The enhancements include: improved execution performance, improved application launch user experience, and one-click application installation.

Nokia Java Runtime 2.0 beta is compatible with Nokia N97 (software versions 10.x.xxx and 11.x.xxx) and Nokia 5800 XpressMusic (software versions 20.x.xxx and 21.x.xxx).

To download Nokia Java Runtime 2.0, visit the Nokia Beta Labs website.

Nokia also said that “Java Runtime will be developed and released independent from S60 releases”, hence users will be able to get the newest version directly to their smartphone, through the Nokia S60 Software Update functionality.

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Maps aside, Nokia Ovi Contacts now supports Symbian S60 5th Edition – hence Nokia’s touchscreen phones (N97 and 5800 XpressMusic).

Ovi Contacts for touchscreen handsets has the same features found in the version for S60 3rd Edition. However, on the Nokia N97, users have something new – the “ability to integrate your instant messaging friends with the contact cards in your traditional contact list.”

Moreover, if you have an N97 and use the Favorite Contacts feature, you should be able to see when contacts are online, directly from the smartphone’s home screen.

If you don’t have Ovi Contacts on your Nokia handset, you can download it from here.

It now also scores top marks for the information it provides to customers on what to do with their discarded products. However, its recycling rate of 3-5% is very poor and more information is needed on how Nokia calculates these figures. It also needs to start using recycled plastics beyond just packaging.
Nokia scores very well on toxic chemical issues, launching new models free of PVC since the end of 2005 and aiming to have all new models free of all brominated and chlorinated compounds and antimony trioxide from the start of 2010.
Nokia’s score on energy remains the same. It scores full marks for committing to reduce absolute CO2 emissions by a minimum of 10% in 2009 and 18% in 2010, from a baseline year of 2006. It provides a third party verification certificate for its disclosed CO2 emissions.
Its score is boosted by sourcing 25% of its total energy needs from renewable sources in 2007 and by having a target to increase use of renewable energy to 50% by 2010. Top marks (doubled) are given for product energy efficiency as all but one of its mobile phone chargers exceed the Energy Star requirements by 30-90%
The ranking is important because the amount of toxic e-waste is growing everyday and it often ends up dumped in the developing world. Reducing the toxic chemicals in products reduces pollution from old products and makes recycling safer, easier and cheaper. Companies with good recycling schemes help ensure that their products don’t end up in the e-waste yards of Asia.

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Time is measured in intervals of one second and for the countdown function you need to use the up arrows above the  numbers to adjust the start time and than use ‘Count Down’ and ‘Stop’ buttons to start and stop/pause the timer.
Alarm function is also included and will notify you once when the countdown reaches zero (i.e.Egg Timer)
I guess that main goal was to develop comprehensible, small and accurate timing tool without bloating it with unnecessary features. Time Machine is a nice, easy to use  freeware  application for everyone that reminds you of timely matters, such as cooking, timing yourself for a test or speech, or hundreds of other uses, just set up the timer and rest your mind about it.
The latest update brings lot of improvements in the user interface and functionality. Now it is possible to choose between two predefined alarm tone, set volume and select style. It looks like a great update that definitely worth downloading.

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LG didn’t say when its LTE USB modem will be commercially available, but this clearly depends on when LTE networks are launched.

LTE should be widely deployed around the world in the coming years.

The second phone, LG KV920, is a CDMA2000 one and it will be available through China Telecom, the third-largest carrier in the country.

The KV920 is actually the LG Voyager, which is available in the US for some time now, via Verizon Wireless. In consequence, it feature two WQVGA displays, a QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth, music player and a 3MP camera.

LG didn’t say when exactly the KT878 and KV920 will be available across China, and neither for what prices.

Furthermore, it’s said that China Telecom has given LG the right to produce one third of its upcoming 3G handsets.

LG has already announced two 3G phones for the Chinese market: the TD-SCDMA LG KT878 for China Mobile, and the LG KV920 for China Telecom – both pictured below.

The company plans to release three or four other TD-SCDMA handsets this year, and 10 more in 2010.

In the first quarter of 2009, LG only had 3.8% of the Chinese mobile market share. Nokia had 32%, Samsung 18% and Motorola 8%.

There were also some other interesting tidbits that Mr. Ahn let drop during the interview. Among them are:

* in Q4 LG will launch a new “Black label” series phone, which will be positioned to compete with the iPhone
* LG is pretty happy with their luxury “Prada” phone line and is working on another Prada handset
* LG also has a plan to move even deeper into a luxury cellphone market, by creating it’s own extreme premium brand,  “similar to Toyota’s Lexus and Nokia’s Vertu”

Will LG succeed to get to a #2 spot in worldwide cellphone vendor rankings? Unless Samsung or Nokia screws up in some major way, I strongly doubt that.

On the other hand, #3 spot is LG’s to keep now. They seem to have a pretty strong product line-up, smart business strategy and keep executing on it very well. While LG’s closest competitors – Motorola and Sony Ericsson keep sliding into irrelevance. So I expect the gap between them to widen further.

Designed for MIDs and smartphones, the Nvidia Tegra is a low power consumption chip which can provide high-res 3D graphics. The chip is reportedly used by Microsoft for the upcoming Zune HD portable media player.

Apparently, Nvidia will sell the Tegra chip to phone makers for up to $30 per unit. The chip will have to compete with chips made by industry veterans like Qualcomm and Texas Instruments.

Motorola Clutch i465 comes as Sprint’s first Nextel Direct Connect phone to have a full QWERTY keyboard and at the same time to meet Military Specification 810F for low pressure, high/low temperatures, shock, vibration, dust and solar radiation.

Its features include push to talk (obviously), Group Messaging (lets you create groups of up to 20 contacts to send messages to, simultaneously), GPS, Bluetooth, a 128 x 160 pixels display and a VGA photo camera.

You can register on Sprint’s website to find out when exactly the Motorola Clutch i465 will be available.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X5 Android

Snapdragon has some pretty amazing amazing specs – up to 1 GHz CPU, HD video decoding ,12mpx camera, GPS, broadcast TV and Wi-Fi support. Though it remains to be seen which of them make it into a new SE Android handset. Probably not all of them, since we already know that SE opted for a lower resolution – 8.1 megapixel camera on this phone.

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They have decided to market their new smartphone under the Xperia brand. And since Xperia X2 is already reserved for their next WinMo smartphone, could this be Sony Ericsson Xperia X5 we’ve been hearing about?

And we’ve also got some info on another Sony Ericsson phone codenamed “Kiki”, which I’ll put into an “interesting/strange” category.

Sony Ericsson Kiki

Sony Ericsson “Kiki” comes with a transparent glasslike display. The images are projected on this display and, it seems, can be viewed from both sides of the handset. It also has a smooth surface keypad on the front, where the numbers should appear when the phone is on. Though I have no idea how tactile it would be and whether the symbols on it are fixed or adaptable. Could go both ways.

Anyway, we’ll be watching developments on both of these handsets and will bring you the news as they come along. Stay tuned.

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The UK will also get on the TG01 action in just a week, though there’s no mention of which carrier will get it. Pricing is unknown too, but we guess we’ll learn more on the 9 July.

We’ve covered the Toshiba TG01’s overwhelming features time and again; you can read our preliminary thoughts here. We’ll just mention the three most striking features, we can’t resist – 1GHz CPU, 4.1″ WVGA touchscreen, 9.9 mm thick.

Update: Obviously getting ripped Hero software will be the game of choice for many Android users for quite some time ahead. Our users have just tipped us that a new version of another Hero port has also been made available today. Still no video demo though. Check out the JACHero 2.1.

However, we should warn you that there are some unwanted side effects. You will probably experience some Bluetooth and Wi-Fi issues, occasional lags and insufficient memory warnings. Frustrating, isn’t it? But, as they say, everything has its price.

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They official press release of Mobikom also states that the Omnia II sports the “biggest OLED display on a mobile device”. And it does, the Omnia II just manages to outdo its sibling – the Omnia HD, which also has a 3.7″ OLED display. The different aspect ratios lead to slightly different surface area but only just.

Still, it’s an impressive display as we saw in our preview. And with 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 HSUPA plus Wi-Fi make the big touchscreen with WVGA resolution a fast portal to the Internet. The camera is no wimp either – 5MP with autofocus and D1 video recording is top of the line for Windows Mobile handsets.

Now might be a good time to clear out that the 8MP-sporting Omnia II units that appeared on some hands-on videos online are only prototypes and Samsung do not currently plan an 8MP version of the handset.

The Omnia II powered by an 800MHz CPU with dedicated graphics chip, which makes it one of the speediest WinMo devices. It is also a champ at storage with up to 16GB of internal storage and support for up to 32GB microSD cards.

GPS, DivX/XviD support out of the box, not to mention the 3D games and fancy 3D interface round of the Samsung Omnia II to be a geek’s dream. The 3.5 mm audio jack and microUSB, which was recently picked as Europe’s standard charger plug, are also greatly appreciated.

Unfortunately, there isn’t any info about pricing in the press release. Anyway, we respectfully envy the geeks of Austria and hope carriers in other countries will pick up the Samsung Omnia II soon.