Swedish telecom operator TeliaSonera AB said Wednesday it has selected equipment vendors LM Ericsson Telephone Co. and Nokia Siemens Networks to deliver fourth-generation networks in Sweden and Norway, marking an important win in their home region after recent losses to China’s Huawei Technologies Co.

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Jay shows us how to activate the dual led lamp on the Nokia N900 and how to use it as a flashlight.

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To celebrate the new v40 firmware for the Nokia 5800 i have uploaded 50 new wallpapers  to the 360×640 wallpaper section. What better can it get than a new firmware and new wallpaper on your phone?

Head over to our new 360×640 wallpaper section and download the new wallpapers.

The Nokia 5800 finally receives a new firmware update. The new version v40.0.005 can be downloaded from the NSU (included in PC Suite) or via the OTV (over the air) feature. Head over to our forums 5800 v40 firmware thread to read more about the new firmware.

There is no official changelog yet so these are the main changes detected:

• Kinetic scrolling everywhere except: main menu, application menu, browser;
• Home style widget with Nokia 5530;
• QWERTY Keyboard Auto Rotation (on text input screens);
• Refresh Icons “Sharing Online”, “Configuring Accessories”, “Configure Phone”;
• New screen alarm, but only when the screen is locked;
• Improved application “Updating Applications”, which also renames Upgrade SW;
• The application “Data transfer” was also implemented in “Settings”;
• Real Player Updated to 12 October 2009;
• Ovi Contacts installed;
• Removed Download! (Ovi Store still available)
• Touch more responsive;
• Improved stability;
• Slide to Unlock during call
• New contact & music widget.
• New screen alarm, but only when the screen is locked.
• New screen incoming call, also only when the screen is locked.

Update: kinetic Scrolling have been added to the firmware, Finally!

Update 2: Video added to the post, check it out after the break..

Update 3: Changelog updated (14/01)

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The Google maps mobile edition gets demoed on the Nokia N900 by The Nokia Blog

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Here’s a first look at the Navigon GPS app for Android phones (demoed on the HTC Hero)

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Phone Arena reviews the Nokia X6. It is the most technologically advanced music-oriented handset of the manufacturer to date and sports 3.2-inch touch sensitive screen, 32GB built-in memory, 5-megapixel camera with double LED flash and Carl Zeiss optics, A-GPS, 3.5mm jack and battery that will allow 35hrs of continuous audio playback.

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My buddy Centrinos just send me tons of high quality pictures of the Nokia N900. Check them out after the break…

The Nokia N900 brings the power of computer to mobile devices. It’s a high performance mobile computer with advanced Maemo 5 software on Linux. Explore Nokia N900 features like multitasking on a live Dashboard, wide screen video capture, 3,5“ WVGA touch display (800 x 480 pixels), QWERTY keyboard and personalisable panorama desktop. The Nokia N900 also features 1 GB of application memory and up to 48GB of storage. Maemo browser is powered by Mozilla Technology and includes Adobe Flash 9.4 and full AJAX support. Wi-Fi and 3.5G connectivity provides fast access to Internet. Take high quality photos and wide screen videos using 5Mpix camera with Carl Zeiss optics. Tag photos and browse them using the tag cloud, and see where images were taken with the automatic geotagging. Merge your phone book, Skype contacts and other contacts into an all-in-one address book. And naturally, N900 has a phone application for voice calls.

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