Nokia announced that the United Kingdom will be the first market in the world to launch 'Comes With Music', its groundbreaking service which introduces a revolutionary way for people to discover and enjoy music. Comes With Music gives people a year of unlimited access to the entire Nokia Music Store catalog with the ability to keep all downloaded tracks even after the year is over. Carphone Warehouse will be the exclusive UK pre-pay channel offering the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic 'Comes With Music' edition. People who buy the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic 'Comes With Music' edition will have unprecedented freedom to find and listen to music from a diverse catalog, including international and UK artists.  

  Nokia N97 (the name has been never confirmed officially) till now existed only as informal drawings and rumors - but this fact was not a problem for the Chinese comrades to create their own variant of the device. The device which has been designed based only on hearings, rumors and pics, has turned out to be frightening. It is a slider with rotating digital camera, which (mechanism) reminds the design of N90. In the rest, the phone’s design reminds a little the Nokia devices. In short, this is not the single case when in China appears the clone of a not yet born phone - some time before, the Chinese factories have managed to release a model, being based on early technical figures of iPhone. However, unfortunately, the real iPhone was absolutely different than those figures.  

  Apparently, the torture of the already in pain Xperia X1 continues. As Engadget.com writes, the gadget release date is postponed till December/January. Referring to its sources within the limits of the IFA Berlin exhibition which is being held now, Engadget.com informs, that Sony Ericsson (or HTC) cannot achieve a symbiosis with the Windows Mobile 6.1. Officially, this information is not confirmed.  

  Stan Shih, Acer’s founder, has declared that his company intends to compete with HTC, informs DigiTimes.com. Acer finishes the transaction of E-Ten acquisition in some days. According to Shih, the work with the smartphones’ market allows Acer to stay "focused" on the IT-market. As a result, Acer’s efforts on promotion its smartphones on all the markets will be complemented by a wide network of distributional channels, and also channels of products’ delivery - the company worked on its creation 30 years.  

  According to Bowen Research, more than a third of the respondents older than 30 years are experiencing a "deep irritation" from the mobile phone’s user interface. The research has concluded an eloquent enough break between users till 30 years and users older than this age: if the first group, by estimation of researchers, uses 52 % of the mobile phone functions, the second - older - only 12 %. Bowen Research interrogated the respondents through personal interview, the number of participants is not revealed. We can assume that this problem will be less actual when the present young generation will get older, however, this research should become a signal for the mobile manufacturers - the user interface needs to be made easier.  

  SanDisk has broken a new speed record for SD flash memory cards: the SanDisk Extreme III series provides 30 Mb/s data transfer speed. Considering the gradual transition of the DSLR digital cameras to SD cards, constant growth of the shooting rate, the increasing pictures’ resolution, and consequently, the file’s size - purchasing a high-speed memory card becomes one of the key moments, capable to satisfy the professional photographers and fans requirements. The cost of a 4 Gb card version is $64,99, $109,99 for 8 Gb and $179,99 - 16 Gb. All cards are capable of functioning in extreme temperatures, from -25 to 85 degrees Celsius.  

  Vertu prepares the updated version of the Signature model - in the device will appear the support for 3G networks and the phone will get, at last, the functions a little bit approached to the modern technological standard. The device’s appearance also will change. The device will support the W-CDMA standard, will receive a QVGA-screen displaying 16 million of colors, a decent browser, Wi-Fi support, Bluetooth and even VoIP. The last function, apparently, is for saving on telephone conversations. The 3G support in the Vertu series is present for quite long time already through Vertu Ascent Ti.

  At the IFA exhibition which officially opens tomorrow, it is already possible to look at the Garmin Nuvifone phone - in the form of very crude prototype. However, unlike the Congress in Barcelona, in Berlin, for Engadget.com the device has been switched on (showing only the main menu). Attempting to show the navigation process of the device, the phone has halted. As is already known, the official start date of the phone has been transferred for 2009, and many have a question in mind- would the phone be in demand?  

  The Nokia N85 was created to be more than the sum of its parts, offering a complete mobile entertainment package designed for connecting, sharing and discovering," said Juha-Pekka Sipponen, Director, Nokia Nseries. "The iconic Nokia Nseries dual slider design has evolved to become smaller and sleeker while integrating the newest features and services to deliver the best mobile experience to date. The Nokia N85 is expected to begin shipping in October 2008 with an estimated retail price of EUR 450, before taxes and subsidies.

  Nokia has presented two new smartphones of the N-series, informs TechRadar. We are talking about N85 and N79, executed in the slide and bar form factor accordingly. Both smartphones support the GPS-navigation, are equipped with 5 Mp digital cameras with Carl Zeiss optics and FM-transmitter. For Nokia N85 a 2,6-inch OLED-screen was used, which has allowed to lower the energy consumption of the phone. As a result, its operating time in the player mode has reached 28 hours. In the package content of N85 it is included a 8 Gb memory card. Nokia N79 it is equipped with a LCD screen, which reduces its time of independent work as a player till 24 hours. The complete set of N79 includes a memory card of 4 Gb.  

  LG has presented several days ago a new camera-phone – a replacement for the of camera series’ leader, Viewty. The phone has a pleasant design, a 8 Mp digital camera and a 14 mm thickness, challenging Sony Ericsson С905. With Samsung INNOV8 the LG novelty cannot compete, as it is in another weight category - INNOV8 is a smartphone. At the same time, the technical specs of the novelty impress. The phone possesses a touch display with a 240x400 resolution, 8 МP digital camera, xenon flash, Schneider-Kreuznach optics, auto focus with the possibility of manual adjustment and even image stabilization function. The phone is able to record video in VGA-quality (30 frames per second), in case of QVGA-resolution, the speed of recording increases up to 120 frames per second. The device is able to play DivX and XviD formats and has Dolby-souround sound. The GPS-receiver is built in the phone and the device can work with cards of memory MicroSD (high capacity - up to 8 Gb). Unfortunately, the photo of the phone’s back surface is not available yet.

  Sony Ericsson has planned the start of its own Internet-service for mobile phones - PlayNow Arena on the nearest Monday, on August, 25th. Initially, access to the portal will have the citizens of the Scandinavian countries, a little later, other countries of the Europe will join them also. Global access to service is planned for the next year. PlayNow Arena promises to become a competitor for Apple iTunes Store for iPhone and Ovi from Nokia. At the start moment, the database will contain about 1 million musical tracks without DRM protection. The cost is expected to be similar with iTunes Store: 99 cents or eurocents for one track. Besides that, the users can download pictures, themes, games for their mobile phones. The cost of the last services is not known yet.

  The GSM Association is quite confident that the broadband mobile Internet will allow to reach 100 Mb/sec earlier than the ground analogues. "The tests show, that LTE can reach speeds up to 186 Mb/sec ", - has declared Dan Warren, technical director of the GSM Association. "We expect, that such speeds for the first time will be accessible in Japan and South Korea by 2010. According to Arun Sarin (former boss of Vodafone), in Europe, the technology will be possible to expect in 2012 ", - has declared Warren. However, Warren is in touch with the reality – the mobile networks cannot replace completely the ground communication, however, according to him, the competition between networks will help the progress.