Nokia 800: First Ads (Images)

With Nokia World only a few weeks away, the anticipation is palpable for the debut of the company's first Windows Phone (or perhaps phones, plural). Combined with earlier marketing material that we saw, these first print ads seem to solidify the fact that the device formerly known asSea Ray will be marketed as the Nokia 800, although some evidence suggests that it may also be branded as Lumia in certain markets. Other codenames swirling around include Sabre, Sun, and Ace, although we'd be surprised to see more than two handsets included in this initial rollout.

From these particular advertisements, it seems like Nokia is trying to position its Windows Phonesas companions for life's daily adventures. This feels somewhat in contrast to Microsoft's initial ad campaign for last year's US WP7 launch, where the major selling point of the operating system was its supposed ability to minimize the amount of time spent fiddling with your handset. We imagine that for the majority of early adopters, it's Nokia's approach that will play better.

Apple: We Sold More Than One Million iPhone 4S Devices In 24H

If you were having doubts about the popularity of Apple's new iPhone 4S you probably had initial hints as per how well these phones were selling thanks to the Apple Store that went out of stock in the first day.

AT&T already admitted the iPhone 4S was the most successful iPhone to date, the carrier sellingon pre-orders 200K phones. Now Apple brings on the numbers to tell the world that more than one million iPhone 4S devices were sold in the first day of pre-orders. It's a huge growth if we compare it to the previous record held by the iPhone 4, accounting for 600,000 units.

"The first day pre-orders for iPhone 4S have been the most for any new product that Apple has ever launched and we are thrilled that customers love iPhone 4S as much as we do", said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide ProductMarketing. 

White BlackBerry Bold 9900 Spotted In Dubai

Will RIM be releasing an alternate version of theBlackBerry Bold 9900 adorned in white? Back in July, while checking out an early 9900 that found its way onto eBay, we took a look at an aftermarket case for the phone in white. That gave us a sense of what to expect, but what we really wanted was some sort of confirmation from the manufacturer. We still don't have such assurances, but a new picture of a white 9900 has been recently disseminated; could official word be near?

The image comes form a tech expo in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and it certainly looks a whole lot more legitimate than the white case from July. It's interesting that there's no badging to speak of, not even a BlackBerry logo, but that's not immediately cause to consider the image suspect, considering where it was taken; had this been sourced from a retail location, that might be different.

We'd really like to get a look at the back of the phone, as well, but what we can see here looks very sharp, indeed. If it really is coming out, let's hope it arrives ASAP; BBX is on the way, so RIM needs to get its BBOS 7 devices selling while they can. 

Verizon Gets Samsung Nexus Prime on November 3?

Although there have been rumors suggesting when Samsung might re-schedule its Nexus Prime announcement, originally supposed to go down tomorrow, we've yet to see confirmation. The longer we have to wait to get a look at the phone, will we end up seeing its release date pushed-back as well? A source with ties to the phone's release doesn't seem to think so, and says Verizon will get the phone on November 3.

Though Phandroid isn't able to reveal too many details about the source, it says it's verified that its tipster is who he claims to be, and are satisfied that he's someone in the know about upcomingVerizon smartphone releases. Besides setting the November 3 date for the Prime, the source talks about the RAZR (suggesting confirmation for the name), as well as the Bionic. The RAZR is apparently holding its own against the Prime in testing, with its only real weaknesses noted as its display and the lack of Ice Cream Sandwich. The Bionic, on the other hand, seems ready to be forgotten. If we're to believe this story, after all the lengthy delays, Verizon released the Bionic more out of obligation than any real desire to sell the phone. With the RAZR and this Prime on the way, we kinda don't blame thecarrier for losing interest. 

Our Thoughts on Apple's October 4th iPhone 4S Event - iReview

Watch today's special edition of the Pocketnow iReview where we go through all that's cool and not so cool about Apple's new iPhone 4S. In today's show we go through Apple's release of the iPhone 4S and things that were cool about it, which sadly are only limited to specs under the same hood of the past generation iPhone 4. We also round up all the different models that will be part of the new iPhone line-up and how much they'll all cost. We later go through the release dates for iOS 5, and the fact that developers have already received their first Gold Master Candidate release. Probably the only interesting aspect of the iPhone 4S is the integration that it'll have with Siri. Apple plans to bring you a true glimpse of what it's like to have true Artificial Intelligence through Siri as your assistant. We later end the Cool section with two new apps that were announced in the keynote and that you should check out.

In the Not So Cool section we go through our disappointment in Apple not releasing the iPhone 5. There truly is nothing wrong with the iPhone 4S, but many of us wanted more. We also go through the features that were missed in the iPhone 4S and that are necessary by current market tendencies.

All this and more after the break.