Since its inception, PocketGear has powered more than 100 million downloads to smartphones and mobile devices from a catalog of more than 50,000 applications. Acquired from Motricity in 2008 by Motricity co-founder Jud Bowman, PocketGear is backed by leading venture capital firms Noro-Moseley Partners and Wakefield Group. PocketGear is headquartered in Durham, NC with offices in Munich, Germany. For more information, please visit http://corp.pocketgear.com .

This is according to PC Advisor, who says that the alpha version of the mobile browser will be designed initially for Windows Mobile devices over the next few months as well. The Nokia N810, although not based in Windows Mobile, has a pretty big developer community, so they ll gladly provide feedback to the Mozilla team. Just don t expect the beta to come out until next year.

The Nokia 5320 XpressMusic retails at approximately P12,960 and the Nokia 5220 XpressMusic retails at approximately P9,450. Consumers who purchase the new XpressMusic phones will receive a voucher and an activation code which allows them to start redeeming their favorite music content at www.nokia-asia.com/musicredemption.

They simply select from Universal Music‘s extensive catalog of international and local artists, download the song of their choice and enjoy great music on the go with their new XpressMusic phones. Consumers can also side-load the songs as the XpressMusic phones support Windows Media DRM. “We are thrilled about this latest collaboration with Universal Music which gives music fans out there the opportunity to download up to one hundred of their favourite songs onto their new XpressMusic phones.

The new Nokia 5320 XpressMusic and Nokia 5220 XpressMusic are both excellent music players. This promotion will surely add excitement to the whole entertainment experience for consumers who love music and want to enjoy music wherever they are,” said William Hamilton-Whyte, general manager, Nokia Philippines. “We believe initiatives like this will accelerate the acceptance of music on mobile and provides broad reach to the music and artists from UMG.

“We should call them what they really are.” Given the increasing processing power, bigger memory and higher display capabilities, together with always-on broadband access to the Internet, “A smart phone, serving as an Internet node, is a ‘computer’ that’s much more personal than today’s mobile computer,” explained Oistamo, who is responsible for Nokia’s device portfolio, R&D, design and related strategy. The notion of Oistamo defining Nokia’s business as something beyond phones is intriguing.

But hang on. Is he saying that Nokia is now aligned with Intel Corp., calling their phones ” mobile Internet devices ,” or MID? Not so fast. When asked during an interview with EE Times , Oistamo said, “Today, they are two different things, based on two different design paradigms.” While MIDs are still more or less a miniature version of a laptop, “Smart phones are much more power-optimised and mobile-optimised,” he explained.

Shades of grey But in five years, the market will see many “shades of grey” in mobile computing devices, predicted the Nokia executive. Smart phones and mobile computers are “converging and colliding,” he observed. It’s clear that Nokia hopes to see itself not just another cell phone company but as a much more broadly defined mobile computing company.

While Nokia already has an arrangement with camera lens maker Carl Zeiss, Kodak has a 10-year global product and cross licensing agreement with Nokia’s US rival, Motorola, which uses a 5-megapixel Kodak lens in Motozine ZN5, and also features ‘Kodak imaging’ and ‘Kodak perfect touch’ technologies to enhance photos with brighter colours and sharper details.

Kodak has adapted its imaging technology for mobile devices, which it says was developed in association with handset manufacturers and service providers to deliver an outstanding mobile imaging experience. Nokia smartphones incorporate some of Kodak’s technologies and the Finland-base handset maker could be aiming to equip its handsets with better photgraphic quality, perhaps on par the picture quality of Kodak products.

”We are pleased to have reached a mutually beneficial arrangement that advances the interests of Kodak and Nokia and validates the strength of Kodak’s intellectual property portfolio,” said Laura G. Quatela, Chief Intellectual Property Officer, and Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company. ”We look forward to continued collaboration with Nokia.” Wags are having a field day speculating whether Nokia handsets will become more cameras or whether Kodak cameras will become mobile handsets.

Users can connect their headphones through the 2.5mm universal headset jack. Nokia is going to offer this device in select markets in the last quarter of the current year.

Boasting a range of tuneage covering the radio playlist dominated chart busters, to the lesser known independent musical outings, 3 look like they are bagging a potential number one in the music download domain. Owning your downloads until you kick the proverbial bucket, or at least until your ears cannot sustain the drum and bass carnage any more, will also be sweet music to the ears of 3 Mobile customers and Nokia fans. “Comes With Music” is up for grabs on the 3 Network from November 3rd.

Nokia Comes With Music N95 8GB is available on an 18 month contract with 300 mins/texts and 1 GB of inclusive internet access for 35.

With an upgraded menu structure, and all of your favorite online communities and cool new fring Add-ons available in one easy place, making it simpler than ever to find what you need. The new edition of fring also adds support for the FAXL 3 Add-on development language. That’s aA feature fring asserts developers will love; although it should mean much of anything to the rest of us.

You can download Fring 3.36 directly to your current smartphone by pointing its browser to www.fring.com and clicking download.

Boasting superior audio quality and the latest audio features, including digital signal processing DSP for background noise cancellation, the Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-804 lets consumers enjoy crisp, clear conversations while on the go. The Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-804 has two user-friendly buttons making managing basic call functions and volume level easy.

It comes with a desk-top charger and neck strap for convenient charging, storage and carrying The Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-804 is compatible with phones supporting Bluetooth wireless technology and is expected to launch in select markets in the fourth quarter of 2008. A complete list of Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-804 features and technical specifications can be found at: www.europe.nokia.com/bh-804 .

The offer is valid until stocks last at all CGC Nokia Showrooms and authorised dealers across Qatar. Anil Mahajan, Head of Business Development, CGC, and Ehab A. Fattah Amin, Regional Manager, Qatar Airways Qatar Airways , jointly rolled out the Nokia promotion at an exclusive press launch at the Ramada Hotel, Doha, on Wednesday, 22 October 2008.

Addressing the media, Mahajan said, “CGC and Qatar Airways Qatar Airways have once again come together to offer a very cost-effective Nokia bundle scheme to the travel loving people of Qatar. All important GCC destinations and even the Iranian capital Tehran have been included in the promotion to give Nokia customers a wider choice to choose from and travel with the Five Star airline.

The specialty of the promotion is that the ticket vouchers can be used even during peak festival season till 31 st of December 2008 covering Eid, Christmas and even Winter holidays. And, there is no limit on purchasing Nokia mobiles under the promotion. I am sure, with a top-notch Nokia mobile people will enjoy being connected to their family, friends and business partners while travelling with the award-winning carrier Qatar Airways Qatar Airways .