Rihanna's Rated R album launch with Nokia Music

Rihanna is going online for her Rated R album launch in London on Nov. 16, 2009. Catch her live performance in a secret location in London. This is exclusive for Nokia Music so you have to sign up to get to see the show.

Update:  Show will be in Nov. 17 @ 4 am Manila time

Nokia N900 unboxing

If you are salivating on the Nokia N900 then that makes the two of us.  Some 300+ developers and enthusiasts were given  pre-production units of  Nokia N900 for 6 months to play, test and sleep with in the 2nd Maemo Summit 09 in  Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam from Oct 9 to 11, 2009. Some guys really have all the luck. Video of unboxing after the jump via UMPCPortal.

Update: Peter Schneider, head of Meamo marketing, has casually suggested that Nokia N900 is to start shipping during November 2009. This should put them head to head with another November release.

How to have push email in your Nokia

Early last week a long awaited news made my week.  If you want to let email rule your world but are not inclined to go the black(berry) side you can consider Nokia Messaging.  The new push email only data plan of Smart of P299/mo entails you to sign your soul for 2 years.  Well before you decide to go into that route you can always test the waters and see if you would like emails to command your life.

Push email in your Nokia via Smart

I've been waiting for this for like ages  already.  Nokia finally has annouced that Smart will be the first to offer Nokia Messaging in the Philippines. Smart Communications, Inc (SMART) has recently signed a deal with Nokia to offer Nokia Messaging on selected Nokia Nseries and Eseries devices. If you don't know Nokia Messaging is an easy-to-use messaging service that will be available on a special data plan to SMART subscribers beginning September 26, 2009. The Nokia Messaging plan will initially be offered with the Nokia E75 and will also be offered to other Nokia Messaging capable devices in the near future.

Nokia 5530 XM now available

Officially announced in Connection 09 event in Singapore last June 14th, the Nokia 5530 Xpress Music is now available.  This is a stripped down version of the nokia 5800XM, sans the 3G but with wifi connectivity.  For me the wifi is the deal breaker as i prefer to get connected thru my home's hotspot than with the carrier's connection.  It has 3.2 megapixel camera with LED flash.  Since its offering only EDGE data, video call is not possible thus the front facing camera is absent. It has 640 x 360 touch screen display and 3.5mm jack. As with the 5800, this younger sibling is running symbian S60 5.0. and come shipped with 4GB microSD for all your music and video fix. If you want to get down and dirty with the specs that matter and prices in the local market then read on.

Update:  now with video courtesy of Mobileburn.