Nokia has launched a road show which lets the Nokia N8 users know the possibilities they can enjoy with their Nokia smartphone. The road show was started with Bollywood actor Gisselle Monteiro in New Delhi where Nokia showcased how users would be able to enjoy mini racing by remote controlling their mini racing cars through Nokia N8.

This was just a showcase of what the users would be able to do and is not available currently in the markets. Nokia has worked with Bangalore based developers Divum and the first project includes an App running on the Nokia N8 that lets consumers control mini model cars through WiFi and motion sensing.

Nokia is also running a competition called, “Invent the future with Nokia”, inviting entries from consumers for their ideas on what they would want to control with the Nokia smartphone. The winner’s idea will be actioned in real-life – and they will get to work with the developers.

Users are able to actually control the remote controlled cars through WiFi and motion sensing using an app on Nokia N8, and the best part is users can control the cars through Internet irrespective of where they are located. Consumers will also be able to meet the developers behind the app, Divum, and get a sneak peek into their next project with the Nokia N8.

Announcing the competition, Viral Oza, director, marketing, Nokia India, said, “As a leader in mobile technology, innovation is always at the centre of what we do. Smart devices are one of the three key focus areas for Nokia, according to our global strategy announced earlier this year. We believe that smartphones will continue to evolve and enable consumers to communicate with a host of other gadgets & do a lot more with their devices.”

Samsung will release a new Android smartphone, dubbed as Galaxy 3D, with glasses-free 3D display in fourth quarter of this year, a website has reported.
The Samsung Galaxy 3D is expected to sport a 4.3-inch 3D LCD display, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 1.2Ghz Samsung Exynos processor, and twin 8-megapixel cameras.

This would be third such smartphone after the LG Optimus 3D and HTC EVO 3D smartphones. The price of these 3D smartphones is wee bit higher than the high-end Android devices. Samsung obviously noticed an opportunity here apparently started with the development of the Galaxy 3D smartphone, according to some analysts.

LG Optimus 3D handset comes with Android 2.2 Froyo update with dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 architecture based processor. It would get the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update only in late October.

Whereas Samsung is planning to introduce Galaxy 3D with Android 2.3 Gingerbread pre-loaded and also a dual-core 1.2GHz Exynos processor.

At the back panel, Samsung Galaxy 3D would rest two 8-megapixel image sensor loaded cameras meant to record 3D in full HD resolutions. Based on that, we presume that the mobile phone will have a large dedicated RAM for supporting the full HD 3D recording and playback of the content.

The details certainly look exciting but are the consumers really ready for 3D smartphones? Even if several are ready, there is a dearth of actual 3D content. That is why LG and other developers are working to bring the OpenGL supporting solutions that will convent the regular 2D into 3D for the glasses-free 3D smartphones.

Samsung is expected to launch the Galaxy 3D smartphone in the fourth quarter which may be by end of this year or at the Consumer Electronics Show 2011. So far, there’s no official intimation or word on the Galaxy 3D project.

Motorola Defy smartphone may soon get a Processor upgrade and is likely be called Motorola Defy+, according to a website.

Motorola Defy came to the market only one year ago, but it instantly struck a chord in the market by giving the users a rugged and strong handset. It gradually graduated from Eclair to Froyo and now there are hints it will be getting Gingerbread also.
Now as per the website, the Motorola Defy’s 800 MHz OMAP 3610 Texas Instruments processor is likely to be upgraded to 1GHz OMAP 3620 TI processor.

Although the improvement is not really that big, the 25 per cent capacity jump in the processor will help Motorola Defy catch up some other handset models that have come out in the market in the meantime. The other specifications of the device such as 512MB of RAM, a 3.7-inch FWVGA display, and 2GM of internal flash storage are likely to remain the same.

The phone attracts attention due to its bezel free screen, which can easily handle moderate slips here and there, and occasional dip in the water as well.
We tried to find out if the new version of Motorola Defy would be coming to India as well, but at the time of writing the story, the Motorola India’s spokesperson was unavailable for comment. But the chances are, Motorola Defy in India will get the upgrade as well because all the Defy handsets in India come from the same source, and it’s unlikely Motorola will make different handset specifically for India.

At the start of this month, we reported about the Windows Phone 7.5 Mango loaded LG E906 handset. Now the image of a purported LG handset, branded as LG Fantasy, has been acquired by PocketNow. There’s no word on the release date but expect this device to show up in sometime October this year.

Microsoft has promised to release the Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update by September but hasn’t given any fixed date or week for the same. In anticipation of that, we already reported about the slew of devices under development that will come pre-loaded with Mango update.

LG Fantasy LG-E906 handset may carry 400×800 Pixel Resolution for its display that appears to be above 4-inch. Fantasy expected to come with lots of new features with Mango pre-loaded and of course Internet Explorer 9.

LG Fantasy handset appears to be pretty similar to the HTC HD7. In fact, all Windows Phone 7 phones look sort of similar due to specific hardware requirements laid down by Microsoft. Let’s hope there are multiple options for Windows Phone 7.5 devices. Only then Microsoft would actually start competing with Android based handsets.