Jolla phone

Official specs of Jolla phone surface, will ship by end of 2013

Ever since Jolla announced its first-generation smartphone, which was simply called Jolla, it has created a buzz among the tech enthusiasts with its simplicity. Back then, the company did not announce the specifications of the device, but these are no longer a mystery as Jolla has officially announced what's under the hood in its smartphone.

Accordingly, the device will sport a 4.5-inch "Estrade" display with a resolution of 540x960px. The smartphone will pack a punch with a 1.4 GHz dual-core Qualcomm snapdragon processor along with 1 GB of RAM. The Jolla will also features an 8 megapixel AF camera with LED flash, 2 megapixel front facing shooter and 16 GB of internal memory with the ability to expand via microSD card slot.

As we already know, the Jolla smartphone will run on gesture based Sailfish OS and the juice for the device will be provided by a user-replaceable 2,100mAh battery. The smartphone's OS will also be optimized to support Android applications.

The Jolla is currently priced at €399 (about $540) and the company hopes to start shipping the device by the end of the year.

Nokia Android prototype

Nokia Android prototype reportedly is still into production

 

Last week the New York Times revealed that Nokia has indeed worked on an Android smartphone as an alternative to the Microsoft partnership prior to the acquisition announcement. As it turns out, the Finns haven't completely scraped the Android project and are still working on an Android smartphone.

The report comes from a Weibo account CTechnology, which has generally been a reputable source of leaks from China. we are mentioning China, because this where Nokia has based the R&D of its Android smartphoneр dubbed "Mountain View", more specifically in the Beijing offices of the company.

As for the "Mountain View" prototype itself, Nokia has based it on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8225Q chip with the sole intention of the Android smartphone to be affordable. No more information regarding further specifications is available at this point. We wouldn't be surprised if we some of these prototypes leak when, and if, the project gets cancelled.

The Microsoft and Nokia deal, however, is likely to pass and the company's Android initiative is likely to go bite the dust by the end of the year. Here's hoping we at least get to see how the "Mountain View" prototype looks like if the project really does go south.

Apple iPhone 5s

Apple iPhone 5s first availability wave hits, reported low supply

The iPhone 5s is launching today in the US, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore and the UK.

The device can be bough from Apple's own retail stores in the US with a plan for Sprint, Verizon or AT&T or from T-Mobile (although T-Mo iPhones are expected to ship between 7 and 10 business days).

The cost in the US is the usual - 16GB for $199, 32 GB for $299 or 64GB for $399 with a contract. We seriously urge you to get at least the 32GB option as the available user storage on the 16GB version is less than 14GB with no option to expand that later.

As for European prices you can get the iPhone 5s in Germany SIM-free for €699, €799 and €899 for either 16/32/64GB and £549, £629 and £709 for the 16/32/64GB in the UK.

The iPhone 5s numbers are reportedly low so unless you're first in line you may not be able to grab one off the shelf today. The same goes for the Apple's online stores, where the device has already been back-ordered.

Nokia 1520 phablet

6-inch Nokia 1520 phablet to be announced on September 26

Courtesy of yet another brilliant insider's info by notorious leakster evleaks comes today's info that Nokia will be announcing its next Lumia smartphone on September 26.

Update:evleaks has just tweeted that Nokia 1520 phablet will pack a 20MP PureView camera. It's unclear how big the sensor of the phablet will be the PureView branding guarantees Optical Image Stabilization and Carl Zeiss lens.

According to a new tweet, the next phone in the pipeline is no other than the Lumia 1520 (formerly known as Bandit). It was not long ago that we saw the first official image of the phone, courtesy of the same source.

The Lumia 1520 is rumored to have a 6-inch 1080p screen, presenting a substantial development, with both being firsts in the Windows Phone ecosystem.We've also recently seen a leaked live image of the phablet, which clearly shows how it compares in size to the current gen of Lumia phones.