June was a huge month for smartphones. Apple released their new iPhone 3GS and Nokia began shipping their N97 to the North America. Both phones are GSM models and therefore compete with each other in the eyes of the consumer. From price to features, the app store to the camera this video highlights the differences between the two devices allowing you to decide which phone is right for you.

[Thx Michael]

Here are some Daily Mobile statistics for June 2009:

• 6.130.000 views  and 2.620.000 unique visitors ( Not bad at all compared to previous month since this month only have 30 days compared to 31 in May. And we also had some huge problems with the server stability (crashing etc due to the huge traffic we have on the blog and the forum). Hopefully the server stability has been fixed now. And don’t forget that its summer, so people don’t surf the web as much as usual because of the nice weather outside )
• Alexa Rank of 7147 (8026 in may)
• 247 post published with an average of 8.2 post / day
• 2.33 views / visitor
• Average Views Per Day 204.333
• Average of 521 people / day used the mobile version of the blog
  
• Average Visit Length 3:47
• Max online users at the same time:  688
• 2875 GB bandwidth used

Top 10 countries June:

1. United Kingdom
2. United States
3. Germany
4. India
5. Sweden
6. Italy
7. France
8. Poland
9. Spain
10. Malaysia

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The Assassin’s Creed on iPhone and iPod touch, offering rich gameplay and a well-balanced mix of stealth, chaotic action, and riddle-solving exploration in the midst of fully 3D-rendered historical environments of the Crusades’ Middle East. Check out the kill at the end of the video, that guy got pwned

Reports from Iran say that SMS text messaging services, which were widely used by protesters in mass rallies, have been unblocked for the first time since disputed presidential elections on June 11, the BBC reports on its Web site late Thursday.

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According to the study conducted by Frost & Sullivan amongst European and Russian consumers, Nokia is the number one choice for mobile navigation over other leading handset manufacturers.

The primary aim of the study was to evaluate the perceptions, understanding, expectations and motivations of European and Russian consumers towards navigation and location-based services. The key objectives of the study were to analyse consumers’ awareness of, and level of satisfaction with different types of navigation systems (e.g. PND, mobile phones), the different features available (e.g. navigation, 3D imagery, voice guidance, touch screen), location-based services (e.g. car and pedestrian navigation, traffic information, social networking) and other telematics features. The study also aimed at evaluating consumers’ perceptions and willingness to pay for different types of navigation systems, their features and location-based services as well as determining consumers’ brand awareness and perception.

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A new software update, v21.0.101 is available for the Nokia Xpressmusic! For now It seems that its only  available for the product code: 0575407 (5800 Red – Hong Kong) but it shouldn’t take that long before its released to other regions. The current changelog is unknown.

Discuss the new firmware here

[Thx sludgeball and reDebut]

With this application for the Nokia 5800 and N97  you can stop the default music player automatically after the time you want! Its good to have if you use your phone as a “radio” before you’ll get to sleep etc. Download the app from our forum