy device and we loved it. But then came the rambling designer that gold plates everything and classiness went out the window. Introducing the Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition, covered in 18-carat gold and Nokia 8800 Gold Arte turned green with envy.

The Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition (catchy name, isn’t it?) comes in two color variants – one with white on the front and back and another that is gold-color all over (not everything is gold plated though).

Nokia 6700 classic White Gold Edition

Nokia 6700 classic White Gold Edition

Nokia 6700 classic White Gold Edition

Nokia 6700 classic White Gold Edition


Nokia 6700 classic White Gold Edition inlays sort of looks good

The good news is that on the inside, little has changed. You still get one of the best 5MP cameras on the market, fast 3G connectivity and built-in GPS. The Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition runs good ol’ S40 and surprisingly has the exact same dimensions and weight – 109.8 x 45 x 11.2 mm and 116.5 g.

To improve the bang-for-the-buck ratio, Nokia are also throwing in a leather carrying case, a strap and an 8GB microSD card. Nokia Maps gets a 30-day navigation license and that’s it. There’s no desk stand and headset is a wired one, unlike the Nokia 8800 Gold Arte, which came with a Bluetooth one. Still, the Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition offers better specs than the Gold Arte, even if it doesn’t have any leather trim.

Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition

Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition

Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition

Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition

Nokia 8800 Gold Arte

Nokia 8800 Gold Arte


The all-gold version is quite tacky • Nokia 8800 Gold Arte is feeling the competition

Now for the issue of price – the Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition is expected to hit the shelves in the first quarter of 2010 for the modest price of 1,000 USD at Celluloco.com. Modest for a gold plated phone that is.

If you find yourself interested, check out our review of Nokia 6700 classic – the software is the same (save for the gold theme) and the hardware should live up to the high standards set by the non-gold edition.

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Samsung Unveils its New O.S. codenamed “BADA” and Celluloco.com watches the presentation « Celluloco.com Official Blogger

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Just as promised, today Samsung showed the world their new smartphone operating system called Bada. At an event, held in London, the Korean company revealed the first details about the upcoming platform and gave the start to the developers challenge that should create a good application base for the future Bada users.

The new Bada OS is all touch

The Bada OS is based around on Samsung proprietary TouchWiz User Interface – in fact the design mockups they’ve presented at the event were pretty much similar to the Samsung Pixon12 UI.

Designed for use on full-touch handsets only, Bada OS should help create “a smartphone for everyone” and increase the market share of the smartphones up to 50 percent.

Being a fully-fledged smartphone platform though, Bada will allow developers to tap into the various mobile phone features and sensors – Flash UI, web control, motion sensing, vibration control, face detection, weather, proximity, and other activity sensors. Obviously developers should have no problems developing immersive and interactive applications.

Samsung Bada OS presentation

Samsung Bada OS presentation

Samsung Bada OS presentation

Samsung Bada OS presentation


Samsung Bada OS presentation

Samsung have highlighted the various service-centric features as the Bada OS differentiator. Those would location-based social networking services, device synchronization, content management, location-based services, and e-commerce services – all supported by back-end Bada servers.

Samsung Bada OS presentation

Samsung Bada OS presentation

Samsung Bada OS presentation

Samsung Bada OS presentation


Samsung Bada OS presentation

And the Bada Challenge is up

Today also marks the start of “The Bada Challenge”, which is what Samsung will call their developers’ contest. It gives developers a chance to win a part of a 2,700,000 US dollars prize fund by submitting an app for the new OS.

In an attempt to create a large applications database for the new Bada platform, Samsung will also have a series of Developer Days that will take place across the world during 2010. Open to all developers, the initial events will be held in Seoul, London and San Francisco, with more events following as the year progresses.

Further on, Samsung have secured the partnership of key players in the mobile software industry. EA Mobile, Capcom, Gameloft, Konami were some of the bigger names mentioned at the event. Some of them even had high-standing representatives attending the London event to attest their support to the Bada cause.

Samsung Bada OS presentation

Samsung Bada OS presentation

Samsung Bada OS presentation

Samsung Bada OS presentation


Samsung have secured the partnership of some serious companies

Samsung will have a Bada application store, which would allow even non-registered users to buy applications and app payments with the mobile phone bill. With the launch of the first Bada phone, the Samsung application store will be expanded to cover up to 50 countries. The second half of 2010 shouild see the store expand worldwide.

And the first Bada smartphone to come is…

The company seems pretty determined to make this new platform work. We are yet to see its implementation. Samsung are promising their first and only handset (for now) to come in the first half of 2010.

With the first Bada handset, Samsung will be focusing the high performance segment and large sale numbers to widen the user base as quickly as possible. It’s similar to what Nokia did with their Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.

It will be their next Bada smartphones to cater for the lower segments of the market and reaching even further as one of the Bada slogans suggests: “Smartphones for everyone”.

And a few words for closing

Somehow we couldn’t help but notice that Samsung have been diligently taking presentation cues from Apple. Even the slides were designed matching some of those used by Apple when they first announced iPhone OS 2.0 and 3.0 back in the day. There’s certainly nothing wrong about that, Apple are among the best in business when it comes to putting up a nice presentation.

We also really hope that Samsung will match Apple’s success in promoting the new OS and developing its application and user base.

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