nah
lol keep dreaming
nah
shut yo mouth you big dummy
lol keep dreaming
have fun having to hack your phone just to have ring tones.
lol keep dreaming
have fun having to hack your phone just to have ring tones.
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/itoner/
and as a matter of fact i already have my phone loaded even before that... i have a full NES emulator with tons of games on it and have installed native apps on it ... not very hard at all... and trust that apple is going to release new features with time and i think ringtone service from itunes is coming on the 5th along with new ipods... moto has the most crappy os ever... get yourself atleast a sony ericsson before you claim anything being even close to being > than iphone
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/08/07/iphone-nes-fast-usable-totally-rewritten/
lol keep dreaming
have fun having to hack your phone just to have ring tones.
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/itoner/
and as a matter of fact i already have my phone loaded even before that... i have a full NES emulator with tons of games on it and have installed native apps on it ... not very hard at all... and trust that apple is going to release new features with time and i think ringtone service from itunes is coming on the 5th along with new ipods... moto has the most crappy os ever... get yourself atleast a sony ericsson before you claim anything being even close to being > than iphone
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/08/07/iphone-nes-fast-usable-totally-rewritten/
yeah you had to hack your phone for that. i didn't have to do shit besides download a jar file.
plus i paid all of zero dollars for this phone. 0 dollars > iphone.
i have a gameboy color emulator 8)
lol keep dreaming
have fun having to hack your phone just to have ring tones.
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/itoner/
and as a matter of fact i already have my phone loaded even before that... i have a full NES emulator with tons of games on it and have installed native apps on it ... not very hard at all... and trust that apple is going to release new features with time and i think ringtone service from itunes is coming on the 5th along with new ipods... moto has the most crappy os ever... get yourself atleast a sony ericsson before you claim anything being even close to being > than iphone
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/08/07/iphone-nes-fast-usable-totally-rewritten/
yeah you had to hack your phone for that. i didn't have to do shit besides download a jar file.
plus i paid all of zero dollars for this phone. 0 dollars > iphone.
i have a gameboy color emulator 8)
no hack on the http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/itoner/ just download just as you did your .jar file... very simple even easier than i used to do with those piece of shit motorolas with bluetooth...
and for the nintendo an any other apps i have on the iphone all i had to do was download one app that installs all the rest... no hackin buddy... the app installs it for you... no terminal or commands or anything... although i did hack the phone before these things came out... but now its all super simple for anyone to do...
ive had nokias, sony ericssons, moto, LG, and out of those the 2 moto's i had were the ones i really hated.. they sucked ass.. sony ericssons had tons of features before most makers... especially bluetooth support in there t68i back in the day... but apple has made all the features that get put into a phone easy and simple to use... not like you and that wap browser you have to use on that phone... that is not very ideal or useable...
now there is downfalls for the iphone..
no mms
no sending text messages to multiple parties
no video
but what it Does have it does extremely well unlike most makers..
lol keep dreaming
have fun having to hack your phone just to have ring tones.
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/itoner/
and as a matter of fact i already have my phone loaded even before that... i have a full NES emulator with tons of games on it and have installed native apps on it ... not very hard at all... and trust that apple is going to release new features with time and i think ringtone service from itunes is coming on the 5th along with new ipods... moto has the most crappy os ever... get yourself atleast a sony ericsson before you claim anything being even close to being > than iphone
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/08/07/iphone-nes-fast-usable-totally-rewritten/
^
iphone aint pink
it allready lost
^ That's got some piff points right there.lol pifftastic
LOL @ wap browser. when was the last time you used a cell phone?
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So lets go ahead and open opera and check my myspace.
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ahhLOL @ wap browser. when was the last time you used a cell phone?
(http://i2.tinypic.com/645ip7c.png)
So lets go ahead and open opera and check my myspace.
(http://i10.tinypic.com/4xyj1c4.png)
(http://i11.tinypic.com/3ygrb6c.png)
keep trying buddy.. 8)
(http://homepage.mac.com/ejrizo/iphonemyspace.jpg)
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Is the iPhone's payment plan similar to my 8125, where as you have to pay for the regular service each month, but then you have to pay an additional $40 or so if you want to have access to the internet as well?
^^
Haha, Maddox is funny.
On the real though, the iPhone is an expensive, already outdated piece of machinery. It's only got two things going for it:
1)It's got a sleek & sexy look to it, some say.
2)It's got Apple marketing forces to push it AND Apple enthusiasts, geeks, lovers and other Mac-loving mofos to suck it down.
iPhone is shrouded in mystery and vagueness, and our readers seem perplexed about what this phone actually is, while Apple firmly believes it has re-invented the mobile phone and tries to foist its views off on consumers. With this piece we are kicking off a series of articles on the modern world of mobile phones, what and how Apple has created, what the place of the Apple iPhone among other handsets is. This product, as a phenomenon, is already here, so the only thing left to do is find out what it really can do, emotions, marketing tricks and tub-thumping fans aside. So, here goes the first installment.
For the time being users seem to be confused, as they continue to argue about “what is the iPhone?”. Is it a mere feature phone, or, perhaps, it can be qualified as an Apple-branded smartphone, or even a communicator, though the latter version doesn’t have many followers. Let’s take a closer look at this product’s positioning.
Some time ago the iPhone went by the name of apple smartphone; though I really have no idea what people sticking with it mean by that. In order to avoid delving deep into queer terms and puns, let’s remind ourselves, what the market accepts as a smartphone.
Smartphone – a handset running on a non-proprietary operating system that allows creation of additional applications by third-party developers, while all tools required for that are provided by the OS developer. In a word, you can install third-party programs, increasing overall functionality. So happens that smartphones powered by one and the same OS are released by different makers, so here comes another, indirect token – more than one manufacturer of such devices.
Java, being a separate multi-platform standard, meets the definition above in some way, but doesn’t offer those device management abilities offered by developers of stand-alone OS. At the same time, standardization of Java goes at full tilt and perhaps the moment, when the borderline between Java-programs and native applications is no more will come pretty soon.
The market features two major smartphone operating systems - Symbian, Windows Mobile. Linux inside does not automatically means that all devices running on it are smartphones. The LJ by Motorola is quite specific – at present it has all the locks on, being a closed operating system, and development of native applications for Linux MontaVista in it is impossible, that’s the thing only the maker himself can do.
Now let’s take a once-over of the iPhone’s abilities. Can you install own Java-applications on it? The answer is No – this standard is not supported. And what about applications from the desktop OS? No way. In spite of the dreams (that many had) about identical OS versions found in the phone and desktops, there is no such thing here. It appears that the difference is even more tremendous than between the desktop Safari and that the iPhone comes preinstalled with.
It turns out that no applications can be installed on the phone, so the user is limited to the pool of applications drawn by the maker in the first place. And in this sense, the handset doesn’t qualify as a smartphone by any means and calling it this way is somewhat ridiculous. What is more, MAC OS itself can’t turn a feature phone into a smartphone – it simply skimps on features.
The followers of the smartphone theory will usually feed you with these arguments:
Only smartphones sport huge touch-sensitive displays and on-screen keyboards. A very weak point, as the market offers loads of touchscreen-based devices that have nothing to do with smartphones. For example, the Nokia 6108 with its handwriting recognition for some Asian countries, even though it runs S40 by Nokia.
This is a smartphone, for it carries MAC OS onboard, just like the one in desktops. Hmm, really, really pitiful argument – if applications from desktop PCs could actually work here, then it would be a smartphone. But in this case, any OS would do – in any event, it is totally different from what the developers are experienced in, so there is no way for them to write own applications.
The feature pack and suite of applications clearly indicate that it is a smartphone. Apparently, people spreading this opinion have never encountered real smartphones with substantially greater default functionality. It is not even worth talking about.
At the same time, it would seem that Apple realizes how scanty this device is, and offers a way-out – network applications that can be launched via the browser. This is where we are stepping onto a tricky road, as we will have to speak about certain things that nullify the entire concept of this device and simply won’t be accepted by any of its fans.
Networks applications is the future of the mobile phone market – they are growing in numbers with every passing year, and new features keep popping up. Just remember Google Maps, whose implementation found in the iPhone is one of the market’s best. This is a default application, which is quite interesting. There will be other applications strongly connected with network resources, for instance WikiPedia. For the most part, these will be content-based services.
And if only this segment was unique to Apple, then we would say that the company is the pioneer and is now intensively building up a new niche. Alas! The first company to get the idea of network applications on board was Nokia. Today the number of various Widgets is far greater than that for the iPhone. The community of developers easily makes up new apps, is interested in them, and, more importantly, has all essential tools at its disposal. Again, no traits here for the iPhone.
But it is not the worst thing. Today’s smartphones are characterized by a tiny feature that brings them together – multitasking. Even feature phones are coming to grips with it – platforms A100, A200 Sony Ericsson, Nokia S40 5th Edition FP2 (Q1, Q2, 2008) and later on – Motorola’s LJ.
The iPhone has not multitasking whatsoever, of course if you don’t count its ability to play music in background mode. In a word, you can’t handle your mail and organizer at the same time, switching between them, copying data from the latter and pasting it into letters, adding some notes etc. This means the iPhone doesn’t have to goods to allow you manage your time with ease. Instead of that, you are down to perform one task in one sitting. Is that bad? By no means, there is nothing to be ashamed of, many phones can’t do that either. So, we finally come to the verdict that the iPhone is not a smartphone but a feature phone remarkable solely for its touch-sensitive display.
Enterprise, multimedia, fashion, something else?
Having figured out that the iPhone is a mere feature phone, let’s take a glance at its positioning, and find out who can buy this product. Narrowing down to a certain audience, this would be people already familiar with Apple’s solutions and with some experience of managing them under their belts. Then, the consumers bent on cutting-edge technologies, in other words – enthusiast. For them, this solution is a fount of various sweet bonuses. Also, there is a big group of consumers who never had a clue what this was all about, but gave in to the craze. So, in order to learn what this device can offer specific audiences, we are now looking at it through the lenses of its specifications.
Enterprise. The iPhone has no spirit of an enterprise solution. Basically, the definition of a business handset today is very obscure, the market is polarized, but we can specify some characteristic segments and generic features. Technology-savvy companies with developed IT-departments sit on the top – they supply their employees with smartphones and communicators, extracting the benefits they bring.
What are the strong sides of these solutions? For most it would be email that can keep anyone occupied during a trip. For example, in the US market, it is email that allows BlackBerry devices, as well as a number of Windows Mobile products to breathe. These days many companies actively employ MS Exchange ActiveSync, Push Mail, which enable instant delivery of email to connected units – as if it was an SMS that gets to the recipient a few seconds after sending. We even overlook other aspects, since these basics are pretty much enough already. You can also throw here the ability to view headlines of letters on a server, selective upload and other amenities for good measure.
Ability to view and edit MS Office attachments and also Adobe Acrobat (iPhone allows viewing only, no options for saving them either). Moreover, such devices usually get enterprise data bases installed, which contain contacts, valuable information, custom applications, so that the user can always get access to the data he needs. This automatically means that a notebook at hand becomes pretty much useless, all goods are already on the handset.
Remote management of smartphones (both WM and Symbian) – this is one of the top-priority fields. This system implies that an administrator, should you have your device stolen or lost, can lock your SIM-card, but that’s not all, he can also wipe the device’s memory. In a similar way, he can update firmware versions over the air on thousands of units, utilized by the company, add new features, and upload new data or applications. It might sound like a fairy tale, but it is already here and similar systems are widely adopted.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to guess that iPhone has none of these amenities (not even close) – just an abysmal email client that allows you only to view documents, that’s about it. The maker has also taken care of user’s files that can’t be carried on the device and sent via email, the device simply has a different idea behind it.
Less advanced companies also worth a few words – these prefer buying feature phones for their employees, since the latter need reliable communications alone, rather than bells and whistles. And a different logic kicks in here. First, this device should boast a good brand (iPhone – a great brand), second, feature fair price/quality ratio, and be easy in use and service (that’s where the iPhone falls flat).
That is, if a manager faces the dilemma of going for either the Nokia 6233 for 1 USD on a 2-year contract, or the iPhone for 499 USD signed for 2 years as well, what his choice will be? I suppose the answer is obvious and need no further comments.
An important conclusion we can make right now – the iPhone is a personal device and by no means a business-aimed solution; enterprise users will never accept it. So it turns out, the companies that can shell out for the iPhone, won’t do it, since it doesn’t have the goods, while smaller companies will overlook this nifty, hyped and hence pricey device in their pursuit of price/brand ratio.
Multimedia. Apple is famous for its MP3-players, this is actually its second prioritized field, after computers. So seemingly it comes up with a multimedia-ready device, which is the iPhone. But is it so?
Thankfully, or, maybe, regrettably, a few years ago Nokia established NSeries, a range comprising multimedia-heavy products that were called not feature phones or even smartphones, but multimedia computers. The multimedia department of these solutions kept getting underscored on every occasion (suitable or not). What the market recognizes as a multimedia-driven device today?
Probably, the following characteristics matter the most:
Ability to play music;
Radio;
Video playback;
Ability to make and edit own video clips;
Bundled camera, image editor, special effects;
Games;
What of the above does the iPhone deliver? Well, no games are available, and for want of hardware keys, there won’t be a wide array of them. Therefore, the iPhone is not about gaming, no matter how you look at it (hence a great many of younger people are put off).
There is a camera in this device, but it has no settings, or allows you to make any use of the snaps (no stock editor, one and the same wallpaper all the time), no video recording capabilities. In this sense the iPhone is quite meager. While Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung and Motorola enable direct PC connection over Bluetooth, USB for printing, you won’t find this feature in the iPhone. The thing it banks on is slide-show, but other makers have it as well. Missing memory card slot and USB Mass Storage mode will never allow you to copy snaps onto other devices. However, it is not a big deal, since the low-end camera module found in the iPhone won’t provoke any strong desire for printing out photos in view of their very mediocre quality.
With its player Apple has proven that FM-radiо onboard does not guarantee success. That’s why everything the whole mobile industry has been striving to get to over all these years is now ignored. Today the guideline on the mobile phone market is really, really simple – tack on radio onto as many devise as you can. And the companies follow it, be it with or without RDS, radio modules can be encountered even in entry-level solutions. In its turn, the iPhone with its own concept comes in to oppose the market’s principle.
The music department is supposed to be the iPhone’s edge – something should be backing up its image of 6th generation of iPod with integrated phone. There is much truth to this wording, in this sense it is indeed a music-heavy product. But when it’s put face to face with Walkman or XpressMusic handsets, it turns out to be lagging on a lot of things.
It is just about time for anger and tension to grow, because once again we encroach on the very fundamental things – the iPod along with other Apple’s music-minded products are associated with great sonic experience, etc. etc. But this is a mere myth, skillfully maintained by the company itself. In fact, the Apple’s players utilize technologies of 2003-2004 and are lagging far behind the market with their average sound quality. Before iPod Video many complained about outside noises during music playback, these were caused by nothing but the player’s hardware. The company has always been into selling the aura, design of its products, rather than technological talents or cutting-edge hardware solutions. And eventually, this played a nasty trick on its iPhone. “Why?” – I hear you ask. Simple, all today’s mobile phones come in with much richer retail package:
Remote control – none available for the iPhone;
Ability to plug in any 3,5 mm compatible headphones without adapters (jack mounted on a headset or the device itself). The iPhone actually retains one, but it was intentionally recessed, so as to prevent the users from connecting custom earphones and force them to buy new from the company – a very limited choice, mediocre quality (especially true for the default headphones), well, no good;
A2DP Bluetooth profile – the iPhone just doesn’t have this profile, meaning that wires are your only option;
Direct music uploads – the iPhone doesn’t deliver this feature, you are down to iTunes, which requires synchronization every time;
Getting music from friends over Bluetooth – disabled in the iPhone;
Stereo-speakers to share favorite tunes – none in the iPhone;
Dedicated music keys on the casing – the iPhone comes with its touch-screen alone, have to call it to life all the time.
And this is only a short list. The iPhone does retain the basic functionality (playlists, filters), a handful of visual amenities (album art), but omits loads of extras that shape up the final impression. In other words, with this convergent device, the only thing the company has done is replication of its previous offerings without any further enhancements. For example, Nokia, Sony Ericcson allow the users to control playback by shaking the phone, the Walkman range calls it SensMe, which picks tunes to match the mood of the song you originally chose. We could go on and on with all these details. And all this takes place against the backdrop of a very though competition in sound quality between the iPhone and some flagship solutions. I don’t want to delve deep into this right now – it will be highlighted later anyway. However, it is important to understand that Apple sticks with its policy in this field – basic implementation of the music department with quite good, yet nothing-to-shout-about sound quality (lags behind the contemporary players, for example the Sony A800), skimpy suite of extras.
Of the six constituents listed above, technically, the iPhone offers three, and one of them is obviously inferior to the competition. It turns out that by contemporary standards, this product cannot qualify as a multimedia-ready solution. I wouldn’t mind if someone called it this way (which is closer to the reality): iPod Video with a phone module chucked into it.
Fashion and nothing else
What characterizes all fashion-savvy solutions? A good, recognized brand (the iPhone has it), quaint design (in stock), top-notch materials (got’em), relatively hefty price tag (obviously). Meanwhile, the maker can provide only the core functionality with no bells and whistles – fashion-conscious users put it very low on their lists, they rather need a thing grabbing everyone’s eyes and displaying their status. The success of the Nokia 8800 and all of its variations results from the abovementioned factors.
So, the iPhone is a real fashion phone? Exactly, it is the only class it belongs to.
This means the iPhone’s direct rival can by, say, the LG Prada. By the way, these two solutions are very resembling philosophy-wise and in the sense of some technologies used.
Finally, we have figured out what kind of phone it is, and come to realize that it is neither an enterprise solution nor a multimedia-heavy device. Apple has made a bold move by shutting itself away from the segment of premium MP3-players, which have already become its signature, and slipped into the lower price-bracket. Its top of the line solutions are replaced by the iPhone, which can be dragged along as a second or even third phone, allowing you to brag about your status and lots of cash. That’s why there are no price cuts for the phone, which would’ve made it too affordable (even more than it is today, which wasn’t on Apple’s to-do list).
The hype around the product lets it reach the main goal – make its owner the talk of the town for some time. This is what characterizes every fashion-savvy solution.
The path they have picked is quite good, especially for the US market, where it will be rivaled only by Nokia, which is relatively weak on this market. That is, there no competition with the fashion-savvy Nokia 8800 in its American iteration, while the Nokia N95’s sells well, but nothing outstanding about it. With an army of the iPod owners behind its back and player replacement dates on the near-horizon for many users, the company has made all the right moves and offered a product that made the market go crazy. However the figures they give us are a tad shady, since about 25 percent of all sales were generated by profiteers, who wanted to gain something from the fuss around the iPhone. Well, they failed. But that’s what we are going to focus on in the articles to come.
Eldar Murtazin (eldar@mobile-review.com)
Translated by Oleg Kononosov (oleg.kononosov@mobile-review.com)
Published — 27 July 2007
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dunno about the nokia n95 the battery lasts about a day and a lot of the features are crap. the camera is nice though. the nokia E90 is a bit of a brick but that's a serious piece of kit, every feature you can possibly imagine. any ericcson is bound to be good, great battery life, great music playing facilities, won't break down so easy. the real iphone killer from sony is prolly the w960i, upcoming high end walkman phone. 8 gig internal memory, hi-res cam, great sound quality, high res touch screen etc etc etc. definitely one to look out for as well as that k850i...
http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=gb&lc=en&ver=4000&template=pip1&zone=pp&pid=10908
There will be PLENTY of "iPhone Killers" just like there has been "iPod Killers" 8) ;)
apple is in a league of their own with products they make... people that are calling everything a "iPod/iPhone Killer" just dont get the simplicity and integration of their products... thats what keeps people the usability not craming in a million features that are hard or not as enjoyable to use....
im perfectly happy with my iPhone
i was and still am a huge sony ericsson fan but since apple became a cell phone maker i got a new favorite... i love my iphone... but before then i always told everyone to shoot for the sony ericsson ... and i hate Motorola ... hate their operating system
and its not about what your phone "CAN" do but what you "Do" with your phone... half the people that lounge for all these features hardly ever use them... for someone like you that does... then more power to you... but its also huge on how you use it... and who makes it seemless and easy to use while at the same time being functional that will win. and right now im on apples side... but of course im a long time apple fan like everyone here knows.
^^^
yeah well another huge thing for me is integration....
I have a MacBook Pro, iMac, iPhone, iPod and apple accessories... so integration is perfect... and i have no problems with compatibility.
that htc p4550 looks to be THE device for me, especially as my ebay purchased bluetooth gps reciever that i use with my windows phone + tom tom is a pile of crap that never works. gonna pick one up, is launching as the vodafone v1615 on vodafone so i should be able to get one through work somehow ;]
that htc p4550 looks to be THE device for me, especially as my ebay purchased bluetooth gps reciever that i use with my windows phone + tom tom is a pile of crap that never works. gonna pick one up, is launching as the vodafone v1615 on vodafone so i should be able to get one through work somehow ;]
it's full alright it got all the feature except the photo 8)
nice i didnt know that mig33 had the photo,ima def go check this out when you'll be able to post the link +1 already for ya! props
i haven't i might go next door to the orange store and test one out as they have it. read the touch screen is real nice but i don't like the idea of no keyboard after getting used to my qtek. yeah vodafone brand their devices - the qtek i got direct from voda wasn't actually branded at all though ;] but its follow up, the TyTN, was the v1605. just meant it had 'Vodafone' plastered on it, i don't think they screwed around with the software and general functionality on there too much, not too sure... it does always mean its customised to all of the networks specific services though and if your using it on the same network (which i will be) then things couldn't be easier.
however my qtek did come preloaded with msn messenger and the v1605 didn't have it on there, so maybe they removed that? if there's isn't the new pocket live messenger on the v1615 im gonna be pissed. there isn't a live messenger on the current wm6 device we do - the v1415 (HTC S710) but i don't think that's supposed to be on there anyway, being a standard edition of WM6...not too sure there...
oh and the motorola Z8 isn't really doing very well. people don't know to use the interface but i played it with a lot it is a cool phone with the powerful OS and everything. consumers just don't like it and not many business users seem to be clocked onto its functionality...and the battery life is HORRIBLE, maybe worse than the N95 :0
samsung G600 is also launching this week, got the dummy models in yesterday. a nice small slider, not too slim though with a 5mp camera and samsung have at last dropped the touch sensitive crap on this one too. gonna be their main push for the holiday season and looks to be really nice. i think samsung maybe have the easiest UI for normal phone funtionality of all the manufacturers...
nice i didnt know that mig33 had the photo
I got a SLVR L7 and it > iphone. It does everything yours does for a hella big fraction of the price.
Next phone i'll be getting is either a SLVR L9
(http://www.mobilegazette.com/handsets/motorola/motorola-slvr-l9/motorola-slvr-l9-combo.jpg)
or the RAZR2
(http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/razr2-big.jpg)
I'm leaning towards the SLVR L9 because it's cheaper.
bundy you should go for z8 if it HAVE to be a motorola,it runs Symbian UIQ 3.1 a powerfull OS,Matty says the battery sucks,but hey get a extra battery.
you can see a preview video in the previous post and find a nice review for it over at www.mobile-review.com
you mean that huge ass phone? the RAZR2 runs linux btw.
(http://blog.aggeman.se/razr2.jpg)
Surfing on the mobilephone is so lame..
Sony Ericsson K850
(http://www1.vg.no/uploaded/image/2007/6/15/k850i_460_vg.jpg)
Have you tried www.mini.opera.com/app ?
Most of time I´m on here I use a cell,loving it.
Surfing on the mobilephone is so lame..
Sony Ericsson K850
(http://www1.vg.no/uploaded/image/2007/6/15/k850i_460_vg.jpg)
Have you tried www.mini.opera.com/app ?
Most of time I´m on here I use a cell,loving it.
Yeah, I've tried that opera. Didn't like it all
Ok,can´t please everyone,he,he. I guess I´m lame,ha,ha
But at least you gave it a try.
I believe SE K850 is coming next month.
Sony Ericsson K850 Preview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Lz8CHzCt8
SE just dropped T650 Shit is nice!!!!!!
(http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/May2007/T650.jpg)
Sony Ericsson T650 Demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APaNg8ZMPyc
Surfing on the mobilephone is so lame..
Sony Ericsson K850
(http://www1.vg.no/uploaded/image/2007/6/15/k850i_460_vg.jpg)
Have you tried www.mini.opera.com/app ?
Most of time I´m on here I use a cell,loving it.
Yeah, I've tried that opera. Didn't like it all
Ok,can´t please everyone,he,he. I guess I´m lame,ha,ha
But at least you gave it a try.
I believe SE K850 is coming next month.
Sony Ericsson K850 Preview
http://www.youtube.com/v/w_Lz8CHzCt8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Lz8CHzCt8
SE just dropped T650 Shit is nice!!!!!!
(http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/May2007/T650.jpg)
Sony Ericsson T650 Demo
http://www.youtube.com/v/APaNg8ZMPyc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APaNg8ZMPyc
Lol, hehe. Was j/k bout that, but I don't have the need to be online at anytime. When I'm on the Internet, I got my comp.
that k850i looks more smooth than T650. The K-series have always been my fave.
^lol yeah, i haven't really thought about that joystick.. LEt's see when it drops
^thats my shit!!
ima get this soon though... gettin tired of that brick...
(http://www.sonyericsson.com/images/spgd/GPD_44776_28_0_4000.png)
The situation with the Sony Ericsson S500i buttons had been hard to foresee - it was just recently when we learned that the green paint reacted with the adhesive used for sticking the buttons onto the casing. This way, because of the chemical reaction the base of the keys simply dissolved. At the same time, the yellow edition is free of such defectshttp://www.mobile-review.com/articles/2007/brak-in-phones-en.shtml
This is a new Sony PS3 mobile phone...that plays Nintendo's Super Mario Bros...and which uses Microsoft's PS3 operating system - no, wait, that's not right. Hang on it's made in Koera - where the hell's Koera?!
(http://mobilementalism.com/imageSnag/1079-4654cff28b29d.jpg)
Yes, what we have here is the mother of all clone phones. It's a Chinese phone (naturally!), and its makers have decided that imitation is most definitely the sincerest form of flattery. As such, they've named it the Amycoll PS3 phone, which, er, "flatters" both Samsung, with its Korean Anycall brand, and also Sony, with its PS3. They've even added PlayStation buttons on the keypad, just for good measure!
Loads more pictures of the funniest mobile phone yet created, after the jump!
The copying fun doesn't end there, though. As Babelfish's translation calls it, the "Chinese evil behind-the-scenes manipulator's machine" has a Microsoft Windows logo that reads "Design for PS3". Didn't realise Microsoft did design for Sony's PS3! Not to worry, its entire Microsoft Windows user interface is faked as well!
As if that wasn't enough, they've even faked the country of origin. Korean phones are legendary for their technical features, so it makes sense to pretend your phone comes from Korea right? Except they couldn't actually spell Korea, so the Amycoll PS3 comes from Koera!
And still the fun continues. Not content with faking operating systems and copying brands and even countries (badly!) the Amycoll PS3 even includes a Nintendo NES, SNES and GameBoy color emulator, so you can play Super Mario Bros on your mobile phone.
Actually, that's a great idea! Playing Mario on a mobile is a killer app, and doing it with PlayStation buttons on a fake Windows Operating System is just so wrong, it feels goooood - almost dirty even!! Pity the phone's so illegal it'll never make it outiside of China (not to mention that the phone itself gets so hot when you play any of its games that you can't actually hold it!).
Another interesting feature is that this phone will play background noise when you make a call, just in case you want to pretend you're somewhere else. So, if you've told your wife you're on a ship somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, when in reality you're down the local pub, the Amycoll PS3 will play the sounds of life aboard an Atlantic-trawling ship while you chat away to her! Really, they've thought of everything!
This phone is hilarious! It's as if a team of teccie fan-boys got together one drunken night and concocted a wish list of all their favourite gadgets that they'd like in a mobile phone - then the next day, thought "what a great idea" and bodged just such a Frankenstein phone together, while singing "patents? trademarks? law-suits - pah! We spit on you all!"
Then, when they'd finished, their marketing department thought "what this phone really needs is some great sounding brand names - whose can we pinch?!"
Genius!
^thats my shit!!
ima get this soon though... gettin tired of that brick...
(http://www.sonyericsson.com/images/spgd/GPD_44776_28_0_4000.png)
lots of cool phones
QuoteThis is a new Sony PS3 mobile phone...that plays Nintendo's Super Mario Bros...and which uses Microsoft's PS3 operating system - no, wait, that's not right. Hang on it's made in Koera - where the hell's Koera?!
(http://mobilementalism.com/imageSnag/1079-4654cff28b29d.jpg)
Yes, what we have here is the mother of all clone phones. It's a Chinese phone (naturally!), and its makers have decided that imitation is most definitely the sincerest form of flattery. As such, they've named it the Amycoll PS3 phone, which, er, "flatters" both Samsung, with its Korean Anycall brand, and also Sony, with its PS3. They've even added PlayStation buttons on the keypad, just for good measure!
Loads more pictures of the funniest mobile phone yet created, after the jump!
The copying fun doesn't end there, though. As Babelfish's translation calls it, the "Chinese evil behind-the-scenes manipulator's machine" has a Microsoft Windows logo that reads "Design for PS3". Didn't realise Microsoft did design for Sony's PS3! Not to worry, its entire Microsoft Windows user interface is faked as well!
As if that wasn't enough, they've even faked the country of origin. Korean phones are legendary for their technical features, so it makes sense to pretend your phone comes from Korea right? Except they couldn't actually spell Korea, so the Amycoll PS3 comes from Koera!
And still the fun continues. Not content with faking operating systems and copying brands and even countries (badly!) the Amycoll PS3 even includes a Nintendo NES, SNES and GameBoy color emulator, so you can play Super Mario Bros on your mobile phone.
Actually, that's a great idea! Playing Mario on a mobile is a killer app, and doing it with PlayStation buttons on a fake Windows Operating System is just so wrong, it feels goooood - almost dirty even!! Pity the phone's so illegal it'll never make it outiside of China (not to mention that the phone itself gets so hot when you play any of its games that you can't actually hold it!).
Another interesting feature is that this phone will play background noise when you make a call, just in case you want to pretend you're somewhere else. So, if you've told your wife you're on a ship somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, when in reality you're down the local pub, the Amycoll PS3 will play the sounds of life aboard an Atlantic-trawling ship while you chat away to her! Really, they've thought of everything!
This phone is hilarious! It's as if a team of teccie fan-boys got together one drunken night and concocted a wish list of all their favourite gadgets that they'd like in a mobile phone - then the next day, thought "what a great idea" and bodged just such a Frankenstein phone together, while singing "patents? trademarks? law-suits - pah! We spit on you all!"
Then, when they'd finished, their marketing department thought "what this phone really needs is some great sounding brand names - whose can we pinch?!"
Genius!
WOW,check this phone out,it got it all,ha,ha.
For more photos and details;
http://mobilementalism.com/2007/05/24/amycoll-ps3-phone-plays-mario-on-a-fake-windows-ui/
America are so behind with mobile phones. Japan and korea comes first then Europe is second.
The iphone isn't even getting sold in asia because already there are phones that can beat it. Like a samsung phone with a 10mega pixel camera and stream live tv etc...
Atleast in europe we have HSPDA. I don't see that on 99% of the mobiles in America.
The iphone died before it was even released. Just wait for the f700. That'll shit all over the iphone.
America are so behind with mobile phones. Japan and korea comes first then Europe is second.
The iphone isn't even getting sold in asia because already there are phones that can beat it. Like a samsung phone with a 10mega pixel camera and stream live tv etc...
Atleast in europe we have HSPDA. I don't see that on 99% of the mobiles in America.
The iphone died before it was even released. Just wait for the f700. That'll shit all over the iphone.
HTC P4550 is dope as fuck! price? ???QuoteHTC P4550 Kaiser Unlocked GSM PDA HTC TyTN II - Popular ElectronicsHTC P4550 Kaiser Unlocked Quad Band GSM PDA Cell Phone, HTC P4550 Kaiser ... Item #: P4550 Kaiser. Price: $798.99. Availability: Monday 10 September, 2007 ...
www.popularelect.com/product_info.php?products_id=437
^ Whut?!
iPhone without 3G?!
Didn´t you know?
I posted the specs for Iphone in one of the above threads.
do you even live in a an area with 3G service?^ Whut?!
iPhone without 3G?!
Didn´t you know?
I posted the specs for Iphone in one of the above threads.
Nah, I guess I didn't read it all lol..
Anyway, that's straight up wack
for those of you interested apple dropped the price to $399 on the 8gb iPhone...
and yes im fuckin PISSED! >:(
i was a $200 Beta Tester...
rant over...
i still love my iphone... just should have waited 2 months
apple screwed over the early adopters...
America are so behind with mobile phones. Japan and korea comes first then Europe is second.
The iphone isn't even getting sold in asia because already there are phones that can beat it. Like a samsung phone with a 10mega pixel camera and stream live tv etc...
Atleast in europe we have HSPDA. I don't see that on 99% of the mobiles in America.
The iphone died before it was even released. Just wait for the f700. That'll shit all over the iphone.
Samsung F700
http://www.youtube.com/v/B_283G1vuKk
(http://www.mobilmagazine.com/ArticlePages/200707/12/20070712141533_MOB093/Samsung_F700_s.jpg)
Apple iPhone Samsung F700
Screen Resolution 480x320 at 3.5-inches 440x240 at 2.78-inches
Touchscreen Yes, With Multitouch Yes, With Drag and Drop
Connectivity Quad-Band GSM,EDGE,802.11b/g,Bluetooth 2.0 Tri-band GSM, HSDPA, EDGE
Camera 2-megapixel 5-megapixel with Auto-Focus
Keyboard Touchscreen/onscreen Slide-out qwerty with VibeTonz
Email HTML Email Unknkown (probably not HTML)
Browser Full HTML Browser Full HTML Browser
Codec Support Standard iPod Support MPEG4, H.263, H.264, Real MP3, AAC+, eAAC+, Real
Storage 4-8GB Unknown onboard + microSD expansion
So it seems like although Samsung's F700 has more megapixels, a little bit more format support, an actual keyboard, and 3G connectivity, the iPhone has it beat on screen size/resolution, HTML Email, storage, widgets, google maps, and push email. Plus, of course, the whole built-in iPod thing.
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/apple-iphone-vs-samsung-f700-which-is-touchscreenier-235112.php
HTC P4550
(http://www.phonearea.net/wp-content/themes/default/pictures/htc/2007/herald_htc_p4550.jpg)
http://www.easydevices.co.uk/pp/PDA/HTC/HTC_P4550.html
• Operating System: Windows Mobile 6 Professional
• Processor: 400MHz
• Memory: 128MB RAM, 256MB ROM
• Screen: 2.8" QVGA touch screen
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS
• UMTS, HSDPA wireless data connectivity
• WiFi-enabled
• Bluetooth 2.0
• 3 MegaPixel Camera with Auto Focus
• Integrated GPS
• Secondary VGA camera for video telephony
• Rechargeable, removable battery
• microSD card slot
• Full QWERTY keyboard
• Dimensions: 110mm x 58mm x 18mm
Dimensions: 58 x 110 x 18 millimetres
Mass: 160 grams (battery included)
Software Environment
Operating System: Windows Mobile 6 Professional
Microprocessor
CPU: 32bit Samsung SC32442
CPU Clock: 400 MHz
Memory, Storage capacity
ROM capacity: 256 MB
RAM capacity: 64 MB
Display
Display Type: color transflective TFT , 65536 scales
Display Resolution: 240 x 320
Display Diagonal: 2.8 "
Sound
Microphone: mono
Speaker: mono
Audio Output: Proprietary jack
Cellular Phone
Cellular Networks: GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS800, UMTS850, UMTS1900, UMTS2100
Cellular Data Standards: CSD, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA
Call Alert: 72 -chord melody
Vibrating Alert: Supported
Control Peripherals
Positioning Device: Touchscreen
Keyboard: Slide-out QWERTY-type keyboard, 41 keys
Directional Pad: 5 -way block
Jog / Scroll Wheel: Pressable rotary scroll wheel
Interfaces
Expansion Slots: SDIO, microSD, TransFlash
Serial: RS-232 , 115200bit/s
USB: USB 2.0 client, 60Mbit/s , USB Series Mini-B (mini-USB) connector
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0
Wireless LAN: 802.11b, 802.11g
Satellite Navigation
Built-in GPS: NMEA 0183
Built-in Digital Camera
Main Camera: CMOS sensor, 2.8MP
Autofocus (AF): Supported
Built-in Flash: Mobile light (LED)
Secondary Camera: CMOS sensor, 640x480 pixel
Power Supply
Battery: Lithium-ion , removable
Battery Capacity: 1500 mAh
HTC P4550 (Kaiser) Demonstration by eXpansys
http://www.youtube.com/v/P41hoK-jX3I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P41hoK-jX3I
HTC P4550 is dope as fuck! price? ???QuoteHTC P4550 Kaiser Unlocked GSM PDA HTC TyTN II - Popular ElectronicsHTC P4550 Kaiser Unlocked Quad Band GSM PDA Cell Phone, HTC P4550 Kaiser ... Item #: P4550 Kaiser. Price: $798.99. Availability: Monday 10 September, 2007 ...
www.popularelect.com/product_info.php?products_id=437
800$ shit!
props for the info +1
Operating System: Windows Mobile 6 Professional Powerfull OS with LOTS of 3rd party applications
CPU Clock: 400 MHz IMPORTANT!!!!! Makes the navigation FAST
Memory, Storage capacity
ROM capacity: 256 MB
RAM capacity: 64 MB
Audio Output: Proprietary jack Use your regular headphones,not those fucks that usually comes with phone
Expansion Slots: SDIO, microSD, TransFlash Cheap expandable memory cards
Wireless LAN: 802.11b, 802.11g A MUST!
Satellite Navigation Dope feature,comes with Tom Tom software in the package
Built-in GPS: NMEA 0183
Main Camera: CMOS sensor, 2.8MP You don´t really need any more than this,do you?
Autofocus (AF): Supported Important!
Battery Capacity: 1500 mAh Yes,a strong battery is must. 1500 mAh should do the job
HTC P4550 (Kaiser) Demonstration by eXpansys
http://www.youtube.com/v/P41hoK-jX3I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P41hoK-jX3I
for those of you interested apple dropped the price to $399 on the 8gb iPhone...
and yes im fuckin PISSED! >:(
i was a $200 Beta Tester...
rant over...
i still love my iphone... just should have waited 2 months
apple screwed over the early adopters...
do you even live in a an area with 3G service?^ Whut?!
iPhone without 3G?!
Didn´t you know?
I posted the specs for Iphone in one of the above threads.
Nah, I guess I didn't read it all lol..
Anyway, that's straight up wack
likely that if you are in the states thats a no... so thats the reasoning behind it besides extending battery life
RAIDe the phone i posted was the W580i, it has just come out over here. currently on o2 and orange. however, the orange version aint available yet so i cant upgrade my contract... walkman>>>>>ipod!!!
walkman>>>>>ipod/MP3 players!!!Hell they just released 4GB for about 50$,32GB memory cards is on the way.
LG KU990
(http://www.chn3g.cn/market/UploadFiles_9279/200707/20070713095553482.jpg)
Brand LG
Type KU990 Viewty
Form factor Candybar
Color Black
Network
Phone Network EDGE, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA (3G)
Service 850, 900, 1800, 1900
Connectivity
Bluetooth v1.2 with A2DP
Infrared No
Wi-Fi (WLAN) No
USB 2.0
Fax / Data No
Display
Main display Color TFT touchscreen
Color display 262.144 colors
Dimensions N/A
Resolution 240x400 pixels
External display No
Memory
Internal memory 120MB
External memory 2GB
Memory slots 1
Storage types MicroSD
Basic
Battery Lithium Ion 1050 mAh
Standby time 340 hours
Talk time 3 hours
Calling
Vibrate alert Yes
Photo ID Yes
Ringtones MP3, Polyfone
Camera
Camera Yes
Megapixels 5 megapixels
Maximum photo resolution 2592x1944 pixels
Digital zoom 16x
Optical zoom No
Auto focus Yes
Flash Yes
Recording video Yes
Second (front) camera Yes
Messaging
SMS Yes
MMS Yes
T9 text function Yes
E-mail Yes
Internet browsing Yes
Entertainment
FM radio Yes
Java Yes
Audio player AAC, eAAC, MP3, WMA
Video player 3GP, MPEG4
Features
Add ringtones Yes
Organiser Calculator, Calendar, Reminders
Video call Yes
Other features Built-in handsfree, Image Stabilizer
Format
Weight 4 oz.
Dimensions (H x W x D) 4.1x2.1x0.6 in.
http://www.letsgomobile.org/en/cellular/1116/lgku990viewty/
LG KU990 video
http://www.youtube.com/v/6qhh_lC7pAo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qhh_lC7pAo
QuoteThis is a new Sony PS3 mobile phone...that plays Nintendo's Super Mario Bros...and which uses Microsoft's PS3 operating system - no, wait, that's not right. Hang on it's made in Koera - where the hell's Koera?!
(http://mobilementalism.com/imageSnag/1079-4654cff28b29d.jpg)
Yes, what we have here is the mother of all clone phones. It's a Chinese phone (naturally!), and its makers have decided that imitation is most definitely the sincerest form of flattery. As such, they've named it the Amycoll PS3 phone, which, er, "flatters" both Samsung, with its Korean Anycall brand, and also Sony, with its PS3. They've even added PlayStation buttons on the keypad, just for good measure!
Loads more pictures of the funniest mobile phone yet created, after the jump!
The copying fun doesn't end there, though. As Babelfish's translation calls it, the "Chinese evil behind-the-scenes manipulator's machine" has a Microsoft Windows logo that reads "Design for PS3". Didn't realise Microsoft did design for Sony's PS3! Not to worry, its entire Microsoft Windows user interface is faked as well!
As if that wasn't enough, they've even faked the country of origin. Korean phones are legendary for their technical features, so it makes sense to pretend your phone comes from Korea right?
Except they couldn't actually spell Korea, so the Amycoll PS3 comes from Koera! :raisetheroof:
And still the fun continues. Not content with faking operating systems and copying brands and even countries (badly!) the Amycoll PS3 even includes a Nintendo NES, SNES and GameBoy color emulator, so you can play Super Mario Bros on your mobile phone.
Actually, that's a great idea! Playing Mario on a mobile is a killer app, and doing it with PlayStation buttons on a fake Windows Operating System is just so wrong, it feels goooood - almost dirty even!! Pity the phone's so illegal it'll never make it outiside of China (not to mention that the phone itself gets so hot when you play any of its games that you can't actually hold it!).
Another interesting feature is that this phone will play background noise when you make a call, just in case you want to pretend you're somewhere else. So, if you've told your wife you're on a ship somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, when in reality you're down the local pub, the Amycoll PS3 will play the sounds of life aboard an Atlantic-trawling ship while you chat away to her! Really, they've thought of everything!
This phone is hilarious!
It's as if a team of teccie fan-boys got together one drunken night and concocted a wish list of all their favourite gadgets that they'd like in a mobile phone :cheers:- then the next day, thought "what a great idea" and bodged just such a Frankenstein phone together, while singing "patents? trademarks? law-suits - pah! We spit on you all!"
Then, when they'd finished, their marketing department thought "what this phone really needs is some great sounding brand names - whose can we pinch?!"
Genius!
WOW,check this phone out,it got it all,ha,ha.
For more photos and details;
http://mobilementalism.com/2007/05/24/amycoll-ps3-phone-plays-mario-on-a-fake-windows-ui/
LMAO +1 the phone looks crappy as hell lol those damn chineese!
Feast your eyes on these pics of a brand new Sony Ericsson BRAVIA phone. The phone in question is the Sony Ericsson SO903iTV, and is a beast of a phone! Not only does it support mobile TV, it features Sony's Mobile BRAVIA engine for an enhanced TV picture on a mobile device, and a huge 3" WQVGA (240 x 432 pixels) TFT screen.
Even more impressive, it's not just any TV display you get with the SO903iTV - it's a full 16:9 widescreen display.
(http://xataka.com/images/2007/01/snipshot_a4gcjlx4o7v.jpg)
More photo´s and details;
http://mobilementalism.com/2007/07/23/pictures-of-sony-ericsson-bravia-phone/
ドコモ端末にデータ消失の可能性 販売停止 Video
http://www.youtube.com/v/F0Mp9yGwnEQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0Mp9yGwnEQ
do you even live in a an area with 3G service?^ Whut?!
iPhone without 3G?!
Didn´t you know?
I posted the specs for Iphone in one of the above threads.
Nah, I guess I didn't read it all lol..
Anyway, that's straight up wack
likely that if you are in the states thats a no... so thats the reasoning behind it besides extending battery life
Ok,cool. Some of the phone´s look the same,had to warn you,anyways it´s good to know which phone´s to stay off,the worst phone seems to be N76.Quote
you're right,that phone is not that good,my step mom got 1 like that and she's not happy with it! she used to have a n73 before and she said n73 is much better.
you must be happy with your n95! that phone is nice!
i want the bravaria looks fucking awsome!!!
thanks for the info,i'll tell my step mom to take back a n73(it's about the same price)those se phones are just off the hook!!!
I think we can name you the official dubcc cell phone master guy :D
Ha,Ha
:cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow:
You might want to wait for this one N82,same features as N95 but it comes as a bar phone
(http://blogs.ideo.ro/gizmo/files/2007/05/nokia_n82.jpg)
thanks for the info,i'll tell my step mom to take back a n73(it's about the same price)those se phones are just off the hook!!!
I think we can name you the official dubcc cell phone master guy :D
Ha,Ha
:cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow:
You might want to wait for this one N82,same features as N95 but it comes as a bar phone
(http://blogs.ideo.ro/gizmo/files/2007/05/nokia_n82.jpg)
nice! i think im gonna change my phone for a n82! is the battery gonna be better on the n82 than the n95?
looks nice and it looks like my N73
The classic look can´t fail.
N73 is/was a huge hit,to bad that Nokia released their "top dog feature phone(N95)" as a slider first.
As you probably know by now,I´m a cell phone freak,so I´m always looking for the next "top dog feature phone",there´s a lot of choices out there. But it´s hard to beat the features on HTC P4550,N95/N82,E90,SE K850,SE W960 and SE Bravia.
They´re all dope ass phones,but I´m a sucker for classic design,so N82 is one that I´m really looking forward to check out.
Ok,cool. Some of the phone´s look the same,had to warn you,anyways it´s good to know which phone´s to stay off,the worst phone seems to be N76.Quote
you're right,that phone is not that good,my step mom got 1 like that and she's not happy with it! she used to have a n73 before and she said n73 is much better.
you must be happy with your n95! that phone is nice!
I want the bravaria looks fucking awsome!!!
Feast your eyes on these pics of a brand new Sony Ericsson BRAVIA phone. The phone in question is the Sony Ericsson SO903iTV, and is a beast of a phone! Not only does it support mobile TV, it features Sony's Mobile BRAVIA engine for an enhanced TV picture on a mobile device, and a huge 3" WQVGA (240 x 432 pixels) TFT screen.
Even more impressive, it's not just any TV display you get with the SO903iTV - it's a full 16:9 widescreen display.
(http://xataka.com/images/2007/01/snipshot_a4gcjlx4o7v.jpg)
More photo´s and details;
http://mobilementalism.com/2007/07/23/pictures-of-sony-ericsson-bravia-phone/
ドコモ端末にデータ消失の可能性 販売停止 Video
http://www.youtube.com/v/F0Mp9yGwnEQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0Mp9yGwnEQ
N76 is pulled back from some markets,I think if your mom complain she might be able to swap it to another model.
The thing about N73 and most Symbian OS phone´s they´re damn ass slow.
The UI on N95 is pretty fast,but it crash all the time and the battery sucks. But the battery is very small and slim,so it´s no problem to carry a extra battery. I found a couple of free GPS applications,that works ok. It´s simple JAVA applications so you can use them on any phone that supports JAVA(not Iphone). All you have to do is get a GPS reciever and connect it with blutooth. N95 got a build in GPS reciever,but the GPS antenna is not really any good so you have to have the phone in open modus to get any signals.
A small GPS reciever like this will do the job;
(http://www.mrgadget.com.au/uploaded_images/Emtac_Bluetooth_GPS_Receiver_blog-779268.jpg)
Free GPS JAVA application
http://www.amazegps.com/welcome.php
(http://www.tecnomaps.com/wp-content/amaze_GPS.jpg)
(http://www.techshout.com/images/amaze-navigation-software.jpg)
(http://www.pocketinfo.nl/contentimages/7771_1.jpg)
Yes,the SE Bravia phone is sick.
(http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/01/1Sony_Ericsson_SO903iTV.jpg)
They also got that SE Playstation phone coming up.
(http://www.portagame.com/media/psp-phone.jpg)
Another upcoming SE phone
(http://www.ichigo.se/noterat/wp-content/konceptsony.jpg)thanks for the info,i'll tell my step mom to take back a n73(it's about the same price)those se phones are just off the hook!!!
I think we can name you the official dubcc cell phone master guy :D
Ha,Ha
:cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow:
You might want to wait for this one N82,same features as N95 but it comes as a bar phone
(http://blogs.ideo.ro/gizmo/files/2007/05/nokia_n82.jpg)
looks nice and it looks like my N73
The classic look can´t fail.
N73 is/was a huge hit,to bad that Nokia released their "top dog feature phone(N95)" as a slider first.
As you probably know by now,I´m a cell phone freak,so I´m always looking for the next "top dog feature phone",there´s a lot of choices out there. But it´s hard to beat the features on HTC P4550,N95/N82,E90,SE K850,SE W960 and SE Bravia.
They´re all dope ass phones,but I´m a sucker for classic design,so N82 is one that I´m really looking forward to check out.Why I'll Pass on the iPod Touch (http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/hughes/18066)
Wed Sep 5, 2007 7:17PM EDT
Apple just announced the iPod Touch! Now we're talking, but what does this mean for the iPhone?
The main reason I was holding off on the iPhone was price. Now I'm an avid Apple fan, but first and foremost, I like to spend my money wisely. Despite a few gripes regarding the touch keypad, most of the reviews I've read about the iPhone are decent, nothing but praise. But again, price was definitely an obstacle for most, especially if they had to switch phone carriers. Somehow, opening your checkbook to pay early termination fees, $60 and up for an unlimited data plan, and over $500 for the device itself just hurt too much.
Today, I finally did it. I bought an iPhone.
Yes, I know I said I'd wait for the next generation, but I just couldn't resist the $200 price drop. Anyway, I'm taking my chances, because this may be the only chance at nabbing the-soon-to-be-obsolete 4GB model for under $300 (it's OK, I'm not proud). Now why would I buy an iPhone, when I could've waited for the $299 8GB iPod Touch, you ask? Here's my logic:
No Phone: The new iPod Touch may have more storage, but it doesn't have a phone. This means you still have to carry two devices: a phone and the iPod Touch. I don't know about you, but I'm not one to carry an iPod everywhere I go. That's why I say no thanks to the iPod Touch. I'll just stick to an iPhone and eliminate all the excess baggage.
No Camera: The 2-megapixel camera is gone.
No Bluetooth or EDGE: This means no bluetooth headphones, headset, or access to the Internet when you can't find a hotspot. Bummer.
Wi-Fi: Woohoo, it has Wi-Fi — but what's the use of having Wi-Fi if you can't always access a hotspot outside the house? Once you walk out the door, the only place you have free access to the Internet is at Starbucks to buy music.
Storage: Why, oh why on earth would you pay $299 for an 8GB iPod or $399 for 16GB? OK, so it's flash-based, has a multi-touch interface, a beautiful 3.5-inch display, and Wi-Fi capabilities, but the price just seems outrageous when the 160GB metal iPod Classic is only $349. Makes me wanna weep.
No New Features: The iPod Touch is just an iPhone without a phone. And why didn't they add new colors, FM radio, an expansion slot, or a microphone to give it VoIP capabilities? Even the Sony Mylo and Zune have some of these features. Why make it look and act like a PDA, yet leave out important things like a microphone.
The good news is we now have options. Options are great when you don't have to to decide between carriers, or find ways to unlock the iPhone without it blowing up in your face. The iPod Touch has great features, but doesn't compare to the iPhone. Now that the iPhone is cheaper, why not go for the one with the most features at the expense of storage? Besides, I already have plenty of storage for music on my four other iPods.
I don´t get it,what is it that dude is complaining about?
The Iphone or the new Ipod(yes,I know it´s the new Ipod),but what´s the point?
Either way,the Iphone got the most basic features you need in one unit if you use them or not is up you.
-Wi-Fi only at Starbucks? What? If dude don´t need/use Wi-Fi,don´t use it then,no need to complain about it.
-The camera,well the camera ain´t all that,but it works well for digital media(internet). If camera is the feature you´re looking for in a cell phone go for one of the many Cyber Shot phones SE has released.
-Yes you don´t need to carry a Ipod with you if you got a phone like Iphone,SE W960 or Nokia N93i. For real do you relly need more than 8GB of music with you daily? +if you don´t like any of those phone´s there´s plenty of phones with expandable memory.
Why can´t phone´s like Iphone,SE W960 and N93i have expandable memory? The good thing about the new SE K850 is that it supports two memory cards(M2 and SD) at the same time,so that means in near future you can have 64GB your phone if you really need it.
SE K850 memory card slot;
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-The bluetooth issue? Hmmmm,well Iphone only supports handsfree,not file transfers. Well that´s a bad thing for those that use it,I do all the time with both my MAC-Book and other phones. That´s another priorty question,if you use/need it.
-MMS,that´s a feature I hardly use,and 3G that´s not fully build out yet,well EDGE ain´t that bad. K.Dub was "complaing that it don´t have Iphone 3G,but when it got down to it he´s disabled it because it drains his battery. I don´t know what to say.... It´s like everbybody is complaining how wak 50 Cent is,but there´s "hundred" threads about leaks and hook ups for his new album,what´s going on? Hypocrits anyone?
Conclusion;
When it all get´s down to it,it´s a give and take sitiuation.
Hell,it´s your money and only you know best what you need right?.
I´m one of the few that use "all" the features that comes with my phones.
Like Matty said,(he works for Vodaphone),he have to help all his customers all the time with working out how to use/set up all the features that comes with the phone´s and I´m sure SGV (works for AT&T) get this all the time too.
The key to the Iphone is a user friendly UI not features.
Take your pick.
my pick is : I WANT THE N82 ;D
N82 got same features as N95 but it comes as a bar phone
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shit the HTC P4550/Kaiser, with a 400mhz processor, thats whats up
Nokia AEON IS FUCKING INSANE!!!
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what is the release date for the nokia n82?
What the fuck is this,i hated the Nokia phone´s with this design and now SE will do the same shit,fuck it;
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Mig33 IM application
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www.mig33.com
What is mig33?
Mig33 is a global mobile community that lets you keep in touch with friends and family through a variety of online services, right on your mobile phone.
With mig33, you can chat and send instant messages and emails, make inexpensive international phone calls, share photos, connect with old friends and even meet new ones. Think of it as an addition to your phone's existing service.
What you get with mig33
Suddenly, you'll have an array of services to help you stay connected and save money, all in the palm of your hand.
Community
Chatrooms
Profiles
Photo Sharing
Mobile Web
Rewards for inviting friends
And more
Connectivity
Use your IM (MSN, Yahoo!, ICQ , AOL, Google Talk, SMS, to name a few)
Share Photos
Make inexpensive international phone calls
Send cheap international SMS
And more
www.mig33.com
agilemessenger IM application
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www.agilemessenger.com
Send instant text, photo, voice and video messages to anyone on your MSN®, AIM®, Yahoo!®, ICQ® & GoogleTalk® contact list directly from your mobile phone or PDA! Click here; www.agilemessenger.com to download a FREE trial!
Fring IM application
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www.fring.com
what is fring ?
fring™ is a free mobile VoIP application that enables free mobile internet calls and live chat (IM) to other ‘fringsters’ and PC-based services including Skype®, Google Talk™, ICQ, MSN® Messenger and Twitter, using free Wi-Fi or your 3G or GPRS internet data plan instead of costly mobile airtime minutes.
With fring, you’ll gain benefits previously only found only on the PC and get empowered with mobility as never before: make cheap mobile internet calls, see who’s online before dialing with contact availability indicators (presence), live chat instead of SMS, engage in multiple conversations simultaneously, view conversation history and more! Take all your fring, Skype, Google Talk, ICQ, MSN Messenger and Twitter buddies with you wherever you go and view them, along with your regular phone contacts, from one integrated and searchable contact list.
Also make cheap calls to landlines and regular cellular contacts using your SkypeOut account or hundreds of SIP-based providers such as Eutelia, GizmoProject, VoipCheap, VoipStunt, Free World & SIPNET over fring, even from non-SIP enabled handsets.
As fring automatically roams between Wi-Fi and 3G networks, you can effortlessly login to recognized Wi-Fi hotspots, mindlessly gaining access to the best network for optimal call quality and savings.
Easily download fring into your handset and begin fringing in less than a minute.
fring bypasses traditional mobile voice and SMS text messaging services by utilizing the mobile handset’s native internet connection. fring does not require any dedicated hardware or airtime and works with phones purchased through any mobile operator. The patent-pending peer-to-peer mobile VoIP technology delivers full-duplex voice quality with rich internet functionality and maximum network efficiency.
www.fring.com
Interview with Alex Nerst
http://www.mobile-review.com/articles/2007/interview-fring-en.shtml
As you might probably know, fring is one of the most popular mVoIP application for Symbian (Nokia and UIQ) smartphones and Windows Mobile mobile devices. Actually you could read few articles about this application on our site. Now we've got an opportunity to ask few questions about future plans, perspectives of fring developing, etc to fring co-founder, Alext Nerst.
Read the interview here;
http://www.mobile-review.com/articles/2007/interview-fring-en.shtml
Opera Mini Web browser;
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What is Opera Mini?
www.operamini.com/
All your favorite Web sites now fit on your phone. Check your email, check your friends' blogs, or just check out the daily dish. Download Opera Mini to get any Web site, anywhere, any time.
www.mini.opera.com
Mobile GMaps
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www.mgmaps.com
What is Mobile GMaps
Mobile GMaps is a FREE application that displays maps from Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Windows Live Local (MSN Virtual Earth), Ask.com, Open Street Map and other sources on Java J2ME-enabled mobile phones, PDAs and other devices. MGMaps can connect to a GPS receiver over bluetooth or use internal GPS features on some phones in order to automatically display the map for your current position. You can pre-download maps and store them on your memory card in order to use them on the go without accessing the internet.
Mobile GMaps is distributed under the Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs Creative Commons license. You may download, use and distribute the application free of charge only for personal, non-commercial purposes.
http://www.mgmaps.com/
Free GPS JAVA application
http://www.amazegps.com/welcome.php
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What is amAze?
amAze is a first of its kind free navigation and local search service. It is free to download and use and it contains wide coverage of maps including aerial photo in Europe, North America,Australia and parts of Asia and Africa.
http://www.amazegps.com/welcome.php
You will a Bluetooth GPS antenna like this if your phone don´t have a build in GPS antenna
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Globalsat BT-328 Bluetooth GPS
http://www.davespda.com/images/reviews/globalsat/globalsat02.jpg
Globalsat provides an array of GPS solutions that connect to devices by laptops. The Globalsat BT-328 GPS is about the size of a good lighter. Size is extremely important when it comes to a Bluetooth unit, especially in my book. When you are already carrying a device around, you want your accessories to be as small as possible while still being functional. The good thing about a GPS unit is that it is simply an antenna, so, for the most part, smaller will not detract from the usability. The BT-328 is small enough to fit in the small pocket of my jeans. Actually, it fits rather perfectly in that pocket and technically it is possible to use it while in a pocket. The main shell of the BT-328 is white with a plastic black front and rubber black back. The front face of the device includes the power button, a hole for attaching a wrist strap, and on the right side, the three lights for showing the current status of the device. On the top of the device is the power port for recharging the unit. That is really all there is to the BT-328. Like most Bluetooth GPS units, the device it self it simple and to the point.
When the GPS is turned on, the three LED’s show the current status of the device. The top light shows red when the device needs to be charged. The middle light shows green for its connection to the satellites. When the light is solid, the GPS is not connected. When the light is flashing, it has connected so satellites. This seems a little backward to me as usually device lights show solid when they are connected and flash while they are trying to connect. The bottom light is blue for Bluetooth connectivity. When the light is flashing slow it is disconnected. When the light is flashing fast it is connected. This is even more confusing then the GPS light because you have to try and count and see if it is about 3 seconds or 1 second. Being that these lights are the only real “user interface” of the device, I would have hoped for them to make a little more sense for easy identification of the functionality (though maybe I am the only one confused by the lighting).
The Globalsat BT-328 GPS is a rather strong Bluetooth GPS unit including specifications that are on par or better then other GPS on the market. The unit supports 12-channels of parallel connections, which is pretty standard but not top of the line. For most people, 12-channels are enough, though more would increase the connectivity of the unit. For those that know about GPS internals, the chipset in the BT-328 is the SiRF GSC2. It supports a tracking sensitivity of -155dBm. This seems kind of low compared to other GPS units I have looked at, but it does really seem to hurt the performance of the unit. I found the BT-328 to have quick boot times after the initial connection and really quick reacquisition timing coming out of tunnels. For being such a small unit, the battery life is amazing. Rated at 1300 mAh and 16 hours, that is what you get. I have used the device for weeks without having to recharge. Only a cigarette lighter power adapter is included, so you can't charge the device in the house, though since most people will probably be using in the car, it makes sense.
Included with the BT-328 is a piece of software for your Windows PC or Windows Mobile device. The software, GPS Info, does not do mapping, but makes it easy to check connectivity and the status of the GPS unit. You can see everything from the data being received by device to satellite locations and information about the current position including latitude and longitude. While you still need mapping software, especially with the MDA, it is a lot easy to launch GPS Info to check the connectivity of the GPS before running mapping software that may run slowly on the device. Most mapping programs do include something like GPS Info, but GPS Info is simple, quick, to the point, and very helpful.
While I have noted some quarks, the unit is very useable with its long battery life and strong connectivity. The Globalsat BT-328 is a great low-powered Bluetooth GPS solution with pricing that is affordable. The BT-328 can be found for about $75, well under the $100 price tag that always deterred me from getting a Bluetooth GPS. Combine with the incredible battery life and good performance, I feel the BT-328 is a good GPS for anyone wanting to add active mapping functionality to their device.
For more on this product or to purchase the Globalsat BT-328, visit:
www.globalsat.com.tw
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What the fuck is this,i hated the Nokia phone´s with this design and now SE will do the same shit,fuck it;
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me 2! the first thing that popped in my head when i saw the nokia was : this shit is ugly!
What the fuck is this,i hated the Nokia phone´s with this design and now SE will do the same shit,fuck it;
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me 2! the first thing that popped in my head when i saw the nokia was : this shit is ugly!
Here some of the ugly Nokia´s I talked about,damn those fucks is ugly;
Nokia 3650
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Nokia 7600
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Nokia 7500
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Nokia ?? shit look wak anyways
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You get the picture,what the fuck was Nokia thinking?
Some (?) dudes might find those designs cool.
getting the Sony Ericsson W580i delivered on Tuesday. cant wait to get rid of my broken piece of shit K750i...
they all ugly LMAO AT ROTARY CELL WTF
Rotary Cell
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n-gage sucks btw ;D
maybe the new generation will be better...cuz the first one sucked ass real bad,even de qd sucked
K750i was ahhite until it broke... joystick is fucked now. the phone is useable only by using number shortcuts on the menu...
wish i had never dropped my W850i in a sink... water damage is a bitch!
is there any 8 gig for minisd ?
[Aug 31st 2007] SanDisk today announed that it will start shipping 8 GB M2 cards later this year. SanDisk will be the first company offering 8GB size. This is the memory card the new SE models use
The new memory card M2 and the old Memory stick;
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props once again for the info and web page! u know ur the official dubcc cell phone master guy! 8)
Here are the hardware specs that I can confirm are on this model, the HTC Advantage X7501:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=559
624 MHz Intel PXA270 processor with ATi Graphic Chip W2284
QUALCOMM MSM 6275 processor for 3G mobile data connectivity
128 MB RAM (about 83 MB available to the end user after a hard reset)
256 MB Flash ROM (about 130 MB available to the end user after a hard reset)
8 GB Microdrive hard drive, Seagate model
5.26 inches x 3.86 inches x 0.63 inch (0.79 inches with keyboard on face)
10.75 ounces with battery, miniSD, and SIM and 13 ounces with the keyboard attached
5 inch transmissive TFT-LCD with backlight LEDs and touch sensitive screen, VGA 480×640 resolution and 65k color support
HSDPA/UMTS (850/1900 MHz for USA and 2100 for Europe/Japan)
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
GPS receiver: SirF StarIII with Ephemeris Extension support
Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP support
802.11 b/g WiFi
3 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash light
HTC VueFLO accelerometer for web browsing
HTC ExtUSB with USB 2.0 support (used for charging/syncing/audio jack)
HTC proprietary 16-pin port for USB 1.1 host and VGA out
2200 mAh removable Lithium-ion polymer battery
Mini-SD card slot for external storage cards (SDHC compatible)
Stereo speakers
APPLE RUMOUR Iphone "2" with 16GB and 3G before christmas!yeah i read up on both of those on the macrumor sites... the t mobile add seems to have some things that are kinda fishy... but who knows... id expect 3G outside the US... but doesnt make the most sense in the US seeing as most people arent even near a 3G network... i think most people that complain about it dont even know that... or dont even live near a 3G network... for me it would work for me at work since i work in Downtown LA but not at home... but its not anything i really need seeing as i have WiFi both at home and work..Quote
September 7, 2007 12:57 PM PDT
Apple signs iPhone patent deal with Interdigital
Posted by Tom Krazit
http://news.com.com/8301-13579_3-9773982-37.html?tag=head
Apple has signed a patent-licensing agreement with a company called InterDigital for what appeared to be $20 million, plus ongoing royalties, that covers the current iPhone and hints at a 3G successor.
Interdigital broke the news in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday, amid all the hubbub related to the iPhone pricing flap. The company said it has signed a seven-year licensing agreement with Apple retroactive to iPhone Day that covers the technology used in the iPhone.
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Interdigital's cashing in on the iPhone with a patent-licensing deal.
(Credit: CNET Networks)
Interdigital develops technology that gets mobile phones onto cellular networks. The company's products and designs are used for older cellular standards, like the EDGE network used by the iPhone, but is focusing most of its current development on designing technology for the WCDMA (wideband code division multiple access) and HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access) standards that power faster 3G networks.
That would imply that Apple's got a faster 3G iPhone in the works, although that's hardly an unexpected development. The company wants to enter the European mobile phone market in 2007, where 3G networks are far more common. And I think it's pretty safe to say that if Apple is still selling iPhones in seven years--when the license runs out--they'll probably have a 3G iPhone or two.
Interdigital didn't specifically address the terms of the agreement in its filing with the SEC. But Friday morning it issued a press release increasing its third-quarter guidance for patent-licensing revenue to a range of $55.5 million to $56.5 million, up from its previous guidance of $53.5 million to $54.5 million. Plus, the company said it "expects to receive a $20 million payment in the near future in connection with a recently signed license agreement. The revenue associated with this new agreement is reflected in this updated guidance." Hmm.... Investors sure liked the news, driving Interdigital's stock up almost 13 percent just before the close of trading Friday.
When CEO Steve Jobs announced the iPhone at Macworld in January, he made sure to note that Apple had filed for more than 200 patents related to the iPhone. But Apple doesn't develop cellular networking technology, of course. An Apple representative did not immediately return a call seeking comment on the Interdigital patent deal.Quote6GB iPhone with 3G coming says T-Mobile Germany Ad
SEE IMAGE OF ADD HERE;
http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/16gb_iphone_with_3g_coming_says_tmobile_germany_ad.php
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This dubious advert (suspected to be from T-Mobile Germany) doing the rounds claims that the16GB iPhone with 3G support (HSDPA and UMTS), will be available in Germany by 12th November 2007. The ad also stipulates possible download speeds of 3.6Mbps and a $687 price tag. It furthermore states that on purchase of the phone you would get an iTunes voucher, plus various call plans will be on offer. Even unlimited data plans will apparently make their way into Germany. The call plans will range from $69-$96/month, with more inclusive minutes and text messages being the reason for the price gap.
Samsung SGH-P110
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Innovative form factor from Samsung
http://www.esato.com/news/cebit2007.php?sd=54
Inovative design from Samsung this year. Two years ago, Motorla had a model called MPx on display here at the CeBIT fair, but the model never went to production. Samsung is now pushing the idea further with the announcement of SGH-P110. The phone model can be openede as a regular clamshell model or opened like a svivel model. Both the bottom part which holds the keyboard and the display can be used two ways, in portrait and landscape mode. Used in landscape mode, the keyboard has the QWERTY layout. In portrait mode, only the number keys are active.
Samsung SGH-P110 Specifications:
http://www.finalsense.com/news/it/phone/samsung_sgh-p110.htm
GSM/GPRS/EDGE (900/1800/1900 MHz)
Camera VGA Camera
Display 65536 TFT (2.1”, 176 x 220)
Features
Automatic Switching Display
Full QWERTY Keyboard
Multi-Format Music & Video Support
Instant Messaging / Speaker Phone
Bluetooth Stereo Music Profile (A2DP)
Bluetooth v2.0 / USB
Memory 25MB User Memory
Sanyo M1
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http://www.youtube.com/v/Q_OsooZsfgA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_OsooZsfgA
http://www.finalsense.com/news/it/phone/sanyo_m1.htm
Sprint today announced the full-channel availability of the Sanyo M1, Sprint's first phone with 1GB of internal memory. Able to offer storage for up to 16 hours of music and other multimedia files including pictures, video clips and voice recording, the M1 also provides quick and easy access to Sprint-exclusive content, including:
- Sprint Music Store, which allows users to browse and wirelessly download full-length songs directly to their phone
- Sprint TV with more than 50 channels of television and on-demand video and audio including more than 20 channels offering live content
- NFL Mobile, a Sprint-exclusive wireless application that brings fans access to same-day video highlights, customizable real-time statistics, scores, injury reports and other information updated every two seconds
- Sprint Movies, the first "pay-per-view" service for mobile phones in the U.S. that streams full-length movies, including recent box-office hits and timeless favorites from Buena Vista VOD, Lionsgate, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Universal Pictures
- Sprint Power View, the industry's first made-for-mobile sports and entertainment video programming network
The M1's advanced power management offers up to 18 hours of continuous music-playing time to support extended use of the multimedia capabilities. Additional key features include stereo Bluetooth wireless technology, a 2.0-megapixel camera with auto-focus, nine equalizer settings for fine-tuning the listening experience, and background music mode for listening to music while checking email, surfing the Web or sending text messages. The M1 also has external controls and large external LCD for optimal usability.
The Sanyo M1 is available through all Sprint retail channels for a suggested retail price of $349.99 or $199.99 with a two-year subscriber agreement.
Sanyo M1 Features
* Sprint Music Store provides over-the-air downloads of high-quality full songs (MP3 and AAC / AAC+ digital files)
* Sprint TV offers more than 50 channels including live television
* 1.0 GB internal memory capacity (Stores up to 16 hours of music, or a combination of music, photos, videos, and voice recording)
* Advanced power management enables up to 16 hours of music playing
* 2.0-megapixel camera and camcorder with autofocus and flash
* Background music mode allows music play while checking email, surfing the web or sending text messages
* On Demand news, sports, weather and entertainment content
* Enhanced gaming experience with 3D Graphics
* Pre-loaded with Sprint's exclusive NFL Mobile application
* Stream music to your phone with Music Choice, Sirius Music and others
* External navigation control allows easy access to music features
* External dual 15 mm stereo speakers for stereo music playback and speakerphone
* Sprint PCS Ready Link for quick walkie-talkie-style communication
* Bluetooth enabled
* GPS enabled
^lol so people spend money on itunes rather than sending songs to each other for FREE. they thinkin of the money!
^lol so people spend money on itunes rather than sending songs to each other for FREE. they thinkin of the money!
Hate this I exchange files with other cell phones and computers all the time.
Tony; it got bluetooth,but you can't exchange files,you can only use it with a bluetooth handsfree.
^lol so people spend money on itunes rather than sending songs to each other for FREE. they thinkin of the money!
Hate this I exchange files with other cell phones and computers all the time.
Tony; it got bluetooth,but you can't exchange files,you can only use it with a bluetooth handsfree.
hopefully once the thing is fully hacked they'll enable file transfer. verizon does the same thing with their phones.
So ej.rizo any luck with disabling the bluetooth block?
BTW,I have modified ALL the youtube links,so now you just got to press play.
There's video presentation/review/preview for most of the phone's I posted.(go to the previous pages)
^lol so people spend money on itunes rather than sending songs to each other for FREE. they thinkin of the money!
Hate this I exchange files with other cell phones and computers all the time.
Tony; it got bluetooth,but you can't exchange files,you can only use it with a bluetooth handsfree.
hopefully once the thing is fully hacked they'll enable file transfer. verizon does the same thing with their phones.
So ej.rizo any luck with disabling the bluetooth block?
BTW,I have modified ALL the youtube links,so now you just got to press play.
There's video presentation/review/preview for most of the phone's I posted.(go to the previous pages)
^lol so people spend money on itunes rather than sending songs to each other for FREE. they thinkin of the money!
I hate this,I exchange files with other cell phones and computers all the time.
Tony; it got bluetooth,but you can't exchange files,you can only use it with a bluetooth handsfree.
hopefully once the thing is fully hacked they'll enable file transfer. verizon does the same thing with their phones.
So ej.rizo any luck with disabling the bluetooth block?
BTW,I have modified ALL the youtube links,so now you just got to press play.
There's video presentation/review/preview for most of the phone's I posted.(go to the previous pages)
acctually the iPhone DOES have bluetooth... but its simply for Bluetooth ear pieces..
but i have installed all kinds of stuff on my phone and have enabled ssh so i can install stuff and take out stuff from my phone including native applications (we arent talkin java here) and other things over WiFi through a SFTP connection straight to the phone... works GREAT!... i have my phone hacked crazy
QUOTE 1; From Raide;
Tony; it got bluetooth,but you can't exchange files,you can only use it with a bluetooth handsfree.
QUOTE 2; From Raide
So ej.rizo any luck with disabling the bluetooth block?
Smartphone;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone
A smartphone is a full-featured mobile phone with personal computer like functionality. Most smartphones are cellphones that support full featured email capabilities with the functionality of a complete personal organizer.
An important feature of most smartphones is that applications for enhanced data processing and connectivity can be installed on the device,[1] in contrast to regular phones which support sandboxed applications.
These applications may be developed by the manufacturer of the device, by the operator or by any other third-party software developer.
Smartphone features tend to include Internet access, e-mail access, scheduling software, built-in camera, contact management, accelerometers and some navigation software as well as occasionally the ability to read business documents in a variety of formats such as PDF and Microsoft Office.
Operating Systems
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone
The most common operating systems (OS) used in smartphones are:
Symbian OS from Symbian Ltd. (72.4% Market Share)
Symbian has the largest share in most markets worldwide, but lags other companies in the relatively small but highly visible North American market.[7] This matches the success of its largest shareholder[8] and customer, Nokia, in all markets except Japan. Nokia itself enjoys 44.5% of the smartphone market.[9] In Japan Symbian is strong due to a relationship with NTT DoCoMo, with only one of the 44 Symbian handsets released in Japan coming from Nokia.[10] It is used by all the major handset manufacturers,including
-Nokia
-Sony Ericsson
-Motorola
-Samsung
-LG and
-BenQ.
It has received some adverse press attention due to virus threats (actually trojan horses).[12]
Symbian is currently owned by Nokia (47.9%), Ericsson (15.6%)+Sony Ericsson (13.1%)=28.7%, Panasonic (10.5%), Siemens AG (8.4%) and Samsung (4.5%). While BenQ has acquired the mobile phone subsidiary of Siemens AG the Siemens AG stake in Symbian does not automatically pass to BenQ - this will need the approval of the Symbian Supervisory Board.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian_OS
www.symbian.com
Windows Mobile from Microsoft (6.1% Market Share)
Windows CE operating system along with Windows Mobile middleware are widely spread in Asia. The two improved variants of this operating system, Windows Mobile 6 Professional (for touch screen devices) and Windows Mobile 6 Standard were unveiled February 2007 and in the first half of 2008 respectively.
RIM BlackBerry operating system (5.3% Market Share)
This OS is focused on easy operation and was originally designed for business. Recently it has seen a surge in third party applications and has been improved to offer full multimedia support.
Linux operating system (13.3% Market Share)
Linux is strongest in China where it is used by Motorola,[13] and in Japan, used by DoCoMo.[14] Rather than being a platform in its own right, Linux is used as a basis for a number of different platforms developed by several vendors, including Motorola and TrollTech, which are mostly incompatible.[15][16] PalmSource (now Access) is moving towards an interface running on Linux.
Another platform based on Linux is being developed by
-Motorola
-NEC
-NTT DoCoMo
-Panasonic
-Samsung and
-Vodafone.
Palm OS developed by PalmSource (now a subsidiary of ACCESS). (1.6% Market Share)
PalmSource traditionally used its own platform developed by Palm Inc. Access Linux Platform (ALP) is an improvement that is planned to be launched in the first half of 2007. It will use technical specifications from the Linux Phone Standards Forum. The Access Linux Platform will include an emulation layer to support applications developed for Palm-based devices.
Mac OS X from Apple, Inc. (1.3% Market Share)
The iPhone uses an operating system derived from Mac OS X. Note that Apple and AT&T do not currently allow third party programs to be installed onto iPhones.
Officially, developers can only write applications for the iPhone by creating a web service that can be accessed via the included web browser. However, some have reported being able to install applications onto the iPhone via unofficial methods.
Market Share data from Canalys report "Worldwide smart mobile device market, Canalys Q2 2007
sandbox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbox_(computer_security)
In computer security, a sandbox is a security mechanism for safely running programs. It is often used to execute untested code, or programs from unverified third-parties, suppliers and untrusted users.
The sandbox typically provides a tightly-controlled set of resources for guest programs to run in, such as scratch space on disk and memory. Network access, the ability to inspect the host system or read from input devices is usually disallowed or heavily restricted. In this sense, sandboxes are a specific example of virtualization
Japan isn't the only country with TV on mobiles...all the kids in South korea are watching tv on the tube these days. South korea and japan are at the same level. SK got LG, Samsung and JP have Sony.
I don't know where'd i'd be without 3G, you guys are really missing out on it. you guys don't even have the hsdpa date cards for note books. What a shame. I love hittin the net whilst i'm stuck on the M25 or on the train back home after work.
Believe me, when 3g finally starts getting coverage in america, you guys will love it.
Oh yeah, Motorola's and Nokia's are the worst phones on the market. No one makes phones like Samsung or Sony eric. Nokia are just cheap and look nasty and moto's have very limited features
pz
ps. just to emphasize the fact....iphones are shit aswell
Here´s a couple of cell phones WITH TV,remember they work ONLY in Japan AND South Korea Fixed
(http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/03/0301_mobiletv/image/opener.jpg)
Oh yeah, Motorola's and Nokia's are the worst phones on the market.
No one makes phones like Samsung or Sony Ericsson.
Nokia are just cheap and look nasty and moto's have very limited features.
ps. just to emphasize the fact....iphones are shit aswell
Mass production faults
http://www.mobile-review.com/articles/2007/nokia-n76-problems-en.shtml
Mass production of mobile phones and the never-ending struggle for cost reduction occasionally result in some sort of defects, which keep low profile up to the release date, passed unnoticed by both testers and distributors. Sometimes, the synergy effect brought about by various factors may seem bizarre, but the fact is, even color scheme can affect reliability. Say, the recent story with the Sony Ericsson S500i, probably, would be the best example of that. All units coming in green tend to get their keys cracked 2-3 weeks into use, for the plastic can’t stand the strain. Surprisingly, all yellow-colored handsets never had such issues. We posted a message on the Sony Ericsson S500i’s defect in the VIP Lounge, a private section of our forum, where one of the explanations was the design of the keys themselves. But it was just recently when we learned that the green paint reacted with the adhesive used for sticking the buttons onto the casing. This way, because of the chemical reaction the base of the keys simply dissolved. At the same time, the yellow edition is free of such defects. Thankfully, only a few shipments of these phones have made it to Russia, and you can easily identify them by production date – assembled before week 27 of this year. This case is covered by the warranty, meaning that you can easily get the keypad changed in any service centre.
All companies having a wide array of models in their portfolios and large-scale production, as the probability theory puts it, are bound to suffer from faulty units more than anyone else. And they actually always do – the highlight of this article, Nokia occasionally runs into issues that were not revealed during the early stages of proof testing. They have much to do with faulty parts supplied to factories, or a crudely programmed production line. The first example coming to my mind is the story with the Nokia 8210 and the Nokia 3310, where the displays malfunctioned so often that the users literally queued up before service centers. Back then the company didn’t manage to provide the service centers with new displays, which resulted in huge lines of users waiting for their handsets to be repaired (in some regions of Russia it was the matter of months). It is important to realize that the service and customer care front was on a completely different level. Also, the story with a misadjusted automatic machine that hit the Nokia 6230 hard – its protective covers burned out, turning black, which allowed some service centers to reject maintenance claims. In this situation our intervention made the company publish a service bulletin and acknowledge this blackening as a non warranty-repair cancelling factor.
Last year, Nokia experienced no global issue with the quality of their handsets. Undoubtedly, every model had some flaws, but the way they were treated greatly depended on personal loyalty to the brand – many refused to spot the Nokia N71’s peeling-off edging, which was in fact a defect of the design. The number of flaws has varied from handset to handset, but it wouldn’t be right to claim that some device had a hundred percent faulty shipments. However, the Russian market saw an exception in the form of the Nseries models, which couldn’t tap into GPRS within MTS, Beeline, occasionally Megafon networks, though the latter almost didn’t experience such difficulties. The crux of the matter was the software installed on these handsets, which was tailored to more contemporary networks, rather than some custom variations offered by the Russian carriers. Another victim of this issue was Samsung and its flagship solution, the Samsung D600. Unfortunately the carriers’ unwillingness to upgrade their networks to meet the standards adds an element of chance into the equation. For example, at the moment all service centers across the country are upgrading firmware of absolutely new and still shining Nokia 6120 because of the same GPRS-Internet issues. It is not a rare occasion when a vendor like Nokia can’t physically provide a logistics network for a separate, albeit big, country, so as to develop bespoke software versions. That’s why all distributors are down to hand all received phones to service centers for free firmware flashing.
The stimuli that has brought this article here is the avalanche of messages suggesting the Nokia N76 has a casing especially exposed to wear and tear. The silver coating peels off to unsheathe bare plastic, so the handset loses its salable condition in no time. For something that costs 500-550 Euro (in Russia), this is a disgrace. Nevertheless, we have decided not to shoot from the hip and look into the roots of the problem, collect statistics on returns, learn about the reaction of service centers, distributors and the vendor himself.
One of our readers lent us his unit that had lost its charm in two weeks’ time. In the photos below you can see how worn the chrome plates have become, as well as the edge, so now the black chassis is on the surface. This holds true both for red and black editions of the N76 – the only difference is that the red-colored units tend to lose pieces of paint all round the casing, while the owners of the latter variant won’t experience this issue.
Last week Nokia’s service centers received a bulletin with a rundown of the problem, stating that this case is covered by the warranty and replacement of faulty parts should be free of charge. As of today, there are loads of spare parts available, so no shortage is expected in the near term. So, is this a really wide-spread disease, or all we do now is making a mountain out of a molehill?
According to our sources, this defect applies to nearly all Nokia N76 produced up until this day, and it has much to do with faulty parts supplied to the manufacturer, however the worst thing about it is that the spare parts delivered to service centers are no different. This means, that servicing your unit will merely bring you a temporal relief. In light of this fact, some European carriers have already discarded the model, specifically, the N76 is no longer available for purchase in the UK from Vodafone, as they took it off all price-lists on June 20 – no official statements have been made by the carrier as yet. But the rumor has it that Vodafone has returned all unsold units to the vendor – this point of view is explained here.
What does this mean to Nokia? Being one of the NSeries flagships, the N76 is currently promoted on the market at full tilt – in most regions, including Russia, the company runs with aggressive outdoor ads, you can see commercials on TV, learn about the handset from radio broadcasts. Basically, the phone is all around.
Have these advertising activities boosted the sales of the N76? Make no mistake about that. In Russia they sell not less than 4 thousand units a month (MRG data, July, 2007), which is a decent figure for this type of handset. As the advertising campaign heats up, the sales will at least double, which brings about a dangerous case. Who normally goes for these phones? Women – with fistful of cash, own mentality and style, those who have got used to a certain level of quality. For the most part, this audience is loyal to Nokia and recognizes it as a manufacturer of top-notch gadgets.
What happens when you get paint-related issues or reveal other defects – we will focus on this a bit later. But for now, what the first reaction to this will be? Obviously, the owner will come to a conclusion that Nokia’s quality is no longer as superb as it used to be, so he or she might consider switching to some different brand, morphing from a loyal consumer into the opposite category. Being unofficial “opinion leaders”, these people might also have a negative impact on Nokia’s image. However it won’t be the end of the world – previously the Nokia 8210 was in similar distress with its faulty display, but back then the vendor easily made it through. You shouldn’t dramatize the situation – after all, it is not the whole company, it is one single model. The tricky aspect here is that the N76 is a relatively popular and aggressively advertised offering.
Withdrawing this device from the market would be an unbearable price for the vendor to pay – rectifying this issue in service centers is way cheaper. The company’s reputation will take no fatal blows – Nokia has already suffered from this defect to a certain extent – what is really important to do is prevent similar cases from breaking out across the company’s portfolio.
We rarely recommend our readers to refrain from buying some handsets, however in the case with the Nokia N76, these flaws apply to all units, and what is more, there are no non-defective parts available in service centers. That’s why there isn’t much sense in picking this phone, unless you are willing to get over its decaying looks (which is the foundation of any fashion phone).
We also went to service centers to find out what problems the Nokia N76 had and what the main warranty claims were. And the figures we got for July were quite interesting – although this statistics is by no means representative or covers all regions, but the diagram below does give some clues on what’s going on.
As you can see, the casing quality is by far not the most crucial defect. However, this doesn’t automatically mean it is non-existent – the fact of the matter is that faulty handsets normally arrive at service centers a tad later and since the Nokia N76 started shipping early in June, many units with this flaw haven’t been reported as yet. The statistics is also interfered by other defects typical for all models – displays, software, which are pretty much par for the course. But what is really important here, is the share of plastic-related issues, indirectly indicating the mass character of this defect.
We asked the Russian headquarters of Nokia to shed some light on the situation. Maxim Pavlov, Nokia’s Service Manager in CIS countries, comments: «We are aware of the issues with certain casing components in the Nokia N76. All authorized Nokia’s service centers have been notified that the warranty does cover this defect of the Nokia N76. Nokia is seriously concerned about the quality of own products and we are doing everything possible to improve the situation around the Nokia N76. All service centers have enough details at their disposal, so the repair time will be minimal».
We, on our part, decided to examine the reaction of retailers. Most distributors have already come across returns of the N76, but unlike the service centers they haven’t been notified by Nokia. As the result the market is still confused about this issue. In the vast majority of retail networks you can replace a faulty unit within two weeks, given that you have an opinion letter from a service center stating that the defects you have encountered stem from the production flaws. Many retailers meet consumers halfway and replace their units without a letter from a service center (but give refunds very rarely). Regrettably, the service centers usually refuse to give opinion letters reasoning that with lack of experience, obscure forms etc. – but in fact, this is a direct violation of the law and you can insist on getting a letter, should a conflict situation arise, to get your money back from the retailer you bought the unit from (which is possible with this letter in hands).
For example, one of M-Video stores features both a brand-new Nokia N76 and a returned unit with paint defects, whose price tag has dropped all the way down to 350 USD (against 760 USD for a new device).
These are phone´s they talk about,so stay away from them;
Nokia N76
(http://www.interstar.ua/mobile/img/phones/nokia_n76_add_54.jpg)
Nokia 8310
(http://imgs.idnes.cz/telefony/A020823_NOKIA8310DARKANDHOT_N.JPG)
SE S500
(http://www.kaosproject.be/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/s500i.jpg)
Conclusion;
None of the vendors can possibly avoid flaw in production cycles. Unfortunately, Nokia ran into them with one of its key offerings. In our opinion, being aware of such flaws you should refrain from buying this device; or, in case you already own one, wait about 3-6 months until defect-free spare parts arrive and only then call at the nearest service center. Although this is a very rough time span, taking account of mass returns in all regions and lack of high-quality parts there days, it is unlikely that Nokia will be able to sort it out faster. And if you can’t stand waiting, then you can easily return your unit, replace it, or get a refund.
P.S. P.S. Nobody is perfect, therefore this global issue with the Nokia N76 is not the reason to stand up and proclaim that all Nokia-branded handsets retain similar problems. Please, be more reasonable in your judgments.
For more info;
http://www.mobile-review.com/articles/2007/brak-in-phones-en.shtml
I'm fully aware why you bought a Iphone and I respect that,you made that clear for me in the previous thread. I NEVER at any point took your comments personal,as I said a million times now,it's a give and take situation (features VS user friendly UI),u took your pick I took mine.no way to tranfer from phone to phone that i know of at this point.... but computer to phone instead of bluetooth i use wifi which i acctually prefer rather than bluetooth... phone to phone only workaround at this point would be attaching files to an email.
So u can transfer files to another phone over wifi? hmmm,,,
As for posting videos,I have actually owned a gang of them,so I HAVE FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE with most of them
-yep there it is,the answer I was waiting for.curious... what do you currently own?
Let us know when you managed to disable the block.
-I also know that you have first hand experience with lots of phone's so I respect all your comments.
-All I'm trying to say is that there's lots of dope phones out there.
-I have owned smart phones with Symbian UIQ & S60 OS+"dum" phones with A100 & S40. Had Windows Mobile 5,both standard&profesional UI for test a couple of weeks.
So I know them well
''like i said before features are not necessarily what makes a product...they are good but not always the best... just look at the ipod... people love it because its simple and easy to use and beautiful without having to try to learn all the features that are half assed put on.''i agree with you with the fact that.. people think that any MP3/Portable Media Player is an "iPod" but thats just like "Kleenex" and "Xerox" machines or even "Q-tips"... i know people that have non apple mp3 players and they are like yeah check out my "iPod" and it will be something like a creative zen or something...
correction... 75% of people buy an ipod because they actually think it is the only mp3/mp4 player out there. When i show what i have, people ask me ''what is that, is it an ipod'', most people don't actually know that mp3 players were out before ipod's were released.
Everyone who knows about PMP's know that the Archos 605 or 705 is the best thing out at the moment.
replying to your post above...
first of all you are telling me things i knew about my phone since way before i bought it...
i knew it didnt have GPS, i knew it was "CLOSED", i knew that there was other phones out there that do these things.....
i still purchased a iPhone...
so there is no smashing when i didnt want what they offered and i wanted what i purchased...
no one has put together a package as great as apple has (personal opinion)... they have truly put together a ipod, phone, internet, camera etc. all APPLE style.
simple, integrated, and BEAUTIFUL.
like i said before features are not necessarily what makes a product...they are good but not always the best... just look at the ipod... people love it because its simple and easy to use and beautiful without having to try to learn all the features that are half assed put on.
and my reason for the post with all my apps and pictures was for informative purposes.. not to hate or smash on anything.. simply to show the people on this board about it... just like you have posted countless other phones above with videos and screen shots and information... im just doing it first hand as a owner of the device rather than just reading off some specs and pulling some videos.. i made my own screen shots and put the stuff i have on my phone... That im perfectly happy with...
and here is a video showing some of the features... and showing just how simple and seamless everything is...
everyone has opinions but they dont mean a thing... what matters is that you are happy with your device and it does what you want/need.
and the whole it having bluetooth comment was directed at someone else who was commenting that "no bluetooth or earpieces" or to that extent... just so they are not mis informed...
and no bluetooh transfers but like i was saying there is WiFi transfers... which is a great workaround... thats how i access all the files and stuff on my phone.
I'm fully aware why you bought a Iphone and I respect that,you made that clear for me in the previous thread. I never at any point took your comments personal,as I said a million times now,no way to tranfer from phone to phone that i know of at this point.... but computer to phone instead of bluetooth i use wifi which i acctually prefer rather than bluetooth... phone to phone only workaround at this point would be attaching files to an email.
it's a give and take situation (features VS user friendly UI),you took your pick I took mine.
So u can transfer files to another phone over wifi? hmmm,,,
As for posting videos,I have actually owned a gang of them,
so I HAVE FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE with most of them[/font]
-yep there it is,the answer I was waiting for.curious... what do you currently own?
Let us know when you managed to disable the block.
-I also know that you have first hand experience with lots of phone's so I respect all your comments.
-All I'm trying to say is that there's lots of dope phones out there.
-I have owned smart phones with Symbian UIQ & S60 OS + "dum" phones with A100 and S40.
Had Windows Mobile 5,both standard and profesional UI for test a couple of weeks.
So I know them well
i aint smashing on no one,i just like to talk about mobile phone cuz i love them! it's all good homies! +1 to all the dubcc mobile maniacs and props again to everyone who brought info to this thread!
p.s : i almost forgot : DONT BUY A NOKIA N76 IT'S CRAP!
(http://www.mobime.ru/var/news/2007/01/08/05_n76_hires.jpg)
has any one seen the new nokia n81 8 gig ? look like a good phone it says that it will compete against the iphone. price range will be around 600$ they said source :
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9767460-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
heres a couple pictures for y'all;
N81
(http://news.com.com/i/bto/20070828/Nokia_N81_8GB_3_270x165.jpg)
(http://www.xonio.com/ii/121198125_b9d5accb32.jpg)
(http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070829/i/r2945839105.jpg)
New Nokia N81 in action! Nice Video
http://www.youtube.com/v/2dZ5krLWcq4
nah there is a do it yourself version that you dont have to pay for... the version you see will be sold... hackers have done it with there own tools for free for anyone...the iphone just got unlocked :o
In retail store´s or "hacked" online solutions?
Do it yourself;
www.iphonesimfree.com
www.freeiphoneunlock.com
iPhone SIM Free Software Unlock Confirmed on Video
http://www.youtube.com/v/ER9eM2E9Lzo
the iphone just got unlocked :o
nah there is a do it yourself version that you dont have to pay for... the version you see will be sold... hackers have done it with there own tools for free for anyone...
check this out...
http://modmyiphone.com/wiki/index.php/How_to_software_unlock_iPhone_iUnlock
and there are more sites up as well explaining how to do it...
one of the sites said it plans to have this set up in a nice GUI so its all automated... so im waiting for that route before i do anything since i have it running on the att network now... so i dont need it but it would be nice since t-mobile is cheaper and i get better service from them at work than i do with att.. but im not breaking my contract and doing this if this gets blocked... so i got to wait and see... but good news for people wanting and iphone and dont want to switch carriers and for other people outside of the united states trying to use it on their networks
edit http://www.freeiphoneunlock.com/unlock/ shit alot has happen since i last read up on it... iphonesimfree and freeiphoneunlock are 2 different things tho... alot people think that iphonesimfree was a scam they were trying to sell it while freeiphoneunlock and all the other sites are just doing it for free
the sanyo phone is cool
Sanyo M1
(http://z.about.com/d/cellphones/1/0/f/D/5/sanyo-m1-g.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/v/Q_OsooZsfgA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_OsooZsfgA
http://www.finalsense.com/news/it/phone/sanyo_m1.htm
Sprint today announced the full-channel availability of the Sanyo M1, Sprint's first phone with 1GB of internal memory. Able to offer storage for up to 16 hours of music and other multimedia files including pictures, video clips and voice recording, the M1 also provides quick and easy access to Sprint-exclusive content, including:
- Sprint Music Store, which allows users to browse and wirelessly download full-length songs directly to their phone
- Sprint TV with more than 50 channels of television and on-demand video and audio including more than 20 channels offering live content
- NFL Mobile, a Sprint-exclusive wireless application that brings fans access to same-day video highlights, customizable real-time statistics, scores, injury reports and other information updated every two seconds
- Sprint Movies, the first "pay-per-view" service for mobile phones in the U.S. that streams full-length movies, including recent box-office hits and timeless favorites from Buena Vista VOD, Lionsgate, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Universal Pictures
- Sprint Power View, the industry's first made-for-mobile sports and entertainment video programming network
The M1's advanced power management offers up to 18 hours of continuous music-playing time to support extended use of the multimedia capabilities. Additional key features include stereo Bluetooth wireless technology, a 2.0-megapixel camera with auto-focus, nine equalizer settings for fine-tuning the listening experience, and background music mode for listening to music while checking email, surfing the Web or sending text messages. The M1 also has external controls and large external LCD for optimal usability.
The Sanyo M1 is available through all Sprint retail channels for a suggested retail price of $349.99 or $199.99 with a two-year subscriber agreement.
Sanyo M1 Features
* Sprint Music Store provides over-the-air downloads of high-quality full songs (MP3 and AAC / AAC+ digital files)
* Sprint TV offers more than 50 channels including live television
* 1.0 GB internal memory capacity (Stores up to 16 hours of music, or a combination of music, photos, videos, and voice recording)
* Advanced power management enables up to 16 hours of music playing
* 2.0-megapixel camera and camcorder with autofocus and flash
* Background music mode allows music play while checking email, surfing the web or sending text messages
* On Demand news, sports, weather and entertainment content
* Enhanced gaming experience with 3D Graphics
* Pre-loaded with Sprint's exclusive NFL Mobile application
* Stream music to your phone with Music Choice, Sirius Music and others
* External navigation control allows easy access to music features
* External dual 15 mm stereo speakers for stereo music playback and speakerphone
* Sprint PCS Ready Link for quick walkie-talkie-style communication
* Bluetooth enabled
* GPS enabled
iPhone for Japanese - Sharp 913SH TV Phone
Sharp 913SH
(http://mb.softbank.jp/mb/en/product/3g/913sh/img/fig_h1_913sh.jpg)
(http://www.geeksquare.info/media/sharptvphone913SH1.jpg)
(http://arena.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/news/20061120/119798/12v.jpg)
http://mobiltelefon.ru/i/other/may/23/softbank_sharp_912sh_2.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/v/3yRszl8XW5U
iPhone for Japanese - Sharp 913SH TV Phone
http://www.handcellphone.com/archives/iphone-for-japanese-sharp-913sh-tv-phone
Do you think Japanese craves for iPhone like we do? Absolutely not! The cell phone in the pictures is the newly released Mobile TV phone from Sharp, the Sharp 913SH, that comes loaded with gigantic WQVGA Mobile ASV LCD (picture quality is close to HQ TV’s). The Sharp 913SH slider phone also has built-in 2.0-MP digital camera, Mp3 and Video player, and digital TV player. Although the Sharp 913SH doesn’t has cool multitouch technology of iPhone, the 913SH tv phone has features and specifications that iPhone couldn’t offer.
The Sharp 913SH TV Phone will be available in the market very soon.
I actually prefer memory cards over hard disc/flash memory.
What happens when your phone crash? All the shit you got stored is gone...
SMS-messages on the iPhone
http://www.mobile-review.com/articles/2007/iphone-sms-en.shtml
The background of the iPhone review is quite thorny. After twiddling with the device even before its release date, I shaped up my personal opinion, and naturally shared it with the readers. At once an army of Apple fans shows up, claiming that when the phone arrives, it will be a whole new story with all features it didn’t have already inside. But there we no last-minute pickups.
However, it wasn’t the end of the story. Once the sales kicked off, when the market received first feedback from real owners of the handset, it had the image of a shining and blinged-out yet foot-operated spaceship. Again, the major point of the fans was “let’s grab it, wait some and then, while we are asleep, the pumpkin will turn into in a mind-blowing spaceship”. Let’s face it, it will not. And you know why? Pumpkins and spaceships can’t possibly switch their roles, so a pumpkin will stay this way, and a spaceship will be a spaceship whatever happens. Don’t accuse me of hating pumpkins – they can serve for making a tasty and healthy porridge and many other wonderful things. Unless it is a spaceship.
Apple fans have already blamed me for being loyal or bribed by Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Siemens, Samsung in some way – and it wasn’t just a one-off. It doesn’t even matter what I say about the iPhone – this “greatest” product of all time will stick to this title regardless. That’s why in a review of the “revolutionary” device, we will venture to step away from our routine (they have re-invented the cell phone, right?) and delve into each function in particular. So as to prevent anyone from calling our conclusions or the low-down on the iPhone we give in question. However, judging by my blog, the fans are not ready to embrace even the obvious flaws, countering anyone’s arguments with no-one-needs-this-anyway triads. For all cold-minded people, we are digging under the brilliant skin of the most revolutionary device on the planet. The device that happens to come with phone functions – so we are taking a plunge, and our first stop will be SMS-messages.
SMS – a standard that dies off?
As the fans of Apple believe, such standard as SMS, is now dying – that’s because the function of SMS-messaging in the iPhone is weedy, while its email options are “robust”. Nevertheless, it is more likely that the real reason is that they haven’t seen an in-depth review of the bundled mail client – otherwise they wouldn’t dare write this to me.
But let’s take an once-over of the SMS standard and see whether it is really such a hopeless standard and why. Let me venture a loaded question: what is stored in any handset's phonebook? Apparently, phone numbers and contact names. Some have more, some – less. But are email addresses about? I bet the vast majority of the users don’t have them over there. It is not even about the habit – there are some fundamental differences.
Short messages are delivered instantly, and the sender can get delivery report, which ensures that a text message has been received, so the time when the recipient reads it doesn’t make much difference.
Can an email be delivered equally fast? Yes, if it is Push Mail. Does this prove convenient for your correspondence? Undoubtedly, no. What’s the problem with this, I hear you ask?
How many SMS messages do you receive daily? Probably, several to dozens in some cases. And what about emails? A couple of dozens to hundreds, including spam. So, which message will be the top-priority to you, for it contains valuable information for sure? A short message – sent by a person you know, it is not classified as spam and requires an immediate answer (or needs to be answered some time later). This is a private message, whereas email always comprises loads of anonymous messages. Apple fans will come up with a solid counter – get a personal mail box and enjoy spam-free correspondence. Though, we would one go through all that trouble of multiplying his accounts, while a simpler solution is on the surface.
How often do we check mail on the phone? At best – once in 30 or 60 minutes. Email requires no urgent replies – and many take this for granted – except for when your job has something to do with online support service or you got some special notification (by phone, for example) of an important letter. And how long does it take us to punch in a reply to an SMS? In most cases, we do it instantly, or, running to an extreme, we are so busy that can’t even answer it.
Another fact of note is that the number of people owning a mobile phone outruns the number of people enjoying email services. Obviously, these consumers of the mobile service should be stamped “out-of-date”, given an iPhone apiece along with an email account.
SMS setup. It is a very tangled process for sure – you need to compose a message and then it gets sent, no further settings required. As of today, the size limits are nearly gone, and I think, and many share this point of view, squeezing 1000 symbols even into a letter is quite a challenge, anyway, what would be the point?
Short messages have a hundred percent delivery rate, can be personalized and have maximum priority for the users. There is no such issue as spam. Plus its straightforward setup (no setup at all, to be precise) and wider adoption – all this adds up to a successful technology.
As far as outgoing messages are concerned, email has no edge over SMS. This is where we about to wrap it all up and stop discribing obvious things that 99% of the users clearly understand and vote for them with their own money.
By the way, IM-clients only intensify SMS traffic, rather than negate it. “Why” would well be a separate article, so no word on this here.
“Best” phone – “best” SMS client
SMS-messaging is the second most popular feature, following voice communications. That’s why many makers strive to offer extra options along with default capabilities – achieve, custom folders creation, search functions etc. While “inventing” the phone, Apple booted the experience of the rest of the world and got everything in the way the company believed to be more straightforward and unsophisticated. Although most users will find such implementation a bit odd. Let’s look into it.
The “Messages” icon is in the top left, seemingly, it couldn’t grab any spot in the quick launch bar. In my opinion, if it were not for Apple’s desire to get users as heavy on data as possible, it could have been easily thrown in there instead of mail.
Upon receiving a message you see a pop-up window with sender’s name and a couple of text lines. If you have the handset lying around on a table, your message will be read by just about everyone. When you have several new messages, the iPhone displays only their total number and phone numbers, if the letter can be squeezed into the field. So, in case you are bent on security and don’t want any third party to intrude into your correspondence, you will be better off with pop-ups disabled. This window always comes to the foreground when surfing the web or watching video – you can tap Ignore and check it later.
While at the standby screen, the display springs into life for a second to notify you of an incoming message and then turns blank again, so if the phone is not in your hands, missing such event couldn’t be easier. The omission of a service LED, like on many other handsets, that allows you to keep track of these events, doesn’t help the matter either. For the sake of power saving, the iPhone momentarily turns off the display, and there are no screensavers available – meaning that you won’t enjoy screensavers with info on missed calls/messages like those found on other handsets.
There is only one short sound notification for an incoming SMS-message, no customized tones enabled. And on top of that, the vibration doesn’t last long either. So having the iPhone in outerwear, you might well overlook both signals. In case you are in the middle of some music track, the sound alert and the melody tend to overlap, as the sound gets muffled only for a fleeting moment.
But what deeply puzzled me, was the absence of the message icon from the status bar – you have no way of finding out that you have a new message from applications, for this you will have to go all the way back to the main menu. For instance, having missed the incoming message signal, you continue browsing web-pages or listening to music as if it never arrived. If you think that the status line will present you with the icon mimicking an envelope to let you know of a new message, you are mistaken. Over at Apple they believe that the user doesn’t necessarily have to be notified of these events and should rather go on utilizing more important functions of the handset. It is a samey feature, but its omission occasionally does confuse people. Which makes it all the more pleasant to see the message number counter upon the SMS-icon in the main menu – what a surprise.
The menu for messages is no bells and whistles on the face of it – it is a vertically-arranged list, displaying contact name (if available in the phonebook), and a couple of text lines taken from the last message. And it doesn’t matter whether you sent or received a message, you see the lines of the last message. It is not particularly conventional and has much to do with Threads – a feature that sets the iPhone apart from other offerings available on the market.
What these threads are all about? The phone groups up messages sent/received by the phone number, so while in the thread mode, all messages are displayed in separate boxes which can be viewed in the form of a vertically arranged list. That’s exactly where we run into the first problem that the thread mode brings about – you can’t delete some specific messages, save them or move onto the SIM-card, or into some folder. All you can do is wipe the message box, leaving no messages, essential or not, inside. Being unable to pick some particular message also means you can’t forward it to somebody else.
At first the threads look nifty on the screen, and among all other things, they are quite speedy. But as your message base increases in weight, opening long threads (50 messages plus) becomes a tad more sluggish process, especially if a new message arrives when you are using some other function of the handset. Since there are no caps for a thread size, it will be getting slower with every new entry. On the other hand, keeping all these messages doesn’t make much sense, as the vast majority of them aren’t crucial, and the thread mode doesn’t empower you with search options. Scrolling through meters of threads is a real challenge – grabbing a pen and writing information down is much easier. Especially keeping in mind that the phone can’t copy text either.
The iPhone has no delivery report option. Many find it useful, though, for it guarantees that the recipient has had the message delivered and will read it. But you never know with the iPhone. This handset can only handle sent/received times, but that’s about it. Furthermore, the developers think it is a good idea to merge messages close in terms of sending time under one headline, so this parameters is no longer specified for separate messages. You end up looking at a small thread which starts at xx:xx, and there is no way to figure out when particular messages were received.
The handset doesn’t have a knack for reading vCard, name cards sent over SMS, which are shown as a complete mess of symbols. However, the iPhone locates phone numbers in text and offers you to add them into an already existing contact, or create a new entry, or dial that number/send a message.
Another “marvelous” touch here is the necessity to be within the coverage area to write a message to somebody. Don’t get me wrong, you can punch in a message and exit the section, and nothing will happen to the text when you get pack. However you won’t be able to compose message to several people – if you happen to get out of the coverage area while a message is being sent, you won’t be allowed to type another message until the handset does away with the first one. At any given moment you can handle only one message, which is another drawback of the threads. You simply can’t send a message later if something doesn’t work out, so should you have constant problems with sending some particular message, you are stuck, until, well, an Armageddon comes about, or you will lose the text you have typed.
This is just like a store when the seller hands goods personally, but in the case of the iPhone you won’t be offered to pick the options you need and pay for all the goods with one cheque, quite the contrary, you will have to pay for every option separately. You waste time and nerves – that’s how it is done here.
There is another ideological bomb brought about by the threads, and it is already ticking. If for sending messages some of your friends use special forms available on carriers’ sites, all these messages will end up in one thread, regardless of the contents, and you will have no other options but delete all of them. For example, Beeline has the 684 service for these purposes, and you simply won’t be able to find out whose messages there are – should we ask everyone to sign all messages?
No SMS templates are available; on top of that you can’t save or read SMS messages you have on the SIM card.
The SMS interface has one more remarkable feature to it, which is truly amazing when it comes to ergonomics. The handset memorizes the last window you deltwith, and when you unlock the phone, it brings it up. Now, imagine you have just received a message and naturally would like to look into it. You unlock the phone, but find yourself in some other menu far from messages. Nothing to worry about. You push the Back button and tap SMS thumbnail. What does the iPhone show you now? That’s right, the place where you left the messages menu last time. For instance a thread with some other contact involved. Now you get back to the general list, pick the thread with the new message and finally you can read it and even compose a reply. Some four extra presses for such a straightforward process as reading an SMS-message. I shall note, though, that if you actually manage to unlock the handset in a couple of seconds, you will get right into the menu you need.
The handset doesn’t let you send a message to a couple of contacts at a time, which makes me wonder about the developers’ thoughts. One message – one recipient. Now it is clear why there are no templates, who would need them anyway? Make up unique messages, develop your imagination! For instance, such routine message as “Gonna be late by XX minutes” should be typed in every time you are being late. What’s up with you, don’t keep people waiting, get changed, and tweak your life to meet the standards of this product.
Anticipating the objections of Apple fans that the concept of the threads is here thanks to Apple alone, I shall note that SMS Thread is an integral part of the Palm Treo, so if anybody utilizes it, this device must be the source.
If somebody wants to embrace threaded message view in Nokia phones, it is easy to do for 15 bucks – this app comes with a full set of standard features and imposes no limitations. This means, there are none at all. Since threads are more of a nice visual touch, rather than a real tool increasing overall usability, not many will fall for it.
Now, take a look at the table above and the total number of “yes” and “no”. Two features are draws, in other 15, Apple’s offspring is far behind, for it simply doesn’t pack them. Every user has own priorities, but on the whole, there will always be an option of utmost importance. Of course, if you actually use SMS, and don’t think you are a Homo iPhonus, specially designed for this product.
Real-life situations
Since the fans of the iPhone can’t put all the pieces and specifications listed above together, and fully realize how these flaws might affect them in their daily routines, we have prepared a couple of real-life situations you can easily come across.
Gathering friends. You are about to roller-skate a little, storm into a club, or hang out somewhere. But you need to let some people know the place where you are meeting and the time. With a Nokia’s phone, all you need to do is compose a message, pick a group of contacts, or specify phone numbers and you are all set – the message has been delivered to all of them. With the iPhone you will need to punch in the same message for every contact you want to see there again and again.
Sharing information. You receive an SMS-message, whose contents seem to be very valuable, like a pub address or something. And you have to forward this information to your friends. With the iPhone, you simply dial their numbers and say: “Hey! I can’t forward this message to you because I have a really awesome handset that doesn’t support this feature, so please take a pen and write it down”. If you friend is taking a shower or having a nice work-out, he won’t be able to help you. Call another contact and, for example, you will hear: “Stop bothering me, send me an SMS” – fair enough. Most phones available on the market allow their owners to forward messages in any form and to any address.
Message delivery. You have lost your sleep, waiting for your better half to already land in some foreign country, or get out of the subway – you really need her right now. Any iPhone user sends a message and waits when it gets replied. Any user of some other handset sends an SMS and receives a report when the recipient gets back into the coverage area. Which is convenient.
New Year. You always need to send that “Happy New Year!!!” message to a lot of people, so you make up a template and employ your phone’s bulk mailing feature. With the iPhone you waste your entire evening punching in only one word – “HNY” – otherwise you might wind up with both your fingers and nerves severely hurt. And you will try to avoid replying to all incoming messages – you don’t have a proper template, while calling is not an option in these circumstances. That’s how you get the image of a man of few words, who normally ignores all these occasions, and speaks words of congratulation through clenched teeth.
Brief conclusion
You should overhype the lack of MMS support though – this standard can be easily replaced by regular email. As I see, for many manufacturers MMS is a mere act of paying homage to the decisions they made in the pas t- the market has almost no demand for this service.
Wrapping it all up, I can say the following on the iPhone’s messaging options – it is an unlimited storage for messages, which turns out to be worthless for the want of the most essential features like sorting, search and general message management. All information you deem worthy should be literally written down – like on that foot-operated spaceship.
Today any handset offers more than the iPhone on the messaging front. As far as smartphones are concerned (which the iPhone has nothing to do with in the first place) S60 tears the Apple’s product to pieces without breaking a sweat. If we were to give this phone a one-word characteristic, it would be “beautiful”. For it doesn’t have any other merits. You can meditate, watching over dialogues or pop-up windows, but the usability is in question here, no matter how you look at it.
P.S. If you can give us some constructive criticism on this article – you are more than welcome, but please save us from the likes of “I don’t use SMS, so nobody needs this feature for sure”. Also, I can’t take such arguments as “they will chunk this/that in some time in future”. This product is on sale today, at this very moment.
Eldar Murtazin (eldar@mobile-review.com)
Translated by Oleg Kononosov (oleg.kononosov@mobile-review.com)
Published — 24 August 2007
iPhone as a phone – probing the main function
http://www.mobile-review.com/articles/2007/iphone-as-phone-en.shtml
Attention. If you are an Apple fan, stop right here, don’t read any further. Take care about your nerves. You are not a fan, that’s for sure?! Don’t tell us nobody warned you after you read this. This article has been written for normal people, rather than those coming from Homo iPhonus species. To that group we relegate the consumers who alter themselves, as well as their physical parameters, so as to make use of the iPhone.
Well, let’s recall the things we were pondering over in the previous installment of our “iPhone exposed” article – SMS-messaging. As you might remember, the iPhone turned out to be a complete bust, lagging behind the today’s phones in almost every single way, and the fans came up with two reasons for that. Firstly, SMS messaging is dying as a standard. This one was pretty much far-fetched, and we did everything necessary to prove this statement wrong in the article. However the other factor is not what you usually hear – it appears that in the US, which is the market this phone is made for, nobody uses SMS, probably 1-2 percent of “obsolescent” consumers at best. The rest are completely into IM-clients or employ e-mail, which is a contemporary thing miles ahead in terms of ease of use. The fact that the iPhone is currently propped up by PR activities positioning it as a tool of SMS messaging is completely overlooked by these people. By “PR activities” here we mean an avalanche of reports suggesting that some individuals managed to type so many messages with the iPhone that their bills were over a hundred pages long. So, one might actually come to a conclusion that this phone was made with SMS-messaging in mind. But as we already know, this is not the case. In order not to waste time on all this nonsense, we will broaden these people’s knowledge base by quoting some data on SMS – during the Q1 2007, three largest US carriers had nearly 60 billion messages sent; to be more precise: Verizon – 22,75 bln. messages, T-Mobile – 16 bln., AT&T – 14,23 bln. Together, these three occupy almost 61 percent of the market. Overlooking other carriers and bearing in mind that the US population makes 302.2 million, penetration level of mobile communications around 80 percent, it is easy to find out how many SMS are sent by the average user in the US. 219,14 messages a quarter. Still think SMS is being ditched in the US or about to pass off?
Following the canons of trenched warfare, Apple fans have already prepared a fallback to their fortified positions. Occasionally they mumble that it is merely a “fancy toy” that can’t be judged on its technical merits. Personally, I have no quarrel with this definition, for it is a precise way to describe what this device actually is.
Wrapping it all up, all these claims of the iPhone fans on SMS-messages give an interesting picture. I’m curious about what their song will be when the phone arrives in Europe. Ah, right, I almost forgot – it will turn into a spaceship. I suppose there is nothing more to talk about. What is typical of fans, they always shift gears, so their moans have already traveled from the field of solid facts to philosophy. But enough of this gas, moving straight to the substance.
Data source
This time around we are going to cover the main function of every phone – calls. In this installment we are focusing both hardware and software idiosyncrasies of the iPhone. In case some Homo iPhonus type of user hasn’t jumped off in the preface, I shall underscore the fact that the ability to make and receive call is THE centerpiece of any mobile phone. Nevertheless, after the story with “dying” SMS messaging, the next thesis probably should go something like this: “there is no point in calling with this device”. A crowd going crazy is an amusing sight, dare I say.
Phone interface, phonebook
The iPhone developers have put the calling features above all else and given them the top priority – the Phone thumbnail sits on the immediate left in the navi-bar. However, the ergonomics of this solution are hampered, in the first place, by the lack of hardware buttons. Let’s have a look at what a typical call with the iPhone takes.
Calling with iPhone. After pressing the button below the display or the power key, unlocking the device, moving fingers across the display, tapping the Phone icon, we get straight into… The place you end up in actually depends on your luck – the Phone application comes with 5 tabs – Favorites, Recent Calls, Contacts, Keyboard, Voice mail. This handset memorizes the last tab you were in and then upon re-entering the application calls up this tab. For other applications this approach can do some good, but in a mobile phone that has dumped all hardware keys, such a solution is more than just odd. The keypad is what all phones have in common, and normally we tend to call more often than do something else with our handsets. Probably, the fact that LG and Samsung have finally awoken to this has made for pick/hang up buttons in the Prada and the Armani. These Korean makers have not forgotten what the handset is all about – calls.
Anyway, in the iPhone that Phone application is three clicks away, and then you will usually need another tap to enable the keypad or some other apps, like the phonebook or favorites.
Calling with Nokia N95. Before I start, I must say that everything I describe below may well go for just about any handset available on the market, regardless of form-factor – the number of interactions you need to make will remain the same. Pushing the slider open automatically unlocks the keypad. Then you can you dial any number, meaning that the phone application is always on tap. With candy-bars it gets a tad more complicated – you need to press two keys or hold down some particular button to unlock the keypad. But again, it is so much easier.
Calling up most features found in the phone takes two presses - one for unlocking, one for tapping and holding one of the numeric keys that together form a quick launch menu. “1” brings up voice mail
The phonebook is accessed in two actions from the locked-down standby screen.
Let’s list all these figures in the table below.
Function
Nokia N95
Apple iPhone
Unlocking
1 action (1 second)
1 gesture and a key press, 2 actions (4 seconds)
Keypad access
1 action (1 second)
3-4 actions (5 seconds)
Phonebook access
1 action, 1 key press (2 seconds)
3-4 (5 seconds)
Speed dial
1 action, 1 key press (2 seconds)
3-4 (5 seconds)
Call log
1 action, 1 key press (2 seconds)
3-4 (5 seconds)
Voice mail
1 action, 1 key press (2 seconds)
3-4 (5 seconds)
As you see, the ergonomics of the iPhone leave much to be desired. Put it this way – with any handset worth more than 30 USD you will spend less time accessing the core features than with the iPhone. That may not seem like much – some seconds, what can they do? But these fleeting moments make minutes of your time, wasted because somebody doesn’t have a clue how to make user-friendly interfaces.
We intentionally left out the fact that many, while taking the Nokia N95 out of pocket, slide it open and even before looking at the display start typing or pushing the keys. In other words, they don’t bother themselves with inspecting the phone’s screen. Also, don’t close your eyes to the fact that the ability to dial by touch is provided by any handset with a mechanical keypad. We actually picked the Nokia N95 on purpose – some feature phones are even better performers, so we met the iPhone halfway to keep the gap tiny. As you can see from the table, the iPhone is only two times slower in most respects.
And the last experiment was pretty much straightforward. We handed our iPhone to random people, showed where the Phone application was and offered them to practice in dialing phone numbers. When they mastered this operation, we asked them to type 333-33-33 on the Nokia N95 and do exactly the same thing on the iPhone. The dispersion in the results we witnessed was quite remarkable. It took them about 5 seconds (best time – 4 seconds) to dial with the N95 and nearly 10 seconds with the iPhone (best time – 9 seconds).
Basically, you can just leave the Phone application, set on the tab you need, sitting idle on the screen and lock the display. Then, after removing the display lock you will find yourself right in this app, which saves about a second of your time. Why the vast majority of the iPhone owners won’t do so? It is simple – the handset’s status bar has no icons notifying you of new mail or SMS – to figure this out you have to be in the main menu, which is the thing everybody does all the time. This is a quite tricky question that definitely deserves a close-up.
If you happened to dial a number but didn’t actually make a call, this number will remain there, which turns out to be useless in most cases, so you are down to delete it first to dial a new phone number.
To avoid being accused of bias once again, I can say with all due confidence that in terms of interface the iPhone has a number of advantages over other handsets. Of all the functions wired to the iPhone’s the main menu, one launches faster than on most today’s phones. Others can perform it just as fast or slower (because of phone lock or missing shortcuts). You will never guess which one! No, wrong! It is Calculator!!! Honestly speaking, I haven’t the foggiest what the developers were thinking when they were designing the iPhone’s ergonomics.
Call log
The layout of the call log differs from that applied by other makers in very fundamental ways, but still has some things in common. We won’t create a “perfect phone” here and put it up against the iPhone, so we will add the Sony Ericsson K850i to the comparison on top of the Nokia N95. Personally, I love the way the call log is laid out and works in Sony Ericsson’s A100/A200 platform, but it is a matter of taste.
By default, the iPhone switches to the tab featuring all calls, which can comprise up to 100 entries. All calls to the same number coming one after another get merged, and the bracketed figure on the right shows how many calls there were. In this view mode you see call time (if there is a couple of them – all time marks). Another thing of note is that the merged calls don’t make one entry, but are regarded as separate entries.
Also there is a list for all missed calls – the main log shows these entries in red.
Without further ado, here is a table, which can shed some light on what features are different on the iPhone.
Feature
iPhone
Nokia N95 (S60 3hd Edition FP1)
Sony Ericsson K850i (A100/A200/A250i)
Main list (all calls)
Yes
No
Yes
Stand-alone lists for missed, incoming and outgoing calls
Only for missed
Yes, three lists
Yes, three lists
Call time
Yes
Yes
Yes
Call duration
No
No
No
Number of entries
100
No limits
90, 30 entries per list
Call type in the main list (incoming, outgoing)
No, only missed
-
Yes
Black and white lists (blocks calls from certain phone numbers)
No
Yes
Yes
Call filter, answering machine
No
Yes, third-partly app required
No
The only problem, yet a crucial one, that puts me off is that the handset just doesn’t know that 8-903-3333333 and +7-093-3333333 are in fact two ways of dialing one number. Depending on how you type a number, the iPhone may not recognize it, which is somewhat frustrating. All other makers learned this lesson ten years ago and now realize that any number should be identified with its prefix left out.
The lack of stand-alone lists isn’t particularly justified and sometimes can cause a lot of trouble. Nevertheless, this spartan layout can be mastered, so you won’t be missing the times when you had all three logs at your disposal badly.
Since the iPhone has been made with regular people in mind, don’t even try digging for something that goes beyond the core functionality. Don’t forget the inability to install own applications or improve the default feature pack (third-party applications will be our next big focus, but for now we are talking about enhancing the stock features). For instance, getting a personal answering machine with some IVR-cues like on S60 platform will be impossible on the iPhone in the foreseeable future. A fine example of such application for the Nokia N95 is IVCM.
On balance, the call log is pretty much competent, yet nothing to shout about.
Favorites
With the firmware version 1.0.1 the number of Favorite entries has jumped up to 50. You can select entries right from this section or the phonebook. While in the phonebook, if there are more than 6 numbers specified for a contact, a part of them will be unavailable to you, since there is no way to scroll down. This seems to be more like a software error rather than some fundamental flaw – so it gets rectified in the near-term for sure.
Favorites menu is a poor replacement for speed dial feature, and boosting its capacity up to 50 entries is pretty unwise, for it is not all another type of phonebook – they would be better off with contact groups viewable in separate lists.
In view of Apple’s awful lack of experience in creating handsets, it is now clear why the ergonomics suffer so badly. For instance, I suppose it would be lovely to see a speed dial menu for the on-screen numeric keys, so upon tapping them we would see pop-up name for quick dialing. Even when thrown into Favorites, these numbers should be accessible from the numeric keypad. There is a ton of ideas flying around – you just need some experience on this front to grab them and implement.
Phonebook
Finally, we have come to another feature typical of all handsets – Apple spent a tremendous amount of time perfecting it, so the anomalies here are thin on the ground. Upon calling up the phonebook you see a vertically arranged list of entries, where you can turn on sorting by First/Last name, picking one of these options sets the respective name parts in bold. There is no real search in the iPhone, however the index list on the immediate right makes for painless jumps between initials. It is pretty accurate, so after switching to the right part of the list all you have to do is scroll all the way down to the name you need.
In “non-revolutionary” phones you can dial the general number right from the main list, however with the iPhone you will need to enter the edit mode first by tapping a contact and only then pick the desired number and dial it up. Another extra interaction with the phone. Truth be told, this holds true even for entries with a lone phone number inside. Regrettably, it is not the place in the phone they have striven to make ergonomically friendly
The process of synchronization with Outlook runs smoothly - the iPhone easily picks up all your contacts. When composing a new contact on the handset itself you can add new fields, but, let’s take a closer look.
Any contact can be bound up with any image, which will be displayed upon an inbound or outbound call, taking up a large portion of the screen. Actually it is the first time I come across field descriptions put right into the blanks, so once you start punching in data they disappear. If you happen to edit these fields, you better be sure what is what. And this is not an easy task when dealing with names of Chinese or Vietnamese partners.
For any contact you can submit an unlimited number of phone numbers and specify unique types for them (by default – mobile, home, work, main, home fax, work fax, pager, other). Plus you can create your own mark, which is pretty convenient. Similar marks will be available for all other fields as well.
Out of 20 ringtones enabled on the iPhone you can pick a personal tune for a contact, and since 19 of them are barely audible even in quite friendly environments, being able to choose from one tune feels humiliating.
Email addresses, as well as address type. Web links. Postal addresses. Among the extra fields are birthday, memorable event, nickname, job, department, prefix, suffix.
To find out more about the phonebook-related differences between the iPhone and other contemporary handsets, let’s get the N95 involved again, as the most typical representative of S60.
Feature
Apple iPhone
Nokia N95
Number of entries
Unlimited
Unlimited
Number of extra fields
Fixed by field types
Fixed by field types (field type available for editing)
Search by First/Last Name
No
Yes
Initial search
Yes
Yes
Voice tags
No voice dialing
Created automatically for any language
Contact groups
No
Yes
Interactions with contact groups (copy, select etc)
No
Yes
Ability to create an archive in phone’s memory or memory card
No, only on PC
Yes
Ability to send contacts to other devices
No
Yes – via SMS, mail or Bluetooth (vCard)
Ability to retrieve contacts to other devices
No
Yes – via SMS, mail or Bluetooth (vCard)
SyncML
No
Yes
MS Exchange
No
Yes
Contact duplication
No
Yes
Copying contacts to/from SIM-card
No
Yes
The ease-of-use delivered by the iPhone hinges on how many contacts you have and what initials prevail in your phonebook. While you can jump to any particular letter in no time, finding a contact among 50-60 entries will take some time. Undoubtedly, paging through the list with the iPhone’s touchdisplay looks tremendous, but it is nowhere near that in terms of the amount of time of waste on it. If you keep your contact list small, the gap won’t hurt you much, but as your phonebook gains in weight, it becomes a real pain. As I see it, the top limit set by the iPhone developers where the handset still remains effective makes about 250 entries. Past this mark it gets sluggish and lags behind other phones usability-wise.
Contacts stored on your SIM-card can’t be displayed no matter how hard you struggle with the phone. Apparently this is an anachronism; just like those now-arriving cards with more memory onboard and capable of storing more fields per entry.
The iPhone’s phonebook is very controversial – a slew of fields but no extra abilities like contact groups. Data synchronization is enabled only for computers, which feels like a thing from the past (if it’s a network-focused device, why there is no SyncML?). The concept utilized by the iPhone has materialized in a mobile terminal tied down to a computer – without the latter this phone can’t do a thing, whereas other makers offer solutions that are independent in most operations. Let’s revise the most typical usage scenarios that users may come across.
iPhone usage scenarios
Meeting. You are meeting your colleague, friend, or somebody else and during the conversation you suddenly realize that you need one of his contacts. With the iPhone it is this simple – you ask him to dictate all contact details and start punching them in your phone. If you had some other handset, it would be somewhat less complicated – they send you a contact wirelessly, you save it in the phonebook, period. On top of that, you won’t be able to beam an entry from the iPhone either.
Work group. You are working on some project and obviously you want to stay on top of the things, and your main communication means are calls and email. You are really busy with meetings, but calls from your work group have top-priority and you must answer them all. The iPhone provides you with no tools to do that – no groups or an ability to prioritize contacts. And in its turn S60 platform has it all – first, contact groups, then a couple of third-party applications you can prioritize calls, or use black/white list the system comes with, which is not as convenient, though.
Bulk e-mailing from the iPhone’s phonebook is impossible.
Dialing by touch. You are driving a car and can’t possibly get your eyes off the road. But with the iPhone you always need to peek at the display to do something, while other with handsets you can dial a number by touch. Another great way to go is a wired headset and voice dialing. Or its Bluetooth-powered counterpart also with voice dialing feature. For a touchscreen-based handset voice dialing is not an amenity but a must-have ability, otherwise you won’t have any chance to use it while driving.
Enterprise contact list. There is a number of contacts that should be in every employee’s phonebook and are constantly updated on a remote server. You, or your network administrator, who can do it remotely, get the latest version of this set of contacts onto your mobile devices, so you don’t have to enter them manually. The iPhone doesn’t even know how this works.
Duplicating contacts (for colleagues or family). For these contacts most fields, saving for phone numbers, won’t differ much throughout the group. With the Nokia N95 you just can duplicate a contact and then edit it in any way you like, but with the iPhone you are down to submit the same data over and over again.
We could come up with a whole lot of other usage scenarios, but in order not to enrage Apple fans even further we will stop right here. Please, if you know some situations when the iPhone is a complete bust or proves to be superior – send them to us. Best scenarios will be published in the next installment of this article.
Sound enhancement systems. Back in 2000 Nokia rolled out the Nokia 6250, which was the first handset ever to employ background noise estimation system and automatic earpiece tuning so as to suit the environment you were in. A year before, Nokia’s engineers came up with the Nokia 8210, where the voice quality was superb – actually all calls were so clear that you would think that the other end of the conversation hung up, so it was essential add some noise to avoid confusion during pauses and keep conversations real. It may well be that it was in 2000 when it all started for the modern sound enhancement technologies found in today’s handsets.
Samsung’s Voice Clarity technology that debuted several years ago, and could be enabled/disable by user – it was some kind of equalizer that improved sound quality in calls made in poorly covered areas. In 2007 on top of this one, the company has been embedding Whisper Mode, boosting microphone and earpiece sensitivities, which actually saves the day when having a conversation in call-unfriendly environments (parties for example).
Nokia also calls its technology “Voice Clarity”, but as a rule it can’t be turned off and always kicks in as soon as you pick up. Similar approach is exercised by Motorola and its CrystalSound.
It would be way too naive to expect the iPhone to come packaged with sound enhancement systems, which are the fruits of years and years of elaboration. And indeed, the Apple’s offspring sports none of the above. Quality-wise it matches the Nokia 8210, which is by no means a letdown – it delivers decent sound. And that would be great, if only it wasn’t so quiet. The earpiece’s volume falls flat in many kinds of environment, from noisy streets to parties, which is a crucial drawback. However, headsets come to the rescue – with their help the sound gets rich and loud again. Nevertheless, if you employ the standard headset, you won’t be able to enjoy your tunes, for it doesn’t have what it takes to offer you a decent sonic experience. And a set of earphones has no microphone to make calls, which leads you to the problem of choice. Perhaps, it is a good idea to gear up with a pair headphones and a standard headset and then keep swapping them as you go.
What about other no-so-obvious aspects all other manufacturers have been learning all these years? Probably, constant signal strength is one of them, and sound quality that doesn’t depend on battery level. Take any Nokia-branded model – its earpiece’s sound quality hinges on carrier, weather and so on. But if nothing extraordinary happens, it won’t depend on current battery level, be it 100% or 10%. The user will always get the same quality throughout his calls.
Since for the iPhone the issue of power consumption is a sore point, that’s where they gave up on “guaranteed call quality”. When you have around 20% left (first low-battery warning), the handset starts doing odd things during calls – it drops frames, and while in areas with poor signal strength you may actually lose network connection. It takes a lot of experience under your belt to provide decent and, more importantly, stable call quality; unfortunately Apple’s developers have no place to get it from.
Another queer aspect is the battery bar – it is designed in a way that, when reaching 20%, it leaves you only with 7-14 minutes of talk time. Naturally, it depends on network coverage and other factors, but in most cases that’s what you get. On the other hand, other manufacturers squeeze more talk time into their offerings, since they regard this function as the most vital constituent of the handset. It may sound like a matter of taste, but in fact this mediocre battery life turns out to be a serious letdown. When we were under DDoS-attack, my fully-charged iPhone lasted 5.5 hours – during this time span I received 62 calls, with total call duration a little bit over 4 hours. It was a good field test, which indicated that in terms of its talk time figures the iPhone is inferior to the competition. For example, the Nokia N95, on the same day, gave me extra sixty minutes worth of calls.
Note for Homo iPhonus. Sound enhancement systems are of no real use, nobody needs them. You are so right. Your brain can handle these functions with greater efficiency, cleaning out background noises all the time. Keep practicing! Way to go!
Calls, vibro, etc
Had any maker launched a handset with disabled personal ringtones, it would have been poked really hard. At the same time, the iPhone hasn’t seen feedback from really enraged users – some enthusiast have already come up with hacks that allow cracking this limitation, and Apple has rolled out its 99-cent iTunes-based ringtone service, which is quite amusing. Life is all about dealing with difficulties, and it is good to know that the company intentionally creates obstacles, so that Homo iPhonus could overcome them and feel the taste of life in struggle.
Call alert volume (who needs it anyway? How could you not understand such obvious things!!!) is nowhere to be found due to the iPhone’s design. The loudspeakers sit on the bottom end, meaning that when carried in one’s pocket, the sound will be muffled, so you won’t hear a thing. Nevertheless, while the iPhone is on a table, the loudspeaker is pointed at you, which results in a pretty decent sounding. But the bad thing about it is that the volume level it produces proves to be subpar in the vast majority of cases. You will keep missing calls in car, in the street (unless you’re wearing headphones), and other places – any iPhone owner simply has to go about his business with a pair of earphones on, otherwise missed calls will become a real disaster. The vibration alert is average strength-wise, nothing special about it.
Judging the iPhone on its volume level alone, it ends up at the bottom of all charts. Furthermore, this volume cap is brought about by the phone’s hardware, so there is no way to get around it. The handsfree mode has been implemented just for the sake of it – there is nothing more but a name to it, so it is not even worth mentioning.
Short summary
While in the messaging department we made sure that the iPhone has almost nothing to it, the phone features are doing better – it rings, which is a good thing already. The ergonomics of the phonebook, dialing display and, basically, everything that has something to do with calls have been carried over from the past century. Any iPhone user spends twice as much time on dialing a number – if you call at least 15 times a day, it will make 6 to 9 hours a year. Of course it may not seem much at a glance, but in the end it all leads to tremendous amounts of wasted time.
The sound quality is pretty moderate in view of no sound enhancement systems. The absence of voice dialing capabilities on a handset (it is also a touchscreen-centric device, mind it) hyped this much looks odd, the say the least. Had Nokia released a phone lacking voice dialing, it would have been trampled at once.
The iPhone doesn’t have any profiles or call settings either. Moreover, the handset produces such mediocre volume level, that you have to wear headphones all the time – three meters away from the phone and you already can’t hear it ring. On the bright side, Apple has finally done away with disabled ringtones. But they still need to add a coffee grinder to the phone, so that all i-stronauts can have a cup of coffee whenever they want. Remember, this phone is turning into a spaceship soon, just keep this in mind.
Also, the iPhone doesn’t stand a chance in the enterprise segment – it simply doesn’t have the goods this type of users demand. No remote synchronization, no advanced features in the phonebook, no support for enterprise data bases.
It is a pity that in terms of its phone part, the “revolutionary” iPhone belongs to the 20th century. It is not particularly good at making calls, doesn’t offer its user great usability, or some all-round new abilities. Being a weak solution, both in software and hardware departments, it comes with a host of gizmos, you know, those cute-looking ones. I think Homo iPhonus need only these visual touches. But then again, there is no point in shouting about this phone’s overwhelming advantages over other models available on the market. Once you take an iPhone in hands, you are bound to spend a lot of time with it – that’s the company’s ultimate goal, which was reached by omitting ergonomically friendly interface. For the time being, the thing Apple really needs is walking ads, rather than a solid user base.
P.S. In the next installment we will focus on the iPhone’s “stellar” email, which is the third most popular application in this handset. And while the iPhone is still the talk of the town, Apple has made a handful of noticeable moves. First, they have rolled out recovered iPhones for the US market with a 100-dollar price cut – it seems that over the two months since the release date, Apple has accumulated a large stock of returned devices. Then, to boost the sales they have dumped the 4 Gb version, and have taken 200 USD off the 8 Gb version’s price tag. And last but not least – even before the European release of the iPhone, Apple’s sales haven’t lived up to expectations, and yet the market “surprisingly” finds out a relatively painless method of unlocking the phone. This will allow the company to prop the iPhone sales in this quarter.
Eldar Murtazin (eldar@mobile-review.com)
Translated by Oleg Kononosov (oleg.kononosov@mobile-review.com)
Published — 15 September 2007
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honestly i didnt read much of what he wrote...
way to much to read...
but what i did read i already knew... he just tried to make it out worst than what it is... me as an owner and user it serves and exceeds my needs... i honestly think he is just a hater... does he use anything positive on these stories? i didnt see any? ... i mean you can be like well you cant sent messages to multiple parties at one time but it does have the best music player ever to be seen... or it doesnt have expandable memory but it does have 8gigs which im yet to see on any other phone or expandable memory card?
you know what i mean... just written in hater mode... but its all good... not going to go throw a fit and toss my phone out the window because some dude post some bias info...
oh and did i mention i love my iphone? ;)
i honestly think he is just a hater... does he use anything positive on these stories? i didnt see any? ... i mean you can be like well you cant sent messages to multiple parties at one time but it does have the best mus
but it does have the best music player ever to be seen... or it doesnt have expandable memory
but it does have 8gigs which im yet to see on any other phone or expandable memory card?
you know what i mean... just written in hater mode... but its all good...
not going to go throw a fit and toss my phone out the window because some dude post some bias info...
the whole standard 8 gig of flash memory works perfect for me.. but i see how others can use it... but i really dont like the whole "memory card" thing they always change what kinda cards are to be used and what size and what size is supported and so forth... and usually the cards increase in memory but usually seems too late... like if i needed a certain card for my phone it usually wont reach the 8 gigs til like a year or so later...
anyway just my observation of the situation... and the iphone doesnt have any "Hard Disk" but it uses flash memory.
Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson team up on memory card standard
http://handhelds.engadget.com/2007/09/14/nokia-samsung-and-sony-ericsson-team-up-on-memory-card-standar/
2009 may be the year when we finally see a unified memory format, that is, if Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson have their way. The "Universal Flash Storage specification" would see memory cards travel between cellular devices, digital cameras and other memory hungry devices without the need for adapters -- and it'll likely save us some coin, too. Some big name memory manufacturers are purportedly onboard, with names like Micron Technology Inc., Spansion LLC, STMicroelectronics NV, and Texas Instruments Inc., being bandied about. We look forward to that magical day, when our stacks of memory cards can be reduced to a stack of one type of card, ahhh... progress.
QuoteI actually prefer memory cards over hard disc/flash memory.
What happens when your phone crash? All the shit you got stored is gone...
(http://homepage.mac.com/ejrizo/iphonebackup.jpg)
(http://homepage.mac.com/ejrizo/iphonebackup2.jpg)
part of the reason i love the whole apple experience... syncs perfectly ... all contacts, photos, media (music, movies...etc.), settings, web bookmarks, mail accounts etc.
Nokia's N94i to run Windows Mobile OS, not Symbian? Er, No.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/14/nokias-n94i-to-run-windows-mobile-not-symbian/
Believe everything you see? Good, then this is an unannounced Nokia N94i running the Windows Mobile (not Symbian) operating system. We have no way of knowing for sure, but that looks like an engineering prototype Chinese knockoff of something which has gone up for auction somewhere on this great blue planet. According to the listed specs, we're looking at a touchscreen (with stylus) multimedia device synonymous with the N-Series packing a 2 megapixel camera, speakerphone, Bluetooth 2.0 and MicroSD expansion. It's also listed as a dual-sim device with quad-band GSM support. Of course, Microsoft has been slowly making in-roads into Nokia handsets for several months with Nokia's purchase of Intellisync and the recent announcement to integrate Windows Live services into some Nokia handsets. Still, WinMo on Nokia... are we dreaming, or is that "WinXP.jpg" an indicator of something more foolish?
You will find images of N94i here;
http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/14/nokias-n94i-to-run-windows-mobile-not-symbian/
Can´t find any images to post,if you can find any post them here.
What? doesn't iPhone have mms either ?
QuoteNokia's N94i to run Windows Mobile OS, not Symbian? Er, No.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/14/nokias-n94i-to-run-windows-mobile-not-symbian/
Believe everything you see? Good, then this is an unannounced Nokia N94i running the Windows Mobile (not Symbian) operating system. We have no way of knowing for sure, but that looks like an engineering prototype Chinese knockoff of something which has gone up for auction somewhere on this great blue planet. According to the listed specs, we're looking at a touchscreen (with stylus) multimedia device synonymous with the N-Series packing a 2 megapixel camera, speakerphone, Bluetooth 2.0 and MicroSD expansion. It's also listed as a dual-sim device with quad-band GSM support. Of course, Microsoft has been slowly making in-roads into Nokia handsets for several months with Nokia's purchase of Intellisync and the recent announcement to integrate Windows Live services into some Nokia handsets. Still, WinMo on Nokia... are we dreaming, or is that "WinXP.jpg" an indicator of something more foolish?
You will find images of N94i here;
http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/14/nokias-n94i-to-run-windows-mobile-not-symbian/
Can´t find any images to post,if you can find any post them here.
looks like a cheap chineese knock off lol
Nokia N-Gage V2
http://www.handcellphone.com/archives/nokia-n-gage-v2-gaming-cell-phone-will-be-launched-in-first-quarter-of-2007
(http://handcellphone.com/wp-content/themes/green-marinee/phonepic/Nokia-NGage-V2-Game-Phone-1.jpg)
(http://www.topwords.com.ua/Mobilnews/2005images/05/806.jpg)
(http://www.nextweb.com.br/manual/nokia_n_gage.bmp)
Nokia N-Gage gaming cell phone was definitely a big failure for Nokia. There were too many complaints about the gaming devices. Bad controllers and too limited choice of games are the biggest problems that cause Nokia N-Gage to be a big joke in gaming industry.
However, Nokia doesn't give up the lucrative mobile gaming industry. According to the spokesman of Nokia, Nokia is back with the new redesigned N-Gage V2 gaming cell phone which will be loaded with EA Mobile and Gameloft popular games.
According to Gregg Saute, the spokesman of Nokia, the new N-Gage V2 will be on sales in the first quarter of 2007. He also mentioned that the Nokia N-Gage V2 comes equipped with faster processor and better graphic card for 3D image processing. There isn't any details about the specifications of the processor and graphic card.
However, one thing for sure is the Nokia N-Gage V2 supports WLAN and 3G networks which mean you can download games faster and play multiplayer games with your friends through fast speed WLAN or 3G networks.
The question whether N-Gage V2 will be a success for Nokia still unknown, but the N-Gage V2 gaming cell phone is definitely a gadget that everybody is excited about.
Apple iPhone hits O2 in the UK on November 9th
http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/apple-iphone-hits-o2-in-the-uk-on-november-9th/
Ending months of intense, practically insane speculation, Apple just confirmed its first European carrier for the iPhone: O2 is scoring exclusive UK rights to the hotly contested device, and will be launching it on November 9th for £269 including VAT. Unlimited data comes standard with the £35, £45 and £55 voice plans, which include 200, 600 and 1200 minutes, respectively, and 200 SMS for the cheapest plan, but 500 messages for the other two. Just like the rumors (finally) predicted, Carphone Warehouse is being pulled in to beef up retail presence for O2, with 1300 retail locations, each with an "expert" on the iPhone. Naturally, Apple's not doing anything fancy here, and is announcing the same old EDGE phone we know and love here in the States -- shattering the 2007 3G pipe dreams of millions of Europeans -- but has made up for it slightly by scoring free WiFi for O2 iPhone users at the 7,500 hotspots serviced by Cloud in the UK. Those hotspots will certainly come in handy when trapesing through O2's EDGE-deficient network -- only 30% of the country will be covered by launch time. Of course, if you aren't keen on Visual Voicemail or Apple's blessing, there are certainly plenty of unlocked iPhones to be had between now and launch.
funny to see all the imitations..lol
we knew they were coming... but nothing is like the real thing.
http://www.youtube.com/v/YgW7or1TuFk
just amazing
GDesk by FiendSoft
http://my-symbian.com/uiq3/software/applications.php?fldAuto=175&faq=3
GDesk is a customizable and extendable desktop system. Icons can be placed on the desktop representing applications, page links and plug-ins; these can then be launched by tapping them. Plug-ins can be added at any time and as required; further plug-in functionality will be provided over time.
Got an Symbian UIQ phone and want Iphone´s UI or Windows Mobile,why don´t you make your own UI?
Well,you can do it yourself just hit this link and download the tools;
http://my-symbian.com/uiq3/software/applications.php?fldAuto=175&faq=3
What? doesn't iPhone have mms either ?NOPE!
But,then again how often do you use MMS?
those iphone vs n95 video was funny! 8)
"Safari" on N95 only found a European Video.
http://www.youtube.com/v/rEIs8KtT0yQ&autoplay=0
http://www.intomobile.com/2007/08/03/safari-based-browser-coming-to-nokia-n800.html
Just when we’ve got Mozilla browser engine, Sand-labs.org announced the OWB (Origyn Web Browser) - Webkit based browser is about to hit the Nokia N800. The built in Opera was just not good enough for handling complex JavaScripts (i.e. AJAX), but then again the current release of Mozilla engine is still buggy and I find my N800 crashing whenever more complex page is loading in the browser.
Will Origyn Web Browser bring something new to the table? According to several sources around the web, WebKit, which is used in Apple’s Safari is known to outperform other browsers on low powered machines. For instance, Nokia is using WebKit code for its S60 browser for years, and people love it!
At this stage, Sand-Labs is still working on bugs, but hopefully soon enough we’ll have another browser available for N800, and… following the keyboard and scrolling, we’ll be one step closer to turn our N800s into iPhones… No, I don’t want to do that!
What? doesn't iPhone have mms either ?NOPE!
But,then again how often do you use MMS?
I don't use it quite often, but it's good to have....
Neonode N2 - the intuitive phone
http://www.neonode.se/en-gb/products/
Neonode N2 is designed for advanced simplicity. Forget about all old touch screens with stylus and pressure and enjoy a new breed, the optical touch screen. You do everything on-screen, simple and convenient with just one finger. It’s truly easy and intuitive to use. To make it convenient and fast to access all features and content of the device, we also designed our own user interface. It has a similar structure to a PC, but without deep and complex menus.
(http://www.mobilewhack.com/neonode2-thumb.jpg)
The smallest "Smart Phone" in the world Check the video!
http://www.youtube.com/v/2len4yAnwmc
Optical touch screen
Forget about all old touch screens with stylus or hard pressure and enjoy the new breed, the optical touch screen. You sweep over and tap the screen to access the different features. When you want to call or send an SMS you enter the numbers and letters directly on-screen. Everything is easy to do with just one hand.
Easy user interface
To maximize the use of the fast optical touch screen we designed the user interface. Easy to learn and easy to use, it’s intuitive. To access your menu from the start page you sweep from the bottom left and up and the menu appears. Now you can tap the icons to choose what you want to access and you will access it right away.
If you sweep from bottom and up in the middle of the start page you access the keypad to enter the number to call or the text of an SMS. A sweep from the bottom and up at the right side of the start page gives you access to the tools bar. For more information about the user interface and how to use it together with the optical touch screen, see the Users guide in the Support section.
Upgradeable platform
Our mobile devices are in a way more like small PC´s than advanced mobile phones. It’s more of an open platform that you can fill with the software and features you want to have. If you want, you can develop your own software or download third party applications available on the Internet.
We also regularly release software updates that you can upgrade your device with free of charge.
PC Connectivity
The device can operate in two different modes while connected to a computer via USB-cable, either in phone mode or as a USB disk. When turned on, it operates in phone mode. Turned off, it operates as a USB disk.
When you connect your device to a computer in phone mode you can, by using ActiveSync from Microsoft, synchronize the calendar and address book with Outlook. When you connect your device to a computer as a USB disk, it will appear on your computer as a Removable disk and you can transfer files quick and easy as well as download updates from our website. The PC connectivity also works via Bluetooth.
Information
Name:
Neonode N2
Storage:
MiniSD card
User interface:
Neno user interface
Applications:
MP3 Player (MP3, WMA, Wav), Calendar and Address book synchronized using ActiveSync
Telephony:
GSM Quad band 850, 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz bands, GPRS
Messaging:
SMS and MMS
Bluetooth:
OBEX, Headset, FTP profiles supported
LCD:
2,0” (176x220 pixels) color display. 65K colors
Audio:
Stereo sound in headphones, Mono loudspeaker, Vibration engine
Image:
2 Mega pixel Fixed Focus Camera, Still pictures, Video play-back (MPEG, WMV)
Dimensions:
47x77x14,7 mm (WxHxT) Weight: Approx 60 grams
iphone will sync with your PC too not just mac... but you use outlook or outlook express to sync with it...
works well i seen it and i doubt that safari on symbian is anything like safari on iphone..
i love safari the browser i use on my mac and phone now.
but not on a pc... at work i use firefox
Opera Mobile™
http://www.opera.com/img/products/mobile/campaign/topbanner_03.gif
Opera is the fastest, most secure browser available for Symbian and Windows mobile handsets.
Go to the mobile download page to get Opera on your device.
Go to the mobile download page to see if your phone is supported.
http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/products/
Note; Some Symbian phones has Opera web browser pre-installed.
Opera Mini for "simple" JAVA phone´s
http://www.operamini.com/
(http://mobile.phpmagazine.net/upload/2006/11/opera_mini_version_3_to_invade/OperaMini3.jpg)
All your favorite Web sites now fit on your phone. Check your email, check your friends' blogs, or just check out the daily dish. Download Opera Mini to get any Web site, anywhere, any time.
Quick download of Opera Mini 3.1
www.mini.opera.com/app
Note; Works on "smart" phones as well.
What? doesn't iPhone have mms either ?NOPE!
But,then again how often do you use MMS?
I don't use it quite often, but it's good to have....
True,I was just saying.... that´s not exactly the most important feature.
You got to look at the bigger picture,Iphone is "missing" a lot of features,some of them like the MMS and Bluetooth issue will hopefully be fixed with future software updates.
What Iphone got,is a user friendly UI
and it syncs(music,contacts,notes,calender,bookmarks and what not) automaticly with your Mac,
so does Windows Mobile phones if you got a Windows computer.
All this drama around Iphone is hilarious,it´s just hype and the hype killed it.
Fuck hype,buy whatever suits your needs.
questiong to tusken Raider... why do you keep chaning the thread? its really wierd... seems like you are tryiing to group stuff. but its honestly way more confusing..lol..
what happen to just going to the last post to see whats going on... right now im like why they hell does he keep bumpin that phone to the last post?..
anyway kinda annoying
"Safari" on N95 only found a European Video.
http://www.youtube.com/v/rEIs8KtT0yQ&autoplay=0
http://www.intomobile.com/2007/08/03/safari-based-browser-coming-to-nokia-n800.html
Just when we’ve got Mozilla browser engine, Sand-labs.org announced the OWB (Origyn Web Browser) - Webkit based browser is about to hit the Nokia N800. The built in Opera was just not good enough for handling complex JavaScripts (i.e. AJAX), but then again the current release of Mozilla engine is still buggy and I find my N800 crashing whenever more complex page is loading in the browser.
Will Origyn Web Browser bring something new to the table? According to several sources around the web, WebKit, which is used in Apple’s Safari is known to outperform other browsers on low powered machines. For instance, Nokia is using WebKit code for its S60 browser for years, and people love it!
At this stage, Sand-Labs is still working on bugs, but hopefully soon enough we’ll have another browser available for N800, and… following the keyboard and scrolling, we’ll be one step closer to turn our N800s into iPhones… No, I don’t want to do that!
iPhone will be the first phone with a truly full-blown Web browser??!
Posted by Franklin at 02:07 PM | Categories: General
http://blogs.s60.com/browser/2007/06/iphone_will_be_the_first_phone_1.html
Hi, everyone, Franklin here -- my first post. Peter finally paid up :)
We're excited that iPhone will have the same browser as S60. There are over a dozen different mobile browsers in the market, most proprietary, all with different limitations and problems -- a web developer's nightmare. I can't even call it "browser wars" -- more like "browser mosh pit."
So our dream is that phone manufacturers everywhere will adopt the same open, full browser engine as we have, and to encourage that we've contributed code to open source. Open is good for everyone.
But when Harry McCracken writes in PC World, "[t]oday's demo was the most tangible proof yet that the iPhone will be the first phone with a truly full-blown Web browser" I have to squirm a little. Reality Distortion Field is powerful... must...not...submit....
You all know that Nokia shipped the first "truly full-blown Web browser" on a phone, back in March 2006. He even goes on to praise our browser in the next paragraph -- thanks, Harry!
But we had it first. So there.
Some of the coolest phones that have our full browser with Mini Map, Visual History and other nifty features are the Nokia Nseries Multimedia Computers. To date over 50 million S60 3rd Edition phones from Nokia, Samsung and LG have shipped! (About half of the 100 million S60 phones are 3rd Edition.)
All running the best web browser in the world ;)
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The lack of technical competence of the typical Symbian user never ceases to amaze me. This is the S60 site for gods sake. The browsers on Symbian & iPhone are NOT the same, based on the same code yes but you cannot do everything you can with a desktop brower on the S60 3rd browser. That is what the term 'Full Web Browser' refers to. The latest Opera is the only full browser for mobile devices other than iPhones. If you're going to write an article it usually does well to know what you're talking about.
Posted by: daedalia | August 6, 2007 04:47 AM
Hello!
Is it true that the iPhone does not have even FlashLite 1.0?
How about the security threat regarding Safari browser on the iPhone? Does that effect Safari based browsers on S60?
Best Regards!
Aron
Posted by: Aron | July 3, 2007 07:46 AM
I have been a loyal Nokia phone user for some time now, but only because there used to be no better alternative, until now. If the iPhone, in reality, matches the elegance of the device shown in the twenty minute tutorial that Apple has recently posted on its site, then it totally blows away ANYTHING Nokia has from a SOFTWARE perspective.
I have both a E61 and a N-770 and neither come close to providing the ease of use promised by the iPhone. The "Moose on the table" is NOT that, sure, you can do the equivalent things or more on a Nokia device vs the iPhone (The brilliant Opera Mini beta being a recent excellent example, although it's still in beta and eats up all of the available RAM of the E61). The point is that it seems that you don't have to have a graduate degree at Geek University to actually productively use the full capabilities of the iPhone.
Apple has simply raised the bar,in my opinion, with their UI and Nokia's only hope is to leap ahead or be resigned to joining the commodity bin with Motorola, etc. I know that I plan to be kicking both my 770(which has NEVER worked reliably) and E61 (capable but a mess to configure, slow to respond UI, and with a browser prone to reboot the device on a regular basis -- and I do have the latest firmware, FYI) to the curb for the iPhone in the near future.
Sure, the iPhone will not be perfect, but Nokia is FAR from perfect, as well. I believe this round goes to Apple as the iPhone seems to have everything I currently desire on my phone (except the ability to use other carriers other than AT&T). I look forward to Nokia becoming more competitive in the future, but they need to focus on making a phone that is as much a delight to use as it is powerful.
I have seen the future and it is software. I sincerely hope that the iPhone will be a tremendous success, if only to force other mobile phone manufacturers like Nokia to wake up and realize that amateur hour is over. You and I deserve better.
Posted by: EarlS | June 24, 2007 12:55 AM
The browser is probably where the S60 gets closest to the apparent ease and intuitivity of the iPhone UI.
Just watch the product demo video the Apple site, and then HONESTLY say you are not at least somewhat impressed (by the UI in general, and to much lesser extent the browser).
N800 gets even closer in terms of the browser, but obviously is not a phone. Try getting to a embedded link on the S60 browser. How many clicks did you need? But that's just because the iPhone is TS of course.
One thing that S60 could do a LOT better (and the iPhone UI seems to do better): trust the USER. WHY WHY WHY every time I do something I have to CONFIRM. Delete a SMS. "Are you sure? Are you really sure?" Why not instead just delete and move the deleted message to a trash folder from which you can restore (e.g. within the next 24 hours after which it auto empties it)? Sorry to rant about a non-browser thing here though.. :)
Posted by: Viipottaja | June 23, 2007 08:17 AM
I am reading this with my N73. The browser almost never crashes. And after yesterday's fw update, the font color problem with black themes is also gone. The browser is really wonderful! Thank you!
Posted by: Jukka | June 16, 2007 01:58 AM
a) I'm also hoping the new browser will be downloadable, or in a firmware update for the N80 - this would be really great to see
b) All of the current Nxx devices are wowfully low in RAM. I have an N80 which frequently runs out when using the new browser, and usually end up using Opera mini instead.
Posted by: Nigel Jones | June 15, 2007 11:58 AM
I don't care about back ported browsers, I'd like my money back please.
Boom
Posted by: akBoom | June 15, 2007 09:54 AM
Yea, lack of RAM in Nokias devices is also driving me crazy since it renders the OSS browser useless.
PS: Did i ever say: We FP0 users want the FP1 browser backported! :)
Posted by: Robert | June 15, 2007 09:50 AM
You should stop giving this OSS browser away in devices that can't handle it. It almost never ever works on the N91-2, you guessed it; out of memory.
Why spoil your own reputation and give a product that can never work?
It's not like you are offering refunds for idiots like me who bought the phone, nor are you providing any support.
For people who have access to NSU, they can try and try to upgrade hoping something gets fixed; for the other poor souls you want them to get a ticket at the local nokia service centre, stand in a queue wait for an hour or two and have their fw updated?
Oh, and if something is wrong with the hw then you've got to leave the phone behind, without even talking to any tech person to find out what the problem could be and how long it would take to fix it.
Thanks but no thanks; there are other options available. If you're thinking why I am so mad; well I paid USD 600/- for a piece %^&* N91-2 which doesn't do what it says on the box and whose SW almost always (99% downtime) never works, should I praise it or Nokia? I got this because it was the only 8gb option back then. Well I've now got the iPhone and the SE walkman to choose from.
And don't tell me you are only the browser group and can't answer for others; you are NOKIA, you made my phone, I paid you money for it, your product doesn't work, your browser doesn't work. I'm not complaining to you about the whole load of other &*%$ that doesn't work.
Boom
PS: I am a Nokia loyalist, have never owned another brand since 1996 I think. I will probably replace my 9300i with the E90 but after thoroughly reviewing it. I will never ever make the mistake of buying a Nokia from the heart, I'll use my head.
Posted by: akBoom | June 15, 2007 07:56 AM
Apparently the iPhone browser will not be able to display Flash content, whereas the S60 FP1 browser CAN display Flash content. Surely that makes the S60 FP1 browser better than the iPhone one?
iPhone browser won't have Flash
www.intomobile.com/2007/06/14/apple-iphone-will-not-have-flash-support-wwdc.html
Demo of the 6110 (including a page in Flash at 3:48)
http://www.neoncherry.com/gadgetpictureshow/readarticle.php?article_id=24
Posted by: krisse | June 15, 2007 04:16 AM
so what about the rumor in late march that said the new brower will be available for fp0 users in one month timeframe? was it all a bad joke?
that would be very sad since im really really much waiting for a browser update for my N80IE. i mean its called internet edition and does perform worse now then other non-ie cheapo phones like 6290.
i hope you guys can push out dat browser.
stay with the browser and i will go for the iphone. its that simple. im sure apple has also built in loads of ram for a really nice web experience. not that crap like in n80 where you cant even open a simple page without the browser crashing.
dick, out n over
Posted by: dick | June 14, 2007 12:11 PM
Hello Everyone!
I must defend the S60 browser team and the S60 browser. I truly believe it was the first PC-compatible looking and usable browser through WLAN-s in phones.
You must see a 416x350 pixel device zoomed to 50% with a web page to understand what I am talking about. Try to reproduce that with any other mobile browser...
And about crashing... use the latest firmware and - well I know it is no excuse - reboot the phone before starting to browse. :-) If you have an E70-reboot it with open keyboard. That way you will keep the memory in an open position. :-)
I am not saying there are no problems, far from it, but let us give credit where it is due: The S60 browser is fantastic!
Now all that said, please give us the upgraded (and debugged) browser for S60 V3 FP0! :-)
Thanks and Best Regards!
Aron
Posted by: Aron | June 14, 2007 11:09 AM
I have yet to see a full blown browser on S60! The E61's browser is close but it is terrible at rendering some sites. If the iPhone does what it says it will... e.g. Safari on a phone then Nokia is in a world of hurt.
I think the one thing Apple will instill in Nokia's S60 strategy is the fact that applications will be updated. Gone will be the days of stale applications that are tied to firmware. So we put it to Nokia again...
Where is the S60 standalone browser package? WHO do we need to get the message to that the user base isn't asking, we are demanding.
At some point that demanding will stop and we will have moved onto other devices. Devices with applications that are updated.
If Nokia is worried about no-one buying new phones if all phones are upgradeable then ponder this... Where are new phone form factors? Where are new hw features (e.g. better cameras, GPS, improved wireless, enhanced network support/multiband UMTS)... There are always reasons people will upgrade the HW - give us the ability to now upgrade the sw.
Posted by: NickP | June 13, 2007 12:47 PM
The Nokia Communicator 9210i was released in 2002 with a full-blown Opera Mobile browser (based on the Opera 6 core). With a full QWERTY keyboard and a 640×200 screen, I think that predates most of the entries listed above.
(Full disclosure: I worked on the project)
Posted by: Peter Karlsson | June 13, 2007 04:47 AM
Sorry to steal your thunder but I consider the Windows Mobile Pocket PC Phone had the first full browser (Pocket Internet Explorer)... but what does it really matter?
Posted by: Simon | June 12, 2007 06:18 PM
Hello Franklin!
Please check Tommi's blog! He was so kind to raise my questions about Your S60 browser to a topic in his blog recently.
You must be aware that Your browser - which can save also web pages - is only available for FP1 phones. So from 25 million how many is that?
WOULD YOU CALL your browser a full blown web browser WITHOUT the possibility to save the beautifully displayed web pages? (S60 V3 FP0)
...
...
I would! But please let us soon save the pages, and give us the "sis" distribution of the Web 2 browser.
In any case I agree with you, that you have been the revolutionaries in mobile browsing! Especially if you consider the pixel count of the E70! Only 5% lower than the iPhone!!! Shocking!
Open an E70, load a page, zoom 50% by pushing # twice, watch a readable full page on the E70 screen. Beautiful!
Thank You & Best Regards!
Aron
Posted by: Aron | June 12, 2007 05:23 PM
Franklin, I've updated to 4.0707.0.7 which I believe to be the latest firmware.
I haven't really seen any improvement, though. In fact, the earlier versions actually displayed some images from time to time. Every version crashes after a couple of pages, though.
Could you please poke someone to include this "vastly improved" browser in a firmware update for N80?
Posted by: DanH | June 12, 2007 04:18 PM
I'm curious why we didn't use the S60 browser on the Nokia N800.
Posted by: PhoneBoy | June 12, 2007 04:12 PM
DanH, it's true-- the N80 is sadly lacking in memory. But it also originally shipped with very early browser software that was vastly improved in later phones.
There should be a firmware update for N80. I'm only a browser guy, and I can't promise you anything, but if you haven't tried yet, check out Nokia Software Updater and see if that helps.
Posted by: Franklin | June 12, 2007 04:02 PM
I hate to be the guy who points this out, but you're absolutely correct. What's the difference in the iPhone and S60 devices? MARKETING. Nokia and SE have missed a TREMENDOUS opportunity with the iPhone to get the word out to people about their devices.
I've said this time and time again in different places. The only thing revolutionary about the iPhone is that it has finally convinced Americans that it's ok to spend more than $10 on a mobile phone. Nokia's S60 devices have had the exact same features (N91 4GB and 8GB) for over a year now, but Nokia didn't see the point in marketing them in the US.
Hopefully someone at Nokia is getting a swift kick in the pants over this one. And hopefully we'll see Nokia doing some actual marketing.
Posted by: Ricky Cadden | June 12, 2007 03:55 PM
My N80's browser may be "full-blown" (whatever that means), but it sure blows up a lot.
Pretty much any even slightly complex web page causes it to crash (with or without telling me to close "other applications"). The few times it actually shows anything, pretty much every image is invisible (although the browser seems to download them all, they are just not shown).
So, if the iPhone has a full-blown browser that actually works, then it might indeed be a first.
Posted by: DanH | June 12, 2007 03:53 PM
im off this week but i dont think the v1615 is coming out until october now, still waiting to loan one out and have a play. the new htc device still seems like the best overall 'smartphone' out there period.
HTC To Produce Windows Mobile Smartphones for Sony Ericsson
http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/340/C13385/
This has got to be the biggest news of the day because it really involves two stories all rolled up into one. Commercial Times of Taiwan is reporting that HTC has received ODM orders from Sony Ericsson to produce Windows Mobile-based smartphones.
HTC is known to manufacture a variety of handsets under countless under other brands, including devices like the AT&T 8525, T-Mobile Dash, and i-mate KJAM. Only recently has the Taiwanese ODM starting making phones under its own banner. It is very surprising that Sony Ericsson would turn to HTC, however, seeing how they are direct competitors using competing operating systems. Up until now, Sony Ericsson smartphones have been powered by Symbian.
Sony Ericsson's first Windows Mobile-based smartphone is expected to ship in the second half of last year. It's also notable that, if true, this would be the first ODM order for HTC from a "first-tier handset vendor." The new handset is projected to account for 10-20% of HTC's total shipments for 2008.
Cant wait to have the improved Windows Live functionality built into Windows Mobile 6 on a mobile device, gonna be real useful when i do more travelling next year.
The crappy version of MSN i was using on the QTEK 9100 was still great and used hardly any data when i used it heavily for a whole week.
Just have to see if vodafone removed all the live functionality like i mentioned before because the HTC S710 didn't have jack on it and checking all the Windows Mobile 6 documentation it seems like the classic, standard and pro versions all have this cool improved version of pocket msn on to start with. damn operators...
you can do but i'd always prefer an official client (im a dummy i know) and it seems like the one in windows mobile 6 is really good in terms of contact status alerting, multiple conversation management, smilies and all that kinda crap. i know the unofficial clients prolly do all that stuff as well but, you know 8)
all i know is that the official msn client on my 9100 was efficient as hell with data use and performed its key function - allowing me to talk to people. it was crap in terms of i couldn't do multiple convos or see smilies but that wasn't the point, it was still mobile pimping. the client with windows mobiles 6 seems to be waaay more advanced and does all the shit you could want it to for msn'ing. as it 'should' be included with my device of choice then i really don't see the need to look outside of that...for now........
nope i hardly ever used any of my mobiles devices for web browsing, although yeah the mobile IE aint great. i always thought theres only so much you can do with a certain size of screen though, for example the E90 is absolutely awesome for web browsing even on its default browser cause of the screen size and resolution. but ima deff give some different browsers like that mobile opera a try on my phones in the future...
Motorola Z10 landing in October
http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/motorola-z10-landing-in-october/
Chalk another one up to the eagle-eyed readers who thrive on catching website slips, as this time we're seeing a (since removed) image of the not-yet-released Motorola Z10. Apparently, this sucka looks to be the followup to the Z8, and it was spotted hours ago on O2's "Coming Soon" page. Of course, the only things that are (tentatively) for sure are that this gem will tout a 3.2-megapixel camera, record video at 30fps and offer up 3G access, but considering that the Z10 could launch (officially, that is) next month, we don't have too much longer to wait for specifics.
It got same looks,but better specs....
(http://image.it168.com/product/cBig_pic/0302/150921.jpg)
i've definitely started to warm to the n95 a little bit more, am comfortable selling them now as to be fair it is a stupidly high specced device i just always warn people about the horrible battery life. personally i can't stand nokia generally just based on the sheer amount of software issues that a lot of their devices have and the superior battery life/prefferable music player on the SE phones. i might of said before but the nokia 6110 navigator is the best nokia out there imo. i used it for a week and it might not have smart phone features like wi-fi or the 5mp camera but the satnav function is a breeze to use, has all the voice licensing included unlike the n95 where you gotta pay extra for that and is assisted gps too so uses your mobile signal as well as sateillites to triangulate your position and give you a faster gps fix. the symbian OS (i think its symbian again on this one) is actually super fast, faster than the n95. the battery life is decent too, even when using gps.You can download a free GPS application from
the k850i drops in a couple of weeks which will pretty off kill of the n95 as the best camera phone but i guess it depends what features you want. personally i like to have a smaller pesonal mobile with good camera, great battery life and music playing facilities (which is currently the SE k810i) and also have a seperate pda device for all your data browsing smart phone media navigating needs for if and when you need that added functionality. the nokia 6110 made me reassess that slightly cause it is hella useful to have your gps along with all your normal phone stuff in one nice compact slider device. when you have to drive around to random places a lot its a damn handy feature to always have on you.
Free GPS JAVA application
http://www.amazegps.com/welcome.php
(http://www.tecnomaps.com/wp-content/amaze_GPS.jpg)
(http://www.techshout.com/images/amaze-navigation-software.jpg)
(http://www.pocketinfo.nl/contentimages/7771_1.jpg)
What is amAze?
amAze is a first of its kind free navigation and local search service. It is free to download and use and it contains wide coverage of maps including aerial photo in Europe, North America,Australia and parts of Asia and Africa.
http://www.amazegps.com/welcome.php
You will a Bluetooth GPS antenna like this if your phone don´t have a build in GPS antenna
(http://www.davespda.com/images/reviews/globalsat/globalsat02.jpg)
(http://bilder.minhembio.com/bild/index.php?pic_id=139964.jpg)
Globalsat BT-328 Bluetooth GPS
http://www.davespda.com/images/reviews/globalsat/globalsat02.jpg
Globalsat provides an array of GPS solutions that connect to devices by laptops. The Globalsat BT-328 GPS is about the size of a good lighter. Size is extremely important when it comes to a Bluetooth unit, especially in my book. When you are already carrying a device around, you want your accessories to be as small as possible while still being functional. The good thing about a GPS unit is that it is simply an antenna, so, for the most part, smaller will not detract from the usability. The BT-328 is small enough to fit in the small pocket of my jeans. Actually, it fits rather perfectly in that pocket and technically it is possible to use it while in a pocket. The main shell of the BT-328 is white with a plastic black front and rubber black back. The front face of the device includes the power button, a hole for attaching a wrist strap, and on the right side, the three lights for showing the current status of the device. On the top of the device is the power port for recharging the unit. That is really all there is to the BT-328. Like most Bluetooth GPS units, the device it self it simple and to the point.
When the GPS is turned on, the three LED’s show the current status of the device. The top light shows red when the device needs to be charged. The middle light shows green for its connection to the satellites. When the light is solid, the GPS is not connected. When the light is flashing, it has connected so satellites. This seems a little backward to me as usually device lights show solid when they are connected and flash while they are trying to connect. The bottom light is blue for Bluetooth connectivity. When the light is flashing slow it is disconnected. When the light is flashing fast it is connected. This is even more confusing then the GPS light because you have to try and count and see if it is about 3 seconds or 1 second. Being that these lights are the only real “user interface” of the device, I would have hoped for them to make a little more sense for easy identification of the functionality (though maybe I am the only one confused by the lighting).
The Globalsat BT-328 GPS is a rather strong Bluetooth GPS unit including specifications that are on par or better then other GPS on the market. The unit supports 12-channels of parallel connections, which is pretty standard but not top of the line. For most people, 12-channels are enough, though more would increase the connectivity of the unit. For those that know about GPS internals, the chipset in the BT-328 is the SiRF GSC2. It supports a tracking sensitivity of -155dBm. This seems kind of low compared to other GPS units I have looked at, but it does really seem to hurt the performance of the unit. I found the BT-328 to have quick boot times after the initial connection and really quick reacquisition timing coming out of tunnels. For being such a small unit, the battery life is amazing. Rated at 1300 mAh and 16 hours, that is what you get. I have used the device for weeks without having to recharge. Only a cigarette lighter power adapter is included, so you can't charge the device in the house, though since most people will probably be using in the car, it makes sense.
Included with the BT-328 is a piece of software for your Windows PC or Windows Mobile device. The software, GPS Info, does not do mapping, but makes it easy to check connectivity and the status of the GPS unit. You can see everything from the data being received by device to satellite locations and information about the current position including latitude and longitude. While you still need mapping software, especially with the MDA, it is a lot easy to launch GPS Info to check the connectivity of the GPS before running mapping software that may run slowly on the device. Most mapping programs do include something like GPS Info, but GPS Info is simple, quick, to the point, and very helpful.
While I have noted some quarks, the unit is very useable with its long battery life and strong connectivity. The Globalsat BT-328 is a great low-powered Bluetooth GPS solution with pricing that is affordable. The BT-328 can be found for about $75, well under the $100 price tag that always deterred me from getting a Bluetooth GPS. Combine with the incredible battery life and good performance, I feel the BT-328 is a good GPS for anyone wanting to add active mapping functionality to their device.
For more on this product or to purchase the Globalsat BT-328, visit:
www.globalsat.com.tw
i've definitely started to warm to the n95 a little bit more, am comfortable selling them now as to be fair it is a stupidly high specced device i just always warn people about the horrible battery life. personally i can't stand nokia generally just based on the sheer amount of software issues that a lot of their devices have and the superior battery life/prefferable music player on the SE phones. i might of said before but the nokia 6110 navigator is the best nokia out there imo. i used it for a week and it might not have smart phone features like wi-fi or the 5mp camera but the satnav function is a breeze to use, has all the voice licensing included unlike the n95 where you gotta pay extra for that and is assisted gps too so uses your mobile signal as well as sateillites to triangulate your position and give you a faster gps fix. the symbian OS (i think its symbian again on this one) is actually super fast, faster than the n95. the battery life is decent too, even when using gps.You can download a free GPS application from
the k850i drops in a couple of weeks which will pretty off kill of the n95 as the best camera phone but i guess it depends what features you want. personally i like to have a smaller pesonal mobile with good camera, great battery life and music playing facilities (which is currently the SE k810i) and also have a seperate pda device for all your data browsing smart phone media navigating needs for if and when you need that added functionality. the nokia 6110 made me reassess that slightly cause it is hella useful to have your gps along with all your normal phone stuff in one nice compact slider device. when you have to drive around to random places a lot its a damn handy feature to always have on you.
Free GPS JAVA application
http://www.amazegps.com/welcome.php
(http://www.tecnomaps.com/wp-content/amaze_GPS.jpg)
(http://www.techshout.com/images/amaze-navigation-software.jpg)
(http://www.pocketinfo.nl/contentimages/7771_1.jpg)
What is amAze?
amAze is a first of its kind free navigation and local search service. It is free to download and use and it contains wide coverage of maps including aerial photo in Europe, North America,Australia and parts of Asia and Africa.
http://www.amazegps.com/welcome.php
You will a Bluetooth GPS antenna like this if your phone don´t have a build in GPS antenna
(http://www.davespda.com/images/reviews/globalsat/globalsat02.jpg)
(http://bilder.minhembio.com/bild/index.php?pic_id=139964.jpg)
Globalsat BT-328 Bluetooth GPS
http://www.davespda.com/images/reviews/globalsat/globalsat02.jpg
Globalsat provides an array of GPS solutions that connect to devices by laptops. The Globalsat BT-328 GPS is about the size of a good lighter. Size is extremely important when it comes to a Bluetooth unit, especially in my book. When you are already carrying a device around, you want your accessories to be as small as possible while still being functional. The good thing about a GPS unit is that it is simply an antenna, so, for the most part, smaller will not detract from the usability. The BT-328 is small enough to fit in the small pocket of my jeans. Actually, it fits rather perfectly in that pocket and technically it is possible to use it while in a pocket. The main shell of the BT-328 is white with a plastic black front and rubber black back. The front face of the device includes the power button, a hole for attaching a wrist strap, and on the right side, the three lights for showing the current status of the device. On the top of the device is the power port for recharging the unit. That is really all there is to the BT-328. Like most Bluetooth GPS units, the device it self it simple and to the point.
When the GPS is turned on, the three LED’s show the current status of the device. The top light shows red when the device needs to be charged. The middle light shows green for its connection to the satellites. When the light is solid, the GPS is not connected. When the light is flashing, it has connected so satellites. This seems a little backward to me as usually device lights show solid when they are connected and flash while they are trying to connect. The bottom light is blue for Bluetooth connectivity. When the light is flashing slow it is disconnected. When the light is flashing fast it is connected. This is even more confusing then the GPS light because you have to try and count and see if it is about 3 seconds or 1 second. Being that these lights are the only real “user interface” of the device, I would have hoped for them to make a little more sense for easy identification of the functionality (though maybe I am the only one confused by the lighting).
The Globalsat BT-328 GPS is a rather strong Bluetooth GPS unit including specifications that are on par or better then other GPS on the market. The unit supports 12-channels of parallel connections, which is pretty standard but not top of the line. For most people, 12-channels are enough, though more would increase the connectivity of the unit. For those that know about GPS internals, the chipset in the BT-328 is the SiRF GSC2. It supports a tracking sensitivity of -155dBm. This seems kind of low compared to other GPS units I have looked at, but it does really seem to hurt the performance of the unit. I found the BT-328 to have quick boot times after the initial connection and really quick reacquisition timing coming out of tunnels. For being such a small unit, the battery life is amazing. Rated at 1300 mAh and 16 hours, that is what you get. I have used the device for weeks without having to recharge. Only a cigarette lighter power adapter is included, so you can't charge the device in the house, though since most people will probably be using in the car, it makes sense.
Included with the BT-328 is a piece of software for your Windows PC or Windows Mobile device. The software, GPS Info, does not do mapping, but makes it easy to check connectivity and the status of the GPS unit. You can see everything from the data being received by device to satellite locations and information about the current position including latitude and longitude. While you still need mapping software, especially with the MDA, it is a lot easy to launch GPS Info to check the connectivity of the GPS before running mapping software that may run slowly on the device. Most mapping programs do include something like GPS Info, but GPS Info is simple, quick, to the point, and very helpful.
While I have noted some quarks, the unit is very useable with its long battery life and strong connectivity. The Globalsat BT-328 is a great low-powered Bluetooth GPS solution with pricing that is affordable. The BT-328 can be found for about $75, well under the $100 price tag that always deterred me from getting a Bluetooth GPS. Combine with the incredible battery life and good performance, I feel the BT-328 is a good GPS for anyone wanting to add active mapping functionality to their device.
For more on this product or to purchase the Globalsat BT-328, visit:
www.globalsat.com.tw
hmm that amaze thing has communication probs on my phone which is odd as i can get a gprs/3g connection perfectly and stream video and stuff normally. must be some kind of setting issue though...and opera mini is really exceptionally good as you said...much better than the standard browser on my phone and i'd say much better than vodafone's own website rendering engine on their 'mobile internet' portal too. very clean and tidy indeed, although web browsing is always gonna be limited on a small screen phone.
yeah i already got the app and everything downloaded for that amaze thing. from reading all the stuff on the website in the forums and stuff seems like a nice little app very efficient with data too, just when it loads up its having communication problems. might be my settings but they should all be perfect, will have to try it on some phones at work too to see, but no biggie as i'd never really want to be using my smaller phone for navigating anyhow, especially as my bluetooth thing is screwed. just gonna get a new pda with integrated reciever in the future like i been saying...
yeah its just a trial version thrown in though. its all good though i got a full version on my pc for windows mobile i can load onto mem card ;] that other navigating app looks real crude, i think i'd rather just use my bad sense of direction and following signs as opposed to something so basic...
popular mechanics review of 7 "smartphones"
Smartphone Lab Test: iPhone vs. 7 Top Wireless Wonders
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/reviews/4220784.html
How intelligent does a phone have to be to deserve the title of "smartphone"? Should it be able to retrieve your e-mail? Probably, but not necessarily. Should a smartphone take high-resolution pictures, and play music and movies on the go? Many do-but then again, some don't. "Smartphone" is a nebulous term that is as much marketing spin as it is a distinct category of mobile phone.
Nevertheless, smartphones in one form or another have been around for over a decade, bringing e-mail and productivity software to anyone busy enough to carry their office around in a pocket wherever they go. In recent years, companies such as Palm, Research In Motion (maker of the ubiquitous BlackBerry) and Microsoft (which created the Windows Mobile operating system that works on dozens of third-party phones) have created cheaper devices with more entertainment functionality built in to attract nonbusiness users. The current generation of smartphones is as much about music, movies and multi-mega-pixel photos as it is about e-mail and spreadsheets.
But the slow evolution of smartphones from business tool to cool got a turbo boost recently because of a single new entry in the category. That machine is, of course, Apple's iPhone, and its revolutionary capabilities (click here for video) include everything from Google mapping to weather widgets to graphically displayed voice mail.
One of the common observations about the iPhone since its launch in June is that it wouldn't have seemed so innovative if it weren't for the fact that other smartphones are so frustratingly difficult to use. Anecdotally, we at PM can confirm this, as we review dozens of different phones each year. But until now, we had never tested smartphones head to head. Nor had we ever had such a ballyhooed "ringer" (pardon pun) as the iPhone to put the category in perspective. So immediately after the iPhone's June 29 launch date, we got to work on a showdown between the smartphone wunderkind and seven competing devices. Our selection included phones from all four major cellular providers (AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless) as well as one startup (Helio, which actually runs on Sprint's network). For good measure, we threw in one unlocked Nokia smartphone that runs on either AT&T or T-Mobile.
The main goal of our test was to assess the functionality and ease of use of each device. So we asked seven people who had little to no experience with smartphones to analyze our test devices alongside PM's experts. Our testers evaluated photos from each phone's digital camera, walked around with the devices in their pockets to deliver a "comfort" rating and then sat for a series of grueling time trials for the various functions of each phone. With no practice and no user's manual, testers tried to make a call, send an e-mail, take a photo, play a song and load a Web page on each phone.
Stopwatches don't lie. Apple's intuitive interface guided our testers to songs, photos and Web pages and to most other multimedia destinations in less than half the time of the nearest competitors. E-mail was a different story. The iPhone came in third after Samsung's BlackJack and Palm's Treo. Surprisingly, the photos from the iPhone's 2-megapixel camera came in dead last in our blind evaluation, because of a lack of white balance that gave interior photos a blue cast. Photos from the Nokia N95's 5-megapixel camera rivaled many point-and-shoot stand-alone cameras.
Still, when price was considered, choosing the smartest phone for the money became a close call. Testers liked the Samsung BlackJack and Apple iPhone best overall, with RIM's BlackBerry and Palm's Treo tied for a close second. It turns out smartness comes in all shapes and sizes.
One of the common observations about the iPhone since its launch in June is that it wouldn't have seemed so innovative if it weren't for the fact that other smartphones are so frustratingly difficult to use.
QuickIM: mobile instant messaging anywhere!
http://quickim.com/index.html
(http://screenshots.softonic.com/s2de/42000/42769/1_quickIM_symUIQ_chat.jpg)
(http://scr.softonic.com/s2/40000/40613/4_qui1.jpg)
(http://trials2.smartphone.net/Product_images/1/1370/chatroom.jpg)
QuickIM instant messenger software allows you to connect to public MSN networks and chat with friends from anywhere you are. QuickIM comes with many advanced features, and best of all, all your chat messages are directly sent to MSN as opposed to the gateway model used by many other suppliers.
http://quickim.com/index.html
Mobisophy
http://www.mobisophy.com/
(http://www.mobisophy.com/images/UltraIMPro_Pop_Small.jpg)
Mobisophy Technologies Inc. is an innovative mobile application development company focused on call management,instant messaging, sound and multimedia processing for mobile devices. One product IVCM turn the smartphone into not only an all-in-one call control management system, but also a "Personal Interactive
Playback Assistant". Another product multimedia instant messaging UltraIM empowers you to share your images, music and files in your phone with other friends using instant messenger on PC very easily!
http://www.mobisophy.com/
widsets
https://www.widsets.com/index
(http://www.mobilecowboys.nl/images/upload/1150959726widsets.jpg)
(http://fjprod.com/img/blogs/ma/widsets/widsets.jpg)
(http://www.s60tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/WindowsLiveWriter/SomeInterestingWidgetsforyourS60Phones_124EB/widsets_main41.png)
https://www.widsets.com/index
i think im gonna buy like 3-4 joystick module just in case!
yeah,do that. I just found out that my phone supports 4GB memory card with a software upgrade,so I've upgraded it and just bought a 4GB memory card.
my joystick broke on my n73 so i need to buy a new joystick module
(http://www.gsm-batterij.nl/producten/Joystick_intern.jpg)
it broke 2 day and im gonna fix it 2 day,i need my cell !!! lol
i think im gonna buy like 3-4 joystick module just in case!
yeah,do that. I just found out that my phone supports 4GB memory card with a software upgrade,so I've upgraded it and just bought a 4GB memory card.
nice! since your the master cell guy ill ask you this question! can i do the same with my n73? i wanna have a 4gig card too!!! ;D
TOPRAM 4GB Mini SD card Problems! With Nokia N73
Www.geek.com/forums/topic.php?id=25954&page
Hey,
I bought a 4gb topram mini sd card for my Nokia N73 phone. I checked with my phone about using a 4gb sd card and it is compatiable. However when I insert the card into my phone my phone suggests it is corrupt! However this is not true, due to when inserting the card to my computer it registers fine and disk check doesnt suggest any problems. At first I thought it might be formating the card. So I formated the card on my desktop all ok. However the corruption is still detected on the phone when inserting it. How can I resolve this problem?
Please Help!
Cris
whiskers @ May 16 2007 7:23pm
Have you already tried to format the card in the phone? If you haven't already tried that I would delete the partitions that the computer created and let the phone format and create the partitions.
The phone may be wanting to use a file system such as FAT instead of FAT32 or NTFS which Windows will want to format the card with.
peter_g @ May 16 2007 8:41pm
I have an N73 myself, but have stuck with the supplied card so far, so can't comment specifically on how the N73 handles "cross-formatting".
However, I have seen memory cards which would format in a computer yet remain unreadable in a camera, and, in those instances, it truly was a corrupt card. Very frustrating, because the card does appear to be fine at the computer end of your setup.
I also point out that the N73 is better in conception than in execution, and it wouldn't surprise me to find that read/write problems are another of the device's endearing qualities, along with system freezes when you take photos, refusal to zoom images and random reboots while messaging.
darksabbath2 @ May 17 2007 5:09pm
Thanks to all,
To Whiskers: I tried to format it in the phone but it doesnt. By this I mean it returns back to the phone format menu without doing any thing. Another thing how can I delete the computer installed partitions? & can I manually format the Card through some program like disk manager? Thanks sorry for sounding like a beginner.
Thanks again.
**Cris**
whiskers @ May 18 2007 1:04pm
When you right click on "My Computer" on a WIndows 2000/XP Computer, choose the option manage. Go down to disk management and wait for a Window to pop up.
Choose disk management and look for your memory stick listed among the other disks. Delete the partitions from your memory stick, just make sure you don't accidentally delete your hard drives partitions instead.
clandeep @ May 19 2007 1:58pm
Check that you have the most current software patch for the phone. Your phone may be compatible, but the software version may not support 4 gig. Try the supplied card to see if it works.
darksabbath2 @ May 20 2007 7:33am
Thanks All you have been helpful. See you Around!
darksabbath2 @ May 21 2007 7:49pm
hey,
I just tried formatting the disk drive to FAT format but my computer now says Error Write protect! How shall I over come this problem?
Thanks again!
Cris
Nokia N73 PLUS 4Gb SD Card
Http://forums.mobymemory.com/topic5592-11-1.aspx
Hello
I purchased the following Card from mobymemory:
http://www.mobymemory.com/proddetail.asp?prod=miniSD%5F4096mb%5FMOBY%5F002
I coulda sworn when I bought it, it said Nokia compatible. I have tried it in my N73 (when formatted as both FAT32 and FAT) but the phone says that it is corrupt.
The card is fully functional on WinXp via an SD Card reader.
I am really hoping there is a fix! I somehow doubt it, reading around google it seems there are two versions of SD Cards something to do with SHCH or something?
Can anybody help me?
As far as i know, N73 for now, is only compatible with 2Gb miniSD cards (limit). The new ones, with 4Gb, miniSDHC are not for N73, unless, Nokia do a firmware upgrade support for them, but seems not be the case on future firmwares.
DataKits 4GB miniSD memory card C500 C550 C600 6280 N80
[4GB miniSD]
Www.datakits.co.uk/store/datakits-4gb-minisd-memory-card-c550-c600-6280-n80-n73-p-3074.html
New Low Price, was £39.99
DataKits 4GB miniSD card ( Secure Digital ) complete with a full size SD adapter and storage case in Retail packaging.
The ideal solution for Mobile Phones, Digital cameras, PDAs, MP3 players, Navigation Systems and laptops/notebooks. Comes with a 5 year manufacturer's warranty.
The miniSD memory card offers all of the benefits of a standard SD card, but in a much smaller size. In fact, it is over 60% smaller than a full-sized SD card. The miniSD cards are used to store digital images, video, MP3 files and other data in mobile phones.
The miniSD card includes an adapter that converts the miniSD card into a full size SD card to be used with the growing number of SD compatible devices available in the market.
High Quality Secure Digital unit that features a 5 Year Warranty
Sorry but this card is NOT Compatible with the Nokia N73 N93 & E61. These phones struggle to see the 4GB card bit a 1GB or 2GB miniSD we sell will work perfectly.
The Following models are fully Compatible with this 4GB miniSD card:
Nokia 6280, N80, Orange SPV C600, C500, C550, C500s, Sagem myX-8, i-Mate SP3/SP3i, T-Mobile Vario SDA, O2 miniS X3, O2 X4, Motorola Q, mpX220, Panasonic X700, Sharp 902, 903
With the SD Adapter: O2 XDA II, Orange SPV M1000, Sharp/Vodafone GX-30, Orange/Handspring Treo 600, Orange SPV E100/E200
We have a range of Card Reader/Writers to allow you to back up and write data to these cards. Click here to see them in our store
Specifications:
Storage Capacity: 4 GB (4096MB)
Supper Quick Write Speed
Speedy - ultra-fast data transfer rate up to 10 MB/sec (average)
Efficient - improve productivity with average write speeds of 5 MB/sec.
Solid State: No moving parts to get damaged
Uncompromising data integrity and reliability
Compatible with all digital music players, digital camcorders, handheld PCs, mobile phones and other devices that feature a Secure Digital slot
Backward compatible with SD slots
Tested with a wide range of devices
Plug-and-Play and Hot-Swapping Support
Operating shock rating of 2,000Gs, equivalent to a 10-foot drop to the floor
Unfazed by drastic weather conditions ranging from blistering heat to arctic cold
Low power consumption for longer battery life
Form factor : 21.5mm x 20mm x 1.4mm
Memory card (MiniSD) crashing phone?
Www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?p=9366368#post9366368
So I put this new 4GB MiniSD into my equally new N73 and turn it on. It boots properly, then usually when I try to go to the menu, it freezes up and won't function. Buttons still beep but nothing will happen. Off button doesn't even work; have to remove the battery.
Sometimes it gets farther. One time I actually went to the Memory app and tried to format the card, but it just sat with the bar at 0% progress for ages. At some point I switched apps, fiddled around a little, tried to switch back and it froze.
Is this memory card just physically messed up? Is there any way to remedy it? Phone works fine otherwise.
i have the music edition and i also have a 4gb. i does crash sometimes but that is when i press many buttons after about 15-20 of the phone being on and me playing with it the memory stick is fine and does not crash.
i bought my memory stick from ebay so it is not official 4gb it make your fone think its a 1gb but has 4gb capacity
edit:no 4gb will work with any n73 unless nokia update the FW only 2gb will work and the mem stick i have - i got it for £20 - shipped from the USA, not bad. i think that is about $40
OP, you problem is that you bought a SDHC card instead of a SD card.
Sura: 4GB SDHC cards use a different physical form of memory storage. That means that you actually need a different physical reader for them. I doubt the n73 has one, and therefore a FW update won't be able to do anything.
The N95 has a SDHC reader, but it wasn't mentioned in the specs. If the same were true for the n73, it would be able to read the cards.
you can use 4gbs - i do they work fine
yh i have no problems at all, i have about 2gb of songs and tomtom6 all work perfect, i have many games + apps and it takes about 10 secs to load up and see the games in the folder but u will expect that and alos the file manager take a fews secs to lead aswell that because i have used about 3 gb
not yet! will get one in the next days!!!
lol keep dreaming
have fun having to hack your phone just to have ring tones.
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/itoner/
and as a matter of fact i already have my phone loaded even before that... i have a full NES emulator with tons of games on it and have installed native apps on it ... not very hard at all... and trust that apple is going to release new features with time and i think ringtone service from itunes is coming on the 5th along with new ipods... moto has the most crappy os ever... get yourself atleast a sony ericsson before you claim anything being even close to being > than iphone
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/08/07/iphone-nes-fast-usable-totally-rewritten/
first one looks kinda cool but a little too much... and with Bang & Olufsen its bound to be expensive.. but who knows...
2nd one is more interesting... looks like a pretty cool phone to me.
also Verizon just announced a new so called "iPhone Killer" called the voyager along with a few other phones...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071003/ts_nm/verizon_phones_dc
(http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/files/2007/10/voyager2.jpg)
LG VX10000 Voyager Preview
http://www.youtube.com/v/ostm0hEu1pg&relQuoteLG Voyager, verizon voyager, full phone specification
http://www.newsblogtwist.com/lg-voyager-verizon-voyager-full-phone-specification/
Description:
The LG Voyager VX10000 (VX10k) is the successor of the enV VX9900, upgrading it with huge external touch-sensitive display and only three hardware keys on the front, reminding of the LG PRADA. It is a clamshell that opens in landscape orientation to reveal a big internal display, stereo speakers and QWERTY for messaging. The Voyager supports MediaFlo for Verizon VCast MobileTV service.
LG Voyager specifications:
Network: Type CDMA dual band ( 800/1900 MHz) Data CDMA2000 1xRTT/1xEV-DO rev.0 3G Support Yes
Size: ?
Battery: ?
Main Display:
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels Type Color, TFT Colors 262 144
Additional Display: Resolution 240 x 320 pixels Type Color, TFT Colors 262 144 Features Touch-sensitive
Camera: ?
Resolution: ?
Multimedia: Video Playback Yes Music Player MP3 format supported , Dual stereo speakers
Memory: Memory Slot microSD (T-Flash)
Input: Predictive Text Input Yes Full Keyboard QWERTY
Connectivity: USB Yes Bluetooth Yes
Other Features: PhoneBook Caller Groups supported, 1000-names capacity, Multiple Numbers Per Contact, Picture ID, Ring ID PIM Alarm, Calendar, Calculator, World Clock, Notepad Voice Dialing, Commands, Recording, Speaker Phone Email Yes GPS Yes
Verizon unveils iPhone rival for holiday shoppers By Sinead Carew
Wed Oct 3, 4:58 AM ET
Verizon Wireless unveiled three new cell phones on Wednesday for the holiday season, including a high-end handset named Voyager that will compete with Apple Inc's iPhone.
The Voyager, made by LG Electronics, trumps the iPhone by offering faster wireless Web access. But in a nod to the Apple device, which is only available to AT&T Inc subscribers, it has a large touch screen and full Web browser.
Verizon Wireless hopes the new phone will attract customers put off by the iPhone's lack of a traditional keypad -- the Voyager hinges open to reveal a small computer keypad and a second screen.
"We think it'll be the best phone ... this year. It will kill the iPhone," Verizon Wireless Chief Marketing Officer Mike Lanman said in an interview.
Current Analysis analyst Avi Greengart said the Voyager may attract existing Verizon subscribers who do not want to switch service providers, but he doubted it would hurt iPhone sales.
"People who want a high-end media phone and want to stay with Verizon will certainly give that one a hard look. I don't know that it would pull anybody away from an iPhone," he said.
The battle for cell phone buyers' hearts this holiday shopping season is shaping up to be even fiercer than usual, as rivals to Apple and AT&T launch new challengers.
Verizon Wireless, owned by Verizon Communications Inc and Vodafone Group Plc, has not been first with the hippest phones, but said this line-up is its best yet.
"Typically a carrier brings one, maybe two exciting products to the market in a year. We're bringing four," Lanman said, referring to the three new models and its existing LG Chocolate phone.
Verizon also introduced Juke, an ultra-narrow phone that comes in three colors and is shaped like a chocolate bar. The phone, made by Samsung Electronics, is less than 1 inch wide.
It also unveiled another LG phone, the Venus, which comes in black and pink, and has a phone keypad that slides out from under a touch screen. As with Voyager, it vibrates when a user taps a menu option on the screen.
Verizon Wireless would not give exact pricing beyond saying each phone would target a different segment and range from under $100 to about $400. The iPhone costs $399.
Greengart at Current Analysis said the new Verizon range is a step forward for a company that has been trumped before by AT&T, which sold Motorola Inc's Razr long before Verizon did.
"This is something Verizon had to do," Greengart said. "It's been a long time coming for them to get hotter devices."
Venus and Voyager both have 2-megapixel cameras, and high-speed wireless connections for fast music and video downloads, and a slot for 8 gigabytes of extra memory. The iPhone has 8 gigabytes of built-in storage.
Venus and Voyager will launch before the end of November
The cheapest phone in the range is the Juke, which is narrower than any U.S. phone so far and will go on sale on October 19, Lanman said.
The Juke slides open to reveal a tiny keypad and comes in dark blue, red and teal. It has dedicated keys for playing music but does not have a high-speed wireless link.
Verizon Wireless said it expects to attract more fashion-conscious young users to Juke than those who want to constantly e-mail or Web-surf on cell phones.
first one looks kinda cool but a little too much... and with Bang & Olufsen its bound to be expensive.. but who knows...
Samsung Serenata Challenges iPhone
http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/14346/samsung_serenata_challenges_iphone
The Serenata's 4GB of storage might be the least impressive thing about it, given the array of off-beat luxury features packed inside by Samsung's partner Bang & Olufsen.
Move over, iPhone. There’s a new high-capacity media phone in town and it's… downright ridiculous. Samsung and Danish design firm Bang & Olufsen revealed their latest collaboration on Tuesday, the Serenata phone. Featuring B&O’s trademark over-the-top design, 4GB of storage and a 2.26-inch LCD screen, the Sereneta might not quite be ready to oust Apple in the technical arena, but as a status symbol, it certainly stands a chance.
The Serenata distinguishes itself from similar devices in a number of ways. For one, it’s not all touch screen. A giant scroll wheel with a center selection button dominates the upper half of the unit. Everything the player does, from music selection to text messaging, can be controlled with the wheel or the integrated touch screen.
In a more significant departure, the Serenata actually has a built-in speaker system. A panel on the back of the unit folds out, allowing it to be propped up, and the front and back of the phone slide apart as they would in a traditional slider phone, revealing two integrated speakers. No word yet on sound quality, but the companies promise rich bass and zero distortion, despite the tiny size of the speakers.
Bang & Olufsen also include some unique features tailored to the busy executive, like its PureMusic mode that cuts off phone calls and text messages to allow a user to relax and listen to music without disruptions. And forget pop-music ringtones, all of the built-in ringtones on the Serenata derive their names from the materials that make them – like steel for wind chimes, aluminum for a triangle, and various woods represented by the sounds they make when hollow.
The phone’s price hasn’t yet been announced, but given Bang & Olufsen’s traditional premiums, it should be just as extravagant as the rest of the phone. The phones are scheduled for a European release by the end of October, a spokesperson told PC World.
(http://www.mobilegazette.com/handsets/samsung/samsung-serenata/samsung-serenata-combo.jpg)
(http://www.mobilegazette.com/handsets/samsung/samsung-serenata/samsung-serenata-headset.jpg)
(http://www.techgadgets.in/images/serenata-music-phone.jpg)
(http://www.gizmos.es/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/bang-olufsen-serenata.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/v/a0ImceSEHKg
2nd one is more interesting... looks like a pretty cool phone to me.
-Processor Qualcomm® MSM 7200, 400MHz
The HTC Touch DUAL
http://www.htc.com/product/03-product_htctouch_dual.htm
Delivering a revolutionary touch experience that will change the way you use your phone, the HTC Touch™ DUAL combines an intuitive touch screen and slide-out keypad within a stunning design.
Everything you need is at your fingertips. With the push of your thumb, the front panel of the device slides up to reveal a handy smart-sized keyboard. If you prefer using touch, then the revolutionary TouchFLO™ interface lets you quickly browse through e-mails, messages, music and images by using finger gestures, making navigation a breeze.
With the Live HTC Home™ screen, information such as time, new messages, weather updates, and missed calls is just a touch away. Connect using 3.5G, which is 9 times faster than 3G -- wherever you are.
(http://www.pocketnow.com/html/portal/news/0000004516/NewsImage/htc_touch_dual_ps_en_525-high.jpg)
Discover TouchFLO™,
a revolutionary touch-screen technology that allows finger-touch scrolling,panning and photo zooming
-Innovative 3D touch cube interface for quick and easy navigation
-Slide-out 20-key keyboard or 16-key keypad for single-handed typing
-Worldwide connectivity (HSDPA, 3G, and GPRS/EDGE/GSM)
-Windows Mobile® 6 Professional with Direct Push Outlook® e-mail
-Live HTC Home™ featuring time and weather display, quick launcher, and one-touch ring tone settings
-2 megapixel camera for shooting photos/videos and a second camera for video calls
-Processor Qualcomm® MSM 7200, 400MHz
-Operating System Windows Mobile® 6 Professional
-Memory ROM: 256MB ; RAM: 128MB SDRAM
-Dimensions 107 mm (L) X 55 mm (W) X 15.8 mm (T)
-Weight 120g with battery
-Display 2.6-inch TFT-LCD with backlight LEDs, touch-sensitive screen
-Network;
-HSDPA/UMTS: 2100 MHz
-HSDPA: Up to 384kbps for upload and 3.6Mbps for download
-UMTS: Up to 384kbps for upload and download
-GSM/GPRS/EDGE: Tri-band 900, 1800, and 1900 MHz
(The device will operate on frequencies available from the cellular network)
Device Control
-HTC TouchFLO™
-5-Way navigation control
-Keyboard or Keypad
-Slide-out 20-key QWERTY keyboard
-Slide-out 16-key keypad
(Subject to the HTC Touch DUAL model you have)
Connectivity
-Bluetooth® 2.0
-HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB and audio jack in one), Hi-speed USB 2.0, HTC H2Wire support
Camera
-Main camera: 2 megapixel color CMOS camera Second camera: CIF CMOS color camera
Audio
-Built-in microphone and speaker
-Ring tone supported formats:MP3,AAC,AAC+,WMA,WAV&AMR-NB 40 polyphonic&standard MIDI format 0&1(SMF)/SP MIDI
Battery
-1,120 mAh rechargeable Li-polymer battery
-Standby time: Up to 250 hours for UMTS,Up to 180 hours for GSM
-Talk time: Up to 5 hours for GSM,Up to 3 hours for UMTS,Up to 1.78 hours for video call
(Subject to network and phone usage)
Expansion Slot
-microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
AC Adapter
-Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC,50/60Hz
-DC output: 5V and 1A
(http://www.techgadgets.in/images/htc-touch-slide.jpg)
HTC Touch Dual Demonstration by eXpansys
http://www.youtube.com/v/Tupk8MYLhMk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tupk8MYLhMk
HTC To Produce Windows Mobile Smartphones for Sony Ericsson
http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/340/C13385/
This has got to be the biggest news of the day because it really involves two stories all rolled up into one. Commercial Times of Taiwan is reporting that HTC has received ODM orders from Sony Ericsson to produce Windows Mobile-based smartphones.
HTC is known to manufacture a variety of handsets under countless under other brands, including devices like the AT&T 8525, T-Mobile Dash, and i-mate KJAM. Only recently has the Taiwanese ODM starting making phones under its own banner. It is very surprising that Sony Ericsson would turn to HTC, however, seeing how they are direct competitors using competing operating systems. Up until now, Sony Ericsson smartphones have been powered by Symbian.
Sony Ericsson's first Windows Mobile-based smartphone is expected to ship in the second half of last year. It's also notable that, if true, this would be the first ODM order for HTC from a "first-tier handset vendor." The new handset is projected to account for 10-20% of HTC's total shipments for 2008.
QuoteNokia's N94i to run Windows Mobile OS, not Symbian? Er, No.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/14/nokias-n94i-to-run-windows-mobile-not-symbian/
Believe everything you see? Good, then this is an unannounced Nokia N94i running the Windows Mobile (not Symbian) operating system. We have no way of knowing for sure, but that looks like an engineering prototype Chinese knockoff of something which has gone up for auction somewhere on this great blue planet. According to the listed specs, we're looking at a touchscreen (with stylus) multimedia device synonymous with the N-Series packing a 2 megapixel camera, speakerphone, Bluetooth 2.0 and MicroSD expansion. It's also listed as a dual-sim device with quad-band GSM support. Of course, Microsoft has been slowly making in-roads into Nokia handsets for several months with Nokia's purchase of Intellisync and the recent announcement to integrate Windows Live services into some Nokia handsets. Still, WinMo on Nokia... are we dreaming, or is that "WinXP.jpg" an indicator of something more foolish?
N94i;
(http://www.morse.it/images/img_6178.jpeg)
(http://www.morse.it/images/img_6179.jpeg)
looks like a cheap chineese knock off lol
Sony Ericsson K630/V640
(http://news.softpedia.com/images/news2/Sony-Ericsson-Released-K618-UMTS-Mobile-1.jpg)
http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Sony-Ericsson-K630-phone-p_2398.html
The Sony Ericsson K630 is a tri-band GSM with single-band UMTS/HSDPA support, in a candybar design. It features 2-megapixel camera with dedicated key, M2 slot for memory and multimedia player and FM Radio.
Giorgio Armani phone by Samsung
http://phonearena.com/htmls/Giorgio-Armani-phone-by-Samsung-article-a_2061.html
Rumors have been floating around, but yesterday Armani and Samsung officially announced the Giorgio Armani phone, which is based on the SGH-P520. Targeted as a rival to the Prada phone by LG, the Armani phone has 2.6” QVGA touch sensitive display with haptic UI that vibrates on touch. It is a slim (0.4” / 10mm) candybar with credit-card dimensions and specially designed graphical and audio user interface. In the box, leather carrying case will be included for protection.
Samsung Giorgio Armani Specifications
The Giorgio Armani-Samsung phone is a tri-band GSM with 3-megapixel camera, Stereo Bluetooth and microSD slot for memory. It has full HTML internet browser and multimedia player.
The new mobile phone will be available at Giorgio Armani’s flagship stores and selected mobile phone shops in major European countries from November 2007. It is the first product, result to the Armani and Samsung strategic alliance but a range of portable and home consumer electronics products will be launched in future.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/-rkjvaR2a3s
Samsung i400 Symbian S60 3.1
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Review of GSM-smartphone Samsung i400
http://www.mobile-review.com/review/samsung-i400-en.shtml
SAMSUNG SPH-M8100 Not GSM
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http://board.siamphone.com/viewtopic.php?t=203741
The M8100 is the world's first Mobile WiMAX PDA phone. It allows users to conduct video conferences and stream television content via Terrestrial-Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (T-DMB), in addition to other high-speed data services. The slider phone possesses a 2.8”, 65k color touch screen display, a TV-out, an MMC card slot, and 2 cameras: a 2 megapixel camera, and a VGA camera for video calls. The M8100 also features Bluetooth ® with A2DP, a 128ROM/64MB RAM memory, and the Microsoft view and edit function.
Standard - CDMA2000 1X EV-DO (1900MHz) Mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e)
Operating System - Windows Mobile 5.0 PPC PE
Camera - 2 Megapixel + VGA
Display - 65536 TFT (2.8”, 240x320)
Size - 114.5 x 58 x 18.2 mm
Weight - 147g
Features
- Mobile TV: Terrestrial DMB
- Multi-Format Music & Video Support
- Bluetooth® Stereo Music Profile (A2DP)
- Bluetooth® / USB
- Digital Power Amp
- MS Office View & Edit
- ROM 128MB / RAM 64MB
- External Memory : MMC micro
OpenMoko's Neo 1973 the new rival for iPhone LINUX!!!
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http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo1973
OpenMoko's Neo 1973 the new rival for iPhone
http://www.gadgets-reviews.com/index.php?page=post&id=303
There are more and more smart phones that are supposed to beat iPhone announced. And here is the new Neo 1973 Linux based smart phone that has been created earlier and is the rival of the iPhone. Well, it appeared last November so it is older then iPhone. However, it is not worse and has one very important advantage that we are going to talk about later.
Appearance
iPhone has a very similar interface to the Neo's one and does not differ much from it. If you look at the two phones placed on the table you would think that they are made by one designer. The color of edges and even the color are very similar. They have different shapes and sizes.
iPhone is just slightly smaller than Neo 1973 and it is also thinner. iPhone measures 115 mm x 61 mm x 11.6 mm while OpenMoko Neo 1973 120.7 mm x 62 mm x 18.5 mm. As you see there is only big difference in thickness. However, thicker phone does not mean better phone.
The corners of the Neo 1973 smart phone are rounded up and this makes it look smaller than it really is. And not so round corners of iPhone do not cancel its size out. However, iPhone is not that big and it does not need such effects.
Screen
OpenMoko has made its screen really good; with its size, only 2.8 " it has a very high resolution: 480 x 640 pixels it beats iPhone. It is a TFT touch-screen that has multi-touch function enabled. Coincidentally iPhone has the screen with the same technology and it differs in size and resolution. iPhone's screen is bigger but its resolution is much smaller: 320 x 480 pixels. Probably you will not see much difference there when using your gadget but if you look through pictures or watch videos you will see the difference.
Hardware
We do not know all the tiny specs about iPhone but we can present you the information about Neo 1973.
120.7 x 62 x 18.5 (mm)
2.8" VGA (480x640) TFT Screen
Samsung s3c2410 SoC @ 266 MHz
Global Locate AGPS chip
Ti GPRS (2.5G not EDGE)
Unpowered USB 1.1
Touchscreen
micro-sd slot
2.5mm audio jack
2 additional buttons
1200 mAh battery (charged over USB)
128 MB SDRAM
64 MB NAND Flash
Bluetooth (2.0)
You would say that it is definitely slower than iPhone and not as powerful as iPhone however it appeared earlier and it is easier to buy it nowadays. Having very many features is not all; it is very important how you realize them.
Software
There are two sides of coin in this case. Firs of all OpenMoko Neo 1973 is totally open source and that means that you will be able to install any application you want on your gadget smart phone. Besides, most of applications are going to be free. Thanks to OpenMoko strategy about sharing the revenue with software developers very many new free applications will appear. The only problem is that there are not many applications that would work with Linux nowadays but their number will grow. It would be a big advantage towards iPhone because iPhone is totally blocked and you will not be able to install any applications on it. I would actually prefer opened OS and not the closed one.
Some features
The creators of Neo 1973 had very many revolutionary ideas about smart-phones. Ideas like: location – based profiles that would use GPS to locate your position and change the profile when you enter the office for example.
The other cool idea is to set up something like a scheduled conference. A meeting between two phones would automatically start a conversation at certain date and time.
Actually OpenMoko sees future smart phones not as gadgets that would rapidly loose value and become useless several years later. But they want to make smart-phones like portable computers that you can modify and personalize and that would increase their value.
There is a big difference between these phones: one of them is power of iPhone and the other one is the openness of Neo 1973. A weaker Neo gadget but it has a big advantage of installing and using the software you like that I think covers all the disadvantages.
Having a classy iPhone or just an older Neo 1973 is a decision that you need to make if you want to buy something like this. However, there is one more thing we would like you to know. Paying $ 500 - $ 600 for iPhone that has a closed OS is not very smart when you can have a good opened OS phone for just about 0.
the V1615 is still delayed....software testing i think.....
I played with the nokia 7500 (prism) today though
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....gay ass cheapy feeeling phone, lol.....but its nokia so people will buy it....
HTC Touch shipments over 3 months from the launch have reached 800000 devices. This isn’t much for an Apple iPhone – however we should take into account that the device was sold on different markets from different operators. For a proper success estimate let’s wait for the launch of HTC Touch in the US and Apple iPhone in Europe.
At the same time HTC has recently announced the successor to HTC Touch – a 3G communicator slider HTC Touch Dual featuring TouchFLO interface based on finger input instead of stylus. Reportedly, finger-oriented TouchFLO interface will be applied in the new company’s products.
alright! i now know all about modding the kaiser after some research online. doesn't matter where you get it you can mod it in any way you think of down to completely flashing the entire firmware. people have ripped the various apps and back engineered it so whether it comes with say windows live messenger or not you can just install it yourself providing you have the files ;] awesome...
not yet im off work till friday, will get to play with the 850 then. a lot of people are anticipating it, im not so sure about the dpad and touch sensitive menu keys though...will no doubt be a great cam and video recording is decent too.
not got or played with the kaiser yet, still waiting on vodafone to release their version so i can figure out how to get one as cheap as possible...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=376
this is where you'll find all the info on modding the kaiser and links to ripped cab files so you can install extra stuff or stuff that just wasn't on a certain variant of the firmware like msn etc ;]
There´s a new version of Gmail for cell phone´s out.
You should know what to do;
www.gmail.com/app
Looking for applicatons for your Windows Mobile?
You will some dope applications here;
http://iwindowsmobile.com/
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my phone is fixed now! thank god!!! but i didnt buy my 4gig card yet.
Is there any link that you can give me that i could watch mpeg on my phone not just the 3gp format? that would be very helpfull! thanks in advance!!! 8)
Broad Manufacturer Agreement Gives Universal Phone Cable Green Light
http://www.esato.com/news/article.php/id=1769
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The OMTP today announced that following industry consultation a recommendation paper has been agreed to help pave the way for a single, universal cross manufacturer USB (Universal Serial Bus) cable connector that enables mobile consumers to connect and charge their mobile devices
Ratified and promoted by OMTP operator members (including Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Motorola, LG, and Nokia) with support from the USB Implementers Forum, this latest recommendation represents a significant step towards standardising common cable connectors resulting in obvious consumer and environmental benefits.
With UK consumers changing their handset on average twice a year, through contract upgrades or personal choice, there are literally hundreds of millions of chargers and data cables in circulation. On top of that, there a huge number of different peripherals such as headsets for voice calls, car kits, data cables, etc. – many with different physical connectors. This fragmentation creates unnecessary cost for the whole value chain, creates clutter and limits the freedom of selection for end user, and restricts competition by creating barriers of market entry.
The OMTP’s paper recommends that the micro USB (Universal Serial Bus) standard is used across mobile devices. USB is the de facto standard for the PC industry and it is a technology understood by consumers. Reaching mobile industry agreement on USB will help streamline the whole value chain and provide end users with a larger choice of the most popular peripherals. The customer will also be able to use their legacy home entertainment and PC equipment, as well as creating a new market opportunity for peripheral vendors.
One manufacturer that played a pivotal role in pursuing the agreement was OMTP member Nokia. Markku Verkama, Director of Portfolio Planning at Nokia Technology Platforms explains: “The OMTP’s work to bring consensus for what is such a simple yet significant recommendation will have wide reaching benefit. With the reduction of cables needed for mobile data connectivity, we can further enhance user experiences in our devices while reducing the burden to the environment.”
“The USB-IF was first to recognise a clear market need for a universal data and charging mechanism for devices. USB offers consumers ease-of-use and a plug-and-play experience making it the most ubiquitous interconnect technology in the world,” said Jeff Ravencraft, USB-IF president. “We’re pleased to see OMTP support the USB technology as the standard for connectivity in the mobile space.”
Tim Raby, Managing Director OMTP commented, “OMTP members are keen to pursue the single cable connectivity development due to its multiple benefits. We see these recommendations as a clear and demonstrable example of the work we are doing to make the mobile experience less confusing, less complicated and easier for consumers.”
CooTek's TouchPal brings iPhone-like touchpad to Windows Mobile
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/10/12/cooteks-touchpal-brings-iphone-like-touchpad-to-windows-mobile/
If you've been harboring itchy, jealous feelings toward your iPhone-toting friend's slick onscreen keypads, now's your chance to join the fun. CooTek's Touchpal brings an arguably improved keypad design to Windows Mobile 5 and 6 devices for free -- at least, free until December 8th. Powered by "T+" technology -- a patent pending typing method -- the keypad features two letters and a symbol on each key in a "T" shape so by quickly sliding your thumb left, right, or down, you'll eventually become a 300 char per minute texting grand master. In our humble opinion, anything is likely an improvement on the child-size onscreen keyboard featured on most current devices, so if you have some spare moments, give it a shot and let us know how you get on. Read on for a video of the keypad in action.
http://www.youtube.com/v/4PwSC8rlvEo&autoplay=0
Will Apple Soon be Forced to Unbrick All iPhones?
http://www.dubcnn.com/connect/index.php?action=post;msg=1623246;topic=152903.200;sesc=f3f0990d7d67a49a69f916f84a7d52b5
As the current iPhone 1.1.1 locking proves, there is a VERY dangerous flaw in the current iPhone and iPod touch software. A malformed TIF file can be used to get root access to the device. Obviously that is good if you want to install some useful applications on your iPhone/iPod, however that is extremely bad if you are worried about someone taking over your iPhone. Ironically, this might be a good thing for those who accidentally let Apple Brick their iPhones - try to stay with us here...
Theoretically, the malformed TIF file could be used for more nefarious tasks than updating than installing useful apps or updating the modems firmware...stuff like making a 900-number dialer($$ cha - ching $$), a bot installer (iPhone Spam-bot?), a baseband modem crippler or just good old-fashioned bricking the iPhone....
Hypothetically, one of these malformed tif files could even have the same effect as the "bricker" 1.1.1 update. However, this time Apple's Safari security will be to blame, not the users who are trying to assert their legal right to move the phone to other carriers. The only recourse Apple will legally have is to unBrick all of the iPhones that their update has caused and reset the baseband modem to factor settings.
One has to wonder if the malformed tif file vulnerability would have been discovered and applied to the iPhone had Apple not closed the Intaller.app development community out of the iPhone originally. Perhaps it is better to have these incredibly intelligent people on your side?
Jobs praises Nokia's 3rd party app scheme, but he has it wrong
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/10/17/jobs-praises-nokias-3rd-party-app-scheme-but-he-has-it-wrong/
In chatting up Apple's sudden change of direction today on the whole native iPhone SDK issue, Steve Jobs did a little name dropping by mentioning that he digs the way Nokia does things with S60's support for third party applications. It seems apparent from the get-go that Steve has every intention of offering apps through some sort of official, money-generating conduit -- iTunes, we'd wager -- and with that comes the promise of digital rights management, authenticity verification, and all those nasty little technologies that set the hacking community ablaze. To that end, Steve mentioned that he digs Nokia's approach of requiring that apps be digitally signed so they can be traced back to their developers, an effort to stem "viruses, malware, privacy attacks" that he thinks will flourish on a "highly visible target" like the iPhone. There's a problem, though: there's no telling when the last time is that Steve touched a phone not of his own creation, but we've used S60 devices pretty recently (like, today) and we have it on good authority that you can disable certificate verification for installed apps. Think iPhone users are going to have that option? Probably not. Apple's still visibly concerned about keeping the iPhone under its perceived draconian control (even though it's been busted wide open time and time again), and we've no doubt that trend will continue in full effect with the SDK. It's a huge, landmark upgrade from the web-based SDK developers have now, yes -- but we'd recommend Steve screw around with an N95 for a while before he heaps any more love on the way Nokia goes about its business.
5 megapixel Samsung G800
http://www.gsmarena.com/5_megapixel_samsung_g800_leaked-news-287.php
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http://www.youtube.com/v/MIqOi_hx5qQ&rel&autoplay=0
Another high-end camera phone from Samsung seems to be under way, unofficial information has leaked. The Samsung G800 slider has a 5 megapixel auto focus camera with 3x optical zoom and is likely the successor of Samsung G600, which was recently announced.
Samsung G800 is recognizable for its stylish design and better camera integration with a dedicated camera button and xenon flash. The back of the phone includes elements, inherent to advanced camera bodies - a special leather-like cover ensuring better grip, as well as its lens and xenon flash comfortably covered by a stylish lens lid. The front panel grabs attention with its large display. The form factor is easily identifiable as a slider, but it might as well offer a touch-based user interface and no hardware keypad.
Other features of the Samsung G800 include Bluetooth, USB support, 3G or HSDPA connectivity and stereo speakers. We are somewhat uncertain about the presence of 3G support, since most of the Samsung 3G-enabled handset come out under the Z-series. As of yet, no information is available on the video recording capabilities of the device.
Although optical zoom enabled phones are not something new on the market as we have already witnessed the coming to light of Nokia N93, Nokia N93i, Sharp 902, Sharp 903 and Sharp 904, the Samsung G800 looks like quickly becoming a common favourite when it hits the shelves. This is expected to happen in the early months of 2008.
kaiser - we got it, but its sold out instantly and i wasn't in while we had stock so still haven't played on it
k850 - awesome features, looks hella cool - quite chunky - not a fan of the touch buttons and the navigation not having a selection button in the middle. great screen (the k850 and w910 have a new larger screen from SE) and it has the full walkman player 3 from the new walkman range for music. reading that forum sounds like there are a lot of firmware issues. been selling very well this weekend and i have no hesitation selling SE products. i dont see why they had to change the design so much, bad move in my opinion...
by design i just meant the things i said (keypad layout, touch buttons). the auto-lens cover is real impressive though, lights up a blue led around the lens when it opens. software wise its nice but the new operating system they are using is more sluggish. not very much but enough to piss someone like me off, SE should be keeping their interface fairly instant. its like samsung who had an amazingly fast ui and now their g600 software is just hella slow, oh well. we have a whole grip of new SE phones, they are bombaring the market at the moment. k850i, w910, w580i, k530i, v640i, k770i, w880 gold - all new in the last few weeks ;d
its pretty expensive and i was actually liking the w580i more -
half the price but with version 2 of the walkman software (seems cleaner than version 3) and the keys are a tad small like the 910i. also got some 1615's in today, so i got to play at last.
extremely good build quality and all the things i expected.
only drawback touch screen isn't amazing -
the qtek 9100/htc wizard still has a better touch screen than the new models.
also the vodafone version does indeed take all the fun stuff like windows live off the device,
but i know how to sort that out and more now ;D
the latest version of the n95 firmware (i think the nokia rep said version 12 or something)
adds assisted gps to the software (previously was just the 6110 that had that feature)
so it'll use the mobile signal + satellites to locate you and be a whole lot faster as you said.
the k800 just has basic media player software - quality wise it makes no difference
(although the k800 doesn't drive headphones as well as say the w850i)
but the proper walkman software (version 2 was in the models from w850i onward)
lets you organise the music/playlists in more ways and generally looks a whole lot nicer,
displaying album art and also has the mega-bass option
(although to be fair any kind of eq through the phone output sounds absolutely crap given the strength of the signal).
the only way to get good sound is not to use any eq options and plug headphones with the right kind of audio reproduction into the adapter (so if you want more bass you need some headphones which extend the low-end more than usual). having said that you can't drive any larger headphones decently from the phone output anyway, so its always a comprimise.
damn im a geek ;p
how many 5 megapixel phone is available?
only 2 comes to mind - n95 and that samsung you just mention
G600 too and thats the smallest ;D
I feel cheap with my 3,2 mpx N73 lol and props for the info like always!
not yet,i wanna buy my 4gig card first cause i need more memory! im planning to buy my 4gig card this week! i'll keep you informed if the programs works 8)
http://kraj.livejournal.com/133179.html#cutid1
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Emporia Life
http://www.mobilegazette.com/emporia-life-07x07x22.htm
Made by Emporia of Austria, the Emporia Life is a GSM handset designed for older consumers who may struggle with other phones.
Designed to be very easy to use, the Emporia Life comes with some interesting features such as a hearing aid compatible loudspeaker, an emergency call system which can be activated with a single keypress, a very large 2.7" display and a simple-to-use interface with detailed help.
This is a big phone, relatively speaking. Measuring 112 x 51 x 26mm and coming in at a hefty 152 grams, the Emporia Life is almost the same weight and size (when shut) as the Sony Ericsson P990i. If you compare it with the Nokia 6111 for size (see left) you can see just how big it is. But this large size gives the Emporia Life a very large screen and a great big set of buttons
It's not the first time that mobile phone has been designed that aims at this market segment - notably the Sagem VS1 and VS2 had a very similar approach when they were launched two years ago, but they managed to inject a little style into the design whereas the Emporia Life does look a bit like a brick.
Looks aren't the only thing that counts against the Emporia Life - the large 2.7" 128 x 160 pixel display looks like something from a piece of industrial machinery rather than a mobile phone. And the extra large keys may look useful, but they do appear to be very flat without any raised area or separation which could make them tricky for some people to use.
One final problem is the battery life - while the Emporia Life doesn't exactly have a short battery life, the 1000 mAH cell only powers the phone for up to 6 days standby time. On a device of this size and weight, the standby time should be much longer. The Philips Xenium 9@9m managed a staggering 30 days standby time and a similarly sized screen (although in colour).. so why can't the Emporia Life do it? One plus point is that the Emporia Life can be powered by 3 AAA batteries if needed
Shortcomings aside, there are plenty of practical features in the Emporia Life. It has a very loud speaker, very strong vibrating function, a built-in flashlight, visual alerts, emergency SMS feature, calculator, birthday reminder and an alarm clock. It does send and receive text messages, including SMS multicast capabilities. It's clear that some thought has gone into the feature set, and the Emporia Life seems to deliver the sort of things that most people will want without weighing it down with functions that won't be used.
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Official announcement of MOTO U9 music phone
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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Motorola has announced MOTO U9 music phone. Speculated details had already popped up in the news. On the whole the official announcement confirmed this info. MOTO U9 is a stylish clamshell in a sleek form. It has an external display with touch-sensitive media player buttons in it. The phone is designed for GSM networks. MOTO U9 will hit the stores in 4Q in Asia, Latin America and Europe.
The specs of MOTO U9:
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (Class 12)
External display – 1.45” OLED (128x160 pixels, 65K colors)
Internal display – 2” TFT (QVGA, 262K colors)
Built-in music player WMA (Janus DRM), MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+
Video formats - MPEG4 3GPP, h.263
Interface - Bluetooth (A2DP), USB 2.0
25 MB of internal memory
microSD-slot
2-megapixel camera
Talk time – up to 430 minutes
Standby time – up to 350 hours
Dimensions – 90x48.6x16.4 mm
Weight – 87.5 g
Sanyo W54SA: a TV-slider with VGA
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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Today the Japanese operator KDDI has unveiled a new Sanyo phone featuring a big 3” widescreen VGA display made under IPS technology (In-Plate Switching). IPS displays stand out for wide viewing angles, high contrast and short matrix feedback.
The W54SA supports digital TV-programs.
The short technical specs of Sanyo W54SA:
EV-DO Rev.A
Dimensions: 50x106x18.9 mm
Weight: 144 g
Main display: widescreen 3”, IPS, 480x800 pixels
Camera: 3.18-megapixel with auto focus
Connectivity: Bluetooth, IrDA (IrSimple)
microSD cards
3D games
Sony Ericsson W54S – a multimedia phone from Japan
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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Sony Ericsson introduced today a new mobile phone for fall-winter season for KDDI operator.
The device got the name W54S. It comes with a widescreen 2.8 OLED display, a 3.24-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, digital terrestrial TV-programs support and new operator’s music services developed together with Sony.
The short technical specs of Sony Ericsson W54S:
EV-DO Rev.A
Dimensions: 50x106x19.1 mm
Weight: 145 g
Main display: widescreen 2.8”, OLED, 240x400 pixels
Main display: LED, 7x7 matrix
Camera: 3.24-megapixel with auto focus
Connectivity: Bluetooth (stereo support), IrDA (IrSimple)
Memory: 800 MB expandable with microSD cards
3D games
Samsung BRIX modular multimedia phone concept
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/2007/October/15_eng.shtml
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Samsung Art and Design held the mobile device prototype exhibition resuming its design courses. Samsung BRIX turned to be one of most impressive solutions. This is a modular full touchscreen multimedia mobile phone.
The idea of the concept is that it consists of brick modules. Thus you can always add an additional brick to enhance the functionality. For example, you can add more bricks, when you need a bigger screen or a camera. Samsung Bricks is currently just a concept, however the company has been exploring similar ideas and has a patent to prove it.
Official announcement of a two-way music smartphone Samsung SGH-i450 Symbian S60
http://www.youtube.com/v/SsrSYg328Qs&autoplay=0
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Today Samsung Electronics has made an official announcement of Samsung SGH-i450 music phone (in addition to the SGH-F330) for the European market. The device is peculiar for its form-factor – a two-way slider phone like Nokia N95. Instead of media player buttons the new Samsung phone has a sensor wheel, which fulfils the same functions.
I’d remind you Samsung SGH-i450 is built on Symbian S60 3rd Edition and supports 3G networks and HSDPA technology (up to 3.6 Mbps to download music from the web), let alone EDGE and GPRS. Bluetooth technology with A2DP enhances opportunities for music playback.
The price tag for Samsung SGH-i450 makes up €360, and the launch is scheduled for the end of this month.
On our site you can learn more details about Samsung SGH-i450.
General features
Announced in 2007, September
GSM 900/1800/1900, W-CDMA 2100
OS: Symbian v9.2 S60 v3.1 n
2.4" QVGA display, TFT, has the resolution of 240 x 320 pixels and shows up to 262,144 colours
Battery type Li-ion 1200 mAh
Battery life:
talk mode - up to 7.9 hours
standby mode - up to 333 hours
playing MP3 - up to 12 hours
Dimensions: 101 x 52 x 17,8 mm
Weight: 114
Colours: dark blue
Memory
40 MB internal memory
Expansion connector for MicroSD (up to 4 GB)
Call management, ringing tones
Vibracall
Polyphonic call melodies, 64 tones polyphony
MP3 melodies as a call melody
Speakerphone
Videotelephony
SMS
SMS, MMS (up to 300 KB), Email (POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, SSL, TLS)
Predictive text input Т9
Camera
Integrated 2 MP camera with 4x digital zoom
Multishooting, White balance, Flash
Frontal VGA-camera for videotelephony
Multimedia
Java MIDP 2.0
Games
FM stereo radio
Supported audio formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, RA, WMA
Supported video formats: 3GP, H.263, MPEG4, RealOne, WMV
Connectivity
HSDPA
EDGE
GPRS
USB 2.0
Bluetooth 2.0(A2DP)
Stereo Bluetooth for formats: MP3/AAC+/AAC
WAP 2.0
Audioconnector 3.5 mm
Synchronization with PC
Organizer and extras
Voice notes
Calculator
Calendar
Stopwatch
Alarm clock
Unit converter
Apple iPhone in Gold now
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/2007/October/09_eng.shtml
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Goldstriker has introduced the luxury iPhone. From the very beginning the iPhone was positioned as something extraordinary and attracted long queues. Now it’s not enough to obtain an iPhone to confirm high status of its owner. The company offers an 8GB iPhone for those who are gold-mad. It is coated with 24-carat gold. The sales of the golden iPhone should start in mid October. The price for this precious handset hasn’t been unveiled yet.
More pics and specs on MOTOROKR E8 and MOTORIZR Z10
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/2007/September/18_eng.shtml
The GSMArena.com has reported it acquired detailed into and pictures of new Motorola handsets, which should be announced by the company soon. It deals with the much rumored MOTOROKR E8 and MOTORIZR Z10. We don’t see the reason why not to believe it and thus share the info with our readers. Well, let’s start with
Motorola ROKR E8:
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This is another Motorola’s music phone coming with a novel navigation element called “Omega Wheel”, probably because of its form resembling the letter from the Greek alphabet. Its keyboard is peculiar for tactile feedback whenever a key is pressed.
The E8 comes with 2GB of memory onboard expanded with microSD cards (up to 4GB), an FM-radio, Bluetooth, USB v2.0 and a 3.5-mm audio jack. Measuring just 115x53x10.6 mm it houses a 2-megapixel camera and a 2” 240x320 TFT display.
MOTOROKR E8 supports quad-band GSM and EDGE. The sales are set for November at the price of €280.
MOTORIZR Z10:
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HP iPAQ 610 Business Navigator: up-to-date functions in one
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/2007/September/06_eng.shtml
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The new series of Hewlett-Packard new products includes HP iPAQ 610 Business Navigator in two modifications: with a 3-megapixel camera and without one. The 600-series device is packed in a classical candy bar form-factor with a numeric keypad. HP iPAQ 610 Business Navigator stands out for control elements designed for single-handed operations. There is a sensor ring across the keypad and a scrolling wheel with 3 degrees of freedom. Functionally this is a complete analog of the iPAQ 910 and supports GPS navigation.
The main technical specs of HP iPAQ 610 Business Navigator:
Networks: UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900/2100 MHz, GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
CPU: Marvell PXA270, 520 MHz
Memory: 128 MB SDRAM, 256 MB ROM, microSD cards
Display: 2.8”, transmissive TFT, 240x320 pixel, 65K colors
Camera: 3-megapixel, CMOS with video capture
Operating system: Windows Mobile 6 Professional
Connectivity: WLAN IEEE 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR1, USB (miniUSB jack) with charging
A-GPS (Assisted GPS) navigation
Audio formats: WMA, WAV, MP3, MIDI, AAC-LC, HE-AAC
Audio features: voice recorder, built-in speaker, connector for external mic/headphones
Battery: 1590 mAh
Dimensions: 117x60.3x17.5 mm
Weight: 145 g
Waiting for new Japanese edition SE phones
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/2007/September/05_eng.shtml
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The announcement date getting closer gives rise to lots of rumors. This fall NTT DoCoMo, largest 3G service provider in Japan, is expected to introduce a new lineup of its top 900-series phones. Some Internet source posted a picture of a new phone, allegedly a Sony Ericsson model named SO905i:
The peculiar thing about the SO905i is its form-factor resembling of a two-way slider. Traditionally for such case there are no official comments to the picture – before the official announcement lots of things (including pictures) can get changed dramatically.
Samsung SGH-i550 showcased at IFA 2007
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/2007/September/03_eng.shtml
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At IFA 2007 show in Berlin Samsung introduced a smartphone called Samsung SGH-i550, which will be officially announced later on. The device is powered by Symbian S60 and supports 3G networks with up to 3.6 Mbps data transfer speed. It is peculiar for an integrated GPS-receiver and full integration with Google services: the search panel displayed in the main screen.
In addition there is a trackball and dedicated buttons to access Internet, music and navigation applications. However the buttons are quite small and might be inconvenient in use. The smartphone features a 2.6” display, a 3.2-megapixel camera with flash, 115x53x13.8 mm.
Cellphone projector by TI
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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At Pepcom event in New York Texas Instruments has introduced a proto of a cellphone projector. The device uses lasers as the light source, and an LED-based model is currently in the lab. Definitely such a module will be an extremely useful feature to any phone or a smartphone, as it eventually solves the small display problem.
n particular, the built-in projector can run presentations directly from the cellphone omitting PC. However image quality loses to professional projectors, anyway this in-handset projector will do for small presentations. There is another application of this solution, you can run video, pictures, web-pages etc. on a “big screen”.
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PopSci.com Hands On - Texas Instruments Pico Projector
http://www.youtube.com/v/l3CQG_pygBg
Cell Phone Projector Coming Soon
http://www.youtube.com/v/jIonaI8oAbg
props again for the phone update!!!
looks cool!The same as N95.
im wating to see what features are gonna be on it maybe im gonna buy one
looks cool!The same as N95.
im wating to see what features are gonna be on it maybe im gonna buy one
same price? :D
SanDisk starts shipping 8GB microSDHC and M2 cards
http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/29/sandisk-starts-shipping-8gb-microsdhc-and-m2-cards/
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SanDisk was trumpeting its 8GB microSDHC cards all the way back in June, but it's taken until now for the company to ship the little buggers -- but we're also getting an 8GB Memory Stick Micro (also known as M2) version as a reward for our patience. The 8GB SDHC card will set you back $139, while the M2 stick is $149,
and both should be in stores worldwide now, according to SanDisk.
Rumors: new Sony Ericsson products in 2008
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/2007/October/09_eng.shtml
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Some pics and info on new SE phones in 2008 have leaked to the Internet from an insider source. According to the Mobile Close Up these are W970, K830 and K860.
Sony Ericsson W970 belongs to the Walkman music series. It is equipped with an iPod-like navigation wheel, a 5-megapixel camera and a storage card slot. It’s not said to have 8GB of memory onboard. Sony Ericsson K830 from the Cyber-shot series comes with a 3.2-megapixel camera, which is likely to shoot QVGA video. The device might replace the K810. As for the last handset, there are no details except for the picture.
SE W970?
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Live pics of Sony Ericsson W890
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
The SE-center.pl has posted more live pics of Sony Ericsson W890 phone, which is not yet officially introduced. This is a Walkman series product following the W880. According to the source, the W890 comes with a 2” QVGA display, a 3.2-megapixel camera and a frontal camera for video calls (3G support), Bluetooth (A2DP) wireless module and an FM-radio with RDS. There is the support of Memory Stick Micro (M2) cards. These are non-official details, not yet confirmed by the vendor.
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More live pics of HTC Polaris
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
The Cool Smartphone has posted some live pictures of HTC Polaris (recently we’ve got the commercial name of the product – HTC Touch Cruise). HTC Polaris is a more advanced successor to HTC P3300 (HTC Artemis). A week back there was a presentation in Amsterdam, which revealed the following specs: GSM/GPRS/EDGE and UMTS/HSDPA networks, Windows Mobile 6 Professional OS, TouchFLO interface, a QVGA display, an integrated GPS-receiver, two cameras, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless modules and a microSD-slot. HTC Touch Cruise (Polaris) will probably become commercially available late in November.
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iPhone in Canada on December 7?
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
The info on Apple iPhone coming to Canada via Rogers operator has already popped up in web sources. And now we can come across the following picture:
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As you can see, the device is available for preorder, so you can get it on December 7, the official announcement date. The price tag makes up 499 Canadian dollars equivalent to 520 US dollars, on a 3-year service plan. However there is a chance we deal with another fake.
HP iPAQ 210 suspended, while HP iPAQ 110 to come soon
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
We’ve recently mentioned that HP decided to suspend the release of the iPAQ 110 and 210 handhelds. This time HP’s PR-manager Mike Hockey has partially confirmed the info: HP iPAQ 210 Enterprise Handheld will indeed be released not earlier than 2008, while HP iPAQ 110 Classic is on its way. The Asian company engaged in making HP devices has launched the shipments, i.e. the iPAQ 110 will soon be in stores. Mr. Hockey noted that the problems with the iPAQ 210 shipments are being solved right now.
I’d remind you that HP iPAQ 110 and 210 were announced in September and scheduled for late October 2007. The iPAQ 210 has more advanced specs against the iPAQ 110, a VGA-display being one of them. The price for the 210 makes up $450 and for the 110 - $300.
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LG-LB2500H Shine Wood
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
LG has made a Korean release of a new Shine phone – LG-LB2500H Wood. This clamshell is peculiar for its wood textured shell and glittering metallic elements. It is already available in the Korean stores at 473000 Won (i.e. $515).
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The specs of LG-LB2500H Shine Wood:
Main display – 2.2” (QVGA, 260K colors)
External display – 1.1” (65K colors)
2-megapixel camera
MP3-player
Bluetooth interface
DMB broadcasting
800 mAh battery
Talk time – approx. 120 minutes
Standby time – approx. 110 hours
Dimensions – 96.5x49.5x14.8 mm
Weight - 119 g
Review of QWERTY-communicator HTC TyTN II
The Kaiser was one long-awaited phone. It was almost half a year between the moment when first notes and rumors about it spread across the Web and its official announcement. But curiously, during all these months, the company didn’t seem to care much about this device, in contrast to, say, the HTC P5500/Nike, the next touch-phone in HTC’s portfolio...
Read next>>> http://www.mobile-review.com/pda/review/htc-tytn2-en.shtml
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Review of GSM/UMTS-smartphone Sony Ericsson W960i
Over at Sony Ericsson they live in a happy delusion, popular with some other makers as well, that consumers are very straightforward in their thoughts and motives. Specifically, if there was a music-playing handset last year, then this year those who went for the original phone will set their eyes on the updated version. And will never ever consider similar phones, even those offered by the same manufacturer...
Read next>>> http://www.mobile-review.com/review/sonyericsson-w960-en.shtml
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Pantech Duo Dual-Slider Coming to AT&T
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Do you want a dual-sliding phone like the Helio Ocean, but don't want to sign up with Helio and prefer Windows Mobile to Helio's great OS? Do you also want to sign up with AT&T? Uh… OK. Good news for you: AT&T is getting the Pantech Duo (i.e. the Pantech C180), a sleek-looking dual-slider that zips along on their 3G HSDPA network. It runs Windows Mobile 6, has a 1.3-megapixel camera, and can do push email. Look for it to drop at the end of the month for $250 with 2-year soul-selling agreement.
Diamond iPhone for the Christmas
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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Alexander Amosu Luxury Phones has introduced the world first (as it says) diamond iPhone. The device is coated with 420 white, black or rose diamonds – a total of 5.65 carats. There are 3 shell solutions available: steel, 18-carat white or yellow gold.
Apple iPhone Diamond version will be released in limited edition on November 9. The price for the precious device will start from $41000. The iPhone will come with one year free international concierge service. According to Amosu, Apple iPhone in gold and diamonds might be the best Christmas present.
Jealous of the Japenese: A Sony Ericsson 5.1 megapixel monster
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If you ever needed a reason to commit harri karri then let me introduce you to the Sony Ericsson Cybershot with a 5.1 megapixel camera, Xenon flash, 3x optical zoom, 480×864 resolution 2.7 inch screen in a device that is only 113 × 50 × 20 mm and weights 150 grams. At the Symbian Smartphone Show I got to play with Japenese cellphones and one of the first things that struck me was how they’re essentially all large clamshells, I’m talking Nokia N93 large.
It makes sense when you think about how many hours of the day these people spend buried in their device. A large screen that can fit a lot of data is a must. I admit I’m jealous and while I’m not usually a fan of clamshells, that resolution would make me switch in a heart beat. Damn thing has a higer resolution than the Internet Tablet and most UMPC’s!
Expect this beast to be announced tomorrow as apart of NTT DoCoMo’s new 905i lineup.
Nokia N82 spotted in Argentina
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Shame Shame Shame on this Nokia employee. Usually when TRUE (no clue what it stands for) testing (the last stage of ironing out the kinks where they give out several hundred devices to Nokia employees) you are given the device and a very discrete case that nearly covers up the entire phone. Looks like this woman didn’t feel like following the rules and this picture is the result. The N82 can not come any sooner, people want to have the N95 in a candy bar form factor and the Xenon flash is just an added bonus. Here is hoping it includes the DAC that the N81 has inside as well.
Google is about to make some moves in the mobile industry - Google Phone announcement in mid-November?
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Word on the street has it that Google is set to finally firm up all the rumors surrounding the search giant’s entry into the super-competitive mobile market. According to “sources,” The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google is planning to officially announce its plans for the wireless industry “within the next two weeks” - which means we’re looking for Google to spill the beans sometime in mid-November.
Speculation had Google planning a fully-branded and cheap smartphone based on a Linux mobile OS - then we heard that there would be no such phone from Google. Other rumors had Google developing mobile applications. More recent rumors had Google developing a Linux-based mobile OS for ODM (like manufacturersHTC, LG, and even Samsung) to use in a new line of mobile phones.
“In recent months Google has approached several U.S. and foreign handset manufacturers about the idea of building phones tailored to Google software, with Taiwan’s HTC Corp. and South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. mentioned in the industry as potential contenders. Google is also seeking partnerships with wireless operators.” And, we’re looking for T-Mobile to take the Google Phone live in the US, with Hutchison 3 and Orange picking up the gPhone(s) for the European market.
The Google Phone should bring together the ever popular Google search engine, Google Maps, YouTube, and Gmail services into an open-source OS - unlike the iPhone, which already integrates these functions but limits them to Apple’s control (at least for now). That means development for the Google Phone will be open to the average Joe (as long as Joe knows how to code for a Linux environment).
We can’t wait for HTC and LG to launch their Google-powered smartphones. And, as long as we’re semi-speculating here, we’re hoping for a low-cost GPS phone with huge touchscreens. Fingers crossed….
Footnote: Don’t get worked up over that pic above - it’s a mockup/concept.
Another hugely expensive Vertu phone - $85,000 for a phone
http://www.intomobile.com/page/2/
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Sure, it’s a Vertu. Sure, there’s a high-class aura about it. Sure, it’s covered (encrusted, if you will) in more precious stones than that Diamond iPhone we just mentioned. But, is it worth the price of a Porsche Carrera 997? Hardly.
The Vertu lineup of high-end (at least in price) mobile phones are already crazy expensive, but when you bling it out with more diamonds than a conflict-mine in Sierra Leone, you get a Vertu phone that’s supposedly worth $85,000. The special $85K Vertu phone is being shown off at Nokia’s new flagship store in Shanghai, China.
Right. We’d rather plunk down that $85 Large on a brand new Porsche Carrera 997 or maybe the new BMW M3 (with change to spare). But, then again, if you’re seriously contemplating an $85,000 mobile phone, you probably already have a garage full of super-exotics. In that case, just donate us that Aston Martin Vantage and call it a tax write-off, will ya?
Keep reading for more pics.
An Apple iPhone native app-a-day keeps the boredom away
http://www.intomobile.com/page/2/
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Not sure which native iPhone apps you want to install on your iPhone? It can be a bit overwhelming, wading through all the third-party applications available through Nullriver’s Installer.app.
Well, App-a-day is here to make it easier on you. Download and install the App-a-day, um, app through Installer.app and you’ll have access to daily-updated lists of third-party iPhone applications. The first app on the list for November 1 is “Pumpkin.” Not sure how to get third-party applications/jailbreak on your iPhone? Check out the one-click jailbreak solution that will install Installer.app for you. It’s so simple you can’t screw it up - we call it idiot proof.
With the App-a-day application, we should have more than enough distraction until Apple releases the official iPhone SDK early next year.
Picture of the day: LG Touch concept
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml#16413
After the launch of the iPhone many mobile phone makers thought of their best answer. Some vendors have offered finished solutions, for example, we can treat the co-product of LG and Prada as the iPhone competitor. But the South Korean maker is moving ahead – we can see pictures of a new concept phone in the Internet.
As wee see from the pictures, the phone comes with a touchscreen and is motion sensitive – the technology applied in Sony Ericsson W910. I’d note the outstanding design of accessories – the cradle with the touch QWERTY-keyboard…
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SE PXi from Bogar Bence – concept phone for lefties
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml#16413
Bogar Bence designer has introduced a concept of SE PXi mobile phone. The developer designed it for convenient use by both lefties and righties. The device is equipped with a 3.3” touchscreen display, which supports automatic screen orientation when rotating. You can control it with the stylus and fingers. In addition the SE PXi features a dual slot, a 5-megapixel Cybershot camera and stereo speakers. For now we have just a concept phone under the Sony Ericsson brand for left-handed users. It’s not clear whether the company plans to launch the device.
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Finger-friendly interface for Symbian UIQ?
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml#16413
We’ve got out hands on an interesting photo from a presentation. Supposedly, it shows a new user’s interface for UIQ platform codenamed Maria. It seems to be finger-oriented beyond the stylus control. However there is no official info on Maria, so we can judge from the picture.
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When the new UIQ version (if exists) will be announced or SE devices based on it will come out is anyone’s guess. The info might be true and the presentation revealed a finger-friendly UIQ interface. At least the company should think over to work in this direction to increase competitiveness of its products: the finger control is already implemented in iPhone and TouchFLO for WM-communicators, let alone upcoming Symbian S60 Touch.
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Dog dressed up in the iPhone costume for the Halloween celebration
http://www.intomobile.com/page/2/
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With Halloween behind us, I’m sure you’ve noticed many strange costumed kids out there. Hack, you may have been that lucky to attend one of those Halloween parties, which I admit, I adore. Anyway, we’ve spotted a fairly ugly puppy dressed up in an iPhone costume. Ok, you may like the puppy, but it’s just not my kind of dog.
Whatever the case is - have a nice weekend. Relax, but stay tuned - we’ll be bringing you more news on both Saturday and Sunday…
Hot Deal: US spec Nokia N95 for $599.99 on TigerDirect - Cheap Nokia N95-3!
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If you’ve been drooling over the Nokia N95 but haven’t been able to muster the $700 entry price for the North American N95 with US-friendly 3G frequencies, here’s some good news. TigerDirect.com has the Nokia N95-3 (the N95-3 is the US version, while the N95-1 denotes the European version), for the low, low price of $599.99. We’ve been scouring the nets for a cheap US-spec Nokia N95, and Craigslist and eBay both lose out to TigerDirect.
Stefan already covered what the differences between the Nokia N95-1 and N95-3, but here’s a quick rundown. The Nokia N95-3 trades a camera lens cover for a larger, much needed battery, the Plum battery cover has gone Black, RAM has been doubled, and the WCDMA radio now works on the US-friendly 850 and 1900Mhz frequencies.
For all of you that bought the North American N95-3 at the initial $700 price, we’re sorry to bring you this news. The N95-3 barely hit Yankee shores and there’s already a $200 $100 price drop? If it makes you feel any better, Apple screwed us for $200 for our iPhones just three months after it launched.
Sony Ericsson K660i spotted
http://www.intomobile.com/2007/11/04/sony-ericsson-k660i-spotted.html#more-12719
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Sony Ericsson K660i has been spotted on the handset maker’s UK website. The upcoming device will be available in two colors — “Lime on White” and “Wine on Black” — and will among other things pack a 2 MP camera, stereo Bluetooth support, HSDPA, and M2 memory stick slot. As for the pre-installed software, users can expect SE’s classic mobile suite that includes web browser, RSS reader, 3D Java games, sound recorder, instant messaging and more. The K660i measures 104×47x14.7 mm and weighs 96 grams. We’re not sure when will this phone be released, but in the meantime you can check out few more pictures after the jump.
Concept – iPhone killer by Sony Ericsson
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
An Esato forum member known as beta-tester has posted his version of a new Sony Ericsson’s smartphone P3i. The idea is that the device works on new interface for UIQ platform (finger-oriented input). We’ve recently written about leaked pictures from the closed presentation probably demonstrating the interface. Sony Ericsson hasn’t made any official confirmation and its fans are creating the iPhone-style concepts.
Sony Ericsson P3i is equipped with a big touchscreen and has no buttons. In addition the device combines advantages of Cyber-shot cameraphones (5-megapixel camera) and Walkman handsets. But I’d remind you this is just a concept. So time will show what will be the real iPhone killer by Sony Ericsson (if exists).
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Samsung jumping into touchscreen phone frenzy
http://www.intomobile.com/
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t’s not like Samsung doesn’t have a single touchscreen enabled device on the market — it’s that their upcoming M4650 model clearly resembles the iPhone. Their idea is simple - they want to introduce the iPhone-like device in Korea before Apple does.
Apparently, the upcoming “multi-touch phone” will be hitting Samsung’s domestic market via LG Telecom. It will be smaller than the iPhone, sporting 2.8″ LCD display with haptic feedback, but also the T-DMB receiver for watching mobile TV. The phone is running on top of Marvel 624MHz PXA300 CPU and Windows Mobile 6.
The first image looks promising and yes, we would like to see this baby hitting the western hemisphere as well. Just please don’t make it another Vodafone exclusive like you’ve already did with the F700…
NTT DoCoMo introduces 23 new models in 905i and 705i series
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml#16445
Today Japan’s mobile service provider NTT DoCoMo introduced 23 models in 905i and 705i series, which will be available in a total of 70 colors.
All ten 905i handsets will feature some advanced and convenient functions, i.e. 3G/GSM roaming, HSDPA, “One-segment” digital TV, GPS navigation, enhanced 2-in-1 service, DCMX (credit card payment system) and iD (credit payment).
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The operator notes that the 905i series has upgraded value of the current models. In addition the 905i series is compatible with the new “Area mail” disaster information service aimed to provide people caught in disaster areas with vital information.
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The 705i series includes 13 slim handsets with sophisticated design and array of full-spec functions. The series comprises the world’s slimmest clamshell and waterproof handsets and the slimmest “One-segment” models.
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The D905i, F905i, N905i, P905i, SH905i, SO905i and N905iμ are scheduled for November 26, 2007. The operator will launch the Cyber-shot SO905iCS, AQUOS SH905iTV and D705iμ, N705iμ, P705iμ, D705i, F705i, L705i, N705i, P705i during January-February 2008. And the NM705i, SH705i, SO705i and PROSOLID μ (P705iCL) should start in February, and the VIERA P905iTV and L705iX – in February-March 2008.
Having fun with cellphone jammers - when ideals are just plain fun
http://www.intomobile.com/page/2/
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There’s a certain level of etiquette that’s expected of mobile phone users in public. Keep your phone on vibrate while in quiet environments (movie theaters, libraries, restaurants, etc.). Try to step outside if your conversation is going to take any significant length of time. Keep your voice down to a minimum - we’re talking to all you loud-talkers out there (no one wants to hear your conversation, it’s annoying). Unfortunately, many cellphone users out there are quite oblivious to these societal ideals.
So, what’s an idealistic crusader for mobile phone etiquette to do? Get a cellphone jammer. If you find yourself having to teach that loud-talking, teen-aged valley girl a thing or two about minding her manners, just reach in your pocket and activate that wireless jammer. There have been a slew of portable signal jammers of late, and it seems that there’s a reason for it. As wireless signal jammers are becoming more and more accessible, Americans are taking matters of mobile phone ideals into their own hands - literally.
But, does your crusade have to be all business and no fun? Absolutely not. It turns out that people love the power that they can wield over the unsuspecting “loud-talker.” Cutting off an annoying cellphone user not only teaches them a lesson, it’s immensely entertaining to watch them try and re-acquire a wireless signal.
We’re not condoning such actions. But, should you find yourself needing to unleash your own brand of wireless justice on all those obnoxious mobile phone talkers, make sure you don’t jam an innocent by-stander’s polite conversation. Oh, and br careful about how you do it - wireless carriers pay boat-loads of cash to the government for the right to use their respective wireless frequencies, and they’ll think nary a moment before fining you thousands of dollars per jamming-incident.
props for the news! IT WILL NEVER STOP!!! the nokia n82 looks like a silver n73!
Cant wait to have one in my hands!!
who's gonna buy a 85 000$ phone? maybe some rich fuck in dubai or bahrain!
Nokia's N82 spotted, handled in the wild
http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/07/nokias-n82-spotted-handled-in-the-wild/
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In the midst of all this Gphone hysteria, we won't fault you for forgetting about a Nokia candybar first noticed way back in May, but pictured above is the first (confirmed, at least) in the wild shot of the firm's 5MP-packin' N82. You heard right -- this handset sports a five-megapixel camera (complete with Carl Zeiss lens and a Xenon flash), WiFi, Bluetooth, integrated GPS, 3G connectivity, Nokia Music Store access and automatic screen rotation. Regrettably, there's still no word on a price / release date, but click on through for a couple more angles, and check out what the built-in camera can do in the read link.
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From www.intomobile.com ;
If you’ve been waiting anxiously for the Nokia N82 to hit the ground running with its long, 5 megapixel, Carl-Zeiss legs, you’ll have to keep waiting a bit longer. But, we have some more pics of the N95’s candybar-sibling for you to drool over in the meantime (or not, we prefer the N95). Again, this thing’s packing the same serious guts (aside from the addition of the Xenon flash) as it’s sliding Nokia stablemate - integrated GPS, 3G (HSDPA), WiFi, 5 megapixel camera with Carl-Zeiss optics and Xenon flash, Bluetooth, access to Nokia’s Music Store, and automatic screen rotation (a la the “rotateme” accelerometer tweak on the N95). That’s right! Nokia’s given the N82 out-of-the-box screen rotation.
Nokia’s apparently gone official with its accelerometer support on the Nokia N82, so we’re wondering what their plans are for the Nokia N95’s accelerometer. Will Nokia release an update to leverage the built-in accelerometer to enable an official auto-rotate feature? Well, if they don’t, at least we have “rotateme.”
Head on over to Symbian-Freak to check out the full hands-on experience. Interesting footnote - they excuse the photo quality because all pics were taken with an N95. What?
Just another SF exclusiveNokia N82 hands on!!!
http://symbian-freak.com/news/007/11/nokia_n82_hands_on.htm
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As you may have already know, Nokia N82 is the long awaited Nokia camera phone, the first one that will features XENON flash and of course famous Carl Zeiss optic supported with the 5 mpx sensor.
Basically it has all you need, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB port, 3G and yes it features the GPS too!!! Just like all latest Nseries devices it features the N-Gage gaming platform (2 demo games available.. Fifa 07 and Asphalt 3) and the Music store as well which is currently Nokia N95 8GB and Nokia N81 exclusive.
Also there is an one very handy innovation, auto screen rotation is available and it is a bit different than the one in the iPhone. While the iPhone use screen rotation for few specific applications only, applications like the Safari, image viewer and the iPod, Nokia UI allows the rotation almost everywhere, from the main screen to the gaming.
The rotation is definitely smoother and looks better with the iPhone, actually to be precise with an iPhone you can actually see the rotation while the Nokia just switch from one to another mode without any kind of transition when rotating.
Same as with Nokia N81 there is shortcut key to new and pretty handy multimedia menu that allows fast access to videos, photos, music, games, etc.... .
What I really not like here is the microUSB port, it is mainly beacuse I got another cable to carry around. The good thing about new connector is fact that it can be used as a charger just like with the Luna 8600.
props!!!
I dont find the design cool but I dont find it ugly... only the price will tell me now if i want 1 or no
the N81 is another horrible nokia, let it be known!
Yeah the N82 looks alright.
The N81 feels like a really cheap piece of plastic though...
it's ok i guess,nothing spectacular but it aint that ulgy either
I´m actually starting to feel it more and more,the silver put me a little of.
It might look better in black? But it´s a combination for me,features comes first then design.
The only thing that really put me off on this design is the small keys on the key pad.
I hate those on the new SE phone´s and Nokia follow up on this design trend ain´t a good sign.
I´m not a big fan of slider phones,but Nokia released their top dog as a slider first,so what choice did I have?
Now that the same features come in a classic candy bar design,I might cope that one.
The only thing that can hold me back is if I don´t feel comfortable with the key pad.
Nokia N96 rumor
http://www.letsgomobile.org/en/2525/nokia-n96/
Last week we have had a meeting with Nokia at the Nokia Xperience Zone. Back then, Nokia already unveiled us that they will reveal some new mobile phones in November, some high quality photographic features would be included as well. In the meantime, various websites have spoken about a rumor on the new Nokia multimedia computer; the Nokia N96. We wouldn't be surprised if this rumor will be confirmed before the end of the year. According to the appeared specifications the Nokia N96 will feature a 6 megapixel Carl Zeiss lens, which was 5 megapixels on its predecessor the N95. Moreover the N96 would feature 3x optical zoom as well, which gives the user much more photography possibilities.
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Nokia N96 10GB
The Nokia N95 has recently been updated with an 8GB version, according to the rumors, the new N96 multimedia computer would even be integrated with 10GB of internal memory! The Nokia N96 HSDPA will be further equipped with a 3,2 inch screen, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, Mini USB 2.0 and Infrared connectivity. A touch screen, joystick navigation and motion sensor wouldn't be missing either.
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Unofficial Nokia N96 - Specifications
• Band 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• HSDPA / WCDMA 2100
• 3.2 inch full color toch screen with joystick navigation
• WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, Mini USB 2.0 and infrared connectivity
• Full QWERTY keyboard
• Internal memory of 10 GB
• 6 Megapixel digital camera with Carl Zeiss
• Motion sensor and GPS
• 3x Optical zoom
• 3.5mm jack and 4 build-in speakers
• Digital TV / FM Radio
• Dimensions : 102.5 × 56 × 17.6 mm
• Weight : 115 grams
• Nokia N96 comes in two colors
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Nokia N96 rumor
It sure looks like the Nokia N96 will be a very promising cell phone. As soon as we got a confirmation about this new high tech multimedia computer we will bring you the full story!
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it's ok i guess,nothing spectacular but it aint that ulgy either
I´m actually starting to feel it more and more,the silver put me a little of.
It might look better in black? But it´s a combination for me,features comes first then design.
The only thing that really put me off on this design is the small keys on the key pad.
I hate those on the new SE phone´s and Nokia follow up on this design trend ain´t a good sign.
I´m not a big fan of slider phones,but Nokia released their top dog as a slider first,so what choice did I have?
Now that the same features come in a classic candy bar design,I might cope that one.
The only thing that can hold me back is if I don´t feel comfortable with the key pad.
It will be cooler in black!
I feel the same way as you,I like better the candy bar phones than the sliding phones
but if i dont feel the keypad is good i might pass out on this
do you think it's fake? it looks legit to me
Nope,I think this one is legit.
But it looks kind of big don´t it?
10GB internal memory is pretty good,I don´t need more than 5MPX camera,so 6MPX don´t attract me.
This will be some kind of cross between N93 and E90 I think.
do you think it's fake? it looks legit to me
Nope,I think this one is legit.
But it looks kind of big don´t it?
10GB internal memory is pretty good,I don´t need more than 5MPX camera,so 6MPX don´t attract me.
This will be some kind of cross between N93 and E90 I think.
yeah it looks big! 10 gig is enough i think,dont think we need more on a phone!
8gb card? now thats dope 8)
8gb card? now thats dope 8)
It should be on the way to the stores.....
Waiting for Matty to confirm.
Have you bought a 4GB card yet?
The very first N82 video!
http://www.youtube.com/v/Zw6P0GWHnxo&rel
Doro mobile phone for elderly
http://www.intomobile.com/
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While all of us at IntoMobile use smartphones and love ranting about them, sometimes we have to also add a post or two about low-end feature phones. One such device which is extremely easy to use and lacks sooo many features is HandlePlus 324gsm.
The work of Swedish manufacturer Doro is primarily designed for elderly who actually don’t need that many options. The device lacks any display but comes with a total of 7 large buttons, 5 of them programmable, a talk and an end-call button. Combined with a vibration alert, neck lanyard, built-in speakerphone and the low price of only £85.10 (plus taxes) - makes the device a perfect choice for the senior citizens. One thing that bother us is a ridiculously bad battery life of just 3 hours of talk time. Weird, don’t you think?
HTC's Touch Cruise with GPS gets official
http://www.engadget.com/
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HTC Touch Cruise (HTC Polaris) in action!
http://www.youtube.com/v/Cfc8CllDk2U&rel
HTC Touch Cruise VS Iphone The Microsoft VS Apple war will never end :laugh:
http://www.youtube.com/v/uXzUMyKy2x4&rel
HTC just went live with their Touch Cruise. "Touch" as in that TouchFLO interface, "Cruise" as in GPS-enabled. The third addition to HTC's Touch lineup packs HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth, a 3 megapixel camera, microSD expansion, and a 2.8-inch touch-screen lying on top of a Windows Mobile 6 foundation. Oh, and it's loaded with TomTom Navigator 6 software to make the most of that GPS receiver. Yup, everything mostly what we thought it would be. Available this month from European retailers or SIM-free direct from HTC.
Update: We're still digging but HTC was a bit unkind by not providing specific country launch information or supported radio bands. At the moment, this looks like Europe-only.
Review: Shazam iD, TrackID is no longer just a Sony Ericsson thing
http://www.intomobile.com/2007/11/11/review-shazam-id-trackid-is-no-longer-just-a-sony-ericsson-thing.html
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f you have a Sony Ericsson device released in the past 2 years or so then you have a most awesome application on your device called TrackID. If you never used it before, here is what you’re missing out on: Once you open the TrackID application you can hold your phone up to a speaker playing a song and within a few seconds you have the name of the track, artist and album you’re currently listening to. This works with the radio as well so you don’t even have to take off your headphones in that situation.
I have long been an advocate that Nokia get off their ass and replicate this application for their S60 powered devices, but my complaints fell on deaf ears. That is until now.
Where did I find it?
I immediately went off on a quest to find this application,
but my efforts were thwarted once I reached
Shazam’s website.
http://www.shazam.com/music/portal/sp/s/media-type/html/user/anon/page/default/template/pages/p/shazam_id.html
Not only does this company fail to provide a URL for a SIS file, you have to be a UK resident and send a premium SMS to get a download URL. Who do I know in the UK? The folks over at All About Symbian! I sent an email to both Rafe and Steve asking if they could help me out with this review by giving me the download URL and they did without hesitation, thanks guys.
The link is
http://www.shazam.com/shazamid
and you have to visit it in your mobile web browser. This should make typing it out a lot less painful:
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Let me convince you to download this!
Here is Shazam’s icon. I find it horrible, which is why I’m pointing it out, in hope that they change it in future versions:
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The splash screen is the first image on the top of this post, here is what you see after that disappears:
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When you click “Tag Now” the application automatically begins to record a short snippet of the audio currently playing. This takes around 5 seconds at best, I didn’t time it so don’t quote me on that:
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After it is finished Shazam will ask you to connect to the internet, in this case I selected my provider, Kolumbus:
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What is this young, single, mobile phone addict listening to? Rick Astley! The song name scrolls, artist name is right under that and the last line indicates the time when you clicked on “Tag Me.” One more thing, full album art! I’ll come back to what that 1/14 indicates:
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When clicking on “Share it,” a text message entry dialog pops up allowing you to send an SMS to a friend who might like, laugh at, or hate this song:
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RealTone doesn’t work for me, it just pulls up Shazam’s site, which is useless. Now what did that 1/14 indicate? MyMusic is a list of all the songs you identified. No clue as to the limit of items within that list. Yes I like Modern Talking, no I’m not gay:
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Moving one tab over to “TagChart” you can see the most popular songs people are trying to identify:
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That is all. A very simple application, it does 4 things: ID the song currently playing, list the songs you tagged, list the songs people are tagging the most and letting you share the name of that track with your friends.
Message to Nokia:
Clone this
Add the ability to “Download now via the Nokia Music Store”
Add the ability for me to identify songs currently playing on the radio
Let me see what songs my friends are tagging
Let me see what songs my country and other countries are tagging
Do it before Sony Ericsson does because they already have plans to implement everything I just said.
Update: A developer asked me if Shazam and TrackID poll the same database, they do, it is called Gracenote. I’ve also decided to throw in one more screenshot of some songs I had playing over my stereo:
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http://www.shazam.com/music/portal/sp/s/media-type/html/user/anon/page/default/template/pages/p/shazam_id.html
The fully-featured, full-fat enhanced version of Shazam's world leading music recognition technology now available as a downloadable smart application for Symbian operating system handsets
(see list below for details of handsets Shazam iD will work on).
Full-resolution sensitivity - cuts through background noise to sample the tune.
Twice as fast - fingerprint is taken 'on device'.
Can be used even if there's no network connectivity - the sample is stored and can be sent later.
View cover art.
Check and manage your tag list direct from your handset.
Share your tags with friends.
See the latest weekly Tag Charts on your mobile.
Download it and try it for FREE today!
Text SMART to 80805
You get a text with a link to the download. Click on the link.
Shazam checks that your phone is compatible.
The application gets downloaded to the appropriate folder in your phone!
Open it and start experiencing the next level of music recognition.
(UK only service.)
Trial version is free to use for a limited term. Terms apply.
Tips for successful downloading.
Make sure your wap browser settings allow downloads.
Shazam iD works on the following handsets
(Symbian 3rd Edition Mobile Devices)
Nokia E50
Nokia E60
Nokia E61
Nokia E61i
Nokia E62
Nokia E65
Nokia E70
Nokia E90
Nokia N71
Nokia N73
Nokia N75
Nokia N76
Nokia N77
Nokia N80
Nokia N91
Nokia N92
Nokia N93
Nokia N93i
Nokia N95
Download link for Symbian;
http://www.shazam.com/shazamid
InetTools- Free TrackID for Java J2ME Mobile Phones: Record Song using Mic to Identify/Recognise Track, Artist & Music Album
http://thinkabdul.com/2007/09/06/inettools-free-trackid-for-java-j2me-mobile-phones-record-song-using-mic-to-identifyrecognise-track-artist-music-album/
InetTools has released a free TrackID application for Java J2ME capable and MIDP 2.0 compatible mobile devices such as Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Blackberry and Palm.
TrackID is a free service that allows you to capture and record any music, song or sound clip through the mobile phone’s microphone, compare it to online digital signatures on Gracenote, and recognise/identify the media’s track, artist, and album info. I have previously mentioned TrackID for Nokia S60 and TrackID for Windows Mobile devices. Now you can enjoy the same on any Java J2ME mobile device.
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InetTools TrackID allows you to record a few seconds of a song using the mobile phone’s microphone and get the track, artist and album information within a few seconds.
Download TrackID for Java J2ME mobile phones here;
http://thinkabdul.com/2007/09/06/inettools-free-trackid-for-java-j2me-mobile-phones-record-song-using-mic-to-identifyrecognise-track-artist-music-album/
the htc touch cruise looks nice 8) and i need to try out that application
Nokia N82 press photos leak
http://www.intomobile.com/
Disclosure: I’m currently writing this from a hotel room at the Crowne Plaza in Helsinki, provided for me by Nokia, because tomorrow a few bloggers are invited to an event. You can only guess what we’re going to be playing with.
More picture here on Nokia’s Official Press site.
http://www.nokia.com/A4136017?category=n82#
Update Again: In case Nokia decides to take down the pictures that they accidentally posted early (you never know) I’ve went ahead and mirrored them on intomobile
Flickr account here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/devilsrejection/sets/72157603138752088/
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The very first N82 video!
http://www.youtube.com/v/Zw6P0GWHnxo&rel
Technical specifications
http://europe.nokia.com/A4674003
Operating Frequency
WCDMA2100 (HSDPA), EGSM900, GSM850/1800/1900 MHz (EGPRS)
Automatic switching between bands and modes
Dimensions
Volume: 90 cc
Weight: 114 g
Length: 112 mm
Width: 50.2 mm
Thickness (max): 17.3 mm
Memory Functions
Up to 100MB internal dynamic memory*
for messages, ringing tones, images, video clips, calendar notes, to-do list and applications
Hot swappable microSD memory card slot
*Dynamic memory means that the available memory is shared between dynamic memory functions. When any of these functions is used, there is less available memory for other functions which are also dependent on dynamic memory.
Power Management
Battery: Nokia Battery (BP-6MT) 1050mAH
Talk time: up to 190 minutes (WCDMA),up to 260 minutes (GSM)
Stand-by time: up to 210 hours(WDCMA),up to 225 hours (GSM)
Still images: up to 290 pictures (with flash)
Video capture: up to 110 minutes (VGA, 30fps)
Video call: up to 120 minutes
Video playback time: up to 200 minutes (VGA, 30 fps)
Music playback time: up to 10 hours(offline mode)
*Operation times may vary depending on radio access technology used, operator network configuration and usage.
Display
2.4" LCD QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) TFT color display with up to 16.7 million colors
User Interface
Operating system: Symbian OS
User interface: S60 3rd edition, Feature Pack 1
Automatic screen rotation
Call Management
Logs: keeps lists of your dialed, received, and missed calls
Voice dialing (with Speaker independent name dialing (SIND)) and voice commands
Nokia Push to talk (PoC)
Messaging
E-mail (SMTP, IMAP4, POP3), MMS, SMS
Data Transfer*
WCDMA HSDPA 2100 MHz with simultaneous voice and packet data (PS max speed DL/UL= 3.6Mbps/384kbps, CS max speed 64kbps)
Dual Transfer Mode (DTM) support for simultaneous voice and packet data connection in GSM/EDGE networks. Simple class A, multi slot class 11, max speed DL/UL: 177.6/118.4 kbits/s
EGPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 296 / 177.6 kbits/s
GPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 107 / 64.2 kbits/s
*Actual achieved speeds may vary depending on network support.
Imaging
Imaging and video
Up to 5 megapixel (2592 x 1944 pixels) camera, Carl Zeiss Optics: Tessar™ lens, MPEG-4 VGA video capture of up to 30 fps
Direct connection to compatible TV via TV-out or wireless LAN/UPnP
Front camera, CIF (352 x 288 pixels) sensor for video telephony
Video call and video sharing support (WCDMA network services)
Integrated xenon flash
Slideshow from gallery
One-click upload of photos & videos to web
Nokia XpressPrint: direct printing via USB(PictBridge), Bluetooth connectivity (BPP), and WLAN (UPnP) or via online printing
Mobile Video
Video resolutions: up to VGA (640 x 480 pixels) at 30 fps
Recording indicator
Audio recording: AAC (AMR for MMS)
Digital video stabilization
Video file format .mp4 (default), .3gp (for MMS)
White balance, scene and color tone setting
Zoom: Digital up to 10x (VGA up to 4x)
Front camera: CIF (352 x 288 pixels) sensor for video telephony
On-device video editing
Mobile Photography
Image resolution: up to 5 megapixels (2592 x 1944 pixels)
Auto focus
Amber colored auto focus assist light and recording indicator
Still image file format: JPEG/EXIF
Auto exposure - center weighted
Exposure compensation: +2 ~ -2EV at 0.5 step
White balance: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
Scene: automatic, user, close-up, portrait, landscape, sports, night, night portrait
Color tone: normal, sepia, black & white, negative, vivid
Zoom: digital up to 20x (5 megapixel up to 6x)
Xenon flash
On-device photo editing
Camera Specifications
Sensor: CMOS, 5 megapixel (2592 x 1944)
Carl Zeiss Optics: Tessar™ lens
F number/Aperture: F2.8
Focal length 5.6 mm
Focus range 10 cm ~ infinity
Macro focus distance 10-50 cm
Music
Music Features
Digital music player - supports MP3/AAC/eAAC/eAAC+/WMA/M4A with playlists
OMA DRM 2.0/1.0 & WMDRM support for music
Integrated stereo hands-free speaker
Stereo FM radio (87.5-108MHz) with Visual Radio support
Nokia Stereo Headset HS-43 in-box
Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0 with A2DP Stereo audio
Video Features
Video player - supports MPEG4, AVC/H.264, H.264, H.263, RV
OMA DRM 2.0/1.0 & WMDRM support for video
Resolution: MPEG4 VGA @ up to 30 fps scaled to QVGA on device or VGA in TV-out mode
Transfer your videos from compatible PC: Windows Media Player, USB mass-storage file transfer or Nokia Nseries PC Suite using full-speed USB 2.0 connectivity
Video Center
Pre-configured video services and dynamic expansion with new services
Video podcasting: find, subscribe, download, view with mobile device
RealPlayer media player
Full-screen video playback to view downloaded, streamed or recorded video clips
Supported video formats: MPEG-4, H.264/AVC, H.263/3GPP, RealVideo 8/9/10
Navigation
Integrated Assisted Global Positioning System (A-GPS)
Pre-installed Nokia Maps application and free downloadable maps*
*The service is available free of charge, although any data transferred over the network will incur charges from your network operator. To check the availability and cost of the service, contact your network operator or service provider.
Easy-to-use e-mail client with attachment support for images, videos, music and documents
Compatible with Nokia Wireless Keyboard SU-8W (sold separately)
Browsing
Full web browser support (HTML)
Digital home
Play video, music and photos on home media network - compatible TV, stereo and PC over WLAN/UPnP
Other Applications
Personal Information Management (PIM)
Advanced S60 PIM features including calendar, contacts, to-do list and PIM printing
Settings Wizard for easy configuration of e-mail, push to talk and video sharing
Data transfer application for transfer of PIM information from other compatible Nokia devices.
WLAN wizard
Connectivity
Integrated wireless LAN (802.11 b/g) and UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
Bluetooth wireless technology with A2DP stereo audio
USB 2.0 via Micro USB interface and mass storage class support to support drag and drop functionality
3.5 mm stereo headphone plug(Nokia AV Connector)and TV out support (PAL/NTSC)
Nokia Nseries PC Suite connectivity with USB, and Bluetooth wireless technology
Local synchronization of contacts and calendar to a compatible PC using compatible connection
Remote over-the-air synchronization
Send and receive images, video clips, graphics, and business cards via Bluetooth wireless technology
Standard Sales Package Contents*
Nokia N82
Nokia Battery BP-6MT
Nokia Travel Charger AC-5
Nokia Music Headset HS-43
Nokia Connectivity Cable CA-101
Nokia Video Connectivity Cable CA-75U
Nokia 2GB microSD Card MU-37**
*Sales package content may vary by region.
**Card pre-installation may vary by region.
8gb?? you on about the N95 8gb or memory cards?
Damn! i want that phone!!! 8)
Nokia N82 smartphone officially introduced
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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Eventually a long-awaited Nokia N82 smartphone got official.
The vendor positions the smartphone as a multimedia device optimized for photo capture, navigation and Internet browsing.
The smartphone really has powerful features.
To top it all the developer has implemented a new 3D multimedia menu in Nokia N82.
There is the support of automatic screen orientation (switching between portrait and landscape).
Naturally it supports Ovi services, including Nokia Music Store, N-Gage and Nokia Maps.
The sales of Nokia N82
have already started on main world markets.
The price makes up some 700-800$.
So you like it now?
Check out this N92 from China.
When first seeing the name, I thought this would be some Nokia ripoff but this isn't the case.
The phone has a design which combines black with chrome and features multicolor keypad lights.
http://justamp.blogspot.com/2007/11/n92-from-china.html
Here are the specs.
- 3 inch 16 million color QVGA touchscreen
- FM radio
- microSD support
- 2 cameras
- built in solar panel on the back
- measures 115x54x17 mm
- weighs 100 grams
It has a wannabe Windows Mobile UI and has the badge all over the phone.
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Sony Ericsson P5i concept
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
The Sefanatics has posted an interesting concept of Sony Ericsson P5i smartphone. The device is rumored to be on its way, however the manufacturer hasn’t made any official confirmation or provided official images. Taking into account (unconfirmed) info on an upcoming user’s interface UIQ (UIQ 4?) with figer control, the concept looks like to be true. It is equipped with a big display and has no keyboard. Most likely the mysterious Sony Ericsson P5i will be of this kind.
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who taught that thread would be 11 pages long! back on the subject :....and it ain´t over yet. :D
I went to the nokia webpage and there is no N82 and i was wonderinghttp://europe.nokia.com/A4646200
if the Nokia N82 will have good battery life cause my N73 is hard to beat battery wise!
Preview of UMTS-communicator HTC Touch Cruise
http://www.mobile-review.com/pda/review/htc-touch-cruise-en.shtml
Preface
The “rumor-it-fake-it” game is likely to become HTC’s trump very soon. For this, they have already taken some measures to cut off most leaks from inside the company. Another thing – indexes, and its pretty much tangled indexing system, whose consequences we witnessed with the HTC TyTN II, that got renamed a couple of times, dumping its numeric index and codename in favor of what it is today. Another example in this sense is the recently debuted HTC Touch Dual, that changed its name to the HTC Touch Slide a few days prior to the announcement (naturally, that’s the way it looked for consumers and the vast majority of journalists).
The announcement date of the HTC Polaris got postponed, and even though some info and images of this model were circulating around the Internet, the rumor had it that its design was bound to shape change before it hits the shelves. And let us be honest, after meeting the Polaris in person, we had pretty much similar feelings – it is design is a good example of what is called a “mixed bag”. But first things first.
One little thing of note. We had our mitts on a test sample, that’s why some data and results were omitted from this review, and some were impossible to prove due to a number of reasons. Check back when the communicator arrives on the market for our full battery of tests.
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Positioning
In many ways, the new device is positioned as a successor to one of the most sought-after communicators in the history of Windows Mobile – the HTC P3300 (Artemis).
Let’s start with the name. The HTC Polaris, which was its codename for a while, has a traditional numeric index as well – the P3650. The name it has assumed for the release day, the HTC Touch Cruise, has a couple of explanations to it. The first and the foremost – the company wants to speed up the development of the Touch series. On the tide of the HTC Touch success, they roll out a slider-type model in this range, and then come up with a navigation-savvy communicator.
This way, the target audience for the HTC Touch Cruise gets wider thanks to all users who have little idea of the brand itself, but have already played around or witnessed the HTC Touch in stores or borrowed it from friends. For these consumers, the brand isn’t of prime importance; the only thing that matters is that one of HTC’s models has literally got to them. And probably they can recall its name as well - the Touch. So that’s the thing the company aims to take advantage of. Mind the fact that the new communicator has nothing but a single word added to the original title – the HTC Touch. This “Cruise” suffix is very fitting as far as a navigation-savvy communicator is concerned.
Another reason for this name is more apparent – actually, they realized how important these names were a few months after the debut of the HTC P3300. Back then, over at HTC nobody really cared about codenames, that’s why it came as no surprise that the company’s hottest offering bore a very “recognizable” name – the P3300. Nevertheless, this communicator has always been known as the Artemis, although sold under its numeric index.
The timing in the case of the Cruise is also quite remarkable, for it came out roughly at the same time as the HTC P3300 a year ago. Interestingly, the HTC P3300 itself is still enjoying tidy sales and is not being withdrawn from the market. Perhaps it will be down the road, when the company will have its complete focus on the brand-new solutions. It has been a year since the P3300’s arrival and given that even for 2006 it wasn’t the most cutting-edge device around, a life cycle this long is quite something. In other words, right before the Christmas sales, the P3300’s time is about to run out, and that’s the moment when HTC launches its successor.
The users of the P3300 might well find the newcomer of some interest thanks to a substantial design revamp, refined software and hardware departments. On top of that, the Cruise is very likely to top their short-lists, since the original communicator, the P3300, is getting hopelessly dated these days.
And now, prepare, for we are taking a plunge to see what the HTC Touch Cruise has in stock for us.
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Design
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The side panels as well as the rear are made of soft-touch plastic, thanks to this the Cruise delivers a nice tactile feel. Its spines also feature chrome-like plastic insets, which is so like the P3300, the first device where HTC gave these plates a go.
The front fascia is a flat panel composed of two halves – the one on the top houses the communicator’s display mounted flush to the surroundings. And the bottom panel features the navigation cluster (more on which below).
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While the coating of the display area is transparent, the rest of the Cruise’s face is clad in mirror-like finish. The plastic here feels pretty durable and shouldn’t peel off, but we will reserve our final judgment until later – first sales and feedback will really show that it is made of.
The build quality is not something we can fault HTC for – the Cruise feels very sturdy, all details sit tight to each other.
Size, controls layout
The Cruise’s dimensions are typical of a device running Windows Mobile, but that’s all compliments it’s getting from us. The Touch Cruise is by no means the most pocket-friendly solution around, and in terms of its size ends up behind the P3300, as well as some other offerings:
HTC Touch Cruise – 110 x 58 x 15.5 mm, 130 g
HTC P3300 (Artemis) – 108 x 58 x 16.3 mm, 127 g
Glofiish X600 – 107 x 58 x 14.7 mm, 136 g
It weights a fraction more than the P3300. The Cruise readily slips into just about any pocket, be it your outerwear, jeans or trousers.
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Sitting at the top of the communicator’s face plate is an earpiece flanked by a secondary camera for video calls, which also serves for taking self-shots when you toggle to it while shooting. Inside the earpiece are two LED indicators.
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The one on the left glows in green or yellow notifying you of GSM and UMTS status (green), or new messages (yellow). Also it blinks in red when the battery charge level gets below 5%. The indicator mounted on the right stands for wireless connectivity – if it is blue, then the Cruise’s Bluetooth is currently enabled, green – WiFi, yellow – GPS.
The left-hand spine hosts a dedicated wireless connectivity manager button. Placed right beneath it is a slider-type volume control key with a smallish ridge in the middle allowing you to find it by touch and adjust the volume level every time you are having a call.
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Flipping over to the communicator’s right-hand side, you will find a memory expansion slot. The Cruise supports microSDHC (SD 2.0 standard) cards, meaning that it can easily handle any size available out there. The slot is covered with a flap linked right to the casing. However getting access to this socket is not particularly easy, but if you don’t swap memory cards too often, it is not all that crucial.
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Mounted at the base of this spine is a dedicated camera button, which is pretty stiff and given its surprisingly short travel, you might think there is not auto-focus position for it. But in fact, you need to press it, although with some effort, to make the autofocus kick in and to snap a picture you will need to push it into the casing even deeper.
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The button slightly sticks out from the otherwise flat surface.
The bottom right corner is occupied by a tight stylus silo. The stylus’s handle has a ledge, which you can hook to pull it out of its nest. The stylus itself is a standard HTC’s unit, meaning that it is neither long nor short. So if you have already grown fond of long and thick styluses of some PDA, then the Touch Cruise’s stylus will take some getting used to.
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The communicator’s base houses the ExtUSB socket for charging, data cable connections, as well as headsets or earphones (via a compatible adaptor). Not too far away from it is a microphone and a lanyard eyelet. Next to the microphone sits soft reset button slightly recessed into the casing.
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Controls
The navigation cluster is somewhat reminiscent of that found on the P3300, however, it ditches the innovative HTC RollR, even though the new device management system is quite similar. The scroll wheel has been carried over from the P3300, while the trackball has been replaced with a conventional mechanical key. On the other hand, unlike the P3300, where the scroll wheel only allowed you to page though lists, the one embedded in the Cruise also doubles as a four-way navigation key, so by pressing corresponding directions you can move around its menus. And this is important, since most games couldn’t get along with the P3300 because of its scroll wheel that couldn’t do this simple thing.
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The scroll wheel as well as the center key slightly protrudes from the casing. The wheel’s surface is made of textured plastic which, in a way, feels like metal. We have no particular complaints about these two controls – they were pretty much a cinch to use. On top of that the scroll wheel won’t go crazy and start spinning on its own, it takes a little effort to turn it around.
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Flanking the wheel are four buttons, which comes as a surprise for an HTC-branded phone if you remember its previous solutions. The company has omitted two traditional members of this cluster – OK and Start. However, it is not a shocking change, given that the Touch Cruise is positioned as the next step in the series of touchphones, where the original model had no keys on the casing but pick-up/hang-up buttons (HTC Touch).
All these buttons are housed on the lower panel and sit flush with the casing – basically, all you see are their captions, so you might think these are touch-sensitive, but you’ll be wrong. In fact, that’s the way they are designed – when you press one of them, it will feel exactly like a conventional mechanic key.
Right under the display are two dedicated keys for answering and rejecting calls. The row at the base of the cluster features shortcuts to Browser and Navigation app. All keys are evenly lit in light-blue (adequate brightness level makes for less eyestrain while in the dark), but the best thing about its backlighting is how the scroll wheel is illuminated.
Display
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Camera
The communicator comes installed with a 3 Mpix camera (CMOS) with auto-focus, which is the same module as that found in the HTC TyTN II. That’s why it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out these two cameras are totally identical in terms of image quality. To cut a long story short, the HTC Touch Cruise, as far as its camera options, settings and general image quality are concerned, is one of the best Windows Mobile powered communicators around.
The camera interface is similar to those found in the HTC TyTN II and the Touch Dual, down to the viewfinder mode, where you can access a stand-alone menu to make quick alterations to the camera’s essential settings. It is called up with one tap and removed from the display in a similar fashion. All settings are housed in a semi-transparent menu that pops up on the viewfinder’s screen.
The Cruise’s display also rooms all required thumbnails indicating what shooting modes have been activated. The top tow (from left to right) includes: current mode (still image, video, MMS video, sport, panorama, and portrait, multishot) and the number of shots left. All other options are available from the panel at the base of the screen that can be brought up by tapping it:
Current image resolution
White balance
Exposure settings
Storage place (internal memory, memory card)
Currently active camera (main on the rear or the one on the front plate).
Self-time
Video
The Cruise records video in MP4 (codecs: mp4v or h.263) at 30 frames per second. Sound is recorded with the sAMR codec at 128 kbps (sample rate – 8000 Hz, mono)
The following video resolutions are available with the communicator:
CIF – 352x288
High– 320x240
Normal – 176x144
Small – 128x96
Battery life
The Touch Cruise utilizes a 1350 mAh Li-Ion battery, which is the most commonly used unit among the today’s communicators.
The Cruise has a rated battery life of 400 hours of standby and up to 7 hours of talk time.
We will give this device’s cell a good run-through as soon as it starts shipping.
Performance
The HTC Touch Cruise is powered by the Qualcomm MSM 7200, just like the HTC TyTN II and the Touch Dual. Learn more about this platform in our thorough review of the HTC TyTN II.
The Touch Cruise’s CPU runs at 400 MHz. The communicator ships with 128 Mb of RAM, out of which around 100 Mb is available for applications and OS needs, though the system files occupy around 40 Mb of this volume, so you are down to roughly 60 Mb – this should be enough to allow for ten and more applications to run simultaneously on the Touch Cruise. The storage space that the user can manage makes 125 Mb, so you should experience no shortage in this department when it comes to installation of the most helpful and essential applications. And the rest can be thrown onto the memory card.
Connectivity
The handset seamlessly taps into GSM (850/900/1800/1900) and UMTS (850, 1900, 2100) networks. Both EDGE and HSDPA high speed data protocols are supported by the Touch Cruise. Its wireless connectivity options include Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. For PC synchronization and data transfer purposes you can use the miniUSB cable shipping with the handset, apart from its Bluetooth wireless connectivity. The Cruise employs USB 2.0 standard, whose speed, in theory, tops out at 480 Mbit/s, however in real life we copied a 10 Mb file onto the Cruise over USB in 9-10 seconds.
For managing all wireless interfaces, the Touch Cruise utilizes an application from HTC’s suite of apps – Comm Manager.
The communicator also comes with Bluetooth 2.0+EDR module and already-standard Microsoft’s drivers. Below is a rundown on the profiles available with the Touch Cruise and their purposes:
Generic Access Profile (GAP). Provides the basis for all other profiles.
Serial Port Profile (SPP). Emulates COM-connection of devices. Used mainly for synchronization with desktop PC, coupling external Bluetooth-gadgets, like Bluetooth GPS-receiver.
Object Push Profile (OPP). A basic profile for sending "objects" such as pictures, virtual business cards, or appointment details.
Hands-Free Profile (HFP). Connection of Bluetooth-headset and handsfree device.
Headset Profile (HSP). The most commonly used profile, providing support for the popular Bluetooth Headsets to be used with mobile phones.
Human Interface Device Profile (HID). Connection of Bluetooth-keyboard.
Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP). Sound transfer via Bluetooth.
Audio Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP). Music playback management via wireless headset.
Personal Area Network Profile (PAN). Network connection via Bluetooth, use for connection of a desktop PC to Internet through the communicator, replaces Dual-Up Networking profile..
SIM Access Profile (SAP). Allows connecting to a SIM card in a phone with Bluetooth, so the car phone itself doesn't require a separate SIM card.
File Transfer Profile (FPT)/ File Transfer Profile (FTP). Provides access to the file system on another device. This includes support for getting folder listings, changing to different folders, getting files, putting files and deleting files.
Handling a stereo-headset was very easy with the Touch Cruise – we had no problems pairing it with the device, nor did we experience any delays in sound or improper operation of controls. The sonic experience delivered by the communicator is pretty much fine, but if you are into music, wireless earphones may not be the best way to go.
GPS
Like all other components of the communicator, its navigation department builds upon the Qualcomm’s platform. The Touch Cruise’s navigator employs the gpsOne technology – in a word, this is a Qualcomm’s development, comprising a couple of tracking systems. In sum, there are four methods under its belt – satellites and three data processing systems (via your carrier’s network) The simplest of them serves for adjusting the satellite’s data, the second stands for data update and the third – full fledged data reception via the carrier’s network. MS (mobile station)-Based, MS-Assisted and MS-Assisted/Hybrid respectively.
However our focus here is the conventional navigation method – via satellites. To back up our words with some figures, we put the navigation front of the HTC Touch Cruise with its Qualcomm solution up against one of the market’s best navigation savvy solutions – the Mitac Mio A501 running on the SiRF Star III.
The Touch Cruise’s cold start time makes roughly a minute, after that, all next launches take less than 20 seconds.
Now on to the Touch Cruise’s positioning accuracy.
Impressions
The Touch Cruise does well on the reception front. The communicator comes with polyphony, however since a multitude of audio formats may be employed for ring tones, having it onboard is not vital at all. The volume of call alerts is average, which still proves sufficient to make ring tones audible in typical environments. Also, during our calls, we had no complaints about how loud the other party sounded, even when we were on a busy street or in a bus.
When the communicator starts shipping in Russia, it will go for around 700-800 USD, which is steeper than most thumbboard-less Windows Mobile solutions out there. New Gigabyte- and E-Ten branded solutions very rarely break the watermark of 700 USD. So if you face it off against other offerings currently available on the market, the HTC Touch Cruise won’t be a clear winner, and it is not the most technologically talented communicator around either. But that’s where other factors come into play.
First off, remember the first months of the HTC P3300’s sales, pre-Christmas and post-Christmas seasons – it never had a really bad downswing, even with its not exactly adequate price tag when it only debuted, and even these days. And in spite of that, people have been falling for it, actually a lot of people, generating some truly stellar sales for the market of Windows Mobile. What is the reason? In many respects, it was a run-of-the-mill solution, and HTC wasn’t trying to make a “do-it-all” solution or a mobile powerhouse of the P3300. Back when the company rolled out the P3300, they had a clear-cut strategy in mind, and this communicator has shown that the path they picked is, if not optimal, by far not the worst out there.
For many the P3300 was a handset and a navigator above all other things, and only then – a communicator, which is not something we have used to see with devices running Windows Mobile. The fact is most owners of these devices do know that they are using a Windows Mobile based solution. This paradigm got cracked with the P3300, and by establishing its Touch series, HTC is set to disrupt it for good. And that’s the standpoint you should apply when judging the Touch Cruise.
The HTC Touch Cruise is a style-conscious phone with touch-sensitive controls and some navigation-related smarts in the first place. Most of its users or let’s say potential users, won’t be pondering over its price/quality ratio, CPU speed or display resolution. Even though all these aspects are pretty decent here, especially keeping in mind that the QVGA resolution is available only with top-of-the-line models on the phone market.
The HTC P3300’s successor has turned out to be a pretty offering, despite its questionable design and a hefty price tag. The company is following the path it picked long ago, and makes everything possible to move towards the mass market with care and persistence.
The HTC Touch Cruise combines the abilities of Qualcomm’s new platform – pretty decent speed in menu and applications for navigation, potent camera and a tidy menu interface that can be managed with your fingers alone. As for its price, the Cruise is pretty much overrated, but will this mar its sales? Probably not.
Specifications:
Type: communicator
Form-factor: side-slider with screen tilting mechanism
Position in the range: above HTC P3300
Rivals: Glofiish X600, Mio A501
Materials used: plastic, soft-touch finish
Operating system: Windows Mobile 6 Professional
CPU: 400 Mhz based on the Qualcomm MSM7200
RAM: 128 Mb (100 Mb available to the user)
ROM: 256 Mb, 125 Mb available to the user
Connectivity: microSDHC (SDIO, any size), Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (A2DP), USB 2.0 for synchronization/charging, Wi-Fi (IEEE802.11b/g), proprietary headset socket, external GPS antenna slot
Display: TFT 2.8” (active area - 43.2x57.6 mm), 240x320-pixel resolution , 65 K colors, adjustable backlighting brightness (1 to 10 scale)
Extras: bundled Qualcomm (gpsOne) based GPS, FM-radio
Battery: detachable 1350 mAh Li-Ion (pol) unit
Dimensions: 110x58x15.5 mm
Weight: 130 g (battery included)
htc has the cell phone game on lock!
Thursday 15 November 2007 One million HTC Touch smartphones sold in five months
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml#16641
(http://www.mobilegazette.com/handsets/htc/htc-touch/htc-touch.jpg)
HTC has reported that HTC Touch sales exceeded one million mark at the end of October. Five months have passed since the market release in June. The company expects that total sales of the HTC Touch lineup, including HTC Touch Dual and Touch Color, will reach 1.5-1.8 million units by the end of 2007. Besides the company has recently unveiled another model of the lineup – HTC Touch Cruise.
Peter Chou, HTC CEO, marked that next year the company expects the revenues to grow 20% in 2008 compared to 11 million devices, supposedly sold by the end of 2007. Probably the launch of Android devices will add much to it.
Great news for game lovers - Lenovo i909 NES gaming phone with D-pad
http://www.cellphonebeat.com/entry/lenovo-i909-nes-gaming-phone-with-d-pad-great-news-for-game-lovers/
(http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2007/11/17/lenovo-i909-gaming-phone_7767.jpg)(http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2007/11/17/lenovo-i909-gaming-phone_7767.jpg)
Have a look at this new i909 NES gaming phone from Lenovo. This gaming phone has a D-Pad controller that allows us to play NES games on it.
Lenovo i909 is a well designed handset with following specifications:
1) 2.4″ 262K color QVGA TFT display,
2) 2 megapixel camera.
3) MicroSD memory card slot,
4) Mp3 and video player.
5) Dimensions: 111.4 × 50.2 × 15.5 mm.
6) Weight: 112.8 grams.
However, the people of china got the cake this time as Lenovo i909 NES gaming phone with D-pad is going to be available only in China for now. Let’s hope something of this kind comes to our hand too.
Philips Xenium 9@9k – battery life record
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
According to some Internet source, another Philips Xenium is about to be launched – the 9@9k. This handset stands out for a record long battery life on a single charge – about two months standby and 17 hours talk time. Other specs remain quite standard, even simple.
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/Philips%20Xenium%2099k1.jpg)
The device features GSM/GPRS (900/1800/1900 MHz) networks, a 1.8 240x320x65K color display, a VGA-camera, a microSD-slot, an FM-radio and Bluetooth interface. It measures 108x48x14 mm.
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/Philips%20Xenium%2099k2.jpg)
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/Philips%20Xenium%2099k3.jpg)
iNES NES/Famicom emulator ported to Symbian UIQ 3 Phones
http://www.intomobile.com/
(http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/ines.gif)
Symbian UIQ3 based smartphone owners, here’s some good news for you.
Now you will be able to enjoy all the NES games “back from the days” and revive the memories from your childhood.
Earlier, we saw other platforms (S60 , iPhone, etc) getting their share of the NES action and finally the wait is over.
So far, iNES http://fms.komkon.org/iNES/ has been only tested on the Motorola Z8 and we’re still not sure whether it will work on Sony Ericsson smartphones.
But even if it doesn’t work, I guess it’s safe to bet we’ll see the new version supporting UIQ’s touchscreen-based user interface in the near future.
Anyway, iNES emulates NES, Famicom, Dandy, Famicom DiskSystem, and various Nintendo and third party add-ons for iNES,
and you can either trial it for free or grab the full version for only $14.99.
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iNES 3.2 S60 3rd Edition released
NES for Symbian S60 3rd edition
http://fms.komkon.org/EmuSymbian/#iNES/
devices allows you to play good ol’ Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and Famicom cartridge games. In order for iNES to work, files with “.nes”, “.nes.gz”, “.fds” and “.fds.gz” extensions should be placed in “E:\Others\iNES” directory.
The new version fixes a few bugs in the sound chip emulation, adds the “draw all sprites” option to avoid the authentic but annoying sprite flicker, extends the built-in configuration menu, optimizes Symbian audio and video rendering, and adds saved preferences on Symbian.
(http://fms.komkon.org/EmuSymbian/snaps/fMSX/Undeadline.gif)
Full version of iNES-Symbian costs only $14.99, and gives you tons of fun. A free trial is available.
The Apple iPhone is now a Nintendo Entertainment System - native NES emulator for iPhone
http://www.intomobile.com/2007/08/07/the-apple-iphone-is-now-a-nintendo-entertainment-system-native-nes-emulator-for-iphone.html
We now have natively installed iPhone gaming applications,
exactly like we wanted!
http://www.intomobile.com/2007/08/04/first-third-party-native-iphone-application-developed-mobile-terminal.html
Google Code
http://code.google.com/p/iphonenes/
is hosting the iPhone NES emulation software,
iPhoneNES.
http://code.google.com/p/iphonenes/
The application is not some web-app game that has been optimized for the iPhone - this is a native application brought to us by
stepwhite.
http://code.google.com/u/stepwhite/
That means you don’t need a wireless connection to access some web-app, you can get your NES gaming fix in your mother’s basement underground bunker.
iPhone NES is based on the open-source
InfoNES core
http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley/5604/infones/
and will only play NES ROMs formatted with an iNES header.
iPhone hacker extraordinaire NerveGas (link dead) has optimized stepwhite’s software to run faster - the optimized version is also available for download through
Google Code.
http://code.google.com/p/iphonenes/
(http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/iphone-nes-emulator.jpg)
Download the applications at
Google Code,
http://code.google.com/p/iphonenes/
does the n.e.s. emu works for my n73?
does the n.e.s. emu works for my n73?
yes,Symbian S60 works.
I don't play that much games,so you're the one that have to test this one out and post a "review". ;-)
is there any place that i can download the whole version for free? that would be great i dont wanna pay for this!
the games are free,you use normal roms
i just tried it all nes,gb,gba,ms,gg and they all work fine the only problem is that
I tried the trial ( i dont wanna buy them :D ) and there is 5 red rectangle on the screen (it says : buy me) i will try to find the whole version for free
is there any place that I can download the whole version for free? that would be great i dont wanna pay for this!
the games are free,you use normal roms
Didn´t you just ask for;i just tried it all nes,gb,gba,ms,gg and they all work fine the only problem is that
I tried the trial ( i dont wanna buy them :D ) and there is 5 red rectangle on the screen (it says : buy me) i will try to find the whole version for freeis there any place that I can download the whole version for free? that would be great i dont wanna pay for this!
? ? ?
Anyways you know that you can hook the phone up to the TV and use the phone as a joystick?
so this means you can games and movies and hook them up where ever you go. :laugh:
TV Out 2: Using the Nokia N95 as a games console
http://www.youtube.com/v/hWek4jmkYnQ&rel
TV Out 1: How to turn your Nokia N95 into a desktop computer
http://www.youtube.com/v/bbU35ybA3Ow&rel
the games are free,you use normal roms
Didn´t you just ask for;i just tried it all nes,gb,gba,ms,gg and they all work fine the only problem is that
I tried the trial ( i dont wanna buy them :D ) and there is 5 red rectangle on the screen (it says : buy me) i will try to find the whole version for freeis there any place that I can download the whole version for free? that would be great i dont wanna pay for this!
? ? ?
Anyways you know that you can hook the phone up to the TV and use the phone as a joystick?
so this means you can games and movies and hook them up where ever you go. :laugh:
TV Out 2: Using the Nokia N95 as a games console
http://www.youtube.com/v/hWek4jmkYnQ&rel
TV Out 1: How to turn your Nokia N95 into a desktop computer
http://www.youtube.com/v/bbU35ybA3Ow&rel
the games are free but not the emulators ;)
i need a pda with a slide out qwerty keypad
leaning towards the htc tytn II
any alternative i should look at before buying?
can't find nothing at all!!! im gonna continue searching till i find something!
i need a pda with a slide out qwerty keypad
leaning towards the htc tytn II
any alternative i should look at before buying?
Nokia E90 is the closest at the moment,but it´s not a slide out phone;
(http://i.expansys.com/i/b/b146173.jpg)
You will fill find reviews and what not for both phones if you go back a couple of pages....
HTC S710 & HTC S730
are what im looking at now, only half the price of the tytn II
although the screen seems like it may be too small for when browsing the web?
S710
(http://www.techfresh.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/s710.jpg)
S730
(http://www.easydevices.co.uk/images/large_htc_s730.jpg)
Any input guys?
i wanted the tytn originally but its really not that much cheaper than the tytn II which caused me to change focus
its ridiculously overpriced for the outdated model it is
I need these features :
windows mobile
wireless card
slide out qwerty keypad
reasonable price (Unlocked)
Good long lasting battery...i want to be able to browse the net and stay logged in aim without the battery dying after an hour
the tytn and tytn II model seem to be quite large, which would be a pain carrying around
any other brands i should be looking at for these features? or do htc have it on lock?
thanks for the help
that i-mate looks great, reminds me of the side kick
just checked the price on the 2 phones u posted pics of they run for 600-800. thats probably too much for me but those phones do look great. i dont know what it is about these phones but add a slide out qwerty keypad and they cost 2-300 more lol its crazy these damn things are too expensive!
gonna go through the rest of the links and read up. Thanks!
HTC 710
(http://www.htc.com/product/PRODUCTS_IMAGES/s710_141x228.jpg)
http://www.htc.com/product/03-product_s710.htm
Processor
TI's OMAP™ 850, 201 MHz
HTC 730
(http://www.htc.com/product/PRODUCTS_IMAGES/s730_141x228.jpg)
http://www.htc.com/product/03-product_s730.htm
Processor
Qualcomm® MSM 7200, 400MHz
sorry but its all about the HTC TyTN II if you want a device with a slide out keyboard. The S710 is cool but personally i think the screen is too small and I like having a touch screen too much...
sorry but its all about the HTC TyTN II if you want a device with a slide out keyboard. The S710 is cool but personally i think the screen is too small and I like having a touch screen too much...
personally i dont think id ever use or even want to use the touch screen feature
but like you said that screen does look small.
the htc tytn would probably have way more features and capability than i even need but 500 euros for that? kind of pricey. that would be like buying a ps2 for 150 less than the ps3 price...
this is such a headache lol
Good point, i was just looking through expansys website
Noticed the E-TEN Glofish M700 is actually cheaper than the HTC S730
I have no clue about these new phones, i have had the same phone since about 2003 and its not really working too much anymore lol so i appreciate all the help
im still searching for a free ines but cant find one :boohoo:
what's the best phone out there that has...
Good Camera, Good Vid record, Wifi, Bluetooth?
whats the vid record like on the HTC tytn 2?
The N95 has the video recording on lockdown really, real shame there isn't a xenon flash for stills like on the sony models...
(http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/psp.jpg)
http://justamp.blogspot.com/2007/12/new-sony-ericsson-psp-phone-concept.html
TryPhone allows you to test-drive handsets before buying them
http://www.intomobile.com/
(http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/tryphone-234.jpg)
If you’re shopping for a new mobile phone,
you’ll certainly like the new service called TryPhone. http://www.tryphone.com/
As you can guess from the name, it allows you to test-drive a mobile phone before actually buying one.
In addition, you can read the official specs as well as other people’s reviews about each of the devices presented.
The bad thing about TryPhone, is that at the moment they only allow you to try four devices,
including Samsung Juke (carried by Verizon), LG Muziq (Spring), BlackBerry Pearl (T-Mobile and others) and Apple iPhone (AT&T).
It seems they’ve focused on the bestsellers for a start,
but it’s kinda safe to presume we’ll see them announcing support for more phones in the near future…
iPhone Playstation emulator coming soon!
http://www.intomobile.com/page/2/
Forget about GameBoy and NES emulators — your iPhone can do much more.
Apparently, soon we’ll have the full Sony Playstation emulator available for both the iPhone and iPhone Touch.
(http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/snap_033252.jpg)
The developer “zodttd” is working on the software called PSX4iPhone, and according to him users could expect that up to 75% of the original games work with the emulator. In addition, he’s saying the application will support the memory card, but warns there’s still work to be done regarding the saved states…
Interested? Sure you are! It’s still not available for the non-developers, but a public beta should hit its website anytime soon…
Sony Ericsson PSPhone spotted in Stuff Magazine?
http://www.intomobile.com/page/2/
(http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/psp-phone.jpg)
Paul Sinclair from PSP World http://www.pspworld.com/sony-psp/news/sony-ericsson-psp-phone-could-it-really-be-007959.php
says that he has noticed Sony Ericsson PSPhone ad or article in UK’s Stuff magazine.
According to the image above which we took from a YouTube video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf1Z3vJPKPc
Sony Ericsson agrees with our stand that their upcoming gaming phone should have a dual-sliding form factor.
http://www.intomobile.com/2007/12/10/sony-ericsson-psp-phone-should-be-the-dual-sliding-device.html
Still, we’ve no any confirmation from the Swedish-Japanese handset maker whether this is a real deal or yet another Photoshop rendering. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for the former…
(http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/psp.jpg)
http://justamp.blogspot.com/2007/12/new-sony-ericsson-psp-phone-concept.html
psp phone? damn! is it gonna use umd?
it's look to cool to be true lol but a phone like this would be awsome!
a REAL game phone.
N-Gage was a good idea but the product was :tosser:
umd : universal media disc (http://www.mygadgetbag.com/Portals/0/storyimages/UMD.jpg)
thx for the small review!!! now i need to buy one! 8)
1 thing i forgot to ask is:
is the battery life better on the n82 than n95?
i know i'm late..
But how much will an Iphone cost in Europe???
MetroPCS offers Samsung R410 QWERTY-handset
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/Samsung%20R410.jpg)
The American operator MetroPCS has launched Samsung R410 mobile phone. The company’s site has posted some info about it. This is a side slider with two keyboards: a numeric and a QWERTY. The latter is highly appropriate for SMS-messaging. Taking into account the rest features we have a simple phone – a VGA camera and Bluetooth support. Samsung R410 is listed for $199 and available in Red and Black colors.
Details on Sony Ericsson Z660i clamshell
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/Sony%20Ericsson%20Z660ilf.jpg)
We’ve recently mentioned that Sony Ericsson is rumored to prepare an ultra slim clamshell Z660i. In addition the source shared a possible design. Now we have more details about the new product. Firstly, the “live” picture is very like the image. Secondly, Sony Ericsson Z660i is based on A200 platform, supports 3G networks (HSDPA included), a 2-megapixel camera and an FM-radio. These are preliminary details, the company hasn’t yet made an official confirmation.
Motorola Z12 handset with Kodak 5-megapixel camera
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/X%20PIXL%20Z12.jpg)
The Chinese-language IT168 has posted a picture of a new Motorola’s mobile phone with a 5-megapixel camera by Kodak. According to the source, this is a slider called X PIXL Z12. The new model has been already mentioned as a part of Motorola 2008 roadmap. The company has really reamed up with Kodak to add a 5-megapixel camera with xenon flash. We don’t know for sure whether the photo was true or it was just a presentation based image. At least, we have a slight imagination of Motorola Z12 phone.
SKY IM-S300 romantic handset
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
Pantech has introduced its Romantic Wave Slim Phone (SKY IM-S300) in Korea. Its design features smooth curve lines. The device is packed in a slider form-factor with the numeric keyboard, equipped with a 2.2” display, a 1.3-megapixel camera, an integrated MP3-player and e-dictionary. SKY IM-S300 is already available in Korea at 400000 Won (about €297).
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/IM-S3001.jpg)
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/IM-S3002.jpg)
Early live pics of Nokia N96 smartphone
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
At our English-language forum you can see live pics of a new Nokia smartphone marked N96. It looks like Nokia N81, though the form is close to Nokia N95: the numeric keyboard sliding from the bottom and the panel sliding from the top (it is empty on the photo, so we don’t know its destination, probably it carries sensor media player buttons). Taking into account the pictures, Nokia N96 is powered by S60 3rd Edition FP2 (Symbian OS 9.5), the platform hasn’t been announced yet. The rear panel hides a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens and dual LED flash. The source hasn’t provided more details about the specs or the release date.
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/Nokia%20N961.jpg)
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/Nokia%20N962.jpg)
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/Nokia%20N963.jpg)
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/Nokia%20N964.jpg)
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/Nokia%20N966.jpg)
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/Nokia%20N967.jpg)
mobile phone offers nes emulation, mystery windows key
http://technabob.com/blog/2007/12/19/mobile-phone-offers-nes-emulation-mystery-windows-key/
Here’s a suspicious looking mobile phone from China that manages to infringe on at least a couple of prominent brands in one feature-packed device.
(http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/ztc_8898_mobile_photo.jpg)
When opened up, the ZTC 8898 mobile not only looks mimics of the looks of HTC’s QWERTY phones, it claims to “simulate” 8-bit NES games too. If that’s not enough potential copyright violation, there’s mysterious Windows and Internet Explorer logos on the keyboard.
(http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/ztc_8898_mobile_photo2.jpg)
The jam-packed GSM/GPRS phone has two color LCD displays (and at least the one on the outside has a touchscreen), bluetooth connectivity and has dual SIM card slots too. In addition it offers audio and video media players, e-mail and internet connectivity. In keeping with the kitchen sink feature list, there’s also a 1.3 megapixel camera and six pint-sized speakers built in.
If you’re willing to take a gamble, the whole package is available from DealExtreme for $189 USD.
LOL @ wap browser. when was the last time you used a cell phone?
(http://i2.tinypic.com/645ip7c.png)
So lets go ahead and open opera and check my myspace.
(http://i10.tinypic.com/4xyj1c4.png)
(http://i11.tinypic.com/3ygrb6c.png)
keep trying buddy.. 8)
(http://homepage.mac.com/ejrizo/iphonemyspace.jpg)
(http://homepage.mac.com/ejrizo/iphonemyspace2.jpg)
(http://homepage.mac.com/ejrizo/iphonemyspace3.jpg)
Analyst: Apple iPhone screen problems may get worse - the dreaded "dead strip"
http://www.intomobile.com/2007/08/10/analyst-apple-iphone-screen-problems-may-get-worse-the-dreaded-dead-strip.html
(http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/iphone-dead-screen-display-strip.jpg)
Just when we thought it couldn’t get worse (seriously, we thought it would stay an isolated and rare defect), Nomura International analyst, Richard Windsor released a note to clients indicating that the iPhone’s “dead strip” display problem could become more widespread.
Apple bought the rights to the screen technology used in the iPhone from a Finnish firm. Finnish firm reported that usage led to the same unresponsive display problems after some time. Apparently, 3 to 6 months of “extensive use” would start to degrade the technology and cause a lose of sensitivity to touch-inputs. This suggests that the relatively new iPhone fleet in the US could start to exhibit similar problems with time.
With technologies as advanced as multi-touch, and production volumes as large as they are, hardware faults could very reasonably start to crop up.
We’ll keep a close eye on this problem for you guys, but should you find yourself facing the dreaded “dead strip,” drop us a line and let us know. Seriously, we’d appreciate it.
Update
The iPhone does not use heat chemical deposition technology, nor does it detect inputs based on heat.
[Via: The Inquirer]
Coming in 2008: iPhone battery rot?
http://scobleizer.com/2007/12/14/coming-in-2008-iphone-battery-rot/
Just picked up Patrick and turns out his iPhone is only lasting a few hours now in standby mode without doing anything on it!
So, it’s going into the shop tomorrow. Damn, we sure have a lot of problems with Apple stuff. On the other hand, Dave Winer’s Mac just died and he thinks that only means one thing: a new Mac is coming soon. Well we already KNOW a new iPhone is coming soon, so maybe Dave has a point? Me? Now I know why I keep my Nokia around.
Anyone else having problems with iPhone battery life?
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Nope. Mine is doing great. Bought it the first day it came out and have been using it like nuts.
Comment by Frank Gilroy — December 14, 2007 @ 8:17 pm
I love my Nokia N82! Using it to take pictures, movies and live blog is great, but the best part is I can carry 3 or so batteries in my pocket and not have to worry about being in a situation where I’m without connectivity.
Comment by Stefan Constantinescu — December 14, 2007 @ 8:26 pm
[…] Robert Scoble’s kid Patrick has an iPhone that isn’t lasting as long as it was on day one, something that batteries always seem to do. Mobile phones with multimedia capabilities inside tend to wear out batteries quite rapidly. I’ve had my N95 since August and I’m already up to my second battery. What will happen when people who own the iPhone can’t make it through the day? Will 2008 be the year that a huge wave of consumers sue Apple for their faulty batteries like they did back in 2005? […]
Pingback by 2008: Year of the Apple iPhone battery rot — December 14, 2007 @ 8:47 pm
No problems here. I’ve noticed that with the 1.1.2 firmware, the wifi finder is a bit active and tends to run things down a bit quickly. Aside from that, seems fine - got it launch day.
Comment by Brian Lewis — December 14, 2007 @ 9:02 pm
– we sure have a lot of problems with Apple stuff –
Yep, between the two of you, you’ve had more trouble than any 100 Mac/Apple owners I’ve ever known. You don’t live in the same area so it’s probably not the water but it has to be something.
Comment by PXLated — December 14, 2007 @ 9:04 pm
No problems here. With average use (about 1 hour a day email/web/phone & 30 minutes or more music playing), I only plug in my iPhone every two days or so and it still has nearly 1/2 charge.
Comment by Mike Cohen — December 14, 2007 @ 9:49 pm
…and it’s reasons like this why I don’t have a iPhone and have not considered another Mac. In fact, I just bought a (heavily discounted thanks to Black Friday specials) PC based laptop.
-A
Comment by Adam — December 14, 2007 @ 10:15 pm
Yes. The same issue here, but even less. I am done with it, sadly. Given that I am in the presence of other sufferers, I feel compelled to gripe that of the last 3 Apple purchases I made - all three failed. Two laptops and now this. Failed in the sense of expectations.
As a long time developer, primarily on the Win platform (primarily web based apps), I wanted to make the move to Apple. I wanted to do so in order to not only enjoy a different, sexy OS, but also to more easily test, and frankly to enjoy a different feel. While I had used Apples, I had not purchased one since pre-Win 95.
But as stated in the Godfather - every time I try to get out, they pull me back in. The first laptop (this past summer) had heating issues. I then got the new Santa Rosa MacBook Pro and not only did it have heat issues, but the vid card was bad.
It should not be so hard to leave the non-Apple systems. It is not even about dumping Windows, since Bootcamp gets rid of that. Sigh. Three strikes and you are out perhaps, but damnit, I find myself wanting to try again because it seems as though I am missing out (and practically speaking - I want to be exposed to the platform and testing).
But I am not going to keep burning myself literally and otherwise, because as they say, when you continuously repeat the same act over and over again as though the results are going to be different and they are not…
Comment by benb — December 14, 2007 @ 10:26 pm
Dave Winer posts about problems with Apple. Scoble posts about problems with Apple. Must be a few weeks since the last lot of “Apple, oh Apple, woe is me. Thee has let me down for the last time” posts.
Comment by Diego — December 14, 2007 @ 10:38 pm
Say it with me: The singular form of data is not anecdote.
That was a real link-baiting headline, Robert. I expected better of you :-)
Comment by Tim — December 14, 2007 @ 10:40 pm
Yep, I’m having the same problem too. At the moment my phone seems to last a day with quite low usage. I suppose I’ll have to take mine into Apple as well.
If only they had user-replaceable batteries. :(
Comment by Sina — December 14, 2007 @ 11:14 pm
Call Apple. Since the iPhone is less then a year old, I am sure it is eligible for a free battery replacement.
Comment by Chris — December 15, 2007 @ 6:17 am
If only they had user-replaceable batteries — and then you’d be bitching about how thick the iPhone is.
Scoble, you and I must represent the ying and yang of Apple ownership. In 10 years: 4 notebooks and 2 desktops, 4 iPods, 2 airport base stations, and one iPhone I have used Apple’s warranty zero times. I have experienced no dead pixels, no death on delivery, no failed keyboards. Nothing - every piece of equipment is either still functioning in my possession or working when I sold it. (And in that litany of ownership, those aren’t all mine, they are the family’s, I’m not replacing iPods and computers every year - personally, it is more like every 30 - 36 months.)
Comment by david — December 15, 2007 @ 7:51 am
To all the suckers who clicked, to all the Apple haters here to get their daily dose, to all the commenting Microsoft BlackPR A holes, and to Robert (who is now a little richer), have a merry Christmas and happy new year-from Zato.
Comment by zato — December 15, 2007 @ 8:40 am
brand new iPhone is in standby mode (not sim unlocked for my network yet) and hsa WiFi off, over night loses half its charge. SUCK MY APPLES!
Comment by btard — December 15, 2007 @ 8:52 am
My iphone battery is working fine. Haven’t missed a call yet. Can’t say that about my previous phone.
Hey on another note- what ever happened to that Surface crap that MS was going to launch supposedly this year??? That should have been voted the worst vapor-ware of 2007!
Comment by lrd — December 15, 2007 @ 9:50 am
1 iPhone, 2 MBP’s, 3 iMac’s, and a Mac Pro along with a display over the last two years between home and office purchases. No problems to date. My 3rd gen iPod kept having hard drive problems but Apple kept replacing. I don’t keep the wifi on for the iPhone very much as our office wifi is a pain to attach to. I do keep the Bluetooth on all the time. Battery life is very good for me.
I think your problem is user error ;-)
Comment by Sam — December 15, 2007 @ 10:45 am
My iPhone’s battery is doing fine — I use it very heavily, but it is yet to run out on me before the overnight charge.
I have a feeling that a lot of the people having battery problems have jailbroken phones running badly designed apps. Certainly true in the case of one of my colleagues. (Like #15’s post — no doubt his iPhone keeps trying to connect to a GSM/Edge network all night long thus his battery runs down.) It’s amazing how people don’t put two and two together.
Comment by Ted T. — December 15, 2007 @ 2:23 pm
OK this could indeed be a problem but let me add that so is the battery in the last two LG phones I’ve owned in the past couple of years. Oh yes, there’s also the failure of my Vaio Laptop battery that gives me about 25 min instead of 4 hours. If it is a problem Apple should have done what the other gadget manufacturers do - make sure no one notices until the warranty is up in a year. :-)
Comment by courtney benson — December 15, 2007 @ 3:17 pm
I know 2 people with iPhones, one doesn’t have a problem with it, only because she uses it only for phone calls. As for my mum, her battery doesn’t last beyond a 16-hour day, but she takes a lot of pictures.
Comment by Prolific Programmer — December 15, 2007 @ 4:45 pm
This may not be what’s causing Patrick’s problems, but one issue that’s arisen with a couple of iPhones in my circle of friends has had to do with wifi. Our iPhones burned through the battery every day if we left wifi turned on, especially in Mountain View where there is a relatively week and constant Google municipal wifi signal. Turning wifi off eliminated the problem entirely.
Just a felt sense, but it seems that our phones used up a lot of energy negotiating connections with weak/transient wifi signals. When used in the presence of a strong wifi connection, wifi doesn’t affect battery life noticeably.
Comment by Eric Miraglia — December 15, 2007 @ 11:28 pm
Bought my iPhone release day, use it every day to listen to podcasts on the bus on the way to work and on the way back (hour each way). Use it to surf ad email all that time. Use it as my phone, plug it in each night. I am not seeing any reduction in battery life I have noticed if I accidentally have a javascript heavy page that does quirky stuff and I leave it open and return to the main menu (not quitting the browser by holding down the home button nor closing the page), the battery will run down quicker.
Comment by Eytan — December 16, 2007 @ 3:01 am
Same here. Battery is more than half empty in the morning, fully charged when going to bed. But I suspect it could have something to do with 3rd party apps, such as the Last.fm client Mobile Scrobbler that’s running in the background. And leaving SSH on seems to be eating away the battery life as well. So, I’m trying to single out the issue that’s really causing the battery drain.
Comment by Jaap — December 16, 2007 @ 4:59 am
No problems here in the Uk - mine seems fine, but battery life is one of the things I have listed as a needed improvement.
Comment by Jon Moss — December 16, 2007 @ 5:09 am
Third party apps are obviously going to affect it - not because of any lack of skill on the part of the developer because they’re working new technology which is as yet undocumented. I noticed my battery was draining about 30% overnight so I turned off the email checking automatically every 15 minutes. Funnily enough it stopped me being woken by the device at 2 am because someone wanted to sell me cheap whatevers! Bonus!
The lack of “sleep” has to be major too. iPhone is always awake.
Comment by mj — December 16, 2007 @ 5:11 am
Robert,
Do you know if Patrick has tried re-calibrating his iPhone’s battery (i.e. full charge followed by a full discharge)? I think it will help.
Comment by Siamak — December 16, 2007 @ 7:49 am
I’d like to know how many of those phones are jailbreaks. 3rd party apps can cause bad things to happen. Yea, that’s what I thought.
Don’t blame Apple for poorly designed SW.
Comment by Bizarro Ballmer — December 16, 2007 @ 1:46 pm
My partner and I have had our iPhones since the Friday after the release day. Neither of us is having battery problems. I charge mine most nights, but I do a lot of edge surfing and typically 1-2 hours of iPod listening every day, along with the occasional phone call and playing games like iSolitaire. My partner charges his phone every 3 or 4 nights but does relatively little with his during the day.
We both leave the wifi and bluetooth off except when we’re actually using them. I found that the worst offender on battery life was allowing the iPhone to tell me when it had found new hotspots so I almost never use that feature…again, unless I need it.
We both follow rechargable best practices and try to do a full-drain-and-charge roughly once a month. The biggest problem I have is actually waiting for my phone to shut down when the battery dies; I usually let it play some video while the wifi is turned on to help it along.
Comment by jburka — December 18, 2007 @ 8:37 am
Mine (which I bought this summer) was doing ok, but today both of my chargers are ceasing to work. The “battery charging” symbol turns on but then it changes to the “plug” symbol and no charge — neither with the computer cable nor with the wall charger.
Anyone else encountered this problem?
Argh!
iPhone and iPod Playstation Emulator Released
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Earlier this December, we reported that the unofficial Playstation emulator for the Apple iPhone and iPod, psx4iPhone,
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^ I've had my iPhone from day one, just like E.J. Rizo... absolutely no problems. Best phone I've ever owned. Hope the repair works out for you.
is there a big difference between 2 & 3g?
I dont want to spend 300 if an important feature is outdated
E-TEN Glofiish M700
It used to be HTC had a monopoly on that clever side-slider QWERTY keyboard design for Windows Mobile Pocket PC phones. The HTC Wizard (T-Mobile MDA, Cingular 8125) and the HTC Apache (Verizon XV6700 and Sprint PPC-6700) were the first and they were extremely popular. HTC continues the trend with their TyTN (sold as the Cingular 8525 in the US) and a few upcoming models. But none have a GPS. Enter E-TEN and their Glofiish M700 which has an internal SiRF Star III GPS along with every other feature you can cram into a Windows Mobile Pocket PC phone. Think of it as the keyboarded sibling to the Glofiish X500 we recently reviewed, since most every feature is identical. Like the X500, the Glofiish M700 has a 400MHz Samsung CPU, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR, WiFi 802.11b/g, a 2megapixel camera, and is a quad band unlocked GSM phone with EDGE for data. It also features the same excellent E-TEN value added software and some of the X500's quirks. You'll notice similarity in our reviews of these two devices since they are in many ways identical.
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Design, Ergonomics and Keyboard
But lets start with the important difference: the form factor. The M700 looks like your average reasonably compact Pocket PC phone with a 2.8" touch screen. But there's a side-sliding keyboard hiding in that compact casing: slide the display right to reveal the keyboard. The keyboard is quite similar to the Cingular 8125 and 8525's: broad, roomy and nicely domed keys. They're backlit in light blue and have a line blue LED light running between each row of keys, in typical cool E-TEN fashion.
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Two very small Windows Mobile softkeys flank the keyboard (we'd like them to be larger), and the keyboard has dedicated Windows Start Menu and OK keys. The number bad is embedded in the keyboard, and is a darker shade of gray to make them easier to find quickly. To enter a number, press the Function key first (that's the key with a red dot at the lower left hand corner). The Fn key is sticky so you need not hold it down at the same time you're pressing the desired number or symbol, and a double press of the Fn key turns on Fn lock (another double-press turns it off).
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The M700 is very close in size to the HTC Wizard and its variants, though the screen looks smaller relative to the casing on the M700. The keyboard slider has no jiggle or wiggle and it locks securely open and shut. Only time will tell if the slider stays tight (the Wizard's tended to get loose over time). The Glofiish is well made and put together, but it's clearly a very plasticy device. If you love gadgets that look and feel expensive, the M700 may not suit you. That said, plastic is plastic-- regardless of whether you buy a plastic device that looks high end or not so high end. While the Glofiish might come up second class in looks, it's just as good in terms of actual function and build quality.
On the front you'll find GPS and Home Menu quick launch buttons above the display, with the earpiece centered between them. The M700 has standard Windows Mobile softkeys below the display and call send and end buttons that flank a square d-pad with center action button. Unfortunately, there are no dedicated OK or Windows Start Menu keys on the front face (these would speed up one-handed operation).
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Volume up and down buttons as well as the voice command button and a stereo 2.5mm headset jack live on the device's left side and the camera and power buttons are on the right side. As with the X500, we found ourselves constantly accidentally activating voice command since the button is easy to press and is right where you grasp the device to pick it up. The stylus slot is at the bottom right hand corner and the MicroSD card slot and USB sync/charge port are on the bottom as well.
The camera lens, flash and self portrait mirror are on the PDA's back, with the speakerphone grill just to their right. The battery lives under a large plastic door on the back that's more easily removed if you pull the stylus out first, and the SIM lives under the battery. There's a battery release latch that you'll need to slide down before removing the battery. A rubber ridge runs across the back of the phone which makes for more gentle landings on hard surfaces.
In the Box
E-TEN includes the M700, a stylus, Lithium Ion battery, world charger (same mini USB connector, amperage and voltage as recent HTC phones), USB sync cable (the Glofiish supports USB charging), a black horizontal leather case with belt clip, software CD with ActiveSync and Outlook 2002, printed guide and a stereo earbud headset with inline mic.
Phone Features, Data and Reception
The Glofiish M700 is an unlocked GSM quad band phone that will work with any GSM carrier. It supports the 850/900/1800/1900Mhz bands, which are all the bands used in the world, and it has EDGE (but no 3G for data). Reception is good on the 1900MHz and 850MHz bands used in the US and we tested the Glofiish with both T-Mobile and Cingular SIM cards. Though RF isn't as strong as the T-Mobile Dash (an RF champ), it's better than average. Incoming voice quality using the built-in earpiece is good though not fantastic (the Treo 750 gets that honor) and volume is good as well, and similar to the HTC TyTN / Cingular 8525. Outgoing voice using the integrated mic is average with decent volume but some call recipients commented that we were definitely not landline clear. The bundled headset works well for calls and doubles as stereo headphones for multimedia playback.
Download speeds are good by EDGE standards and the M700 averaged 152k on DSL Reports mobile speed test. Mobile versions of Internet Explorer and Outlook are included on the device and they're a standard on all Windows Mobile phones and PDAs. Since the Glofiish runs Windows Mobile 5 with AKU 3.2 it supports MS Direct Push email for use with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2 or newer.
The M700 offers the same useful phone software found on prior E-TEN Pocket PC phones and the Glofiish X500. The Phone settings applet allows you to switch between 900/1800 MHz (Europe and Asia) and 850/1900 (US). It also offers the usual Windows Mobile settings for manual/automatic network selection, call waiting, call barring, caller ID and call forwarding. The Glofiish has two forms of speed dial, one of which is basically the traditional kind that can hold up to 99 numbers (unassigned slots are filled with most recently called numbers, ordered by how frequently you've called them) and another called Index Dial which shows you each letter of the alphabet. Tap on a letter to quickly see all the contacts whose first names start with that letter. This is much faster than scrolling through your Contacts list, though you have that option as well.
The Glofiish M700 comes with Voice Commander 2.0, a voice recognition system made by Cyberon that's identical to that found on the Glofiish X500. Voice Commander works for voice dialing (by name or digits) and issuing voice commands to the PDA, i.e.: "start calendar", "today's appointments" or "what can I say?" to bring up help and a list of possible commands. The application uses speech recognition so you need not record voice tags, though you can record them if you wish to improve recognition for challenging commands. The Settings app allows you to turn recognition on or off for applications installed on the device, record tags (if you desire, it's not required) and set sensitivity. Though there's a "Music" tab, there are no options for music. Voice Commander works reasonably well, and it works with Bluetooth headsets, though you must press the voice dialing button on the phone rather than initiate it from the headset.
Horsepower and Performance
We like the Samsung family of XScale compatible processors: they're fast and use less power than many of Intel's 400MHz processors. The M700 and Glofiish X500 share the same Samsung SC32442 CPU, and older E-TEN models relied on 400MHz Samsung processors that got great benchmarks compared to other similarly clocked Pocket PCs. The device is responsive by Windows Mobile standards and the CPU is more than up to demanding tasks such as gaming, mapping, video playback and rendering web pages quickly. Though it lacks a dedicated graphics chip, the M700 did a good job with video playback of clips in encoded in the 300-500kbps range.
The X700 has 128 megs of flash ROM (standard for Windows Mobile Pocket PC phones) with 69 megs available to store files and additional programs. E-TEN's value added programs (installed at first boot) take up 18.51 megs of space, leaving 51 megs free (you can remove any of these programs if you wish). The phone has the standard 64 megs of RAM (used like RAM in your computer) with just under 32 megs free just after boot. For additional storage the M700 has a MicroSD card slot located on the device's bottom edge. The smartphone is compatible with cards up to 2 gigs in capacity. The M700 runs Windows Mobile 5, AKU 3.2 and the ROM version on our phone is WWE 052 0300.
GPS
The Glofiish M700 has a SiRF Star III GPS with an internal antenna (identical to the Glofiish X500's right down to bugs and software, so both share the same review copy). It comes with a GPS viewer application but no mapping or guidance software, so you'll need to provide your own copy of CoPilot, TomTom or whatever Windows Mobile software you prefer. The M700's GPS has impressive reception-- in fact remarkable given the internal antenna. It managed to pick up 9 satellites in the first story of a two story brick building when we were within 10 feet of a window. The included basic GPS application has a lovely satellite view that shows satellites in view (tracked satellites appear in blue, those in view are red and the 4 used for a fix are shown in green). The app has a globe view that shows the satellites' approximate locations relative to your position on earth.
The "compass" view shows the current time and date, latitude, longitude, altitude, speed and GPS status. This application has some trouble with high ascii characters as you can see in the screen shot on the right, but that's not too troublesome. What is troublesome is that the application is wrong by about 11 miles in describing your current location (altitude is roughly correct). The same is true of the X500. Your first guess is that the GPS itself is not working well, but that's not the case. We tested the GPS with other software (CoPilot and Virtual Earth Mobile) and those applications pinpointed our location correctly.
Time to first fix is roughly a minute and a hot start takes 30 seconds. The M700 has an assisted GPS feature that's similar to the HP iPAQ hw6945. It downloads satellite data over EDGE and WiFi connections to speed up fix time. The GPS settings applet lets you view and change the GPS' COM ports (handy when using mapping applications). We had to fiddle with COM ports when using Virtual Earth Mobile until the application was happy (COM port agreement alone doesn't guarantee it will work, we had to find a port that suited the application, reminding us of the dark days of DOS and Windows 3.1). The M700 has a location SMS application which will send your coordinates via SMS to another phone. It also supports the TMC function which provides road traffic information (if available in your country and area).
Display and Multimedia
The M700 has a bright and sharp 2.8" color TFT display that can show 65k colors. The touch screen works in both portrait and landscape modes (screen rotation is a standard feature of Windows Mobile 2003SE and newer), and the smartphone comes with a telescoping stylus. You can adjust screen brightness using a slider and there are options to auto-adjust brightness relative to battery level and by idle time (if you're not using the device, it cuts back the brightness after 30 seconds).
For sound the M700 has a rear-firing loud speaker than handles system sounds, music playback and the speakerphone. As with most PDAs, it won't thrill you, but it gets the job done. The speaker does distort at high volumes. Sound through the stereo 2.5mm headset jack is quite good using the included stereo earbud headset with mic. A mic gain applet lets you control recorded audio volume and there are no EQ settings built in for music and video playback.
WiFi and Bluetooth
The Glofiish M700 is a well connected device with WiFi 802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR. The PDA sports E-TEN's usual wireless manager which allows you to control the phone, WiFi and Bluetooth radios. You can launch the manager by tapping its icon on the bottom of the today screen, or by launching it from M-Desk or the programs group. An x appears next to a radio that's turned off, and you can tap the ubiquitous E-TEN hammer to turn all radios on or off. You can't go directly from the Wireless Manager to the applets that control a given radio however, as you can on HTC devices like the Cingular 8525 and T-Mobile Dash. Instead you'll go to Programs and look inside the Utilities folder to find the Bluetooth Manager and WLAN Utility.
E-TEN uses their own Bluetooth Manager and driver which feature a wizard interface to get you connected to Bluetooth headsets, your ActiveSync partner, or to transfer files over FTP/OBEX. The device supports headset, handsfree, A2DP and serial port profiles as well as vCard exchange. You can set discoverability, default headset and specify the FTP folder on the device. We tested the M700 with a variety of Bluetooth headsets including the Plantronics Discovery 655 and the scala-700 and it worked well. We tested A2DP stereo output (and AVRC playback control) using the Plantronics Pulsar 590 Bluetooth stereo headset which worked fine for system sound and stereo audio. During pairing with headsets (all used the standard 0000 passcode) we didn't have to enter the passcode on the M700-- we assume it auto-tries 0000 when pairing headsets to save you the trouble. The same is true of the X500 which uses the same software as well as Bluetooth and WiFi radios. In file transfer tests, speeds averaged 90k which is more like straight Bluetooth 2.0 non-EDR speeds but still better than 1.1 and 1.2
The WiFi manager, called WLAN Utility, gives you comprehensive information on your current connection and offers power saving and Tx rate settings. It's a nice addition over the basic Windows Mobile 5 networking control panel which provides very little connection information. Connection strength and reliability were good and on par with the Cingular 8525 and HTC TyTN.
Camera
2 megapixels sounds good for a PDA phone, or even a regular US feature phone. As with the X500, there are plenty of pixels, but image quality isn't that great. Images suffer from excessive noise in indoor lighting and a general lack of color saturation in outdoor shots. Whites sometimes blow out for no apparent reason and color is sometimes off. The Glofiish M700's 2MP camera can't compare to the HTC TyTN /Cingular 8525's, and none compare to a good Nokia 2MP camera phone. Take note of our comments on the sample images below which were taken at the highest resolution and image quality settings with auto exposure and white balance.
The camera can take photos up to 1600 x 1200 resolution, as well as a variety of lesser resolutions including one suitable for MMS. Imaging software is the usual excellent and unique E-TEN offering. The camera app offers a wealth of settings, including white balance, special effects, timer and continuous shooting of photos (though the self-timer and continuous shot features were disabled on our production unit). The camera viewfinder takes up the entire screen and you can change between portrait and landscape orientation with the tap of a button.
If you tap on the wrench icon, large, mostly intuitive settings icons appear circling the screen's perimeter. The camera offers a wizard option which allows you to immediately do a variety of things with an image you've just taken: send it via MMS, edit it using the included Image Maker application, trash it, view it in Multimedia Manager or Frame it using Image Wizard. You can save images as JPEG or BMPs and specify the default save location, including the MicroSD card. The camera has 4x digital zoom that works even at maximum resolution (the volume controls act as the zoom buttons), and an LED flash that helps a wee bit when taking photos at close range. The M700 takes video in 3GP format at 320 x 240, 176 x 144 and 128 x 96 resolutions at an average of 4.4fps in normal quality mode at 176 x 144 resolution. Videos tend to be blocky and audio is just passable.
FM Radio
We love FM tuners, but they're still rare in US market phones. The M700's FM tuner supports the US, European and Japanese FM bands and you'll need to select the correct band to tune in stations. You can create a long list of favorite stations (50 per band), dim the screen and move from station to station using VCR-style buttons. As with all mobile phone FM radios, the included stereo headphones act as the FM antenna, so you'll need to plug those in to get reception. The Glofiish has OK reception by phone standards when skies are clear, and you'll have better luck manually stepping up the dial to tune in your stations. Just as with the X500, the station call numbers are off-- FM station 90.1 is read as 92.8 on the M700!
Software
As always, E-TEN includes an impressive selection of their own value-added software with the phone. The bundle is identical to the X500's (so we'll again share review copy) and nearly identical to the older M500, M600, G500 E-TEN models. Should you delete one and want it back, use the Application Recovery program in the Utilities folder. E-TEN's applications include Add Ringtone, Backup Utility (backup to the device to a MicroSD card), Battery Meter, E-TEN's own Connection Wizard for Bluetooth, Voice Commander, Phone Dialer, Image Maker, Image Wizard, M-Desk, Multimedia Manager, Speed Dial, a customized phone application and dialer skin, GPS Viewer and Skype support.
M-Desk is an application launcher with tabs for Phone, PDA and Fun. Each tabbed screen has icons for appropriate apps and you can customize these with your preferred apps as well. The forth tab, System, gives you fairly comprehensive view of system status: battery charge, available RAM, and MicroSD card memory, backlight setting and it has shortcuts to File Explorer, Bluetooth Manager, Satellite data updater and Voice Commander settings. In addition, there are screen rotation icons at the bottom which allow you to quickly switch between left and right-handed landscape modes and portrait mode. You can add any program to any tab using M-Desk settings (press the wrench icon to get there).
he M700 ships with Skype (VoIP) support (a utility that automatically pipes incoming Skype audio to the earpiece), but not the application itself. So you'll need to download the latest Windows Mobile version from Skype's web site if you wish to make VoIP calls over a WiFi connection. In our tests, Skype worked well with the M700.
The bundled backup app.
Battery Life
There's plenty of juice to power the Glofiish thanks to a 1530 mAh Lithium Ion battery that's user replaceable. A phone with WiFi, Bluetooth and a GPS needs some serious power, so we're pleased to see that relatively high capacity standard battery. We moderate use we got more than two days on a charge, and that included talking on the phone 40 minutes per day, surfing via EDGE for 30 minutes, using WiFi for 30 minutes, accessing PIM apps, listening to MP3s with the screen off and more each day. If you're a push email addict or plan to use WiFi for a few hours each day, expect to charge nightly. The GPS is a significant power consumer, and if you wish to use it in car for trips of several hours, we suggest a car charger. E-TEN claims the device will last through 5 to 7 hours of GPS use, but that includes no other usage as a phone or PDA. The M700 has a battery meter on the top menu bar and an indicator on the Today Screen-- good going E-TEN, why doesn't Microsoft make this a standard feature?
Conclusion
If you're a fan of the HTC Wizard design Windows Mobile Pocket PC phones but want an internal GPS, the Glofiish M700 is a tempting choice. It ups the ante with WiFi 802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.0 and a 2MP camera, putting it on par with the newer Hermes line (HTC TyTN et al), and lacks only the TyTN's 3G capabilities. Though somewhat plain and plasticy in appearance, the M700 is solidly constructed and the slider is snug with a reassuring snap into open and closed positions. WiFi performs well, Bluetooth is good, though profile selection is slim compared to some recent Pocket PC phones. The M700 is definitely one of those everything except the kitchen sink devices, and happily most of it works well.
Pro: Fast performance, good battery life for a Pocket PC phone with quadruple wireless radios, very good keyboard, GPS is great at getting a fix even under adverse conditions. WiFi and Bluetooth will keep your device connected and the unlocked quad band world phone will keep you talking around the globe. As always, we really like E-TEN's custom suite of applications: they're very useful and stable.
Con: Plasticy looks, occasional spelling errors in E-TEN software on the device, included basic GPS applet gets location wrong by more than 10 miles (at least in the US) though the GPS itself is accurate when used with popular mapping and navigation applications. FM radio station numbers are off (again, at least in the US). No 3G.
Price: Approximately US $640
Web site: www.glofiish.com (and www.etencorp.com)
Specs:
Display: Transflective TFT color LCD. 65,536 colors, screen size diag: 2.8". Resolution: 240 x 320. Supports portrait and landscape display modes.
Battery: Lithium Ion rechargeable. Battery is user replaceable. 1530 mAh. Claimed Talk time: 5-7 hours, stand by: 150~200 hours. 10 - 15 hours of Pocket PC usage, 5-7 hours GPS usage claimed.
Performance: 400 MHz Samsung S3C2442 processor (100% ARM and XScale compatible). 64 MB built-in RAM. 128 MB Flash ROM with 69 megs available for your use (pre-installed and optional software consumes an additional portion of available storage memory).
Size: 117.5 x 59 x 19.8 mm, 4.62" x 2.32" x 0.78". Weight: 165 grams, 5.82 ounces.
Audio: Built in speaker, mic and 2.5mm stereo headphone jack. Voice Recorder and Windows Pocket Media Player 10 included for your MP3 and video pleasure. Stereo earbud headset with inline mic included.
GSM: Quad band GSM phone: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz. GPRS class 10 EDGE and GPRS for data. Unlocked for use with any GSM carrier.
Networking: Integrated Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR and WiFi 802.11b/g. Bluetooth profiles for FTP, ActiveSync, headset/handsfree, A2DP, DUN (Bluetooth PAN) and serial port. No IR port.
GPS: SiRFStarIII GPS, internal antenna. Supports TMC where available. Basic GPS viewer with satellite view included. You must supply navigation and mapping software. Has location SMS software and Satellite data update (updates data over EDGE or WiFi connection).
Camera: 2.0 MP CMOS camera capable of taking still photos and video with audio. Max. resolution: 1600 x 1200 still shots and 320 x 240 video. Has LED flash and self portrait mirror.
Software: Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC Phone Edition operating system with AKU 3.2 (OS 5.1.422). Microsoft Mobile Office suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint (view presentations only), Internet Explorer and Outlook. Also, Terminal Services, Pocket MSN (MSN Messenger, Hotmail), Windows Media Player 10 Mobile, Photos and Videos, and Voice Recorder, Solitaire, Jawbreaker as well as handwriting recognition. 3rd party and E-TEN software: M-Desk launcher and system monitor, Image Maker, Image Wizard, Multimedia Manager, Camera, Voice Commander, E-TEN Bluetooth Manager, Backup, Wireless Modem, MMS Composer (some regions only, otherwise use Outlook on the device to send MMS), Call Filter, Speed Dial, Battery Meter, SIM Toolkit, Scenarios (create profiles for four different environments such as outdoor and meeting). ActiveSync 4.1 and Outlook 2002 for PCs included.
like how many kb is an aim msg1kb
dubcc forum page?5-10kb
damn that site is amazing. just loaded the homepage and seen a program to make global calls at local rates and another program to send free sms texts. those will definately come handy
props for the link, gonna fully check out the site now!
t's the Sony Ericsson W52S, umm... I mean the iPhone
http://www.sefanatics.com/other/its-the-sony-ericsson-w52s-umm-i-mean-the-iphone/
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I thought in Japan they would already have something similar to iPhone. I guess that's not true or this Japanese guy is just such a big fan of the Apple's iPhone that he decided to turn his Sony Ericsson Walkman W52S slider to an iPhone. I'm not sure if it was a good idea, because in my opinion this W52S (see below), I mean iPhone looks awful! Anyways, I hope this guy is happy with his new iPhone, heh.
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Sony Ericsson W52s Walkman for Japan
http://www.sefanatics.com/sony_ericsson_phones/sony-ericsson-w52s-walkman-for-japan/
Sony Ericsson W52s is a new Walkman phone for Japans market. It's a slider like the W42s, but everything else is new. W52s has huge 2,7 inch BRAVIA display, 2,1 megapixel camera, 2GB internal memory and it has both Memory Stick Micro and microSD card slots. W52s will be available from June on KDDI's au network in three colors: Arpeggio Blue, Pizzicato Pink and Harmonics White
W52s weights 130g and music playback time is rated at a very respectable 110 hours.
The estimated price is ¥25,000 (205$)
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Take back control of your device with Pointui Home.
No need to fumble for a stylus anymore as Home is designed with generously sized controls.
http://www.pointui.com/Home.aspx
Home's intuitive controls and highly responsive user interface makes using your device a breeze. Here are a few of the key features Home has to offer:
Control your device via touch or your thumb with the directional control
Smart Lists Navigation ™ with bookmarks allows you to easily locate an item in even the largest lists
Choose the slide navigation that suits you
One touch access to calls, email, text messages and music
Easily see who and when calls were received, made and missed
Using the Applet Ribbon ™ you can easily access the time, tasks, appointments, calendar and up to date weather forecasts and current temperatures
Easily manage your sound, wireless, battery and device settings
Easy create new emails, text messages, multimedia messages, tasks, appointments, documents and spreadsheets
Load and switch between running applications effortlessly
http://www.youtube.com/v/5pUBWYErW3s&rel&autoplay=0
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^ Let's give credit where credit is due... this is a straight iPhone UI rip. Looks good though. 8)
^ I feel you on that.
I wonder if Apple will be sending these guys a cease and desist letter.
The main reason I love the iPhone is because the UI is amazing... it's like nothing on any phone out there.
Look No Further, Freedom Phone is here
http://www.yankodesign.com/index.php/2008/01/03/look-no-further-freedom-phone-is-here/
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you might have gone traveling overseas and your current mobile phone doesn’t work? Well kiss those problems goodbye with the new Freedom Phone. Freedom Phone is a small pre-paid phone that is unique in design and unique in out it works. Upon arriving into the new country, you have the option of purchasing the Freedom Phone with 60, 100 or 200 minutes. No SIM card needed-No Roaming charges and in 10 short minutes, the Freedom Phone is charged. The phone number, important service and other information are located on the back of the Freedom Phone. Best of all, the Freedom Phone is so tiny; there won’t be the frustration of lagging the phone around with you on your trip. The bottom line, Freedom Phone, is a perfect and new solution to your traveling needs.
Designer: Vadim Kibardin
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LG to make a watch phone?
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/01/06/lg-to-make-a-watch-phone.html
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Engadget got a chance to take few photos of what seems as LG-made watch phone. And while we still don’t dig the idea of wearing a phone around a wrist, I guess the Korean giant did some research and figured there’s a room on the market for such devices. Apparently, the phone/watch has some cool interface and relies on exclusively on the three buttons located at the bottom of the device. The bad news — at least for the watch phone lovers — is that it appears to be a mere prototype at the moment, but who knows - we may see it hitting the store shelves within few months. In the meantime, check out the short video demoing device after the jump.
http://www.youtube.com/v/ua7nK91d3SM&rel
Microsoft launches Windows Mobile Training website
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Here’s the scenario. You just got the Windows Mobile device and you’ve no idea what your phone can do and have no-one to call to explain you all the nitty-gritty details. Or, you’re thinking about buying a Windows Mobile powered smartphone, but are unsure whether that’s the right way to go.
Well folks, Microsoft’s thinking about you. Actually they’re thinking (like any other company) how to increase their bottom line and educating the consumers — both individuals and businesses — is one of the pieces of the puzzle.
That being said, they’ve launched the
Windows Mobile Training website;
http://www.windowsmobiletraining.com/
where both novice and advanced smartphone users can learn something new.
There’s tons of content available, including how-to demos, courses, documents, sales tools, presentations and much more.
Honestly, the site is so content rich and useful that I think all platform developing companies should have something similar.
This is not to say that Symbian or some other mobile OS developer doesn’t have something like this,
it’s just that Microsoft really did a great job producing and organizing all the content on the site.
Anyway, here’s the link
http://www.windowsmobiletraining.com/
and see for yourself why I like it so much, even though I don’t own a single Windows Mobile device.
NOTE: If you don’t have a Windows Live account (Passport), you’ll have to register to access the site.
Is this Windows Mobile 7?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/06/is-this-windows-mobile-7/
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Not all the big news is coming out of CES today: thanks to Nathan Weinberg's InsideMicrosoft blog, we were able to check out a purported internal document detailing the revolutionary new input methods planned for Windows Mobile 7 as well as a ton of supposed screenshots. If this information is, in fact, accurate, it looks like Redmond is planning at least three methods of interacting with the device aside from pressing the usual buttons. First, as you might expect, is multi-touch capability á la the iPhone or Microsoft's own Surface, but it looks like WinMo 7 handsets will also be controllable via shaking and also rotation the device, and even at a distance by way of camera-based gesture recognition. Again, no guarantees that any of these features will be included in the final version or that any of this info or images are even legit, but as you can see from the rather large gallery below, the mounting evidence is extremely compelling. Specifically, you'll definitely want to check out:
New on-screen keyboard
Gesture control
Camera gesture recognition
Touch-based photo editing
Media player
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Sony Ericsson CES 2008 lineup leaked?
www.seworld.com
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While we've yet to see anything legit come out of team Sony Ericsson at CES, we're seeing some nice pics surfacing of what are likely the real deal. Apparently Sony Ericsson are set to launch the W760i, Z555i, and the W350i -- which in our eyes is a pretty sweet flip -- which is pictured above. No specs have appeared yet, but we figure you'll settle for the lovely pics until Sony Ericsson opens the floodgates. Hit the read link for more shots.
Update: Many thanks to the posters over at SEworld for getting some early press images up
Sony Ericsson announces W760 Walkman slider
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/06/sony-ericsson-announces-w760-walkman-slider/
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Though Sony Ericsson already has a couple phones out with support for North American 3G, you're feasting your eyes on the first and only Walkman branded handset to feature the sacred 850 and 1900MHz bands of HSDPA action. The W760 slider features quadband EDGE plus triband HSDPA, integrated GPS, FM radio, 3.2 megapixel camera, Memory Stick expansion, stereo speakers, and support for the "SensMe" technology recent handsets from the company have been rocking, allowing users to simply shake the phone to control music playback. No word on pricing, but it should launch in the second quarter of the year.
Sony Ericsson W350i, Z555i, W760i to be announced at CES *UPDATE*
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/01/06/sony-ericsson-w350i-z555i-w760i-to-be-announced-at-ces.html
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Sony Ericsson announcing devices at CES? Sounds weird, you would think they would wait a month for 3GSM. Word on the street is their going to announce 3 handsets. The 350i brings back the old school flip form factor that is sure to win some nostalgic hearts. Next up is the Z555i which is supposed to be a fashion phone, I think. It certainly is shiny. Last is the 760i which excites me. It looks to have a 3.2 megapixel camera and a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack, something that we weren’t sure SE knew existed! It also has GPS. These are rough specs and they could be wrong, but it looks like we will find out in a few days if not definitely next month at Mobile World Congress.
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Update:
The press releases are now official. Phone Scoop has the best summary out there of all three devices which are supposed to hit in Q2:
W760: This Walkman phone is a slider that comes with quad-band GSM/EDGE as well as tri-band 850/1900/2100 HSDPA radios for worldwide 3G roaming. It has SensMe for turning off alarms and silencing calls by waving your hand over the phone, GPS with Wayfinder navigation and preloaded Google Maps, Track ID, an FM radio, Shake Control, and comes boxed with a 1GB Memory Stick. It also has a 3.2 Megapixel camera and stereo Bluetooth.
W350: This mid-range Walkman flip has two tri-band configurations, one 850/1800/1900 and the other 900/1800/1900. It also comes with a 1.3 Megapixel camera, Track ID, and lets you control music when the phone is closed. It has an FM radio, stereo Bluetooth and comes bundled with a 512MB Memory Stick.
Z555: This clamshell comes in two different diamond-styled colors. It has a hidden OLED exterior display, a 1.3 Megapixel camera, FM radio, Gesture control and stereo Bluetooth.
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SE W760
http://www.youtube.com/v/_4opl_YjLKM&rel
Sony Ericsson W760 with Tilt Steering in Games
http://www.youtube.com/v/Nh0-PwDqOLY&rel
Make your iPhone listen to your radio -- and tell you what's playing
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/01/07/make-your-iphone-listen-to-your-radio-and-tell-you-whats-pla/
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Picture it: you're riding in the car and a great song comes on the radio. You're dying to know what it is so you can go buy it ASAP but there's no satellite radio receiver to tell you what's playing. How can you find out what song it is?
Whip out your iPhone, put it near the car speakers, and watch the screen. Poof! There's the song, artist, and album.
No, I am not kidding.
Our own Erica Sadun was inspired by someone who came up with the original idea, she set off to make it happen, and the result is Listen. It's still "very beta" but, hey, it's still one of the coolest iPhone hacks I've ever heard of. Go check it out and let us know in the comments how it works for you.
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Finally,before you say “Wow”, let me remind you that TrackID exists on Sony Ericsson phones
for some time and from just recently the same functionality is available for phones running Symbian S60 as well… ;)
Apple patent application for wobbly iPhone homescreen icons; throwable icons
http://www.intomobile.com/
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The world of tech-rumors is a “wobbly” one indeed (you see what we did there?). The juicier and longer the lead-time of a rumor, the more skepticism and doubt enshroud said rumor. But enough with the flowery rhetoric – the “leaked” iPhone v1.1.3 firmware from Gear Live has been the topic of hot debate as to whether or not the video is legit. We’re all hoping that the firmware-video is the real deal and not some fancy video editing, but we have to leave open the door for the possibility that the firmware “leak” is a hoax.
So, here’s a bit of patent-application-goodness to help legitimize the v1.1.3 firmware video.
It looks like Apple filed for a patent back in August of last year that details the now famous “wobbly” iPhone homescreen icon effect. The patent outlines a method by which a mobile device’s homescreen icons would vibrate/wiggle/wobble, whatever you want to call it, to indicate that the icons’ positions can be altered. The animated GIF below (put together from the patent application diagrams - props to Hrmpf!) matches up perfectly with what Gear Live showed us recently.
However, the patent application also mentions a feature that Gear Live’s video did not demonstrate – the ability for the homescreen icons to be “thrown” across the screen. In moving the icons, the speed and direction of the icon-movement could be interpreted to move the icon to a position different from the point of release. The faster, or “harder,” the icon is thrown, the further it moves.
Upon breaking contact with the touch-sensitive display, the respective icon may resume varying its position. In some embodiments, the respective icon can be “thrown,” so that the final position of the respective icon is different from the point at which the icon is released. In this embodiment, the final position can depend on a variety of factors, such as the speed of the “throw,” the parameters used in a simulated equation of motion for the “throw” (e.g., coefficient of friction), and/or the presence of a lay out grid with simulated attractive forces.
Now, just because Gear Live didn’t’ demonstrate the “throwable” icon feature doesn’t invalidate their “leak.” Technologies mentioned in patent applications are by no means guaranteed to make it into production. Furthermore, it can be argued that since the patent application was published prior to Gear Live’s video, the legitimacy of the video should be held in question.
Whatever the case, we’ll likely know more in a couple weeks. For the meantime, we’re looking forward to “wobbly” homescreen icons and “My Location” features on our iPhone.
Motorola Z10 hands-on from CES 2008 Las Vegas
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/01/08/motorola-z10-hands-on-from-ces-2008-las-vegas.html#more-14918
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We’ve known about it for some time now. We’ve been waiting for it to drop. Motorola just made it official. And, now we had a chance to play with the Motorola Z10.
Unfortunately, it turns out that the Z10 display units that we had a chance to test at the Motorola booth were still prototypes. We’ll talk more about what that means in a bit. For now we’re going to give you a bit of insight into the Motorola Z10 user experience.
Overall, the Moto Z10 is a striking piece of RAZR-esque design that is both bold and sleek at the same time. The handset’s lines are essentially the same as Motorola’s Z8 slide-phone - with the same “slide and bend” design.
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Buttons feel nice and rubbery with a satisfying tactile response. Dedicated music controls and camera buttons make it as easy to capture your memorable moments with the photo and video camera as it is to kick back and listen to some tunes.
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And, as Dusan mentioned previously, this Z8 successor bumps up the camera image-sensor pixel count to 3.2 megapixels, up from the Z8’s 2 million pixels. Pictures are sharp and clear with virtually no shutter lag - and the camera has a “multi-shot” feature that allows you to take 3, 5, or 12 pictures in sequence.
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However, likely owing to the fact that the Z10 we played with was a prototype (production units were said to be available at the end of the Q1 2008), video recording on the handset was unacceptably sub-par. Video seemed to be recording at something like 10-15fps - not what we expected from the Z10.
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Overall, the MOTORIZR Z10 is a slick piece. We weren’t able to test out the 3G HSDPA and full HTML browser, nor the instantaneous video broadcasting, but those are some pretty trick features that are sure to appeal to a lot of people. Oh, and don’t forget the 3.5mm headphone jack - Sony Ericsson always does.
Motorola MOTORIZR Z10 video recording sample
http://www.youtube.com/v/J3TuSYbKXFs&rel
Hands-on with Aigo's iPhone-ripping, Menlow-based MID
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/hands-on-with-aigos-iphone-ripping-menlow-based-mid/
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We got a chance to play with the new Aigo MID that sports the Intel Menlow chip, and here's a slew of shots for you to peep. A few items of note: first, the thing is totally trying to rip the iPhone's interface -- you can't really debate that, though sitting atop its janky Linux implementation, it feels pretty third rate. On the bright side, the little guy uses a new, touchscreen-MID-centric version of Mozilla called CoolFox, which is nice to see on a handheld. Check the gallery and see for yourself.
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SanDisk announces 12GB microSDHC card, world's largest; Promises 16GB later in the year
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/01/09/sandisk-announces-12gb-microsdhc-card-worlds-largest-promises-16gb-later-in-the-year.html
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Here’s something for those of you craving for more store capacity on your mobile phone. SanDisk has announced the “world’s largest” microSDHC card that has a capacity of 12GB. Apparently, that’s enough to store a combination of 1,500 songs, 3,600 photos and 24.5 hours of video — at least SanDisk says so.
According to Gizmodo, SanDisk’s reps at the CES said the bigger, 16GB, cards are coming later in the year! Still, some people — including the truly yours — consider 12GB to be quite enough. Can’t wait to see it released… Full release after the jump.
PRESS RELEASE - SanDisk Corporation, the proven leader in flash memory, today announced it has begun to sample 12-gigabyte (GB) microSDHC flash memory cards to major phone manufacturers for testing and evaluation. The 12GB card represents a 50 percent boost in card capacity from SanDisk’s industry-leading 8GB microSDHC cards, which are currently available worldwide, and highlights the growing popularity of mobile phones with storageintensive features that include music players, digital cameras, video recording and playback and GPS capabilities.
“Mobile phones have become a key part of consumers’ lifestyles around the globe,” said Jeff Kost, senior vice president and general manager of the Mobile Consumer Solutions division at SanDisk. “What many people tend to overlook is the important role that removable storage cards play in enabling the key features of these fully featured mobile phones. In fact, many people are not even aware that their phone has a card slot which is why SanDisk recently launched its Wake Up Your Phone campaign.”
SanDisk has embarked on a ’slot education’ program to raise awareness of both the card slot included in the majority of new mobile phones available today and the benefits to the consumers who use it. More information is available at: www.WakeUpYourPhone.com.
A 12GB microSDHC is ideal for storing large quantities of music, photos and video. For example, it will be able to store a combination of 1,500 songs, 3,600 photos and 24.5 hours of video.
SDHC is the designation for any SD or SD-based card that is larger than 2GB and adheres to the new SD 2.00 specification required for cards and hosts to support 4GB to 32GB capacities. The specification was developed by the SD Association, an industry standards board, which has also created three classes to define minimum sustained data transfer speed. These cards adhere to the SD Speed Class 4 Rating.
In addition to the microSDHC, SanDisk also offers a broad range of both embedded and removable storage solutions for mobile handset manufacturers and mobile network operators. These include iNAND and mDOC embedded flash drives; microSD, miniSD removable flash cards; and SIM and MegaSIM cards.
EA Mobile: iPhone is hurting mobile gaming industry
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/01/09/ea-mobile-iphone-is-hurting-mobile-gaming-industry.html
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Right from the floor of CES, Macworld brings us an interesting story about Apple and how it hurts mobile gaming industry. According to EA Mobile’s VP of worldwide studios Travis Boatman, iPhone is “a replacement for someone who had a RAZR before. They still want their content but there’s no distribution platform in place so there’s a negative impact on the industry.”
And while we agree with you on this Trevis, you should be more patient man. The SDK is right around the corner and you’ll be able to get back all the money you’ve “lost” because Apple closed the platform. In the meantime, go make your team release something interesting. You can always port it later…
12 GB? damn!!! i want one (mini not micro :P) we cant never have enough of memory!
Make your iPhone listen to your radio -- and tell you what's playing
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/01/07/make-your-iphone-listen-to-your-radio-and-tell-you-whats-pla/
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Picture it: you're riding in the car and a great song comes on the radio. You're dying to know what it is so you can go buy it ASAP but there's no satellite radio receiver to tell you what's playing. How can you find out what song it is?
Whip out your iPhone, put it near the car speakers, and watch the screen. Poof! There's the song, artist, and album.
No, I am not kidding.
Our own Erica Sadun was inspired by someone who came up with the original idea, she set off to make it happen, and the result is Listen. It's still "very beta" but, hey, it's still one of the coolest iPhone hacks I've ever heard of. Go check it out and let us know in the comments how it works for you.
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Finally,before you say “Wow”, let me remind you that TrackID exists on Sony Ericsson phones
for some time and from just recently the same functionality is available for phones running Symbian S60 as well… ;)
I went to the electronic store to buy some bluetooth headphone (insigna),
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bought them,went home,put the headphones on my head,connect to my cell phone and guess what?
SOUND QUALITY IS FUCKING BULLSHIT!!!
I was so pissed off but in a way i dont give a fuck cause im gonna go exchange
them tomorrow for some bomb ass earphones (skullcandy)
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O ROKR Bluetooth Stereo Eyewear
http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details.jsp?globalObjectId=137
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Get ready to enjoy wireless connectivity and stereo music with O ROKR, the next generation of Bluetooth® eyewear from Oakley and Motorola. O ROKR combines High Definition Optics® with technologies that let you stay connected to calls and music while hiking, biking or doing virtually any activity* where cords and wires would get in the way. O ROKR gives you absolute wireless freedom, digital stereo fidelity and patented optical clarity.
AudioBug Mini Wireless FM Transmitter Review
http://www.i4u.com/section-viewarticle-36.html
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The AudioBug is available at TheAudioBug.com for $39.95.
Overview:
This time the item up for review is the AudioBUG by Aerielle. Like the device I reviewed previously, this is an FM transmitter designed to be connected to ANY device that supports headphones and the transmit the audio to an FM radio (Since I reviewed another FM device I will do a comparison at the end of this review). The AudioBUG is, in a word, SMALL. (as in a little over an inch long and shaped like a little mouse either computer or real LOL). Including the tail (the headphone cord and plug) it has few controls, it has a power button (in place of one of the 'eyes') a small switch on the side to set the frequency to one of 4 choices (88.1, 88.3, 88.5, and 88.7 ) and finally a battery cover (taking one CR2 Lithium 3 Volt battery).
Like my testing with the Anydrive MP3, I used a variety of audio devices to test with (an MP3 CDS player, my Minidisc player, and my laptop computer this time and TV). Since the AudioBUG is battery powered, I can use it ANYWHERE, so I have been testing (and having fun mind you) this BUG everywhere.
Like tonight, I was watching TV, and my wife and I started making dinner, we couldn't hear the TV from the kitchen so I plugged the AudioBUG into the TV headphone jack, set the radio in the kitchen to the proper station, and long and behold, we had the TV audio in the kitchen (very clear too). The main limitation of the BUG is it only has a 15 foot range and another limitation is it only has the 4 frequencies it can transmit on, but it seems to have a slightly more powerful transmitter than the Anydrive product, so it stays clear longer.
All in all I have been having a blast with the AudioBUG, it will get a lot of use, both in the car and in the home as well (I almost forgot to mention, in the car it is awesome, no long wires all over the place. I just placed the audio device on the dashboard, along with the AudioBUG hooked up (I have a sticky pad on my dashboard) and I can listen in peace, without the birds nest of wires around)
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Good Points:
Flexible, can be used with ANY audio device.
Runs on a Battery, and can last up to 40+ hours (I'm still on the original battery and I have been using it a few days now)
Very tiny size, easy to take anywhere
Clear audio, in Stereo
Bad Points:
The CR2 battery it uses is on the expensive side (I checked around, finding them for about $6.45 or so at Wal-Mart). Limited frequency range, could have been better to have ability to tune across the whole frequency range.
Conclusion:
In conclusion I really like the AudioBUG, in my opinion, it's a nicer, more convenient device than the Anydrive I tested previously. It is more flexible, even though it won't take memory plugged in so you could play MP3's, it still is easier to use anyplace you want to have audio playing from any source, through your stereo.
Comparison between the Anydrive MP3 and the AudioBUG:
Size, the AudioBUG wins hands down (see photos)
Ease of use, again the AudioBUG by a slight margin, because of the battery use, as opposed to just using a power cord
Flexibility, well, depends on your uses, if you happen to have a 'thumbdrive' and want the option to play MP3's in your car from the thumbdrive, then the Anydrive is for you, if however you want to use the device ANYWHERE, even places without a power source, then the AudioBUG is for you
Portability, the AudioBUG wins again, it fits into ANY pocket, whereas the Anydrive MP3 will fit into a big pocket
Frequency range, The Anydrive wins here, it has 14 choices for frequency use, where the AudioBUG only has 4, more limited, but I haven't run into a problem yet.
Anydrive versus Audio
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Specification:Signal Format: Standard FM Stereo, 38 KHz subcarrier
Audio Range: 15 Hz - 15 kHz
Signal-to-Noise Ratio: >60dB
Total Harmonic Distortion: 0.3%, Max.
Channel Separation: 40 dB Typical
Channel Balance: +/- 2 dB
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Sony Ericsson MMR-60 musicphone FM transmitter
http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/17/sony-ericsson-mmr-60-musicphone-fm-transmitter/
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Sony Ericsson has just revealed a new FM transmitter for musicphones that will allow any handset (as long as it happens to say Sony Ericsson on it) to pipe its tunes to any radio within range. Clearly designed to complement their upcoming W900, the MMR-60 transmitter rocks the same colors and graphics we've come to know and love from Sony's "sports" lineup of "extreme" electronics. No word yet on pricing or availability, but it's a safe bet that you'll be able to pick this up concurrently or prior to the W900 hitting the scene.
Griffin 4031-RDGC RoadTrip FM Transmitter and Car Charger for iPod (Charcoal)
iPhone FM Transmitter With LCD Screen
http://www.ipodhacks.com/article.php?sid=2471
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Have the holidays left you the proud, new owner of an iPhone? Congrats and welcome to the wonderful world of iPhone accessory shopping! To start you off, here's a handy gadget for anyone whose commute involves sitting behind a steering wheel: the iPhone FM Transmitter with LCD screen
In fact, it's compatible with any iPod sporting a dock connector, as well. Just dial in the target FM channel of your choice and begin to enjoy its FM-broadcasted goodness.
The iPhone FM Transmitter with LCD Screen can be had for $24 USD.
Make your iPhone listen to your radio -- and tell you what's playing
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/01/07/make-your-iphone-listen-to-your-radio-and-tell-you-whats-pla/
(http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2008/01/asnapshot1199767100.jpg)
Picture it: you're riding in the car and a great song comes on the radio. You're dying to know what it is so you can go buy it ASAP but there's no satellite radio receiver to tell you what's playing. How can you find out what song it is?
Whip out your iPhone, put it near the car speakers, and watch the screen. Poof! There's the song, artist, and album.
No, I am not kidding.
Our own Erica Sadun was inspired by someone who came up with the original idea, she set off to make it happen, and the result is Listen. It's still "very beta" but, hey, it's still one of the coolest iPhone hacks I've ever heard of. Go check it out and let us know in the comments how it works for you.
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Finally,before you say “Wow”, let me remind you that TrackID exists on Sony Ericsson phones
for some time and from just recently the same functionality is available for phones running Symbian S60 as well… ;)
Been playing with this all day and it is dead on... Very cool 8)
Review: Shazam iD, TrackID is no longer just a Sony Ericsson thing
http://www.intomobile.com/2007/11/11/review-shazam-id-trackid-is-no-longer-just-a-sony-ericsson-thing.html
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f you have a Sony Ericsson device released in the past 2 years or so then you have a most awesome application on your device called TrackID. If you never used it before, here is what you’re missing out on: Once you open the TrackID application you can hold your phone up to a speaker playing a song and within a few seconds you have the name of the track, artist and album you’re currently listening to. This works with the radio as well so you don’t even have to take off your headphones in that situation.
I have long been an advocate that Nokia get off their ass and replicate this application for their S60 powered devices, but my complaints fell on deaf ears. That is until now.
Where did I find it?
I immediately went off on a quest to find this application,
but my efforts were thwarted once I reached
Shazam’s website.
http://www.shazam.com/music/portal/sp/s/media-type/html/user/anon/page/default/template/pages/p/shazam_id.html
Not only does this company fail to provide a URL for a SIS file, you have to be a UK resident and send a premium SMS to get a download URL. Who do I know in the UK? The folks over at All About Symbian! I sent an email to both Rafe and Steve asking if they could help me out with this review by giving me the download URL and they did without hesitation, thanks guys.
The link is
http://www.shazam.com/shazamid
and you have to visit it in your mobile web browser. This should make typing it out a lot less painful:
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Let me convince you to download this!
Here is Shazam’s icon. I find it horrible, which is why I’m pointing it out, in hope that they change it in future versions:
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The splash screen is the first image on the top of this post, here is what you see after that disappears:
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When you click “Tag Now” the application automatically begins to record a short snippet of the audio currently playing. This takes around 5 seconds at best, I didn’t time it so don’t quote me on that:
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After it is finished Shazam will ask you to connect to the internet, in this case I selected my provider, Kolumbus:
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What is this young, single, mobile phone addict listening to? Rick Astley! The song name scrolls, artist name is right under that and the last line indicates the time when you clicked on “Tag Me.” One more thing, full album art! I’ll come back to what that 1/14 indicates:
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When clicking on “Share it,” a text message entry dialog pops up allowing you to send an SMS to a friend who might like, laugh at, or hate this song:
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RealTone doesn’t work for me, it just pulls up Shazam’s site, which is useless. Now what did that 1/14 indicate? MyMusic is a list of all the songs you identified. No clue as to the limit of items within that list. Yes I like Modern Talking, no I’m not gay:
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Moving one tab over to “TagChart” you can see the most popular songs people are trying to identify:
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That is all. A very simple application, it does 4 things: ID the song currently playing, list the songs you tagged, list the songs people are tagging the most and letting you share the name of that track with your friends.
Message to Nokia:
Clone this
Add the ability to “Download now via the Nokia Music Store”
Add the ability for me to identify songs currently playing on the radio
Let me see what songs my friends are tagging
Let me see what songs my country and other countries are tagging
Do it before Sony Ericsson does because they already have plans to implement everything I just said.
Update: A developer asked me if Shazam and TrackID poll the same database, they do, it is called Gracenote. I’ve also decided to throw in one more screenshot of some songs I had playing over my stereo:
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(http://www.shazam.com/music/images/s/shazamid_hd.jpg)
(http://www.shazam.com/music/images/s/shazamid.jpg)
http://www.shazam.com/music/portal/sp/s/media-type/html/user/anon/page/default/template/pages/p/shazam_id.html
The fully-featured, full-fat enhanced version of Shazam's world leading music recognition technology now available as a downloadable smart application for Symbian operating system handsets
(see list below for details of handsets Shazam iD will work on).
Full-resolution sensitivity - cuts through background noise to sample the tune.
Twice as fast - fingerprint is taken 'on device'.
Can be used even if there's no network connectivity - the sample is stored and can be sent later.
View cover art.
Check and manage your tag list direct from your handset.
Share your tags with friends.
See the latest weekly Tag Charts on your mobile.
Download it and try it for FREE today!
Text SMART to 80805
You get a text with a link to the download. Click on the link.
Shazam checks that your phone is compatible.
The application gets downloaded to the appropriate folder in your phone!
Open it and start experiencing the next level of music recognition.
(UK only service.)
Trial version is free to use for a limited term. Terms apply.
Tips for successful downloading.
Make sure your wap browser settings allow downloads.
Shazam iD works on the following handsets
(Symbian 3rd Edition Mobile Devices)
Nokia E50
Nokia E60
Nokia E61
Nokia E61i
Nokia E62
Nokia E65
Nokia E70
Nokia E90
Nokia N71
Nokia N73
Nokia N75
Nokia N76
Nokia N77
Nokia N80
Nokia N91
Nokia N92
Nokia N93
Nokia N93i
Nokia N95
Download link for Symbian;
http://www.shazam.com/shazamid
InetTools- Free TrackID for Java J2ME Mobile Phones: Record Song using Mic to Identify/Recognise Track, Artist & Music Album
http://thinkabdul.com/2007/09/06/inettools-free-trackid-for-java-j2me-mobile-phones-record-song-using-mic-to-identifyrecognise-track-artist-music-album/
InetTools has released a free TrackID application for Java J2ME capable and MIDP 2.0 compatible mobile devices such as Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Blackberry and Palm.
TrackID is a free service that allows you to capture and record any music, song or sound clip through the mobile phone’s microphone, compare it to online digital signatures on Gracenote, and recognise/identify the media’s track, artist, and album info. I have previously mentioned TrackID for Nokia S60 and TrackID for Windows Mobile devices. Now you can enjoy the same on any Java J2ME mobile device.
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InetTools TrackID allows you to record a few seconds of a song using the mobile phone’s microphone and get the track, artist and album information within a few seconds.
Download TrackID for Java J2ME mobile phones here;
http://thinkabdul.com/2007/09/06/inettools-free-trackid-for-java-j2me-mobile-phones-record-song-using-mic-to-identifyrecognise-track-artist-music-album/
the sound quality was complete bullshit so i decided to exchange for some skullcandy earphones
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the sound is very good! bang for the buck for sure!!! crystal clear bass
the bluetooth worked fine but the sound was crap and i hate crappy sound so i decided to change them
Sony Ericsson superphone to be called "Xperia"?
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/01/16/sony-ericsson-superphone-to-be-called-xperia/
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Trademork has dug a juicy morsel out of the Trademark Office's filing cabinets today,
nothing that Sony Ericsson filed to get its paws on the term "Xperia" on January 10.
The filing reads like a what's-what of pretty much everything
a cellphone could possibly be expected to do --
perform satellite navigation, function as a remote control for computers and run "multimedia presentations,"
to name a few -- which leads to the conclusion that Xperia will likely be used as the model name for some future superphone
(the rumored P5i, perhaps?)
Sony Ericsson releasing P5i superphone mid-2008?
2.8 inch VGA display, integrated GPS, WiFi, 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, HSUPA (yes, UPA, not DPA), and 128MB of RAM on board
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/11/14/sony-ericsson-releasing-p5i-superphone-mid-2008/
(http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2007/11/se-p5i-concept.jpg)
or as a new series of devices in the same vein as the Walkman and Cyber-shot lines. Personally,
we're hoping Xperia stands for "world-band 3G," and looking at the company's recent efforts,
we're thinking that's not too much to ask.
Samsung to unveil i900 Windows Mobile touchscreen smartphone with 5 MP camera at Mobile World Congress?
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/01/16/samsung-to-unveil-i900-windows-mobile-touchscreen-smartphone-with-5-mp-camera-at-mobile-world-congress.html
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The Italian mobile magazine Cellularmania is writing Samsung
will unveil the powerful and cool-lookin’ i900 smartphone at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
According to the Italian watermark freaks, the upcoming device will sport the huge 3.5″ 240×400 touchscreen,
GPS receiver and 5 MP camera, and will run the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile OS - Windows Mobile 6.1.
Other specs include HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, FM radio, TV out, 1500 mAh Li-Ion battery, and of course the microSD card slot.
As for the pre-installed applications, the Korean giant will bundle such things as the
RSS reader, Opera 9.0, MSN Messenger and some software for streaming audio and video (Silverlight?).
The size of the device - 112×56×12.5 mm… Sounds promising.
Can’t wait for the February 11th.
New 5 megapixel Sony Ericsson device leaked
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/01/21/new-5-megapixel-sony-ericsson-device-leaked.html
With Mobile World Congress coming up in exactly 3 weeks we’re going to see
more and more leaks coming out from people who have absolutely no restraint when it comes to keeping secrets.
This new 5 megapixel Sony Ericsson device is supposed to have a 16 million color QVGA (320×240) screen,
a first for Sony Ericsson.
While it will not have a Xenon flash like it’s older brother the K850i,
at least we get a regular looking dpad and T9 keyboard.
(remember the dreadful dpad on SE K850;?)
SE K850´s D-pad; :P :-\ >:(
(http://www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2007/06/k850_3.jpg)
Not digging the color scheme, :-[ but knowing SE there will be other variants.
No word as to which bands this device supports.
[Via: Slashphone]
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Sony Ericsson Kxxx with GPS in the wild
http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_kxxx_with_gps_in_the_wild-news-412.php
Obviously Sony Ericsson are in for a major announcement with a spanking new K-series Cyber-shot handset that is obviously loaded with goodies. The Chinese-based website pconline.com.cn has revealed details and live photos of the device.
Since there are a lot of comments going around if this phone is a Chinese fake, we can assure you that it's the real deal, as we've seen an actual working prototype of the device - and it even had that same gross color on.
Styled in a conservative form factor and a rather controversial color combo (read: we are not buying it), the new K-series handset sports a 3 megapixel auto focus camera (it's not a 5 megapixel one, trust us) and a dual-LED flash. But that's not all that this handset is about.
This new puppy will be among the first Sony Ericsson handsets to feature a built-in GPS receiver (remember Sony Ericsson W760, right?). The software part of the GPS navigation is ensured by the Location Services menu we also saw in the Sony Ericsson W890, which includes applications such as Google Maps, Favorite places, etc. This time however the menu has an even expanded functionality in order to make the most out of the integrated GPS receiver.
The new Sony Ericsson handset will be positioned somewhere above Sony Ericsson K770 and Sony Ericsson K850. If you ask us though it looks rather reminescent of some older Sony Ericsson T-series handsets, so maybe a T-series designation will be more like it.
We are yet to see the real announcement of the device somewhere in the near future - perhaps in the beginning of February just as last year.
And since it's obviously SE leaks time, here's a video ad that shows another unannounced Sony Ericsson phone - the Sony Ericsson Z660, thanks to justamp.blogspot.com
ayo tusken i just got my new samsung blackjack ii. hook it up with some programs!
NEW, IMPROVED BLACKJACK™ II EXCLUSIVELY FROM AT&T!
http://www.wireless.att.com/businesscenter/blackjack2/
(http://www.wireless.att.com/businesscenter/blackjack2/images/Samsung_BlackJack2_lp.jpg)
32 gig JESUS haha i only got a 512 in this one for the moment planning
on at least grabbing a gig stick for the low but i got some other purchases to make before a 6 gig stick
(dreamcast vga cord + xbox 360 dvd drive are gunna eat up my wallet this month haha)
oh yeah i also found a way to watch any youtube video on my cell phone.
so dope with 3G shit loads so fast.
fuck the iphone.
The design of the 5mp Sony Ericsson phone is ugly,
I dont like it a bit lol ::)
My m700 just arrived.
Size isn't as bad as i feared.
Same with the weight.
will give more thoughts later,waiting for it to fully charge so i can play around with it.
The design of the 5mp Sony Ericsson phone is ugly,
I dont like it a bit lol ::)
The design on the front ain´t that bad;
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/se_kxxx1.jpg)
but the cyan color (even on the keys >:() :puke: and saphire blue d-pad :puke: WTF is going on?
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/se_kxxx2.jpg)
The back looks like shit.... :puke:
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/se_kxxx3.jpg)
But I don´t think the design is aimed at us :laugh: :laugh:...
It looks like a budget 5MP for kids.My m700 just arrived.
Size isn't as bad as i feared.
Same with the weight.
will give more thoughts later,waiting for it to fully charge so i can play around with it.
Nice ;)
Bundy just got himself a WM phone too,he´s a little applications freak. ;)
So he will probably come with tons of apps hook ups. ;D
Notice that he got WM6 standard and you got WM5 pro/pocket PC. (or was they nice and gave you WM6?)
WM7 is not coming before 2009,you can see screen shots of it on the previous page,looks nice.
came with windows mobile 6 though ;D
The k850 has had a whole load of software issues
Im shocked to say that im actually reccomending the N95 8gb at the mo to people as its had pretty much 0 problems :0
came with windows mobile 6 though ;D
Nice,then you're set for the future.
Did you get your WLAN working?
I remember I had some problems too when I had a WM5 pro device for test a couple of weeks. With WM5 standard however,there was no problems.
Maybe Matty can help you out?
got the wlan working. there was a power save feature enabled in the wifi settings, turning that off did the trick.
Quick question, downloaded opera mini onto my laptop, got the sync with the phone working. opera mini files are .cod and .alx
how do i install these? laptop doesnt recognize a program to open it with
on a sidenote regarding the pda, its pretty cool. Qwerty pad is great. the camera on it sucks and the phone does have a lot of problems with lagging. i think that only occurs when the wifi is turned on though. probably because it came with a lot of pre installed programs that take up ram. a quick reset push will have it running back as it should though
Memory:
Storage
Total : 57.32
In Use : 28.45
Free : 28.87 mb
Program
Total : 47.46
In Use : 25.51
Free : 21.95 mb
those decent numbers? noticed youtube wont stream on it. zshare and other sites that can use windows media work fine though
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Features & Benefits
Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 standard — stay connected with calendar, email, to-do list and more
Tri-band HSDPA/quad-band EDGE world phone — work from virtually anywhere at 3G speeds including Japan and South Korea**
Large 2.4" 65K TFT display screen — enjoy easier reading with the large display
Integrated GPS — find your next destination quickly with TeleNav Maps or TeleNav GPS Navigator™
Wireless email support for Microsoft Direct Push, Good® Mobile Messaging and Xpress Mail
Microsoft Office Mobile® — access Word®, Excel®, or view PowerPoint® files
2.0 megapixel camera and video recorder — capture and share great moments
Stereo Bluetooth® 2.0 connectivity — experience true hands-free communication
Embedded Mobile Instant Messenger supporting Yahoo!®, AOL®, and Windows Live™
AT&T Video & AT&T Music — stream music and video in real time
Video Share Calling — talk on the phone and share live video instantly
Embedded RSS Reader Client — customize news feeds direct to your device
QWERTY keyboard with front jog wheel
tusken you got aim?
YouTube launches new and improved mobile site for cellphones
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/youtube-launches-new-and-improved-mobile-site-for-cellphones/
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There's certainly no shortage of ways to get your
YouTube fix on the go
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/youtube
but it looks like those options just got a whole lot bigger, as the company today launched a newly expanded mobile website that provides access to "most" of YouTube's catalog on any capable mobile device.
That's quite the improvement over the version of the site that
launched last year
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/16/verizon-exclusivity-ends-youtube-mobile-opens-the-gates/
which was also open to any device but only provided a select few hand-picked videos. What's more, the new site will also let users log into the site and personalize things a bit and, just as importantly, users will also now be able to upload videos straight to the site from their mobile device of choice. Of course, while the service itself may be free (and even without ads, for now), all that data floating about most definitely is not, and YouTube kindly provides a hard-to-miss warning about that before you're even allowed to enter the site.
If that doesn't deter you, however, you can hit up
m.youtube.com
and watch your productivity hit the floor.
Mobile YouTube Beta already out
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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YouTube has announced its first beta version of the client for mobile devices. Using YouTube for Mobile users will be able to access video content on YouTube directly from their smartphones or communicators and enjoy most of YouTube's options: accounts, search, favorites, playlists, comments. The application also provides access to the portal's finest and most popular video clips, and more importantly, enables the user to upload videos from mobile device onto YouTube..
As of today, the bet version is available only for select models: Nokia N73, N95, E65, 6110 Navigator, 6120 Classic, and Sony Ericsson K800, W880. If you are a lucky owner of one of these,
then feel free to download your YouTube for Mobile client here.
http://pl.youtube.com/yt_mobile_app
I do close the programs.
I go to ram and stop the running afterwards too,
even disable wi fi but even still it starts to lag till I reset then its fine once i connect via wifi the lagging comes back into play its odd
Sony Ericsson HGE-100 GPS Enabler
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Out of all the press material we got from Sony Ericsson today, this is by far the most interesting product. It’s a tiny GPS enabler that can be used to give all Sony Ericsson phones from Here’s the most interesting product from Sony Ericsson from K800 and onwards that have Java support. That basically means that you can buy a Sony Ericsson HGE-100 GPS Enabler and instantly get GPS on your old phone. That is really, really cool! I guess the product development guys over at Nokia has to start sweating again…
Official information from Sony Ericsson:
The HGE-100 GPS Enabler
1. Find your way
Navigation with voice and text commands
1. Stay on track
‘Tracker’ GPS sports application records training sessions and analyses performance
1. Add flexibility
Compatible with many Sony Ericsson phones. Plugs in and doubles as a stereo portable handsfree.
The HGE-100 is the first personal GPS navigator that is built-in to a Stereo Portable Handsfree. This gives you the flexibility to decide when you want GPS on your phone. Plug it into your phone when you wish, use it as a handsfree to control calls and music or switch to GPS mode when you want to find your way.
Find yourself anywhere
However you are travelling, the HGE-100 will navigate you anywhere thanks to the navigation solution which is included with the product. You can choose between voice or text commands, and it’s simple to navigate the graphical, icon-based display. It can save destinations so that you don’t have to repeat your commands if you go somewhere more than once, and you can search your destination by address, person, company and even local points of interest.
Keep on track
Use the GPS Enabler as your personal trainer by using the ‘Tracker’ GPS sports application installed within the HGE-100. It monitors your speed, distance, route and calorie burn, recording and analysing data so you can monitor your progress. Because the HGE-100 gives you full control of your phone’s media player, you can enjoy music or the radio while working out and, if your run takes you further than you intended, you can always navigate your way back home if you need to.
A great team player
Flexible, lightweight and comfortable, the GPS Enabler HGE-100 is the perfect partner for the new Sony Ericsson K530 3G phone, also announced today. There is a universal 3.5mm connector half way up the cord, so you can switch headphones for different environments if you want to. The HGE-100 is compatible with a host of recent
Sony Ericsson phones, including the popular K800 Cyber-shot™ phone.
The GPS Enabler HGE-100 will be available in selected markets from Q3 2007.
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Powerful navigation solution
Sports Tracker application
Navigate in the car
Integrated PHF headset
In-Box*:
GPS Enabler HGE-100
PHF headset
User guide
Size of remote control: 61mm x 28mm
Weight: 47.6g incl. PHF
Colour: Black and silver
Keys: Full remote control + GPS mode selector
In-ear solution headset
Compatible with Sony Ericsson mobile phones with Java support from K800 onwards.
For complete compatibility see:
www.sonyericsson.com/accessories.
I do close the programs.
I go to ram and stop the running afterwards too,
even disable wi fi but even still it starts to lag till I reset then its fine once i connect via wifi the lagging comes back into play its odd
Definiatly strange,but the lagging issue has been a issue for a while on
ALL smart phones because the apps stay open until you close them.
The multi tasking feature is supposed to be one of the "main" advantages opposed to the "dum" phones.
That said SE´s "dum" phones as been able to multi task since SE K800.
But it´s indeed strange that you have to reset your phone to get it "going" again,
that in some ways make your WIFI feature a little useless :P
I do close the programs.
I go to ram and stop the running afterwards too,
even disable wi fi but even still it starts to lag till I reset then its fine once i connect via wifi the lagging comes back into play its odd
Definiatly strange,but the lagging issue has been a issue for a while on
ALL smart phones because the apps stay open until you close them.
The multi tasking feature is supposed to be one of the "main" advantages opposed to the "dum" phones.
That said SE´s "dum" phones as been able to multi task since SE K800.
But it´s indeed strange that you have to reset your phone to get it "going" again,
that in some ways make your WIFI feature a little useless :P
True.
I´ve started removing some programs i dont need to see if it makes a difference.
Thinking of removing all the gps programs too.
I hear tom tom is the best for gps?
Gonna see if i can solve this lagging problem.
Been asking users on e-ten forum about it.
Skyfire browser for Windows Mobile is game changing, does Flash
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/skyfire-browser-for-windows-mobile-is-game-changing-does-flash/
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The Skyfire browser is set to finally bring PC-like browsing to your Windows Mobile device with crazy speeds and support for all manner of embedded content. Sure, there are ways to get Youtube and other mobile video content through proxy sites that convert on the go or with other 3rd-party applications, but this puppy does it all in one sweet and free package. Facebook and Myspace pages load up in no time, video plays in the browser, and all of this is accomplished with some server side magic on the part of the Skyfire server but is completely transparent to the user. All flavors of Windows Mobile -- 5 and 6 for both touchscreen and not -- are supported with the roadmap hinting at Symbian support in the near future. Sounds too good to be true? It is, and you don't have to just take our word for it, follow the read link to get signed up for the beta, this is something that just cannot be missed.
http://www.youtube.com/v/4mWUoxiLZFc&rel
SE Cyber-shot W61S 5-megapixel camera phone
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
Sony Ericsson will offer au KDDI subscribers a new 5-megapixel camera phone from the Cyber-shot series – W61S. This slider phone features “Exmor” CMOS matrix, the same sensor technology (analog-digital converter) from Sony’s Alpha DSLR.
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/W61S_01.jpg)
The W61S can work in CDMA 1 X WIN networks supporting EV-DO Rev.A technology, and supports Bluetooth, so the user can feel free without wires. GPS-functionality enhances photo capabilities of the phone: when you take a picture, the phone records the info from the GPS-receiver about the place, and then you can see it on a PC map.
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/W61S_02.jpg)
In addition to photo and GPS the new Cyber-shot phone can boast of a big widescreen 2.8” TFT VGA display, which can be used as a pocket TV display. If the this display isn’t big enough for you to share the content, the developers added a video out.
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The short technical specs of the W61S:
Networks: CDMA1X WIN
Dimensions: 50x114x22 mm
Weight: 149 g
Display: 2.8” widescreen, 480x800 pixels, 262K colors
microSD storage cards
Camera: 5.11-megapixel, CMOS
Payment, music and navigation services
FULLFACE 2 (SoftBank 921SH) slider with motion sensor
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
Sharp has rolled out several models for the spring collection of SoftBank operator, the FULLFACE 2 (921SH) being one of them. The device is peculiar for a big widescreen 3.2” VGA display, which is good for watching “One-segment” digital TV. In addition the 921SH comes with motion sensor, it allows operate 3D menu or camera and orient the display (portrait or landscape) depending on its location.
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The short technical specs of Sharp FULLFACE 2 (Softbank 921SH):
Networks: national W-CDMA
Weight: 123 g
Main display: 3.2” (480x854), Mobile ASV LCD, 262K colors
Main camera: 3.2-megapixel, CMOS with auto focus
Video call camera: CMOS, 110 kpix
External memory: microSDHC
Connectivity: Bluetooth, IrDA
Nokia N95 Diamond Edition
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
GoldStriker International has unveiled its Nokia N95 8GB Diamond Edition smartphone. This diamond handset is plated with 18-carat white gold and coated with 325 diamonds, 3.3-carat of total weight. The company released 10 devices, each has the unique number. The smartphones come with “Concierge” international service, phonebook protection and backup (free for 1 year). The price tag for Nokia N95 8GB Diamond Edition makes up 12000 pound sterling (about 23700 US dollars).
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yo cell phone niggas!!
i need yo help
game me up on tmobile phones
i need one thats dependable, has email and internet, and a full keyboard. it needs to work with Tmobile.
and bluetooth, and i want to be able to download ringtones from my computer.
pink phone would be a plus but if it aint its koo,
HOLLA!
T-Mobile Wing™
http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/phones/detail.aspx?tp=tb2&device=acc8102d-4506-4eaa-bc2f-9c7b8ec1b1e0
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Stay connected with the T-Mobile Wing, a powerful phone with a touch screen and slide out keyboard that lets you take the strength of your desktop with you.Suggested retail $449.99
Instant discount -$100.00
Mail-in rebate -$50.00
$299.99
Feature Description
Windows Mobile® Familiar and easy to use Windows Mobile® experience
Built-in QWERTY Keypad With the built-in keypad, you can type messages easily.
GPRS/EDGE and Wi-Fi enabled* Access fast, wireless connections from anywhere on the T-Mobile USA network.
2.0 megapixel camera Take high-quality pictures from your phone that you can enlarge or print
E-mail* Send and receive e-mail messages on your phone.
myFaves capable* Get unlimited any-network calling to any 5 people with a myFaves plan.
Voice-activated functions Control your phone with your voice.
Micro SD memory slot Add more memory for multimedia files, data, and more.
Bluetooth® wireless technology Lose the wires and keep your hands free for more important things – Bluetooth lets you connect your phone to your headset or computer wirelessly.
Video camera Capture short video clips to keep for yourself or share with friends and family.
Picture messaging* Send pictures from your phone to others.
Real web browsing* Get more pages and better Web content delivered efficiently to your phone.
Instant messaging: Yahoo!®, MSN®, and AOL®* Send and receive instant messages with Yahoo!, MSN, or AOL.
Quad-band world phone (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) Use this phone in any of the countries where T-Mobile provides GPRS service.
Text messaging* The quick, quiet way to stay connected.
Speakerphone Put down the phone and keep talking with a convenient speakerphone.
Wireless calendar synchronization with Outlook Wirelessly synchronize the calendar on your phone with the one in Outlook on your desktop.
Windows Media® Player Windows Media Player lets you play audio and video files u download from the Internet or receive over e-mail.
MegaTones®, Wallpaper & Download new games,sounds and voices from hot artists,instrumental versions of songs,and wallpapers.
T-Mobile Dash
http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/phones/Detail.aspx?device=f164419f-eee9-4cf6-a1bd-070dbe4b5023
(http://www.t-mobile.com/images/products/tmobile_dash_myfaves/250x270myfaves.jpg)
A sleek Windows Mobile® Smartphone to keep you connected and is comfortable to hold. Connect with all your e-mail easily. View and share photos, videos, and attachments or browse the Web. Suggested retail $349.99
Instant discount -$200.00
Mail-in rebate -$50.00
$99.99
BasicsSize: 4.4 x 2.5 x 0.5 inches
Weight: 4.2 ounces
Included battery: Li-Ion
Talk time: up to 5 hours
Standby time: up to 9 days
Band (frequency): 850 MHz;900 MHz;1800 MHz;1900 MHz
Included Accessories
Hands-Free Headset
Case
USB Cable
AC Adaptor
Battery
Top Phone Features
Messaging
Text messaging*
Instant messaging: Yahoo!®, MSN®, and AOL®*
Fun
1.3 Megapixel camera
Windows Media® Player
Video capture/playback
Communication
Easily synch w/ Microsoft Outlook
Built-in QWERTY Keypad
myFaves capable*
Stereo Bluetooth® wireless technology
Information
Real web browsing*
GPRS/EDGE and Wi-Fi enabled*
Micro SD memory slot
Voice-activated dialing
Assistants
Windows Mobile®
Speed dial
Build-to-order zzzPhone is, well, something
http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/05/build-to-order-zzzphone-is-well-something/
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Now this is an interesting concept we can’t believe we haven’t seen before. Well, we have a little bit, but not like this. USA’s zzzPhone lets you customize your next mobile phone like you might customize a computer: you choose a base model, then add the screen, camera, and other features as you see fit.
The dual-SIM, GSM handsets can accomidate cameras up to 7-Megapixels, 4GB of internal memory, TV tuners, Skype, and other hotness that you won’t find on most phones. They can run Windows Mobile or “equivalent” operating systems, whatever that means.
They start at $150, and are available for configuration now.
Opera previews new version of mobile browser
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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Today, the popular web browser maker Opera the commercial release of its latest mobile version – 9.5, which offers a “desktop-like browsing experience”. Version 9.5 has a completely new user interface, users can pan, and zoom in on web pages. A new feature, which is supported by version 9.5, is Opera widgets - which are basically small web programs running outside of the browser, widgets can 'float' around the screen. Version 9.5 should be faster than ever, due to the fact that 9.5 utilises Opera's Presto rendering engine, in order for 9.5 to achieve desktop-like browsing speed.
Also new to 9.5 is support for Flash Lite, as well as users having the option of sending web pages and text via SMS or MMS. Opera have claimed that their browser is somewhat faster than Windows Mobile's Internet Explorer. Opera mobile 9.5 will be available for Linux, Windows Mobile, and the UIQ platform. All in all the developers promise to bring the following features in the latest release:
Tabbed browsing
Improved text wrap
Page overview, zooming and panning
Landscape mode
Save Web page for future offline access
Call phone number from Web page
Send link as SMS/MMS
Send image as SMS/MMS
Small Screen Rendering™
Password manager
Web address input auto-completion
History and bookmarks
Copy text
Opera Widgets
Samsung G810 – the G800 gone smart
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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Unwiredview.com has dug out technical specifications for Samsung’s impending G810.While its feature packed G800 was released just over two months ago, now they are set to announce the G810 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, next week. The G810 combines everything the G800 has, and packs in Symbian 9.2 OS with S60 3.1, on-board GPS, Wi-Fi, and a bigger battery (1200mh).
Technical specifications:
GSM/UMTS/3.6 Mbps HSDPA connectivity
Symbian 9.2 OS with S60 3.1 UI
2.6" 262K Color QVGA TFT display
5 megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom, anti-shake, face recognition, macro mode, autofocus
150 MB of memory and microSD memory card slot
GPS navigation
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, USB 2.0 (microUSB connector)
1200 mAh battery
Dimensions: 104x52.9x18 mm
Sanyo W62SA: waterproof with a hinge display
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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The spring collection of au KDDI operator has been extended with a Sanyo clamshell phone W62SA. This is a waterproof phone, which complies with IPX5, IPX7 standards. It features a hinge display revolving in two directions, so you can adjust it for watching “one-segment” TV-programs.
In addition the W62SA comes with an FM-tuner, which can communicate music from the phone to home and car audio systems. It also supports “au Smart Sports Run&Walk’ sport package.
The short specs of Sanyo W62SA:
Dimensions: 51x106x19.5 mm
Weight: 158 g
Main display: 2.8” widescreen, IPS (In-Plane Switching) 240x400 pixels
External display: 0.6” 96x16 pixels
Camera: 2-megapixel, auto focus
Memory: about 100 MB onboard, microSD cards (up to 2 GB)
Connectivity: USB, Bluetooth, IrDA
Navigation services
Toshiba SoftBank 921T – waterproof, hinge display, TV-tuner
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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It has become a tradition with many Japan’s handset makers to give names of big TV brands to mobile displays and phone image processing systems. For example, Toshiba has equipped its new 921T handset (announced yesterday by SoftBank operator) with a widescreen OLED display called “REGZA”.
This clamshell phone has a waterproof shell, which complies with IPX5, IPX7 standards. Its hinge display can be revolving in two directions. The 921T comes with a TV-tuner receiving “one-segment” digital TV-programs, specially designed for mobile devices.
The short specs of Toshiba 921T:
National networks only - W-CDMA with HSPDA (up to 3.6 Mbps)
Dimensions: 51x106x19.4 mm
Weight: 132 g
Display: 2.8” widescreen, 240x400 pixels
microSD cards (up to 2 GB)
Main camera: 3.24-megapixel, auto focus, image stabilizer
Camera for video calls: CMOS, 320-kpix
Connectivity: Bluetooth (stereo sound), IrDA
Navigation and payment services
Terrestrial TV programs
Details on Glofiish V900 from E-Ten’s chief
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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We’ve already mentioned an upcoming E-Ten product – Glofiish V900 communicator, which will be announced at Mobile World Congres in Barcelona next month. A fortnight back E-Ten posted a teaser image of the communicator unveiling the support of digital TV in DVB-H, DVB-T, T-DMB и DAB formats.
This time company’s chief Hwang Shan-rong has shed light on some capabilities of it. Reportedly, the communicator is powered by Windows Mobile 6 Professional running on Samsung 667 MHz processor. The device features 3G networks (with HSDPA), a 3.2-megapixel camera for photo capture, a frontal camera for video calls. We expect other details at Mobile World Congress.
Mozilla Mobile browser - more details available
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
Some of our past news items featured the impending Mozilla Mobile browser, which was being developed by the company, however no real facts had been out and about. Thankfully, some tidbits have made it to the Web - it turns out they already have two UI prototypes. The former is meant for devices with no touch-screen displays, and rather includes an on-screen pointer, so that the user can move about web pages via a conventional keypad.
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/Mozilla%20Mobile1.jpg)
The other UI is tweaked for handsets enjoying touch-sensitive screens, and allows for finger-based navigation without requiring you to hold a stylus pen, which is a buzzed ability these days.
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/mozilla_prototype2.jpg)
Apart from that, both UIs support tabbed web-browsing, page scaling, and an array of other features making for easy and convenient browsing sessions on a mobile device's tiny screen. As the developers claim, their arch-goal is to get the mobile version of the browser as close to its desktop counterpart as possible. We'll see how far they will go in this when the browser is released into the wild some time during the second half of 2008.
SE’s patent for transformer phone
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
The US Patent Office has got a patent application from Sony Ericsson. The project describes a mobile phone with two detachable connected housings. The idea can be implemented in a clamshell, slider or a rotator-type phone. The phone consists of two parts: the one with the keypad and the battery (GPS-receiver and camera can go in there too) and the other with the display, some buttons and another battery. Both housings communicate with each other via Bluetooth. The developers believe such design serves two opposite goals – while being compact, it provides a convenient hardware keypad. That is, you can use only the display housing and the rest of the phone put deep in your bag. Besides you can joint two parts with the main display on the inside or outside of phone, when closed.
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nuvifone: Garmin’s GPS-phone
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
Garmin has announced its first mobile phone called nuvifone. Naturally, being a Garmin product it must have GPS-functionality. The nuvifone is a compact device with full touch control: a 3.5” display occupies most of the front panel and leaves no room for a keypad. The device features 3G support (HSDPA), Internet browser, built-in camera, which can tag coordinates to the image info, and media player (MP3, MPEG4/AAC). It comes with the preinstalled maps of America and Europe, vast database of POI, Google local search and Garmin Online service providing online info on road situation, news, weather forecast and so on.
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/pt-browser-lg.jpg)
The sales of Garmin nuvifone are scheduled for 3Q 08. The price hasn’t been unveiled yet.
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/pt-phone-lg1.jpg)
Disappointed with your Windows Mobile handset's stereo performance? Crank up your speakers with SRS WOW plugin
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/02/01/disappointed-with-your-windows-mobile-handsets-stereo-performance-crank-up-your-speakers-with-srs-wow-plugin.html
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Windows Mobile handsets (most, if not all) come with “stereo speakers” nowadays. The thinking is that you’ll be able to rock-out to your Windows Mobile smartphone without the need to don some cumbersome headphones (earbuds, earphones, whatever). The sad reality is that the stereo speakers on most WinMo devices are placed to close together to project any real sense of “stereo” in the audio-field. What you get is incredibly flat, mono-sounding music from your cellphone. And that’s the other thing, the music sounds flat because there’s not enough definition, bass, treble, etc.
Enter the SRS WOW audio-enhancing plugin. With this handy-dandy little plugin, you’ll be able to squeeze Hi(er)-Fi sound from your WM device. SRS WOW allows you to control things like the “loudness,” definition, focus, bass, and even the center channel. But, the best part feature of the SRS WOW plugin is that it allows you to adjust the “SRS 3D Effect” - which essentially tweaks your audio output to give the impression that your stereo speakers are further apart than they really are. This feature is commonly known as “stereo widening” or “stereo separation.” If you’ve ever messed around with the Nokia N95’s audio setting, you’ll know what we’re talking about here.
Imagine that, stereo-sounding audio from your stereo speaker. Just remember to change your audio setting when you use headphones - there’s a special setting for that.
SRS WOW won’t endow your WinMo handset with the same audio-prowess as the N95 (it’s got damn fine audio-performance, by the way), but hey, it’s better than the crap-audio you’re dealing with now.
(http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/srs-wow-sound-enhancement-1.jpg)
Grab SRS WOW here:
Windows Mobile (Standard/non-touchscreen)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1792104&postcount=33
Windows Mobile (Pro/touchscreen)
http://www.winmobiletech.com/012008SRSWOWHD/SRS_WOWHD_ARM.rar
Download the file, unarchive the CAB file, then install it directly from your Windows Mobile device. Reboot your device and you’ll find your SRS WOW plugin under Start / Settings / System / WOW HD Settings.
Mobile social network Mig33's raises some serious cash to make feature phones more powerful
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/02/01/mobile-social-network-mig33s-raises-some-serious-cash-to-make-feature-phones-more-powerful.html
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www.Mig33.com convinced its existing investors — Accel, Redpoint and TVP — to pour out additional money (Series B) along with DCM which lead the deal, into the mobile social network. The company will use the whooping $13.5 million to expand in the U.S. and internationally.
Those not familiar should know www.Mig33.com works via dedicated Java-based mobile application, which goes beyond the usual profiles and friending features, and also includes some of the smartphone’s standard features like VoIP calls, instant messaging, e-mail, text messaging, and picture sharing. In some markets, like South Africa, www.Mig33.com even sell calling cards.
At the moment, www.Mig33.com has over 9 million users across more than 200 countries, which sign on for more than a total of 2 million sessions and send more than 45 million messages each day. As for the image sharing, Mig33’s users send more than a million pictures to each other every month…
Nokia's N82 now in black -- $629 unlocked
http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/06/nokias-n82-now-in-black-629-unlocked/
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After having scooped the world with the first press shots of the N82 in silver,
Intomobile brings us the first shots of the N82 in black.
Nothing else is new.
Then again,with a 5 megapixel camera,xenon flash,Carl Zeiss glass and quad-band GSM with HSDPA data,
assisted GPS, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth, FM Tuner, 3.5-mm jack, microSD slot, and 2.4-inch auto-rotating display...
is there anything you're missing?
Oh right, HSDPA on US frequencies would be damn nice if Nokia hopes to grow their domestic presence.
$629 is the unlocked cost, but hey, shipping is free.
Still waiting to upgrade your AT&T 8525 to Windows Mobile 6.0? You still have time.
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/02/05/still-waiting-to-upgrade-your-att-8525-to-windows-mobile-60-you-still-have-time.html
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If you still haven’t upgraded your AT&T 8525 to the newer Windows Mobile 6.0 ROM, you still have time - luckily. You see, HTC and AT&T offered up the free upgrade
http://www.intomobile.com/2007/10/31/htc-announces-windows-mobile-60-upgrade-for-att-8525.html
So, if you’ve been lagging on bringing back your device’s fresh and clean (install, that is) feeling, you just lucked out. It seems the download deadline has been lifted. AT&T 8525 customers will now have until this coming Halloween to download the AT&T 8525 Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional ROM upgrade.
http://www.intomobile.com/2007/10/31/htc-announces-windows-mobile-60-upgrade-for-att-8525.html
Nokia Aeon on eBay - say what?
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/02/05/nokia-aeon-on-ebay-say-what.html
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A Nokia Aeon
http://www.intomobile.com/2006/10/13/nokias-phone-of-the-future-aeon.html
is on sale on eBay? Riiight. Let’s all whip out our PayPal accounts and bid this auction up. The Nokia Aeon was going for just $999, which is a steal, considering that the handset is a Nokia concept and nothing more.
If you haven’t realized by now, the Nokia Aeon auction is a fake scam con unbelievably stupid attempt to steal other people’s money. eBay has already taken the auction down, but it was funny while it lasted.
Should you ever come across and of mercerwholesaleelectroncs8888’s auctions, you would do well to steer clear. This guy’s out to get some poor suckers money. Don’t be that sucker.
Apple kicks up iPhone storage to 16GB for $100 more
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thought I’d say this, but this is the first time that I sincerely feel like getting rid of my iPhone 8GB. It’s just not as appealing as it once was.
Calm down. The only reason I say this is because my iPhone 8GB is no longer the big-kid on the iPhone-block. You see, Apple has just updated their iPhone (and iPod Touch) lineup to include a new 16GB version of the iPhone. That means we’re going back to the two-tier iPhone system that we saw with the 4GB and 8GB iPhones.
The new iPhone 16GB (and iPod Touch 32GB) will ding your wallet for an extra C-note ($100), but for double the memory it’s a bargain (that is, if you can call $499 a bargain). And, that is exactly what makes me want to get rid of my 8GB iPhone….and grab a 16GB iPhone.
Hey Apple! Let’s get an iPhone swap program going. Pretty please?
[Update]
Prices in the UK and Germany are £329 and 499 Euros, respectively.
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http://www.vampent.com/emu.htm
^^^^you know what it is ^^^^^
Samsung's F480 Armani (without the Armani), Dual Touch Chic G400 flip and F400 B&O slider
http://www.mobile-review.com/exhibition/2008-3gsm-samsung-en.shtml
Samsung at 3GSM Congress
So it happens that our coverages of 3GSM Congress tend to kick off with write-ups on Samsung, which is not due to some agreements we have with this manufacturer, or our sympathies – it is all about editorial savvy. The thing is, before departing for the exhibition, it is always good to take a huge load off our shoulders, knowing that we won’t have to go over the slew of Samsung’s offerings in a hurry, for this requires a great deal of concentration and cool judgment. The company has been using the Congress to roll out as many new phones as possible, year in year out, whereas other makers prefer to lift the veil of mystery step-by-step, in course of the year, although, they still have a lot of things under their belts coming to this exhibition. As far as Samsung is concerned, this approach occasionally leads to debuts of solutions that are still somewhat far off. Last year, one of the most interesting showcased devices had been the Samsung F700, which hit selected markets only by the end of 2007, while handsets clad in wood and precious metals never made it at all. Nevertheless, many handsets have actually garnered much interest on the market, and, what is curious, Samsung has even managed to get through another generation of phones, so that these days it is showing off all novelties it has up its sleeve.
This article will get expanded with photos we have taken at the maker’s booth (supposedly in the evening), and probably churn out some write-ups on the most interesting solutions – one of them, our take on the Samsung G810 is already available at our main page. Stay tuned to get the most comprehensive coverage on the event taking place in Barcelona.
Samsung’s strategy for 2008
A relatively unexpected boon in the form of the second place, in mobile phone global sales chart (all thanks to Motorola), has provoked a revision of the maker’s range and priorities. What is interesting is that, this year’s 3GSM Congress will see the same leitmotif coming from other manufacturers in one way or another – what made the headlines yesterday is taking a back seat today. Imaging capabilities in mobile phones remain vital, although, they are not mind-blowing anymore, as the next big focus is entertainment and services.
Samsung has brought a couple of things to the fore, and the first one is its portfolio that is now divided up into 4 big ranges:
Style – fashion-savvy solutions, this group also includes all flagship phones specifically those coming from the U- and F-series. At this year’s Congress, they are ushering in two products of this type – the new flagship, Samsung U900 Soul, and the Samsung F480.
Multimedia – the maker virtually divides this segment into two camps: music and imaging, which is the right thing to do, since either sub-class has its own heroes, and own solutions, basically, there are no convergent devices that pack in both top-notch music department and stellar imaging capabilities.
Business – enterprise solutions and business-minded handsets, this group comprises primarily of Windows Mobile and Symbian based devices.
Infotainment – asymmetric answer to Nokia’s N-Gage platform, and Sony Ericsson’s revitalized and re-positioned Play Now. In a nutshell, this line comprises of entertainment-ready phones, although by and large, Samsung-branded phones offer nothing beyond stock games, and other applications.
Dismissing the classification Samsung utilizes for its products, you will find another way to categorize them. For instance, they are rolling out the La Fleur 2 collection (three phones) for women at 3GSM. La Fleur aside, the maker has demoed a couple of other models designed exclusively for women and comprising the L-series. An in-depth review of the La Fleur 2 range is coming up shortly, and for now, let’s move on to other solutions.
Touchscreen-enabled phones represent another promising branch of development for the company. In this field, they are rivaling LG, although Samsung has assumed the role of the runner-up (which we investigated in our review on the Samsung F490). By the way, we got our hands on a commercial edition of the F490 and will be updating the review later this week – they have slightly altered the design, sales package and some other minor things.
Without going into detail, Samsung is planning to extend the basic segmentation with more sub-groups and specific ranges, which will make for more precise positioning, and allow for an easier target audience based marketing of phones. Now, let’s look at the maker’s main offerings and their strengths/weaknesses.
The Flagship – Samsung U900 Soul
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If you ask me which form-factor will be Samsung’s favorite when it comes to designing a new flagship, I will snap answer - slider. Having initially banked on clamshells, the company has gotten really into slider-type phones as well. The Samsung U600 was so successful that even with the negative feedback regarding its touch-sensitive buttons in mind, the maker is now rolling out a follow-up to that handset – the U900, which will be its flagship solution for the year to come. Furthermore, they want it to sell at least as well as the U600/U700, which doesn’t look impossible at all.
The newcomer is dubbed “Soul”, and there is something more than just a regular meaning to it, “Soul” is also short for “The Spirit Of Ultra”, emphasizing that it stands above all models in the Ultra Edition range.
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The handset measures up at 105.9x49.8x12.9 mm, being pretty thin for a handset coming bundled with a 5 Megapixel autofocus-enabled camera, although it doesn’t differ much from the unit installed in the Samsung G600, what we mean is that it will shoot in a similar fashion, and for the most part, won’t be able to stand up to the solutions from Nokia and Sony Ericsson. On the other hand, it is a pretty decent camera for an all-in-one device, plus it boasts a couple of software modes, like Face Detection (a self-explanatory feature) and Wide Dynamic Range (WDR) that enhances images taken in low light (sets higher ISO settings, when the U900 finds out it is very dark around). The last thing we need to note is the U900’s image stabilizer, so on paper, its won’t be too far from the imaging-savvy Samsung G810, probably with the only difference being QVGA video recording. But in reality, the G810 is definitely ahead the Samsung U900 on all fronts, as far as photography is concerned, all thanks to its real optics (not a piece of plastic found on the U900). All-in all, it is pretty much in line with the finest imaging-ready offerings from other manufacturers – I managed to do a shootout between one of the Soul's prototypes and a of Sony Ericsson's CyberShot mass-market device, sporting a similar camera, and found them to be nearly identical. So, the U900’s camera is positively one of its fortes, albeit it is not the market’s finest solution. But, this handset is relatively minuscule at that, so this camera will be more than passable, as you can’t squash a stellar unit and a bevy of other features into a very pocketable casing anyway.
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The phone’s casing features both plastic and silverish metal accents. I bet we’ll see the U900’s black edition along with other trims very soon – that’s the company’s strategy and it never backed away from it even once. But, why are they showcasing not the most spectacular silver colour scheme first? Simply because they want to focus the market’s attention on the U900’s truly metallic casing and texture. But, the truth is, all these metallic plates are not even 1mm thick, however the user won’t notice that unless he rips the handset apart.
The U900 is the market’s second device (the Samsung E950 was the pioneer) to adopt a touch-sensitive display instead of a navi-button. While it was nameless in the E950, here, the maker’s marketers have come up with quite a title for a flagship device. They call it Magic Touch by DaCP. I have no idea why they spelled the abbreviation wrong (that’s what you will find in the press-release), as it in fact stands for Dynamic Adaptive Control Panel. A multitude of terms in one name doesn’t do this solution any justice – it would’ve been better off with just “Magic Touch” without that awkward “DaCP’, since even some of Samsung’s employees can’t give this technology’s full name anyway. By the way, I spent 15 minutes trying to figure out what “DaCP” meant, and I guess it is a record of some sort.
This display renders task-relevant buttons sitting on the places of directional keys. For instance, if you are managing the music player, you will see music controls, while for browser, the display morphs to offer navigation keys. However, this screen is let down by the lack of any tactile feedback, which is a common drawback among touch-screens. Similar context aware buttons are getting implemented into solutions from other makers as well, for example, you will find a bunch of these in the Motorola ROKR E8, but mind the fact that for these purposes it employs not a dedicated display, but a preset symbol layout engraved on a plastic sub-layer.
The phone’s music department is on par with other offerings, as it utilizes the ICEpower amplifier designed by B&O, which makes for loud and clear sound. On the downside, the music player packs in no bells and whistles and doesn’t have a rainbow of features you can get with Sony Ericsson’s handsets; but it holds its own when it comes to sound. The manufacturer rates its battery life as being good for 15 hours of music, which is pretty good. The U900 also comes armed with an RDS-enabled FM-radio.
Almost forgot to mention that the display is capable of showing up to 16 million colours, plus it hides underneath a mirror-like surface, lending it a feel quite similar to the Samsung U600. All colours seemed bright and vibrant; the screen measures 2.2 inches from corner to corner and sports QVGA resolution. The U900’s display also felt quite sturdy.
The handset’s software is done pretty much in the same vein as other latest-and-greatest offerings from Samsung, though with a couple of features that the maker puts focus on. Specifically, menu themes are settling down in the feature pack, what is more, you will be able to modify them as you please (sounds, wallpapers, menu color scheme). Moreover, you will be allowed to make up your own animated screensavers stitched together from various images or photos, enhanced by a selection of effects. This feature made its first appearance with the Samsung G800 – check out a sample video demoing it in our review.
Video, user-created animated wallpapers (mpg, 17,4 mb) >>>
As regard the rest of the U900’s functionality, it supports HSDPA, comes with quad-band (European) GSM connectivity, carries a microSD memory expansion slot onboard, along with OMA DRM 2.0, RSS, Google Search, support for MTP and hence Windows Media. Also inside are Bluetooth 2.0 and USB 2.0.
On balance, the U900 is a quite decent phone, a true flagship, although not without its own weak spots, in this case – ergonomics of the touch-sensitive buttons. Nevertheless, the example of the Samsung U600’s wild success indicates that consumers aren’t put off but this quirk, so we have no reason to believe the U900 will have any problems in this sense. The phone starts shipping in March, word is it will retail for around 400 Euro.
Style range
Samsung F480 – another Armani
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They have the Samsung Armani, and here comes the Samsung F480 - a lookalike, yet it has nothing to do with the co-branding hype. Missing name of a fashion designer doesn’t make it worse or less interesting – on the contrary, in many ways it surpasses its predecessor. Measuring up at 97.9x55x11.5 mm, it boasts a 2.8-inch display, capable of 240x320-pixel resolution (QVGA). It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to guess that the F480 will come preinstalled with the next version of Croix OS, which is the system the Samsung Armani runs on. Almost all menus offer tactile feedback for every screen tap (the handset starts vibrating a little). What makes this phone interesting is its 3G connectivity, FM-radio and a 5 Megpixel autofocus-enabled camera, with an LED flash. It carries 240 Mb of inbuilt storage, which can be beefed up with microSD memory cards. As far as software is concerned, it comes with themes, RSS, and some other generic options for the latest generation of Samsung’s offerings.
This phone’s release is slotted for April or May with its price tag set to 350-400 Euro, which, however, will greatly depend on how much LG will decide to charge for its similar offering.
Samsung G400 – Dual Touch Chic
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The motto they picked for the G400, “Dual Touch Chic” is spot-on, since it stresses that both screens on this handset are touch-sensitive, plus its design is very well described with the word “chic”. Limited number of technologies and edges on the mobile phone market means they will be similar-sounding slogans and product names – for instance, HTC is offering the Touch Dual, which is its latest and greatest offering.
But the foremost thing about this folder is not a pair of touch-sensitive displays, although they seem to be its centerpiece, but its all-metal casing. Samsung has never had phones like this before, and if the G400 gets popular, they might push this concept beyond a single model. The phone’s dimensions are 102.8x51.5x15.4mm, which is what we have come to expect from a folding phone.
Frankly speaking, why would someone need another touch screen, since the only function it can handle is the music player; but it will give it a good run-through at the maker’s booth to figure out whether they have added something with the latest versions of software, or hardware. It may seem that the G400 is Samsung’s reaction to the Motorola RAZR2 V8, however they deliver such different feelings and experiences, that putting them up against one another won’t make much sense. The only thing they have in common is controls, but, that’s about it.
The internal QVGA display measures 2.2 inches diagonally and shows up to 262 K colors. The G400’s specs are no different from other Samsung’s top-of-the-line offerings, plus it retains a 5 Megapixel autofocus-enabled camera, RDS-powered FM-radio, 100 Mb of storage, and a microSD memory expansion slot.
The phone is set to launch in late April or early in May at 300 Euro.
Samsung L310 – glamorous to the core
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This handset comes from the La’Fleur 2 collections, and some of our readers are aware of it. We will be putting it through its paces in our review very soon, probably this week already. What about it? Well, the L310 was definitely designed with Nokia’s L’Amour Collection in mind, as it employs the same colour scheme with gold, black and dark-brown. In fact, it doesn’t even have an external display – by folding it open, you activate the floral ornament on the top portion of the phone.
The L310 has every last thing a women could only demand: period calendar, calories counter, shopping list, and other features. Curiously, La’Fleur offerings have never been technologically talented, making up for this with their fancy designs. This handset is no exception, as it comes equipped with a 176x220-pixel display, and a diagonal size of 1.8 inches, a 2 MegaPixel camera, and several welcome improvements in the menu. All-in-all, the L310 is more of a mixed bag, considering its design, functionality and price.
Samsung L320 – Aqua still lives
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As far as sales are concerned, the previous edition of the La’Fleur collection was topped by the Samsung E570 (Aqua), plus it turned out to have the longest lifespan. This handset stood out thanks to its quirky design, a bevy of color schemes and women’s love.
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It would have been criminal not to roll out a follow up to this device, so Samsung did the right thing. The new phone goes by the name of “L320”, but it is not all that different from its predecessor, primarily in view of having a fully-fledged vertically laid out outer display. As far as other feats and smarts go, these two are pretty much identical, with the L320 sporting a 2 MegaPixel camera, RDS-enabled FM radio, music player, and the ability to bulk the built-in storage up with microSD cards. Aren’t they twin brothers? Pardon me, sisters.
The handset is about to hit the market, and its review will become available on Mobile-Review.com after February 15.
Samsung L170 – inexpensive candy-bar with ambitions
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When slim is in, many people start being nicer to you, provided that you are a phone. While Nokia runs with its 6500 Classic, and Sony Ericsson is presenting its brand-new W890i, Samsung picks a different approach. Why do they need to enter the market with an expensive solution, when they can come up with a reasonably priced unsophisticated handset that will have all the makings of a luxury device? That’s the story of the Samsung L170 (given its index, does it aim at women? I suppose no, judging by what it has under the hood). Metallic accents in design, 10.7mm profile, radio and player onboard, but a baby display measuring 1.6 inches diagonally, landscape orientation and a resolution of 220x176 pixels (262 K colors); plus a 2 Megapixel camera added for good measure. All this makes the L170 an appealing solution with a relatively light price tag (175 Euro), and if it will go a few rungs down the pricing ladder, it will make a solid statement as a potential leader of sales charts. Look for it on the shelves in March.
Samsung J150 – The Glitter in Svelte
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You thought the L170 was the cheapest candy bar clad in metal around? Well, it is official – you were wrong. In order to congest the market and push Motorola’s SLVR out of business, Samsung is releasing a really cheap entry-level device. While it is only 9.9 mm deep, other specs are little to no different from this segment’s standards – 1.9-inch display (176x220 pixels, 65K , TFT), 1.3 Megapixel camera, FM-radio, Bluetooth and a memory expansion slot for microSD cards. Think of yourself looking at a phone with these feats a couple of years ago – you would have said “wow”, but these days it is a budget handset retailing for 120-130 Euro.
Samsung J700 – The Beauty of Black Pearl
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Who said that low-end models can’t be charming? Obviously, Samsung has a different point of view, which is the reason they have come up with an inexpensive phone showing off a mirrorish surface, and of course it comes in black. As far as its spec sheet goes, it so short that we could have easily overlooked it – the J700 retains an FM-radio, 1.3 Megapixel camera, 2-inch display (128x160 pixels), microSD memory card slot and a music player thrown in for good measure. The handset is quite compact at 99.5x48x14.9 mm. The J700’s release is scheduled for early March, and 130-140 Euro should definitely be able to buy you one.
Samsung L770 – Mobile Sophisticate
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We have just been speaking about a phone decked out in a mirriorish finish, and what do you know – another model sporting this fancy design. There is nothing special to its technical specifications, for it is a UMTS-enabled phone from the previous generation packing in a 2 Megapixel camera, radio and other default features. Basically, it is here just to diversify the maker's range, despite having a pretty high index, which is more likely to indicate the L770’s price tag and the premium its owners will pay for design. This phone will be available in a variety of colors, right from the word go.
The L770 is set to go on sale in April and be freely available for 260-280 Euro.
Samsung E251 – gear up with music
One of the market’s most popular sliders was the Samsung E250, only because it looked so much like the Samsung D900, however it didn’t every try to hide its origins, being an entry-level solution to the bone, yet packed in an FM-radio, memory expansion slot and even a VGA camera. In an effort to prolong its lifespan, Samsung has added 1 to its index, a dedicated music key and.. well, that’s pretty much it. When it hits the shelves, the E251 will go for around 120-130 Euro, which is passable. Those who want to learn more about this phone should probably read our review on the Samsung E250, thankfully, the enhancements introduced in the E251 don’t make all that much of a difference.
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Multimedia range
I won’t be covering the products of this range that have already debuted on the market, and will rather give you a handful of links to our in-depth reviews:
Samsung F490
Samsung G800
Samsung i450
Samsung F330
Samsung F250 (coming up next week)
I hope that you have put an eye on the small strange detail in the list above – it includes both music-minded solution and the imaging-heavy G800, while the maker’s new flagship is nowhere to be found. That’s because of Samsung’s new positioning model, although the G810 would have been better off in this category, rather than in the Infotainment range. The Samsung F250 opens the La’Fleur 2 line-up and turns out that it belongs to the Style class as well. This contradiction has been solved in a very straightforward way – they have rolled out two editions of the F250, the one with a fancy pattern on the casing is meant for women, whereas the other one is a music-ready offering. Moreover, to distinguish them in a big way, the maker has put tiny speakers into the F250 music edition’s box.
Samsung F400 –B&O’s music-minded marvel
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When the Serenata (or Symphoy), the fruit of Samsung’s collaboration with B&O ,saw release, everybody liked its speakers and the sound quality they delivered, which turned this quirky phone into a potent music box. But given all oddities of the Serenata and it decidedly going against the average consumer’s common sense, it can only dream of becoming widely adopted. Back in September, one of Samsung’s managers said: “Serenata offers marvelous sound, but don’t expect its components to make it to mass-market solutions, they are way too expensive”. Thankfully, his gloomy predictions haven’t come true, as we are now having the pleasure of playing around with the Samsung F400, whose music department has been taken care of by B&O’s engineers.
The F400 employs dual-slider action – sliding it down will reveal two loudspeakers plus the B&O logo. Effectively, two speakers are not a must, for the distance between them is too insignificant to allow for a “stereo effect” of any kind. In the average Joe’s mind, two is always better than one, so the F400 comes with two speakers onboard. Regardless of whether you have earphones on or not, the handset delivers good sound quality.
What about other specs of the F400? It is a 3G device sporting a 2.2-inch display, with a QVGA resolution (262K, TFT), 3 Megapixel camera, with autofocus, slot for microSD memory cards and an RDS-enabled FM-radio. The F400 arrives in late March, with a price tag of 370-390 Euro. All-in-all, it is one of the finest phones Samsung has rolled out at 3GSM – a music-centric flagship in a way.
Business range
This range primarily comprises smartphones, bu,t for some reason, the Samsung D880 DuoS has made it into their ranks. I have to confess – the review was composed long ago, but I haven’t had time to publish it so far, and we will definitely make up for that in February. In my mind, the lack of a stand-alone DuoS range, and this phone’s positioning as a one-off solution is a tribute to carriers, who find these solutions no different from a disaster. Why would Samsung tease them for no reason? And Samsung is not teasing them, but still is offering the DuoS at its booth.
As for the rest of this range, below is the list of device we have already reviewed:
Samsung i780
Samsung i550
Samsung i560
Samsung i200 –Windows Mobile gone cheap
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There is nothing special about the i200 – it is a threadbare candybar, featuring 3G connectivity, a conventional keypad, 2 Megapixel camera, Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard, and a microSD memory expansion slot. The handset also comes with an unusual screen diagonal of 2.3 inches, and QVGA resolution. The i200 is due this spring, no word on its price, but, it is said to slip below 200 Euro. Probably, some will find this solution of certain interest, as it seems to be a relatively cheap WM-powered smartphone, and its price tag is not of the least importance.
Infotainment range
The centerpiece of this range is, undoubtedly, the Samsung G810, but we won’t be writing even a word more on, the reason being that our hands-on impressions are available in a dedicated piece on this handset already today.
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This range also includes the Samsung F700 – learn more about it here.
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The Samsung F490 has received an update in the form of the SCH-W420, an offering for the Korean market that sports only a 2 Megapixel camera, yet comes bundled with mobile TV (T-DMB). This phone won’t be shipped to other regions, though.
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Another phone of note is the folder-type phone, the W350, supporting satellite DMB signal. Curiously, the maker considers this handset’s 2.2-inch diagonal suited for watching videos, and what is more, consumers nod in approval as well. In this sense, beliefs shared by some many people that 2.2, 2.4 or 2.6 inch diagonals are insufficient for video fall apart. Of course, it is always great to enjoy bigger displays, but, if there are no other options, this one will have to do.
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The last mobile TV enabled device on the agenda is the P960, boasting support for DVB-H, and housed in the slider-type form factor. At 102x53x16.5 mm, it packs in a diagonal screen size of 2.6 inches, and offers QVGA resolution. Its TV features also include PiP (picture in picture), but as for the rest, it is a typical Samsung-branded offering coming equipped with a 3 Megapixel autofocus-enabled camera, music player and other features. The question remains whether the P960 will see its commercial release, but I, for one, don’t think there is a good chance of that.
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Roundup
Effectively, at 3GSM Congress, Samsung has revealed its plans for 6-7 months to come, which include the new flagship (Samsung U900 Soul), and leaders in specific fields – the Samsung G810 and Samsung F400 (imaging and music respectively). Our avid and savvy readers shouldn’t be confused by the wealth of offerings that re-debuted at this exhibition. In fact, Samsung is the only top manufacturer that is still into CEBIT, held in Hanover. I suppose this maker has a couple of models left in stock for that fair as well, especially as far as mid-tier devices are concerned. All in all, they haven’t introduced a multitude of sliders scheduled for summer 2008, nor have they rolled out the update to the Ultra Edition range (the whole range, rather than a sole flagship), plus a couple of other lesser solutions are yet to be announced. This year should see a ton of touchscreen-enabled handsets, as well as Samsung-branded solutions, running S60, the reason being that the maker is trying to grab a bigger market chunk in Europe, and basically all markets where Motorola’s influence is now fading. It is a sound goal, so let’s wait and see how it turns out
The Nokia 6220 classic, all 5 megapixels of it
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Why should Nseries devices get all the 5 megapixel, S60-packin' fun? Nokia thinks they shouldn't, popping out the generously-spec'd 6220 classic at Mobile World Congress today. At a suggested retail of €325 (about $471), the attractive candybar slides well under the N96's hefty sticker while hanging onto a Carl Zeiss lens with a 5 megapixel sensor -- and actually outdoes its pricier cousin by adding a xenon flash. It'll also include integrated AGPS, TV out, microSD expansion, FM radio, and HSDPA 900 / 2100 alongside quadband EDGE when it becomes available in the third quarter of the year.
The Nokia 6210 Navigator
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The Nokia Navigator is back, and this time around, it's got enough 3G to satisfy pretty much everyone. Succeeding the 6110, the 6210 Navigator slider obviously puts an emphasis on providing directions to your destination, and a few nifty features help it excel at the task. First up, it features the just-announced Nokia Maps 2.0 app, which provides pedestrian in addition to the typical auto navigation -- a logical feature, considering this thing spends much of its life in your pants, not mounted to your windshield; secondly, it sports an integrated accelerometer that can keep the map updated at a reasonable rate while you're trolling about on foot ; third, the car mount is standard fare in the retail box, along with a 1GB microSD card. The S60 Third Edition handset also features an FM radio, Bluetooth 2.0, 3.2 megapixel camera, 120MB of internal storage, and -- get this -- can be used for navigation without a SIM card. Imagine that! It'll come in no fewer than four versions -- one with EDGE only and three with various flavors of HSDPA for different corners of the world -- in the third quarter for €300 (about $435).
The Nokia N96 redefines "high-end"
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Rumored for a few weeks now as the N95's successor in waiting, the mighty N96 dual slider has gone all official on us at Mobile World Congress today. Though the phone it replaces is still a beast by any measure, the N96 pushes the envelope further by packing a solid 16GB of storage internally in addition to a microSD slot, something the N95 8GB lacks.
The 5 megapixel autofocus camera with Carl Zeiss Tessar lens carries over,
but there are now two LEDs doing flash and video light duty.
The 2.8 inch QVGA display will come in handy for the integrated DVB-H mobile TV tuner, while a 3.5mm headphone jack, A2DP,
and integrated stereo speakers should handle audio with aplomb.
Other features include WiFi, AGPS,
and morphing lights on the smaller second slide that hook the user up with
game controls when it's time to relax with a little N-Gage action.
Unfortunately, the first version of the N96 (and the only version announced thus far)
supports HSDPA only on the 900 and 2100MHz bands,
but we imagine the strength of the spec sheet should still be enough to sell a few
of these stateside when it launches in the third quarter for €550 (about $797).
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Nokia N96 world exclusive hands-on
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The Nokia N78, in European and North American flavors
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The revamped Nseries lineup is coming fast and furious since the launch of the N81 and N82 late last year, and the latest candybar to get the updated industrial design is the N78, a midrange handset (by Nseries standards, anyway)
with an integrated FM transmitter setting it apart from the crowd.
Another notable feature is its picture geotagging capability,
made possible by the 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera paired with integrated AGPS.
Other than that, it's pretty much your average S60 Third Edition Feature Pack 2 piece with Bluetooth and WiFi,
though it's the very first Nseries model to be announced in both European and North American 3G versions simultaneously
-- and if that's not progress, we don't know what is.
Look for it to start stocking shelves next quarter for €350 (about $507).
Two for the Cyber-shot crowd: Sony Ericsson intros C702 and C902
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At its press conference yesterday, Sony Ericsson has unveiled two new members of the Cyber-shot family - C702 and C902. Let's briefly go through them, shall we:
Sony Ericsson C702 Cyber-shot
3.2 MP camera, auto focus, 2x digital zoom, video recording
aGPS, Google Maps and Wayfinder pre-installed, Geo tagging
Splash and dust resistant
2.2" 262,144 QVGA color screen
Size: 106×48x15.5 mm, weight: 105 grams
Sony Ericsson C902 Cyber-shot
5 MP camera, auto focus, 2.5x digital zoom, video recording with light, image and video stabiliser
Face Detection
2" 262,144 QVGA color screen
108×49x10.5 mm, weight: 107 grams
In addition, both devices support stereo Bluetooth (A2DP), FM radio, and HSDPA connectivity. As for the pre-installed software, whether you grab the C702 or C902 — somewhere in Q2 2008 when they hit "select markets" — you'll get PlayNow, TrackID, Java, NetFront web browser, RSS reader, picture blogging, and other standard apps already on board.
The Sony Ericsson W980
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Just as we've expected, Sony Ericsson announced the latest addition to its Walkman family of handsets - W980. Created with "music in mind," the new Walkman clamshell is simply beautiful in its "Piano Black" color.
As for the specs, there's the quad-band GSM/GPRS radio, HSDPA, stereo Bluetooth (A2DP), 2.2" QVGA internal and 176×176 pixels external screen, dedicated music keys, 8GB of internal memory, 3.2 MP camera, auto rotate feature, FM radio, FM transmitter (very cool), Shake control, TrackID, SensMe, and much more. Available from Q3 2008 in select markets… Full release follows after the jump.
PRESS RELEASE - Sony Ericsson today revealed the W980, a Walkman phone that promises to get the most out of your music. Its unique audio enhancing technology, together with the Walkman on Top design, sees the W980 cement Sony Ericsson's position as a true market leader in the world of music on your mobile.
"The W980 Walkman phone really sets a new standard for music on your phone," said Ben Padley, Head of Music Marketing, at Sony Ericsson. "We wanted to design a leading music player that we could combine with a feature-packed phone, all the while pioneering an audio experience that always left you wanting more. The W980 will surpass all expectations."
W980 Walkman phone Created with music in mind
Clear audio experience - Superior sound quality lets you enjoy your music as it was meant to be heard
Walkman on Top - Intuitive music access and control,
Storage solutions - 8GB internal memory lets you store up to 8,000 songs
Be true to the original recording
The W980 Walkman phone is designed to allow you to listen to music as it should be heard. Clear stereo enables the music to sound like the original recording. Clear bass delivers distortion free sound even at higher volumes. These features combine with the premium headphones, the Stereo Portable Handsfree HPM-77, to deliver an incredible clear audio experience and music that sounds as true as possible to the original recording
Share your music with friends
The W980 Walkman phone has a built-in FM transmitter, which allows you to send whatever's playing on your phone to other devices with a built-in FM radio receiver. This gives you the ability to share your music with all those around you, whether through a friend's hi-fi or your car stereo.
Quality music is made for sharing with the W980. Unplug your headset, sit back and let the music flow through the integrated stereo speakers for all to enjoy. Select a track from the extensive music library – the W980 lets you store up to 8000 songs – or tune in to your favourite radio station and listen out loud. No need to plug in an FM Receiver, since this is on-board with the W980.
Build your collection every day
With the recent evolution of PlayNow arena, Sony Ericsson's popular over-the-air (OTA) and web download service being launched this May, you will be able to access up to 5 million tracks to maximise your music collection. The W980's TrackID feature, which can identify any track that you just can't put a name to, will be fully integrated into PlayNow arena. This makes the W980 a genuine gateway to great music, as you can download the track instantly once it has been identified.
Customise your sound
You can tailor the W980's Walkman player to the music that you're listening to. This latest Walkman phone provides a choice of eight equaliser presets, each of which contains a distinct profile that is suitable to a range of music. So whether you're listening to jazz, pop or heavy metal, you've can always choose the best sound for the song.
Control your music at your fingertips
The Walkman on Top feature on the W980 gives you the full functionality of a Walkman player without even having to open your phone. The entire Walkman player that would normally be displayed on the inside of your clamshell is also replicated on the outside of the phone, so navigation through your music library is effortless.
Balance and beat
Every music enthusiast knows that a great audio experience requires great quality speakers or headphones. The W980 Walkman phone comes with the new Stereo Portable Handsfree HPM-77; a headset that lets you enjoy music in powerful stereo sound. The HPM-77 also allows users to take their calls handsfree, and its sleek design and in-ear wearing-style mean that it's both comfortable and reduces background noise to the bare minimum.
Whether listening via the headphones or the stereo speakers, the W980 Walkman phone is a must-have for those who want an unrivalled music experience, which they carry with them every minute of the day. It is a UMTS/HSDPA 2100 GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 phone that will be available in selected markets from Q3 2008.
The Stereo Portable Handsfree HPM-77 will be available in selected markets from June 2008.
Sony Ericsson G700 and G900 revealed
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The new G-series from Sony Ericsson is launching today at Mobile World Congress Barcelona as the Swedish-Japanese firm's "touchscreen organizer" offering. Sony Ericsson is touting this pair of handsets as a "personal organiser in-your-pocket keeps your contacts, calendars, notes, pictures and favourite Web sites all in one place and just a fingertip away." By which we presume that the Sony Ericsson G700 and G900 will be pulling PDA-duty for the smartphone set.
Both the Sony Ericsson G700 and Sony Ericsson G900 feature a 2.4-inch touchscreen display that allows the user to write "sticky notes" directly on the screen (with the stylus, of course). As an added bonus, the "sticky notes" can be "pasted" to the homescreen, serving as a handy reminder whenever you glance at your Sony Ericsson G700 or G900's display.
The SE G700 will be holding up the lower-end of this "organizer" duo. With a 3.2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth (A2DP), TrackID, FM radio with RDS, Opera web browser, text-input and calendar features, the G700 is definitely a capable handset (even if it is the "lighter" of the two handsets).
Which brings us to the Sony Ericsson G900. The SE G900 does everything its less-accomplished sibling is capable of doing, but bumps up the camera's pixel density to 5 megapixels and throws a bit of WiFi in the mix.
Both the G-series handsets from Sony Ericsson will be sporting tri-band (900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM/GPRS radios with European-flavored UMTS on the 2100Mhz band. Expect a Q2 2008 release with the G700 launching in Silk Bronze and the G900 launching in Dark Red and Dark Brown
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Sony Ericsson takes touchscreen mainstream with two phones set to simplify your life
10 February 2008The new G700 and G900 phones are designed to give back time. They place personal organiser features and easy finger-touch control within familiar form factors.
Barcelona, Spain – 10th February 2008 – Sony Ericsson today launched a new generation of phone: Touchscreen organisers with a broad appeal. The G700 and G900 phones are essential tools designed to organise the lives of all those with busy schedules to juggle, both at home and at work.
The G700 is here to help you live your life to the full. This personal organiser in-your-pocket keeps your contacts, calendars, notes, pictures and favourite Web sites all in one place and just a fingertip away. Touch and go.
The G900 has all the functions of the G700 with the added features of a unique new 5.0 megapixel Touch Auto Focus camera, touch photo album and editor. Perfect for those looking for a one-touch media experience combined with their organiser.
“Sony Ericsson is delivering touchscreen and innovative organiser capabilities to a wide audience without compromising on the size or shape of the phone. Both the G700 and G900 have regular keyboards and are no larger than a regular phone.” says Martin Winkler, Director Global Marketing and Head of Multimedia Web at Sony Ericsson. “These phones are ideal for users that are only interested in making their lives simpler. It’s not about technology for the sake of it.”
Sony Ericsson G700 phone
One-touch full organiser functions
Touch controlled Notes application - write and draw your memo's
Large 2.4" display with unique single touch control menu
3,2 megapixel camera
Compact size
Calendar is King
Access your calendar, reach family and friends and scribble and save your notes on your phone. With the G700, you can jot down a note on the screen with a stylus, just as you would with a pen on paper, and save it on your phone’s desktop to remind you - just as you’d stick a note on the fridge. You can even draw a map to the local shop or doodle personal notes to send them to your loved ones! Holding everything that is important to you wherever you go, the G700 is the most natural way to manage life. There’s no longer a need to have your home calendar separate from work – it works with you, the way you do.
Intuitively simple
With the G700 you can enjoy touchscreen text input, Web surfing, calendar and phone navigation. Want to contact someone at home? Just touch the relevant name in your phonebook and all of the various contact options will appear onscreen. It’s instantly intuitive messaging. You can even browse your photo album using the tip of your finger. The G700 also has dedicated keys for messaging, notes and a key lock on the side of the phone. All it takes is one press to unlock.
Sony Ericsson G900 phone
One touch media experience
5.0 megapixel camera with touch Auto focus and Multi-shot function
One- touch media and organiser menu
Large 2.4" display with single touch control menu
Wi-Fi™ for high speed data transfer and internet browsing
Print-quality photos to keep
The G900’s 5.0 megapixel camera lets you take print-quality photos and share them with friends and family straight away.
Frame your shot and decide where you want to focus the camera by simply touching the screen. Also, with Camera Multi-Shot, hold down the camera key and take as many pictures as you like. Great for taking photos of your kids as they dash around the garden! Scroll through all of the photos on your phone with touch control and even edit them there with the Touch photo album and editor.
Stay mobile
Got a moment to surf? Access your favourite Web pages when you’re in a Wi-Fi™ hotspot and view them on the large 2.4” display. Use the stylus or your finger to zoom-in or pan around the page. When you’ve barely got a moment to spare, get RSS feeds direct to your phone for the latest updates; news, football scores or whatever you are in to.
Organize with a personal touch
Touch, type or write… Everything comes naturally with the G900. Organise your schedule, touch and tap to make calls and jot down notes before you forget it. The G900 works your way to let you get more into your day. It’s the power of personal touch.
The G700 will launch in Silk Bronze and the G900 will launch in Dark Red and Dark Brown. Both are UMTS 2100 and GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 phones that will be available in selected markets from Q2 2008.
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Ericsson is the trademark or registered trademark of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson.
TrackID is powered by Gracenote Mobile MusicID. Gracenote and Gracenote Mobile MusicID are trademarks of Gracenote, Inc.
Bluetooth is a trademark or registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG Inc.
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Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. Subject to change without prior notice.
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications was established as a 50:50 joint venture by Sony and Ericsson in October 2001, with global corporate functions located in London. The company serves the worldwide communications market with innovative and feature-rich mobile phones, accessories and PC-cards, and it has R&D sites in Europe, Japan, China, India and America. Sony Ericsson is the title sponsor of the Women's Tennis Association, and works with the Association to promote the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in over 80 cities during the year. For more information, please visit www.sonyericsson.com
More details on the Sony Ericsson Z770<
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10 February 2008The new Sony Ericsson Z770 is a powerful web enabled phone designed to keep you up- to-date with the latest headlines, your favourite website and your email inbox.
Barcelona, Spain – 10th February 2008 – Sony Ericsson today announced the launch of the new Z770, an elegant clamshell phone optimised for the web and benefiting from HSDPA data speeds. This classic-looking clamshell phone offers capabilities beyond expectation. It is designed to make it straightforward to surf the web or receive the latest news, and the ‘email set-up wizard’ makes it simple to access your inbox. The Z770 can also be connected directly to a laptop (via USB cable) and can be used as a modem.
“The Z770 is deceptively powerful for such a compact clamshell phone,” said Martin Winkler, Director Global Marketing and Head of Multimedia Web at Sony Ericsson. “It appeals to busy people who demand hassle-free email and high quality Web access on the move. These people need to be in-touch, need to be on top of their email, but don’t necessarily want a smartphone or PDA. The Z770 is the uncomplicated answer.”
Z770 phone – Gets you online with effortless style
Easy email set-up – for ultimate convenience
High-speed web access and intuitive navigation features for fast web browsing
Google™ Maps for Mobile – receive step-by-step directions on your screen to your destination
Style in your pocket
A compact, reliable phone that helps you juggle work, home, friends and family. With HSDPA technology providing fast data speeds, the Z770 provides multiple methods of communication whether it’s for a business matter or just staying in touch with the family. This phone combines up to 8.5 hours talk time with easy email set-up and fast internet access. This makes the Z770 a versatile phone for those that have a hectic lifestyle both at work and at home with the family.
Your inbox in your hand
The Z770 makes it easier than ever before to access your email. Even if you’re a technical novice you can access Web email (Hotmail, Yahoo etc) and retrieve mail, straight from your phone. And with Exchange ActiveSync™, you can even configure your phone to have work emails pushed straight to your phone, making it easier than ever to stay in touch on the move.
Choose how you want to get online
The Z770 gives you online access, however you choose to get there. Surf the web or retrieve email directly on your phone when you’re in a cab. And when you’re in the hotel lobby, connect the Z770 to your laptop (via USB Cable) and use it as a modem to access the web on your computer.
Once online, web browsing on the Z770 is easy thanks to the Magnetic Mouse Pointer that is controlled by the navigation key. The key changes the icon depending on its position on the Web page (i.e. from text input to pointer or to link). Plus, pan and zoom into an area you’re interested in for easy reading on the good-sized (2.2”) screen.
Stay up-to-date
The Z770 offers you all the information you need, right at your fingertips. Receive RSS feeds from news or entertainment websites as the action happens. Or simply click on the RSS tile, or ‘widget’, for instant access to your favourite webpage from your phone’s desktop (or standby screen). In addition, the Z770 has a useful built-in weather forecast application, allowing you to receive regular weather updates and plan your long weekend accordingly.
As well as receiving the latest news and weather forecasts, you can also keep loved ones informed about your own news. Snap a photo on the Z770 and upload it instantly to your own blog site.
Stay in touch in your car
You don’t need to hold the phone in your hand to get the best out of the Z770. With the Bluetooth ™ Handsfree HCB-150, also announced today, you can catch-up with your client or family in your car while staying focused on the road. The HCB-150 also features a convenient text to speech feature; the HCB-150 verbally alerts you who is calling. The HCB-150 has a talk time of up to 25 hours and 700 hours standby time- long enough to last for quite a few trips!
The Z770 is a UMTS/HSDPA 2100 and GSM/EDGE 900/1800/1900 phone that will be available in Vogue Red, Graphite Black and Exquisite Gold in selected markets from Q2 2008.
The Bluetooth™ Car Speakerphone HCB-150 will be available globally from Q2 2008
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Sony Ericsson Z770 – At A Glance
Music
Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
Media player
Music tones (MP3/AAC)
PlayNow™
TrackID™
Camera
2.0 megapixel camera
2.5x digital zoom
Photo fix
Picture blogging
Video recording
x-Pict Story™ (slide shows)
Internet
Fast Web access with HSDPA
Access NetFront™ Web browser
RSS feeds
Google™ Maps for mobile pre-installed
Communication
Polyphonic ringtones
Speakerphone
Vibrating alert
Messaging
Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync®
Instant messaging
Picture messaging (MMS)
Predictive text input
Sound recorder
Text messaging (SMS)
Design
Navigation key
Picture wallpaper
Wallpaper animation
Entertainment
3D games
FM radio
Java
Video streaming
Video viewing
Organiser
Alarm clock
Calculator
Calendar
Flight mode
Notes
Phone book
Stopwatch
Tasks
Timer
Connectivity
Bluetooth™ technology
Modem
PictBridge
Synchronization
USB mass storage
USB support
Accessories
In-box:
Charger
Battery
Stereo Portable Handsfree
Optional:
Bluetooth™ Car Speakerphone HCB-150
GPS Enabler HGE-100
Bluetooth™ Headset HBH-PV703
Deskstand CDS-75
Facts and Figures
Size: 93 x 48 x 15.5 mm
Weight: 91 gramsColours:
Vogue Red
Graphite Black
Exquisite Gold
Screen: 262,144 colour TFT
Resolution: 240 x 320 pixels
Size: 2.2 inches
Phone memory: Up to 32
MB Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) support
Talk time GSM: Up to 8.5 hrs
Standby time GSM: Up to 340 hrs
Talk time UMTS: Up to 4.5 hrs
Standby time UMTS: Up to 350 hrs
Availability and versions
Networks:
UMTS/HSDPA 2100
GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900
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by the way iPhone now comes in 16gb and will have its SDK (Software Developers Kit) released by the end of this month...
so lets see what new goodies the developers bring to the table... should be great
Apple kicks up iPhone storage to 16GB for $100 more
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thought I’d say this, but this is the first time that I sincerely feel like getting rid of my iPhone 8GB. It’s just not as appealing as it once was.
Calm down. The only reason I say this is because my iPhone 8GB is no longer the big-kid on the iPhone-block. You see, Apple has just updated their iPhone (and iPod Touch) lineup to include a new 16GB version of the iPhone. That means we’re going back to the two-tier iPhone system that we saw with the 4GB and 8GB iPhones.
The new iPhone 16GB (and iPod Touch 32GB) will ding your wallet for an extra C-note ($100), but for double the memory it’s a bargain (that is, if you can call $499 a bargain). And, that is exactly what makes me want to get rid of my 8GB iPhone….and grab a 16GB iPhone.
Hey Apple! Let’s get an iPhone swap program going. Pretty please?
[Update]
Prices in the UK and Germany are £329 and 499 Euros, respectively.
isn't 8gb enough??
The Nokia N96 redefines "high-end"
http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/the-nokia-n96-redefines-high-end/
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N96 pushes the envelope further by packing a solid;
16GB of storage internally in addition to a microSD slot
i'm keeping my 8gb, although i'm still waiting to get it back from repairs..
all the new phones looks promissing.16GB of internal memory? damn thats tight!
lol @ your reply ;)
samsung is heating up the cell phone game,sony ericsson 2 and nokia you know they are already deep in the game,
well sony ericsson too but their new phone is something good! well nokia their phones is outta this world!
Samsung F400 –B&O’s music-minded marvel
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Full specs on the previous page ;)
Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X1 QWERTY with Windows Mobile and HSUPA
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/10/sony-ericssons-xperia-x1-qwerty-with-windows-mobile-and-hsupa/
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It's here, the XPERIA X1 QWERTY from Sony Ericsson. Yes, full QWERTY to make the most of that Windows Mobile 6 operating system. SE's new XPERIA brand will focus on multimedia and mobile web communication. The X1 then, brings a 3-inch wide VGA (800 x 480) touchscreen display, 3.2 megapixel camera (with photo light), A2DP Bluetooth, aGPS, WiFi, and microSD -- just 400MB on board. On the phone side you've got quad-band GSM/EDGE, and 900/1700/1900/2100MHz UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (or 850/1700/1900/2100MHz in what must be a US-bound model). Navigation is accomplished via touch, arc-sliding QWERTY, 4-way key and optical joystick. Now just replace that Internet Explorer Mobile browser with Opera Mobile 9.5 or Skyfire and the 110 x 53 x 16.7-mm X1 is ready to live up to its potential. You know, when it ships in "select markets" in the second half of 2008. Full specs posted after the break.
Camera
Auto focus
3.2 megapixel camera
Photo light
Video recording
Music
Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
Media player
Music tones
PlayNow™
Windows Media Player Mobile
3D games
FM radio
Java
Video streaming
Video viewing
Internet
Internet Explorer® Mobile
RSS feeds
Communication and Messaging
Polyphonic ringtones
Speakerphone
Vibrating alert
Video calling
Picture messaging (MMS)
Predictive text input
Text messaging (SMS)
Design
XPERIA™ panels
Optical joystick navigation
Navigation key
Picture wallpaper
Touch navigation
Organiser
Alarm clock
Calculator
Calendar
Document editors
Document readers
Flight mode
Handwriting recognition
Notes
Phone book
Tasks
Touchscreen
Connectivity
aGPS
Bluetooth™ technology
Modem
Synchronization
USB support
WLAN
Windows® Mobile® Operating System
Microsoft® Outlook Mobile: email, contacts, calendar, tasks
Microsoft® Office Mobile: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Internet Explorer® Mobile
Windows Media™ Player Mobile
Windows Live™
Exchange ActiveSync®
Voice control
Utility Applications: file explorer, calculator, pictures & video, notes
Facts and Figures
Size: 110 x 53 x 16.7 mm
Weight: 145 grams
Available colours
Black
Silver
Main screen: 65,536 color TFT
Resolution: 800 X 480 pixels
Size: 3 inches
Memory
Phone memory: up to 400 MB
microSD™ memory card support
Availability and versions
Networks
GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA 900/1700/1900/2100 MHz
UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA 850/1700/1900/2100 MHz
Toshiba Portege G810 – a GPS-enabled communicator
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
Toshiba has unveiled its Portege G810 communicator at Mobile World Congress 2008. This is a compact Windows Mobile-powered candy bar with a touchscreen and no hardware keyboard. It boasts of the support for 2G/3G networks, HSDPA and HSUPA standards. The company expects to ship the Portege G810 to Europe in 2Q 08, but it hasn’t unveiled the pricing details.
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The specs of Toshiba Portege G810:
OS - Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
CPU - Qualcomm MSM7200 (400 MHz)
Networks - GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS/HSDPA (3.6 Mbps)/HSUPA (2 Mbps) 850/1900/2100
Display – 2.83” touchscreen (QVGA, 65K colors)
Memory - 256 MB ROM, 128 MB RAM
microSD-slot (up to 4 GB storage)
Built-in GPS-receiver, A-GPS support
3-megapixel camera
Interface - Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
FM-radio with RDS
Dimensions – 110x58x14 mm
Weight - 120 g
Battery - 1530 mAh
Standby time – up to 200 hours
Talk time – up to 4 hours
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LG-KF510 – style and slim form
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
LG Electronics has introduced LG-KF510 phone at the current Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona. This is an ultra slim fashion slider being 10.9 mm thick. Under the display you can see an interactive panel with sensor buttons. Packed in a metallic shell LG-KF510 is offered in black grey and red shell colors.
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The company has provided a brief info on the specifications, but hinted at a stylish design of the phone on the first place. As for the functions mentioned, we have a built-in camera and an MP3-player. LG-KF510 will come to the main markets in March.
HTC P3470 – an entry-level GPS-enabled communicator
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
HTC has officially announced a new communicator, which popped up in news under the codename Pharos – it’s HTC P3470. Taking into account its specs, we see an entry level device lacking the support of both 3G and Wi-Fi, but carrying a GPS-receiver onboard. The price tag doesn’t seem to fit an entry-level communicator. Late in February HTC P3470 will become available in some European countries from Orange operator at €449.
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The specs of HTC P3470:
Cell networks - GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Chipset - TI OMAP 850, 200 MHz
OS - Windows Mobile 6 Professional
Display – 2.8” touchscreen QVGA
2-megapixel camera
256 MB ROM, 128 MB RAM
microSD-slot
Bluetooth: 2.0 EDR
GPS-receiver
Interface - HTC ExtUSB (miniUSB and audio jack), USB 2.0 Full-Speed
Battery - 1100 mAh
Talk time – up to 350 minutes
Standby time – up to 240 hours
Dimensions – 108x58.3x15.7 mm
Weight - 122 g
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LG-KT610 – a flip-screen clamshell with VGA display
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
We’ve already mentioned a mysterious smartphone briefly announced as “a unique 2.4 flip screen candy bar with the QWERTY-keyboard”. The company hasn’t provided the images of LG-KT610 right from the start. However some sources managed to get and post “live” pics of the phone after the demo at Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona. The device turns to be packed in the form-factor similar to Nokia E90: a landscape-oriented clamshell with a pair of displays and keyboards. There is a small display and a numeric keypad outside, and a larger display with a QWERTY-keyboard inside. Currently we’ve got little info about it: S60 3rd Edition FP1 powered, GPS-enabled and with 3G support (HSDPA included).
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Symbian S60 touch UI
http://www.youtube.com/v/nM_q8oAPAKE&rel
Debunk: Revenge of Stuff's Sony Ericsson PSPhone mockup
http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/17/debunk-revenge-of-stuffs-sony-ericsson-psphone-mockup/
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The gaming community is buzzing this morning from some supposedly leaked scans of a possible PSPhone would give it a full 480 x 272 display, mini-analog stick, and drop UMD in favor of playing full PSP games via M2. Turns out they're scans from Stuff magazine from months ago, which seems to have passed under everyone's radar (including our own, initially) because so few people seem to actually read it.
[Via PSP Fanboy, with help from Engadget Español]
"New in 2008: July-Dec
Top box: Between both keyboards there is a 3 inches screen with the same resolution of the PSP (480x272 pixels) which guarantees a good gaming experience. Good as well for movies.
Lower right box: PSP functionalities were replicated in this architecture, making possible that all PSP games can be played. It won't have UMD slot, but it'll have M2 cards instead
Left box: Slide on one side and you'll find a joypad with analog stick for PSP controls. Slide to the other side and a number keyboard will show up enjoying the ergonomics of Sony Ericsson.
Plenty of opinion, final word: Probability of existence: 35%"
I only hope that shit is real 8)
Sony Ericsson PSPhone spotted in Stuff Magazine?
http://www.intomobile.com/page/2/
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Paul Sinclair from PSP World http://www.pspworld.com/sony-psp/news/sony-ericsson-psp-phone-could-it-really-be-007959.php
says that he has noticed Sony Ericsson PSPhone ad or article in UK’s Stuff magazine.
According to the image above which we took from a YouTube video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf1Z3vJPKPc
Sony Ericsson agrees with our stand that their upcoming gaming phone should have a dual-sliding form factor.
http://www.intomobile.com/2007/12/10/sony-ericsson-psp-phone-should-be-the-dual-sliding-device.html
Still, we’ve no any confirmation from the Swedish-Japanese handset maker whether this is a real deal or yet another Photoshop rendering. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for the former…
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http://justamp.blogspot.com/2007/12/new-sony-ericsson-psp-phone-concept.html
I´m starting to believe it,it only makes sense..... right?
Looks like it´s going to be SE´s multi-media beast,maybe to compete with N81/N95/N96?
If it´s going up against N96 it´s wont be cheap :P
that xperia looks dope as shit! makes me want to get rid of my blackjack 2 which i'm in love with (no homo)
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 super-secret OS is Windows Mobile 6.1
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/02/22/sony-ericsson-xperia-x1-super-secret-os-is-windows-mobile-61.html#more-16853
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anymore. Sony Ericsson's highly-guarded SE XPERIA X1 Windows Mobile smartphone will be running the refreshed Windows Mobile 6.1 - not the Windows Mobile 6.5 that certain dubious sources indicated previously.
Still, the presence of a real, live application of Windows Mobile 6.1 makes the whole touch-it-and-die vibe start to make sense. Those Sony Ericsson reps were really guarded about the XPERIA X1 and we probably would have lost an appendage had we dared to even reach for the device. At least they were kind enough to
let us film a demo.
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/02/12/sony-ericsson-xperia-x1-live-demo-from-mobile-focus-at-3gsm-2008-barcelona.html
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Here's a few confirmed specs for you to drool over:
800 x 480 resolution display (boo-yah!)
528Mhz processor (double boo-yah!)
128mb RAM / 256 ROM
1500mAH battery
We knew the XPERIA X1 was really something to admire and appreciate, but with specs like that and a confirmed instance of Windows Mobile 6.1, we can't wait to personally admire the superphone for ourselves. We'd even accept that proprietary Memory Stick format if the Sony Ericsson people see fit to grace us with a review unit. Fingers crossed…
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Keep reading for more pics of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 in all its Windows Mobile 6.1 glory.
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can't wait to try that psp phone,the picture makes me drool lol
it looks hella dope,but I tought you was going to get N82? Just bought a 8GB card... and two extra batteries.
can't wait to try that psp phone,the picture makes me drool lol
2 terabyte microSDHC card compatible with Nokia N95
http://www.intomobile.com/page/1/
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Thank you all for the flood of emails regarding the forum post on Telefon.de where proof exists that a 16 GB microSDHC card works inside the Nokia N95 and E51 and whatever other microSDHC device is on the market.
SDHC is a standard different than regular SD due to how the bits are addressed internally. The theoretical limit for any SDHC card, whether is be full sized or micro, is 2048 GB or 2 TB. While I love the news tips, please hold off on emailing me when the 24 GB microSDHC card works in the N95 or the 32 GB or the 64 GB. Have news on the N100 however and you bet I'll read that at a fverish pace while my fingers band away at a maniac pace to get the news up on Into Mobile.
can't wait to try that psp phone,the picture makes me drool lol
it looks hella dope,but I tought you was going to get N82? Just bought a 8GB card... and two extra batteries.
i don't know what to do lol should i wait or cop te N82? psp phone and n96 is coming!!!
i don't wanna wait till christmas!
I'll cop that N82 wih a 16gig card (if i can find one)
i don't wanna wait till christmas!
I'll cop that N82 wih a 16gig card (if i can find one)
A 16GB card should be available online (I hope).....
I´m a little pissed >:( :P :laugh: that found out just a couple of days after I got hold of a 8GB card :P.....
Japanese gadgets at World Mobile Congress
http://www.mobile-review.com/exhibition/2008-3gsm-ntt-en.shtml
I just love visiting NTT DoCoMo’s booth, Japan’s largest carrier, as every time I leave it I know I found out something new, although realizing that it is mere exotica. There is a popular opinion that the things they are currently using in Japan will make it to other regions in five years or so, if at all. A colleague of mine once said that this booth was of no interest at all, as they had been showing off the same technologies for years with no really fresh additions to the portfolio. But details are what it’s all about, and the things that he saw a couple of years ago have shape-changed, picked up new features and morphed into something totally different. The Japanese mobile phone and services market isn’t that easy to comprehend for a European, that the reason all these prejudiced opinions come along, while in fact this market has a culture that’s not like anything else, as well as different technologies and thus different ways of their application.
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As far as Japanese handsets are concerned, I’m used to hearing superlatives lie “the slimmest”, “the biggest”, “the you-name-it” phone. Extremes always draw more attention – that’s the way it has always been. This time around, the carrier’s booth featured “the most water-proof” handset – the F705i, that was literally floating inside a water pool. Another stand showcased the slimmest devices, then a booth with designer solutions taking cues for old calculators and watches.
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Unlike us, the Japanese try to get a broader perspective of things , the N705i coming from the amadana-series not only offers a quirky design, menu and leather accents, but also a whole line-up of things for your home, styled in the same vein and employing the very same concepts. In fact the brand itself has been created solely for this purpose. Now image that Nokia starts turning out fridges, microwave ovens only to key your surroundings to some handset’s design. Insanity? No way, it is a philosophy of being in harmony with the environments.
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Late in 2008 the carrier will be launching a phone for those who care about their own health – inbuilt sensors will rate your heartbeat, breathing and weight-to-height ratio in less than a minute. It is going to be an interesting solution, although not a mass-market solution; but who knows how it will turn out, maybe it will occupy the top places in sales charts.
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Another piece of gadgetry that makes sophisticated things more straightforward is the Raku-Raku series of mid-tier devices with no bells and whistles onboard, and rather focusing on instant communication. That is, the area below the display houses three buttons that can be bound up with phone numbers of your relatives, so that you will always be a touch away from your loved ones. These phones are already past 4th generation, as they popped up immediately after the carrier had introduced its tariff for the whole family, offering very attractive rates.
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We all know how complex technologies may get, but sometimes phone makers take shortcuts that are even more sophisticated. How about a phone coming equipped with dot-pattern compatible mail application that allows picking certain images and composing emails or doing something else this way by touching dot-codes printed on compatible books with the handset’s Mobile G-scanner. Plus it can read out all phrases you have just typed. Sound overly odd and unbelievable, but it actually works and does a pretty good job at that. Perhaps, that’s one way for grandmas and grandpas to send emails via their handsets.
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This phone for kids boasts enhanced safety features. What does that mean, I hear you ask? It comes with a so-called “protection” alarm – you press the switch and get yourself and everyone around stunned by a 100-decebel alarm. Or you can secretly send a distress message to other phone numbers. The handset boasts scuffs-prone plastic, and it won’t fall apart should your kid drop it, furthermore, its innards are 100% water-proof. It also comes with a remote that triggers an alarm whenever you get 20-30 meters away from the phone. Parents can also take advantage of the kid tracker, which is a self-explanatory feature. You say impossible? No, it is real, but only in the Japanese society due to its cultural traditions and family institution.
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You really want to know that the next Sony Ericsson’s Walkman will look like? Then the SO905i should be on top of your priority list, as it comes with a Bravia widescreen and the latest Walkman player inside. And the best thing about it is that this handset can tap into GSM networks hands down.
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And lastly, we would like to share with you some ideas on how your handset can come in handy in ways other than calling or messaging. Sure, you can open bottles with it, or… doors. The door lock should come equipped with a wireless sensor, so that you will be able to open it with your bare handset. Moreover, you can setup it in the way that your door will refuse to open without a finger print ID, or specified phone numbers will receive messages with info on who and when opened your door. Fascinating? Yes, but not popular even in Japan – over a couple of years they have signed up around 4000 houses.
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Rant: Why doesn't Sony Ericsson bring their JAP models to the EU and USA?
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/01/rant-why-doesnt-sony-ericsson-bring-their-jap-models-to-the-eu-and-usa.html
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The fight for dominating the heart's of mobile phone fanatics is a battle that drives the industry forward faster and faster each and every calendar year. We, the people crazy enough to buy a flagship devive twice a year, sometimes even a few midrange products to match our outfits, are walking advertisements for companies like Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung, LG and Apple. When we sit down and place our devices on a table for all to see we are becoming marketeers. When we browse the internet while commuting or watch videos or make a phone call, we are telling the world a lot about who we are.
Nokia has been the top dog for quite some time with Sony Ericsson climbing fast. The conversations I've had with people in the US lead you to believe that the fight for supremacy is between Apple and Nokia. Talk to people in Europe, the Middle East, some parts of Asia and South America and you begin to realize that Sony Ericsson is Nokia's number 1 competitor, not the west coast fruit.
When I was living in Helsinki there were more Sony Ericsson advertismenets than there were for Nokia; their message was be different from everyone else in town. Each time I visit London I'm flooded with Walkman ads, they understand people want to listen to music, constantly, to rid themselves of their outside enviroment. Spain, granted I went there for 3GSM, was owned by the Korean players Samsung and LG who wanted to attract style consious consumers.
Coming back to Sony Ericsson, they are not an incomponent company, they're quite capable of being number 1 in the mid range and high end market, but it doesn't feel like they're hungry enough to be top dog. Here are some models they sell in Japan, but have yet to release anywhere else in the world:
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The SO905iCS has a 5.1 megapixel camera with Xenon flash, 3x optical zoom, face detection and a technology that waits until the person you're trying to capture smiles before actually snapping the picture. It has a 2.7 inch screen that displays 256k colors at 480×864 resolution. It's a bit big at 113 x 50 x 24 mm, but compare that to the Nokia N95 8GB which stands at 99 x 53 x 21 and you're not that much larger than the Finnish flagship.
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The SO905i is a video centric device that has that same lovely resolution, but this time at 3 inches and 16 million colors. It's smaller at 110 x 49 x 19.7 mm and it has a 3.2 megapixel camera.
Their are plenty more models here, but I'm coming back to the point that Sony Ericsson is a company who can dominate Nokia in Europe, but they simpily choose not to. Those 2 devices I highlighted came out in November of last year, yet here in Europe (Americans import European phones) we're waiting for the inferior speced C902 and G900 to come out.
Why? Think our wallets aren't deep enough to buy something that will probably be 800+ Euros unlocked? Try me.
http://mobilementalism.com/2007/02/01/fujitsu-waterproof-phone-a-bath-and-near-naked-smiley-girl/
What do you when you've spent three years developing a new waterproof phone
and want to show it off to the world with maximum publicity?
Simple: throw it in the bath along with a scantily clad model, and watch the blogosphere light up!
We at MobileMentalism would of course nevre be party to such cynical marketing!
Oh yeh, the phone. It's a Fujitsu FOMA F703i. It works under water. Er....! :o :o
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Spb Mobile Shell 2.0 released; Windows Mobile users rejoice
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/04/spb-mobile-shell-20-released-windows-mobile-users-rejoice.html
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Spb Mobile Shell 2.0 has been released.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/03-04-2008/0004767108&EDATE=
The new version doesn't just look better (there's a great choice of haptic animation), but is also faster and lower in memory consumption. Aside from the previous version's "classics" like concise "Now Screen," World Time, photo speed deal, launcher, color-based themes and fast/smart contact search — version 2.0 also features full screen dialogs for Weather and Time, animated transitions, navigation with gestures (like HTC's TouchFLO). In addition, the Spb Mobile Shell now packs all functionality in one tabbed window, making the app run much faster.
I could go on and on, but it's the Spb's website http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/mobileshell/?en
where you should get the detailed info. If you own Windows Mobile 5 or 6 powered device, this is the app to have. It costs $29.95 and it's worth every penny!
New Google search client released for Symbian S60
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/2008/February/21_eng
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Today, Internet giant Google released a native search client, for Symbian Series 60 handsets. It can be downloaded from Google's mobile site. The search client is then accessible from your phones home screen. It is essential that your phone has the little pencil/edit key, or, the control key, for the software to work. When you type something in the search box, on your home screen, and click enter, your web browser will load up, and the results of your query will be shown.
You get a few different choices when your query has been entered, such as changing your location, or being able to switch to Google's classic view. Google mobile search also has a clever local search feature built-in. So, if you type in say, Nokia Shop, it would find the nearest Nokia shop to you. You can download the new mobile search client here; http://mobile.google.com/
Handy Blacklist 3.0 protects you against unwanted phone calls; Stalkers, telemarketers cry
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/01/handy-blacklist-30-protects-you-against-unwanted-phone-calls-stalkers-telemarketers-cry.html
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Epocware just announced yet another useful piece of software as part of their Handy series of applications. The so called Handy Blacklist 3.0 protects Symbian S60 3rd edition mobile phone users privacy by blocking unsolicited callers, saving time on unnecessary responses and offering peace of mind.
The easy-to-use application allows you to add numbers to black list either permanently or for a set period of time. Or you could turn things upside down and just add certain numbers into a white list and reject all other phone calls. The unwanted calls will be recorded and available to view in the application's call log. In addition, you can chose a "reject action" to return a prewritten text message back to the caller…
Interested to make telemarketers and stalkers cry? Handy Blacklist 3.0 will be available from the first week of March for 24,95 EUR via download from Epocware's website.
Is this Sony Ericsson W990? I want to believe
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/05/is-this-sony-ericsson-w990-i-want-to-believe.html
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Even though it's highly unlikely this is the real deal, we do want to believe Sony Ericsson is listening to the market and that they'll eventually release something like this. As you can see, the device runs Windows Mobile and has nothing but a huge touchscreen. The brown color is there to sort of prove this may be the work of the Swedish-Japanese handset maker's designers.
Finally, in case you're wondering, the image above was posted by
"ToShaRa" over at se-nse.
http://www.se-nse.com/
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 shows AT&T graphic at CeBIT
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/06/sony-ericsson-xperia-x1-shows-att-graphic-at-cebit.html
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At this year's CeBIT in Germany, Sony Ericsson is showing its latest super-baby XPERIA X1.
What struck us down is the AT&T's logo located at the center of menu.
What could that possibly mean? Is Swedish-Japanese handset maker trying to indirectly pitch the U.S. based carrier through media?
Or the deal is already done and they're just waiting for X1's release?
Guess we'll have to wait and see.
Still, it's worth mentioned that AT&T keeps adding
various Sony Ericsson devices to its offering and somehow we wouldn't be surprised to see them
carrying one of the coolest Windows Mobile smartphones ever built as well.
I'm sure many AT&T users would love that, wouldn't ya?
Apple is releasing info on the Software Developers Kit tomorrow...
so in other words we should start seeing Native apps without having to jailbreak or hack your phone...
pretty much opening up the flood gates... hopefully it is good stuff!
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Steve Jobs: Lots of iPhone applications this summer; Flash not going to hit iPhone
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/05/steve-jobs-lots-of-iphone-applications-this-summer-flash-not-going-to-hit-iphone.html
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Just a day ahead of the much-awaited iPhone Software Roadmap press event, Steve Jobs sat down with with Apple shareholders to talk shop. And, in traditional Jobsian form, Stevie avoided talking about the upcoming release of the official Apple iPhone SDK. The only bit of iPhone SDK info he let slip was that there will be "a lot of apps out there this summer."
Now, it's not clear if Steve's statement means that Apple will be releasing the iPhone SDK post-haste and expects developers to crunch out those "apps" right-quick, or if the iPhone SDK isn't slated to be released until Summer. We're crossing out fingers for the former. It would be a shame to have to wait a few more months for even a beta version of the iPhone SDK.
And, when probed regarding the iPhone's potential support for Adobe's Flash format, Steve Jobs basically shot down our hopes of embedded video-viewing glory on the iPhone. Apparently, Jobs isn't going to let the scaled-down, cellphone-version of Flash, dubbed Flash-lite, mar the iPhone's "full web-experience." Apple doesn't want to bring anything less than real Flash to the iPhone, but the problem is that the full-fledged version runs too slowly on the iPhone. So, we're not going to see Flash on the iPhone anytime soon.
Either way, we're excited to see what Apple has in store for us tommorow.
More on the 3G iPhone - 2Q 2008?
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/05/more-on-the-3g-iphone-2q-2008.html
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The 3G iPhone's launch is imminent, it's just a matter of how long we'll have to wait.
Popular opinion and insider reports are pointing towards a mid-2008 release,
and the newest bit from Citigroup analyst Richard Gardner hints at a similar or earlier release.
After visiting Taiwanese electronics companies in, well, Taiwan, Gardner claims that "sources"
have indicated that the second-generation 3G iPhone is on track for a 2Q 2008 release.
The revised launch window means that we could have a 3G iPhone in hand sometime between April and June of this year.
If true, the release of the 3G iPhone in a few months would outpace AT&T's plans to expand its 3G network to 350 new markets in the US. Still, we have no problem dealing with a bit of spotty 3G coverage in return for an early crack at the next-generation iPhone
(3G coverage in Los Angeles is fairly good anyway).
[Via: MacRumors]
Is this a glimpse of the next-generation 3G iPhone design?
http://www.intomobile.com/
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Well, given Apple (really, Steve Jobs's) penchant for tight-lipped secrecy about upcoming products (how many times have we heard that "Apple does not comment on unannounced products?"), it seems unlikely that they let an image of the next-generation 3G iPhone leak out. The image you see to the left is a curious discovery made by iLounge while browsing through the Education First Educational Tours page.
The picture was leaked on iTunes, of all places, and was spotted as iPhone developers were looking into creating pages in iTunes to deliver content to iPhone and iPod Touch users.
Now, it's nice to think that Apple let this pic slip past their censors, but it's hard to imagine that a leak of this magnitude happened on Apple own iTunes-turf. Still, it's sure would be nice to see the next-gen 3G iPhone sport a huge display that dominates the design - even more so than the current iPhone.
We'll have to wait and see.
[Via: iLounge]
The million dollar question: Will Apple license Mac OS X mobile and let others make an iPhone?
http://www.intomobile.com/
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Why does Apple have less than 3% market share? They refuse to license the "most advanced operating system" to other vendors. Their ecosystem is profitable, but that is because they enjoy a monopoly whereby they can charge whatever they want for hardware since you need their machines to run their software.
I was close, really close, to actually being excited about the iPhone after yesterdays SDK announcement, but then it hit me like a ton of bricks: Apple makes only one phone.
Why does Nokia have 40% market share? They released over 30 models last year, each tailored for a specific type of customer, most running an operating system, whether it be S40 or S60, that can be expanded with third party software. Does Apple really think that their one size fits all device will get today's mobile developers to jump ship?
Yes I know what Fake Steve Jobs said, and Michael Mace couldn't be more right in his analysis that the iPhone model of software distribution is the best the mobile ecosystem has seen, but volume trumps quality in today's economies of scale. The million dollar question, will Apple let other people create an iPhone based on Mac OS X Mobile?
Granted I would like nothing more than to see June roll around and Apple expand the iPhone lineup similar to what they've done with the iPod family, but that brings about new questions such as how exactly will Apple handle different specifications among products if they do indeed choose to deviate from the multitouch 480×320 display?
Some people really want a keypad, some people want the best multimedia capabilities which includes a high megapixel count and video recording, some people want that basic barebone device aka iPhone 1.0, will Apple let others step to the plate or will they control their ecosystem and sit happily with their single digit marketshare?
I can already tell the answer is to keep the crown jewel within the company, but I want to know why? If Apple wanted to change things, really shake things up, they would at least attempt to put their "most advanced operating system in the world" out on more devices than their handful of laptops, desktops and music players.
One more thing … The SDK runs on a Mac and only on a Mac, will development houses want to equip their employees with new machines that can only be serviced by one company? Apple changes things, they're bold and some may say they're leaders of the industry, to that I say when they take a big step everyone else makes a big step, but just that tiny bit extra to be better.
Nothing is going to stop Nokia or Microsoft to make an App Store and build it into their 2009 models. Nothing is going to stop Nokia or Microsoft from making a UI that is on par with the iPhone today. What is stopping Apple from licensing their software?
A few minor changes in store for iPhone v2.0
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/08/a-few-minor-changes-in-store-for-iphone-v20.html
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It's not like there isn't already enough to get excited about with the next revision of the iPhone firmware. We've got the iPhone SDK going final, enterprise support (Microsoft Exchange), and the Apple AppStore to look forward to. What more could Apple possibly have in store for us?
Well, Doc over at Macenstein put his freakishly sharp eyes to work and spotted a couple minor changes to the iPhone UI. Pictures from the iPhone Software Roadmap indicate that Apple will be going "square" on the iPhone's calculator. The iPhone Calculator currently rocks round buttons, with the "equals" button in orange. But, if the image that Apple presented a couple days ago is any indication, Apple will be revising the iPhone Calculator buttons to a square shape. Don't Apple designers have better things to do than tweak the iPhone Caculator's buttons?
There seems to also be a likewise minor change to the iPhone's iTunes Store icon. What we see is an iTunes Store icon with a musical note graphic, as opposed to the current "download arrow" graphic. I agree with Doc when he says that the new iTunes Store icon may be a misguided move. The iTunes Store represents Music, TV shows, and movies - not just music. A "download arrow" is better suited to the iTunes Store's function than a musical note.
And, the iPhones homescreen dock could be getting a minor refresh. It's hard to tell from the fuzzy screen-capture, but the iPhone v2.0 could end up sporting a homescreen dock adorned with lines, rather than the mesh/perforated aluminum look that it currently sports.
Like I said, the changes to the UI seem to be minor at this point. We also have the AppStore icon to look forward to, but other than that, we'll just have to wait until we get more info on the iPhone v2.0's changelog.
Of course, nothing beats having access to all those promising iPhone developers' applications right on the iPhone. That and some wireless GPS love with locoGPS - at least until Apple decides to integrate GPS into the iPhone.
I'm counting down the minutes to June. Now, how many minutes does that come out to?
[Via: Macenstein]
Sun prepping Java for iPhone: your craplet investment is safe
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/08/sun-prepping-java-for-iphone-your-craplet-investment-is-safe/
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We're sure there have been some really great Java Micro Edition apps developed over the years, we just haven't been fortunate enough to find any that aren't a Bejeweled variant run into many of them. But that could very well change with the news that Sun is using that fancy new SDK to develop a Java Virtual Machine for the iPhone, which it expects to have ready "some time after June," and which will allow iPhone users access to the vast libraries of existing JME apps. We suppose the real conundrum now is which Java ME app we'll grab first: Harry Potter, or MapQuest Mobile. These choices, they overwhelm us.
[Via Mac Rumors]
Make iPhone web-apps with iPhone SDK
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/10/make-iphone-web-apps-with-iphone-sdk.html
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That's right. Now anyone can code a web-app for the iPhone. The new iPhone SDK includes a new version of Dashcode that makes it easy develop web-apps for the iPhone.
The interface includes preset styles that we've all come to associate with the iPhone. You can start off with the default browsing screen template (you know, the menu style that slides to reveal the next menu-level) or code your own. iPhone development noobs will be happy to hear that they can take the "slider template" and add-on forward/back buttons, gauges, indicators, form elements, and more - with little knowledge for code.
With the new Dashcode, I think there are going to be an overabundance of iPhone web-apps hitting the web. Most will suck, but the thing about a massive developer-nurturing environment is that we will inevitably see some amateur come up with a really useful web-app. Bring it on!
Oh, and go download the iPhone SDK if you want to dabble in web-app development.
[Via: iPhone Atlas]
iPhone SDK: iPhone emulator uses iPhone OS v1.2 firmware (codenamed Aspen); to be released?
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/10/iphone-sdk-iphone-emulator-uses-iphone-os-v12-firmware-codenamed-aspen-too-be-released.html
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The iPhone SDK includes an iPhone emulator that makes it easy for iPhone developers to test their code without having to risk corrupting a real-life iPhone. But, while the rest of us mortals will have to be satisfied with the current iPhone v1.1.4 firmware, the iPhone emulator gets to play with a newer, unreleased version of the iPhone firmware.
A quick look at the iPhone emulator's "Settings" pane will show that iPhone v1.2 (5A147p) is running the show. iPhone v1.2 is codenamed "Aspen" and is consistent with previous iPhone OS codenames - v1.1.1 was "SnowBird," v1.1.2 was "Oktoberfest," and v1.1.3 was "LittleBear."
Now, we know that Apple is shooting for a June launch of the iPhone v2.0 firmare that will play nice with the iPhone SDK and applications borne from its development. Will Apple use the intervening months to release the iPhone v1.2 firmware in place of, or renamed as, the iPhone v1.1.5 firmware? The iPhone v1.2 (Aspen) firmware is presumably ready to go since it's already being used in the emulator, but will Apple see fit to release Aspen in the next month or so? The move would certainly make sense, given Apple's timing in releasing iPhone firmware updates, so we'll just have to wait and see if Apple's iPhone v1.2 Aspen firmware makes it to see the light of day.
Not so minor changes coming to next iPhone v2.0
- Bonjour, full-screen browsing, vector graphics, locally stored web-apps, PowerPoint, mass email delete, and possibly search
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/10/not-so-minor-changes-coming-to-next-iphone-v20-bonjour-full-screen-browsing-vector-graphics-locally-stored-web-apps-powerpoint-mass-email-delete-and-possibly-search.html
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ell that sure was a mouthful. Sure, there are those minor changes to the iPhone UI that may or may not materialize, but there are also some serious changes in store for the iPhone v2.0.
The iPhone SDK, freely downloadable from Apple, is proving to be an invaluable source of upcoming iPhone features. Remember, the iPhone is revolutionary in the way the OS can be updated and features can be added with a simple firmware update through iTunes. iPhone owners don't have to endure the lagging development cycles for OS developers to deliver OS updates - new updates mean new features, and with the iPhone, we get new features on a regular basis.
So, what can we expect from Apple's iPhone v2.0 firmware due out in June (the same firmware that will work with iPhone SDK applications)?
Keep reading to find out…
Mass Email Delete
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I don't know how long I've been wanting a mass delete feature for the iPhone's mail client, but it seems that my nightly prayers have not fallen on deaf ears. The Apple gods will be allowing mass email deletion with the iPhone v2.0. I don't really get spam in my business email accounts, so mass deletion is not really a problem there. My personal email accounts are an entirely different story. My Gmail inbox is full of ads for mortgages and Viagra - and with push email with Yahoo! Mail for iPhone, I get solicitations to enlarge my penis pushed directly to my iPhone. Talk about annoying.
It's not clear how this will work, but rest assured, in a matter of months, batch deleting all those spammy emails will be no harder than selecting them and hitting the delete button.
Bonjour
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Mac users will understand the awesomeness of Bonjour and what it means for the iPhone. Sure, connecting to a WiFi network is a trivial exercise, but what about connecting to other computers or iPhones on any network (networking in Windows is "fun" to say the least)? Well, Bonjour makes it easy to network devices on a given network. It's as simple as viewing connected devices and then connecting to them.
Bonjour has been lying dormant in previous iPhone firmwares, and it seems that Bonjour support is coming in June. The iPhone SDK includes Bonjour in the foundation, core foundation and base system components.
Full-Screen Mode on Safari
With the new iPhone SDK, iPhone developers will be able to use a full-screen mode to display webpages/web-apps. In full-screen mode, the web-page/web-app will be displayed without the Safari address bar at the top of the screen or the navigation/bookmark bar at the bottom of the screen. All it will take, apparently, is the addition of a meta tag in the web-app/web-page code. Web-apps with the meta tag will be launched directly in full-screen mode.
Every pixel is a precious piece of real-estate on a mobile phone's display. And even with the huge screen on the iPhone, it doesn't hurt to have an extra few lines of usable browser-space.
Scalable Vector Graphics and New CSS Effects
Support for SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) means that images can be highly-compressed, reducing an image file's size. SVG is an image format that can be compressed to tiny proportions while maintaining the original file's resolution. That means iPhones will be able to download SVG images more quickly without sacrificing the image's quality.
The iPhone v2.0 will also support new CSS effects. CSS transforms, transitions, and animations will help take the sting out of the lack of Flash-support. And, some CSS effects will be hardware accelerated to boot!
PowerPoint Support
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While making a new PowerPoint presentation might not be in the immediate future for native iPhone features, we're all going to be able to view those PowerPoint presentations. PowerPoint can be viewed through the iPhone's mail client, and should add to the iPhone's enterprise appeal. Microsoft Word and Excel files are already viewable through iPhone Mail, but so the addition of PowerPoint compatibility will truly round out the iPhone's MS Office compatibility.
Locally Stored Web-Apps
Wait, so what's the hub-ub with all these natively installable third-party iPhone applications? With locally stored web-apps, any web-developer can code web-applications for the iPhone! No web connection? No problem, just store your web-apps locally and they're as good as native applications (although slightly limited by AJAX, CSS, HTML, etc.)
The iPhone SDK allows for the creation of web-apps, so it makes sense for the iPhone to include support for offline web-apps. Apple says that the iPhone v2.0 will support client-side database API which will allow “totally functional even with the network disconnected.” Score!
Search
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And, last but not least - the iPhone may be getting "Search" functionality. If you search for, uh, "Search on iPhone" you may find that searching for anything on the iPhone just isn't possible. Sure, with auto-completion, you can just start typing a contact to bring up all matching phone numbers or email addresses, but that's only a half-hearted workaround. A search function is needed. Without a true search function on the iPhone, it's hard to find a contact whose name you've forgotten, but happen to remember noting the contact entry as, say, "blonde hottie" or something like that.
Well, it seems that the iPhone v2.0 (or is it iPhone v1.2, or is it iPhone v1.1.5?) could be including a search function. The image you see if from the Apple iPhone Software Roadmap event and shows a little magnifying glass (usually associated with search functions) above the alpha-list. Does this indicate that "Search" will be incorporated int o the iPhone v2.0 firmware? Will we be able to search through our contacts for "blonde hottie" or search our emails for "cheap Viagra?"
Here's to hoping…
Copy and paste on the iPhone!
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/11/copy-and-paste-on-the-iphone.html
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Cut and paste is quite possibly the singularly most requested feature on the iPhone. Sure, the iPhone can recognize an phone number in any webpage/text message/email. And calling the number is a simple matter of tapping the phone number and initiating the call. But, what if you want to copy and paste a URL or block of text? Well, for that you need some good ole' cut-n-paste action.
I love to blog from my iPhone. The keyboard and predictive/corrective text feature allows me to type way faster than I've ever been able to with a full-QWERTY keyboard (on a smartphone, of course). The display is big and crisp. Multi-touch makes the endeavor convenient and fun. The problem is, I can't ever embed links to previous articles or even credit the source until I get home - try memorizing a 50+ character URL string, it's hard.
With the help of some handy bookmarklet code, iPhone users can copy text and URLs and then paste into a form or email the text/link to yourself or a friend. iCopy is the best solution to get your iPhone to copy/paste with ease.
Here's how to get iCopy to work on your iPhone:
Drag this link to your Safari browser's bookmark bar. (this will save the bookmarklet to your Safari browser's bookmark file)
Connect your iPhone and let iTunes sync your Safari bookmarks. Make sure to check the "Sync Safari Bookmarks" box. (this will save the iCopy bookmarklet to your iPhone)
Find some web text or URL address that you want to copy.
Bring up your bookmarks and tap "Copy/Paste"
Select "Copy"
Select the "Copy" action you'd like to perform (Copy Text, Copy URL, Email URL, etc.)
Go to the web-form into which you'd like to insert the text or URL that you just copied.
Bring up your bookmarks and tap "Copy/Paste"
You'll be taken to another page for a quick moment, and then you'll be returned to your original page.
Bring up your bookmarks and tap "Copy/Paste" again. You'll see a dialog box indicating that you're ready to paste.
Tap the text box into which you'd like to insert the copied text/URL.
The process is fairly simple, it just looks complex because I wanted to make the installation/use process excruciatingly clear. Overall, the entire process is simply a matter of bringing up the "Copy/Paste" bookmarklet, selecting text to copy, then inserting the text into a text box.
It ain't no Windows Mobile tap-and-hold copy/paste, but it's no harder than tapping a menu to bring up copy/paste functionality.
Check out the demo videos after the break!
http://www.youtube.com/v/fiVbx0HJZT4&hl
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iPhone firmware 2.0 jailbroken!
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/12/iphone-firmware-20-jailbroken.html
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iPhone firmware 2.0 is coming in June and some people are scared thinking they won't be able to use their jailbroken iPhones any more. Luckily the great folks of iPhone Dev Team are there to help us all. They got ahold of the new firmware that ships with the SDK (1.2, which will be released to public as 2.0), has already decrypted the disk image and jailbroken the firmware. Or to put it in other words - iPhone firmware 2.0 is hacked, and even though Apple may additionally tweak it before releasing the official update in June, we've no doubts these guys we'll do their best to allow us to keep using the iPhone on any mobile operator. Keep up the great work folks!
[Via: Engadget Mobile]
What's wrong with the iPhone SDK… and how to get it fixed
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/11/whats-wrong-with-the-iphone-sdk-and-how-to-get-them-fixed.html
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The iPhone SDK is great. I've talked it up enough in the past few days that it should be quite apparent that I think the iPhone SDK will bring a new wave of development for the iPhone's Mac OS.
Still, the glaring problem with the iPhone SDK is that the development platform is limiting iPhone coders from taking full advantage of the iPhone's hardware. It's like putting 1000 horsepower into a sports car but only giving access to 600 of those ponies. Sure, Bugatti limits the power output and top-speed oftheir Veyron supercar, but that's only done in the name of safety - and the limit can be overridden with a special, secondary "fun" key.
Apple has limited the power of the iPhone with a restrictive iPhone SDK. It's great that Apple wants to create the most integrated distribution platform in the world, but they should give the iPhone developer a choice regarding how to get the application to the iPhone. The AppStore is restrictive in the fact that it's forced upon developers.
iPhone applications should be able to run in the background. As Stefan pointed out, third-party applications will not be allowed to run in the background and thus can't be multi-tasked. Mind you, the hardware is capable of doing so. We know third-party applications can run in the background because the iPhone's native applications run in the background and can be multi-tasked; and some unofficial native applications installed via Installer.app do, in fact, run in the background and can be multi-tasked with other iPhone apps running at the same time.
iPhone applications should be able to synchronize data with the user's desktop computer. It's a shame to limit synchronization to iCal, Mail, Safari, etc. The ability for third-party applications to sync with the computer would be a powerful feature indeed.
Would it be too hard to allow VoIP over the cellular data network? Nope. But AT&T is probably going to have a fit if Apple allows this. VoIP is allowed through WiFi, but it might be asking too much to get VoIP access over AT&T's network.
And, allow developers access to the iPhone's dock connector. There's soo much potential locked up in that iPhone dock connector - why not put it to good use? Is it a ploy by Apple to force developers to pay extra license fees for the "Made for iPhone" blessing?
The folks over at Rogue Amoeba have taken their iPhone SDK gripes to the next logical level. Instead of just bitching about not having this or that feature or access to features in the iPhone SDK, they've gone and filed bug reports outlining these (and more) problems. The move is quite ingenius actually. The bug reports will indeed be reviewed by Apple's own engineers and if enough of these bug reports get filed, it might be enough to sway Apple to open up the iPhone SDK a bit more. So, if you're developing for the iPhone or just want the next version of the iPhone to be more open, download the SDK and submit some bug reports. Together we might have the power to convince Apple. "Might" being the operative word here.
Really, I'll be happy if all we get is multi-taskable third-party (official) applications…
Future iPhone to be x86 powered, Intel inside
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/12/future-iphone-to-be-x86-powered-intel-inside.html
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Now I'm not saying the next iPhone due to come out this year will have an Intel chip inside, but the one after that, think summer 2009, is looking like a strong candidate for Intel's upcoming Moorestown chip. This slide from my friend Charlie over at TheINQ pretty much says it all:
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Apple iPhone SDK downloaded 100,000 times!
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/12/apple-iphone-sdk-downloaded-100000-times.html
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You may like it or not, but iPhone keeps getting most of the media attention. Today Cupertino folks announced that a total of 100,000 SDKs were downloaded. It's only fair to say not all of these people will actually ever make an iPhone application, but the number is impressive nevertheless. As a matter of fact, many mobile applications were not downloaded for that many times.
Let's speculate a bit. Let's say 10% of all SDK downloads were developers and let's say half of them will ever make a single iPhone application. That's still 5000 applications folks! And I do believe we'll see that many apps released till the end of this year. The "iPhone hype" is so strong that it's fair to argue that at some point in the future there will be more native applications for the Apple iPhone than for some established platforms like Symbian (there are 8,736 commercially available third-party Symbian apps as from December 31. 2007). Sure, there will be like dozen Sudoku versions, but also some neat apps. Interesting times are ahead of us… Full release is available from here;
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/03-12-2008/0004772506&EDATE=
Next iPhone firmware caught on video; screenshots of Microsoft Exchange support,
mass email delete, Cisco VPN, and parental controls
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/13/next-iphone-firmware-caught-on-video-screenshots-of-microsoft-exchange-support-mass-email-delete-cisco-vpn-and-parental-controls.html
Everything's a bit muddled in the iPhone firmware world. Will the iPhone v1.2 "Aspen" OS that's used in the iPhone SDK emulator be released prior to the iPhone v2.0 firmware that's due out in June? The iPhone v1.2 Aspen firmware could actually be the firmware that will serve as the iPhone SDK-compatible v2.0 firmware - which means that iPhone developers are already playing with the iPhone 2.0.
In either case, we've got video of the next iPhone firmware. TechCrunch posted a short vid (below) that shows off the iPhone's Microsoft Exchange email setup, the new Calculator app, and the settings screen. Gizmodo is also mirroring a video posted by iPhone Dev Team member "sam," that shows off Exchange support, AppStore, Parental Controls, SDK Support, new calculator applications , CISCO VPN support, and mail mass deletion. You'll have to go to Gizmodo to check out that video.
Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any search functionality in the iPhone Contacts list. But, we do see the AppStore icon and Exchange is clearly supported.
And, it seems that Apple thinks iPhone users (and their parents) will benefit from a parental control feature. If you need parental controls on your iPhone, you probably shouldn't be using one anyway. Then again, I've seen 9-year olds in Westwood, CA. sporting high-end handsets like the Nokia 8800 - so there might be some need to protect spoiled junior from the savage internet.
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^ The Apple business model works... just not for the author of that piece. Some people just don't get it.
People want the iPhone. It is in high demand. I am seeing them pop up everywhere... just like the iPod did back in 2002.
3rd party developers see this demand and want to cash in by making some cool apps.
Apple releases the SDK and its tools, but makes them Mac only.
If you want to cash in, you have to do it on a Mac. Don't have a Mac?
You will have to buy one if you want to cash in. What does this equal? More sales, exposure, and money for Apple.
Now why would Apple want to open up itself to competition
by licensing the OS to others when Apple makes money off the phone... not the OS... the phone.
Microsoft makes their money from software sales. Apple does it by selling hardware.
The software (the iPhone OS) is the carrot... it attracts customers. Then Apple sells you the hardware (the iPhone itself).
There seems to also be a likewise minor change to the iPhone's iTunes Store icon. What we see is an iTunes Store icon with a musical note graphic, as opposed to the current "download arrow" graphic. I agree with Doc when he says that the new iTunes Store icon may be a misguided move. The iTunes Store represents Music, TV shows, and movies - not just music. A "download arrow" is better suited to the iTunes Store's function than a musical note.
Analog TV Slide-Screen Cell Phones
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Wholesale Analog TV Slide-Screen Cell Phones
This analog-TV receiving cell phone features an innovative slide-opening 2.8-inch touch-screen display, in addition to dual-band frequency operation, MP3/MP4/3GP playback, and a 1.3MP camera. It also features a very unique counterfeit currency detector that your customers will find intriguing. It measures 118 x 56 x 20mm in size and comes in silver and white.
This item will ship out in 5-7 working days upon payment confirmation.
Specifications:
Network: 900/1800 MHz
Language: English, Chinese
Screen: 2.8-inch TFT touch screen
Music support: MP3 and backstage player, equalizer, dual speakers
Video support: 3GP, MP4 video full-screen playback
Camera: 1.3MP
Memory and storage: microSD card up to 1GB
Special Feature: counterfeit currency detector
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Dimensions: 118 x 56 x 20mm
Weight: 125g
Color: silver, white
Warranty period: 3 months
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Cell phone x 1
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Data transfer cable x 1
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Wholesale Analog TV Slide-Screen Cell Phones
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Dual-Band GSM Cell Phone Watches
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Wholesale Dual-Band GSM Cell Phone Watches
These GSM cell phone watches sport a fashionable design, 1.3-inch touch-screen display, 1.3MP digital camera, and operate on GSM 900/1,800MHz frequencies. Additional features include MP3/MP4 playback, 2GB microSD card support, and Bluetooth connectivity. Coming with a Bluetooth headset, this is truly one versatile watch.
This item will ship out in 5-7 working days upon payment confirmation.
Specifications:
Network: GSM 900/1800MHz
Interface language: Chinese, English, French, Russian, Arabic, Vietnamese
SIM card: unlocked
Screen: 1.3-inch touch screen
Camera: 1.3MP
Multimedia: MP3/MP4 file playback
GPRS support
Bluetooth: A2DP
Color: Black/White
Product dimension: 64 x 45 x 18mm
Product weight: 56g
Warranty period: Six months
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Standard Certification:
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Individual Unit Packages Include:
Cell phone x 1
Stylus x 1
Battery x 2
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3.5 Inch Screen Dual SIM TV Cell Phone
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Wholesale 3.5 Inch Screen Dual SIM TV Cell Phone
This Dual SIM card TV Cell Phone has a build-in analog TV and FM radio receiver, and a super large 3.5-inch TFT LCD for watching TV programs and MP4 files. The phone also has dual-SIM card slot, build-in 9 languages support, and can handle 180 to 300 minutes of talk time, and offers standby time of 200 to 240 hours with a 3500 mAH Lithium battery support.
Analog TV function may not work correctly in the following countries due to SECAM video format inconsistencies: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Egypt, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Ukraine.
This item will ship out 5-7 working days upon payment confirmation.
In mobile phones, dual-band and tri-band refer to functionality that allows a cell phone to support either two or three frequency bands out of the four major GSM (TDMA) bands - 850/900/1800/1900 MHz.
GSM 900/1800 bands work in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Brazil
GSM 900/1800/1900 bands will work on at least one network in most countries around the world except for some networks that only support 850MHz.
Please do check with your local service provider on the frequency for your country.
Specifications:
Network: GSM 900/1800 MHz dual-band
Analog TV receiver: Yes, compatible to use in the following countries: Afghanistan, Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, Taiwan, Turkey, UAE, UK, Vietnam, Western Europe, and other countries using compatible TV system as these countries.
FM radio receiver: Yes
Interface language: English/French/Spanish/Portugal/Italian/Russian/Arabic/Vietnam/Thai
SIM card: Dual card; single-working; unlocked for use with your existing service provider's SIM card
Screen: Super large 3.5 inch, 320x240 pixels, 262K color TFT LCD
Touch screen with handwriting: Yes
Camera: 1.3 mega pixel dual camera
Multimedia: MP3/MP4 file playback, up to 2GB Micro SD card extension support.
GPRS support: Yes
Bluetooth support: Yes
Special Features: Super long standby.
Talking time:180-300 minutes
Standby time:200-240 hours
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Warranty period: 3 months
Standard Certification:
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Package Includes:
Cell phone x 1
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Okids phone concept for kids
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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Song-kyu Nam has created a mobile phone concept called Okids. It is designed for kids aged 5-6. The device looks like a toy and it can be transformed from a sleek candybar to a heart form (symbolizes love to kids) and vice a versa. Colored in bright blue the shell contains several big buttons and a game console on the rear panel of the heart form. There is also a small color display, which reveals contact name or number and even simple games.
Check the battery on this one :o :o :o :o :o
http://www.solomobi.com/viewproduct.asp?pro_id=1361
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Hot Spots
1.dual sim work one by one
2. Bluetooth 2.0
3. Hand writing & key input
4.Four speakers good music
5. 16800 mAh battery super long standby
^^^^^ :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o ^^^^
6: MP3,MP4
7.e-book reader
8.Dual camera,web-camera
9.english /chinese
Features
1. 3.5 inch, , 260K colour; PX: 240×320px
3. T-Flash Card Supporting,256MB for free
4.0.3 Mega pixel camera for Picture & Video capability, 640*480
5. Double Stereo Loud speaker, 64 chord ring tone
6. MP3 & MP4 player
7. GPRS & WAP connectivity, MMS Transceiver
8. U disk support function to keep the information storage
9. Bluetooth2.0
10.calendar,To do list,Alarm,World Clock,Spotwatch
11.caller picture,caller Ring Tone,
12.Telephone directories: 300 groups of contacts, support incoming call with big head sticker,
group ring an Messages &Multimedia messaging: 200 SMS, support MMS; can use downloaded MP3 as SMS rings
13. Schedule power on/off: support to start/close under set time
14. Alarm clock:5 groups, support alarm clock when machine’s closed, can set from Monday to Sunday
15. Games: 2 built-in common games,
16. More information: MP3, MP4, Handsfree, SMS group sending,
Voice recorder, WAP, Handwritten + keyboard input, Bluetooth, GPRS download,
MMS, Memory extended, IP dialing, self-designed ringtones, photo editor, alarm clock, calculator, notepad, health management .....
There seems to also be a likewise minor change to the iPhone's iTunes Store icon. What we see is an iTunes Store icon with a musical note graphic, as opposed to the current "download arrow" graphic. I agree with Doc when he says that the new iTunes Store icon may be a misguided move. The iTunes Store represents Music, TV shows, and movies - not just music. A "download arrow" is better suited to the iTunes Store's function than a musical note.
well the iTunes Store on the iPhone is only for Music it doesnt let you buy or rent movies or tv shows or anything else...
so i guess that works just fine... also considering that the iTunes logo on the app for both mac and pc are a CD with a music Note I dont see it as a problem.
and from the feel and look of it they are going to have an APP store and they already have the iTunes Music Store ....
i wouldnt doubt they put out maybe a "Video" store on the iphone where you can get TV Shows, Movies, Music Videos and so forth... just a thought.
Sling updating SlingPlayer Mobile for Windows Mobile,symbian and iPhone possible
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/17/sling-updating-slingplayer-mobile-for-windows-mobile-nokia-n95-8gb-uiq-iphone-possible.html
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Place-shifting TV programs never had it so good. Sling has announced that they'll be releasing an updated version of their SlingPlayer for Windows Mobile devices this Spring. WinMo fans rocking a SlingBox at home and SlingPlayer Mobile on their handset can look forward to optimization for newer Windows Mobile devices (both touchscreen and non-touchscreen).
Sling will also be optimizing their Nokia N95 8GB client and has plans to bring the SlingPlayer Mobile to UIQ.
Most interesting is Sling's mention of the possibility of bringing SlingPlayer Mobile to the iPhone. We've heard rumblings of SlingPlayer coming to the iPhone, but this announcement makes the possibility all the more credible. Now, streaming a SlingBox's feed over an EDGE network is possible (the video stream is automatically adjusted depending on the available bandwidth), but it would be an injustice to the iPhone's beautiful display to watch TV in low-res. Of course, the more pressing problem is Sling's use of a WMV video feed instead of the H.264 encoding that iPhones love so much. Let's hope both those problems get worked out soon.
Hey, Sling, give us iPhone owners any kind of Sling-support and we'll be happy. We'll deal with low-res TV feeds for now - until Apple gets real with the 3G iPhone, that is.
[Via: Gizmodo]
Apple working on iPhone flip? Patent application details flip-phone with dual-sided multi-touch.
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/17/apple-working-on-iphone-flip-patent-application-details-flip-phone-with-dual-sided-multi-touch.html
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Apple's first foray into the mobile space has been a terrific success. And, not just as the company's first-ever handset offering, the iPhone has succeeded in an entrenched and competitive handset market.
Still, Apple's a bit of a one-trick pony with their iPhone. They've only got one form-factor with one model (different storage capacities notwithstanding). So, what could Cupertino do to throw some variety into the mix? Make an iPhone Flip, of course.
The latest patent application to surface at the USPTO indicates that Apple is at least considering a flip-phone form-factor for their iPhone. Entitled, "Dual sided trackpad," the patent application describes a method whereby a device's capacitance touch sensor panel and display panel are located on separate halves of the flip. The upper portion serves as a display, which isn't really innovative. But, and here's the innovative part, the lower portion of the flip is a transparent touchpad with dual-sided capacitance touch technology. Unwired View's Photoshop rendering shows off this idea beautifully.
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What does that mean exactly? Well, imagine being able to view the device's main display with the flip closed - being translucent, the lower flip doesn't obscure the display. And, the dual-sided capacitance touch flip works while in the closed position (overlayed on the display).
Then imagine that you've got the flip open. The dual-sided nature of the flip allows for an entirely new world of multi-touch gestures - the front side of the flip could be used for certain inputs in tandem with the back side of the flip. Or, maybe you want to "draw" the phone number onto the flip. That would work too. Of course, the flip will still function as a standard numeric keypad.
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The possibilities are endless, especially for laptop trackpads and tablet computers. But, it all hinges on Apple's decision to go forward with the tech in this patent application. And iPhone Nano with this dual-sided trackpad technology would probably do quite well among those potential iPhone users that really want a smaller form-factor, not to mention those that just want a clamshell. Fingers crossed…
[Via: Unwired View]
Samsung i780, HTC TyTn II, Eten X600, Nokia N95 GPS test
http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/articles.asp?id=175&page=8
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Samsung i780, HTC TyTn II, Eten X600, Nokia N95
INTRODUCTION
GPS is everywhere these days and particularly in PDAPhones or Smartphones, no mean feat since there are significant constraints to cram in all the "connected technologies" in these ever more compact devices, GSM, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, a bright screen. Needless to say RF interference runs rampant and a high sensitivity GPS chipset is a requirement. Until last year there was only one player, SiRF, with the powerful SiRFstarIII chipset released in early 2005. The other original high sensitivity chipsets by uBlox, NemeriX, MTK, SkyTraq, have not cracked the connected device world yet, but Qualcomm's and TI's have and will be used in this comparison, thanks to the GSM/WiFi integration for the former and to Nokia's decision for the latter.
While some will argue that a chipset must be judged on a test bench to remove problems with the design of the device, at the end of the day, what matters is the user experience and real life side by side comparisons of actual devices are the best way to get an idea of what it is. The line-up for this article is as follows :
- Eten X600 - SiRFstar3lt
- HTC TyTn II - Qualcomm MSM7200
- Nokia N95 8Gb - TI v3
- Samsung i780 - Qualcomm MSM6200
1. ACQUISITION
To overcome the reduced signal fed to the chips by the diminutive GPS antennas, all these PDAPhones have some form of A-GPS, "Ephemeris AGPS" for the X600 with SiRFInstantFixI and the HTC TyTn II with gpsOneXtra, and MS-Based for the Nokia N95 (supl Nokia) and the Samsung i780 (supl Orange). As a result, warm TTFF is obtained in less than ten seconds. For the purposes of this comparison, all the systems were left to "settle" for 10 minutes in the open to remove the impact of these various forms of AGPS
2. ACCURACY - RAW TRACKS
Driving around the high rise buildings of the budding business complex of Noisy le Grand is a good way to gauge the accuracy of the various systems :
A. Overview
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B. Zoom #1
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B. Zoom #2
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B. Zoom #3
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3. SIGNAL LEVEL
In addition to the qualitative approach of analyzing the raw tracks, the quantitative analysis of the signal levels obtained from the NMEA can be useful to explain some observations.
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No surprise here, the ultra-slim form factor of the i780 likely forced Samsung to use a thin PIFA antenna and as a result the Qualcomm chipset has the lowest signal level to work with. This certainly explains the degraded accuracy of the i780 compared to the HTC TyTn II, also Qualcomm based. Or it could be that the MSM7200 chipset offers improved performance compared to the MSM6200 of the Samsung.
4. FINAL WORDS
Apart from the TI equipped N95 that doesn't recover from the multipath rich passage under and between high rise buildings, the overall performance is very good in light of the constraints of building GPS into the devices. The Qualcomm based Samsung i780 and HTC TyTn II offer good results as long as the conditions are not extreme with a slight advantage for the TyTn II, but the SiRFstar3lt based Eten X600 remains the best performer, being able to handle all types of environments, including pedestrian use as seen in this comparison. Whether this is due to SiRF's expertise in navigation software for high sensitivity chipsets honed in the field since early 2005 or to the better design of the Eten X600 is hard to say, probably a bit of both. It will be interesting to see if the new SiRFprima platform with what looks like a SiRFstarIV chipset is included on upcoming PDAPhones.
Hands-on with Nokia N96
http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-n96-en.shtml
Table of contents:
Positioning
Design, size, controls
Display
Keypad
Battery
Memory
Hardware specifications
USB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Music department
Mobile television
Impressions
Sales package:
Handset
Li-Ion battery (BL-5F)
USB data cable (CA-101)
TV cable (CA-75U)
Remote control and headphones (AD-54, HS-45)
Car charger (DC-4)
Charger (AC-5)
Positioning
As a rule, the average consumer’s thought pattern isn't characterized by sophistication or depth – all he cares to consider when choosing a phone is index and functionality. Take the Nokia N95 for example – it is a do-it-all flagship, so the average Joe readily assumes the device that has one rung added to its index, specifically, the N96, should outdo the previous offering in every single way. The logic seems solid at a glance, but as we go deeper into the N96, it loses a fair share of its soundness.
Nokia has a clear-cut goal: to roll out a variety of solutions in order to settle down in different niches and for this they need similarly styled phones that pack in unique feature sets. Being resembling design-wise helps offerings that stand close together within the range appear identical to those who buy this trick, even though as far as philosophy and hardware are concerned, they couldn’t be more polarized. Basically, that’s the story of the Nokia N96 that got stuck with the “flagship” title, so now it is considered as the best S60-based solution around, which is not how things really stand. Effectively, it is a niche product that’s meant to open the range of similarly featured solutions, a feeler, if you like – dubbing an all-round new solution that hasn’t stood the test of time yet “the flagship” is somewhat reckless. Moreover, Nokia has never done such thing, but gossips care very little about that.
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Nokia’s portfolio offers a couple of DVB-H capable solutions, specifically the Nokia N77 and a more dated phone, the N92. Neither of them was widely available, since they were used either in pilot television projects or tailored for particular regions (like the N77 in Taiwan, starting late fall 2007). Indeed, given that the vast majority of markets still have no DVB-H television enabled, a replica of the N73, yet armed with this functionality, was uncalled for. In March 2008, the European authorities standardized on DVB-H and from this point on will put in their efforts to support it. In this sense the Nokia N96 has a good chance to avoid the role of an ugly duckling that will never see release – thankfully, mobile television isn’t a big focus in the N96, it is rather included among all other things there.
Much like other Nseries-branded solutions, the N96 is heavy on multimedia, and delivers especially with its video department. There is a handful of things going for it – the display diagonal, hardware support for H.264 decoding, speedier videos and a folding stand that allows having the N96 on flat surfaces at a video-friendly angle.
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Interestingly, over a year ago Nokia started to enhance its product portfolio not only by varying styles, but also hardware platform underpinning their solutions. The Nokia N95 and its follow-ups built upon the TI OMAP chip, while the N96 takes advantage of STMicroelectronics’s Nomadik. So when comparing these two phones, their similarities don’t go beyond physical aspects, since other things, like functionality and hardware, are quite different.
Is the N96 a mass-market solution? No. Then, is it heavily specialized, aiming at one particular niche? No. It is rather somewhere in between. This phone will see moderate sales, although the fuss around it will easily shadow its modest numbers.
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Design, size, controls
Visually, the N96 is very much like the Nokia N81 8 Gb – same black finish with glossy surfaces, same controls, with a little bit of silver along the sides, making for a pretty seducing mix. The front face is extremely easy to soil with fingerprints and smudge; basically, it gets so dirty in a matter of minutes that a cleaning cloth becomes a must-have for its owners.
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The phone measures in at 103x55x18 mm (125 grams) plus the camera part is even thicker due the rim around the lens that adds a couple of millimeters to the N96’s girth. On the whole, the N96 looks and feels more like some sort of shovel in the hand due to being quite wide – compared with the Nokia N81 it has gotten 0,5cm wider. While it is not a solution for women in any way, it is more about whether or not shop assistants will manage to convince them that it is the flagship solution. As far as I remember, the Nokia N93 wasn’t all that petite either, notwithstanding, women happily went for it and carried it around in their purses, and furthermore, some are still using it. It is important to realize that the Nokia N96’s dimensions are as close to the maximum as it get – its pocket-stretching casing won’t fit just about any jacket or trousers. Some may well argue with me on this, and I will readily agree that some types of clothes are perfect for the N96; but for the most part, it will not please you with its portability.
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Perched on the top end is the keypad lock slider, the same as that found in the Nokia N81, along with the 3.5 mm headphones jack and power button. Sitting on the left-hand spine is the microSD memory card slot covered by a plastic flap. Things get more interesting on the right side, where you will find two speakers under a metal grill, as well as the camera button and volume rocker. The bottom edge houses the microUSB socket and charger slot (2 mm).
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Form-factor wise, the N96 is a dual slider that can be pushed both up and down – that is, in the latter case you gain access to the phone’s music-minded controls that also kick in when watching video. The buttons here, unlike the Nokia N95 8Gb, aren’t bulging – they are flat and made of the same plastic as the handset’s face.
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As far as the build quality is concerned, the jury is still out – the prototypes we played around with were nothing special, to put it mildly, so they gave little idea of how the N96 was really put together. Some time ago we experienced the same thing with the Nokia N81 – when I had my first hands-on session with it, I thought its build quality was horrendous. But then I spent some time with a commercial unit and found that it felt pretty solid and had no trace of its past problems left. And I really can’t think why they would make an exception for the Nokia N96 and leave it as it is today.
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Nested on the rear side are the LED flash, lens of a 5 Mpix CMOS camera (which is in effect identical to the Nokia N95) with autofocus. As of today, the camera doesn’t work properly, as the software is still pretty crude (well, it does take shots, but I couldn’t find one person who would like them).
Mounted around the lens rim is a folding stand that allows for a video-friendly setup when you put the N96 on a flat surface. It is pretty handy in use and reliable at that – at least, I pressed, pushed and abused the N96 in all possible ways when the stand was out and still couldn’t break it. The models to come will also enjoy this useful detail.
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Display
The handset comes bundled with a QVGA 2.8-inch display (240x320 pixels, 42x58 mm). Its 16 million colors and sufficient brightness make for an easy-to-read picture. While in the sun, the display gets washed out, yet remains perfectly legible.
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The N96’s diagonal is a clear improvement over the original N95 and its 2,6 inches (which is also quite a difference compared to other 2- and 2,2-inch units). The increased diagonal normally brings about a more blurry image, however thanks to the N96’s brighter display, you will hardly notice this effect.
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The display accommodates up to 8 text and up to 3 service lines. In some modes, though, you may get up to 14 text lines. All fonts are sharp and easy to read.
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Keypad
Similarly to the N81, the Nokia N96 employs the Navy Wheel. There is a smallish mechanical button with its edges sitting slightly above the surface. Honestly, I didn’t find it a joy to use. It is also flanked by music controls, which is the same control cluster you will see on the N96’s remote. But that’s not the most interesting thing about it. The fact of the matter is that this device utilizes touch-based navigation, so you can scroll though your gallery and music library by sweeping your finger around the navigation button (direction doesn’t matter – if it’s clockwise, then you’ll be scrolling down). Nevertheless, it is not an essential or vital touch, that’s why by default it is disabled in the menu, which is the right thing. Speaking of the drawbacks, we experienced way too many mispresses on the music controls, especially those on the squashed right part of the keypad. Visually, they seem pretty much like the Nokia N91’s cluster, however in the N96 the right soft-key brings up the Multimedia menu.
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The numeric keys are average in size and sit under flat plastic slabs. Being glossy, they certainly attract grease and dirt from your hands, which is especially visible while indoors. We have no gripes with the N96’s keypad – it handles well, the buttons are generally good and have sufficient travel distance. They are all lit in white, which makes them visible in various environments.
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Battery
The handset makes use of a 950 mAh Li-Ion battery (BL-5F), which is the same as what the original Nokia N95 had, whereas the N95 8Gb had its cell capacity kicked up to 1050 mAh. Given their identical screens, we have a feeling that the Nokia N96 could also use a more capable battery.
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The N96 has a rated battery life of 3.6 hours talk time and up to 220 hours standby time. For Nokia N95, the standby time was rated at 240 hours. So, generally, in all main usage modes (voice, web surfing, etc) you won’t notice much of a difference between these too. On a side note, the Nokia N81, thanks to employing different hardware solutions as compared to the Nokia N95, allowed it to excel in terms of battery time in all primary modes, and score 420 hours on standby tests, which is as close to perfect as it only gets. It takes the N96 a little over 2 hours to charge from empty to full.
The Nokia N96 comes equipped with a DSP for sound and video processing; this way, their presence should boost the handset’s performance on these fronts. Let’s take a look at our battery time chart and see how well it fared in a duel with the Nokia N95 8Gb:
GPS-navigation – 3 hours
Video – 4.5 hours (rated at 5 hours, the Nokia N95 8Gb lasted 3.5 hours).
WEB surfing (over EDGE) – 3 hours (same 3 hours on the N95 8Gb).
Wi-Fi (non-stop data upload) – 3.5 hours (N95 8Gb – 3 hours).
Music (in headphones) – 13.5 hours (rated at 14 hours, the Nokia N95 8Gb – at 10 hours)
TV (only for the N96) – up to 5 hours.
Obviously, the N96’s hardware feats help it stay up in the video and music modes longer while packing a less capable battery. Other than that, it was on a par with the Nokia N95 8Gb (give or take in view of its inferior cell).
In Moscow, the N96 stayed online for around 2 days when we were heavy on its features (regular mail checks, up to 5 hours of music and up to 20 SMS messages). We are confident the phone will easily last 2 days even in the most extreme usage mode (except for non-stop web-browsing), and if you are planning to use nothing but its voice calls, then expect 3-4 days of operation, depending on how much time you spend on the phone.
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Memory
The N96 is the first S60 smartphone to enjoy both 16 Gb of built-in storage and memory cards. Up until today Nokia hasn’t been running this memory structure on many devices, except for its Internet tablets, like the Nokia N800 or Nokia N810. It is definitely a great feat to have; but it is not only Nokia – Motorola is also exercising this approach (specifically with the ROKR E8, although this concept is marred there by measly inbuilt storage volume).
The handset sports a couple of sections inside its memory – one, Disk C (256 Mb of which around 180 Mb are available), is employed for storing user data, contracts, messages, calendar events etc; it is managed like on other smartphones, i.e. you can save any files here, install applications you need and son on. The same tricks can be done with the inbuilt storage, marked as an extra disk, or, as today’s smartphones have it, a memory card. The file manager now features another tab for memory cards; but at the end of the day it doesn’t really matter what memory section you work with, as you are free to jump between them back and forth, install any applications you want, save any data you need and so forth. So, in essence, it is all the same.
On the other hand, there is a tiny detail, that can come in handy – when copying files in the USB Mass Storage mode into the handset’s built-in memory, the speed will top out at around 2 Mb/s, however, when moving data from or to the memory card from the bundled storage, you will get only 1 Mb/s at best. And we are lost on why it’s so – probably, we’ll need to get back to this issue once we get our hands on a commercial unit.
The N96’s RAM volume makes 128 Mb, although after first start-up there will be only around 89 Mb left at your disposal. On this front it is no different from the Nokia N95 8Gb.
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Hardware specifications
As you remember, the Nokia N95 runs the TI OMAP 2420, which is the same solution utilized for all top-of-the-line solutions. With the advent of the Nokia N81, they added another option – a platform from Freescale. And now along comes the third solution – the STN8816 (Nomadik line-up) from STMicroelectronics that employs the ARM926EJ CPU running at 334 MHz. Honestly, sometimes I catch myself thinking that this “334 MHz” mark is bewitched in some way, so that Nokia’s S60-powered solutions can get past it. The fact is, all today’s devices utilize this clock rate, and it’s not clear why, given how different the solutions they retain are and the possibility to kick the TI OMAP's rate up.
The N96 also packs in a DSP for video processing (decodes to H.264 at 30 FPS and VGA resolution – other formats are supported too, but this one is more prioritized). For its audio needs, the handset employs a 24-bit DSP and a wealth of effects that come preinstalled with it, although it is all up to the vendor to enable them or not.
As you can see from this short rundown on the platform, the N96 has some feats onboard that we would like to take for a test drive; specifically, its sound quality and how it fares compared to the competition.
The phone also comes packaged with a motion sensor that automatically rotates the screen when you flip the N96 in your hands.
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USB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
USB. The handset comes in with USB 2.0 support, upon a successful PC connection you can choose one of the following modes:
Data Transfer (Mass Storage USB) – memory cards is available, no drivers required, as your OS identifies the handset automatically. Data transfer speed makes around 1800-2000 Kb/s (USB 2.0).
PC Suite – used for device management via Nokia PC Suite, enables all features of the phone, data backup etc.
Image Print – no explanation required.
Media Player (MTP protocol) – synchronizes data with Windows Media Player.
Bluetooth. The smartphone sports EDR-enabled Bluetooth 2.0 alongside the following profiles:
A2DP
AVCRP
BIP-ImagePush
DUN-GW
FT-Server
HandsFree-AG (1.0)
Headset-AG
OBEX
OPP-Client
OPP-Server
SIM Access-Server
The top speed you can get with the N96’s Bluetooth connection is around 100 Kb/s. We also tested its A2DP profile in pair with the Sony Ericsson DS970 headset, which worked just fine – we managed our play list, skipped within tracks and adjusted volume seamlessly, however we couldn’t make current track’s title show up on the N81’s display.
Wi-Fi. This handset comes armed with Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 g) support. All security standards are supported: WEP , WPA , WPA 2, with other advanced settings available. The device supports Universal PnP standard (UPnP), which is the successor to the wired standard PnP. With its help, along with Wi-Fi, you can send slides to a TV, music to a stereo system, and photos to a printer. In a certain sense UPnP is like an add-on to the infrastructure (Wi-Fi, for example) in the form of Bluetooth-esque services, so this looks more like a software upgrade. The sales package includes Home Media Server, which allows connecting the N96 through your home Wi-Fi network to a desktop PC.
There is also a Wi-Fi wizard available in the N96 – it can keep looking for enabled networks in the background mode and tap into them.
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Music department
What we were really thrilled about with the N96 was what the new chip could bring to the table – its 24-bit DSP had to make some difference, compared to the performance of Nokia’s other offerings. However, we didn’t notice any substantial improvements, although it seemed that bass pumped better, especially when we used custom earphones (the one that comes bundled with the N96 isn’t a good choice after all). The handset’s player packs no bells and whistles, being a standard FP2 fare – you can learn more about it and the system itself in our in-depth review.
And now it’s about time we gave the tribune to Alexander Dembovsky – wrapping it all up, we should also note that the N96’s inbuilt FM radio is pretty good, although it is little to no different from other solutions out there. In speakerphone mode the phone did well playing music and radio – actually over my quality time with the Nokia N96 I got hooked on its online radio, I would often tap into a local WiFi network, tune in to some station, pull the stand out and enjoy music or news bulletins. All thanks to such a tiny, measly detail as the desk stand, the N96 is so much more usable – in this sense I also like the way the Nokia N810 is designed.
Mobile television
The N96 comes installed with a no-frills application for watching TV programmes, featuring a list of broadcasts, enabling you to see short clips taken out of them (not full-screen, however). On the plus side, this app allows for programme descriptions, also it can kick in or start recording on schedule, although the latter ability won’t be available for the most part, since most of the content you watch is protected.
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The TV quality offered by the N96 is relatively good, especially when you think that it is DVB-H; consequently you wont’ be able to make use of this functionality unless your region supports the DVB-H standard.
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Impressions
The reception quality provided by the N96 is up to Nokia’s standard, nothing to worry about here. The vibro alert is moderate strength-wise. The N96’s two loudspeakers are pretty average as far as their volume is concerned, in fact on this front it is in line with the Nokia N81.
Basically, with the prototypes we got our hands on, it is impossible to judge the N96’s real build quality or UI speed and reliability, so we can either wait for new updates to hardware and software or just sit idle until we get a chance to play around with a commercial edition of the handset.
The N96 is set to arrive in August – September 2008 and will retail for around 550 Euro in Europe (whereas in Russia its price tag will float around the level of 1000 USD, especially during its first months on the market). This phone is heavy both on video and television, that’s why its feats won’t be particularly craved here, in Russia. And given that there are other offerings to come that will offer similar specs under their hoods (USB speed, memory structure), there is no point in paying a premium for the Nokia N96 and getting a bunch of pretty much useless abilities for good measure. On top of that, the N96 is rather a stand-alone device in Nokia’s range; it by no means aims to appeal to each and everyone as the top-of-the-line solution in spite of its index.
On a more interesting note – the Nokia N95 8Gb, upon its release, went for 570 Euro, which is in line with the Nokia N96’s reported price tag and even a tad above it. But there are no far-reaching conclusions to be made here, except for one thing – 16 Gb storage will become par for the course starting late 2008, as a couple of affordable (relatively, though) N81-esque models will come out sporting this much memory onboard.
Opera Mini 4.1 released in beta
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/04/02/opera-mini-41-released-in-beta.html
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Opera Mini 4.1 is out! Still in beta, the new version "improves the way Opera Mini interacts with your phone to make browsing more convenient, more productive and definitely more fun."
Highlights/new features:
It's up to 50% faster than Opera Mini 4
URL autocomplete - Opera Mini will automatically suggest URL completions
Save pages for offline access
Find content in the page
Download and upload files - i.e. add attachments to email (if you're using Opera Mini to access your webmail)
Want to try it? Sure you do!
Follow this link for download instructions.
http://www.operamini.com/beta/
Alternatively, you may want to watch the Opera Mini 4.1 guided tour;
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/04/02/opera-mini-41-released-in-beta.html
Spb Mobile Shell. Second edition
http://www.mobile-review.com/soft/2008/mobile-shell-en.shtml
I get to hear rants on how Windows Mobile based devices are fiddly to manage very often – indeed, the system’s default UI, even in its latest and greatest version, doesn’t quite qualify as user friendly. That’s why all more or less advanced and savvy users have turned their eyes to the field of third-party software, where one of the most newsworthy recent releases is Spb Software House’s Mobile Shell. While the first version of the application appealed to many, just like any other new product it had an array of glitches, which the developers have tried to address with the new version. So our job is pretty easy this time – try to figure out how well they have coped with this task.
Spb Mobile Shell
Developer – Spb Software House
Home page – www.spbsoftwarehouse.com
Price – 29.95$
Lately I’ve been stumbling upon a lot of topics on installing one application on a multitude of devices. The policy of Spb Software House in this matter seems to be the most reasonable – the registration key they issue once you purchase the product is not locked on your device ID or hardwired to it in any way, so you can still use the same Mobile Shell license even when you get a new WM device; on top of that updates to the current build are free, while the new version is available with a 50% rebate to all registered users. But that’s not all: if you upgrade to the new version in less than 90 days since the purchase of the previous application’s release, it is absolutely free. By the way, another approach to the problem of upgrading your software is exercised by Apple with its firmware updates for the iPod Touch (which are not free), and developers whose applications are locked on your device’s hardware identifier or something alone these lines. Sometimes transferring programs of the latter type can be done after getting in touch with the developer’s support service, but these cases are rather exceptions from the rule.
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Now, cutting straight to the chase, the new version of Mobile Shell has undergone a major revamp for its Now screen. Basically, not only does it allow checking the status, it is used for managing the device. The Now screen is divided in a couple of active zones – lining the top of the screen is the weather forecast thumbnail, mail box status, call log and quick profiles (professional mode). The second zone features the clock (analog or digital), rounding out the interface is the part with current calendar events, notifications of upcoming meetings and affairs.
But the foremost improvement coming in the updated Now screen is the icon bar at the foot of the display that allows for one-touch access to the application list and settings (second button) and speed dial panel
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Tapping the second thumbnail brings up the list of most recent applications you used - while you can put them off the screen, you won’t be able to remove the display brightness icon which is hardwired into this menu. The application list displayed on this screen is carried over from the plugin for the Today screen, so in a nutshell the developers have included an application manager of some sort into their Now interface that allows launching applications without having to dig deep into other menus.
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Below are six huge thumbnails leading to certain applications grouped up by type – they will take you to corresponding program pools available in your WM device with a welcome touch of animation along the way.
It is worth noting that all buttons and icon are tweaked for finger-based navigation, being just big enough, plus the screen driver has been optimized to read larger areas you tap with your finger.
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The speed dial panel enables the user to put up to 15 entries from the contact list on it, each marked by a sizable thumbnail. The icon in the bottom right corner calls up the on-screen keyboard for quick Smart Dial powered search – you tap in first letters of a contact’s name, while the application displays all matches and offers you a number of options (i.e. make a call, send a message etc).
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Apart from refurbishing the Now screen the developers have tacked on an eye-candy way to bring the tabs from the Now screen to the display – while dealing with some application, just tap the status bar that runs along the top of the screen and then move the stylus (or finger for devices that don’t have their displays recessed into the casing) down. Now, moving the stylus right or left you can pick the panel you need without closing the application you are currently in.
Impressions
Spb Software House has been putting in a lot of hours rectifying the interface-related glitches of Windows Mobile – first, with its original Mobile Shell release, and now with the second version of this application. No doubt, when we installed this shell on our communicator, it is a huge relief, partly thanks to the fact that we didn’t have to take the stylus in hands too often, if ever; and when we had no other option, it was only in applications that weren’t optimized for finger-based navigation. On the plus side, this utility doesn’t require your mobile device to be a powerhouse and has almost no effect on the performance of fairly old or slow systems. We’d like to hope that he developers will not stop at this point and will continue pushing the capabilities of this undoubtedly useful tool even further, as, honestly, there are still some functions that we would like to have in there. For example, they could enhance the Now screen with a special tab for quick application launch (styled after the speed dial panel) – those 11 thumbnails you get with the application menu aren’t always enough. We would also welcome the ability to view currently running applications from the status bar at the top, which would make them even easier to navigate.
New methods of navigation, specifically gesture-based controls, allow making communicators so much easier to move about. I do hope this tendency to leave styluses out of work will reach not only software developers, but also the creators of the operating system itself. But for now, Spb Mobile Shell is a must-have application – it is that case when the products price is fully justified by what it packs under the hood.
i can get a new phone the 24th.
im still rolling with the SE k700i now.
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because i hardly ever keep below my bundle, i can get mad discount.
i want a phone with good internet browsing,lots of gigabytes,and a decent camera.
what do you guys suggest?
New Motorola handsets, courtesy of their leaked roadmap
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
Below are pictures, and brief technical specifications of some new Motorola handsets – some you may already know about, and some you may not.
Nothing shown below is amazing, in terms of technical specifications, but, at least, for now, Motorola isn't re-using the once-popular Razr-line of handsets.
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Motorola A810
2.2-inch touchscreen, with full handwriting recognition
Linux OS
Dimensions: 104.85 x 50.8 x 13.5mm
Weight: 100 grams
Motorola VE75:
Slider form-factor
Support for Dual sim cards 2.6 inch screen, 16:9 ratio, 240x400 pixels (WQVGA).
2 megapixel camera
Dimensions: 110 x 50 x 18.9mm
Weight: 120 grams
Motorola A1600 Ming:
3 megapixel camera
GPS Wi-Fi
2.4 inch screen
Dimensions: 98.5 x 53.4 x 19.50mm
Weight: 120 grams
Motorola ZN5 "Texel":
5 megapixel camera
Morphing keypad, ala the E8
Linux OS
500MHZ Freescale processor
2.4 inch QVGA screen
Bluetooth
TV-out functionality
Laser-based head mounted display patented by Apple
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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The iPhone, and, to some extent, the iPod, are pretty decent video players. But, of course, there is one limitation – screen size.
This may be about to change for iPod and iPhone users, if Apple's patent has anything to say about it.
Sure, head mounted displays is nothing out of the ordinary, but, going by Apple's patent, it's not actually all that bulky.
Most of the devices size can be attributed to the light source, and the components that are necessary to generate, as well as display video imagery.
Apple like to shove a lot of technology into small packages, and there is no exception here.
Apple reckon that all of the necessary components should be put into a small, battery-operated box, which can then be clipped on to the users belt.
Then, video is transmitted to the headset, via a laser, and an optical cable.
Wedge optics will then display the video in front of the users eyes.
iSwish - yet another iPhone-like UI for Windows Mobile smartphones
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/04/30/iswish-yet-another-iphone-like-ui-for-windows-mobile-smartphones.html
http://www.youtube.com/v/A77VD9nKGDw&hl=en&autoplay=0
If an open-platform packed with power and backed by a huge developer community is your thing, then you're probably rocking a Windows Mobile device. Sure, there are complaints of stability and what-not, but chances are that your solid Windows Mobile device has started to stumble every now and again due to the same third-party applications that make the platform so appealing in the first place.
So, how are you going to scratch that itch for a fun and innovative interface like that on the iPhone? Why, put the iPhone UI on your Windows Mobile device, of course. The latest method to put the iPhone's multi-touch UI is Flick Software Research's "iSwish" and "iZoom." Flick Software Research is set to launch its iSwish UI and iZoom applications in beta-form in early May.
It's a complete rip of Apple's iPhone UI, but hey, if you can't beat 'em, copy 'em.
opera browser (not opera mini but the full browser)
ayo chad do you know any links for some 240x320 java games
i meant some pirate shit on the low 8)
All my Windows Mobile 5/6 players hit me up on PM for programs that you NEED to have for your PDA
and raider: skyfire 0.6 beta just released to people on their mailing list. I recieved a text with the program earlier yesterday and installed it. check it out 8)
All my Windows Mobile 5/6 players hit me up on PM for programs that you NEED to have for your PDA
and raider: skyfire 0.6 beta just released to people on their mailing list. I recieved a text with the program earlier yesterday and installed it. check it out 8)
remember that I´m useing a Symbian powered device at the moment ;)
what´s skyfire? :P what did I miss? :P ;)
All my Windows Mobile 5/6 players hit me up on PM for programs that you NEED to have for your PDA
and raider: skyfire 0.6 beta just released to people on their mailing list. I recieved a text with the program earlier yesterday and installed it. check it out 8)
remember that I´m useing a Symbian powered device at the moment ;)
what´s skyfire? :P what did I miss? :P ;)
new mobile browser that looks to be the best one available. my favorite is still opera mini 4 and i've used every browser i've come across.
http://www.skyfire.com/
yeah you gotta sign up for the beta and they will send you a download link over text
You will need:
Mobile phone running Windows Mobile 5 or 6
More Sony Ericsson BeiBei leaked photos
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/05/11/more-sony-ericsson-beibei-leaked-photos.html
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Almost a month ago we posted one of the first Sony Ericsson BeiBei leaked photos. As far as we know, the upcoming device will run the latest version of UIQ (3.3) on top of Symbian OS, and will also boast such things as some camera (we're not sure about the megapixel count), WiFi and Bluetooth. We would certainly like to see HSDPA on the list too, but we're not sure about that one either.
It's likely the Swedish-Japanese handset maker won't market the BeiBei as a smartphone — rather, they'll probably sell it to all round feature phone users, which want an extra function or two from time to time. They're already using the same/similar concept with the G700 and G900 models. In that sense, Sony Ericsson may have a winner with the BeiBei.
What follows are several photos of the upcoming device, as well as four screenshots. Enjoy!
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Sony Ericsson P5 spotted once again
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
We've reported sightings of Sony Ericsson's unannounced P5 smartphone before, and can now show you more images of the device. From the images below, we can see a forward-facing camera, for video calling, a fast port connector on the side, M2 memory card slot, and five megapixel camera on the rear of the device.
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The screen looks to be around 2.6”, and as you know, the P5 has the P1/M600-style rocker keyboard, although t looks a tad cramped, owing to the fact that it is not as wide as the M600, or the P1
yeah you gotta sign up for the beta and they will send you a download link over textQuoteYou will need:
Mobile phone running Windows Mobile 5 or 6
^^^^ My current phone (N82) is running Symbian S60 3.1 ;) ^^^
So :-\ :-\ :P :P :P ;) ;) ;) ;)
Nokia N82 with a 8GB memory card ;)
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So did you get Opera (not mini) for your phone yet?
Opera launches final version of its mini mobile browser
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
Norwegian web browser maker Opera have released the final Version of their Opera Mini Web Browser – version 4.1. Let us briefly recap the features the new version that the browser has:
It's up to 50% faster than Opera Mini 4.0
URL completions support makes address input a snap
Web pages can be saved for later off-line viewing
Quick access to the word or phrase you want in Web pages
Images, ringtones and other content can be downloaded without leaving Opera Mini
You can download Opera Mini 4.1 now, free-of-charge, from the official site here;
The peoples’ choice: the world’s favorite mobile Web browser
http://www.operamini.com/
Introducing Opera Mini™ 4.1.
Used by more than 44 million people — Opera Mini just keeps getting better.
Opera Mini enables you to take your full Web experience to your phone. Stay in touch with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, get your e-mail on the go, do your online banking. There are no limits — Opera Mini is the quick, easy and secure way to get any Web page you want.
After you download Opera Mini, get Opera 9.5 beta for your computer to synch your bookmarks
To download Opera Mini directly to your phone, please visit operamini.com using your existing phone's Web browser.
got a question for you chad my little brother wants to buy a N80,is it a good phone?
I was reading the specs and it looks decent! what do you think of it?
Nokia N80
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http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n80-1347.php
General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network UMTS 2100 UMTS 1900 - US version
Announced 2005, 4Q
Status Available. Released 2006, April
Size Dimensions 95 x 50 x 26 mm, 97 cc
Weight 134 g
Display Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 352 x 416 pixels, 35 x 41 mm
Ringtones Type Polyphonic (64 channels), Monophonic, True Tones, MP3
Customization Download
Vibration Yes
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Detailed, max 30 days
Card slot miniSD (up to 2GB), hot swap, 128 MB card included, buy memory - 40 MB user memory
- 64 MB SDRAM
- ARM 9 220 MHz processor
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD No
EDGE Class 11, 236.8 kbps
3G Yes, 384 kbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11g
Bluetooth Yes, v1.2
Infrared port Yes
USB Yes, v2.0, Pop-Port
Features OS S60 3rd edition (Symbian OS , Series 60 UI)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Games Java downloadable, order now
Colors Silver, Black
Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, video(CIF), flash; secondary VGA videocall camera - UPnP technology
- Push to talk
- Java MIDP 2.0
- MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player
- Stereo FM Radio
- T9
- Voice dial/memo
- PIM including calendar, to-do list
- Built-in handsfree
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 820 mAh (BL-5B)
Stand-by Up to 192 h
Talk time Up to 3 h
He wanted to get that internet edition n80,i told him keep saving your money and buy a nokia n82!
I know he wont be disapointed with it
HTC Touch Diamond
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/05/06/press-photo-of-new-htc-touch-diamond-shows-off-new-ui.html
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HTC Touch Diamond – spring revolution
Many felt that HTC was supposed to roll out a milestone device towards mid 2008 – the thing is, they have already established the trend for releasing the hottest offerings in the middle of the year, just like it was the case with the HTC Touch (introduced in mid 2007).
I think most of those who are into the Windows Mobile market have been keeping a close eye on all announcements and reports (after the Diamond got outted) and have already made up their minds about it. For everyone else we have this write-up that will get you familiarized with the HTC Touch Diamond and why it is such a revelation for the Windows Mobile market.
The Diamond
It is a bit too early to judge the Diamond’s materials and build quality – the samples that are out there these days are prototypes and by the time it hits the stores some details and traits may well change. But as far as its design and looks go, it is pretty safe to make first conclusions already today.
One of the most important things about the Diamond is that being the size of the HTC Touch it packs in a completely overhauled hardware department. In fact, at 100x56x14 and 120g the HTC Touch is a tad bulkier than the HTC Touch Diamond (102x51x11.3mm) and even somewhat heavier (the Diamond weighs only 110 grams). But due to its rectangular shape it won't feel more pocketable than the HTC Touch; but all in all, its tiny dimensions and weight should negate its sharp lines.
In terms of looks the Diamond takes a lot of cues from the Nokia Prism and its convex surface. While this may be merely a coincidence, the HTC Touch Diamond definitely gains from design.
The idea of adopting some of the Nokia Prism’s traits is remarkable in that it makes a nice change from the cliched WM-powered communicator looks. Although, starting from the Touch Diamond, the very term “communicator” feels somewhat out of place – the fact is, this device is positioned as a feature phone, a smartphone at best, and it looks like one.
That’s the point where we should stop, at least for now. The bottom line is this: the Diamond’s design is quite enticing and in many ways versatile thanks to HTC’s trademark black color scheme and no-nonsense lines. The convex form a la the Nokia Prism may put some off, but these people won’t make all the difference for the Diamond’s sales.
TouchFLO 3D
Savvy people will readily claim that the Touch FLO, be it 3D or 2D, is nothing but an eye-candy shell supposed to cover up the standard sophisticated Windows Mobile interface that’s not very friendly to the user, especially if he or she is a novice. In some way it’s true, but a lot depends on how you view the device and what you expect from it.
Those who have spent plenty of time with Windows Mobile based devices won’t go crazy about the Touch FLO 3D, for it is just a software shell, although utterly elegant and snazzy. These professionals are very likely to replace it with some apps of their own, but we will expand on this in our review, and for now let’s see what newbies will find in the Touch FLO 3D.
HTC has been into the Touch FLO ever since the original HTC Touch – by an large, this term stands for a set of software enhancements that make the device more straightforward and some of its features and abilities more intuitive to use. Three models in the Touch series came armed with the HTC Home screen and the three-facet interface. But the HTC Touch Diamond utilizes a new version of this technology - TouchFLO 3D. With much experience with it, it’s hard to tell how convenient it is, but one thing is for sure – HTC has brought about an interface that’s heavy on the WOW-effect and can get a lot of users on the hook at first sight.
Although the presence of the TouchFLO 3D can’t make the standard Windows Mobile interface retire completely, it has all the basics covered. This means that all users who are in the market for a phone that can make calls, send texts and check mail (and do some browsing), will be more than satisfied with what the TouchFLO 3D has to offer.
Specifications
Probably, this section should start off with the official specs of HTC Touch Diamond.
Dimensions: 102 x 51 x 11.3 mm
Weight: 110 g
Operating frequencies: GSM/GPRS/EDGE (900/1800/1900 MHz), UMTS/HSDPA (900/2100 MHz)
OS: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Platform: Qualcomm MSM7201A, 528 Mhz CPU, video accelerator
Display: 2.8”, touch-sensitive VGA (480x640)
Camera: 3.2 Mpix, autofocus, forward-facing VGA camera for videoconferencing
Bundled memory: 4Gb storage, 256 Mb flash
RAM: 128 Mb
Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, HTC ExtUSB (USB 2.0)
Navigation: GPS/AGPS
Battery: 900 mAh
Battery time: Talk time (GSM): 4 hours, standby time (GSM): 300 hours
Extras: G-sensor, FM-radio, ambient light sensor
For starters, some words for those market junkies out there – perhaps, the HTC Touch Diamond’s specs are nothing new for you, as they are almost completely identical to those of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1. The thing is, they share the same platform, and that’s how come they are so similar, but that’s the reason why the XPERIA X1 adopts only a 3.2 Mpix camera, which isn’t Sony Ericsson’s credo these days.
The new platform has allowed the maker to utilize the video accelerator that’s used at least for the Diamond’s default applications like the TouchFLO 3D interface. Also going for the Diamond is its VGA display, despite it being so pocketable (previously such screens were only available with the HTC Universal platform and HTC Advantage). Its camera, however, shouldn’t be too different from what we saw in the HTC Touch Cruise and HTC TyTN II. While it is totally dated as far as the mobile phone market goes, it is still the man to beat in the Windows Mobile segment.
As of today it’s unclear how much RAM the Diamond carries onboard – different sources put it differently, even HTC’s official pages have it fro 128 Mb to 192 Mb. Current prototype pack in 128 Mb indeed, however we can’t rule out the possibility of the Diamond’s hardware supporting 192 Mb too. Anyway, regardless of how much RAM it actually comes equipped with, no user will feel a dearth of free memory with this phone.
The HTC Diamond comes packaged with 256 Mb of NAND flash and four extra gigabytes of storage. Also, it’s not for sure that several months into sales HTC won’t launch 8 and 16 Gb editions of the Diamond, which will be a reasonable thing to do. Plus, they might go for a storage-less variant that will boast a standard microSD memory card slot instead (as you remember, the Diamond’s current iteration has none).
As far as wireless connectivity goes, the Diamond has no bells and whistles, but that’s not something we’d expect it to put up – Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are already more than enough for most users.
Navigation, extras
The situation with the Diamond’s navigation abilities is somewhat vague. While it comes installed with a GPS chipset and support for A-GPS, it will ship only with Google Maps for navigation in Russia. I suppose there is no need to add that it’s not a full-fledged navigation app.
Of course, Google Maps can calculate routes too, but it will barely do if you are planning to use the Diamond as your pocket navigation system. We’ll expand on its navigation department some time later, but for now let us note that navigation here is more of an option that was tacked on as a tribute to the ongoing trend. The lack of navigation-savvy software in the box is also very easy to explain, especially in Russian and CIS countries, where HTC’s navigation-centric flagship, the Touch Cruise, has just launched and is gathering pace.
Almost all extras found in the HTC Touch Diamond have been employed by the maker one way or another in previous solutions; however this is the first device where they all come together. That is, the G-sensor technology that determines the communicator’s current position made its debut with the HTC Advantage, though under a different name – back then they were giving it a go; then the HTC Touch Dual came along and put it to better use, for instance it allowed muting a call by putting the device face down. Also the G-sensor will be used for the needs of the TouchFLO 3D.
Conclusion
That’s about time we wound up our story on the HTC Touch Diamond’s hardware. Back when the HTC Touch saw release, we were very careful with our forecasts, as we weren’t sure whether the mass-market would deem it overly complicated regardless of all UI enhancements. But as its sales suggests, the HTC Touch has garnered quite formidable following, as far as HTC’s history is concerned, it was one of their wildest successes, ushering in the series of touchphones along the way.
Truth be told, it’s so much easier to look into the future of the HTC Diamond – we can hardly think of some factors that can hamper it and mar its performance on the market. HTC has absorbed a lot of solutions delivered by other makers, and the best thing is that they are using them in the proportions they see fit.
Right now there is an interesting situation unfolding around the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1. While SE is experiencing some difficulties with software for this device and cancelling all previously scheduled release dates, HTC rolls out its latest and greatest Diamond, sporting a pretty much identical feature set in the sense of both hardware and software (while the TouchFLO 3D and the X1’s UI aren’t really twins, they seem somewhat resembling). Moreover, the Diamond goes up against not only the to-be-released Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1, but also the iPhone, offering a similar interface. While the iPhone went for style over substance, the HTC Touch Diamond’s UI is merely a tool making some features more straightforward, and inside Windows Mobile does the job in a convenient fashion with third-party applications and rich default functionality.
It’s safe to say that HTC has once again managed to shake up the market big time. And while they were on the modest side last year, this time around the HTC Touch Diamond is not only a revolutionary product, but also the proving ground for the maker’s new platform, which it will be running with in the near future.
Our first impressions of the HTC Touch Diamond are to come shortly. Stay tuned for more!
Loads of HTC Touch Diamond pics!
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/05/14/loads-of-htc-touch-diamond-pics.html
You want an HTC Touch Diamond? Sure you do, we do too. But, none of us are going to be fondling the HTC Touch Diamond anytime soon. So, in to order to help ease the pain, we present more pictures of the HTC Touch Diamond.
Enjoy.
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As for the new TouchFLO UI…. Windows Mobile 6.1
http://www.youtube.com/v/f_vKsxOT3Lw&hl=en
HTC expects to sell 2 million Diamond units this year
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/05/16/htc-expects-to-sell-2-million-diamond-units-this-year.html
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I think we all (or at least most of us) agree the newly announced HTC Diamond rocks. It's not just the look of the device — it's also the specs (gorgeous VGA screen) and that ultra-cool UI that makes me want one. So I wasn't surprised to learn HTC plans to sell 2 million of these this year. As a matter of fact, they already got Taiwan-based Chunghwa Telecom — which BTW plans to sell a total of 200,000 HTC smartphones in 2008 — to order about 20,000-30,000 Touch Diamond handsets.
And if Taiwanese mobile operator wants 30K units, how much will be enough for Vodafones, Oranges, T-Mobiles, AT&Ts and Verizons of the world? For the record, Taiwan has a population of about 23 million people.
HTC has shipped a total of 2 million HTC Touch smartphones and pushing the same number of Diamonds doesn't sound like a problem. Any thoughts?
Samsung SGH-i900 is packed with high-end features - iPhone who?
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/05/16/samsung-sgh-i900-is-packed-with-high-end-features-iphone-who.html
The iPhone's design is easily recognizable around the world. There's no denying Apple's ability to churn out eye-pleasing creations that have tech-heads drooling for more clean lines and minimalist style. But, that doesn't mean we can't have Apple-like design and those high-end features that those Asians are so damn good at packing into a handset - all in an eye-catching package.
The Samsung SGH-i900 brings together the best of both worlds, and it does it in style. With a full-body, 3.5-inch (240×400) touchscreen and Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, the Samsung i900 gives Windows Mobile fans a chance to one-up iPhone owners. And, with a feature-set that includes HSDPA, WiFi, FM radio, 5 megapixel camera, TV-out, 16GB of onboard storage, microSDHC card slot, and Bluetooth 2.2 with A2DP - all packed into a 112×56×13mm package, the Samsung i900 easily outpaces the current iPhone's meager offerings. And, there's some sort of fingerprint-scanner/touch-sensitive navigation pad at the bottom of the display. Touch-sensitive navigation pads have proven more gimmicky than useful, but we'll hold off judgment until we get a change to put hands on this device.
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That said, the shiny, metallic-finished Samsung i900 should drop in two variants -
one branded with Samsung and the other sporting Anycall-branding
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Sony Ericsson video shows two new handset renderings
http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/18/sony-ericsson-video-shows-two-new-handset-renderings/
A video doing the rounds on the interblogs is apparently showcasing not one but two new Sony Ericsson handsets.
It's unclear just exactly what models we're seeing in the clip, nor do we know if they're prototypes or actual production versions, though they do bear a few similarities to the forthcoming X1.
One thing is for sure, Sony is definitely pushing the convergence angle on its new phones,
highlighting lots of multimedia, data sharing, and a suspiciously familiar chat app.
Check out another pic and the full video after the break.
http://www.youtube.com/v/IWUm7n-Q75Q&hl=en
thx for the help! he's gonna buy the N82.
I told him that the N80 was too old and the camera sucked,well the camera isnt that bad but the one on the N82 fucking rocks!!!
30 frames per seconds video is pretty amazing for a phone!
you don't need to buy a camera when you got that phone,the camera does the job and it does it quite well 8)
Samsung I900 spotted, pics and brief specs
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
We knew little about the Samsung I900, when it was announced, along with a plethora of other handsets a while back.
We now have the known technical specifications, and some live pictures to boot.
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/samsung-i900-wm-61-ui-chinese(1).jpg)
Technical specifications are as follows:
3.5G HSDPA connectivity
Windows Mobile 6.1 OS
3.5″ 240×400 pixels touchscreen, showing up to 262 K colours
5 megapixel autofocus camera, with front-facing camera for video calling
Memory: 16GB internal, with Micro SDHC card slot, supporting up to 8GB
1500mAh battery
Dimensions: 112x56x13mm
Extras: FM Radio, TV-Out, Bluetooth 2.2, A2DP and Wi-Fi
As you can see from the image above, it seems Samsung has opted not to add its own UI enhancements, like HTC have done
Samsung F400 dual-slider announced
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
Samsung has announced the F400, a dual-slider handset, with ICEpower, from Bang & Olufsen, which we've seen in several handsets from Samsung before. We posted a brief hands-on session at Mobile World Congress a while back. It will first ship in France, later in the month, with Europe, Asia and the Middle East to get the F400 shortly after France.
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Let's take a look at the technical specifications of the F400:
Connectivity: Tri-band HSDPA
Display: 2.2-inch
Music features: FM Radio, with Band and Olufsen ICEpower amplifier, stereo speakers, and 3.5mm audio jack
Camera: 3 megapixels, with autofocus, and LED flash
Memory: Micro SD card slot, with 1GB card in the box
Extras: Bluetooth, and USB 2.0
ASUS rolls out the P560
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
ASUS has announced a new phone – adding to its ever-growing range of Windows Mobile-based handset.
It is expected to launch for €500 ($772), sometime in June
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Let's go over the specs:
Connectivity: Quad-band 850/900/1800/1900Mhz GSM, Dual-band 3.6Mbps HSDPA
Operating System: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
2.8” screen
Camera: 3.2MP with autofocus
Memory: 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM, Micro SD card slot
Extras: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, aGPS.
there is some place in middle east (bahrain) that got the n96,lucky bastard!!!!
did sony anounce a date for the psp phone? (if it's real!)
Sony Ericsson G702 BeiBei,Z780i pass through FCC
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/05/22/sony-ericsson-g702-beibei-z780i-pass-through-fcc.html
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It's FCC rather than Sony Ericsson that revealed us the model number of the BeiBei smartphone - G702.
The upcoming device sports all the things a modern smartphone user could need — including GSP, WiFi and a touchscreen.
It's 3G enabled, though U.S. frequencies are left out,
making us think why the Swedish-Japanese folks bothered to go through FCC's approval process.
Not that this is their first time to do so… Alongside the European model, we're also noticing the G702c variant,
which is most likely targeted towards the Chinese market.
In the other news, another Sony Ericsson handset passed the FCC hurdle.
The Z780i clamshell is obviously heading to AT&T, or at least the carrier's badge suggests so.
This time the right 3G/HSDPA frequencies are on board and my guess is we could expect to see it launched
in the U.S. in the coming weeks and months…
the n96 looks exactly like the piece of crap n81. fail!
DoCoMo F706i Phone lets you watch TV underwater
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=170586
Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo unveiled a bunch of new mobile phones in the 706i and 906i series. The 706i line includes the new F706i water-proof 1Seg digital TV mobile phone.
As you can see in the photo you can watch TV with F706i underwater. When would we need that? I cannot even open my eyes underwater without goggles.
All in all NTT DoCoMo introduced 19 new phones.
The 906i series' eight handsets are equipped for all-round functions, including 3G/GSM international roaming, upgraded GPS location information, HSDPA, "One-Segment" mobile TV, 2 in 1 (combines capabilities of two phones in one), DCMX mobile credit card and iD mobile credit payments, VGA LCD screen, and voice-to-text translation for Chinese, English, and Japanese.
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Fujitsu F706i is Waterproof
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/05/fujitsu_f706i_is_waterproof.html
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Fujitsu will be rolling out its F706i waterproof handset through NTT DoCoMo this July, featuring :-
HSDPA support
1-Seg mobile TV
Waterproof up to 3m
2.7" display
2 megapixel camera
microSD/SDHC memory card slot
Guess bath time has gotten a whole lot more social.
Video: Even more Sony Ericsson device demos - W760, W980, G700, G900
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/06/02/video-even-more-sony-ericsson-device-demos-w760-w980-g700-g900.html
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Sony Ericsson and/or the fans of their products keep infiltrating YouTube with latest phone demo clips. Today, we bring you the latest batch of these videos. Four devices are presented - two Walkman phones - W760 and W980; and two Symbian UIQ smartphones - G700 and G900. All phones mentioned target mid-to-high-end market segment, and each of them rock in its respective category.
Don't know about you, but the G900 is my personal favorite.
Sony Ericsson W760
http://www.youtube.com/v/wVbrd_ulkfI&hl=en
Sony Ericsson W980
http://www.youtube.com/v/biWd-zEOB7o&hl=en
Sony Ericsson G700
http://www.youtube.com/v/VwCft7pptn0&hl=en
Sony Ericsson G900
http://www.youtube.com/v/3J5StvxmK5s&hl=en
Sony Ericsson teases us with more XPERIA X1 pics
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/06/02/sony-ericsson-teases-us-with-more-xperia-x1-pics.html
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Like I already don't want the XPERIA so bad, Sony Ericsson is adding salt on my wound. September never felt so distant, and in the meantime the Swedish-Japanese handset maker's website (or that's marketing) team made more XPERIA X1 images available. As you've just seen — and there are more photos after the jump — the device rocks. That new color, Steel Silver, may even look better than the original black we saw at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. And the "Xperia Panel" looks as sexy as Windows Mobile can be.
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Sony Ericsson G702
http://www.mobile-review.com/articles/2008/se-g702-en.shtml
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Sony Ericsson Paris
http://www.mobile-review.com/articles/2008/se-paris-en.shtml
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Sony Ericsson C702
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Apple is about shit all over the phone industry again next week ;)
Apple is about shit all over the phone industry again next week ;)
-How is that?
-Again? So specs that all the other brands had 3-4 maybe even 5 years prior was a revoltion? ehhhh :P :P :P
What did I miss? :P :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
-Yes,a dope design. Nice UI,syncs perfect with Apple computers.... I give you that. ;)
But other than that it's just hype,which Apple is great at. (hype) ;)
Fuck over 50% of my friends has been fooled and bought a iPhone,so the hype works. :P
-Until they come up with anything close or with better specs than any of Nokia,SE and HTC´s top dogs.... there´s no revolution ;)
For your info,I love my MacBook.... so it ain´t about bashing Apple in any way ;)
Apple is about shit all over the phone industry again next week ;)
-How is that?
-Again? So specs that all the other brands had 3-4 maybe even 5 years prior was a revoltion? ehhhh :P :P :P
What did I miss? :P :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
-Yes,a dope design. Nice UI,syncs perfect with Apple computers.... I give you that. ;)
But other than that it's just hype,which Apple is great at. (hype) ;)
Fuck over 50% of my friends has been fooled and bought a iPhone,so the hype works. :P
-Until they come up with anything close or with better specs than any of Nokia,SE and HTC´s top dogs.... there´s no revolution ;)
For your info,I love my MacBook.... so it ain´t about bashing Apple in any way ;)
like i have said its not about how many features you have its about how well
they are put together and how easy and user friendly they on the device.
ad a great interface and GUI that works great and thats how....
for as much love and hype apple gets they also get just as much hate...
but i personally cant wait to see what steve jobs has up his sleeve :-)
Apple is about shit all over the phone industry again next week ;)
Apple is about shit all over the phone industry again next week ;)
Old school graphics, new school multiplayer action...
http://www.youtube.com/v/3LdpmxHE7VU
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Here's a little something that might put the brakes on some buyer's 3G iPhone dreams this week -- a real, live shot of the forthcoming BlackBerry touchscreen phone, the Thunder. There's not much info to glean from this image, save for the fact that it will be practically loaded with buttons (including send, end, back, menu, dual convenience keys, volume, lock, and play / pause) and will be headed to Verizon. If the UI is a spin-off of the one we've seen on the Bold, RIM could be striking gold here.
AT&T rolls out BlackBerry Bold 9000 website
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/06/12/att-rolls-out-blackberry-bold-9000-website.html
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While many potential AT&T customers are eagerly awaiting Apple's July 11 launch date for the iPhone 3G, it's easy to forget that the No. 1 US wireless carrier is set to bring other tempting handset offers to market. Enter the BlackBerry Bold 9000.
AT&T has just gone live with an official webpage to help whet the appetites of RIM-loving, push email fans looking to get their hands on the latest sleekness from Waterloo. The BlackBerry Bold's sleeker lines and eye-catching new UI are sure to be hot selling-points for AT&T's BlackBerry Bold 9000, and the new webpage makes sure you know it.
Here's the officially official spec-sheet from AT&T:
GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA
Integrated Wi-Fi and GPS
Half-VGA (480×320 resolution) color LCD screen
Up to 5 hours GSM talk time, up to 13 days standby
Side-loading memory slot
1GB of on-board memory storage
624 MHz processor and 128 MB flash memory
Bluetooth 2.0
With WiFi, GPS, and HSDPA in tow, the BlackBerry Bold is sure to satisfy the power-user and song-writer alike.
AT&T BlackBerry Bold 9000
Wow, that phone looks sharp. Almost makes me want to stick with Verizon instead of going to ATT for the iphone.
Wow, that phone looks sharp. Almost makes me want to stick with Verizon instead of going to ATT for the iphone.
you don't have to be on ATT to use the iPhone. you can unlock it and use it on t-mobile/any other carrier that uses SIM cards
http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html
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Size and weight1
Height:
4.5 inches (115.5 mm)
Width:
2.4 inches (62.1 mm)
Depth:
0.48 inch (12.3 mm)
Weight:
4.7 ounces (133 grams)
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Color
8GB model: Black
16GB model: Black or white
(http://images.apple.com/iphone/images/specs_colors20080609.jpg)
Capacity2
8GB or 16GB flash drive
Cellular and wireless
UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
GPS
Assisted GPS
In the box
iPhone 3G
Stereo Headset with mic
Dock Connector to USB Cable
USB Power Adapter
Documentation
Cleaning/polishing cloth
SIM ejector tool
(http://images.apple.com/iphone/images/specs_box20080609.jpg)
Display
3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display
480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 ppi
Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously
(http://images.apple.com/iphone/images/specs_display20080609.jpg)
Audio
Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
Audio formats supported: AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 1, 2, and 3), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
User-configurable maximum volume limit
Headphones
Stereo earphones with built-in microphone
Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
Impedance: 32 ohms
Video
Video formats supported: H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
(http://images.apple.com/iphone/images/specs_camera20080609.jpg)
Camera and photos
2.0 megapixels
Photo geotagging
iPhone and third-party application integration
Language support
Language support for English, French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, and Polish
International keyboard and dictionary support for English (U.S.), English (UK), French (France), French (Canada), German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Korean (no dictionary), Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, and Polish
Connectors and input/output
30-pin dock connector
(http://images.apple.com/iphone/images/specs_connectors20080609.jpg)
External buttons and controls
Sleep/wake
(http://images.apple.com/iphone/images/specs_controls20080609.jpg)
Sensors
Accelerometer
Proximity sensor
Ambient light sensor
Power and battery
Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery3
Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter
Talk time:4
Up to 5 hours on 3G
Up to 10 hours on 2G
Standby time: Up to 300 hours5
Internet use:
Up to 5 hours on 3G6
Up to 6 hours on Wi-Fi7
Video playback: Up to 7 hours8
Audio playback: Up to 24 hours9
Mac system requirements
Mac computer with USB 2.0 port
Mac OS X v10.4.10 or later
iTunes 7.7 or later
Windows system requirements
PC with USB 2.0 port
Windows Vista; or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later
iTunes 7.7 or later
Environmental requirements
Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)
Nonoperating temperature: -4° to 113° F (-20° to 45° C)
Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)
iPhone Accessories
Apple iPhone 3G gets official, world waits for July 11 launch date
http://www.intomobile.com/
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Whew, that was an information-packed keynote, wasn't it?
Here's a quick re-cap on what to expect with the new iPhone 3G. The form-factor is mostly the same. Same 3.5-inch multi-touch screen, same button-less face, minimalist design - but with a few changes.
It's thinner at the edges (a la MacBook Air), comes with a glossy-black plastic backing (and a special edition white version available), does 3G speeds with ease, integrated GPS with Google Maps live tracking, and will have even better battery life. How does 24 hours of audio and 5 hours of 3G talktime sound? Yea, we think it's trick too!
Apple will offer their new .Mac replacement, mobile me, for $99 a year after a 60-day trial period. The new mobile me service allows for push everything - email, calendar, contacts, photos. And it syncs almost instantly.
There are going to be some incredible applications and games for the iPhone available through the AppStore - and it looks like free or $9.99 is going to be the pricing structure. At least we won't have to worry about which application is going to be cheaper than another.
Enterprise is fully supported, which is good for business users. And the iPhone 3G's faster data connection should make quick work of all that push emailing to and from your colleagues.
And, the iPhone 3G will launch in 20 countries worldwide on July 11 for $199. Talk about affordable - there won't be any of those "it's too expensive" arguments against the iPhone 3G floating around that we saw last year with the original iPhone's launch.
That's it for now, time to let the fingers catch a break.
man i dont know what you are hatting on ...
they dropped the price $200 so you can get a new iphone with 3G and GPS
with a brand new 2.0 iphone operating system which they keep upgrading... for $199...
these are going to sell like crazy... if you thought alot of us had them at the $399 price tag.
good luck to the rest of the phone industry
^ Just take a look at the title of this thread... how is that not hatin' or bias?
BTW... The software is the revolutionary part.
Dude, I'm not getting into this again... but check your own words and tell me they ain't biased...
Plus, who decided that this should be the "cell phone" thread?
Since you decided to move my own posts and reorganize shit around (without asking me mind you),
the least you could do was change the thread's title to something
less biased like "My phone vs. iPhone" or "The mobile phone page" or something.
"The mobile phone page"or "the official dubcc cell phone thread" or some shit ;)
But other than that it's just hype,which Apple is great at. (hype) ;)
Fuck over 50% of my friends has been fooled and bought a iPhone,so the hype works. :P
-Until they come up with anything close or with better specs than any of Nokia,SE and HTC´s top dogs.... there's no revolution ;)
For your info,I love my MacBook.... so it ain't about bashing Apple in any way ;)
^ you're saying two different things right there.
I ain't going to be biased and say Symbian and/or Windows Mobile UI´s is perfect.
My current phone Nokia N82 (Symbian OS 9.2, S60 rel. 3.1);
-the 5MP autofocus camera (including :oVHS quality video recorder :o)
-the GPS
-the MP3 player with 8GB memory card (going to get a 16GB card) ;)
-and all the other out off this world specs; http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n82-2177.php
^^^ all works perfect ^^^^
Yes there's a tweak or two I would do with the UI,but there's nothing as a perfect phone.
Hey you got to jail-break the iPhone to get all those extra goodies,what's up with that :-X :laugh:?
^ sounds like bias to me.
like i have said its not about how many features you have its about how well
they are put together and how easy and user friendly they are on the device.
ad a great interface and GUI that works great and thats how....
Dude, I'm not getting into this again... but check your own words and tell me they ain't biased...
Plus, who decided that this should be the "cell phone" thread?
Since you decided to move my own posts and reorganize shit around (without asking me mind you),
the least you could do was change the thread's title to something
less biased like "My phone vs. iPhone" or "The mobile phone page" or something.
"The mobile phone page"or "the official dubcc cell phone thread" or some shit ;)
Flickr photos show Nokia N79, Nokia N85, Nokia 5800 XpressMedia Tube in the flesh
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/06/10/flickr-photos-show-nokia-n79-nokia-n85-nokia-5800-xpressmedia-tube-in-the-flesh.html
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There's nothing like a little in-the-flesh product leaks to start of the day. I don't know how leaks like this happen, but I'm glad someone had foresight to save these images of Nokia's N79, N85, and 5800 XpressMedia Tube before the originating Flickr account got deleted.
The Nokia N79 hasn't been confirmed for production and still bears the "N00" label, indicating that the final details on this handset are still being hashed out in Espoo. The candybar/monoblock form-factor is reminiscent of the Nokia N82, and the menu key has been moved to the left of the navigation pad. It looks like the Nokia N79 sports a 2.4-inch display, and we could see the N79 launch in a choice of Titanium or White color schemes.
The Nokia N85 has recently surfaced on the interwebs and we're thinking that device's familiar, Nokia N95/N96-esque aesthetic could prove to be a real winner for Nokia's N-series lineup. The camera is protected by a lens cover in favor of a "kick-stand," like we see on the Nokia N96, and looks to be sporting a dual-LED flash setup. We can clearly see that this supposed Nokia N85 is still in development, bearing the "N00"model name. Whether we'll see this handset launch as the Nokia N85 or some other moniker remains to be seen. But, Nokia would do well to get a Nokia N96 "Lite" to market.
Lastly, the Nokia 5800 XpressMedia "Tube" takes top billing as the only confirmed handset among these prototype N-series handsets. We already know that the Nokia 5800 XpressMedia "Tube" will feature a full-face touchscreen, and that S60 Touch OS will most likely make its debut on this minimally-styled handset. The Vodafone branding confirms that the Nokia 5800 XpressMedia "Tube" will be bringing its 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and dual-LED flash to the "Big V." But, the question is, will Vodafone have an exclusive on Nokia's first S60 Touch OS-powered handset? Let's hope not.
Now, I really like the Nokia Tube and the N85, but I have to wonder whether Nokia can really market such a large portfolio of N-series devices. I always thought that Nokia's N-series was reserved for devices that are packed full of the latest features in the mobile space. The Nokia N85 and N79 look like lower-end, or "lite," versions of higher-end N-series counterparts. Would any of you consider picking up a Nokia N96 "Lite" in the Nokia N85 when you know that the Nokia N96 is sitting just a bit further up-range in the N-series lineup?
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AT&T iPhone 3G pricing, upgrade, calling/data plan policies revealed - no more revenue sharing
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/06/10/att-iphone-3g-pricing-upgrade-callingdata-plan-policies-revealed-no-more-revenue-sharing.html
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Some iPhone owners will get free iPhone 3G replacements
If you are a current iPhone customer, and you bought you first-generation iPhone on or after May 27th (despite widespread expectation that Apple was going to release a new iPhone in a couple weeks' time), then you're in luck. AT&T will trade-up your iPhone to an iPhone 3G gratis - that's right, if you purchased your iPhone on or after May 27th, you'll be getting an iPhone 3G for free. If you bought your iPhone on May 26th, sucks to be you, give AT&T customer service a call.
Most iPhone owners in good standing will be eligible for the upgrade/subsidized iPhone 3G pricing
For the rest of us that bought an iPhone during its early days on-market, we can still get in on the iPhone 3G action at the new, lower price-point. AT&T will be allowing any current iPhone customers, in good standing (you did pay your bills, didn't you?), to buy a new iPhone 3G at the subsidized price of $199 for the iPhone 3G 8GB or $299 for the iPhone 3G 16GB.
Of course, you'll have to sign-up for a new 2-year contract with AT&T. Whatever time you have left on your AT&T iPhone contract will be nixed and replaced with a new 2-year contract from AT&T.
No more pre-paid AT&T GoPhone plans for iPhone 3G
It looks like the iPhone 3G will not be getting any pre-paid love from AT&T. The AT&T GoPhone plans for iPhone will not carry over to the iPhone 3G. That means that any new iPhone 3G hopefuls will have to pass a credit-check and sign-up for a 2-year contract to get their hands on an iPhone.
New iPhone 3G unlimited data plan - $30/month
Thats' right, with higher data speeds, AT&T will be charging higher data fees. Whereas the first-generation iPhone was blessed with a relatively cheap $20 a month unlimited data plan, all iPhone 3G hopefuls will have to sign-up for a $30/month unlimited data plan - the $30 iPhone 3G unlimited data plan must be added to qualifying calling plans. Business users can expect to add $45 on top of their calling plans to get unlimited data on their iPhone 3G.
Apple and AT&T activating iPhone 3G in-store
So, what's to stop any new iPhone 3G buyer or upgrader from just taking their newly purchased iPhone 3G home and popping in their existing SIM card? Well, AT&T and Apple will apparently be activating all iPhone 3G handset in their respective stores. Remember, to get the subsidized $199 or $299 price on the iPhone 3G, you'll have to sign a new contract anyway, so this is just AT&T and Apple's way of making sure you pay more for the new data plan and don't go about unlocking the handset for sale on the gray-market.
30-day trial period
AT&T is allowing iPhone 3G hopefuls a 30-day trial period. Anytime within the first 30-days of the iPhone 3G's activation, the customer can return the handset and have their service immediately terminated. Contract termination within 30 days will not incur an ETF (Early Termination Fee), but after day 30, you'll be paying through the nose to cancel your iPhone plan.
If you cancel on or before the 30th day of iPhone 3G activation, you must return the iPhone 3G handset. If you cancel after that magical 30-day mark, you'll be allowed to keep the iPhone 3G handset, but keep in mind that you'll be paying a hefty ETF.
From the AT&T memo:
To cancel service within the first 30 days, the customer must return their equipment to the place of purchase (no exceptions). If the customer cancels service after 30 days, they will be charged the ETF. The customer is not required to return the device to cancel after 30 days.
No more revenue kickbacks to Apple
With the iPhone 3G subsidized to that incredibly affordable price-point, AT&T will no longer be making revenue kickbacks to Apple. As you may recall, the iPhone was originally launched without subsidy and with Apple demanding a revenue-sharing deal where AT&T pays a portion of iPhone-related revenue back to Apple.
Now that we have an iPhone subsidy in the open, the revenue-sharing model that drew so much criticism has been nixed.
Jump the break to take a peek at the leaked AT&T documents.
***Confidential AT&T Information. For Internal Distribution Only.***
AT&T and Apple today announced that the iPhone 3G will be available in the U.S on July 11. iPhone 3G combines three products into one small, lightweight device: a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod, and it puts the Internet in your pocket with the best e-mail, web browsing, search and maps applications ever on a mobile phone.
The new version of the iPhone harnesses the power of AT&T's broad and powerful 3G mobile broadband network, which offers 3G mobile phones download speeds of up to 1.4 Mbps.
Key Device Features:
Operates on Wi-Fi, EDGE, and 3G networks
New enterprise e-mail capability with support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
New iPhone software development kit (SDK) to support new innovative applications
Note: 2G iPhone customers will be able to download the iPhone 2.0 software from iTunes which enables new features such as access to corporate e-mail via Microsoft ActiveSync.
New Activation Process and BRE:
The iPhone 3G will be activated at point of sale when the device is purchased, in store. The BRE period will change from 14 days to 30 days and will require the device to be returned to place of purchase before service is cancelled.
Pricing and Plans
Device Pricing:
$199 8GB and $299 16GB for new activations and qualified upgrades with 2-year agreement.
Data Plans and Pricing:
The iPhone 3G will be activated on existing AT&T voice rate plans, but new data plans have been created for the 3G device.
All iPhone 3G customers are required to have one of the new data plans and qualifying voice plan.
Customers intending to use the iPhone 3G for access to corporate e-mail, business applications, or access to corporate intranet are required to activate with Enterprise Data Plan for iPhone.
The 2G data rate plans will remain available for 2G devices until further notice.
IRU service discounts for both voice and data pans will apply to iPhone 3G, but not 2G iPhone.
CRU service discounts for voice and data will apply to both 2G and 3G, when on a qualifying data plan.
IRUs will not get a discount on device purchase for 2G or iPhone 3Gs.
Data Pricing will be as follows:
Consumer Data Plan (must be added to qualified voice plan):
$30 - Unlimited Data (E-mail/Web), includes Visual Voicemail
Enterprise Data Plan (must be added to qualified voice plan):
$45 – Unlimited Data with personal and corporate e-mail, web, includes Visual Voicemail
Upgrade Eligibility and Qualified Upgrade Pricing
Upgrade eligibility will be determined based on standard upgrade eligibility rules. Customers must be upgrade eligible to receive the qualified upgrade pricing. However, not all customers will be qualified upgrades. AT&T has not determined the price of the 3G device for non-qualified upgrades.
All customers will be required to sign a 2-year agreement. There will not be a "no commitment" price for the iPhone 3G.
Note: When the 3G device launches, all active postpaid customers in good standing with a 2G iPhone will be eligible to receive the qualified upgrade pricing for a 3G device regardless of service tenure. (Customers that would not otherwise be eligible due to tenure will be made eligible at launch).
Activation Process
The new 3G device will be activated in store in both AT&T and Apple stores. Customers must accept AT&T and Apple Ts & Cs, sign a 2-year agreement, and select the data plan for the iPhone 3G before leaving the store. The current iTunes activation process will no longer be required for iPhone 3Gs, however a short tether process to unbrick the 3G device will be performed in all AT&T stores (tether cords will be provided). Apple stores will also perform this tether process, however in the event that a customer's device is not tethered in the Apple store, their device will be inoperable until they get home and tether through iTunes. Prepaid and Pick Your Plan will not be allowed on the 3G device.
The SSK has been modified to allow customers interested in the iPhone 3G to enter their information, select rate plans and data plans, and print a document that will allow COR reps to quickly access the customer's information in OPUS and save time for data entry in the activation process.
Note: In the interim, 2G iPhones will continue to be activated via iTunes - BAU. This is also true for existing AT&T customers who receive a 2G device as a gift, hand-me-down, etc. and wish to activate the device. Existing AT&T customers who switch to the 2G iPhone must tether through the iTunes process to begin using the device.
Compensation
Because the 3G device will be activated in store, compensation for the 3G device will be BAU. COR reps will receive compensation for upgrades and new activations with a 2-year agreement.
Purchase Limit
The device purchase limit will remain three (3) per customer for iPhone 3G in AT&T stores.
Allocations
If allocations are required at launch, supply chain will allocate based on January-April sales rates applied on a store-by-store basis.
Direct Fulfillment
The DF tool will be available at launch in COR for iPhone 3Gs. Customers will be required to pay for the device when the order is placed and the phone will be shipped to the store in the customer's name.
Existing Stock of 2G Devices
We will continue to sell 2G devices until stock is depleted.
Return Policy
2G Devices
Customers who recently purchased a 2G iPhone may want to return their device once they hear about the 3G model and price point, but the new device will not be available immediately. Since the announcement and launch will be about 30 days apart, we could lose some customers who are within their BRE period and want to return their device before their 14 days expires and wait for the new 3G device. We must acknowledge and address their desire to get the best device for them.
Here's how AT&T will handle 2G iPhone returns:
If a customer purchased before 5/27, we will follow BAU processes – no device returns. However, all postpaid 2G iPhone customers in good standing are upgrade eligible, so these customers will qualify to upgrade to a 3G iPhone when it is available.
If a customer purchased on or after 5/27 (within the 14-day BRE period before the product announcement on 6/9), we will let them exchange their 2G iPhone for an iPhone 3G before August 1. This means that after we launch the 3G model they can return their 2G iPhone, pay the 10% restocking fee, and purchase a new iPhone 3G before August 1.
Note: This modified return policy applies only to customers who purchase from AT&T stores.
3G Devices
The return policy for 3G is changing from 14 days to 30 days for both Apple and AT&T stores.
To cancel service within the first 30 days, the customer must return their equipment to the place of purchase (no exceptions).
If the customer cancels service after 30 days, they will be charged the ETF. The customer is not required to return the device to cancel after 30 days.
Special Notes Regarding 2G Devices
After the iPhone 3G launches, activations of 2G iPhones for new AT&T customers can be performed in COR stores or in the existing iTunes tether process. COR reps will receive compensation for activations of new AT&T customers done in store.
2G upgrades will continue to be activated via the existing iTunes tether process.
Existing 2G data plans will remain available for 2G devices until further notice.
Note: 2G iPhones are out of stock in the DCs, and the Direct Fulfillment tool for 2G is turned off. 2G iPhones have been removed from the "myRewards" incentive catalog.
Merchandising/Marketing
Current 2G iPhones should remain on device fixtures in store. Do not remove 2G demo devices until further notice.
3G demos will be pulled from stock when they arrive following BAU process for display devices.
Video loop content will be pushed to stores when it is available.
New docks and retrofit kits will be provided for existing iPhone fixtures.
The following merchandising elements will be in stores for launch:
Rate brochure and display rate card
22 x 28 poster
Window banner
Duratrans - will be available for markets to order
Coming Soon: Posters and banners are TBD
Training
Device training, including features and functionality, will be available via My CSP by 6/13.
OPUS training will begin no later than 6/20 and will be delivered via the Learning Edge.
Launch preparedness training, including last minute details, will be conducted the week of launch (if needed) via RSM or Centra sessions.
Communications/My CSP
All iPhone-related communications, inclusive of training announcements, will be posted to My CSP. Login and access are via the "Everything iPhone 3G" ad space. Or search on either keyword "iZone" or keyword "iPhone 3G" to locate.
Launch Plans
Support logistics for launch day will mirror last year's iPhone launch:
Letters will be sent to all landlords under VP/GM signature for advance notice of store hours, crowds expected, possible parking issues, etc.
Security will be provided for locations requesting armed police or unarmed, uniformed guards.
Manager checklists will be provided to support RSMs to set expectations and help them be prepared to complete all required actions.
Documents will be posted on iZone to let RSMs know when to expect delivery of launch support materials.
Job descriptions for key launch day functions will be provided for: Back Office Manager/Inventory Runner, Crowd Manager, Greeter, Product Demonstrator, and Security Support.
***Confidential AT&T Information. For Internal Distribution Only.***
Samsung I900 announced
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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Samsung has released its latest touchscreen Windows Mobile-powered handset – the I900. The I900, titled Omnia, combines many high-end features in a compact package. It's powered by the latest version of Windows Mobile – 6.1, packs in a large 3.2” touchscreen, and pack in a five megapixel camera. Like Apple's iPhone, it will come in two choices – one with 8GB inrenal memory, and the other with 16GB internal memory, and it will come equipped with an accelerometer.
As you can tell by the specs, it aims to be the ultimate all-in-one handset. As is the trend lately with touchscrren handsets, the I900 has haptic feedback support, and very few buttons – two call buttons, and a direction pad. For connectivity, you get Wi-Fi, and HSDPA. As for browsing the Internet on the large touchscreen, the I900 will come with Opera Mobile 9.5, as the deault browser, but Internet Explorer is always there as a second option. Look for the I900 to ship sometime in August.
Honlai's QingBar MP101 iPhone projector makes us want more
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/11/honlais-qingbar-mp101-iphone-projector-makes-us-want-more/
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Looks like Honlai had more than one mini-projector on display at Computex. The MP101 is capable of throwing a 15- to 27-inch display form your iPhone or iPod touch in a 4:3 aspect ratio. Unfortunately, we're talking just 10-15 lumens and a 200:1 contrast. Still, it'll do for a quick and dirty LCoS jones.
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Apple to exceed expected 3G iPhone shipments by 8 million
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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Apple are expected to exceed shipments of the 3G iPhone by the end of the year – totalling 18 million, up from their expected 10 million. This shouldn't come as a surprise, given the price difference between the original iPhone, and the 3G version. Add to that, it will sure sell by the bucketload in the UK, given that O2 will offer it without contract, on Pay As You Go, making it available to those who choose not to go for a contract. Not to mention it will be available in far more countries and network operators than the original iPhone. Given all of these factors, it wouldn't be surprising if Apple to exceed their estimated shipments. Just look at the iconic Motorola Razr, when the price dropped to $200, up from the original $600 (with contract, $800 without), virtually everyone owned one, and it's still selling today.
8.1MP Sony Ericsson unveiled – more camera than a phone
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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Sony Ericsson is known for being leaders in the cameraphone department, although they've had a few rough patches – like the K850 for instance. It seems they are looking to bounce back from that, with the unannounced C905 “Shiho”. 8.1 MP is the highest number of megapixels on a phone to be available in Europe. The camera sports features we've seen in previous cameraphones from Sony Ericsson, such as auto focus, face recognition, image stabilization, BestPic, and red-eye reduction.
Obviously, for what looks to be a class-leading cameraphone, there is an Xenon flash present, and an LED photolight, as seen in the K850, which may come in handy for shooting videos. Speaking of videos, this will be the first Sony Ericsson handset in Europe to shoot videos in VGA (640 x 480 pixels resolution.. Also present is a video stabilizer feature, first seen in the K800. A new feature for this camera phone is a new feature called Smart Contrast, which will probably adjust the contrast, according to the lighting, when taking a photo.
Obviously, there is more to the C905 than just the camera, the technical specifications are as follows:
Connectivity: tri-band GSM, and tri-band HSDPA support
Screen: 2.4” QVGA (320 x 240 pixels) scratch-resistant, with mineral glass
Camera: 8.1 megapixels, with auto focus, face recognition, image stabilization, BestPic, red-eye reduction, Xenon flash, with photoflash LED,and smart contrast
Video recording: VGA resolution (640 x 480 pixels), with video stabilizer
Memory: M2 card slot, with 2GB card in the box
Applications: NetFront browser
Extras: GPS, with A-GPS support, TV output functionality, Wi-Fi, with DLNA support, Bluetooth, and USB 2.0 connectivity
Dimensions: 104 x 49 x 18 mm
Weight: 136 grams
Look for the C905 to be announced on the 17th of this month, and to be available sometime in the fourth quarter.
Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C905 breaks cover with 8.1 megapixels in tow
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/sony-ericsson-cyber-shot-c905-breaks-cover-with-8-1-megapixels-i/
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Sony Ericsson's let yet another one slip out of its fingers before the official announcement,
this time around a killer slider said to be the Cyber-shot C905, codenamed "Shiho."
If the rumors pan out, it's got one heck of a rap sheet, too,
starting off with an 8.1 -- yes, eight point flippin' one -- megapixel camera with both xenon and LED flashes
(for still and video capture, respectively), GPS, TV out, DLNA certification,
and HSDPA in your choice of European and American flavors.
The screen's apparently just QVGA, but in light of everything else we're hearing, we might just be willing to let that slide.
It'll apparently be announced on the 17th of the month in gold, silver, and black for a fourth quarter release. Wowza!
DAMN, now i dont know what to get, Thunder, Bold or the new iPhone!!!
BlackBerry Thunder touchscreen phone in live shot
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/blackberry-thunder-touchscreen-phone-in-live-shot/
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Here's a little something that might put the brakes on some buyer's 3G iPhone dreams this week -- a real, live shot of the forthcoming BlackBerry touchscreen phone, the Thunder. There's not much info to glean from this image, save for the fact that it will be practically loaded with buttons (including send, end, back, menu, dual convenience keys, volume, lock, and play / pause) and will be headed to Verizon. If the UI is a spin-off of the one we've seen on the Bold, RIM could be striking gold here.
AT&T rolls out BlackBerry Bold 9000 website
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/06/12/att-rolls-out-blackberry-bold-9000-website.html
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While many potential AT&T customers are eagerly awaiting Apple's July 11 launch date for the iPhone 3G, it's easy to forget that the No. 1 US wireless carrier is set to bring other tempting handset offers to market. Enter the BlackBerry Bold 9000.
AT&T has just gone live with an official webpage to help whet the appetites of RIM-loving, push email fans looking to get their hands on the latest sleekness from Waterloo. The BlackBerry Bold's sleeker lines and eye-catching new UI are sure to be hot selling-points for AT&T's BlackBerry Bold 9000, and the new webpage makes sure you know it.
Here's the officially official spec-sheet from AT&T:
GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA
Integrated Wi-Fi and GPS
Half-VGA (480×320 resolution) color LCD screen
Up to 5 hours GSM talk time, up to 13 days standby
Side-loading memory slot
1GB of on-board memory storage
624 MHz processor and 128 MB flash memory
Bluetooth 2.0
With WiFi, GPS, and HSDPA in tow, the BlackBerry Bold is sure to satisfy the power-user and song-writer alike.
AT&T BlackBerry Bold 9000
http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html
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Size and weight1
Height:
4.5 inches (115.5 mm)
Width:
2.4 inches (62.1 mm)
Depth:
0.48 inch (12.3 mm)
Weight:
4.7 ounces (133 grams)
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Color
8GB model: Black
16GB model: Black or white
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Capacity2
8GB or 16GB flash drive
Cellular and wireless
UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
GPS
Assisted GPS
In the box
iPhone 3G
Stereo Headset with mic
Dock Connector to USB Cable
USB Power Adapter
Documentation
Cleaning/polishing cloth
SIM ejector tool
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Display
3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display
480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 ppi
Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously
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Audio
Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
Audio formats supported: AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 1, 2, and 3), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
User-configurable maximum volume limit
Headphones
Stereo earphones with built-in microphone
Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
Impedance: 32 ohms
Video
Video formats supported: H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
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Camera and photos
2.0 megapixels
Photo geotagging
iPhone and third-party application integration
Language support
Language support for English, French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, and Polish
International keyboard and dictionary support for English (U.S.), English (UK), French (France), French (Canada), German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Korean (no dictionary), Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, and Polish
Connectors and input/output
30-pin dock connector
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External buttons and controls
Sleep/wake
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Sensors
Accelerometer
Proximity sensor
Ambient light sensor
Power and battery
Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery3
Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter
Talk time:4
Up to 5 hours on 3G
Up to 10 hours on 2G
Standby time: Up to 300 hours5
Internet use:
Up to 5 hours on 3G6
Up to 6 hours on Wi-Fi7
Video playback: Up to 7 hours8
Audio playback: Up to 24 hours9
Mac system requirements
Mac computer with USB 2.0 port
Mac OS X v10.4.10 or later
iTunes 7.7 or later
Windows system requirements
PC with USB 2.0 port
Windows Vista; or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later
iTunes 7.7 or later
Environmental requirements
Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)
Nonoperating temperature: -4° to 113° F (-20° to 45° C)
Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)
Honlai's QingBar MP101 iPhone projector makes us want more
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/11/honlais-qingbar-mp101-iphone-projector-makes-us-want-more/
(http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/06/honlai_technology_mp101.jpg)
Looks like Honlai had more than one mini-projector on display at Computex. The MP101 is capable of throwing a 15- to 27-inch display form your iPhone or iPod touch in a 4:3 aspect ratio. Unfortunately, we're talking just 10-15 lumens and a 200:1 contrast. Still, it'll do for a quick and dirty LCoS jones.
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World's first projector cellphone is also an iPhone clone, in Rome
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/13/worlds-first-projector-cellphone-is-also-an-iphone-clone-in-ro/
(http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/06/iphone-clone-projector.jpg)
Ok, not Rome, but somewhere in China. But Shenzhen wouldn't have rhymed now would it? Anyway, you're looking at what's scheduled to be the world's first projector phone from ChinaKing (aka, CKing). The bits of information we scraped off the machine translated text reveals an LCoS-based projector that relies upon a LED light source and manual focus adjustment. This brick (and we mean brick) is supposedly capable of projecting a 30-inch, 640 x 480 pixel image for up to 2-hours at a time. 2-hours you say, not possible! Perhaps you forgot about the 666 day battery. Nah. A couple more pics after the break.
(http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/06/cking-proejctor-iphone-3.jpg)
(http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/06/cking-proejctor-iphone-2.jpg)
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Sony Ericsson Alicia leaked
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/06/13/sony-ericsson-alicia-leaked.html
(http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/se-alicia.jpg)
There are quite a few devices we're expecting Sony Ericsson to announce. BeiBei, Paris, Shino and now another device is included in the mix. A handset codenamed "Alicia" is a stylish Walkman clamshell with two displays. And while we don't have enough information about this phone at the moment, we do know its outer screen won't be used only for displaying caller ID — it will feature some nice Walkman animations or the current weather condition, changing the theme depending on the time of the day. In addition, we know this baby will support TrackID and will be capable to playback both music and video files.
Finally, before I let you go, you should see the first demo video of the device.
It just arrived and it's waiting for you after the jump. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/v/tk3NZnqPUgg&hl=en
(http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/06/iphone-3g-white-sm.jpg)
If you're anything like us, just about everyone in your family has called you up this week to ask if you think they should get the iPhone 3G; it really doesn't help matters that there's just an absurd amount of (mis)information floating around about it right now, too. So this one's for you and your fam -- we're dishing out the straight dope on iPhone 3G, a to z, so feel free to pass it on.
So, what's with the new iPhone 3G?
Well, it's pretty much the same iPhone as before -- except now it's down to $200, and has way faster 3G data, A-GPS (which is even better than regular GPS), as well as a flush headphone jack (which is great for anyone who doesn't want to use Apple's bundled headphones). Oh, and it's also a little thinner around the edges, and a little thicker at the center. If you want to know what it was like to try out, check out our iPhone 3G hands-on.
How'd they get the price so low? The iPhone used to be crazy expensive.
Actually, depending on how you do the math it's not actually cheaper. Now, in some countries the iPhone is free when you sign up for service, and in the US you'll pay $200 for the 8GB model -- half what it was a month ago -- so you're definitely paying less up front. But the data plans cost more now, so you might wind up spending more money over the long run.
Um, ok.
Look, gadgets only get cheaper as time goes on, and Apple's sold enough iPhones to continue to lower their cost to manufacture each unit. But more importantly, Apple's re-arranged its business deals to get carrier subsidies. Basically, what that means for Apple is they've decided to stop asking their carrier-partners for a cut of your monthly service fees. In exchange, the carriers have agreed to pay a significant chunk of the cost of your new iPhone 3G in order to get you to sign up.
So everybody supposedly wins: Apple sells more devices and still makes good money, AT&T gets more subscribers, and you get a cheaper iPhone. But there is a financial toll to this: AT&T estimates that helping you pay for your new iPhone will actually cost them $600 million through 2010. But clearly the numbers indicate that the short term cost will be worth it for them the long run.
Does that mean Apple doesn't make as much money per phone?
For all we know Apple might actually be making more money per phone now. With the original iPhone 3G, you paid "full price" for an iPhone -- $600 at its high point. Now you'll be paying no more than $200 (and as little as nothing in some countries) for the 8GB model, so we don't really know exactly how much of Apple's price the carriers are knocking off. We think it's fair to assume it'd still be in the $400-450 retail range, though, if it wasn't subsidied. Which it is.
What's up with the data and SMS pricing?
Well, Apple will be in 70 countries (and counting) this year, so you'll get different plans from region to region. But in the US, users will have to sign up for a minute plan that includes an extra $30 rate for 3G data access (and has no bundled text messages). This is $10 more than the original iPhone's rate plan, which was $20 for data and 200 included SMSs. Matching voice plans start at $40 per month, so you'll basically be able to get started at $70 per month. (We've also got a bit more on AT&T's new plans here.)
I heard you can't activate the iPhone at home anymore, is that true?
This is still a little fuzzy. Here's the deal: with the first iPhone, Apple used to let you buy it in the store and take it home to activate. This process is unlike almost every other phone on the market, but since it's Apple, and because you were paying full price for the device, if you never activated it with AT&T or just unlocked it and sent it to your friend in China or whatever, it wasn't a big deal. Apple made their money on the device, and AT&T didn't lose anything.
But since now AT&T is basically picking up a huge portion of the cost of your iPhone 3G, they want to make damn sure you aren't going to unlock it or send it to a friend. From what we've heard, you'll likely have to start the activation process in-store (so Apple and AT&T knows exactly who's buying the device), and then you might be able to finish it off at home. It's definitely not ideal, but it's the only way they can prevent people from basically walking away with a few hundred dollars of AT&T's money. And at the end of the day, it probably won't be WORSE than buying any other kind of phone though -- anyone who's bought a phone from a US carrier in the last 10 years will be well acquainted with the process.
I heard you have to turn over your iPhone when you upgrade, is that true?
Naw, you bought it, it's yours to hang on to. But if you bought one within Apple's grace period, they'll let you upgrade it free. (More on that below.) But if you bought an original iPhone early on -- which means half of your two year contract is about up -- know that when you buy an iPhone 3G you'll be re-upping that two year contract from date of purchase. So if you buy an iPhone 3G on day one, your new contract will expire on July 11th, 2010.
So if I bought an original iPhone, I can trade it in for an iPhone 3G?
Yes, but only if you bought it AFTER May 27th, 2008. Anyone who bought theirs before that has to live with their purchase -- not that anyone can stop you from showing up to your local Apple store and raising a ruckus.
Can I continue using my original iPhone? Will they still update it?
Yes, and yes! Although the first gen iPhone is officially no longer being made, not even Apple would be so bold as to deactivate the 6m iPhones already out there. They intend to release their big 2.0 software release for iPhones and iPods touch on or around July 11th, which will be the same software running on the iPhone 3G.
What if I decide I don't like the iPhone 3G?
Apple and AT&T offer a 30-day money back guarantee (just in case you don't get coverage in the places you most often frequent). After that you pay a $175 early termination fee (ETF), which goes down each month over the course of your 24 month contract.
Is faster 802.11n WiFi supported?
Nope, it's still just 802.11b/g. Seriously though, you're a fringe case if you need more than 54Mbps to your cellphone.
Can I use voice and data at the same time?
Yes and no: unlike the original iPhone -- which did not support EDGE class A, and sent calls to voicemail while you were browsing the web -- the UMTS / HSDPA-based iPhone 3G should be able to handle data and calls at the same time when in 3G mode. So that means if you get coverage, you'll be fine. But if you're in a spot where there's only EDGE service, you likely won't be able to do voice and data at the same time.
I heard rumors that this thing can get up to 40Mbps over 3G, is that true?
Right now AT&T's HSDPA network is supposedly capped out at 1.4Mbps for phones, but we hear the iPhone is rated for HSDPA 3.6 (3.6Mbps), and AT&T claims its network speeds will go even faster than that by next year.
What did they mean by "greatly improved" audio quality?
Well, we heard about it two ways: Apple claims they've both improved the audio circuitry and quality of the signal to your headphones, but also cleaned up the in-call sound quality. We haven't tested this at length though, so we'll let you know if that's the case once it launches.
Can I use the iPhone on any carrier?
It's not unlocked, so no, you can't. While we're sure that iPhone hackers will figure out a way to unlock it for the betterment of all mankind, you're pretty much expected to use it with your designated domestic carrier, and pay the usual exorbitant roaming fees when you leave the country.
I hear that even though it has GPS I can't use it as a nav unit, what's up with that?
According to the SDK agreement, it looks like Apple doesn't want you using your iPhone to replace your Garmin. But it should still technically be feasible, and they demoed their Google Maps app doing geo-caching, so it's really a matter of intended use. Apple, apparently, doesn't want the device to be used that way -- but at the end of the day it may just be a contract mishap. We'll know soon!
Why doesn't it do video / MMS / A2DP / scrub my callouses / pick up my dry cleaning?
Clearly Apple has the technological prowess to make (most of) that stuff happen, but for whatever reason they've chosen not to support it. Maybe it's because of battery life issues, maybe it's because Steve just didn't see the need. Either way, it's a philosophical decision for them, so they may never change it. Bummer, right?
So what the hell do I do with my old iPhone?
The funny thing about a $200 3G iPhone is that it makes it pretty difficult to sell your original iPhone. Unless you know someone who doesn't need the 3G, we'd suggest keeping it as a backup, or even jailbreaking and unlocking for use when traveling overseas (in places have GSM networks).
If you do try to sell or give away your old phone, do yourself a favor and read about how you can completely erase it. Just hitting the format iPhone button won't actually remove all your data, and you really don't want your private conversations and passwords to be recovered by someone else, do you?
All that's well and good, but I have a question you didn't answer.
42. Just kidding. Leave it in the comments below! If it's a good one (and something we have or can get the answer to) we'll add it in!
iPhone 3G must be activated in-store (and other followup questions answered)
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/13/iphone-3g-must-be-activated-in-store-and-other-followup-questio/
Yesterday we went over a few of the more confusing bits of the iPhone 3G launch -- and let's be honest, the details of this launch are confusing as hell compared to the original go-round. Of course, there were a lot of burning questions to be answered from the audience, so we got an AT&T spokesperson to weigh in on what's on your mind. The most surprising answer? Contrary to reports implying otherwise, AT&T pretty much categorically claims that no matter where you buy your iPhone 3G, be it from AT&T or Apple, you have to walk out of the store an activated customer. That means no in-home activation, and definitely no buying an iPhone for your friends or family. Check it out below, more questions after the break.
Chris asks: Can these devices be purchased and given as gifts?
No. You will need to walk out of the AT&T or Apple store with the device activated.
Greekjgg asks: What if I want to buy one for work which already uses AT&T for company account? I can't activate in store, obviously, so will it be possible to to buy without a contract?
We don't have details yet but iPhones for business use will likely be provisioned through your company's IT department.
Tons of people ask: If I purchase an original iPhone from a friend will I be able to get the old data plan pricing? Or will I need to sign up at the new, more expensive rate?
Yes. You can get the old data plan price if someone gives you a device and you establish service for yourself.
Chris and SeditioN VII ask: What's the no-commitment price?
We have not yet announced the unsubsidized price.
We follow up: So you WILL be able to buy it without the two year commitment?
We haven't announced whether or not that will be offered.
Vic asks: Will long-time customers who are otherwise eligible for a free or reduced-price handset upgrades be able to lower the price when buying the iPhone 3G?
No one will pay less than $199 for the 8GB or $299 for the 16GB models. As you know, those are subsidized prices.
Matt asks: Say I just recently signed up with AT&T, standard contract. Now I want to get an iPhone 3G -- will I have to pay more than $199 for the phone because it's subsidized? For example, if I were to upgrade to a Blackberry now, I can't get the advertised $99 price (because I am a new, existing subscriber); my price is $374.
It depends on whether or not you are eligible for an upgrade.
We ask: What is the penalty for not activating the phone in 30 days? How will that be enforced?
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DAMN, now i dont know what to get, Thunder, Bold or the new iPhone!!!
I don´t feel the design on Bold so :P :P :P :P
The Thunder looks nice.... but why those three?Quote
Cause ive always wanted a Blackberry and a iPhone. I had a iPhone for awhile and i really liked it but then i sold it for alot more then i got it for. Now i got the LG Shine and i wanna sell it. Dont know what to get now!!!
Cause ive always wanted a Blackberry and a iPhone. I had a iPhone for awhile and i really liked it but then i sold it for alot more then i got it for. Now i got the LG Shine and i wanna sell it. Dont know what to get now!!!
lol @ the brick phone! don't buy the blackberry pearl! they are expensive for nothing,i had one for 1 hour and i change it.i was fucking disapointed.there's a shit load of phone that is better for less $$$
Whats the best phone out there right now? That has almost everything?
HTC Tytn II or Iphone?
Or are there others
i ened help becuase im gonna get rid of my two year old pearl soon
Whats the best phone out there right now? That has almost everything?
HTC Tytn II or Iphone?
Or are there others
I ened help becuase im gonna get rid of my two year old pearl soon
LOL, you cant compare those 2 phones. It depends on how much you wanna spend dude.
The iPhone is $200 and the Tytn II is $800 LOL!!!
AT&T Tilt/HTC TyTN2
http://www.wireless.att.com/businesscenter/atttilt/
(http://www.wireless.att.com/businesscenter/atttilt/images/PCWorld_ATT_Tilt_large_v1.jpg)
Save $100 on the AT&T Tilt after Mail-in Rebate promotion card*
*Pay $399.99 and after mail-in rebate, receive a $100 AT&T promotion card.
Requires 2 year agreement and qualified voice and data plans.
That means you can get HTC TyTN2 for 299$ ;)
the tytyn 2 is pretty much the opposite of a flashy, user friendly UI based consumer phone (iphone) -
its a typical business style windows mobile affair, although it does have pretty much every feature.
the x1 looks very interesting cause its gonna have all those smartphone features (qwerty keyboard, touchscreen, wi-fi, gps etc)
and try to combine a more user friendly UI into the windows mobile build (either v6.1 or rumoured 6.5)
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1
http://www.dubcnn.com/connect/index.php?topic=152903.msg1744399#msg1744399
http://www.dubcnn.com/connect/index.php?topic=152903.msg1757215#msg1757215
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Spb Mobile Shell 2.0 released; Windows Mobile users rejoice
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/04/spb-mobile-shell-20-released-windows-mobile-users-rejoice.html
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Spb Mobile Shell 2.0 has been released.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/03-04-2008/0004767108&EDATE=
The new version doesn't just look better (there's a great choice of haptic animation),
but is also faster and lower in memory consumption.
Aside from the previous version's "classics" like concise
"Now Screen," World Time, photo speed deal, launcher,color-based themes and fast/smart contact search —
version 2.0 also features full screen dialogs for Weather and Time, animated transitions, navigation with gestures(like HTC's TouchFLO).
In addition, the Spb Mobile Shell now packs all functionality in one tabbed window, making the app run much faster.
I could go on and on, but it's the Spb's website
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/mobileshell/?en
where you should get the detailed info.
If you own Windows Mobile 5 or 6 powered device, this is the app to have.
It costs $29.95 and it's worth every penny!
something really puts me off any phone that relies entirely on touch screen technology - the lovely touch cruise, that shiny diamond one and even the iphone. im not really a massive fan of touch screens in general but they do work well on the more computery phones eg. windows mob based devices.
those devices normally have standard keys to fall back on anyway and a
keyboard which is ace for any type of messaging.
if i could afford to get two devices this year i think it would have to be the X1 and that new 8.1MP cybershot model - both from SE (well kind of, the X1 is HTC/SE).
it might have to be one or the other so i'm hoping the X1 delivers on all fronts and it'll most likely be that.
most worrying is the whole sqaures thing they got going for the menus -
it needs to have plenty of ram and processor speed to have 0 slowdown.
unfortunately i've read it could be slightly lacking in atleast one of those areas.
the cybershot one will have a much much better still camera and probably much better video recording too, which is ofcourse appealing. however the X1 apparently still does VGA video recording and ofcourse the windows OS means i'd be able to run a full version (cracked)
of tom tom on it and have excellent functionality of the GPS hardware.
tough one! i aint even looking at nokia's offerings though. i will admit the N95 8GB is very nice model indeed, especially in terms of packed-in features and pocketability - i hooked up a few friends up with ridicolous contracts on it before i quit vodafone. hardly any returns on it in general too. still, it aint really the killer device for myself. SE have gone through a terrible patch though - the performance of their new firmware on the w910i/K850i was absolute pants and pissed loads of people off with it getting corrupt on the sms inbox (essentially breaking the phone). they ironed it out now, but still, not a good look when nokia really got their shit together with the N95 8GB and have had some other very very popular models on the market like the 6300.
the K850i was just a terrible idea in the first place from a design point of view and given their track record with sturdy, reliable models. being the dude that i am my normal phone is still the K810i - a nice refresh on the classic K800i. awesome battery life, rock solid fast firmware, great still cam with xenon flash, decent music playback features, great looks and NO TOUCH SCREEN BULLSHIT. hopefully with these upcoming models SE are gonna be back on top of their game and give those generally unreliable nokia's a good beating. i like the way they don't rush to get the latest features in their devices and hopefully the GPS side of their devices is gonna be a solid addition.
oh and all of samsung's recent offerings have been absolute poo - their crappy iphone replicas (F700, F570 or whatever the newer one is) are just that, crappy - they should stick to what they're good at and whats good - nice small cameraphones without stupid touch sensitive panels. the G600 is pretty much the only model they've done to fit that criteria in the last year and its also been the best device on their consumer range. rant over!
I've said this plenty of times already but the N96 looks identical to the the N81 in terms of design and build.
Nokia N81
(http://crave.cnet.com/i/bto/20070828/Nokia_N81_8GB_2_270x590.jpg)
Nokia N96
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/N96_02.jpg)
I know technically it sounds good but remember that the N81 design was horrible
- poor quality, badly placed buttons, shiny surface that was terrible for fingerprints and generally a lack of durability or reliability.
I'm sure the software will be much better but the actual case design (being the same as the N81) is awful - i wouldn't go anywhere near it. seems like a step backward as the N95 design was alright. maybe a bit sqaure but very usable.
Nokia N95 8GB
(http://www.oltiby.com/img/selling/16970-nokia-n95-8gb-combo.jpg)
I guess its down to the
HTC Diamond
http://www.youtube.com/v/f_vKsxOT3Lw&hl=en
or Sony Ericsson Xperia X1
http://www.youtube.com/v/Q9C3zUJIi1k&hl=en
or that SE C905 8.1MP
(http://blog.se-nse.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/se_c905_exclusive_pic.jpg)
too many of my friends got the N95 (havnt seen any N96 since it aint out yet?)
Nokia N96 review;
http://www.youtube.com/v/nyUkNDcD3Lg&hl=en
that G900 looks ok in the pic but i don't see the need for it to have a touch screen display
and that looks like the symbian OS that sony have been using again.
only a LED flash for the camera too so it ain't as good as the other cybershot models in that respect either.
doesn't look like a very well thought out model if you ask me
- is it a cameraphone? - no the flash is crappy.
-is it a business style device? - no its too small and probably lacks a lot of pda-esque features.
i dunno what its trying to be but I'd predict there wont be a big market for it for that reason.
the other touch screen SE models with the symbian OS have been slow, cumbersome and glitchy (newer p series devices, w950/w960).
the middle button on the X1 is touch sensitive!!! >:(
the lady even jokes its not responding the first time she presses in the video.
what's the obsession with this touch sensitive marketing gimmick bullshit?
would anyone in their right minds use a touch pad on a laptop over a mouse?
maybe for larger things that you cant miss but for any medium/small sized button its way too unreliable.
i will always fly the flag for standard buttons as they work 100% of the time
- not 70% of the time and with extra care to make sure you press it right. cheaper to produce too.
hang on a second are the navigation keys on the new 8.1mp cybershot model touch sensitive too? ;|
Firefox and Opera coming to iPhone
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/06/20/firefox-and-opera-coming-to-iphone.html
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If there's one thing the iPhone isn't lacking anymore is considerable third-party developer support. With the Apple AppStore slated to launch a few weeks, we are seeing iPhone applications of all sorts getting ready to make life easier/funner/more informed for iPhone users. But, until now nobody seems to have given much thought to a third-party web-browser for the iPhone.
Third-party web-browsers would not only give iPhone users more choice in how they want to play with their web-access, but it could even open up the possibility of seeing third-party plug-ins that could allow Flash to finally work on the iPhone.
iPhone Atlas has an interesting take on this. The problem with third-party web-browsers is that Apple's own iPhone SDK agreement seems to essentially block development in this arena:
“No interpreted code may be downloaded and used in an Application except for code that is interpreted and run by Apple’s Published APIs and built-in interpreter(s) […] An Application may not itself install or launch other executable code by any means, including without limitation through the use of a plug-in architecture, calling other frameworks, other APIs or otherwise.”
Now, the question is just how the above verbiage can be interpreted. If it turns out that Apple won't allow for third-party applications to rock plug-ins or for any non-Webkit HTML/Javascript renderers, then web-browsers like Mozilla's Gecko-based Firefox could be dead in the water. On the other hand, if Mozilla can find a way to make their mobile web browser work on the iPhone, we're all going to be going on an interesting ride.
That is, if Apple allows for competition to their iPhone Safari browser to hit the AppStore.
Ringtones for dogs coming to Japanese cellphones
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/ringtones-for-dogs-coming-to-japanese-cellphones/
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Just when you think you've given your dog everything it could ever want (gold plated water dish, rhinestone collar, a copy of Tegan and Sara's "The Con" on vinyl) the Japanese go and one up you. A Tokyo-based content provider named Dwango announced today that it would start selling specialized ringtones which can be heard only by dogs. The service, called Inu ni shika kikoenai chakushinon (ringtones only dogs can hear) will make free downloads available to current DoCoMo i-mode subscribers. No word on whether the company will provide Bluetooth headsets and holsters suited to our canine friends, but we understand plans are in the works for a line of bacon-themed wallpapers. [Warning: read link is a PDF, and it's in Japanese]
Hands on with the Garmin Nuviphone
http://www.youtube.com/v/PwCJMqFWUck&hl=en
Esato view on Sony Ericsson C905 Cyber-shot
http://www.youtube.com/v/4Hr3WqodLvI&hl=en&autoplay=0
Sony Ericsson's C905 Cyber-shot is now official
http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=4800
Today Sony Ericsson released the first ever Cyber-shot cameraphone to make use of the slider form factor. The new C905 Cyber-shot sports a high-end 8.1 megapixel camera with all of the goodies. Not only does it have autofocus, naturally, it also comes complete with face detection, image stabilization, red-eye reduction, a flash, and Sony Ericsson's BestPic and Smart Contrast support.
Of course, what high-end cell phone today would be complete without both GPS and aGPS built-in, with which to geo-tag the phone's photos? The C905 has that as well as software to handle picture and video blogging directly from the phone. The C905 supports an optional TV-out cable and can also broadcast over WiFi to a DLNA compatible television set.
Other features of note on the C905 include Microsoft Exchange Activesync support, video calling with its secondary camera, and full music support - including A2DP Bluetooth stereo, an FM radio, and the ability to play MP3 and AAC music files. The C905's 2.4", QVGA resolution display can show up to 262k colors and has an auto-rotate feature, and the phone ships with a 2GB M2 memory card to fit into its expansion slot.
The Sony Ericsson C905 measures up at 104mm x 49mm x 18mm (4.1" x 1.9" x .7") in size and weighs 136g (4.8oz). Sony Ericsson expects the C905 to be capable of 9 hours of GSM talk time or 4 hours of UMTS 3G talk time, and up to 15 days of standby time. It will be available in 3 configurations, all of them supporting at least quad-band GSM. The regular C905 will also support 2100MHz UMTS/HSDPA, the C905a will support 850/1900/2100MHz UMTS/HSDPA for the Americas, and the C905c will be just quad-band GSM for China. It is expected to reach retail shelves in Q4 of this year.
(http://www.mobileburn.com/media/sonyericsson/c905/C905_Using_GPS.jpg)
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The specs of the SE C905 are as follows:
Connectivity: Quad-band GSM, with EDGE support
Display: 2.4” 320x 240 pixels, showing up to 262,144 colours
Camera: 8.1 megapixel camera, with Xenon flash, autofocus, smart contrast, image and video stabilizer, red-eye reduction, and BestPic
Music player formats: AAC and MP3
Memory: 160MB built-in, with M2 Micro card slot – 2GB card in-box
Extras: Bluetooth 2.0, with A2DP support, FM Radio, Wi-Fi, DLNA, GPS and aGPS
Dimensions: 104 x 49 x 18 mm
Weight: 136 grams
Review: HTC Touch Diamond, Right Off the Boat!
http://www.mobileburn.com/review.jsp?Id=4745
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Yesterday I received an HTC Touch Diamond, one of the initial batch of the phones to ship for sale in Asia. The Touch Diamond represents HTC's second generation of finger touch based Windows Mobile Professional smartphones, and features the new TouchFLO 3D user interface extensions and home screen. While it is a bit hard to review this device since it only supports one lonely GSM band in the USA, 1900MHz GSM/EDGE, I can still give you folks an idea of what the device is like, and what its features and shortcomings are.
This won't be a full blown review, something I'll probably save until a North American variant is available, but I think that most Touch fans will find it interesting. On top of that, I've included 3 videos of the Touch Diamond in action, so you can get a better feel for what the device is really like.
Physical Aspects
This latest version of the Touch is smaller than the original. It is a bit taller, that's true, but it is both narrower and significantly thinner. It also weighs 5.5 grams or so less. Not a huge difference, but the changes make the Touch Diamond even more pocketable than the original. You can see a full list of Touch Diamond specs in our launch event story.
Like the original, the Touch Diamond sports a simple design. The front of the device is perfectly flat, consisting of two panels - one for the touchscreen, one for the controls. The controls include a home button, a back button, two call buttons, and a d-pad controller. The d-pad might only look like a round button, but there are four directional buttons that surround it that can be pressed. They are real buttons, not touch sensitive. There is a touch sensitive aspect to the d-pad, though, as when the user circles the center button with a finger tip, the device will zoom in or out when in an appropriate application like the photo viewer. I would really have liked to have seen this be used for regular menu and list scrolling as well, but that is not the case.
The rest of the device is quite simple. There are a pair of volume keys on the left edge, a power switch up top, a data/headset/USB port on the bottom, and the lens for the 3.2 megapixel camera around back. The back sports a very unsimple design, though, which features facets like a gemstone and a high gloss surface. I'm not fond of it at all, really, as it becomes overwhelmed by fingerprints and hand smudges almost instantly once it is handled.
The VGA resolution display on the Touch Diamond is great. 480x640 resolution just makes everything look much sharper. VGA displays first showed up on old PocketPC devices years ago, but this year is when they finally become mainstream. The touch action on the screen is also improved over the older models', and the advent of TouchFLO 3D makes flickable scrolling and such much easier. More on that later.
One last interesting feature is the stylus, which fits into a silo at the bottom right corner of the phone. It sports a magnetic latch instead of a normal snap-in design. I worry that the magnet a) might not be strong enough to hold the stylus securely, and b) might be strong enough to cause problems for credit cards and such. I do like how the phone switches on when the stylus is removed, but that could have been accomplished without a magnet.
If you wish to check out the Diamond's cool box and the various included goodies, head on over to DigitalBurn.com for the HTC Touch Diamond unboxing story.
Core Functions, Multimedia / Apps
The HTC Touch Diamond for Europe and Asia is equipped with tri-band (900/1800/1900MHz) GSM/EDGE and dual-band (900/2100MHz) UMTS/HSDPA support. This means that it is ill-suited for use in the U.S., where it would have to rely on the somewhat limited number of 1900MHz towers in use. Where we are at the moment, in central Florida, 1900MHz service is so bad from both U.S. GSM carriers as to make it almost impossible to test the Touch Diamond. As such, I can't really comment on call audio quality or EDGE/HSDPA data rates. HTC rates the Touch Diamond's battery as being capable of 16.5 days of standby time or 4.5 hours of talk time. Considering the small battery and our own, admittedly brief, experiences, I would suggest that these figures are probably quite optimistic, and that they will be the exception rather than the rule in the real world.
Like any other Windows Mobile device, the Touch Diamond has not only good contacts support, but also the ability to manage a user's appointments, tasks, and notes as well. Profile support in Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS is still limited, though, so the user will have to rely mostly on switching volume levels and silent/vibration modes with the volume controls.
WiFi on the Touch Diamond performed perfectly, and the Bluetooth system was even kind enough to automatically try the near-standard code of '0000' when I paired up a Jabra JX10 headset. Voice dialing is limited to pre-recorded tags, though, instead of using a much preferred speaker-independent system. The Diamond can be used with a USB connection for Activesync or as a dedicated USB mass storage device, which allows for faster file transfers. Activesync can also sync over the air with an Exchange server, which is what I did to get push email, calendar, contacts, and tasks.
The standard Windows Media player is on-board, but the new media player panel in the TouchFLO 3D home screen is more interesting, even if it doesn't seem to want to display album art for any of my songs. The autofocus camera works well in general, though at times the white balance needs to be set manually. The photos are generally sharp and can be stunning in the right conditions. With 4GB of internal storage, there is plenty of room for music and photos.
While Pocket Internet Explorer is available on the Touch Diamond, with finger scrolling and all, it is the Opera browser that is what people should really be interested in. It provides a near iPhone like browsing experience. Double tap for zooming (or use the d-pad zoom control), pan with a finger, whatever. The browser eats up a lot of the Diamond's free RAM, but the result is a desktop type browsing experience.
The Touch Diamond also features a wonderful YouTube Mobile player that shows very high quality video. Over a WiFi connection the buffering time was minimal, and as you can see in the YouTube video below, it works rather well. It is a very solid application. The Touch Diamond also includes a built-in GPS module for use with apps like Google Maps.
User Interface
The HTC Touch Diamond uses the company's new TouchFLO 3D user interface extensions and home screen. While the home screen applet on the first generation of Touch devices was only a small part of the whole, the home screen on the Touch Diamond is the center stage. Users can do everything from read email and text messages to control music, browse photos, and check the weather now. The system is setup as a series of panels that are linked on their left and right edges. The user can grab the active icon on the bottom of the screen to quickly move to any of the other panels, or can instead swipe a finger tip or nail (or stylus) across the screen to move right or left to a neighboring panel. The switching can be a bit slow at times, but the graphical effects are quite nice.
Once in a panel, a flick up or down will change the active item (song, photo, contact, etc) on display. Tapping on it will launch the item in the appropriate viewer or application. The new image viewer on the Diamond is quite nice, and makes good use of the phone's built-in orientation sensors (as does the new "Marble Madness" like Teeter game).
The deeper level applications on the Touch Diamond also benefit from HTC's handiwork. A finger can be used to scroll or flick most any list, and left to right swipes can do things like move to the next or previous account or message in the Inbox app. My only gripe is that while a fingernail or stylus can be used for scrolling in some parts of the system, like the home screen, only a fingertip can be used in most of the rest of the apps, since a fingernail or stylus would be used for selecting multiple items. This is a big inconsistency, but users will probably adapt to it and will be thankful for the more flexible system used on the home screen.
Another area where HTC has greatly improved upon the normal Windows Mobile experience is text input. HTC has new versions of its on-screen virtual T9 phone keypad, 20 key SureType keypad, and full QWERTY keyboard. All three of them work very well, and I am especially pleased with the full QWERTY keyboard, which makes it much easier to type on than you might have normally expected. It lacks the vibration feedback I was hoping for, like the iPhone, but the word completion and prediction are especially easy to use thanks to nature of the touchscreen - just tap the word and keep on typing.
Check out the videos of the Touch Diamond in action to get a far better feel for the work HTC has done than you can get by reading this text.
All is not good in the land of the Touch Diamond, though. In spite of HTC's claims, the software still seems not quite ready for primetime in my opinion. The camera, in particular, buggered out on me and left me in the touchscreen calibration app a few times (which required I complete the calibration 3 times in a row before it closed). What's the link between the camera and screen calibration? Beats me. On top of that, the home screen module can get quite sluggish when resources start dwindling. In spite of the device's claim of 113MB of RAM, HTC says the device is equipped with 192MB total. Regardless, I have seen free RAM get down to 20MB or so many a time in my tests. The home screen uses a lot of resources, it seems, and Opera can be very thirsty itself when viewing large desktop websites.
I also saw a few bugs that looked to be possibly related to the d-pad. Once I saw the call log get stuck going left (or right) on the top entry, which caused it to switch rapidly between that contact's various phone numbers and email addresses. It took a number of d-pad presses in various directions to get it to stop, so I am not convinced that it isn't necessarily a software issue. There have been a number of other random issues where the phone's software just seemed to have gotten stuck. I can't reproduce them, but they happen. A few more weeks worth of incubation would have probably been in order.
Conclusion
So what's the final word on the HTC Touch Diamond? Well, it would be "see", as in "Wait and see." I think it is just too early to say what the future holds for this device. Especially since I've been unable to test the GSM/UMTS radio portion of the device.
But this much I can say: the Touch Diamond is the coolest Windows Mobile Professional device I have used, bar none. I am very much looking forward to a North American version of the Diamond and its brother, the Touch Pro (AKA Raphael), with its large QWERTY keyboard. HTC is really on to something here, to be sure, and regardless of the problems that I experienced, I expect these TouchFLO 3D devices to sell by the millions.
But should you run out and buy one of these bad boys? Well, if you live in Asia or Europe, maybe. At least if you like bleeding edge devices. If you are a bit less adventurous, I would say wait a while to see how other people feel about the Diamond. If I lived in the right part of the world, I'd be using this phone, I can say that much. But just like the iPhone that it has its sights on, it isn't for everybody
HTC Touch Diamond Review - Part 1 of 3
http://www.youtube.com/v/dY-cu7BvFZw&hl=en
HTC Touch Diamond Review - Part 2 of 3, TouchFLO 3D
http://www.youtube.com/v/xE23duRUnuA&hl=en
HTC Touch Diamond Review - Part 3 of 3, Opera/YouTube/Camera
http://www.youtube.com/v/m-NFweHBe0w&hl=en
Symbian turns ten
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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Symbian, the popular Operting System, used mainly on Nokia phones, but on Sony Ericsson, Samsung, and Motorola as well, has turned ten years old.. To celebrate this, Symbian has opened a dedicated site for its ten years of activeness, located here;
http://tenyears.symbian.com/timeline.php
On the site, you can browse a timeline, detailing various events, and devices. There are also several things you can listen to on the site – detailing Research and Development, as well as developers, and bonding with customers. You can also express you experience of Symbian, and sign the sites birthday card too.
Symbian OS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian
Symbian OS is a proprietary operating system, designed for mobile devices, with associated libraries, user interface frameworks and reference implementations of common tools, produced by Symbian Ltd. It is a descendant of Psion's EPOC and runs exclusively on ARM processors.
On June 24, 1998, Symbian Ltd. was formed as a partnership between Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola and Psion, to exploit the convergence between PDAs and mobile phones.
Symbian is currently owned by
Nokia (47.9%),
Sony Ericsson (28.7%),
Panasonic (10.5%),
Siemens AG (8.4%) and
Samsung (4.5%).
Although BenQ acquired the mobile phone subsidiary of Siemens AG, the Siemens AG stake in Symbian did not pass to BenQ.
History
June 2000
ericsson r380
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Symbian´s first phone release and a forerunner to future SonyEricsson smartphones,
the R380 was a truly trailblasing flip-phone.
Specs;
http://www.gsmarena.com/ericsson_r380-195.php
May 2001
Nokia 9210
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Specs;
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_9210i_communicator-319.php
June 2002
Nokia 7650
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Specs;
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_7650-288.php
Oct 2002
SonyEricsson P800
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Specs;
http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_p800-326.php
Feb 2004
Motorola A 1000
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Specs;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_A1000
SonyEricsson XPERIA X1 review;
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/06/17/sony-ericsson-xperia-x1-review/
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Now that we’ve had some time to spend with the XPERIA X1,
we’re going to break down the various features and give you our in-depth review.
We’ll continue to update this post as we use the device more, but it doesn’t a rocket scientist to understand what’s at hand
— a brand new Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1!
Screen:
With a 800×480 VGA screen, you can’t really go wrong right? Right.
We’ve got to say off the top that this is the best-looking screen we’ve ever seen on a Windows Mobile device.
It puts all the others to shame. It’s not just that the screen has an amazing resolution, it’s that the screen is vibrant and clear as day.
If your vision isn’t top notch you might have to increase the font size in settings because it gets a little small with that super high-res. Sunlight couldn’t phase it either as we had no problem using it on the go outside.
Audio quality
We didn’t put the speakers through our normal tests just yet to be honest.
We tried a couple MP3s and they sounded good, not great.
The speaker volume in general could have been a little louder and the sound could have sounded a little fuller.
Speakerphone was the same. We’ll report back with more detailed findings.
Notification lights
If you’ve seen the Sidekick LX, you’ll know what we’re talking about.
There are 4 independant notification lights on the four corners of the X1.
These are LED lights that change through various colors. Unlike the Sidekick, you have complete control over the notification settings.
Only want people to think you’ve got a UFO in your pocket when you’re getting a text message? No problem.
There’s a lot to choose from to suit your own needs.
The lights offer a nice touch and weren’t too over-powering and bright which we were afraid of. The kids will love it.
Call quality
Calls came in and out with crystal clear quality.
The ear speaker was plently loud and the party on the other end said we sounded like we were on a land line.
Data Connectivity
Name something you’d like to see in a mobile device… HSDPA? Wi-Fi? GPS? The X1 has all of it.
T-Mobile USA lovers will also be overjoyed at the fact that an AWS 1700MHz version is coming
Our unit had the 850MHz/1900MHz US 3G bands so we were rockin’ over HSDPA just fine. In fact, web browsing was abnormally fast.
We didn’t find much of a difference between browsing over Wi-Fi or HSDPA.
That’s probably due to the bottleneck of the phone in general, but it was a pleasant surprise.
Build quality
Another winner for Sony Ericsson.
While the device isn’t the lightest phone on the market, we think it’s build quality is almost second-to-none.
Maybe even iPhone status. It’s just so sturdy and well put together. We have to give HTC some mad props on this one.
Could you please try and incorporate some of this newfound metal addition into some of your devices HTC? Please.
The sliding mechanism was fantastic even though the device isn’t a normal “flat” slider. Major points for build quality.
Usability factor
This could be subjective depending on your view of Windows Mobile,
but we found the X1 to be on par or better than any Windows Mobile device we’ve used.
Baring the keyboard issue, (see below) there wasn’t anything that hindered us from taking full advantage of the device.
When closed, the device gives you access to all necessary shortcuts on the bottom front of the unit.
Slide it open and you’ve got access to everything you could want.
People have wrote us and asked about how it is to use the phone when the QWERTY keyboard doesn’t have directional keys,
but they’ve overlooked something — the optical joystick. This works wonderfully well and doesn’t have a learning curve.
It’s a natural extension of what we’ve been forced to use in the past.
There was a “cursor” menu in settings but no cursor showed up on the screen.
You also have full control over the sensitivity of the optical joystick.
Making phone calls was comfortable and we didn’t have any issues with people hearing us or us hearing them.
Keyboard
The keyboard is a sensitive area for many people.
Anyone who follows us know we take it very seriously — we put them all through the ringer!
So, it pains us to report, that at least with our particular unit, the keyboard wasn’t great.
It didn’t take time to get used to it, it just didnt perform like the way we had hoped.
The reason is because the keys almost are completely flush with the case and don’t give good tactile feedback when pressed.
Odly enough, the spacebar was actually ok. It faired the best out of all of them.
We understand why there really is no travel in the keys
— there is a huge sliding mechanism right over them
— but we would have liked to see a little more feedback when typing.
They have this triangular pattern on top which does make it easy to feel them,
but you don’t get a good response when actually pressing them down.
The backlight on the QWERTY ‘board successfully helped us find the keys when it was nightime,
but that still didn’t help when typing.
We said this before, but if we had to compare the keyboard to anything, it would be Sony’s UX-series computers.
It’s the same exact thing.
no camera? smh lol ;) ;D ;D
Motorola announces MOTOZINE ZN5
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/23/motorola-announces-motozine-zn5/
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Hints of Motorola's new MOTOZINE series of devices have gone back as far as last year,
but today marks the first time that Moto's officially spilled any beans on the goods.
The headlining feature on the first model, the ZN5 candybar, lies on the backside:
a 5-megapixel sensor courtesy of a partnership with Kodak, featuring autofocus, a xenon flash, image stitching,
and on-device integration with Kodak Gallery. Otherwise, you get WiFi (score),
Motorola's so-called "ModeShift" technology for morphing the keypad depending on device mode (a la the E8),
and a run-of-the-mill quadband GSM radio with EDGE. China's the first country to get the hookup starting next month,
but Moto expects to take the ZN5 on a world tour over the course of the remainder of the year.
Solar-powered Windows Mobile phone concept
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
A concept, created by Eddie Goh, named the Eclipse Intuit has been unveiled.
It's a Windows Mobile-powered handset, with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
As its solar-powered, it gets it energy from the Sun, but, not only that,
parts of the devices body are coated in a chemical-based skin of sorts, which helps replenish battery life.
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his device isn't just a one-trick pony however, there's a five megapixel camera for cameraphone enthusiasts out there.
Not only is there a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, but a virtual one, on the handset's second screen, with tactile feedback support.
AOL releases new Windows Mobile AIM client, hell freezes over
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/06/23/aol-releases-new-windows-mobile-aim-client-hell-freezes-over/
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This is a happy, happy day for any AIM addicts toting around a Windows Mobile device.
There are 3rd party solutions (JiveTalk, what up!), but it’s always comforting to get a piece of software directly from the source.
AOL has finally released an updated AIM client, and boy does it look sexy!
We’re giving it a go right now but sadly, it doesn’t look as if we’ll get file transfers at the moment.
Let’s hope this feature makes it way into the final build as it is still in beta.
It also is said to be compatible with just about every Windows Mobile device — Standard or Professional, 5 or 6.
Anyone looking to give it a try?
Hit us up and let us know what the verdict is!
motorola suck. their rep round these areas was a very nice lady though :sombrero:
Motorola A1000 symbian
http://www.symbian.com/phones/mot_a1000.html
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he Motorola A1000 is Motorola's third Symbian OS phone, and Symbian's sixth 3G handset in the market. The latest Symbian OS 3G phone, the Motorola A1000, has been designed to give mobile professionals a new way to communicate and share information. This stylish, cutting-edge mobile phone is perfect for the busy professional on the move, delivering video conferencing capabilities, Word®, Excel®, Powerpoint® and PDF® document viewing capabilities via Picsel™ Document Viewer and full HTML browsing for a true mobile office experience. With the added benefits of 3G speed and tri-band, users can feel the power and benefit of intelligent technology in the palm of their hand, anywhere they go.
The A1000 also boasts an integrated 1.2 megapixel digital camera with 4x digital zoom, multimedia streaming, capture and playback with MPEG4 and MP3 files and dual-audio speakers.
Motorola Z10 symbian
http://www.symbian.com/phones/mot_z10.html?p=1
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The MOTO Z10 is a stylish ergonomically designed kick-slider that features: a 2.2” QVGA screen displaying videos at 30 frames per second in millions of colours; external storage with up to 32GB of capacity; 3.2 megapixel camera and an auto focus and auto-save function ideal for media-sharing. It allows users to capture high-quality video, edit clips, create transitions between scenes and add title slides and a soundtrack. Users can then upload their creation to share with friends and family through any number of websites.
MOTO Q™ 9h global Windows Mobile
http://www.motorola.com/business/v/item.jsp?vgnextoid=acf9f89cae5b6110VgnVCM1000008406b00aRCRD&localeId=33
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-3G
-GPS
etc.....
they're not. especially that Z series slider.
one of the worst phones ever, in every sense!
Sony Ericsson working on a PSP phone, minus the Ericsson?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/27/sony-ericsson-working-on-a-psp-phone-minus-the-ericsson/
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Look, we've heard our fair share of;
PSP phone rumors (http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=psp+phone&searchsubmit=),
and there's really no reason to trust this one any further than your average baseless musings,
but if Marketing Week's "sources in Japan and Korea" can be trusted, Sony's PSP phone could be hitting shelves as soon as Christmas 2009.
What does seem clear to these shady sources is that Sony won't be forking over the PlayStation branding to its
Sony Ericsson partnership (http://www.engadget.com/tag/SonyEricsson/),
and instead will build its PSP phone all by its lonesome.
Other "details" from "analysts" are slightly less legit-sounding,
with some stating it would be "relatively easy" to work phone features into the PSP since it already includes WiFi.
Um, ok. Still, reasonable or not, this is clearly a rumor that will never die -- until Sony builds the dang thing, in which case we can start talking up a sequel.
Review of GSM/UMTS-handset Sony Ericsson C902
http://www.mobile-review.com/review/sonyericsson-c902-en.shtml
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Impressions
Our C902 unit was loud enough be hear in most, even call-unfriendly environmnets. The reception quality of the C902 was quite good – we got strong signal levels in most places and didn’t notice any significant differences from other contemporary solutions. Also going for the C902 is its superb build quality. The C902 is a direct rival to the Samsung U800 Soul – in fact these two have a whole lot in common, that is: build quality, metallic accents on the back, relatively small yet decent display, pretty much basic functionality. However the Samsung’s offering packs in a 3 Mpix camera, takes away some value from it. Interestingly, these two phones are reactions of Sony Ericsson and Samsung respectively to the Nokia 6500 Classic’s great sales, although the latter doesn’t have metallic accents or tons of memory onboard and some other smarts and feats. But it got to the market much earlier than either of these two phones. It’s quite another matter, though, that the update of the 6500 Classic will arrive much later than the Samsung U800 and Sony Ericsson C902, so they won’t clash directly in view of price gaps that won’t get smaller over time.
The C902 will retail for around 370 Euro, which is a somewhat common price tag for a fashion-conscious phone that has just started shipping – the Nokia 6500 Classic’s sales kicked off at a similar price point. Don’t view the C902 as an imaging-centric solution, though, since it ends up behind the Sony Ericsson K850i, Nokia N82 and some other phones, let alone the Motorola ZN5 that will be second to none this way. It’s a phone, whose major trump is fashion and it leverages it well enough, adding decent build quality, robust functionality of A200 with a couple of neat touches and good battery time to the mix. The C902 will make a great buzzer with somewhat advanced features and mid-tier camera. In a certain sense it’s similar to the C702 that’s more of a ruggedized phone, rather than a cameraphone. On balance, the Sony Ericsson C902 is a likable product that won’t be overly popular, but will generate a fair amount of sales after a scheduled price cut in October.
read the full review here;
http://www.mobile-review.com/review/sonyericsson-c902-en.shtml
Sony Ericsson issues second profit warning of the year, hopes to break even in Q2
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http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/30/sony-ericsson-issues-second-profit-warning-of-the-year-expects/
Although Sony Ericsson just churned out a rather impressive array of new handsets this month,
it seems the outfit is still having trouble securing record-setting profits.
Truthfully, it's struggling to break even, as evidenced by the second profit warning of 2008 that was issued last week.
SE is pinpointing "disappointing European sales of its mid- and high-end mobile phones" as the reason it will likely not see a profit in Q2,
and some analysts are suggesting that shipment delays and a dearth of low-end handsets also carry a share of the blame.
'Course, the hotly-anticipated Xperia X1 could certainly make for a lovely Q3, but only time will tell if enough folks shell out for it to make a difference.
HTC Touch Diamond, Touch Pro coming to Sprint, Verizon?
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/07/01/htc-touch-diamond-touch-pro-coming-to-sprint-verizon.html
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Just when we reported that the HTC Touch Pro in CDMA flavor has been spotted at the FCC, another news item caught our eye.
Apparently, Sprint and Verizon will get to carry both the Diamond and the Touch Pro.
And while we're not sure about the release date at this stage,
it seems to me both carriers are eager to announce the two smartphones as soon as they can.
After all, they do want all those people who are eager to sign up for any of the quite expensive iPhone plans.
And one thing is certain - neither the Diamond nor Touch Pro will be affordable and will require a decent plan.
Once again, our eyes our wide open for any HTC related announcement, so stay tuned…
AT&T announces iPhone 3G pricing details - Contract-free iPhone 3G coming for $599 and $699
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/07/01/att-announces-iphone-3g-pricing-details-contract-free-iphone-3g-coming-for-599-and-699.html
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Helping to usher-in July's arrival for summer, AT&T has just announced their iPhone 3G pricing details. We've already known for some time that AT&T would be offering their iPhone 3G at $199 and $299 price-points for the 8GB and 16GB variants of the iPhone 3G, respectively. But, today's announcement sheds more light on the AT&T plans for the next-generation iPhone 3G - which launches on July 11, as if you didn't already know. And, as expected, the iPhone 3G will kick off sales at 8am (local time) at all AT&T stores.
First and foremost, AT&T will be offering the iPhone 3G for $199 and $299 to all existing iPhone customers, AT&T customers eligible for handset upgrades, and new-activation customers. Of course, a new 2-year contract will be required of anyone looking to grab an iPhone 3G for those low prices. The White iPhone 3G variant is only available on the 16GB model.
AT&T customers not in the running for a handset upgrade will be looking at paying AT&T $399 for the 8GB iPhone 3G and $499 for the 16GB iPhone 3G. And, AT&T wants us to know that any AT&T customer not eligible for an upgrade can simply wait out their contract and keep making timely payments until the upgrade offer rolls their way.
AT&T has posted buying-guides for existing customers and new customers alike. Find them here and here.
But, in perhaps the most surprising move from AT&T, the company has announced that they will be offering the iPhone 3G sans-contract in the future. That means a no-contract iPhone 3G is definitely in the pipeline. But, for $599 and $699 for the 8Gb and 16GB iPhone 3G variants, respectively, the contract-free iPhone 3G will cost a pretty penny - essentially the same as early iPhone adopters.
The iPhone 3G will also come with a nice little $18 upgrade fee for anyone jumping from a first-generation iPhone or other AT&T handset. New activations will require an additional $36 activation fee.
iPhone 3G rate plans start at $69.99 for 400 anytime minutes, unlimited nights/weekends, Visual Voicemail, Rollover, unlimited Mobile to Mobile calling, Call Forwarding, Call Waiting, Three-Way Calling, Caller ID, and unlimited data. The higher-end of the iPhone 3G spectrum offers unlimited everything for $129.99 on the AT&T Nation Unlimited plan. Calling plans offering 900 and 1,350 anytime minutes are also available for $89.99 and $109.99, respectively.
FamilyTalk plans will start at $129.99 for two iPhone 3G lines sharing 700 anytime minutes. FamilyTalk plans with 1,400, 2,100, 3,000, 4,000, and 6,000 shared anytime minutes range from $149.99 to $359.99. Each additional iPhone 3G line will add $39.99 to the FamilyTalk plans.
Unfortunately, SMS text messages are not included in any AT&T Nation, Unlimited, or FamilyTalk plans. Unlike MMS (picture/video messaging), SMS text messaging has found a huge market as a faster text-based messaging alternative to email, and as such, AT&T is asking that you pay more to get your text-on. A $5 spot nets you 200 SMS text messages, $15 gets you 1,500 messages, and $20 earns you unlimited text messaging ($30 on FamilyTalk plans).
Enterprise and Business customers can expect to pay more for bundled data plans. But, even with $45 iPhone 3G Enterprise data plans, business users are likely to save more on their voice plans.
See you in line!
Sony Ericsson goes nostalgic for SE T610 with new Sony Ericsson Remi
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/07/01/sony-ericsson-goes-nostalgic-for-se-t610-with-new-sony-ericsson-remi.html
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We love classic handsets as much as anyone else,
but it seems that Sony Ericsson is going the nostalgic route with their unannounced Sony Ericsson Remi.
It's still a rumor at this point, but the handset bearing the codename "Remi"
is apparently Sony Ericsson's remake on the tried-and true favorite, the Sony Ericsson T610.
The Sony Ericsson T610 was a huge hit for the handset manufacturer back in 2003,
so we can't blame the Japanese-Swedish for yearning for the good old days.
From the looks of the Remi,
Sony Ericsson has taken a page out of the T610's design playbook with a two-tone exterior and non-Walkman branding.
The Sony Ericsson Remi is apparently based on the Sony Ericsson W890 platform,
and so will feature a 3.2 megapixel camera and HSDPA.
But, the company has seemingly dropped the "W" (Walkman) branding for this nostalgic handset.
And, in keeping with the slim monoblock profile that we love seeing on the Sony Ericsson W890,
the Sony Ericsson Remi will be about 10mm thick!
More on the Remi as we hear it…
(http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/sony-ericsson-remi-2.jpg)
Microsoft updates Windows Mobile online portal
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/07/02/microsoft-updates-windows-mobile-online-portal.html
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If Windows Mobile is your thing, then 2H 2008 is your time to revel in the flood of Windows Mobile love from Microsoft and carriers alike. And, to help give the consuming public a new way to educate themselves on Windows Mobile's strengths and features, Microsoft has updated their Windows Mobile online portal.Windows Mobile's new online presence brings a fresh new look at Windows Mobile 6.1 to the forefront. Users are greeted with an eye-catching design, suggestions for what WM handset best fits them, and a new "Total Access" feature that offers free ringtones, add-ons, and software (like Zumobi and Viigo).
Overall, the new Windows Mobile portal is worth a look, even if you think you know everything about Windows Mobile;
Windows Mobile online (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/default.mspx)
Symbian using TAT to bling up their mobile phone UI
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/07/07/s60-using-tat-to-bling-up-their-mobile-phone-ui.html
(http://www.tat.se/images/google_maps_01.jpg) (http://www.tat.se/images/home.jpg) (http://www.tat.se/images/SocialPond_Pond1.jpg)
(http://www.tat.se/images/Sparkling4.png) (http://www.tat.se/images/demo/sparkletouch.jpg)
(http://www.tat.se/images/demo/photoriver.jpg) (http://www.tat.se/images/demo/november_breeze.jpg)
The Astonishing Tribe (TAT) is a Swedish company that makes something called Kastor which is, to quote their website, "a powerful UI rendering platform." It's something that users can't go willy nilly and install on their own, but instead software that should enable the next generation of products to produce a whole lot of wow. One of their public relations people, Anna Lagerkvist, contacted me and let me know that TAT's technology is being used by Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Motorola, that they're designing the UI for Google's Android and that as of today their work will also be in future S60 releases.
TAT has a whole bunch of talented people, just look at some of these videos;
http://www.tat.se/conceptlab/
to get an idea of what they're capable of.
True story. Whoever bought the iphone got ripped. I can do everything that the iPhone can do and more (except touch screen obviously) and this phone costed me absolutely NOTHING. I got iTunes with a hundred songs and can surf the net on EDGE. Oh yeah, the phone is hella small & pink biatch. Dipset.
Oh yeah, and I can do MMS. I still don't see that on the iPhone.
(http://www.store.motorola.com/mot/en/US/htdocs/productMgr/datasheet/phone_PinkSLVR_Cing.jpg)
True story. Whoever bought the iphone got ripped. I can do everything that the iPhone can do and more (except touch screen obviously) and this phone costed me absolutely NOTHING. I got iTunes with a hundred songs and can surf the net on EDGE. Oh yeah, the phone is hella small & pink biatch. Dipset.
Oh yeah, and I can do MMS. I still don't see that on the iPhone.
(http://www.store.motorola.com/mot/en/US/htdocs/productMgr/datasheet/phone_PinkSLVR_Cing.jpg)
Your phone is pink. And gay.
BlackJack II by Samsung (not sure if it´s this one :P)
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-details/?device=BlackJack+II+by+Samsung+(Refurb)&q_sku=sku1250141
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Overview
Introducing the triple threat - the Blackjack(TM) II by Samsung. It's sleeker, smarter, and easier to use than ever. With Windows Mobile® 6, faster 3G downloads, a larger 2.4" display, and a stylish look, it's the device all other smart devices want to be. It supports multiple email programs and has AT&T Music and Cellular Video capabilities. Navigate easily with the front jog wheel. Roam internationally with quad-band GSM, or get ultra-fast downloads with tri-band HSDPA. Take pictures and video with the 2 MP camera, listen to music, and stay in touch with instant messaging. With a full QWERTY keyboard and GPS support, the Blackjack(TM) II truly has it all!
Included Features
Microsoft® Windows Mobile 6 Standard(TM)
AT&T Mobile Music and Cellular Video capable
Windows Media Player® 10 Mobile
Bluetooth® 2.0® wireless connectivity
Simultaneous voice and data capabilities
Quad-band world phone with tri-band UMTS/HSDPA
Slim design PDA with full QWERTY keyboard
2 MP camera with video recording
Microsoft® Direct Push for real-time email delivery
Microsoft Office Mobile® - Edit Word® and Excel®, view PowerPoint® files
Email - Xpress Mail, ActiveSync, and more
Synchronize your desktop and calendar wirelessly
Instant Messaging - AOL®, Windows Live®, Yahoo!®
GPS support for TeleNav Navigator
Hands-free loudspeaker and microphone
Large 2.4"color LCD screen
Video Share calling support
Fast loading HTML browser
Support for Mobile Backup
MEdiaTM Net capable
RSS Reader
Sony’s PSP phone specs revealed? rumor
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
(http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/02/sony-ericsson-psphone-big.jpg)
Rumours of a PSP phone from Sony – at first apparently going in the venture without Ericsson, but that seems to no longer be the case, have been going around for some time now. Nothing of the following specs is confirmed, so take it with a pinch of salt:
Connectivity: 3G – with video calling camera
Screen: 4.3-inch, 16:9 aspect ratio, TFT LCD, 480 x 272 pixel, 16.77 million colours
Camera: two megapixels
Memory: Micro SD and M2 slot, first seen in the K850
Extras: Web Browser, podcasting support, flight mode, Bluetooth, Java support, new Media browser
Battery life: 5 hours game time, 3 hours 20 minutes video call time, 9 hours 30 minutes talk time and up 400 hours standby time
Weight: 250 grams
Business-styled Samsung i200 released Windows Mobile powered
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/samsung-sgh-i200-1.jpg)
Samsung, renowned for their stylish well-designed handsets has opted to do away with all that for their latest Windows Mobile-powered smartphone – the i200, sporting a very sober look. Still, it sports Samsung’s trademark slimness – coming in at 11.8 mm.
The technical specifications are as follows:
Connectivity: tri-band 900/1800/1900Mhz, and 3.6 Mbps HSDPA
Operating System: Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard Edition
Screen: 2.8”, QVGA resolution
Camera: 2 megapixels
Memory: Micro SD card slot
Extras: Bluetooth and USB 2.0 connectivity
iphone software 2.0 has been leaked and the app store is up...
from the looks and reviews from everything so far with mobileMe and everything else....
all i got to say is that tomorrow is the day the Apple iPhone took over.
GAME OVER!
and its not because of the new phone its like its always been because of the software... 2.0 killing them
^ah even the captain of this here vessel has seen the light... 8)
i feel ya but there is no denying what apple is doing... apple was never a cell phone company and in under a year... they are kicking some major ass and you know the industry is a little shook...^ah even the captain of this here vessel has seen the light... 8)
So you're saying that I was biased (or still is?)?
ehhhh?
What light?
There's a lot of pros and cons about iPhone like most other brands.
You know this as good as me,nothing is perfect. :-\ ;) (or should know)
You can choose to close your eyes if you want,
but wouldn't it be more interesting if you could share news,applications and discuss cell phone's in general without making it a iPhone VS everybody?
I don't hold any grudge against you or Ozir,so it's really up to you guys if you want to join in or not. ;)
I feel ya but there is no denying what apple is doing...^ah even the captain of this here vessel has seen the light... 8)
So you're saying that I was biased (or still is?)?
ehhhh?
What light?
There's a lot of pros and cons about iPhone like most other brands.
You know this as good as me,nothing is perfect. :-\ ;) (or should know)
You can choose to close your eyes if you want,
but wouldn't it be more interesting if you could share news,applications and discuss cell phone's in general without making it a iPhone VS everybody?
I don't hold any grudge against you or Ozir,so it's really up to you guys if you want to join in or not. ;)
apple was never a cell phone company and in under a year...
they are kicking some major ass and you know the industry is a little shook...
and if they keep improving like this they will continue to taking market share....
i think apple knows that its all in the software... the hardware is the supplement.
other companies are barely starting to understand that imo
Light Sabre The Coolest Weapon Ever Gets An Update for symbian
http://www.symbian-freak.com/downloads/freeware/cat_s60_3rd/descriptions/accelerometer/light_sabre_gets_an_update.htm
(http://www.symbian-freak.com/downloads/freeware/cat_s60_3rd/images/accelerometer/lightsabre00.jpg)
I’ve just got a tip that Graham has upgraded the famous and pretty popular Light Sabre application to the version 1.5 that brings lot of improvements.
If you have been living under rock for the last few months I’ll briefly inform you that Light Sabre is applications without real purpose but it's still cool as it allows to use your phone as a Light Sabre with a pretty impressive sound effects.
Application actually uses the accelerometer and transfer the movement into cool sound effects.
New version allows complete control over your Sabre via new settings menu that not keeps settings and adds some new features like vibration.
Here is the complete list of the new features:
Vibration support with Sabre Tingle™
Set up your sabre technology™ including
Set Volume
Set Sensitiviy (from 8 (little movement) to 120 (fling across room for swing)
Set Vibration On / Off
Set Hit Detection (Auto detects strong movement as hit, Random, causes random hit effect slightly more responsive)
Set Sabre Colour (Green, Red , Yellow, Blue, Magenta, Cyan, Orange);
Setting are now saved.
(http://www.symbian-freak.com/images/slice/downloa.gif) (http://www.symbian-freak.com/downloads/freeware/cat_s60_3rd/files/accelerometer/LightSabre.zip)
State of the Art For iPhone, the ‘New’ Is Relative
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/09/technology/personaltech/09pogue.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
One year and 11 days ago, our nation was swept by iPhone Mania.
TV news coverage was relentless. Hard-core fans camped out to be the first in line.
Bloggers referred to Apple’s new product as the “Jesus phone.”
It was a stunning black slab of glass: a cellphone, a brilliant music and video player and the best pocket Internet terminal the world had ever seen. The huge, bright, touch-sensitive screen made it addictive fun to rotate, page through or magnify your photos, videos and Web pages.
Today, the iPhone is in the hands of six million people. Clumsy touch-screen lookalikes from rival phone makers line the shelves.
And Friday is the iPhone’s second coming.
This time, though, when the iPhone 3G goes on sale in AT&T and Apple stores, iPhone Mania will be considerably more muted. That’s partly because the mystery is gone, partly because the AT&T service costs more and partly because there aren’t many new features in what Apple is calling the iPhone 3G.
The new name hints at the biggest change: this iPhone can bring you the Internet much faster. It can exploit AT&T’s third-generation (3G) cellular network, which brings you Web pages in less than half the time as the old iPhone.
As a handy bonus, 3G means that you can talk on the iPhone and surf the Internet simultaneously, which you couldn’t do before.
There is, however, a catch: you don’t get that speed or those features unless you’re in one of AT&T’s 3G network areas — and there aren’t many of them. The 3G coverage map at wireless.att.com/coverageviewer (zoom in and turn on “View 3G/Mobile Broadband Coverage” below the map) reveals that in 16 states, only three cities or fewer are covered; 10 states have no coverage at all. (Tip: Whenever you’re outside of a 3G area, turning off the iPhone’s 3G feature doubles the battery’s talk time, to 10 hours from 5.)
AT&T hastens to note that its 3G coverage will expand, and also that it will get even faster over time. (3G is a much bigger deal in the 70 other countries where the iPhone will soon be available because 3G is much more common.)
The other drastic change is the iPhone’s price: $200 for the 8-gigabyte model, $300 for the 16-gig. Those are terrific prices for a machine with so much sophistication, utility and power; a year ago, an 8-gig iPhone would have cost you $600.
But the iPhone 3G is not really, as Apple’s Web site puts it, “half the price.” The basic AT&T plan — unlimited Internet and 450 minutes of calling — now costs $70 a month instead of $60 (plus taxes and fees), and comes with no text messages instead of 200. (Adding text messaging costs at least $5 a month more.)
True, iPhone 3G service now matches the plans for AT&T’s other 3G phones; still, by the end of your two-year contract, the iPhone 3G will have cost you more than the old iPhone, not less.
The third improvement is audio quality, which has taken a gigantic step forward. You sound crystal clear to your callers, and they sound crystal clear to you. In fact, few cellphones sound this good.
The other improvements are smaller, but welcome. For example, the new iPhone feels even better in your hand, thanks to a gracefully curved, shiny plastic back. It also has a standard headphone jack — hallelujah! — so no clunky adapter is required for your favorite non-Apple headphones. The power adapter has been shrunk down to a one-inch cube, so it doesn’t hog an extra spot on your power strip.
The new iPhone has true G.P.S. now, too, in addition to the fake G.P.S. of its predecessor — an ingenious system that shows your location on a map by analyzing nearby cellphone towers and Wi-Fi hot spots.
Unfortunately, there’s not much you can do with the G.P.S. According to Apple, the iPhone’s G.P.S. antenna is much too small to emulate the turn-by-turn navigation of a G.P.S. unit for a vehicle, for example.
Instead, all it can do at this point is track your position as you drive along, representing you as a blue dot sliding along the roads of the map. Even then, the metal of a car or the buildings of Manhattan are often enough to block the iPhone’s view of the sky, leaving it just as confused as you are.
There are lots of small software improvements. The four-function calculator now turns into a scientific calculator when you rotate the phone 90 degrees. There’s an address book search box, parental controls and instant language switching. (That feature is made possible by the on-screen keyboard, with keys that change to reflect the language you’ve selected. “That’s really hard to do on your BlackBerry,” says an Apple rep.)
And speaking of the BlackBerry crowd: Apple also says that the iPhone works better with corporate systems, like Microsoft Exchange and ActiveSync.
Note, though, that these software tweaks aren’t iPhone 3G features. They’re part of the free software upgrade called iPhone 2.0, which will be available to the six million original iPhones, starting Friday. For $10, even iPod Touch owners can get this upgrade.
Unfortunately, most of the standard cellphone features that were missing from the first iPhone are still missing. There’s still no voice dialing, video recording, copy-and-paste, memory-card slot, Bluetooth stereo audio or phone-to-phone photo sending (MMS). And when the battery needs replacement after a couple of years, you’ll still have to pay Apple $86 for a replacement.
Plenty of Appleholics have expressed dismay at how little the handset has changed. They’d gotten their hopes up for the second-generation iPhone: video phone calls! iPhone Nano! 3G hovercraft!
But there is one towering tsunami of a feature that may well shut them up.
It’s the iPhone App Store: a central, complete, drop-dead simple online catalog of new programs for the iPhone. Hundreds will be available when the store opens Friday, with thousands to follow. You browse, download and install new programs directly on the iPhone; they don’t have to be transferred from a computer, and you don’t have to hack the phone to use them. Most of the programs will be free or cheap.
Apple has demonstrated 16 of these programs, including an instant message program, an eBay auction tracker, medical references and a touch-sensitive musical keyboard; the best of them exploit the iPhone’s orientation sensor, wireless technologies and other high-tech components.
One coming program, called iCall, will give you free phone calls when you’re in a Wi-Fi hot spot. Another, called G-Park, exploits G.P.S. to help you find where you parked. Yet another, Urbanspoon, is “a cross between a magic eight ball and a slot machine:" you shake the phone, and it randomly displays the name of a good restaurant nearby, using the iPhone’s G.P.S. and motion sensor.
You can also expect to see a time and expense tracker, home-automation remote control, voice recorder, Etch-a-Sketch, a recipe box, tip calculator, currency converter, e-book reader and so on.
Above all, the iPhone is about to become a dazzling hand-held game machine. The games revealed so far feature smooth 3-D graphics and tilt control; in one driving simulator, you turn the iPhone itself like a steering wheel, and your 3-D car on the screen banks accordingly. Other games exploit the multitouch screen, so you and a buddy can sit at opposite ends of the screen and fire at each other.
In short, the iPhone is about to become much more than a phone. And here’s the best part: the App Store is also available to the original iPhones and the iPod Touch.
So the iPhone 3G is a nice upgrade. It more than keeps pace with advancing technology, and new buyers will generally be delighted.
But it’s not so much better that it turns all those original iPhones into has-beens. Indeed, the really big deal is the iPhone 2.0 software and the App Store, neither of which requires buying a new iPhone. That twist may come as a refreshing surprise to planned-obsolescence conspiracy theorists — and everyone who stood in line last year.
Apple's new iPhone 3G: Still not perfect, but really close
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/edwardbaig/2008-07-08-iphone-3g-review_N.htm
Extra, extra: iPhone 3G: The Sequel, is worth the wait.
It's cheaper, faster and a lot friendlier for business. Apple's blockbuster smartphone already had nifty features such as visual voicemail, a splendid built-in video iPod and the best mobile Web browser I've ever used. With GPS newly added to the mix, this handheld marvel has no equal among consumer-oriented smartphones.
RELATED: IPhone's security features may lure businesses
I reach that verdict after having tested the new iPhone for more than two weeks.
And that's without trying out the eagerly anticipated online Apps store. There, you'll be able to purchase programs from outside developers covering everything from social-networking tools to games. The Apps (for "applications") feature doesn't go live until Friday, when the new phone starts selling at Apple and AT&T stores.
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The iPhone's successor arrives a full year after the mind-boggling hype and hysteria surrounding the first iteration's debut. Whatever your opinion of that first iPhone — and I've been a lot more positive than negative — its impact far outweighs the 6 million units that have been sold to date.
Apple's presence has re-energized the handheld computing category, practically begging smartphone rivals for a response: Witness the Samsung Instinct from Sprint, and LG's Voyager from Verizon.
In my first review, I wrote, "iPhone isn't perfect, or even the most ideal smartphone for every user."
The statement holds true with iPhone 3G, though frankly, the list of reasons the device doesn't make sense for a certain class of users is shrinking fast.
Start with buyers on a budget who might have loved an iPhone but couldn't afford one.
Apple has already announced that an 8-gigabyte iPhone 3G costs $199 with a two-year AT&T service contract, down from $599. A 16-GB model fetches $299. One catch: The service contract now costs more.
Next are business customers. Many companies were hesitant to cozy up to iPhone for corporate e-mail and other services. They fretted about security.
But I've been using iPhone 3G to access my USA TODAY mail, calendar and contacts. Messages and calendar entries are "pushed" to the device, so they show up right away, just as they do on other computers. With your employer's blessing, set-up is a relative cinch.
But not all of iPhone's early drawbacks have disappeared. You still cannot shoot video, take advantage of Bluetooth stereo or dial with a voice command. Such features are common on rival devices. (I'm hoping some shortcomings will be addressed by third-party developers.)
Meanwhile, for all the hoopla involving AT&T's speedier, third-generation network, I couldn't access 3G in parts of my northern New Jersey neighborhood and elsewhere. When the fast network isn't available, the phone automatically reverts to the pokier and oft-maligned Edge network.
IPhone 3G still lacks a physical keyboard, too. You'll have to get comfortable with "tapping," "flicking," "pinching" and other finger-typing tricks with its virtual keyboard, which only appears on the screen as required — when you are entering a Web address, for instance, or typing a note.
With practice, I've gotten pretty good at it. A big challenge is learning to trust it as it makes predictive auto-corrections on the fly. But it's not for everybody.
Even the old phone gets a makeover with new iPhone 2.0 software. Among other features, it supplies layouts for several international keyboards. You can even use your finger to draw Chinese characters.
You can also more easily search through your address books when locating contacts to call or message. The phone now supports PowerPoint attachments; and you can move or delete multiple e-mail messages at once.
Another change (on older and newer iPhones): You no longer receive a pop-up offering to remove a downloaded movie after watching it, to free up space.
One thing that made the first iPhone so much fun was its motion sensor or "accelerometer," which orients the screen from landscape to portrait, as you admire photos or surf the Web.New cool stunt: You can switch from a basic calculator to a scientific one, by rotating the screen.
Activation
Those who bought the first iPhone had to activate the device on a PC or Mac in their home or office. That's when you received an AT&T phone number and chose your voice and text-messaging minutes.
Now, you take care of those details in an AT&T or Apple store. "We want people to leave the store with their phones up and running, and leave them with a buying experience similar to what they're used to with other phones," says AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel.
The practice also cracks down on folks who want to "unlock" the iPhone so they can switch to another carrier.
You still sync up all your music, pictures and more through iTunes software back at your computer.
The network
Apple's claims that 3G speeds are twice as fast as Edge were confirmed by my own download tests. It generally took 10 to 30 seconds to load popular websites through 3G, a lot zippier than when I accessed the sites on Edge. Oddly, parts of the pages sometimes showed up first on the older iPhone screen. But pages always finished loading on the 3G device first, often by a half minute or more. Wi-Fi, if available, is still the fastest method for downloads.
AT&T says its 3G network is now in 280 major metropolitan markets, with 350 planned by the end of the year. But as I discovered in my own greater New York City neighborhood, there are still holes in 3G coverage areas.
Appearance
The physical size and shape of the new iPhone hasn't changed much. There's the same lovely 3 1/2-inch multi-touch display. The new device is a bit curvier on the back than the first one.
GALLERY: Photos of the 3G iPhone
The metal backing of the initial device has been superseded by a sturdy glossy plastic. The phone feels perfectly comfortable in my palm. The ringer switch and other physical buttons are now metal. My test unit came in black, though Apple will be selling a white version, as well.
The design changes aren't merely aesthetic. They're a nod to iPhone's 10 internal wireless radios. Plastic, unlike metal, is transparent to radio waves, improving reception, Apple says.
The headphone jack is now flush so it can accommodate any standard (3.5-mm) headphone, a welcome development to those of us who needed a clumsy adapter to use our favorite non-Apple headphones.
You can use iPhone's internal microphone to talk if your own headphones don't have one. Just be sure to really snap in your headphones; otherwise, sound comes through the iPhone's own speakers, not the headphones.
GPS
By "triangulating" signals from Wi-Fi and cellphone towers, the iPhone could previously determine your general location. GPS adds live tracking and may deliver more precise results.
I was pretty impressed by the accuracy on the new device as I drove along in my car, searched for nearby pizza places, and requested directions.
Alas, the feature begs for the audible turn-by-turn directions found on Samsung's Instinct and others. (Again, I'm hoping a third-party developer will fill the void.)
Pictures
IPhone remains a fabulous photo viewer. But Apple hasn't done much to improve its 2-megapixel camera. You still can't zoom, shoot video or use a flash. Taking pictures is a tad clumsy.
But the presence of GPS means pictures can be "geo-tagged" with the location in which they were taken. After syncing images with a computer, you might plot their location on a map. Geotagged pictures ought to work well with social-networking applications.
A nice new feature built into the iPhone 2.0 software lets you easily save a Web image to your phone or a picture that arrives via e-mail. You can use the image as the phone's "wallpaper" or sync it to your computer.
You can also post pictures to Apple's new MobileMe Gallery on the Web, part of a $100-a-year subscription service. The MobileMe service, the latest iteration of what used to be called .Mac, was also not ready for testing.
Audio quality
Apple has improved overall audio quality of the device. The speaker phone sounded better, as did music played directly through the phone's speaker.
Of course, it all still sounds better wearing headphones.
Parental controls
A new "restrictions" feature (found in Settings) means Mom and Dad can prevent the kids from downloading any applications, or from accessing the Safari Web browser, YouTube, or iTunes.
Turn on the YouTube restriction, for example, and the icon for the video site disappears from the iPhone home screen.
Powering up
There's a new small, easy-to-travel-with power adapter. Apple says you'll get five hours of talk time on a 3G network, double on Edge, and up to 300 hours of standby.
You can turn off 3G to preserve the battery. I started receiving low battery warnings toward the end of a busy work day; I found myself charging the device overnight, the same as with the older iPhone.
But I couldn't juice up the latest device using my Bose SoundDock or Belkin car kit. Apple says there will be adapters to permit charging with certain older accessories.
Technical explanation: The new iPhone only supports USB circuitry, not another method known as FireWire.
Wish list
As with its predecessor, iPhone 3G doesn't support popular Web browsing standards such as Adobe Flash, Windows Media Video or Java. And there's still no removable battery.
I'd have also loved Apple to add a slot for expandable memory. It did not.
While not everything on my wish list made it onto the new device, Apple has raised the bar with iPhone 3G. To which I offer an enthusiastic thumbs up.
Newer, Faster, Cheaper iPhone 3G
Software and Online Store Will Widen Its Versatility, But There Are Hidden Costs
http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20080708/newer-faster-cheaper-iphone-3g/
Apple Inc.’s iPhone has been the world’s most influential smart phone since its debut a year ago, widely hailed for its beauty and functionality. It was a true hand-held computer that raised the bar for all its competitors. But that first iPhone had two big drawbacks: It was expensive, and it couldn’t access the fastest cellular-phone networks.
On Friday, Apple (AAPL) is launching a second-generation iPhone, called the iPhone 3G, which addresses both of those problems, while retaining the look and feel of the first model’s hardware and software.
The base version of the new iPhone costs $199 — half the $399 price of its predecessor; the higher-capacity version is now $299, down from $499. Yet, this new iPhone is much, much faster at fetching data over cellphone networks because it uses a speedy cellular technology called 3G. And it now sports a GPS chip for better location sensing.
The company also is rolling out the second generation of its iPhone operating system, with some nice new features, including wireless synchronization with corporate email, calendars and address books. And there’s a new online store for third-party iPhone programs that Apple hopes will make the device usable for a wider variety of tasks, including gaming and productivity applications. This new software and store will also be available on older iPhones, through a free upgrade.
I’ve been testing the iPhone 3G for a couple of weeks, and have found that it mostly keeps its promises. In particular, I found that doing email and surfing the Internet typically was between three and five times as fast using AT&T’s 3G network as it was with the older AT&T network to which the first iPhone was limited.
Apple’s new iPhone operating system includes an ‘App store,’ where you can browse for, and download, third-party software.
The iPhone 3G is hardly the first phone to run on 3G networks, and it still costs more than some of its competitors. But overall, I found it to be a more capable version of an already excellent device. And now that it’s open to third-party programs, the iPhone has a chance to become a true computing platform with wide versatility.
There are two big hidden costs to the new iPhone’s faster speed and lower price tag. First, in my tests, the iPhone 3G’s battery was drained much more quickly in a typical day of use than the battery on the original iPhone, due to the higher power demands of 3G networks. This is an especially significant problem because, unlike most other smart phones, the iPhone has a sealed battery that can’t be replaced with a spare.
Second, Apple’s exclusive carrier in the U.S., AT&T Inc. (T), has effectively negated the iPhone’s up-front price cut by jacking up its monthly fee for unlimited data use by $10. Over the course of the two-year contract you must sign to get the lower hardware prices, that adds $240, overwhelming the $200 savings on the phone itself. If you want text messaging, the cost rises further. With the first iPhone, 200 text messages a month came free. Now, 200 messages will cost $5 a month, or another $120 over the two-year contract.
The iPhone 3G still has a couple of features that made the first version unpalatable to some potential buyers. It uses a virtual on-screen keyboard instead of a physical one. While I find the virtual keyboard easy and accurate, not everyone does. Also, in the U.S. and in many other countries, the iPhone is still tied to a single exclusive carrier, whose coverage or rate plans may be unacceptable to some.
Here is a rundown of the changes in the new model.
Design: The new iPhone looks almost exactly like the old one. It is the same length and width, has the same big, vivid screen, and has the same number and layout of buttons. The main difference is the back, which is now plastic instead of mostly metal and curved instead of flat. It’s very slightly thicker in the middle, with tapered edges, and weighs a tiny bit less.
The new iPhone 3G (left) delivers much higher Internet download speeds over cellular networks than the original iPhone (right).
Like its predecessor, the iPhone 3G comes in two models distinguished only by storage capacity: 8 gigabytes and 16 gigabytes. The top model is available in black or white.
Apple has greatly improved the audio on the new iPhone. I found the speaker was much louder, for music and for the speakerphone. But the new phone produced an echo when used with the built-in Bluetooth system in my car. Also, the headphone jack is now flush with the case instead of recessed as on the first model, so it can accept any standard stereo earphones.
The camera, however, is still bare-bones. It can’t record video and has a resolution of just two megapixels. The power adapter is now tiny, at least in the U.S., but Apple no longer includes a dock for charging, just a cable.
Software: The basic software is similar. The biggest addition for some users will be full compatibility with Microsoft’s (MSFT) widely used Exchange ActiveSync service, which many corporations use. In my tests, I was able to connect the iPhone 3G to my company’s Exchange servers in a few minutes, and my corporate email, calendar and contacts were replicated on the phone. Any changes I made on the iPhone were reflected almost instantly in Microsoft Outlook on my company PC, and vice versa. Email was pushed to the phone as soon as it was received on the company’s servers.
One drawback: While you can have both personal and Exchange email accounts on the new iPhone, if you synchronize with Exchange calendars and contacts, your personal calendar and contacts are erased.
The new iPhone and upgraded older iPhones also will be able to use a new Apple consumer service, MobileMe, which offers synchronized push email, calendars, photos and contacts.
There are other improvements. You can now delete multiple emails at once, set parental controls and search your contacts. You can also save photos in emails or from Web sites. You can also now open Microsoft PowerPoint files sent as attachments, though I found in my tests that opening larger PowerPoint files crashed the phone.
Some software features missing from the first iPhone are still AWOL on the new one. There’s no copy and paste function, no universal search, no instant messaging and no MMS for sending photos quickly between phones.
Network: Like the old iPhone, the new one can perform Internet tasks using either Wi-Fi wireless networking or the cellphone networks. But the addition of 3G cellular capability makes the new model more useful for Web surfing, email and other data tasks when you’re not in Wi-Fi range. In my tests, in Washington and New York, I got data speeds mostly ranging between 200 and 500 kilobits per second. By comparison, the original iPhone, tested in the same spots at the same time, mostly got cellular data speeds between 70 and 150 kbps on AT&T’s old EDGE network. The new iPhone typically was between three and five times as fast as the old one.
While AT&T now has 3G networks in 280 U.S. cities, and aims to be in 350 by year end, it is converting its cellphone towers gradually, so not all areas of included cities have 3G coverage. The new iPhone falls back to EDGE speeds when 3G isn’t present.
One side benefit to 3G is that in some areas, voice coverage improves. At my neighborhood shopping center, where the first iPhone got little or no AT&T service, the iPhone 3G registered strong coverage. But I still found that calls regularly broke up on some major streets. In New York City, riding in a taxi along the Hudson, one important call was dropped three times on the new iPhone. Finally, I borrowed a cheap Verizon (VZ) phone and got perfect reception.
Battery life: Apple claims that over 3G, the new iPhone can get five hours of talk time, or five hours of Internet use. Talk time is twice as long on the older EDGE network, and Internet time is an hour better with Wi-Fi.
I ran my own battery tests using the phone’s 3G capability. Although I left the Wi-Fi function on, I didn’t connect it to a network, so the phone had to rely on 3G. In my test of voice calling, I got 4 hours and 27 minutes, short of Apple’s maximum claim and nearly three hours less than what I recorded in the same test last year on the original iPhone. In my test of Internet use over 3G, I got 5 hours and 49 minutes, better than Apple’s claim, but far short of the nine hours I got using Wi-Fi in last year’s tests.
More important, in daily use, I found the battery indicator on the new 3G model slipping below 20% by early afternoon or midafternoon on some days, and it entirely ran out of juice on one day. I overcame this problem by learning to use Wi-Fi instead of 3G whenever possible, turning down the screen brightness and even turning off 3G altogether, which the phone permits.
The iPhone 3G’s battery life is comparable to, or better than, that of some other 3G competitors. But they have replaceable batteries. The iPhone doesn’t.
Third-party software: If things go as Apple hopes, third-party software could be the biggest attraction to the new iPhone 3G, and to upgraded older iPhones. By some estimates, there will be hundreds of these programs, some free and some paid, almost immediately.
Apple didn’t supply me with programs for testing, but I managed to try several on older devices upgraded to the new operating system. I tested a game that used the phone’s motion sensors to control the action, and I tested several programs from America Online (TWX), including AOL Instant Messenger; AOL Radio, which streams music from the Internet; and AOL’s Truveo video search engine. All worked very well.
Among the programs Apple has publicly previewed were a sales automation program from Salesforce.com, a game called Super Monkey Ball from Sega and a program for bidding on eBay (EBAY). Also made public were a news reader from the Associated Press, a program for following live games from Major League Baseball and several programs for doctors, including the Epocrates drug reference.
Bottom line: If you’ve been waiting to buy an iPhone until it dropped in price, or ran on faster cell networks, you might want to take the plunge, if you can live with the higher service costs and the weaker battery life. The same goes for those with existing iPhones who love the device but crave faster cellular data speeds. But if you already own an iPhone, and can usually use Wi-Fi for data, you probably should hold off and get the free software upgrade before deciding whether it’s worth getting the new hardware.
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SongLiveX1
http://www.eemobi.cn/mobile/13/1617/6681.aspx
The most recommended feature of X1 is its auto horizontal function.We just push the screen,it can become horizontal as our habbit!
Through it is not a smart phone,its functions will make you satisfactory.
Dual sim dual standby dual bluetooth dual camera and TV,even its NES simulator all give you a good choice.
Operating Frequency: GSM
Network Frequency: 900/1800MHz
SIZE(L×W×H): 110*58*23mm
Weight/package: 145G
Color: black
Talk time: 250-350m
Style: Slide phone
Standby time: 200-400h
Additional features
Language: English/French/Vietnamese/Russian/Arabic/Spanish
LCD Size: 3.0 inch, 16000 thousand color; PX: 240×320px
Ringtone: 72 chord; Ringtone format: mp3, midi; Call: support to inquire about the opponent city’s name
Music: play mp3 at background; support equalizer,MP3 as ringtone
Video: 3GP,MP4,support to play in full screen
FM radio: FM stereo,strong loudspeaker
Camera: 13.0 lacpixel; dual camera, support to shoot with sound,the time depends on the storage
Rom: 761K/256MB TF,support to extend TF card to 4G maxi, Document management
Data Transfer: U disc/ Bluetooth file transmission, voice
Standby Photo: jpg, gif
Game Platform: NES/GBS game simulator, support to download more than 2000 Nintendo games
Main features
Telephone directories: 500 groups ,different ringtone for groups,incoming call with big head sticker or films
Messages &Multimedia messaging: 200 messages, MMS
Schedule power on/off: support auto start/close, can set MP4 as the photo of start/close
Alarm clock: support MP3 as ringtone
Games: 2 common game,NES,support to download more than 2000 Nintendo games,horizontal screen
More information: MP3/MP4/Handsfree/SMS group sending/Voice recorder/WAP/Handwritten input/Handwritten + keyboard input/Radio/Bluetooth/GPRS download/MMS/Memory extended/E-book/dual sim dual standby dual bluetooth dual camera,super-long standby,up-sliding/auto horizontal,strong TV signal/health management....
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i8510 Samsung cooking up an 8 Mega Pixel Symbian powered beast?
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/13/i8510-samsung-cooking-up-an-8-megapixel-s60-beast/
All we can say is… Wow. Ok, obviously that’s not all we’re going to say but the latest Samsung handset making its way through the rumor mill seems way too good to be true. Apparently Samsung is working on a new S60 slider that, if it lives up to the specs, might make the Nokia N95 look like a kid’s toy. In fact forget the N95, this thing might just stomp all over the N96 as well. Seriously, look at these specs:
2.8-inch QVGA (240×320 pixels), 16m colors
8 megapixel camera with auto-focus, xenon flash (though it looks like LED in the image above) and 120 fps video recording
UMTS with HSDPA support, WiFi, GPS, TV out, DivX support, dedicated 3D graphics chip
Optical mouse (same as i780 and i900 Omnia)
1200 mAh battery
106.5×53.9×16.9 mm metal case
16 GB internal memory (possibly an 8 GB version as well)
Some people are reporting that the i8510 will run Feature Pack 1 while we’ve also read a few claims of FP2. Obviously we’re hoping for the latter but then again, if Samsung stays true to form none of this will matter for us here in the US. It seems like every time we see sweet high-end handset come out of Samsung it has a tri-band GSM antenna stuffed inside. Samsung! Please! Say it with us; “quaaaaaad-band”…
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FiiO, the $8.50 Headphone Amp
http://www.anythingbutipod.com/archives/2008/07/fiio-the-850-headphone-amp.php
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When I came across the FiiO headphone amp a few days ago
I immediately dismissed it as crap and posted a topic on it on Head-Fi presenting it as the cheapest headphone amp out there.
Someone then mentioned that there was an entire thread;
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f105/fiio-amps-323979/
dedicated to the thing and that feedback is pretty darn good.
According to the Head-Fi thread the FiiO amp is far from crap and offer very good sound quality.
The size adds to the usability as it seems to be about twice as big as the AAA battery it runs on.
Headphone amps are normally a bit bulky for most people and few other ampsthe FiiO's size.
It all sounds (too) good and for $8.50 shipped worldwide;
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.14303
it might turn out to be the best thing since sliced bread.
I myself have ordered one just to see if there is any truth to the Head-Fi fuzz.
I still think it's too good to be true, but I guess I'll know in a couple of weeks.
FiiO E3 3.5mm Earphone Volume Booster Power Amplifier (1*AA) Price: $8.50
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.14303
In Stock: ships in 1 to 3 days Worldwide Free Shipping
Manufacturer's product description:
The smallest portable headphone amplifier in the world!
Improves the sound quality for MP3 MP4 Players Computers or Mobile Phones when using earphones or headphones.
Save your player battery and lengthen the play time when playing music.
It’s not about volume but Quality. A great pair of headphones can change you're listening experience--but only if they are driven well and properly powered. Put an E3 Headphone Amplifier between your music source and your favourite pair of headphones or earphones for an awesome personal listening experience right between your ears.
-Designed for high impendence and low sensitivity headphones, with bass boost function;
-Small and easy to carry and use in the outdoors;
-Increase your music player's play time;
-Uses only one AAA battery, for 20 hours playtime.
Specifications:
Output Power 70 mW (32 ohms Loaded) 12 mW (300 ohms Loaded)
Signal to Noise Ratio >= 90 dB (A Weight)
Distortion < 0.05% (10 mW)
Frequency Response 10 Hz - 40 kHz
Suitable Headphone Impedance 16 ohms - 300 ohms
Weight 11 grams (without battery)
Power Supply 1 AAA Battery
Dimensions 55 mm x 23 mm x 14.5 mm
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World's first jailbroken iPhone 3G - PwnageTool 2.0 pwns iPhone 3G
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/07/15/worlds-first-jailbroken-iphone-3g-pwnagetool-20-pwns-iphone-3g.html
We already knew the intrepid iPhone hackers on the iPhone Dev Team had a working jailbreak solution for the iPhone 2.0 OS firmware, but there's nothing like a nice video to really hammer home the fact that the iPhone 3G is only days away from a public jailbreak release.
The iPhone 3G jailbreak is nigh! And, staying true to their promise all those months ago, the iPhone Dev Team is using PwnageTool 2.0 to do all the legwork for anyone looking to get their iPhone 3G up and running with full filesystem access and with any GSM carrier (after unlocking it, of course).
Hit the video to see PwnageTool 2.0 doing its thing on an iPhone 3G.
http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1344970&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1
Nokia Chat ushers Nokia users in to location-based social networking
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/07/15/nokia-chat-ushers-nokia-users-in-to-location-based-social-networking.html
With the iPhone and iPhone 3G already rocking more than a handful of location-based mobile social networking applications and services, it makes sense that Nokia is looking to throw their hat in to the ring and offer their own location-aware social network. Nokia Chat opens up a world of mobile social networking that incorporates positional-data in to its users' profiles.
Nokia's Chat instant-messaging client ties in your current location to let everyone in your contacts-list know just where you're hanging out. And, users can tag certain landmarks as "hotspots" that will broadcast a message to any friends in the immediate area. Give the video a once-over and find out if you want all your friends knowing exactly where you are.
Find Nokia Chat here;
http://www.nokia.com/betalabs/chat
http://www.youtube.com/v/HalBedQpNCA&hl=en
iPhone 3G Jailbroken
http://gizmodo.com/5025415/iphone-3g-jailbroken
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After unlocking and jailbreaking iPhone OS 2.0, the iPhone Dev Team has now liberated the new iPhone 3G, only five days after launch.
This means a Pwnage tool that will allow you to install the unofficial applications that Apple doesn't want you to have in your iPhone
—like video recording apps or game emulators—alongside with the App Store ones.
The upcoming Pwnage will support the classic iPhone, the iPod touch, and the iPhone 3G.
iPhone Dev Blog;
http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/42344032/not-sat-on-our-hands
Sony Ericsson W902
http://www.mobile-review.com/articles/2008/se-w902-en.shtml
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Sony Ericsson W585i
http://www.mobile-review.com/articles/2008/se-w585-en.shtml
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"Ban" tusken Raider for spamming with "cell phone ads."
Nokia 5800 “Tube” Poses for Some Dirty Pics
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/26/nokia-5800-tube-poses-for-some-dirty-pics/
Ok seriously.
If you’re going release some leaked handset shots on the internet and you know they’re going to spread like wildfire,
the least you can do is hose that sucker off. Come on guys, it looks like Darryl Jenks got his hands on the Tube and Soul Glo-ed it all up.
Whatever the case may be, these pics came from half way around the world so the least we can do is check them out, right?
Here it is; Nokia’s upcoming mid-range 5800 XpressMusic aka Tube in all of its greasy glory.
There are also some interesting additions to the specs, which currently line up as follows:
Measurements: 111 × 52 × 14.5 mm, and weighs only 104 grams.
16 million color TFT LCD, 640 × 360 pixel resolution, 16:9 display mode
Haptic feedback
3.2 megapixel camera, Carl Zeiss optics with autofocus
Dual LED flash
Built-in GPS
140 MB RAM
GSM / GPRS / EDGE / WCDMA / HSDPA / WLAN / Bluetooth
3.5 mm audio jack, TV-out
BL-5J 1150 mAh battery
All things considered, it could shape up to be a pretty hot little handset.
We’re really hoping that those are some pre-release graphics though, especially on the keypad shots.
It would be a shame to waste that fantastic 640 × 360 resolution on Windows 3.1-looking buttons.
Hit the jump to see what we’re talking about.
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Freeware Call Manager for Symbian OS
http://www.symbian-freak.com/downloads/freeware/cat_s60_3rd/descriptions/calling/call_filter_freeware_call_utility.htm
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Tired of answering phone calls? Than let Call Filter to hang up the call for you. It is the classic black lister that sends busy signal to unwanted incoming.
Call Filter is a utility application realised under the concept "Simple Yet Efficient" for your Symbian devices.
It allows you to hang-up any incoming calls from contacts selected as a filter rule in main application screen. Gives you a very convenient and quick access to block/unblock some phone number at runtime.
This is convenient in situations when your BOSS is always on your head and you don't want to answer his call at certain moments during the day, it takes a few clicks and you are done blocking your BOSS calls. The logs screen maintains a list of rejected calls and allows placing a quick call or an sms to the rejected phone number. So this is what we call "Simple Yet Efficient".
The rules screen allowing users to add any contact or a phone number that shall be rejected automatically. As soon as a rule is added it is set as active, note the green light, later if you would like to allow incoming calls from this number tap the light and that particular rule would become inactive.
Logs screen allows you to have a very quick look to the calls that were rejected by the Call Filter application with time stamps and the date.
Basic Featuers:
Blocks unwanted calls
Allows block/unblock calls on the go ..
Maintains a log of rejected calls .. and allows to send an sms or make a call to the rejected caller immediately !
The best of all .... its all at no cost ...
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got the HTC diamond...sick!!!
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HTC Touch Diamond hands-on Review
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/08/05/htc-touch-diamond-hands-on.html
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It’s finally here! The good folks at HTC have been good enough to send over an HTC Touch Diamond for consideration. I’ve been playing with this handsome little phone for the past few days, and let me just say, it’s the slickest Windows Mobile handset that I’ve ever had the pleasure of using - which is saying a lot.
Compared to my iPhone 3G (a comparison that is inevitable in today’s market), the HTC Touch Diamond is just soo much smaller and compact that I’m inclined to refer to it as “cute.” But, don’t let its svelte profile fool you, the Touch Diamond is about as good as it gets in the touchscreen smartphone world.
TouchFLO 3D is as easy on the eyes as it is on your fingers. Swiping theinterface slides the homescreen to different sets of functions - web, programs, weather, etc. The touchscreen is pressure sensitive but seems to have been calibrated to feel like a capacitance display. The lightest of screen-presses is all that’s required to register a touch-input.
GPS locks on relatively quickly, and is accurate enough to navigate my way around Old Town Pasadena by foot. Google Maps integration allows you to cross-reference search results and even call the business that you just looked up.
The on-screen virtual keyboard looks like it’s too small to use at first, but has proven to be quite usable. I may have an unfair advantage from my year of training on the iPhone’s industry-leading virtual keyboard, but that doesn’t detract from how well HTC has managed to design their compact keyboard (although, stubby-fingered users may have more difficulty using the keyboard).
And, let’s not forget the beautiful VGA display. There’s nothing like a side-by-side image comparison with the iPhone’s 3.5″ display to really highlight how much more crisp images look on the HTC Touch Diamond’s screen. Check the gallery below for some comparison shots.
HTC Touch Diamond extended battery available to pre-order
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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In the first part of out HTC Touch Diamond review,
we made a point (http://javascript:void(0);/*1215625172470*/) about the insufficient battery life of HTC’s Diamond.
So, the inevitable has happened,
online retailer Expansys is offering (http://javascript:void(0);/*1215625238231*/) an extended battery for the Touch Diamond,
although Expansys doesn’t state the capacity, another retailer states it’s 1800 mAh, against the Diamond’s original 900 mAh.
No release date is given, but it can’t be too far off of the horizon.
^^^it just came in two days ago,haven't even opened the box yet lol,gonna use it this weekend... ^^^
then I'll post a review in a week.. to see how it holds up haha
So i've had the Diamond for more than a couple of weeks now...and its dope.
Battery life is pretty much the same as my Blackberry Pearl if im using all of its power...which is a day.
I charge it every night. Im thinkin about getting that battery to see if it extends it..but i charge it everynight so i don't know if theres any point....
no expandle memory is gay..but thats why i got an ipod. haha...and it pretty much runs just as fast my buddy's Iphone (which isn't G3)...
so i need to use the new iphone to really tell if its slower
Otherwise..its a great buy...im the only one who has it haha. fuck an iphone
so i have had the new iPhone 3G since thursday and its not really worth the upgrade if you anyone is planning on it... seeing as i am always around WiFi and the GPS is just ok.... but the Speakers are better... the calls seem better and the speaker for other stuff like music and games....
3G is really fast compared to edge...
to upgrade it would cost $199 plus tax plus an extra $10 for unlimited data and $5 for 200 text messages (compared to old iPhone plan) which equals about $360 for 2 years that plus the cost of phone $200 makes it a $560 upgrade. over 2 years
now saying all that i upgraded for free... friend traded me the phone for my old one since he wanted to use t-mobile ... unlocked my old phone for him and i kept the new 3G and i didnt have to get a new contract and still under my old plan.
but overall it is a great phone... just saying that if you have the original iphone its not that much of an improvement.... if you have never had an iPhone .... it is worth it... best phone on the market IMO
Any word on how much the Blackberry Bold is going to be under a 3 year contract with Rogers?
I'm hearing $300-400, thats a fucking rip off!!!
Nah,I don't believe that.. with a 3 year contract it should be "free".
The most likely scenario is that it will be around 500-700$ without contract and close to nothing with a 3 year contract.
www.intomobile.com post updates from Canada,so you might want to check there.
i'm still happy w/ my OG Iphone...but the screen sensitivity is weak at times. Is it possible to adjust it? I need instructions on doing this if so.no calibration or anything of that sort that i know of... but i have also never really heard of it loosing sensitivity... did yours lose sensitivity or just always been that way?
Just ordered me a iPhone 3G, should be here in 3-5 business days. Anything i should know about it? Yall gotta help me out with some shit like installing apps n shit!!!
Just ordered me a iPhone 3G, should be here in 3-5 business days. Anything i should know about it? Yall gotta help me out with some shit like installing apps n shit!!!
Installing Apps is really easy. You need iTunes and you download them from the iTunes Store...
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewGenre?id=36&mt=8
i'm still happy w/ my OG Iphone...but the screen sensitivity is weak at times. Is it possible to adjust it? I need instructions on doing this if so.no calibration or anything of that sort that i know of... but i have also never really heard of it loosing sensitivity... did yours lose sensitivity or just always been that way?
every iphone i have played with has worked fine... but im sure there is exceptions... if its really bothering you, set up and appointment with a apple Genious.
Just ordered me a iPhone 3G, should be here in 3-5 business days. Anything i should know about it? Yall gotta help me out with some shit like installing apps n shit!!!
Installing Apps is really easy. You need iTunes and you download them from the iTunes Store...
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewGenre?id=36&mt=8
Propz man. I use iTunes for all my music too, so thats good. Anything else i need to know? I got the 6GB $30 data plan for mine. Does it say how much data ive used or how do i find out?
Just ordered me a iPhone 3G, should be here in 3-5 business days. Anything i should know about it? Yall gotta help me out with some shit like installing apps n shit!!!
Installing Apps is really easy. You need iTunes and you download them from the iTunes Store...
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewGenre?id=36&mt=8
Propz man. I use iTunes for all my music too, so thats good. Anything else i need to know? I got the 6GB $30 data plan for mine. Does it say how much data ive used or how do i find out?
Just ordered me a iPhone 3G, should be here in 3-5 business days. Anything i should know about it? Yall gotta help me out with some shit like installing apps n shit!!!
Installing Apps is really easy. You need iTunes and you download them from the iTunes Store...
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewGenre?id=36&mt=8
Propz man. I use iTunes for all my music too, so thats good. Anything else i need to know? I got the 6GB $30 data plan for mine. Does it say how much data ive used or how do i find out?
Yeah, it'll tell u in Itunes how much data you have used/remaining..6Gb is less than 1500 songs depending on the quality of ur songs.
I just got a Rogers Flyer in the mail and it says the Bold is $399 on a 3 year contract LMFAO. They can suck my dick!!!
The BlackBerry Bold gets official on Rogers
http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/the-blackberry-bold-gets-official-on-rogers/
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Sure, we've seen John Mayer's, done a hands-on, read reviews, gotten release dates and even listened to the painful Stewart Copeland-provided soundtrack, but today's the BlackBerry Bold's big coming out party on Rogers, and it can be all yours for just CA$399 plus a 3 year voice / data service plan totalling more than CA$45 a month. We should be seeing more countries come online later this week -- anyone taking the plunge?
Casio G'zOne Boulder Mil-Spec Cellphone Crammed with GPS, Compass, Lantern and More
http://gizmodo.com/5030089/casio-gzone-boulder-mil+spec-cellphone-crammed-with-gps-compass-lantern-and-more
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Casio's G'zOne rugged-ass cellphone has been updated yet again, and this time it's called the Boulder. The Mil-Spec clamshell's got GPS, a 1.3MP camera, an LED lantern, microSD support and a digital compass in its shock-, dust- and water-resistant frame. The Boulder is out now in black or orange for $130 after 2-year Verizon Wireless contract and $50 mail-in rebate, full press release down below. [Verizon]
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – The company with the nation’s most reliable wireless network today introduced the G’zOne Boulder™ – the newest Push to Talk phone that is exclusively available through Verizon Wireless. This rough and tough phone is built to military specifications to withstand shock, water and dust environments. The G’zOne Boulder provides customers with access to Verizon Wireless’ Push to Talk service that uses the company’s Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Revision A (Rev. A) network to ensure customers can get their jobs done quickly and efficiently. Packaged in two smart-looking finishes – black and silver or orange – the G’zOne Boulder is now available online at www.verizonwireless.com and through business sales channels. The phone will be available in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores in mid-August.
Leveraging EV-DO Rev. A technology, Push to Talk from Verizon Wireless provides customers with fast two-way communication – all with the assurance of a reliable network so customers can instantly connect to colleagues and friends. Additionally, the G’zOne Boulder supports a number of productivity tools and entertainment services from Verizon Wireless including VZ NavigatorSM, Field Force Manager, V CAST Music with Rhapsody and V CAST Video.
The G’zOne Boulder comes with the following features and capabilities:
* Rugged design that meets military specifications – 810F standards for water, shock and dust resistance; immersion; vibration, salt fog; humidity; solar radiation; altitude; and low and high temperature storage
* Flashlight
* Electronic compass
* VZ Navigator-capable – audible maps, turn-by-turn directions and location information to more than 14 million points of interest that customers can share with others
* Field Force Manager-capable – a resource management tool that provides businesses with the ability to locate, monitor and communicate with their mobile field workers
* 1.3 megapixel camera to conveniently capture an afternoon hike or a night on the town
* V CAST Music with Rhapsody-capable – download music directly to the phone from a library of more than 5 million songs and get the master copy of the song on a PC free of digital rights management software that restricts how and where music can be played. Customers can also sync favorite tracks, albums and playlists from a PC.
* Music player for .mp3, .wma, unprotected .aac and unprotected .aac+ formats
* Create and manage playlists and sync music from a PC to the G’zOne Boulder
* Carry music on an optional microSD™ card up to 8 GB (microSD card sold separately)
* Supports the following Bluetooth® profiles – headset, hands-free (car kits), dial-up networking, advanced audio distribution profile (stereo), audio/visual remote control profile, object push profile for vCard, object exchange profiles for phonebook access profiles, generic audio/video distribution profile, audio/visual distribution protocol, and audio/visual control transport protocol
* Advanced speech recognition with dedicated voice dial key
* Alarm clock, calculator, calendar, stop watch, countdown, timer, world clock, electronic compass
* Voice commands
* Speakerphone with dedicated speakerphone key
* Bilingual interface – English and Spanish language
* Phonebook with up to 500 entries with multiple contacts
* TTY compatible
* Hearing aid compatibility = M4/T4
* Display:
o Main: 2.0” 240 x 320 TFT display with up to 65K colors
o External: 1.2” 96 x 96 Mono STN display
* Dimensions: 3.9” x 2.0” x 0.9”
* Weight: 4.9 ounces
* SAR:
o Head: 1.04 W/kg
o Body: 0.489 W/kg
* Usage time: up to 214 minutes or
* Standby time: up to 63 hours
The G’zOne Boulder is available for $129.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a new two-year customer agreement. Corporate discount pricing is available. In addition, customers may choose to purchase the G’zOne Boulder without a camera in silver and black, available today through business sales channels and through the company’s online store.
Verizon Wireless customers can add Unlimited Push to Talk to their G’zOne Boulder for $5 per month, per line to any Nationwide voice plan.
For more information about Verizon Wireless products and services, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com. Business customers should call 1-800-VZW-4BIZ or contact their Verizon Wireless Business Sales Representative.
Motorola Atila - Moto’s touchscreen answer to Apple’s iPhone 3G
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/08/11/motorola-atila-motos-touchscreen-answer-to-apples-iphone-3g.html
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Meet the Motorola Atila. This here all-touchscreen handset is reportedly Motorola’s touchy-feely answer to Apple’s iPhone 3G. The Motorola Atila is apparently borne of the same gene pool that created the Motorola Alexander. Thankfully, the Motorola Atila that you see pictured here nixes that too-weird sliding QWERTY keyboard on the Motorola Alexander.
The Motorola Atila boasts a quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM/EDGE radio with a right-proper tri-band (850/1900/2100Mhz) UMTS/HSPA radio that should have the touchscreen device pulling down wireless data at true-blue 3G data speeds. Following on the Motorola MOTOZINE ZN5’s abysmal lack of 3G data connectivity, we’re glad to see that Moto is pulling out all the stops and actually endowing their iPhone 3G-fighter with high-speed data speeds.
And, to take things right to the iPhone’s doorstep, the Motorola Atila will reportedly feature a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen display. Add to that some WiFi, Windows Mobile 6.1 and 7.2Mbps HSDPA with 1.8Mbps HSUPA for broadband-like data speeds on both the downstream and uplink, and you’ve got the makings of a seriously competent smartphone. The Motorola Atila even sports a design aesthetic the likes of which we haven’t seen from Motorola in a while. Whether the Motorola Atila can prove to capture a significant share of the touchscreen smartphone market, where handsets like the iPhone 3G, HTC Touch Diamond, and Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 are expected to reign king, remains to be seen.
Here’s a quick rundown of the Motorola Atila’s spec sheet:
Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Qualcomm 7201A chipset
Quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM/EDGE
Tri-band (850/1900/2100MHz) UMTS/HSPA
7.2Mbps HSDPA, 1.8Mbps HSUPA
WiFi b/g
2.8? QVGA 240 x 320 screen
1130mAh battery
High-end Samsung i7110 leaked Symbian powered
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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Whilst not as high-end as Samsung’s recently announced INNOV8 eight MP cameraphone, the leaked i7110 seems to be a pretty decent phone.
Though, it’s not currently known if it boasts either Wi-Fi or GPS, the relatively short known specs list is as follows:
Five megapixel camera, with LED Flash
QVGA display, showing up to 262K colors
Symbian OS
Memory card slot (presumably MicroSD)
Extras: Optical mouse – ala i900 Omnia (allows moving a mouse pointer around the screen by pressing the navigation key), FM Radio, and Bluetooth
Sony Ericsson depletes stash of product names, announces slim T700 phone
http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/sony-ericsson-announces-slim-t700-phone/
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Yippee, it's T700 day at Sony. First they launched the DSC-T700 digicam, now the T700 cellphone. The T700 candybar is mostly phone though with a smattering of camera just for kicks. We're talking quad-band GSM and UMTS/HSDPA 2100 with 4.5-hours of 3G talk and a 3.2 megapixel camera with cell-id geotagging and photo light. It measures just 10-mm thin with Bluetooth A2DP, stereo speakers, 2-inch TFT LCD, and 512MB of Memory Stick Micro (M2) storage tossed in the box. Available in "select markets" in Q4 for what's expected to be a middling price tag.
Sony Ericsson G705 leaked!
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/07/29/sony-ericsson-g705-leaked.html
What we have here is the still unannounced Sony Ericsson G705.
From what we can tell, it’s a mid-range slider running a A2 (A200) platform and also boasting a 3.2 megapixel camera.
And that’s about all we know at this stage.
However, it’s fair to add it will also come with Bluetooth support, some media player, as well as Memory Stick Micro (M2) expansion slot.
We’ll report more as soon as we get some additional info. In the meantime, check out more photos after the jump.
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Hands-on Samsung Omnia i900 (Windows Mobile powered)
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/07/25/hands-on-samsung-omnia-i900.html
iPhone hype be damned.
Samsung isn't about to sit back and watch Apple and HTC steal the stage this year with the iPhone 3G and HTC Touch Diamond.
South Korea's handset manufacturing giant is preparing their Samsung Omnia i900 to go head-to-head with the big-guns from Apple and HTC.
And, with features like:
3.2-inch touchscreen
Divx certification (with H.263, H.264 support)
5 megapixel camera with face-detection and geo-tagging
Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) radio
HSDPA (7.2Mbps)
GPS
WiFi
Bluetooth 2.0
8GB or 16GB of onboard storage microSDHC for up to 16GB of additional storage
FM radio (with RDS)
The 12.5mm thick Samsung Omnia is surely going to give Apple a run for its iPhone 3G-money.
AT&T is rumored to be picking up this handsome handset in Q3 2008, and Germany is slated to take shipment of the Omnia in August.
So, with the Samsung Omnia i900 spec'ed-out in production-trim,
the::unwired has posted a hands-on review of the Samsung Omnia with the finalized software on board.
Samsung's Windows Mobile overlay tries its best to bring the aging Windows Mobile platform up to date on the touchscreen tip, but falls short. Otherwise, the Omnia's feature-set is definitely not something to brush aside - this thing is a powerhouse.
In the end, the::unwired came away impressed with the handset's powerful feature-set and sleek styling.
But, the custom Windows Mobile touch-UI from Samsung isn't quite up to snuff among competitors like
HTC's TouchFLO 3D UI that we've seen on the HTC Touch Diamond.
Head on over to the::unwired for the full review.
There's also a video of the Omnia's UI in action here.
http://www.theunwired.net/?item=videoview-software-hands-on-with-the-final-samsung-sgh-i900-omnia-open-market-rom
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Samsung i8510 announced, re-named INNOV8 (Symbian)
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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Tech specs are as follows:
Connectivity: Quad-band GSM, and dual-band WCDMA
Operating System: Symbian 9.3 S60 3rd Edition FP2
Display: 2.8", QVGA resolution showing up to sixteen million colours
Camera: Eight megapixels, with autofocus, image stabilization and face, smile, and blink detection, Dual LED Flash
Video recording: QVGA @ 120 fps or VGA @ 30fps, with built-in editor
Memory: comes in two types – one with 8, and one with 16GB internal memory, both expandable with Micro SDHC – up to 16GB cards, ala the i900
Extras: Built-in GPS receiver and accelerometer, Bluetooth version 2.0, with A2DP support,stereo speakers, with 3D sound, DivX video playback, Wi-Fi, FM Radio, with RDS, DLNA, 3.5 mm jack :o
Dimensions: 106.5x53.9x17.2 mm
Battery: 1200 mAh
Japanese iPhone 3G magazines for your reading pleasure
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/08/19/japanese-iphone-3g-magazines-for-your-reading-pleasure.html
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At least that’s what we can infer from the new Japanese magazines dedicated to the barely month-old iPhone 3G.
There are undoubtedly a good number of Japanese feature-phone fans that just can’t justify leaving behind their
NFC- and mobile TV-enabled devices for the iPhone 3G.
But, with no less than four different iPhone 3G magazines gracing Japanese newsstands, it’s clear that there’s a healthy iPhone 3G market in japan.
For comparison, the US - one of the largest iPhone 3G markets - doesn’t have a single magazine dedicated to the iPhone 3G.
Sure, there are Mac publications that cover the iPhone 3G, but those print publications cover much more in the Apple-world than just the second-generation handset.
So, when are the iPhone 3G magazines going to hit the US? Um, do online publications count?
RIM Blackberry 8210/8220 specs leaked
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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Internet retailer Expansys has leaked Blackberry's upcoming 8210 handset - the company's first Blackberry to utilise the clamshell form factor.
Images have been surfacing for a while, but now, this is the first time full, seemingly official specs have been leaked...albeit not by RIM themselves,
but, there you go. On the site, there is the 8210, and 8220 handset, the only difference being is that the 8210 features A-GPS,
whereas the 8220 features Wi-Fi connectivity. Both handsets will be available in both black, or red colour schemes.
Tech specs are as follows:
Connectivity: Quad band GSM
Display: Internal: 2.6", QVGA resolution, exterior: 128 x 160 pixels resolution
Camera: 2 MP, with autofocus, and LED Flash
Memory: 75MB internal, with MicroSD HC slot
Extras: Bluetooth 2.0, Micro USB connector, A-GPS (8210), Wi-Fi (8220)
Battery: 900 mAh,
Dimensions: 101.6 x 50.8 x 17.18 mm,
Weight: 101.2 grams
Samsung showcases YA-SBR510 Bluetooth speaker
http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/samsung-showcases-ya-sbr510-bluetooth-speaker/
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Samsung already loosed a 3-channel Bluetooth speaker earlier this year, but apparently, one just isn't enough. The company has now introduced its YA-SBR510 over in South Korea, which streams audio from BT-enabled players and includes a 3.5-millimeter auxiliary jack for hooking up just about everything else. A tad pricey at €150 ($222), but it's a total bargain should it come bundled with that oh-so-furry rug. Sammy, care to comment?
Samsung's YA-BS900 Hyper 3-channel Bluetooth speaker gets official
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/06/samsungs-ya-bs900-hyper-3-channel-bluetooth-speaker-gets-offici/
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Recall that curious "3-channel" speaker we peeked back in November? Turns out, Samsung was saving the good stuff for CES, and now we're being blessed with a whole heap of official details. The YA-BS900 speaker automatically connects to your BT-enabled PMP / handset / etc. and features Bluetooth 2.1, a motion detector to power on the system when a paired device comes near, 30-watts of power and a USB port for playing tunes stored on a flash drive. Furthermore, it even boasts automatic volume reduction when a call comes in on your paired mobile, and while the onboard touch controls are fine and dandy, we'd certainly take advantage of that remote if we were you. Sadly, this beauty won't be available for two more months, and as if that weren't depressing enough, it'll cost you a staggering $399 when March finally does roll around.
i199BLK High-fidelity multimedia system with BluePin for your iPod
http://www.i-luv.com/iLuv/product_info.php?products_id=305
Model: i199BLK
Made for:
iPod - touch, classic, nano, 5G, nano 2G
$199.99
Enjoy some wireless give-and-take with this mini audio system
What it brings to you is clear quality sound using jAuraTM acoustic speaker technology playing music from your iPod, CDs, MP3 CDs, USB or AM/FM radio. What you bring is music from an audio device, computer, mobile phone, etc. designed with Bluetooth wireless technology and,
thanks to the BluePinTM wireless audio transmitter/receiver, that too can be played through the system.
In return, you can listen to music in your room wirelessly on headphones or speakers equipped with Bluetooth wireless technology.
It\\\'s give-and-take. Your music can put you to sleep or wake you up and you can always know the song title and artist on an MP3 track if it has an ID3 tag.
With the AV output, you can even send video content from your iPod to a TV. This system gives you a lot, and you can give a little something in return.
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KDDI's Concept Cellphone is Half Transformer, Half Musical Box
http://gizmodo.com/5039818/kddis-concept-cellphone-is-half-transformer-half-musical-box
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The KDDI AU Design Project bunch over in Japan have stumped up with this latest concept phone for music cellphones of the future. And it blends two things we like a Giz: funky cellphone tech and Transformers. In fact Box To Play is less "robot in disguise," and more "hi-fi in disguise" because when it's a phone, it's a normal phone--keypad, camera and such--but when it transforms it's its own speaker system with a graphical visualizer around its faces. Neat, and exactly the sort of innovative design I'd like to see in future phones. Check out the movie of the concept in action at the KDDI link (http://www.au.kddi.com/au_design_project/models/2008/index.html).
8 megapixel LG KC910 announced, comes with Wi-Fi and GPS
http://www.gsmarena.com/8_megapixel_lg_kc910_announced_comes_with_wifi_and_gps-news-573.php
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Today LG announced their latest touch-based all-in-one phone - the LG KC910.
Coming as a successor of the widely popular LG KU990 Viewty, the KC910 is a real multimedia powerhouse, packing a whole load of extras.
Equipped with an 8 megapixel auto focus camera the LG KC910 is the first feature phone of the company to sport Wi-Fi connectivity.
In addition it extends the functionality of the Viewty with GPS, which allows geo-tagging of the photos.
The camera of theKC910 uses Schneider-Kreuznach optics and has a protective cover.
The sweet VGA videos at 30 fps and slow motion 120 fps QVGA videos are also there.
A xenon flash is also on board to facilitate photography in low-light conditions.
The display of the new LG will be a 3" 262K color one with a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels.
Connectivity is also duly covered in the LG KC910, which has support for all the four GSM bands.
3G with HSDPA is also available and so are Bluetooth and USB.
The final extras of the KC910 include microSD card slot, TV-out support, Xvid and DivX video playback and Dolby sound for the music.
All in all, the LG KC910 is rather similar to the other recently announced 8 megapixel phones as far as the specs sheets are concerned.
The Samsung i8510 INNOV8 and the Sony Ericsson C905 are on par with the KC910,
except for the lack of touchscreen functionality and the fact that the Samsung packs Symbian OS.
Also, LG KC910 is only 14mm thick as opposed to 17.2mm of the INNOV8 and 19.5mm of the C905.
LG KC910 is expected to hit the shelves as early as October this year. Unfortunately, there is no information regarding its pricing yet.
The 01phone (?)
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/08/24/the-01-phone-coming-in-27-days-wait-what-is-the-01-phone/
http://www.the01phone.com/
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Here it is folks, the handset of your dreams!
A sexy touchscreen device with a slide-out laser projector keyboard, 32 GB of internal storage, 3G and a 5 megapixel camera are among the specs.
Amazing right? T3 got the scoop on this little puppy this past Friday and it looks like a hell of a contender.
But wait. There is no reference on the 01 website in terms of who the manufacturer might be and no specs are given at all.
In fact, all there is on the site is a countdown timer. So umm, how did T3 get the specs on this bad boy?
Oh yeah, that’s right… It’s fake. A quick whois shows that the 01 Phone website was registered by the British company Future Publishing.
Yeah they also happen to run T3, the site that got the scoop on this amazingly fake handset.
So there are one of two possibilities as far as we can tell:
Either this tiny gadget blog is pulling a Techcrunch and getting into the hardware manufacturing business, or this is a pretty unethical attempt to boost traffic.
As such we’re not even going to link them. That’s not to say that you shouldn’t check them out of course.
In fact, we have word that next week they may run a scoop on an upcoming $200 UMPC with 10GB of RAM, a 2 TB hard drive and an integrated dish washer.
Hot!
Nokia launches the N79 and N85
http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/25/nokia-launches-the-n79-and-n85/
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Nokia promised us two new handsets today, and just as we heard last week, it's the N85 and N79. Not a lot of surprises with the N85 since it popped in the FCC database a couple weeks ago and started appearing in the wild: 2.6-inch AMOLED screen, GPS, five megapixel cam, N-Gage compatibility, 8GB of microSDHC storage, WiFi, and a 28-hour music playback battery life. The N79 replaces the N78, similarly bumping the cam to the big five em-pees with a dual-LED flash, GPS, 4GB microSDHC storage, WiFi, swappable back covers, and a 24-hour music playback battery life. Should be out in the UK as of next month, but we're hoping to see these hit our fair shores posthaste. N79 pictured after the break.
AOL’s AIM client for Windows Mobile exits beta stage
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/08/25/aols-aim-client-for-windows-mobile-exits-beta-stage.html
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AOL has recently announced that its AIM Windows Mobile client is out of beta. The application is perfect for those who rely heavily on AIM for their instant messaging activities.
Not surprisingly, AOL touts the app as the one that provides users with “best-in-class experience.” Features include real-time status updates and contacts management (Buddy List and Buddy Groups); plus it [the application] can be used to send text messages to mobile users in the U.S. — a feature that could potentially bring significant cost savings to some people.
To download AIM for Windows Mobile, hop over to wap.aol.com in your mobile browser, click on “Products”, then “AIM for Windows Mobile!”, and you’re ready to go. Alternatively, you can visit this page (http://mobile.aol.com/aolproducts/aim-for-windows-mobile) on AOL’s website and download the “.cab” file to your computer, and then install it on your Windows Mobile smartphone.
XPERIA X1 - first Windows Mobile device by Sony Ericsson REVIEW
http://smape.com/en/reviews//Sony_Ericsson_XPERIA_X1-prev.html
Due to historical reasons, the WM platform has been largely attributed with being a niche solution should we judge on a global scale encompassing the whole telecom market. The sales of WM products remain on a stably low level despite of all Microsoft’s efforts to promote WM (which might look a bit strange given the variety of vendors designing WM products). The most notable WM vendor, HTC, can hardly compete with any of the top five telecom vendors from Nokia to Sony Ericsson. Sony Ericsson and Samsung have recently increased their activity in the WM segment, taking an interest in developing WM-based models.
The Korean giant has presented the top-class i900 model equipped with a 5 Mp camera, fit enough to challenge even Touch Diamond by HTC (see Samsung i900 Omnia/WiTu, first impressions. Comparison with Diamond and iPhone). Sony Ericsson are making a landfall on the WM market niche, launching their brand new XPERIA product line comprising a number of PDA models, of which X1 is planned to be the first to see the daylight. The gadget is remarkable for being ODM-produced by HTC and has a close native analog Touch Pro tailored and sold by HTC themselves. The former is a premium-class PDA equipped with a keyboard (see Sony Ericsson C905 and XPERIA X1, first impressions).
Comparisons between Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 and HTC Touch Pro are a well expected and natural thing; still, something very important should be kept in mind: positioning, which brings up explainable differences in implementation of certain features. SE think that X1 ought to be a marriage between luxury and technology, standing for an extensive use of metal, a grotesque form factor (concave slider) and so on.
An important difference from the ODM counterpart is also concealed in the software platform. The graphics shell of XPERIA looks very elegant and promising; the additional available software makes even a bigger difference from the closest competitor. Hardware differences are also numerous, primarily consisting in a different screen but not limited exclusively to that, so making statements about copying or even plagiarism is senseless.
Design and Ergonomics
Design makes a strong part of the model, producing a very pleasant impression. Metal is rarely seen in use as far as Windows Mobile models are concerned; no other WM model has been previously spotted to simultaneously feature metal on the sides, front and back panels. At the same time, the handset weighs even less than Touch Pro. Sony Ericsson’s brainchild uses a horizontal slider form factor and comes in two alternate color versions – black and metallic.
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The design is very neutral, featuring a few geometrical patterns in the area of the navigation block below the screen. Side pieces have a chrome coating, the face panel combines glossy and matte surfaces (more on the matte side, also dominant on the back surface) Certain parts sport a grinded metal texture. Looks really cool in real life, the metal adding a posh touch to the whole thing. The available test samples feature a high quality of assembly, which may improve even further in the final commercial build. The sliding mechanism is incredibly smooth. X1, if not up to the highest of premium product standards, at least makes a perfect image phone, which is a very rare occurrence in the world of Windows Mobile products. Even the existing hi-end WM handsets are by and large made of plastic with few to no metal pieces.
Glossy areas are only seen on the face panel, which is a very practical point: you don’t have to fight the grease and fingerprints all the time. The measurements and weight are next to optimal, the handset neatly fits the hand. The menu navigation controls isn’t really handy though, for the convenience was sacrificed to the good looks (and strict geometrical shapes in particular) The button seemed a bit too small-sized for our comfort. After a week of usage or so you end up getting used to the small inconveniences, and stray keystrokes become more and more rare. On the other hand, you get just as many buttons as you would want to have, unlike the well-known models by Samsung and E-TEN which seemed to have too few dedicated buttons for miscellaneous functions. For instance, the bottom left button serves to open the panel launcher, which is to be described in a later section of this article.
What we didn’t really like about X1 was the main keyboard. The buttons feel loose and you can’t always feel if a button was pressed or not. We hope this will get fixed by the release day. The backlight is perfect though: bright enough to eliminate any possible inconvenience when you work in the dark. A brightly colored LED light works as the best reminder so you won’t ever miss a message. Talking in advance, we’d mention that Touch Pro still has a much better keyboard, which is the biggest advantage over the Swedish-Japanese competitor. For the rest of the aspects, X1 is leading and we are going to prove that.
The keyboard of X1 comprises 42 buttons, one of which serves as a shortcut to the standard WM menu. All the keys are grouped in four roughs and well-segmented. The navigation panel consists of 6 buttons plus the central joystick button with the standard four ‘arrow’ directions. Such a large number of buttons was a reason to reduce the size of an individual key, resulting in damage to ergonomics. The backlight of the navigation block is quite good though.
The central area of the navigation button (in a manner reminiscent of Samsung i900) also plays the role of a touchpad. You can bring up the manipulator window on the screen or simply scroll windows with a move of the finger – roughly this is an equivalent of a scroll wheel. A corresponding menu of settings is available, allowing for advanced tweaking of this feature. The solution is becoming increasingly popular in the circle of WM-based solutions.
The edge-positioned elements didn’t leave us disappointed; the most memorable feature is the 3.5 mm audio jack which has never been seen in SE products previously (save for a few ODM budget models which had almost no real influence on the market) and still is a rare occurrence among WM products. Moreover, the data cable slot is of a standard miniUSB type which is another plus. The memory expansion slot is hidden beneath the battery bay cover, also being of a standard microSD type instead of SE’s favorite M2 format.
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The camera is located at the bottom end of the lower slider part, there’s no lens guard. So it’s highly advisable to avoid even the slightest physical impact. Talking in advance we’d mention that contrary to the rumors, the camera unit is distinctly different from the one installed on Touch Pro, offering a better quality of the photos. It will receive more attention in a later section of this article.
XPERIA panel
The basic shell providing access to all other applications used in X1 is an advanced finger-operated launcher utilizing every possibility originating from the touch technology support. Currently it’s the only solution capable of competition with TouchFLO 3D by HTC; the rest of pretender are much weaker, even considering the widget system seen on some Samsung phones. The SE corporation successfully implemented the interesting idea of active panels. In the current state of development, the application has few possibilities yet its potential is immense; it’s up to the company to shape the solution into something more challenging in the future incarnations.
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The general idea is that the screen contains nine thumbnails which can be rotated all around in any imaginable fashion. The trick is that all the thumbnails remain simultaneously active – that is, any process running in a thumbnailed window affects the thumbnail image as it would do in a fullscreen mode – the progress bars, status indicators and other dynamic elements change accordingly so there’s no difference from the standard view mode. You are even able to watch the progress of a slowly loading web page right in a thumbnail of a web browser window.
It takes a lot of computing power to keep the whole 9 thumbnails active, yet the HTC powerful hardware platform copes with the task without problems. Lags occur only occasionally, yet in an amount not exceeding the slight lagginess of TouchFLO 3D earlier observed in pre-sale samples; until all the optimizations are done for the final version of the product, we can’t come to a final verdict on this point. The 256 Mb of RAM is a very big amount for a WM smartphone, and currently the XPERIA panel application consumes less memory than TouchFLO 3D does.
The default set of panels includes:
• Sony Ericsson panel – a panel to read news, weather, finance, world clock and shortcuts to communication and applications.
• Media Experience panel – center for viewing and playing multimedia files.
• Slideshow panel – slideshow of recently taken videos and photos.
• Microsoft Today panel – this panel is the actual Microsoft today screen.
• 3D Fish panel – a panel that showcases the 3D features of the phone; a fish tank with 3D fishes.
• FM radio panel - a panel to access your FM radio straight.
• Google panel - provides access to all GOogle services.
Also it’s possible to add custom user panels. Among the existing panels 3D Fish is the most remarkable feature – the inhabitants of the fish tank lively react to stylus touches. Tapping on a single fish will likely repel it, while slashing a track will bring the whole fish school along the drawn pathline. Here’s a small video covering the possibilities offered by the exclusive launcher and its individual panels:
HTC seems to offer a more advanced launcher shell, a feel of rawness can still be felt around X1. However the potential of the concept is great and leaves a vast margin for future developments. As for now, it’s a not too functional, yet effective looking solution. Next year we shall see a reworked version of the application which is going to challenge HTC on par, or even excel their work.
Storage, Screen, Connectivity
The gadget is equipped with a 256 Mb of RAM and 512 Mb of Rom, of which about 400 Mb is available to the user. As it was mentioned above, a microSD memory extension slot is available.
The screen is nearly ideal – a large 3’’ matrix supporting a 800x480 resolution. The picture quality is amazingly high – all the details are clear-cut and bright, sporting wide view angles. The screen of X1 displays a good resistance to the direct sunlight, the screen image fades off but slightly. The only observable flow is the necessity of additional software support for the non-canon 800x480 resolution, some of the applications failed to launch in a correct viewmode and it will take the software developers for some time to address the issue.
The connectivity part of X1 is based on the high-potential Qualcomm platform, which results in rich variety of hardware features including even an FM tuner with RDS support. The device is designed to operate in GSM 850/900/1800/1900 & UMTS 850/1900/2100 networks, supports GPRS/EDGE as well as HSDPA.
The wireless communication is done with the help of onboard Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) and Wi-Fi units. Both modules work perfectly; we had no problem handling them over the course of our tests. The A2DP profile enjoys a perfect implementation – the wireless headset audio sports a high volume and quality, the connection is rarely if ever released (we can’t recall a single instance). The following miscellaneous Bluetooth profiles are supported:
- File Transfer
- Generic Access
- Generic Object Exchange
- Handsfree
- Headset
- HID
- Object Push
- Personal Area Networking
- Serial Port
- A2DP
- Audio/Video Remote Control
- SAP (SIM card access profile)
Global Positioning is based off Google Maps software, just like in the case of HTC. The signal quality is remarkably high, standing up to the standards established by Touch Pro – the identity of the base chipset tells for itself, the same goes to radio functionality.
CPU, camera, battery
The hardware side of X1 bases off a Qualcomm MSM7201A chipset with a mounted 528 MHz CPU. That’s not the quickest CPU on today’s market, yet it provides high performance rates. It’s a bit too early to publish the scores achieved in synthetic benchmarks because there would be little correspondence to the real-life performance of the final commercial version. The only thing we can say for sure right now is that the solution has enough computing power for accomplishing the majority of typical tasks.
A genuine type of camera is used in this model; the quality is better than in Touch Pro. The photos are comparable to others taken with this kind of 3.2 Mp unit by the same manufacturer, no surprises ahead. The following photo resolutions are available:
- 3 MP (2048x1536)
- 3 MP Wide (2048x1280)
- 2 MP (1600x1200)
- 2 MP Wide (1600x992)
- 1 MP (1024x768)
- 1 MP Wide (1024x640)
- VGA (640x480)
- VGA Wide (640x400)
- QVGA (320x240)
- QVGA Wide (320x192)
The currently available sample doesn’t bear the final version of the camera, the camera firmware is still being developed and constantly update. As for now, the image quality is just fine. The 5 Mp PDAs are still ahead, yet all of those are plain candy bars. Inside its native niche (e.g. against the background of Touch Pro) this model looks a clear winner.
X1 is powered by a high-capacity 1500 mAh battery. The manufacturer claims a 3.5 hours full recharge cycle, 10 hours of talktime and 580 hours of standby in GSM networks. Our test results are too raw to do any judgment because of the unfinished state of the model, which is yet to appear in its final version, so we won’t be quoting any numbers until the finalized version becomes available. As for now, a full battery charge is enough to keep the device online for roughly two days of moderate duty cycle, which so far is great for a WM device.
Software Package
The software functionality of X1 is based off the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system, a review of which available on our site (see Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional Base Functionality Review). The standard features of the preinstalled software package are currently being discussed, the only sure points on the list are Opera 9.5 as an alternative to IE, an RSS reader and Google Maps global positioning application. There are few coincidences on this front with the software package of the HTC product. The panel launcher is the most characteristic feature of the software platform, presenting a serious commercial trump; still SE seems to able to beat even that. We wonder what will happen when the next version comes out.
Market Outlook
Considering the generally low demand for Windows Mobile PDA phones, the two models can only expect a very moderate popularity, the situation aggravated by the high prices. The brand power factor combined with a number of objective advantages (the screen, audio out, the use of metal) make X1 a more remarkable solution, so it’s bound to enjoy some extra attention on the market. Yet it will never become a mass product.
It would be logical to design the next PDA in a candy bar form factor in order to cover a larger audience; that’s exactly what is planned for the following XPERIA model, which is to appear by the end of the year. It will finally reach retail stores by the start of the next year, more than a year after the announce of the closest HTC Touch Diamond. Sony Ericsson are doing their best to minimize the time gap between the announces of original HTC products and corresponding ODM developments for SE.
Comparison to HTC Touch Pro
As it was mentioned for a few times, HTC is the real-life manufacturer of Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1, yet the implementation and market positioning make a huge difference between the two models. Moreover, Touch Pro will become available in retail sale by the second fortnight of September while the competitor still has no established release date which may extend into the next year as well.
The strong sides of X1 are a metallic casing, the high mobility (compact size and small weight), a large screen, a 3.5 mm audio jack, a high-capacity battery and a high quality camera. Touch Pro is notable for a better software compatibility (a canonic screen resolution), a more user friendly launcher and WM extensions, a TV-out, a more convenient keyboard and the availability of hardware 3D acceleration.
All of this put together makes clear what the difference in positioning would be like: the practical Touch sporting a handy keyboard vs. the ambitious-looking, fashionable XPERIA clad in metal. The starting price for X1 is lower, yet a number of price reductions for Pro are bound to occur prior to the release of the competitive product.
SMAPE's opinion
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 is a very specific, yet an efficient PDA. It would make a great choice for those looking for a WM PDA sporting just as much computing power and versatility as fashionable looks, equipped with a QWERTY keyboard (yet not the handiest around). All in all, the product appears to be a balanced solution, on of the best in its class. Final conclusions will be drawn upon testing a next-to-final sample later in autumn. The currently available sample makes a great Christmas gift provided that SE fixes the spotted weaknesses on time, without pushing the release date into the next year.
+ Stylish design, original form factor
+ High quality of materials and assembly
+ Large high-definition screen
+ Long battery life
+ 3.5 mm audio jack
+ XPERIA panels firmware launcher
+ Powerful CPU, 256 Mb of RAM
+ Wi-Fi and GPS, as well as an FM tuner
- High price
- Challengeable keyboard ergonomics
- Non-canon screen resolution
- No TV-out
- No hardware 3D acceleration
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 is a very specific, yet an efficient PDA. It would make a great choice for those looking for a WM PDA sporting just as much computing power and versatility as fashionable looks, equipped with a QWERTY keyboard (yet not the handiest around). All in all, the product appears to be a balanced solution, on of the best in its class. Final conclusions will be drawn upon testing a next-to-final sample later in autumn. The currently available sample makes a great Christmas gift provided that SE fixes the spotted weaknesses on time, without pushing the release date into the next year.
Advantages:
Stylish design, original form factor
High quality of materials and assembly
Large high-definition screen
Powerful CPU, 256 Mb of RAM
Wi-Fi and GPS, as well as an FM tuner
XPERIA panels firmware launcher
3.5 mm audio jack
Long battery life
Disadvantages:
High price
Challengeable keyboard ergonomics
Non-canon screen resolution
No TV-out
No hardware 3D acceleration
Author: Dmitry Ryabinin, dm@smape.com
www.SMAPE.com
HTC rolls out Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM update for AT&T Tilt (Kaiser)
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/08/26/htc-rolls-out-windows-mobile-61-rom-update-for-att-tilt-kaiser.html
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Sure, the HTC TyTn II (Kaiser) has already been playing nice with the Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM for some time now, courtesy of HTC. But, those of you with AT&T’s own-branded version of the HTC Kaiser - the AT&T Tilt - have had to wait for AT&T and HTC to join forces and roll-out a carrier-branded version of the Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM. That wait, dear Kaiser-users, is now over.
AT&T and HTC have finally made good on their promise (well, more like our expectations) to bring AT&T Tilt users the long-awaited Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM update. The new WM6.1 ROM brings new features and functionality to the AT&T Tilt:
Windows Mobile 6.1
HTC Home Screen
Video Share Calling
Threaded SMS
MS Voice Command
OneNote Mobile
Remote Desktop Monitor
Enroll Domain
Managed Programs
PTT Button now available for reassignment under Start>Settings>Buttons.
What are you waiting for? Head on over to HTC and grab the WM6.1 update for your AT&T Tilt already!
HTC S740 - Touch Diamond without a touch
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/08/26/htc-s740-touch-diamond-without-a-touch.html
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HTC today announced a new smartphone - S740. The new device packs everything the Touch Diamond has except for the touch — Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard rather than Professional edition is used. It also dumps VGA screen for QVGA, but adds 12-key numeric keypad on top of the slide-out QWERTY Keyboard.
The HTC S740 specifications:
Networks: WCDMA/HSDPA: 900/2100 MHz for EU and Asia
Chipset: Qualcomm MSM7225, 528 MHz
GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Maximum speed: upload = 384 kbps; download = 3.6/7.2 Mbps
Camera: 3.2MP, with the second VGA camera for video calling
Operating system: Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard
Display: 2.4-inch QVGA screen
Camera: 3.2 megapixel with fixed focus
Internal memory: 256 MB flash; 256 MB RAM
Memory card: microSD
Bluetooth: 2.0 with EDR
WLAN: 802.11b/g
GPS: GPS/AGPS
Interface: HTC ExtUSB (mini-USB and audio jack in one; USB 2.0 High-Speed)
Battery: 1000 mAh
Talk time: WCDMA: Up to 320 minutes / GSM: Up to 380 minutes
Standby time: WCDMA: Up to 400 hours / GSM: Up to 280 hours
Special features: Sliding QWERTY keyboard, FM radio, Google Maps, RSS Hub
Size: 116.3×43.4×16.3 mm
Weight: 140g with battery
Video Projector Mobile Phone
http://www.gadgetcraver.com/videoprojectormobilephone-p-198.html
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World's First Mobile Phone with Built In Video Projector
This amazing leap in technology can function not only as a communication device, but also as a portable image projector
The Epoq EGP-PP01 is the world's first commercial projector phone. It features a world/ tri-band GSM unlocked mobile phone with touch screen, multimedia record and playback and micro-projection module that can project stored images and video as large as 30 inch diagonal on most surfaces. It can also be connected with DVD players, portable media players, set-top boxes and laptop computers to serve as a projector, and project a movie continuously for up to two hours with an image resolution of 640 x 480 pixels.
Main Features:
·frequency band : GSM/GPRS900/1800/ 1900 Tri-band
·GPRS 12 B
·Talk time: 2-3 hours
·Stand-by Time : 200-250 hours
·Video playback time in projector mode: More than 2 hours ( on battery)
·Battery : 1800mAH
·Main Display Screen : 240×320 QVGA 2.4” TFT LCD
·Resolution of projector : 640×480 VGA
·Area/distance for projector : similar to TV screen of 30”. 1-2m focus can be adjusted
·External Video Interface : CVBS, support VGA Interface with supplied adaptor cable to connect with PC
·External Audio Interface : left &right channel Line In. External audio input can be played with the phone's audio broadcast system
·Touch Screen : supported, Four-resistive
·Camera : 1.3mega pixels
·Dimension : size for reference 115.6X23.3X48.6 mm
·Speaker : More than 0.5W Super-sound Speaker
·Tones : 64 chord, Mp3
·Bluetooth : Stereo Supported
·MP3 : Supported, Play time(Headset mode, full volume): 10 hours
·MPEG4 : Supported
·USB port : USB1..1 Full Speed 12Mbps
·WAP : 2.0
·Hands Free Speakerphone
·Sound Recording : Supported (time depends on the free storage)
Nokia N96 ready for American 3G
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/08/27/nokia-n96-ready-for-american-3g.html
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Nokia has announced that its N96 smartphone is now ready for the U.S. market,
boasting the right bands to work with AT&T’s 3G network.
The Nokia N96 is arguably the best smartphone Finnish giant has ever made, sporting a large 2.8-inch screen,
5 megapixel camera, WiFi, GPS, 16 gigabytes of internal memory plus a microSD card slot,
and “compatibility with a wide range of video formats.”
The device runs S60 3.2 (Feature Pack 2) on top of Symbian OS 9.3,
allowing users to expand its functionality with any of the third-party apps available.
Not exact release date is known.
All we have is “Q4 2008,” when interested buyers will be able to grab the Nokia N96 for an estimated price of $895.
HTC's Android-driven Dream revealed in glorious spy photos
http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/30/htcs-android-driven-dream-revealed-in-glorious-spy-photos/
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Sure, we've seen some blurry videos and managed a few stolen glimpses when Andy Rubin demonstrated this beast, but now we've gotten our hands on a slew of pictures showing off a very real T-Mobile-branded Dream in all its Android-running glory. Not only does this confirm the design spied in those FCC docs as well as show off that nearly-done version of Android, but it seems to confirm the fact that this will be headed to T-Mobile, and sooner rather than later judging from the looks of the above device. Needless to say, our inner-geeks are completely geeking out right now. Hit the gallery below for a handful of other views of the phone.
iPhone Life print magazine launches
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/08/30/iphone-life-print-magazine-launches.html
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Following all the hype surrounding the iPhone and iPhone 3G launch, guess we all waited for this to happen. The first (and probably the only) print magazine dedicated to Apple’s handset will hit the newsstands on September 9th.
Thaddeus Computing is the publishing company behind the project and for the premier issue they promise 100 pages of hot content. Some of the articles included in the magazine include:
Full coverage of the iPhone 3G
Top software from AppStore
85 hidden features
Best free software and web apps
How to Rip DVDs
Must-have accessories
Safari surprises
Various iPhone profiles
Celebrities with iPhones
Interested iPhone and iPod Touch users will be able to either grab the magazine once it’s released at airports, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Wal-Mart, and other major booksellers and stores nationwide; or subscriber for $25 to receive all issues through 2010. This includes the premier issue and at least 4 issues next year and in 2010. iPhone-friendly digital version of each issue also comes with a subscription.
SE G705 (Kumiko) Live Pics
http://cellphonesail.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/se-g705-kumiko-live-pics/
Just got my hands on unannounce SE phone, Kumiko or G705
Here is some specs of Kumiko
2.4″ QVGA 262k Colours
3.2 Mega Pixel Camera (fixed focus) with LED photolight
Short cut for Internet menu lit in purple (just like on K660)
Wi-Fi, GPS
Accelerometer
Sony Ericsson’s Java Platform (JP) 8.4 as found on C905 (Shiho)
So basicly this phone is very same as C905 but the camera part
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HTC Opal specifications leaked - HTC Touch replacement
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/09/09/htc-opal-specifications-leaked-htc-touch-replacement.html
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In the mobile phone biz, product cycles are measured in months. On that scale, it’s easy to see how one of the hottest handsets to launch last year is struggling to stay relevant among the big-hitting smartphones that have surfaced recently. HTC managed to ship over 2 million of their HTC Touch smartphones with less than a year’s worth of sales, but the HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro have all but banished the HTC Touch to the back-burner.
In their bid to stay on top of the touchscreen handset-game, HTC has reportedly given the HTC Touch a bit of a cosmetic and hardware refresh. The HTC Touch will reportedly be succeeded by the HTC Opal. According to leaked internal documents, the HTC Opal should stay true to the HTC Touch’s overall design aesthetic, with a few changes.
The HTC Opal stays true to the HTC Touch’s TI OMAP 200MHz processor and 2.8-inch touchscreen display. The HTC Opal will boast 128MB RAM / 256MB ROM and quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM connectivity. We should be seeing the HTC Opal launch with the same 802.11 b/g WiFi radio, microSD card slot, 2 megapixel camera, and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity from the HTC Touch. Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional will be running the show with HTC’s eye-catching and seriously slick TouchFLO 3D interface.
Unfortunately, 3G data connectivity isn’t in the cards for the HTC Opal. As a more budget-friendly handset aimed down-range from its feature-packed siblings - the HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro - it makes sense to exclude a 3G radio from the Opal. But, of course, rumors are rumors and all this could change tomorrow.
We’re also hearing that the HTC Opal will be released in multiple colors, it’s just not clear which colors will be available. Pricing and launch details are also a bit on the slim side, so bear with us as we gather more info.
Sony Ericsson's hot G705 slider gets real, YouTube video uploads
http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/sony-ericssons-hot-g705-slider-gets-real-youtube-video-uploads/
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There it is, Sony Ericsson just went live with its new G705 powerhouse, 3G slider. Just as we heard, it sports a 2.4-inch display with automatic screen rotation courtesy of an accelerometer, WiFi, aGPS with Google Maps for Mobile, 1GB included M2 memory, built-in FM radio, RSS reader, and full HTML browser. It also features a 3.2 megapixel cam that can capture video and then upload directly to YouTube under a new partnership with Google. Also announced in a UMA variant (G705u) -- an SE first -- built exclusive for Orange to bridge GSM and WiFi networks. Headed to the US in Q1 2009.
Update: US version to support GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 and UMTS/HSUPA 850/1900/2100 with Bluetooth A2DP. Orange model available in its markets in early Q4.
Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Screenshots Surfacing
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/09/09/sony-ericsson-xperia-x1-screenshots-surfacing.html
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Wow, say that post title 10 times fast. I dare you
While I’m no Windows Media expert, and certainly don’t pretend to be…
There are some new Sony Ericsson Xperia Screenshots that have surfaced that may (or may not) tickle your interest.
The images surfaced from the Swedish site, dailymobile.se. As you can see here, they’ve gone ahead and posted a whole bunch of screenshots for us to enjoy.
Check out the screens featuring YouTube and Google Maps in action. Very interesting.
The Xperia is running Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, and features a resolution of 800×480.
As you can see from the YouTube screenshot, it looks like the new browser manages to pack a lot of content onto the screen.
It should also be noted that the new Internet Explorer for Mobile is capable of playing YouTube videos, AND Windows Media Video.
But enough rambling for now, you can check out the screens
right here. (http://dailymobile.se/2008/09/07/pictures-sony-ericsson-x1-xperia-screenshots/)
You can bet there will be a whole lot of info coming out of CTIA this week concerning the Xperia and Windows Mobile 6.1.
While I honestly can’t say I’ve ever been pumped about Windows Mobile news, it will certainly be interesting to see what is new and exciting in Windows Media world.
Watch mobile phone + bluetooth headset AK08 which is the thinnest of watch phone
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/206169443/Watch_mobile_phone_bluetooth_headset_AK08.html
Features Specifications: Watch mobile phone + bluetooth headset AK08 which is the thinnest of watch phone
Watch mobile phone m830 c506 m800 m810 m600 w08 f1 v2 w600 g115 q007 a007 w100 g104 t918 ak08 aoke08
Additional features
Language: Simplified Chinese, traditonal Chinese, English, Vietnamese,Thai,russian,Italian,Franch,Arabic,Spinish,Denish,Polish,Germany, Indonesian,Turkey, Hellenic, Swedish.
LCD Size: 1.3 inch, , 65000 colors; PX: 128×160px
Ringtone: 64 chord; Ringtone format: mp3, midi
Music: support to play music of MP3/WAV, and can use gifted Bluetooth stereo earphone to enjoy music; sound
Video: 3GP,MP4,support to play in full screen, speed and pause; support Bluetooth stereo output
Rom: 505K/give a TF card(512M) as present, support to e, Document management
Data Transfer: USB data wire/U disc/ Bluetooth (file transmission, stereo, remote control)
Standby Photo: jpg, gif
Main features
Telephone directories: 250 groups of contacts of carte de visit, support incoming call with big head sticker, grouping ring
Messages &Multimedia messaging: support SMS, MMS
Schedule power on/off: support auto start/close, can set user-defined photo of starting/closing
Alarm clock: 5 groups; can set from Monday to Sunday at random
Games: Intelligent Puzzle, QQ2007
More information: MP3, MP4, Handsfree, SMS group sending, Voice recorder, WAP, Handwritten input, Bluetooth, GPRS download, MMS, Memory extended, E-book, calendar, memo, alarm clock, world time, stopwatch, health management, photo book, sound recording, calculator, unit, rates exchange, I
Basic features
Operating Frequency: GSM
Network Frequency: 900/1800/1900 MHZ
Talk time: 120-150 minutes
Standby time: 70-100 hours
Time-to-market: 2008.02.02
Shape: Hand-Written
Dimensions (width × high × thick): 52*41*13 mm
Weight: 70 g
Color: black, white
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watch mobile phone m600
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/206250877/watch_mobile_phone_m600.html
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Features Specifications: watch mobile phone m600
Product description:
Model: Watch mobile phone M600
1), 1.3-inch, 650,000 color TFT, QVGA 128 * 160resolution
2). Support format: MP3, MIDI, WAV, Incoming Ring Tone, Incoming Photo, incoming movie
3) Music Format of the mobile phone: MP3
4) Movie Format of the mobile phone: MP4, Full screen
5) Inter Memory: 128M
6) Picture Format; JPG, GIF.
7) Message: Message and MMS Supported
8) Switch On/Off: User-defined supported
9) Alarm: MP3 Alarm
10)Frequency: 900/1800/1900MHz
11)Network: GSM, GPRS, WAP, STK, Bluetooth Supported.
12)Other Fuctions: MP3, MP4, Hand free, Message Group Sent,Voice Take, MMS,Anti Incoming Ring Wall
13)Accessories: One stereo video bluetooth headset, Bluetooth charger, two pieces of mobile batteries, one charger, USB connecting line
Welcome to contact us for more detail. We will endeavor to offer you our best price.
Watch mobile phone m830 c506 m800 m810 m600 w08 f1 v2 w600 g115 q007 a007 w100 g104 t918
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/206408986/Watch_mobile_phone_m830_c506_m800_m810_m600_w08_f1_v2_w600_g115_q007_a007_w100_g104_t918.html
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watch mobile phone W08, Waterproof,Quad band, multi-language,best price
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/206834929/watch_mobile_phone_W08_Waterproof_Quad_band_multi_language_best_price.html
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Features Specifications: watch mobile phone W08, Waterproof,Quad band, multi-language,best price
watch mobile phone W08
Additional features
Language:
English/French/Spanish/Italian/Deutch/Turkish/Russian/Thai/Arabic
LCD Size:
1.5 inch, 260 thousand color; PX: 176×220px
Ringtone:
64 chord; Ringtone format: mp3, midi
Music:
play mp3 at background; support equalizer;bluetooth stereo output
Video:
3GP,MP4,support to play in full screen, speed/pause
Camera:
13.0 lacpixel; the max output is 1280*1024, support to shoot MP4 with sound, the time depends on storage
Rom:
393K/1G TFsupport to extend TF card to 2G maximall, Document management
Data Transfer:
directly read with data wire/U disc/ Bluetooth (file transmission, stereo)
Standby Photo:
jpg, gif
Main features
Telephone directories:
300 groups of contacts, support incoming call with big head sticker, grouping ring and individual fi
Messages &Multimedia messaging:
200 messages, MMS,E-Mail
Schedule power on/off:
200 messages, MMS
Alarm clock:
can set up from Monday to Sunday at random,support alarm ring,MP3 as ringtone
Games:
3 common games
More information:
MP3/MP4/Handsfree/SMS group sending/Voice recorder/WAP/Handwritten input/Bluetooth/GPRS download/MMS/Memory extended/E-book/real 1.3MP ,incoming call shaking,quad-band waterproof watch phone,IP dialing,calculator,unit converter,remit exchange,health Manager
HTC's Touch HD gets even more dreamy
http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/11/htcs-touch-hd-gets-even-more-dreamy/
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While that 480 x 800 pixel display has everybody in a feverish pant,MoDaCo has released even more
unconfirmed specs on the rumored HTC Touch HD guaranted to pound a lustful wave of disruption into your handset purchasing plans.
To start with, it's listed at 115 x 62.8 x 12-mm making it almost exactly the same size as the svelt 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3-mm iPhone 3G. That's a good start.
Now slip GPS, HSDPA data, a 5 megapixel camera (no flash), stylus, microSD slot, 3.5-mm headphone jack,
and 1350mAH battery into the mix and you've got the stuff of serious, WinMo fantasy.
We'll know if it's all legit soon enough as MoDaCo claims a retail date by Christmas. Yes, really. Only thing missing is WiFi... and Android.
World's smallest phone measures 2.46"
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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Nokia's N95, released in March of last year, features a 2.6" screen.
By comparison, the world's smallest mobile phone - the Xun Chi 138,measures a microscopic 2.64", just a tad bigger than the N95's screen.
And, surprisingly, it packs in features you wouldn't expect such a tiny device to have - including a 1.3 MP camera, music player, and a very small touchscreen, complete with handwriting recognition. Connectivity-wise, you get dual-band GSM, and that's all. It looks to be only available in China, unsurprisingly.
HTC Touch HD will boast a WVGA screen
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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It seems someone at HTC has spilled the beans on another Touch-branded communicator - this time around it's codenamed "HD".
As the spec sheet implies, this phone carries a whopping 480x800 pixel screen onboard, and naturally HTC's trademark TouchFLO 3D finger-friendy user interface. Other than that, the HTC Touch HD is pretty much a mystery - it's still unclear when it'll be announced or what other features it will have.
Spec sheet of the HTC Touch HD (so far):
3G support
Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS
Qualcomm 7201A CPU running at 528 MHz
WVGA display
512 Mb ROM, 256 Mb RAM
microSD memory expansion slot
5 Mpix camera
GPS receiver
1350 mAh battery
Dimensions: 115x62.8x12 mm
Sony Ericsson Alicia spotted in the wild again
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
Once again the Web has got some more spy photos to buzz about -
this time around, the mysterious Sony Ericsson Alicia, more known as the W707, has been snapped and outed online.
As far as its specs are concerned, the only thing that's known for sure is that it will come armed with a 3.2 Mpix camera and a quirky outer display.
Unfortunately, there are no other clues on when it will be released or what its feature pack will look like.
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HTC unveils HTC Touch HD - Huge WVGA display, 5 megapixel camera
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/09/15/htc-unveils-htc-touch-hd-huge-wvga-display-5-megapixel-camera.html
HTC, not one to let product leaks go un-validated, has today announced their HTC Touch HD. Following on the previous leak that had HTC preparing a WVGA touchscreen monster to add to its popular HTC Touch smartphone portfolio, HTC has confirmed that the HTC Touch HD is indeed on its way to stir up the touchscreen smartphone market. The HTC Touch HD is being billed as HTC’s entertainment-focused Touch smartphone toting a huge WVGA touchscreen display, 5 megapixel camera, GPS and TouchFLO 3D.
The HTC Touch HD’s large, bright, and crisp WVGA display is expected to give other large-screened touchs-based smartphones a run for their money. With 3.8-inches of eye-dazzling real-estate, the gigantic widescreen VGA display will easily thrust the HTC Touch HD to its rightful place at the head of the touchscreen smartphone table. And, the 5 megapixel auto-focusing camera could give other high-megapixel cameraphones some serious competition.
HTC isn’t, apparently, going to take Apple’s success with their iPhone and iPhone 3G lying down. The HTC Touch HD goes straight for the jugular with that range-topping and market-leading 3.8-inch WVGA display (we still can’t get over the huge WVGA display!). The 5 megapixel camera (with autofocus) sets its sights on other high-end cameraphones with the intention of being the media-oriented handset of choice among power users. The quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM/EDGE and dual-band (850/2100Mhz) WCDM/HSPA radios make sure that the HTC Touch HD will be getting its connectivity-on in whatever country you could possibly find yourself traveling through. And, with 512 MB ROM / 288 MB RAM on board and expandable storage capacity via the microSD card slot, the HTC Touch HD ensures that you’ll have plenty of room to take your pictures, videos, and music with you wherever you go.
HTC Touch HD
Of course, HTC has endowed their HTC Touch HD with all the high-end trimmings we’ve come to expect from our favorite Windows Mobile smartphone maker. The HTC Touch HD sports aGPS, WiFI, Bluetooth 2.0, and a Qualcomm® MSM7201a™ CPU clocked at 528 MHz that should make quick work of running the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS with the TouchFLO 3D UI.
Did we mention the HTC Touch HD featuring a humongous 3.8-inch WVGA display? Cupertino is going to have to play a little game of “catch-up” with their next-generation iPhone (iPhone Pro?)…
Here’s a quick rundown of the HTC Touch HD’s spec-sheet:
· Size: 115 x 62.8 x 12 mm
· Weight: 146.4 grams/5.164 oz with battery
· Connectivity: Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Dual-band WCDMA / HSPA:900/2100MHz.
HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
· Operating system: HTC TouchFLO 3D with Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
· Display: 3.8 inch Wide Screen VGA screen (480 x 800 WVGA)
· Camera: 5.0 megapixel with auto focus – Second Camera: VGA
· Internal memory: 512 MB flash; 288 MB RAM
· Memory card: microSD™ memory card (SDHC™ capable)
· WLAN: 802.11b/g
· Bluetooth®: 2.0 with EDR
· GPS: GPS/AGPS
· Interface: HTC ExtUSB™ (mini-USB and audio jack in one; USB 2.0 High-Speed)
· Battery: 1350 mAh
· Talk time: WCDMA: Up to 390 minutes*** / GSM: Up to 310 minutes***
· Standby time: WCDMA: Up to 450 hours*** / GSM: Up to 390 hours***
· Chipset: Qualcomm® MSM7201a™ 528 MHz
We should be seeing the HTC Touch HD landing on European shores in Q4 2008, with the rest of the globe following suit shortly afterwards.
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Contract Free iPhones for the Holiday Season?
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/09/21/contract-free-iphones-for-the-holiday-season.html
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Rumors are now surfacing that the in-store only iPhone 3G activation policy will be lifted. With the holiday season fast approaching, this looks to be a pretty darn smart move by Apple, if indeed it is true. I hope Apple has boosted production on the 3G, as you can bet mom, pop, sister and brother will be buying up 3G’s for holiday gifts.
Apple store employees are reporting that a fifth option named ‘Home’ has appeared in their EasyPay systems when selling an iPhone 3G. On top of that, there may be a refresh and price drop on the 8GB models… Whenever shortages occur it is usually a sign of an impending change or price drop.
With the new iPod line and these supposed changes to the iPhone… It’s looking to be a huge holiday season for Apple.
Meet the T-Mobile G1
http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/meet-the-t-mobile-g1/
Uh, c'mon guys -- this is a little ridiculous. Now typically, you want to keep this sort of thing under wraps until the day of your event, but it seems like the cats and kittens at T-Mobile can't contain themselves. Yes, you're looking at the first official product shot of the G1 Android phone ever. Enjoy it.
Update: TmoNews has just uncovered new specs and info on the phone. Here's what they've got so far: the phone is 4.6 x 2.16 x 0.63 inches, weighs 5.6 ounces, features a 480 x 320 HVGA display, sports 3G (obviously), GPS, has a 3.1-megapixel camera, supports up to 8GB of memory (though no format is mentioned), and will feature 5 hours of talktime with 130 hours of standby. Strangely, the phone won't do video capture (what?), won't have stereo Bluetooth, will require a Gmail account, and won't be sold at stores outside of a 2-5 mile radius of T-Mobile's 3G coverage areas. That last bit sounds a little odd to us, but we're guessing a lot of the functionality of this device will be shot in non-3G regions.
(http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/09/g1.jpg)
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Nokia N96 review roundup
http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/nokia-n96-review-roundup/
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When the N95 was released, it was all but universally adored. Even today, nearly two full years after it was first revealed, it's still one of the most respected in Nokia's lineup. From the get-go, we knew the N96 was more evolutionary and less revolutionary; after all, the two handsets even look alike. The general consensus this time around is about what we expected: the N96 is a fine phone, and a worthy successor, but probably not worth the high price it's currently demanding. Oh sure, the call quality was stupendous, battery life was satisfactory and the multimedia playback was superb, but some critics were a bit displeased with the fit and finish given the premium price tag. All in all, don't go into the links below expecting any huge surprises -- the N96 is a nicely revamped, high-priced N95, and if that's what you're looking for, there doesn't seem to be any underlying issues that should hold you back from indulging.
-PhoneArena ("Nokia seems to have taken more of a lateral step than pushing forward with innovation.") LINK (http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Nokia-N96-Review-review-r_2012.html)
-MobileArsenal ("...doesn't have anything we didn't see before...") LINK (http://mobilearsenal.com/review/nokia_n96_back_to_the_future/introduction.html)
LordPercy ("...an improved, quality phone) LINK (http://www.lordpercy.com/nokia_n96_review.htm)
Mobile88 (4 out of 5 stars) LINK (http://www.mobile88.com/cellphone/Nokia/Nokia-N96/review.asp)
Apple now selling iPhone 3G unlocked in Hong Kong
http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/apple-now-selling-iphone-3g-unlocked-in-hong-kong/
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If you can't get your goods into China via the front door, there's always the back.
Apple is now selling its iPhone 3G unlocked via its on-line Apple Store in Hong Kong.
The 8GB model sells for HK$5,500 (about US$694) or HK$6,200 (about $797) for the 16 gigger.
Already available since July 11th with a local Hutchison Telecommunications contract, this is the first time that Apple has sold its device unlocked in Hong Kong:
"iPhone 3G purchased at the Apple Online Store can be activated with any wireless carrier.
Simply insert the SIM from your current phone into iPhone 3G and connect to iTunes 8 to complete activation."
Unfortunately for the 1 billion mainland Chinese, the terms and conditions limit sales to those in Hong Kong only -- not that the gray market cares about T&Cs.
It'll be interesting to see if Apple extends the unlocking more broadly (presumably as exclusivity deals expire)
or if this is strictly a local phenomena, perhaps in direct response to having its WiFi and the imperialistic 3G
gutted from handsets sold under Apple's rumored China Mobile deal.
SanDisk 16GB MicroSD Cards Arrive in Stores
http://gizmodo.com/5054598/sandisk-16gb-microsd-cards-arrive-in-stores?cpage=1&sort=ASC#viewcomments
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While SanDisk has made no official announcements,
their 16GB MicroSD cards are popping up for sale at various internet retailers (at various prices, we might add).
Ranging from $80 to $220 (we'd go with the $80), prices will settle with more availability.
But we're pretty excited to toss an iPhone's worth of flash storage into any fancy smartphone we like.
Plus, whenever we pop a tiny MicroSD card into one of our gadgets, it always feels like we're in the future. [mymemory via internettabletalk Thanks tipsters!]
Sandisk to release a 128GB microSDHC card within 3 years
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/10/20/sandisk-to-release-a-128gb-microsdhc-card-within-3-years.html
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Think that 16GB microSDHC memory card is cool? How about 32GB? Scrap that, how about 128GB? Well, SanDisk will release such a product within three years. That’s in 2011 for those of you who don’t want to count.
Such a memory card in your mobile phone would turn a handset into a portable disk drive. Apparently, 128 gigs is enough to hold 134 full-length Indian movies, close to 20,000 high resolution photos and 16,000 songs, or the same in any other combinations. Suddenly, all those phone with 8 megapixel cameras that can record videos in VGA resolution doesn’t look weird. Yeah, we need even more megapixels and way more bandwidth - read LTE!
I'm grabbing the Sony Ericsson C902 soon, fuck those computer smart phones.
Sony Ericsson C902 review: Cyber-touch
http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_c902-review-290.php
(http://www.pestaola.gr/img2/sony-ericsson-c902.jpg)
Full steam into the megapixel chase, Sony Ericsson C902 is trying to show off its best before the 8 megapixel monsters start stealing the show.
The Cyber-shot pedigree, touch-controlled camera and metal outfit are true predator stuff and
now that we have a retail unit in our hands it's time to revisit our pre-release preview of the device and
see if there are any chinks in its armor that may turn predator to prey.
Key features:
5 MP autofocus camera with unique active lens cover and touch controls
Slim and stylish metal case
Smile detection, image stabilizer, geo-tagging (via cell-ID)
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and HSDPA (3.6 Mb)
Media Center, Smart search, Manage Messages, extended TrackID
Enhanced user interface
Scratch resistant 2" TFT 256K colors display
FM radio with RDS
Bluetooth (with A2DP)
Basic multi-tasking support
Smart dialing
160 MB built-in memory, M2 card support
Main disadvantages:
Smallish screen
Images suffer excessive sharpening and purple fringing
Poor video recording capabilities
Slide-up lens cover collects massive amounts of dust
No office document viewer
Revisiting the C902 is also worth it as a taster of what's to come. It's been quite a while since our first glimpse, but Sony Ericsson didn't just sit on their hands in the meantime. The company made the very first announcement of an 8-megapixel cameraphone - the C905, which we previewed this summer. The other exciting prospect is the Walkman-meet-Cybershot W902.
Now, while the two sharpshooters above are yet to be baptized by fire, our Sony Ericsson C902 is right in the thick of action. The ironclad Cyber-shot is the thinnest 5 MP cameraphone on the market and that makes it quite an attractive deal.
Sony Ericsson Hikaru Back on the Map
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/10/23/sony-ericsson-hikaru-back-on-the-map.html
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Sony had reportedly put the brakes on surrounding a new device called thie ‘Hikaru’. It was an 8MP device that packed in a lot of features. Well, what should I notice today but more rumors popping up surrounding the Hikaru. Looks like the device will become a reality after all.
The Sony Ericsson Hikaru is a really high-end touchscreen camera phone. Look for it to feature at least 8GB of internal storage, and a slider to feature a QWERTY keyboard for your texting and emailing pleasure.
While full details, specs and pricing are of course unavailable, you can clearly see from the mockup above that the device looks pretty hot. When I first saw it, I thought to myself ‘Hmmm… sort of similar to the Samsung Instinct!’…. don’t you think? Somewhat similar in form-factor for sure.
I should note however that the image was created by the folks at Unwired View. The actual device will probably look somewhat similar to this… The folks at UR did a pretty good job on the mockup don’t you think?! Stay tuned for more news on the Hikaru!
Casio's 8.1 megapixel W63CA with 480 x 800 pixel OLED flips out in Japan
http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/27/casios-8-1-megapixel-w63ca-with-480-x-800-pixel-oled-flips-out/
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/10/exilim_ketai_w63ca__002.jpg)
We had a chance to gaze through the wireframe of this 8.1 megapixel Casio W63CA Exilim cellphone back in August courtesy of the FCC's finest. Now check it in high-gloss, plastic flesh. The latest Japanese super-phone squeezes 480 x 800 pixel into a 3.1-inch OLED display. Let that sink in for a second... the very same 384,000 pixels on a display smaller than the 3.8-inch LCD heralded by the Touch HD. The camera features a wide-angle lens, 9-point auto focus, face detection, anti-shake, and a YouTube video mode that records VGA video at 30fps to microSD. All this in a Japanese-only flip measuring 110 x 50 x 17.4 ~ 22-mm when it launches in early November.
is there any price drop for christmas?
Download Opera Mini 4.2 beta
http://www.operamini.com/beta/
Point your phone’s browser to mini.opera.com/beta to download the beta version of Opera Mini 4.2.
Opera Mini 4.2 beta installs next to any existing stable Opera Mini version on your device and will not overwrite any of your data.
Alternatively, you may download Opera Mini to your computer for a manual installation.
Standard
Opera Mini 4.2 beta JAR
(124 KB)
Standard
Opera Mini 4.2 beta JAD
(4 KB)
BlackBerry
Opera Mini 4.2 beta ZIP archive
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Palm (requires JVM installed)
Opera Mini 4.2 beta PRC
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New in Opera Mini 4.2 beta
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Video
We are working to make video content available on more phones through Opera Mini. If you have a new Sony Ericsson or Nokia phone, the chance is high that you can take Opera Mini for a spin on m.youtube.com.
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i sold my n82 to my little brother and then i got the blackberry pearl for very cheap.i hate that phone with a passion.I've never been more disappointed in my life when i got the blackberry lol.
3 weeks later i sold it lol i wanted to throw it in the train tracks lol i got a new contract and they gave me lg vu.
Pretty cool phone! came with cool application like a blacklist.kept it 3 months and here we are now!
Getting a LGKS20 this Wednesday!
Windows Mobile 6.0 Pro 8) 8) I'm gonna write a review! gonna keep you posted,Peace Y'all!
i sold it to my brother to help him more than anything,he had a limited budget so i decided to help him.i sold it to him for a good price.i wanted to try new things at the same time and if i don't find something i like well I'm buying a new n82.I fell in love with the touch screen of the lg vu! thats why i wanna buy another touch screen.
i know nokia has one in Europe and Asia,the date of release in north America is still pending!if it was available i would buy it for sure!
i sold it to my brother to help him more than anything,he had a limited budget so i decided to help him.i sold it to him for a good price.i wanted to try new things at the same time and if i don't find something i like well I'm buying a new n82.I fell in love with the touch screen of the lg vu! thats why i wanna buy another touch screen.
i know nokia has one in Europe and Asia,the date of release in north America is still pending!if it was available i would buy it for sure!
OK I see,I had a a couple of touch screen phone's. I loved it at first,but got tired of it. :P
The Nokia touch screen joint is nothing special,it's a budget model.
Sony Ericsson predict their handsets to sport 20 MP cameras,
Full HD video recording, and XGA displays in four years
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/ericsson-2012-predictions.jpg)
Ericsson, one half that forms the collective unit Sony Ericsson, predict huge things for their handsets in four years time. Ericsson is going on record, in saying that, in 2012, the following features will be seen in Sony Ericsson's mobile phones:
12-20 MP cameras
Full HD (1920 x 1080) video recording
XGA (1024 x 768 pixels) dispays
Up to 100 Mbps LTE connectivity
Processors up to 1 GHz
At the rate technology moves, all of this theoretically possible, to be seen if all of these features are implemented into Sony Ericsson phones in four years time. Overkill as some of it may seem, a phone which sports all of these features will have its fans for sure.
lol keep dreaming
have fun having to hack your phone just to have ring tones.
So me and my buddy switched phones...i used his iphone 3g...and he used my HTC diamond
After the week..he wanted my diamond..and I wanted my diamond back
Iphone is dope..but its not really that cool.
You can do so much more with a Windows Mobile device..and the Touchflo 3d on the Diamond just kills it.
Diamond > Iphone...actually..it alll comes down to preference and what you want to do with your phone.
HTC Touch HD
http://www.htc.com/www/product/touchhd/specification.html
(http://digital-lifestyles.info/copy_images/htc-3g-hd-lg.jpg)
Model HTC Touch HD™ T8282
Processor Qualcomm® MSM 7201A™ 528 MHz
Operating System Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
Memory ROM: 512 MB
RAM: 288 MB
Dimensions 115 mm x 62.8 mm x 12 mm
(4.358 in x 2.4722 in x 0.47 in)
Weight 147 grams (5.185 ounces) with battery
Display 3.8-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with 480 x 800 WVGA resolution
Network HSDPA/WCDMA:
Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz
Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
Europe/Asia: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
(Band frequency, HSUPA availability, and data speed are operator dependent.)
Device Control HTC TouchFLO™ 3D
Touch-sensitive front panel buttons
GPS GPS
Connectivity Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0)
Camera
Main camera: 5 megapixel color camera with auto focus
Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera
Audio Built-in 3.5 mm audio jack, microphone, speaker, and FM radio
Ring tone formats:
AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, QCP, MP3, WMA, WAV
40 polyphonic and standard MIDI format 0 and 1 (SMF)/SP MIDI
Battery
Rechargeable Lithium-ion polymer battery
Capacity: 1350 mAh
Talk time:
Up to 420 minutes for WCDMA
Up to 480 minutes for GSM
Standby time:
Up to 680 hours for WCDMA
Up to 440 hours for GSM
Video call time: Up to 140 minutes
(The above are subject to network and phone usage.)
Expansion Slot microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
AC Adapter Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60 Hz
DC output: 5V and 1A
Special Features FM Radio, G-Sensor
hacking?lol keep dreaminghave fun having to hack your phone just to have ring tones.
Iringtones = free and u can edit the song to have up to 30sec of which ever part u want to be played.
gg shit.
hacking?lol keep dreaminghave fun having to hack your phone just to have ring tones.
Iringtones = free and u can edit the song to have up to 30sec of which ever part u want to be played.
gg shit.
WOW :o :o :o
hacking?lol keep dreaminghave fun having to hack your phone just to have ring tones.
Iringtones = free and u can edit the song to have up to 30sec of which ever part u want to be played.
gg shit.
WOW :o :o :o
ya its free to download.....fucking sexy...
i got prince ali and arabian nights as some ring tones
LOL
Yet to try Touchflo 3d,so can´t speak on it.
HTC just released a new Touch phone (Touch HD) shit looks mad nice and killer specs;QuoteHTC Touch HD
http://www.htc.com/www/product/touchhd/specification.html
(http://digital-lifestyles.info/copy_images/htc-3g-hd-lg.jpg)
Model HTC Touch HD™ T8282
Processor Qualcomm® MSM 7201A™ 528 MHz
Operating System Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
Memory ROM: 512 MB
RAM: 288 MB
Dimensions 115 mm x 62.8 mm x 12 mm
(4.358 in x 2.4722 in x 0.47 in)
Weight 147 grams (5.185 ounces) with battery
Display 3.8-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with 480 x 800 WVGA resolution
Network HSDPA/WCDMA:
Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz
Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
Europe/Asia: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
(Band frequency, HSUPA availability, and data speed are operator dependent.)
Device Control HTC TouchFLO™ 3D
Touch-sensitive front panel buttons
GPS GPS
Connectivity Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0)
Camera
Main camera: 5 megapixel color camera with auto focus
Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera
Audio Built-in 3.5 mm audio jack, microphone, speaker, and FM radio
Ring tone formats:
AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, QCP, MP3, WMA, WAV
40 polyphonic and standard MIDI format 0 and 1 (SMF)/SP MIDI
Battery
Rechargeable Lithium-ion polymer battery
Capacity: 1350 mAh
Talk time:
Up to 420 minutes for WCDMA
Up to 480 minutes for GSM
Standby time:
Up to 680 hours for WCDMA
Up to 440 hours for GSM
Video call time: Up to 140 minutes
(The above are subject to network and phone usage.)
Expansion Slot microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
AC Adapter Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60 Hz
DC output: 5V and 1A
Special Features FM Radio, G-Sensor
hacking?lol keep dreaminghave fun having to hack your phone just to have ring tones.
Iringtones = free and u can edit the song to have up to 30sec of which ever part u want to be played.
gg shit.
WOW :o :o :o
ya its free to download.....fucking sexy...
i got prince ali and Arabian nights as some ring tones
LOL
sarcasm?
most phones can do that playa :D
Fake iPhone Flip doesn’t look that bad
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/11/27/fake-iphone-flip-doesnt-look-that-bad.html
We’ve seen quite a few iPhone clones in the past. However, today we’re presenting you with “something completely different.” It’s the iPhone Flip or at least the Chinese unofficial version. As you can see from the image above, the device doesn’t look that bad at all. Sure some details could be done better and if Apple ever decides to go for the clamshell phone, we’re sure they’ll make it look stunning — but the overall design of this ripoff is quite appealing. This is, of course, not to say you should get one of these. We’re talking about serious copyright infringements here, something we at IntoMobile NEVER support.
As for the specs, the clamshell sports a VGA camera, 2.6-inch QVGA (240×320 pixels) screen, media player and some games. It measures 105×53x17 mm, and weighs roughly 110 grams. The best thing is the price - $100, but again, we’re not saying you should buy it. The quality just isn’t there…
(http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/iphoneflipmain.jpg)
(http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/iphoneflipcover-300x225.jpg)
(http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/iphoneflipmenu2-300x225.jpg)
(http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/iphoneflipmenu-300x225.jpg)
lol keep dreaming
have fun having to hack your phone just to have ring tones.
hacking?
Iringtones = free and u can edit the song to have up to 30sec of which ever part u want to be played.
gg shit.
windows mobile is the shit 8) just recently had a lg ks20 with windows mobile 6 pro.Is there any update for Operating System Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional? i want that shit lol 8) peace!
shit...didnt know this was from a year ago....haahh new to this weak shit.
but ya, b4 the iphone all i had was shitty ass cell phones.so im more than happy with my 16gb iphone 3g
unless i have the E connection....my internet is FUCKING hella fast.basically as fast as my cable T3 connection on my comp
windows mobile is the shit 8) just recently had a lg ks20 with windows mobile 6 pro.Is there any update for Operating System Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional?
I want that shit lol 8) peace!
I'm thinking of getting a newer Getro pcs ( My secondary phone /hustle unda line).
What's the dealio on the
MOTOROKR Z6m (http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details.jsp?globalObjectId=191).
(http://www.motorola.com/mot/image/15/15869_MotImage.jpg)
Any feed back?
Motorola Attila touchscreen handset sees daylight
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/motorola-atilla.jpg)
An all-touchscreen handset (the first Motorola Windows Mobile handset without a hardware keypad), from Motorola, known as the Attila, has leaked on the Internet. By default, it looks to sport an Apple iPhone-like theme.
The is the first Motorola mobile phone to sport a trackball, for navigating around the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS. Of course, nothing about pricing, announcement, or availability is currently known. Rumoured technical specifications are as follows:
Connectvity: Quad-band GSM, Tri-band UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA
Display: 2.8" touchscreen, with QVGA resolution
OS: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Extras: Wi-Fi
Battery: 1130 mAh
Motorola MOTO QA30 leaked
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/motorola-qa30.jpg)
What is schedule to be Motorola's first slider handset, with full QWERTY hardware keyboard, has leaked. At some point, next month, it's schedule to appear on thr US-based Alltel. No information regarding price is available. Tech specs are as follows:
Connectivity: GSM, EVDO
Display: 2.5", QVGA resolution, shows up to 65 thousand colours
Camera: 2 MP
Memory: MicroSDHC expansion slot
Extras: 3.5 mm jack, USB and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity
Motorola MOTOZINE ZN5
http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details.jsp?globalObjectId=242
(http://www.motorola.com/mot/image/17/17619_MotImage.jpg)
MOTOZINE ZN5
is the first mobile phone to combine Motorola’s ModeShift Technology and KODAK Imaging Technology redefining the quality,
convenience and connectivity of mobile imaging devices.
Redefining Mobile Imaging
Simply slide the lens cover open to illuminate ModeShift Technology, transforming the full-featured mobile phone into an ultra-fast 5 megapixel camera,
complete with auto-focus, low-light optimization, and a bright Xenon flash.
ZINETM ZN5 is the only mobile phone to have KODAK Imaging Technology that can be instantly combined with
KODAK PERFECT TOUCH Technology for brighter, more vivid pictures on the spot which look noticeably better than pictures created without the technology.
Users can take advantage of multiple capture modes, including panorama,
which automatically stitches together continuous shots taken on the horizon line into a single, extended image1.
Snap and Share – Instantly!
No other phone from Motorola puts image capture first,
with a high-resolution landscape screen and one of the fastest click-to-click times available for 5 megapixel camera phones.
Auto-focus locks in less than one second and there are no delays when taking one photo to the next.
With one touch, users can view all their photos right from the home screen; no menus, no searching.
ZN5 is optimized to work with KODAK EASYSHARE Software and provide one-touch access to KODAK Gallery1
or other Web sharing sites2, by using ShoZu1 to easily move pictures off the device, allowing consumers to print, share and enjoy their photos whenever they want. Share images with Edge or Wi-Fi connectivity 1,3 via Web sites directly from the device2
and display instant slideshows on your TV4 to friends and family with just one cable.
Printing photos via Bluetooth® Wireless Technology5 is easy with KODAK Picture Kiosks and KODAK All-in-One Printers.
Tell us All About it
In phone mode, ZN5 features Motorola’s proprietary CrystalTalkTM Technology to help users hear and be heard, even in noisy environments.
Stereo Bluetooth wireless technology enables pairing with compatible Bluetooth-enabled accessories,
such as Motorola’s stereo Bluetooth-enabled headsets as well as Bluetooth-enabled KODAK All-In-One inkjet printers5.Code: [Select][b]Features[/b]
·ModeShift Technology
·5 megapixel camera, auto-focus, low-light setting, digital zoom
·Shutter speed: 1/60 – 1/1000 seconds in auto mode
·Multi-shot mode
·Capture modes: panorama, macro, multi-shot
·Editing effects: grayscale, sepia, negative, reddish, greenish, bluish,brightness, sharpen, contrast, blur
·Panorama feature automatically matches continuous shots taken on horizon line into single image
·Digital zoom lens
·Focal length: 5.56mm. Aperture: 2.8/5.6
·Digital viewfinder
·CrystalTalk Technology
·SMS, MMS, IM, personal e-mail3
·Full HTML open source browser
·3.5mm A/V jack, FM radio, MP3, WMA
·Wi-Fi4 enabled/ WLAN: 802.11 b/g/i
·Windows Media Player® 11
·Video-C/P 15fps, MPEG4, H263
·TV out4
[b]Connectivity[/b]
·AutoPairing with Motorola/Kodak Bluetooth-enabled accessories,Stereo Bluetooth Class 2 wireless technology1 ,
High-Speed USB 2.0, Mobile Phone Tools3 and compatible Kodak Bluetooth-enabled accessories including Kodak EasyShare printers
Nokia N97 - Nseries with touch and QWERTY
Published by Rafe Blandford at 8:17 UTC, December 2nd 2008
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/8590_Nokia_N97-Nseries_with_QWERTY_.php
Nokia today announced the launch of the Nokia N97. It is the first touch-enabled Nseries device and has a horizontal tilt-slide form factor. It transforms from a touch slate to a landscape QWERTY device. The device, which has an Internet and entertainment focus, runs on S60 5th Edition, has a customisable, widget-based, home screen and full support for Ovi services.
It features a 3.5 inch (360 x 640 resolution) touchscreen with haptic feedback, 5 megapixel camera (with Carl Zeiss optics and dual LED flash), A-GPS and compass sensors, comprehensive connectivity options (WiFi, tri-band HSDPA, Bluetooth and USB), and 32GB of internal flash memory. Read on for more.
The N97 is the most feature packed Nseries device to date and, by adding touch, it moves Nokia's high end Nseries into direct competition with touch devices such as the Samsung Omnia, LG Renoir, Apple iPhone and G1 Android Phone.
Here are first few hand-ons impressions: In the hand the N97 feels pleasingly solid, with an extremely impressive slide mechanism - it is obvious a lot of testing has gone into the hinge mechanism. In slide closed mode it is equally solid, with no give. The keyboard, while limited by design constraints, feels good, though as ever it's difficult to come to any final conclusions with prototypes. Subjectively, the 'feel' and the design of the handset screams high end with materials that can not be fully appreciated in pictures (it has that caress-ability x-factor).
(http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/images/news/n97xd/Nokia_N97_lead.jpg)
It is a relatively large device, especially length-wise, but that's inevitable given the size of the screen and the inclusion of a QWERTY keyboard. There's the usual plethora of hardware features, including sensors (accelerometer, compass sensors and proximity sensors), integrated A-GPS, and connectivity options (tri-band 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth and USB). The large screen is a definite highlight - its widescreen 16:9 resolution is ideal for watching videos, but also works well for browsing the Internet. The touch screen is very sensitive, and there have been further refinements to the home screen to enable easier finger touch usage (the larger physical screen also helps with this). The UI can also be driven from the keypad using the D-pad on the left hand side of the keyboard, together with the on-screen softkeys and home key.
S60 5th Edition has been updated to Nseries specifications for the N97. Extras include UPnP, Internet Radio and Nokia Photos applications and we can expect to see a lot more in this area before the phone is released.
We'll report in greater detail in due course.
http://www.youtube.com/v/AD-elt8MN3I&hl=en&fs=1
Key features of the phone:
Software:
Runs S60 5th Edition. You can read more about S60 5th Edition in our Nokia 5800 preview. However, the N97 will have the Nseries version of S60, which means there will be a number of extra applications including Internet Radio, FM transmitter, Home media (UPnP) and Photos.
The home screen can be personalised with Internet-aware widgets (based on WRT technology). Examples included in the press photos include weather forecasts, social networking (Facebook, Friendster, My Space) status summaries, and media collections. There are also indicators for time, profiles, email, application shortcuts and so on.
Text input is via on screen keyboard (full screen QWERTY, pop-up QWERTY and alphanumeric), as is standard on S60 5th Edition, or handwriting recognition or via the QWERTY keyboard.
Fully compatible with Ovi services including Maps, Music, Share and Games. Nokia Music store can be accessed from the device (touch optimised version) or from Nokia Music for the PC (an iTunes -Windows application). Nokia Maps now supports high resolution satellite imagery, 3D buildings (selected buildings) and richer map meta data. Pedestrian route finding and turn by turn, voice guided car navigation, are available as premium services.
Internet focus with WebKit based browser, comprehensive RSS feed support and runtime technologies including Flash, WRT (widget).
Introduces the social location (So-Lo) concept; the N97 has software that allows you to automatically update and share your location with friends and popular social networks.
'N-Gage compatible' device, which indicates that the N-Gage platform will be touch enabled by the release date of the N97.
The devices being demoed at Nokia World are running an early version of the software. In the six months leading up to the release date it is likely to evolve considerably.
Hardware:
Physical dimensions: 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm (18.25 mm at camera area), and weighs approximately 150g.
Tilt form factor with horizontal slide to reveal full QWERTY keyboard. The upper half of the device slides away from the bottom half and moves upwards in a diagonal direction. The slide is impressively smooth and when closed feels very solid in the hand (so much so its not immediately apparent it is a horizontal slide device).
There are three keys on the front of the device: send and end keys and a home/menu key. On the left side of the device there is a slider lock and a microUSB port, on the top of the device is the power and 3.5mm audio jack and on the right hand side are the volume keys and the camera capture key.
3.5 inch, 360 x 640 (nHD) resolution resistive touch TFT screen with 16 million colours. The device can be driven using finger touch or stylus, or from the QWERTY keyboard.
Haptic feedback for screen touches. This is provided via general vibra feedback, as on the Nokia 5800.
5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and dual LED flash. The camera is covered by a sliding lens cover similar to that found on the N85 and N79.
The camera is also used to record videos at VGA at 30 frames per seconds, but I've seen a demo of it recording and playing video back in a 16:9 resolution mode (also as on the 5800). The usual Share online application is present for uploading images and video to online services such as Flickr and Share on Ovi (available services likely to be expanded before launch).
Integrated A-GPS and compass sensor (magnetometer) means that the N97 'intuitively knows where it is' and this is used by Nokia Maps, and for social location; also embeds location information into images and video.
3.5 mm audio jack (also used for TV-Out) and built in stereo speakers. Music playback time of one and half days (36 hours). There's also an FM radio and FM transmitter.
microUSB jack (USB 2.0 HiSpeed) and supports charging over USB
32GB or 64GB of internal flash memory
microSD card slot with support for SDHC cards up to 16GB in size (giving total potential memory of 80 GB)
WiFi, 3.5G (tri-band HSDPA - 900, 1900 and 2100 Mhz), quad-band GSM and Bluetooth connectivity (various profiles including HID, SAP, A2DP and AVRCP).
1500 mAh battery (BP-4L - the same monster as that used in the E71, E90, 6650 and N800).
There is no stylus built into the phone, but one will be included in the box.
The Nokia N97 is expected to ship in the first half of 2009 (presumably in June) with an estimated price of 550 Euro before taxes and subsidies.
(http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/images/news/n97xd/side-n97.jpg)
(http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/images/news/n97xd/comparison.jpg)
The N97 (117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm) is larger than the 5800 (111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm). Compared to the iPhone (112 x 56.9 x 12.5 mm) is a little taller, but slightly mm narrower. Quite impressive given the incluion of a QWERTY keyboard. N78 also shown.
Press release extract:
Nokia today unveiled the Nokia N97, the world’s most advanced mobile computer, which will transform the way people connect to the Internet and to each other. Designed for the needs of Internet-savvy consumers, the Nokia N97 combines a large 3.5” touch display with a full QWERTY keyboard, providing an ‘always open’ window to favorite social networking sites and Internet destinations. Nokia’s flagship Nseries device introduces leading technology – including multiple sensors, memory, processing power and connection speeds – for people to create a personal Internet and share their ‘social location.’
“From the desktop to the laptop and now to your pocket, the Nokia N97 is the most powerful, multi-sensory mobile computer in existence,” said Jonas Geust, Vice President, heading Nokia Nseries. “Together with the Ovi services announced today, the Nokia N97 mobile computer adjusts to the world around us, helping stay connected to the people and things that matter most. With the Nokia N97, Nseries leads the charge in helping to transform the Internet into your Internet”.
(http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/images/news/n97xd/slide-down-n97.jpg)
32GB or 64GB of internal flash memory
microSD card slot with support for SDHC cards up to 16GB in size (giving total potential memory of 80 GB)
Why phones get cancelled?
http://www.mobile-review.com/articles/2008/cancel-phone-en.shtml
There are dozens of spy photos of various phones that can make your mouth water floating around the Web - astonishingly beautiful, with very robust feature packs and all-around likable they seem to have what it takes to become your next flame. But for some obscure and idiotic reasons (they must have gone crazy!) phone makers cancel them, occasionally at the very last moment. In this write-up we'll tell you why these seemingly illogical decisions aren't always unfounded and why vendors are less short-sighted and careless than they may seem from time to time.
Read the rest here;
http://www.mobile-review.com/articles/2008/cancel-phone-en.shtml
Some cancelled phone´s;
Sony Ericsson G702 (BeiBei):
(http://www.mobile-review.com/articles/2008/image/cancel-phone/beibei.jpg)
Sony Ericsson G902 (Paris):
(http://www.mobile-review.com/articles/2008/image/cancel-phone/paris.jpg)
Motorola's RAZR3 (Rubi)
(http://www.mobile-review.com/articles/2008/image/cancel-phone/pic14.jpg)
Nokia 6210 Navigator
(http://www.mobile-review.com/articles/2008/image/cancel-phone/pic01.jpg)
Land Rover Contracts with Sonim to Make Branded Phones
http://www.phonescoop.com/news/item.php?n=3681
(http://img.phonescoop.com/img/n/3681_fe35900ded28f396c0cdc318f9213bdd.jpg)
Land Rover and Sonim Technologies have entered into an agreement to develop and launch co-branded mobile phones.
A total of three phones are already in the works,
with two -- the Land Rover S1 (pictured) and Land Rover S2 G4 -- slated for launches in the first half of 2009, and the third following later in the year.
The phones will be rugged, submersible, and certified to withstand salt, fog, humidity, transport and thermal shock
and a 1.6-meter drop to concrete from any angle.
Land Rover and Sonim are working with designer Scott Wilson to create the products, which will use GSM-based radio technology.
more info at Land Rover » (http://www.landrover.com/)
and
more info at Sonim » (http://www.sonimtech.com/)
Nokia unveils three new accessories
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/12/03/nokia-unveils-three-new-accessories.html
(http://images.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/new-nokia-accessories.jpg)
Finally, it’s not just the uber-cool N97 Nokia has unveiled at their Nokia World. They also went out with three brand new accessories:
Nokia Home Music (http://europe.nokia.com/A41439727) is a music device for home which brings internet radio, podcasts, and FM radio at the touch of a button.
It can connect to mobile phone, PC or a compatible digital music player.
Specs wise, there’s WiFi radio on board, and an array of connectors
— including standard 3.5mm headphone jack, 3.5mm line-in, USB, Ethernet, SPDIF Optical output, RCA line-out.
Nokia Internet Stick CS-10 (http://europe.nokia.com/A41437047) - the Finnish giant’s latest HSPA modem that supports up to 7.2mbps in downlink and up to 2.0mbps in uplink speeds.
Finally, Nokia Extra Power DC-11 (http://europe.nokia.com/A41435186) is an external battery for those that need an extra juice from time to time.
It features two separate charging connectors, allowing simultaneous charging of up to two devices via micro USB and/or Nokia’s 2mm charging interface.
And that’s about it. I like that Home Music system, especially. I could easily envision it sitting at the table in my room. Until next time, I’ll keep hating the wires…
windows mobile is the shit 8) just recently had a lg ks20 with windows mobile 6 pro.Is there any update for Operating System Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional? i want that shit lol 8) peace!
here pimp
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=408323
windows mobile is the shit 8) just recently had a lg ks20 with windows mobile 6 pro.Is there any update for Operating System Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional? i want that shit lol 8) peace!
here pimp
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=408323
PROPS MAN MAYBE THIS IS GONNA FIX MY BUG ON MY PHONE 8)
windows mobile is the shit 8) just recently had a lg ks20 with windows mobile 6 pro.Is there any update for Operating System Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional? i want that shit lol 8) peace!
here pimp
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=408323
PROPS MAN MAYBE THIS IS GONNA FIX MY BUG ON MY PHONE 8)
a good way to make better use of your phone is to overclock the processor.
my blackjack II is overclocked to 275 MHz and makes it run like a fucking champ 8)
windows mobile is the shit 8) just recently had a lg ks20 with windows mobile 6 pro.Is there any update for Operating System Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional? i want that shit lol 8) peace!
here pimp
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=408323
PROPS MAN MAYBE THIS IS GONNA FIX MY BUG ON MY PHONE 8)
a good way to make better use of your phone is to overclock the processor.
my blackjack II is overclocked to 275 MHz and makes it run like a fucking champ 8)
A friend of mine gave me his old Qtek 8300... which run WM5 standard.
(http://www.avecmobile.com/typo3temp/pics/a25aaae6ce.jpg)
I can see that you're pretty much on top of things when it comes to WM.... ;)
so do you know if there's a way for me to install WM6 or even 6.1 on it?
windows mobile is the shit 8) just recently had a lg ks20 with windows mobile 6 pro.Is there any update for Operating System Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional? i want that shit lol 8) peace!
here pimp
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=408323
PROPS MAN MAYBE THIS IS GONNA FIX MY BUG ON MY PHONE 8)
a good way to make better use of your phone is to overclock the processor.
my blackjack II is overclocked to 275 MHz and makes it run like a fucking champ 8)
A friend of mine gave me his old Qtek 8300... which run WM5 standard.
(http://www.avecmobile.com/typo3temp/pics/a25aaae6ce.jpg)
I can see that you're pretty much on top of things when it comes to WM.... ;)
so do you know if there's a way for me to install WM6 or even 6.1 on it?
after a quick google search, no dice.
I'd suggest checking the www.xda-developers.com website since they have a ton of info on everything windows mobile.
iFone x1 clone mixes Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 with the iPhone
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/12/06/ifone-x1-clone-mixes-sony-ericsson-xperia-x1-with-the-iphone.html
Here’s what happens when certain Chinese handset cloners makers use their imagination. A new device is created combining best of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 and the iPhone, or at least that supposed to be the idea here. However, we don’t see this as a best solution — if we could even argue something like that in a clone device — the iFone x1 lacks full QWERTY keyboard from Sony Ericsson’s smartphone and that’s one element I would love to see on the iPhone.
Anyway, the device is apparently running Windows CE and among other things sports
two SIM card slots, FM radio, some media player and who knows/cares what else.
A short demo video of iFone x1 in action
http://www.youtube.com/v/ECHt2T-Qp0M&hl=en&fs=1&autoplay=0
Mystery hybrid phone pops up all over the Internets
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/12/08/mystery-hybrid-phone-pops-up-all-over-the-internets/
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We’re not quite sure what to make of this beast, but it’s all over the blogosphere and our guess is as good as any for now. It looks like a weird hybrid of a Helio Ocean, Palm Centro/Treo, Sony Mylo and touch of Open Moko. Judging by the unusual number of smudges on the screen, common sense points to a touchscreen / QWERTY combo. Your standard five-way toggle and smart buttons are there but when the T-swivel phone opens up, you see a mini-mouse pad and left and right mouse buttons. The keys look like the firm, bubbly keys we’d see on the Palm Centro or Treo Pro, which leads our buddy Dieter Bohn of TreoCentral to think that this might be the new “Roteo” that’s been in the rumor mill. Regardless of what this phone turns out to be, we’re afraid it’s going to be slapped onto our “do not want” list unless the final version gets some major tweaks.
Intel Hopes to Bring Free Energy to Mobile Devices (PC World)
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20081206/tc_pcworld/intelhopestobringfreeenergytomobiledevices
Intel on Friday said it is researching technology to harvest free energy from the environment, which could lead to devices such as mobile phones running for indefinite periods without recharging.
The company is working on tiny sensors that can capture energy from sources such as sunlight and body heat. In the future, such energy could be used to power personal electronic devices such as cell phones.
There are already watches available that are powered by body heat, as well as prototype smartphones with display screens that double as solar cells, said Justin Rattner, chief technology officer at Intel, during a press event. Intel is also looking at powering a mobile phone by harvesting the energy the user generates by moving the phone's trackball. The radiation of cell phone or TV signals might also be used to power devices.
"Wouldn't it be nice if, in fact, you were able to go almost indefinitely without charging the battery, if you were able to scavenge enough free energy from the environment?" Rattner said.
Intel's initial efforts revolve around the sensors, which could power themselves using free energy. Recharging themselves by scavenging free energy allows the sensors to continuously record and transmit readings over wireless networks, without any human involvement.
For example, an accelerometer buried in the wall of a building could automatically recharge itself by harvesting the energy of radiation from a cell phone tower, allowing it to continuously take and transmit readings of the building's movement.
"It wouldn't have any batteries, you wouldn't have to come out and service them, and you don't have to run any power. They are completely self-contained, and most importantly, self-powered as a result of scavenging energy from the environment," Rattner said.
Intel has also designed a self-charging neural implant that can monitor bodily functions and transmit its readings wirelessly, Rattner said.
"I never have to ... come along with some sort of external fixture and have to recharge this. These become ... install-and-forget systems, because they can scavenge energy from the environment and power themselves up," Rattner said.
Intel has not marketed such a sensor yet, as its research is still ongoing, Rattner said. Sensors use just a fraction of the power demanded by typical mobile devices, and it may take a while before the energy-harvesting technology can power larger items.
For now, the research is intended to provide a broader view of energy harvesting, and many Intel product groups are showing interest in it.
"We haven't been driving it as an Intel product; it's not on anyone's road map at this point. It's part of our broader effort in both sensors and energy harvesting," Rattner said.
WND Wind DUO 2200
'The dual screen mobile designed for users that carry two GSM handsets'
(http://www.wndtelecom.com/images/products/2200-Duo-vbig-rotate.gif)
Synchronize personal and business life in one handset
Use seamlessly across continents
Built-in 2.0 megapixels camera on each side
Share data between both sides in a snap
The Wind Duo 2200 is a robust second generation innovation designed to deliver enhanced synchronized solutions in one versatile handset.
By incorporating two screens, two keypads and two SIM cards, the Wind Duo 2200 lets you streamline your life,
bringing personal and business needs together in ultra convenient and sleek style.
Vertu Boucheron 150 created to celebrate 150th anniversary of the French jewelry house
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/12/10/vertu-boucheron-150-created-to-celebrate-150th-anniversary-of-the-french-jewelry-house.html
Here’s a phone very few of us will be able to afford. It’s the Vertu Boucheron 150, created to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the French Boucheron jewelry house.
Apparently, the phone is built out of a single piece of massive gold!
Furthermore, it is said that it requires more than 2,000 hours to produce a single unit, hence making us belief this will be an extremely limited edition handset.
And since its price is rumored to be more than $30,000, the “limited” part makes perfect sense
— there are no that many individuals ready to pour out such an amount for a mobile phone.
Anyway, the Vertu Boucheron 150 comes in a luxury wooden case, but we’re not familiar with its specs.
Guess that part is not that important with devices like this one…
(http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/new-vertu-phone.jpg)
Mobiado Professional 105GMT Gold is a weird looking mechanical watch mobile phone
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/12/09/mobiado-professional-105gmt-gold-is-a-weird-looking-mechanical-watch-mobile-phone.html
(http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/mobiado-watch-phone-gold.jpg)(http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/mobiado-watch-phone-gold.jpg)
Mobiado is out with yet another ultra expensive mobile phone called Mobiado Professional 105GMT Gold.
As “usual” when it comes to Mobiado, the new device is made out of
high quality (read: expensive), materials like sapphire crystal, Ebony wood and gold
(the phone’s frame is CNC-machined and finished with a 24-Carat gold coating).
However, what sets this Mobiado apart from their other products and what at
the same time makes the device look kinda weird-ish is that it combines a mobile phone with a mechanical watch, incorporated into the lower side of the case.
The “watch part” is also luxurious and has 25 jeweled bearings that are gold-painted and protected by Mobiado’s 3D shock absorbing system.
Rest of the specs include quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) radio,
dual-band 3G (850/2100 MHz), 2-inch QVGA screen, Bluetooth 1.2 + EDR, 2 megapixel camera, 1GB of on-board memory.
Nokia’s Series 40 5th Edition platform is running the show in the back.
As for the size, the Mobiado Professional 105GMT Gold measures 128×47.5×10.6 mm and has a weight of 241.4 grams.
The price was not announced, but we do know the phone/watch will be available to 50 quickest buyers, only.
Breaking: Sony Ericsson joins Open Handset Alliance
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/12/09/breaking-sony-ericsson-joins-open-handset-alliance.html
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Sony Ericsson has just announced that it has joined Google-led Open Handset Alliance. No dates for the first devices were given,
but we are sooo looking forward to the CES and Mobile World Congress when hopefully we’ll see first Sony Ericsson Android handsets being unveiled.
Here’s what Sony Ericsson’s CVP and head of Creation and Development, Rikko Sakaguchi,
said: “Sony Ericsson is excited to announce its membership of the Open Handset Alliance and
confirm its intention to develop a handset based on the Android platform.
We believe Sony Ericsson can bring a wealth of experience in making consumer focused multimedia handsets with
new user experience to the Alliance drawing on the successes of the Walkman and Cyber-shot sub-brands.
Sony Ericsson is a strong supporter of open operating systems and we believe the
Open Handset Alliance offers an exciting opportunity for a new and unique user experience only Sony Ericsson can deliver.”
The official release also stats that the Open Handset Alliance membership will complement the Swedish-Japanese handset maker’s
existing Open OS strategy which is based on the Symbian and Windows Mobile platforms.
Meaning, they’ll keep pushing multiple platforms, at least for the time being.
Android OS ported to HTC Touch [Video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iKje_0lUYg&eurl=http://www.intomobile.com/2008/12/10/android-os-ported-to-htc-touch-video.html
http://www.youtube.com/v/6iKje_0lUYg&hl=en&fs=1
With Google’s Android OS being open-source and all, it’s only a matter of time before Android-enthusiasts port the Linux-based OS to their favorite smartphones.
The latest handset to get the Android-treatment is the Windows Mobile-powered HTC Touch, of all things.
The HTC Touch was manufactured as a Windows Mobile Professional smartphone,
but xda-developers user dzo, has discovered a way to bring the Android OS to the HTC Touch platform.
More specifically, the Android OS was ported to the CDMA variant of the HTC Touch, known as the HTC Vogue.
The video below shows Android running fairly well on the Touch.
The Android build used for this little demonstration even sports a custom on-screen keyboard that
the mainstream T-Mobile G1 lacks.
Putting Android on the HTC Touch is a fairly straight-forward process.
First, you’ll need to ensure that your Touch handset is running on a MSM7X00 CPU and
that your radio is updated to 3.42.50. Once you’ve verified the requirements, you’ll need to download the appropriate files and run a convenient executable file that will handle all the Android-porting for you.
And, when you’re done playing with Android on your HTC Touch/Vogue,
a simple reboot will take you back to Windows Mobile.
Find the instructions here. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=382265)
I'm not looking through 26 pages,so could someone tell me a good website to check out some phones?
best reviews:
www.mobile-reviews.com
the main page is russian,ha,ha... for some reason they got some VERY GOOD connections,so they're 80% of the time first with leaks,news and reviews.
specs and what not:
www.gsmarena.com
daily blog news:
www.intomobile.com
I'm not looking through 26 pages,so could someone tell me a good website to check out some phones?
Best reviews;
Mobile Review (http://www.mobile-review.com/index-en.shtml) link
Upcoming 2009 handsets from Motorola pose for BGR on their way to Verizon
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/12/16/upcoming-2009-verizon-handsets-from-motorola-pose-for-bgr/
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Well lookie here. Motorola apparently has a few tricks up its sleeve that might just surprise us in the coming year. Well they would have any way, if our trusty ninja didn’t come through with the goods! Moto fans, feast your eyes on four sexy handsets coming your way in what is shaping up to be Motorola’s final shot at survival. For the time being details are slim; in fact pretty much all we have are images, the knowledge that they’re all hitting Verizon Wireless, code names and a 2009 time frame (though we do know the RUSH 2 will be out during Q1, likely early in the quarter). We’re seeing some big changes here in terms of common styling cues from Moto - just look at the FLASH, pictured above. Sharp angles and raised, blended buttons - it actually looks pretty hot! There’s plenty more where that came from of course, so hit the jump for shots of the other three handsets.
RUSH 2:
(http://www.boygeniusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/motorush2.jpg)
CALGARY:
(http://www.boygeniusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/motocalgary.jpg)
INFERNO:
(http://www.boygeniusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/motoinferno.jpg)
Vuzix adds big-screen support to even more mobile handsets
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/12/10/vuzix-adds-big-screen-support-to-even-more-mobile-handsets.html
Vuzix AV230XL
Vuzix, the company behind personal video iWear, today confirmed its latest products were compatible with an increasing range of mobile handsets as well as with an expanding library of mobile video content.
(Sidenote: I’ve posted on Vuzix before - check out here, here, and here, for more info)
“Vuzix headsets change the small mobile screen experience into a big screen event,” said David Lock, head of European operations. “Our iWear headsets create a virtual screen, up to 62” large, right in front of your eyes. It truly is the cinema in your pocket and now there is no shortage of material to watch.”
“Nokia’s N96 with the BBC iPlayer on board is just one high profile example of the sudden expansion in content and connectivity that is now available,” he added.
Lock confirmed that handsets such as HTC’s new Touch Pro, LG’s Viewty, the Nokia 6500, N95 and N96, and Samsung’s Innov8 & Omnia models - together of course with Apple’s iPhone, iPod Touch and the other iPod models - were all compatible with the full range of Vuzix personal video headsets, including the two latest models, the entry-level AV230XL and the widescreen AV310WS.
Vuzix AV310 Widescreen
“We are now seeing more and more handsets enter the market with video out capability,” said Lock. “We fully expect more new models from LG, Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson to be hitting the market with TV out in the next few weeks that will also work with our iWear headsets.
“With the enormous growth and interest in mobile video content, whether it is downloadable or streamed, from anyone of the hundreds of web-based video sources such as YouTube, BBC iPlayer, and podcasts from sites such as iTunes; there is no doubt that more people are watching more content on more devices,” he said.
All of the iWear video headsets are supplied with a cable that connects to the iPhone as well as the full iPod range. The Vuzix box also includes a lead that connects direct to the Nokia N95 and N96.
A further “video in” cable is included as standard by Vuzix, and this connects to the video out lead for HTC, LG, Samsung and Sony Ericsson handsets as well to popular games consoles such as the Nintendo Wii. These video out leads are either supplied with the phone or are available as an accessory direct from the manufacturer.
(http://images.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/av310ws.png)
Loomit vs Sony Ericsson Graffiti adds
http://www.youtube.com/v/etYegjXTF5U&hl=en&fs=1
News;QuoteAndroid OS ported to HTC Touch [Video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iKje_0lUYg&eurl=http://www.intomobile.com/2008/12/10/android-os-ported-to-htc-touch-video.html
http://www.youtube.com/v/6iKje_0lUYg&hl=en&fs=1
With Google’s Android OS being open-source and all, it’s only a matter of time before Android-enthusiasts port the Linux-based OS to their favorite smartphones.
The latest handset to get the Android-treatment is the Windows Mobile-powered HTC Touch, of all things.
The HTC Touch was manufactured as a Windows Mobile Professional smartphone,
but xda-developers user dzo, has discovered a way to bring the Android OS to the HTC Touch platform.
More specifically, the Android OS was ported to the CDMA variant of the HTC Touch, known as the HTC Vogue.
The video below shows Android running fairly well on the Touch.
The Android build used for this little demonstration even sports a custom on-screen keyboard that
the mainstream T-Mobile G1 lacks.
Putting Android on the HTC Touch is a fairly straight-forward process.
First, you’ll need to ensure that your Touch handset is running on a MSM7X00 CPU and
that your radio is updated to 3.42.50. Once you’ve verified the requirements, you’ll need to download the appropriate files and run a convenient executable file that will handle all the Android-porting for you.
And, when you’re done playing with Android on your HTC Touch/Vogue,
a simple reboot will take you back to Windows Mobile.
Find the instructions here. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=382265)
News;QuoteAndroid OS ported to HTC Touch [Video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iKje_0lUYg&eurl=http://www.intomobile.com/2008/12/10/android-os-ported-to-htc-touch-video.html
http://www.youtube.com/v/6iKje_0lUYg&hl=en&fs=1
With Google’s Android OS being open-source and all, it’s only a matter of time before Android-enthusiasts port the Linux-based OS to their favorite smartphones.
The latest handset to get the Android-treatment is the Windows Mobile-powered HTC Touch, of all things.
The HTC Touch was manufactured as a Windows Mobile Professional smartphone,
but xda-developers user dzo, has discovered a way to bring the Android OS to the HTC Touch platform.
More specifically, the Android OS was ported to the CDMA variant of the HTC Touch, known as the HTC Vogue.
The video below shows Android running fairly well on the Touch.
The Android build used for this little demonstration even sports a custom on-screen keyboard that
the mainstream T-Mobile G1 lacks.
Putting Android on the HTC Touch is a fairly straight-forward process.
First, you’ll need to ensure that your Touch handset is running on a MSM7X00 CPU and
that your radio is updated to 3.42.50. Once you’ve verified the requirements, you’ll need to download the appropriate files and run a convenient executable file that will handle all the Android-porting for you.
And, when you’re done playing with Android on your HTC Touch/Vogue,
a simple reboot will take you back to Windows Mobile.
Find the instructions here. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=382265)
that's dope 8)
Not as small as the Neo 808i
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=zh-TW&tl=en&u=http://chinese.engadget.com/2008/12/11/neo-808i-hks/
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The Neo-called brand produced the first European-designed mini-fashion phone 808i. In fact, was also launched for a long time, the length of 72mm, width of 41mm, thickness of 14mm, 130 million as camera, FM Radio, Bluetooth, USB2.0, support for MicroSD, come equipped with red and black, priced at HKD $ 1380. Jump to see pictures and detailed specifications.
Phone volume is so small, will not be easily lost ah?
Specifications are as follows:
Standard: tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900Mhz)
Volume: 41X72X14mm
Weight: 90 grams illustrative of the screen: 260,000 color TFT color screen transmission interface: USB2.0
Memory: support MicroSD (maximum 1GB)
Battery operation: Call: 2 hours and 100 hours standby
Random fly with a neck and hang the bag, cell phone can be placed inside.
Phone and camera lens cover than the size of the
To the left of the hole is a jack MicroSD, USB2.0 jack on the right side is
So little use of mobile phones, digital keyboard very natural, not very flexible button. Xiao Bian fingers by the time some difficulties, is only suitable for the use of small girls. The best place is to support the Bluetooth headset, so it would be more convenient.
Tags: 808i, engadgetHK, Neo 808i, Neo808i
Teddy Bear Phone – from Japan with Love
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Teddy-Bear-Phone-From-Japan-With-Love-92841.shtml
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Teddy bears can hardly be associated with high-end technology, but Japan – the country where almost anything has to do with the T-word – thinks otherwise. The proof is a teddy bear phone concept that was presented during the 2008 Good Design Expo.
Dubbed Kuma Phone, the "teddy bear device" is made by Willcom, the fourth largest Japanese mobile operator and the country's sole provider of PHS (Personal Handy-phone System) services.
The Kuma Phone looks like any usual mid-size teddy bear. But inside it, Willcom has somehow packed a handset that can make and receive calls – provided that you insert a SIM card into it. According to CScout Japan, the unusual phone can save up to four numbers that can be speed-dialed via the bear's paws. Furthermore, the Kuma has custom ringtones and it even vibrates. Incoming calls can be answered by pressing the bear's tail, while doing the same during a call will end it.
Of course, the phone-related features of this Japanese teddy bear are far too limited when compared with the ones we can find in an ordinary mobile handset, but this will surely not stop the mobile operator from selling the weird device.
Willcom has also presented, at the 2008 Good Design Expo, a "candy phone" called Nico.Marble – which, together with the bearphone, would make any collector of weird handsets proud.
For the moment, there is no word on when the teddy bear phone will be commercially available, but Japan will obviously be the first country to get it, for a retail price of around 500 USD (about 342 Euros). While waiting to see users talking at their teddy bears on the street, we must say that, if this new concept turns out to be successful, Willcom can even extend the range of "stuffed handsets" and offer mobile phones packed into small sheep, hippos, giraffes or any other animal that might look cute.
Pictures: Pink Barbie P520 Cellphone
http://dailymobile.se/2008/12/12/pictures-barbie-p520-cellphone/
(http://dailymobile.se/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/barbie-phone-06.jpg)
(http://dailymobile.se/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/barbie-phone-11.jpg)
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Here are some pictures of the Barbie P520 Cellphone that can be bought for 780 yuan (US $113) in China. Maybe this phone is something for our female readers?
Technical Specifications: A 2-inch 260K color 176 × 220 pixel display, a 1.3MP camera, up to 2GB of expandable memory, two SIM cards, music player, USB and Bluetooth support.
nah i haven't gotten a new phone. was just commenting on the android G1 hack. would be nice if it could be ported to more phones like my blackjack II 8)
nah i haven't gotten a new phone. was just commenting on the android G1 hack. would be nice if it could be ported to more phones like my blackjack II 8)
that would be dope on my ks-20 also 8)
LG KS20
http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_ks20-2105.php
(http://www.phonegg.com/LG/KS20/LG-KS20.jpg)Code: [Select]General 2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100
Announced 2007, September
Status Available. Released 2008, January
Size Dimensions 99.8 x 58 x 12.8 mm
Weight 92.5 g
Display Type TFT touchscreen, 256K colors (65K effective)
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.8 inches
- Downloadable wallpapers
Ringtones Type Polyphonic (72 channels), MP3
Customization Composer, Download
Vibration Yes
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), buy memory
- 128 MB internal memory
- 400 MHz Qualcomm processor
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD No
EDGE Yes
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0
Features OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional
Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS, Email
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (IE mobile 7.6)
Games 2, order now
Colors Black
Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels, autofocus, video, flash; secondary VGA videocall camera
- Java MIDP 2.0
- MP3/MPEG4/WMV/AAC/DivX player
- FM radio with RDS
- Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF viewer)
- Organiser
- Voice memo
- Built-in handsfree
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1050 mAh
Stand-by Up to 270 h
Talk time Up to 3 h
nah i haven't gotten a new phone. was just commenting on the android G1 hack. would be nice if it could be ported to more phones like my blackjack II 8)
that would be dope on my ks-20 also 8)
LG KS20
http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_ks20-2105.php
(http://www.phonegg.com/LG/KS20/LG-KS20.jpg)Code: [Select]General 2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100
Announced 2007, September
Status Available. Released 2008, January
Size Dimensions 99.8 x 58 x 12.8 mm
Weight 92.5 g
Display Type TFT touchscreen, 256K colors (65K effective)
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.8 inches
- Downloadable wallpapers
Ringtones Type Polyphonic (72 channels), MP3
Customization Composer, Download
Vibration Yes
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), buy memory
- 128 MB internal memory
- 400 MHz Qualcomm processor
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD No
EDGE Yes
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0
Features OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional
Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS, Email
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (IE mobile 7.6)
Games 2, order now
Colors Black
Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels, autofocus, video, flash; secondary VGA videocall camera
- Java MIDP 2.0
- MP3/MPEG4/WMV/AAC/DivX player
- FM radio with RDS
- Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF viewer)
- Organiser
- Voice memo
- Built-in handsfree
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1050 mAh
Stand-by Up to 270 h
Talk time Up to 3 h
I believe you should be able to. ;) (Bundy use WM 6.1 standard)
Have you tried to install BTW?;
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? http://www.dubcnn.com/connect/index.php?topic=152903.msg2045092#msg2045092
As for Bundy,not sure if it exists... but I don't see why not;
Symbian´s S40 UI.... the UI is pretty much the same as WM´s but you might want to check it for fun. ;)
http://www.howardforums.com/showpost.php?p=12086572&postcount=159
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http://www.howardforums.com/showpost.php?p=12037037&postcount=147
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http://www.howardforums.com/showpost.php?p=11858229&postcount=28
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http://www.howardforums.com/showpost.php?p=11837011&postcount=10
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Vertu Signature Dragon handset puts the 'ugh' in 'luxury'
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/vertu-signature-dragon-handset-puts-the-ugh-in-luxury/
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It looks like Vertu isn't resting on its laurels -- a mere two years after snatching the "world's ugliest phone title" with its Signature Cobra, the company's back with the Signature Dragon. What can we say about this one? Not much, seeing as how the thing isn't even listed on the company's website. Even so, since the Cobra retailed for over a quarter of a million bucks we're guessing this new handset ain't gonna be cheap. Feel free to sneak a peek at the thing in the Vertu store in Las Vegas's Wynn Hotel when you hit the town for CES. As an aside, when researching this post we came across an erotic French novel titled Dragon de Vertu which is on sale for about $30. Even if you don't read French, we still think it'd be a better use of your hard earned cash -- and if you do read French, please underline the good parts before you pass it on to us.
Fake iPhone nano makes its debut in Thailand
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/12/27/fake-iphone-nano-makes-its-debut-in-thailand/
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If you see a listing for an iPhone nano on eBay, don’t freak out and spend your life savings to be the first to own this hotly rumored device. Chances are quite good that the phone you receive will not be a genuine Apple product but a cheap knockoff from Thailand - and by “chances are quite good,” we mean it’s fake. iPhone knockoffs appear to be a dime a dozen in Thailand with some designed to fool the casual shopper by bearing an authentic-looking Apple logo and iPhone branding on the phone. Some feature the iconic iPhone interface while others come in a variety of colors. We especially enjoy the knockoff branded as the iPhone “Mini”. Before you jump all over the iPhone nano XSKN rumor and call shenanigans, note that the purported iPhone nano skin designed by XSKN will not fit these knockoffs. The XSKN sports a different design, including a home button that sits close to the edge of the touchscreen and not towards the bottom of the handset. Hit the jump for a few more fake iPhone nano pictures for your amusement.
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LG's magical GD910 wrist phone packs touchscreen, camera and rainbows
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/lgs-magical-gd910-wrist-phone-packs-touchscreen-camera-and-rai/
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It was deliciously inevitable that a watch phone would eventually show up that could actually "pack it all in," and it looks like LG has actually accomplished that feat in its LG-GD910 model. Of note, the phone packs a touchscreen LCD, 3G data, and a built-in camera for videoconferencing and being a general badass. Sure, browsing to your favorite gadget blog might be a tad bit difficult on that 1.43-inch screen, and there's always the question of fashion, but those are minor quibbles -- the real question is where can we get one, and for how much. LG should be showing this off at CES next month (it showed off a predecessor this January), and plans to release it in Japan and Europe, but we've got a couple of cereal box-delivered 2-way wrist radios crossed behind our backs in hopes for a US berth.
Magnetic mount lenses improve mobile phone’s camera; Work with the iPhone, too!
http://www.intomobile.com/2009/01/04/magnetic-mount-lenses-improve-mobile-phones-camera-work-with-the-iphone-too.html
Here’s an interesting accessory for anyone who’s not satisfied with his/her mobile phone’s camera.
Thanks to the magnetic mount lenses, you can improve your phone’s camera functionality by adding any of the three lenses available:
Wide Angle Lens, Fish Eye Lens or Marco Lens.
These lenses can be simply attached to the back of the phone (yap, it works with the iPhone as well) without making the device look too bulky.
The exception is the iPhone 3G, which, because of its plastic back needs a self-adhesive ring with a magnet affixed to the area around the camera.
That’s also provided in the box, along with lenses and a keychain strap.
Best of all, the magnetic lenses cost only $17 and can also work with some notebook computers and digital cameras.
USBfever have them in stock, so you may want to check them out…
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Motorola unleashes MOTOSURF A3100 touchscreen handset
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
Motorola have announced their second newest handset today - the MOTOSURF A3100 touchscreen handset, known as the Attila, Motorola are billing the A3100 as a “touch tablet”, with the A3100 geared for managing both your social, and work life. On the work front, the A3100 comes with the Windows Mobile 6.1 OS, for all your business-related needs. When your done with working, you can unleah your social side, as the A1300 comes with integrated Facebook socalising, making for the best of both worlds.
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The homescreen of the A1300 can be easily customised, with live feeds on weather, news, personal and work e-mail, messaging and calendar events.
The A1300 is to be available sometime in this quarter, pricing is not yet known.
The technical specifications of the A3100 are as follows:
Connectivity: GSM/GPRS/EDGE, WCDMA/HSDPA 7.2 850/1900/2100 MHz
Display: 2.8" touchscreen, QVGA resolution, shows up to 65 thousand colours
Camera: 3 megapixel lens, with autofocus
Memory: 256 MB ROM, 128 MB RAM, MicroSDHC expansion slot, supports up to 32GB
Extras: Bluetooth and USB 2.0 connectivity, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, GPS, omni-directional trackball,
HTC not done with non-touchscreens yet, brings S743 to US market
http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/htc-not-done-with-non-touchscreens-yet-brings-s743-to-us-market/
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We'd never pegged the S740 as the kind of phone HTC would be looking to bring to the New World; it's an oddball by modern Windows Mobile standards, shucking the touchy, feely trend for a traditional numeric keypad that reminds us of a simpler, more innocent time. Miracles can and do happen from time to time, though -- and on that note we give you the S743, a dead ringer for the S740 that's had its Euro-friendly 3G gutted and replaced with HSDPA 850 / 1900 for North American use. It's got WinMo 6.1 Standard, a 2.4-inch QVGA display, and faceted styling inspired by the Touch Diamond, but the S743's real claim to fame is its slide-out QWERTY keyboard for those moments when triple-tapping and predictive text just aren't going to cut it. Look for this sucker to invade US retailers some time this quarter.
iPhone Air (yes it’s a knockoff) spotted in China (wherelse?)
http://www.electronicpulp.net/2009/01/05/iphone-air-yes-its-a-knockoff-spotted-in-china-wherelse/
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If Apple won’t do it, you can be sure that someone else will. Especially someone in China’s who’s as enterprising as they get. Apparently, this is how the Apple iPhone Air will look like. At least, this is how it’ll look like in the eyes of one inspired China-man. It’s got a glowing Apple logo on the outside of its flipping lid, just like the original BlackBook. Its specs? Built-in camera, FM radio, Bluetooth, music player (of course!) and dual SIM card support. Available colors, as you can see here, are pink and black. Don’t know how much these will be exactly, but who would want these anyway? More pictures after the break.
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Anyone have a Blackberry Pearl or Curve?
It charges your phone just by setting it down. I hope they are developing it for other devices.
Life Unplugged with Wire-Free Power
http://www.wildcharge.com/
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WildCharge is changing the way people charge their mobile devices by commercializing
– through licensing partnerships – its proven, wire-free power technology.
WildCharge’s Technology Licensing Program provides the design and manufacturing guidance,
allowing original equipment/design manufacturers (OEM/ODM)
to quickly integrate wire-free power capability into their products.
Full agency certifications (UL/CE/FCC) ensure user safety and product reliability,
while ROHS and CEC Efficiency Level IV compliance ensure low environmental impact.
Technology
https://www.wildcharge.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/category.display/category_ID/255/How_It_Works.htm
The WildCharger™ pad is flat and thin with a conductive surface. Once a cell phone or other electronic device that is enabled with WildCharge technology is placed on the pad – anywhere on the pad and at any orientation – it will instantaneously receive power from the pad. It is that simple. And charging speed is the same as if the device is plugged to the wall!
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Enabling a portable electronic device with WildCharge technology is also simple. A WildCharge adapter attaches to – or outright replaces – the device’s back cover. This adapter has tiny external “bumps” (contact-points) that come in physical contact with the pad.
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Once a compatible electronic device is placed on the WildCharger pad, power is transferred from the pad’s surface through the contact-points to the WildCharge adapter and into the device. The geometries of the charging surface and the contact-points guarantee that regardless of where the device is placed on the pad’s surface, a closed electrical circuit is formed between the surface and the device. Such direct contact allows for a very efficient and safe power transfer without generating harmful radiation or magnetic fields.
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In the case of a RAZR phone, for example, the phone’s battery-cover is replaced with one that already has the WildCharge technology built in. Once replaced, the connector at the end of the adapter’s “charging arm” is inserted into the phone’s power plug. Nothing else is required.
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Such simple enablement is part of our "no-screwdriver" philosophy – enabling a device must be simple and straightforward. In the future, we expect our technology to be integrated inside cell phones and other devices at the time of manufacture. At such time, users will not be required to make any adaptation to their electronic devices.
https://www.wildcharge.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/category.display/category_ID/179/WildCharge_Products.htm&CFID=3779324&CFTOKEN=93936350
Once you equip your mobile device with a WildCharge Skin, you will be able to charge it by placing it on any WildCharger Pad that is connected to a power source. The WildCharger Pad can simultaneously charge multiple devices, such as cell phones, MP3 music players or other mobile devices - as long as they are WildCharge-enabled
Once a cell phone or other electronic device that is enabled with WildCharge technology is placed on the pad
Powermat hands-on
http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/powermat-hands-on/
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Remember the Powermat? Unlike other induction-based "wireless power" contraptions we've seen, this one came out earlier this year as total vaporware and has now resurfaced as a collaborative effort by Michigan-based HoMedics Powermat North America (HPNA). We finally got a chance to see it work in person and, much to our surprise, it seems to have delivered on its promised... at least in part. We saw three pads that touched base with six different mediators for charging various cell phones, laptops, and handheld games. The devices magnetically "lock on" to the mats and a light comes on to indicate its working. The rep told us devices charge just as fast with the mat as they would via the traditional "plug" method, but it's not like we waited around long enough to see for ourselves. No price or date, but we're a lot more excited about it knowing this thing might actually work. We're hearing some more interesting developments will be shown off later this week, from both Powermat as well as a few of the other companies here showcasing wireless power technology, which we'll be keeping an eye out for. Hit up the gallery for some sexy recharging imagery.
Logic Wireless' Logic Bolt makes luminous appearance at CES
http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/07/logic-wireless-logic-bolt-makes-luminous-appearance-at-ces/
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Logic Wireless, a new startup has jumped right into the CES mobile fray with this, the mini projecting Logic Bolt. Logic Wireless assumed all rights to this device from ChinaKing -- which we saw early in the summer of 2008 -- and have tuned it up and have it here at the show. Featuring a quad-band GSM chipset, 3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, projected display size of 36 to 64 inches, and a rated talk time of 2 to 3 hours. Video can apparently blast on for two hours or more using content on the phone or VGA input from other devices. Logic Wireless aims to ship a dual-mode GSM / CDMA set with live video conferencing, four times brighter projector, and Windows Mobile supplanting the current Java OS sometime in the future. For a suggested $100 on-contract price or $600 off, we're thinking if they can make this happen, we're definitely going to be picking one up.
SDXC specification announced; 2TB memory cards with read/write speeds of up to 104 megabytes per second are coming!
http://www.intomobile.com/2009/01/08/sdxc-specification-announced-2tb-memory-cards-with-readwrite-speeds-of-up-to-104-megabytes-per-second-are-coming.html
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During the CES, SD Association — the folks behind the popular SD flash memory card standards — have announced a new memory card specification called SDXC, where the last two letters stand for “eXtended Capacity.” The idea is, of course, to prepare a groundwork for the upcoming consumer needs when more storage capacity and faster access to data will be needed. In that sense, the new SDXC specification provides up to 2 terabytes storage capacity and accelerates SD interface read/write speeds to 104 megabytes per second this year, with a road map to 300 megabytes per second.
The SDXC specification, developed by the SD Association, leapfrogs memory card interface speeds while retaining the world-leading SD interface. Specifications for the open standard will be released in the first quarter of 2009. SDHC, Embedded SD and SDIO specifications will also benefit from the new SD interface speeds.
The SDXC relies on Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)’s exFAT file system to support its large capacity and interoperability in a broad range of devices. The exFAT system was designed for increased compatibility with flash media, from portability of data to interoperability with multiple platforms and devices on removable media.
Finally, to put the numbers in a perspective. A 2TB SDXC memory card can store 100 HD movies, 60 hours of HD recording or 17,000 fine-grade photos. Wow!!!
Download lite beta version of Skype
http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/mobile/
Call and IM friends from your mobile.
Local rate calls to your Skype contacts wherever they are.
Call on Skype wherever you are¹ - no WiFi or 3G required.
Instant message from your mobile.
Save on international and long distance calls to phones and mobiles.
Works on compatible LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson phones.
Local rate Skype-to-Skype calls
With Skype on your mobile, you’ll always know when your friends are online and you can call them for the cost of a local call (or use your inclusive minutes from your mobile plan). Calling with Skype is only available in Australia, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro & Sao Paulo), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, New Zealand, Poland, Sweden, the United States and the UK.
Call from anywhere¹
You can call friends and family from the bus or while you’re sipping a latte in your favorite coffee shop – wherever they are in the world. Best of all, your phone will work as normal – no WiFi or 3G connection needed - and you won’t need to change operator.
Send and receive instant messages
Sign in, see who’s online and send an instant message – and get an instant response.
Save money calling landlines and mobiles abroad
Call phones anywhere in the world at great rates by searching your mobile's phone book from Skype. You can call phones with Pay As You Go credit or with a subscription you get unlimited calls² to landlines (and even mobiles in some countries).
Calling landlines and mobiles abroad
The standard cost of a local or national call on your mobile (or via your inclusive minutes) plus our standard rate to call phones and mobiles.
Call Skype contacts
The standard cost of a local or national call on your mobile (or via your inclusive minutes).
Instant messaging and being online
Your operator’s standard data charge and we recommend using Skype with a data plan. Data usage can vary.
Receive calls from Skype contacts
The standard Skype call rate for calling a mobile in your country will be deducted from your Skype Credit balance.
Receive calls to your online number
Samsung Show finally makes projector phones sexy
http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/12/samsung-show-finally-makes-projector-phones-sexy/
Is 2009 finally the year of the projector phone? Eh, not likely -- but there are finally a few models filtering into retail after years of talk, prototypes, and empty promises, including the Logic Bolt from independent manufacturer Logic Wireless and this puppy from Sammy. We're told that the aptly-named Show is inbound for release in South Korea before the end of the month, it runs Samsung's ubiquitous TouchWiz platform, and it packs DLP-based pico projector tech from TI, but that's about all we (and Samsung's US reps) seem to know about it. The projector can be used to view media stored in phone memory, pull up mobile TV via Korea's T-DMB airwaves, or simply project light, a function luddites may know better as a "flashlight." Most importantly, it actually isn't half-bad looking -- a symptom of a major manufacturer getting involved and throwing some won and industrial design staff at the thing, we bet.
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Nokia Locate Sensor
http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/01/09/nokia-locate-sensor-never-lose-anything-again/
Nokia Locate Sensor has just made its debut at CES 2009. The brainchild of the folk over at the Nokia Research Center, Locate Sensor is a prototype service designed to help ensure you never lose anything. You simply attach a physical wireless location tag (see photo gallery) to stuff such as your keys or wallet, and if you drop anything or it gets nicked from your pocket the accompanying Nokia Locate Sensor app points you in the direction of the item and even tells you how far away it is.
That’s not all it can do. Read on for the full details and to see a photo gallery of it in action.
The tiny Locate Sensor tag - the little green gizmo pictured below - can be attached and modified to be fixed to any sort of item you can think of, and the phone app will support up to 100 items. The battery powered tag runs for up to 18 months, but if the tag is made bigger it could accommodate a bigger battery and longer life, and similarly vice versa.
If you drop something the phone application is designed to automatically alert you and help you hone in on the object within a distance of up to 100 metres. It transmits a simple signal, and doesn’t use GPS, so it can be used inside and isn’t a battery killer.
Another smart use for Nokia Locate Sensor is that it can be tweaked to work the opposite way round - so if you have a tag on your person you can set it so that if your phone is lost or goes further that say 3 metres from you, it immediately disables the handset and re-enables it when it reenters your close vicinity.
It’s such a simple idea, the app works brilliantly, and it’s definitely one of the smartest little gadgets to make an appearance at CES 2009.
There’s no official word if Nokia Locate Sensor will leave Nokia Research Center and become a real product, but from what we saw of it we reckon it would make an awesome addition to Nokia’s product line-up. We’ll keep you posted.
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QuoteNokia Locate Sensor
http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/01/09/nokia-locate-sensor-never-lose-anything-again/
Nokia Locate Sensor has just made its debut at CES 2009. The brainchild of the folk over at the Nokia Research Center, Locate Sensor is a prototype service designed to help ensure you never lose anything. You simply attach a physical wireless location tag (see photo gallery) to stuff such as your keys or wallet, and if you drop anything or it gets nicked from your pocket the accompanying Nokia Locate Sensor app points you in the direction of the item and even tells you how far away it is.
That’s not all it can do. Read on for the full details and to see a photo gallery of it in action.
The tiny Locate Sensor tag - the little green gizmo pictured below - can be attached and modified to be fixed to any sort of item you can think of, and the phone app will support up to 100 items. The battery powered tag runs for up to 18 months, but if the tag is made bigger it could accommodate a bigger battery and longer life, and similarly vice versa.
If you drop something the phone application is designed to automatically alert you and help you hone in on the object within a distance of up to 100 metres. It transmits a simple signal, and doesn’t use GPS, so it can be used inside and isn’t a battery killer.
Another smart use for Nokia Locate Sensor is that it can be tweaked to work the opposite way round - so if you have a tag on your person you can set it so that if your phone is lost or goes further that say 3 metres from you, it immediately disables the handset and re-enables it when it reenters your close vicinity.
It’s such a simple idea, the app works brilliantly, and it’s definitely one of the smartest little gadgets to make an appearance at CES 2009.
There’s no official word if Nokia Locate Sensor will leave Nokia Research Center and become a real product, but from what we saw of it we reckon it would make an awesome addition to Nokia’s product line-up. We’ll keep you posted.
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QuoteNokia Locate Sensor
http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/01/09/nokia-locate-sensor-never-lose-anything-again/
Nokia Locate Sensor has just made its debut at CES 2009. The brainchild of the folk over at the Nokia Research Center, Locate Sensor is a prototype service designed to help ensure you never lose anything. You simply attach a physical wireless location tag (see photo gallery) to stuff such as your keys or wallet, and if you drop anything or it gets nicked from your pocket the accompanying Nokia Locate Sensor app points you in the direction of the item and even tells you how far away it is.
That’s not all it can do. Read on for the full details and to see a photo gallery of it in action.
The tiny Locate Sensor tag - the little green gizmo pictured below - can be attached and modified to be fixed to any sort of item you can think of, and the phone app will support up to 100 items. The battery powered tag runs for up to 18 months, but if the tag is made bigger it could accommodate a bigger battery and longer life, and similarly vice versa.
If you drop something the phone application is designed to automatically alert you and help you hone in on the object within a distance of up to 100 metres. It transmits a simple signal, and doesn’t use GPS, so it can be used inside and isn’t a battery killer.
Another smart use for Nokia Locate Sensor is that it can be tweaked to work the opposite way round - so if you have a tag on your person you can set it so that if your phone is lost or goes further that say 3 metres from you, it immediately disables the handset and re-enables it when it reenters your close vicinity.
It’s such a simple idea, the app works brilliantly, and it’s definitely one of the smartest little gadgets to make an appearance at CES 2009.
There’s no official word if Nokia Locate Sensor will leave Nokia Research Center and become a real product, but from what we saw of it we reckon it would make an awesome addition to Nokia’s product line-up. We’ll keep you posted.
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What happens if you lose the locator?
Sony Ericsson S001 is the best Cyber-shot phone; Too bad it’s a Japan-only device
http://www.intomobile.com/2009/01/30/sony-ericsson-s001-is-the-best-cyber-shot-phone-too-bad-its-a-japan-only-device.html
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Cry if you’re not in Japan. KDDI scored exclusive deal with Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) to carry the company’s Japan-only S001 Cyber-shot handset. The super powerful slider looks great, and among other things comes with a large 3.3-inch WVGA (480×800) OLED screen ensuring beautiful colors, 8.1 megapixel camera with auto-focus, flash, smile shutter and protective lens cover. In addition, there’s 3G radio on board, Bluetooth, as well as GPS
receiver. We couldn’t find WiFi on the list, but I guess that doesn’t mean much when you’re connected via cellular towers, like all the time.
As I said, it’s a Japan only device, which they [Japanese] can grab in either black, pink or green. All versions rock as you can see from the gallery bellow. I wonder when will Sony Ericsson figure we want such devices in the Western hemisphere, too…
i-mate to unveil new revolutionary Windows Mobile phone at Mobile World Congress 2009 next month
http://msmobiles.com/news.php/7994.html
i-mate is alive and kicking!
WHO IS I- MATE? Founded in 2001, i-mate (www.imate.com) is one of the world’s leading experts in the design, development and customization of Microsoft Windows Mobile powered mobile devices. Over the last few years the company has grown significantly, with product distribution across the Middle East, USA, Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia, Africa and Europe.
WHAT IS I-MATE ANNOUNCING? At MWC 2009 i-mate will be unveiling its brand new product – one which sees them break new grounds with a revolutionary mobile device that’s like nothing else.
Note: we will be at MWC 2009 on location, and we will bring first-hand reports from the i-mate! Since by now i-mate has been releasing several Windows Mobile phones, we deduce that this new revolutionary device from i-mate will also be Windows Mobile powered... but obviously we can't be sure yet.
Alcatel assembling a Lego (or Lego-esque) phone?
http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/11/alcatel-assembling-a-lego-or-lego-esque-phone/
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Can you guess what Alcatel's trying to do with this one? Yeah, Lego's products are some of the most recognizable in the world -- and while we can't tell if there's any official Lego brand tie-in here, we certainly wouldn't be surprised if there was in light of Lego's recent foray into the bleeding-edge frontier of consumer electronics. What we're looking at seems to be a render of a device Alcatel hopes to introduce in 2009, borrowing heavily from Denmark's favorite export to provide snap-on faceplates sure to bring a smile to any 6-year-old's face. We don't have any information beyond the screen cap, but there's no compelling reason to believe it's not real -- other than the fact that Legos don't make for the best phone ergonomics, we suppose. Theme devices like this tend to be more Modelabs' territory, but that's not to say Alcatel isn't perfectly capable of pulling this off, either. Next up: a Duplo-based DynaTAC, perhaps?
400 Games for SonyEricsson | 67.44 Mb 128x160, 176x208, 176x220, 240x320, 352x416
http://www.softnull.com/14527-400-java-games-for-sonyericsson.html
Sony Ericsson announces the 8 megapixel W995 and the 12 megapixel Idou
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/02/15/sony-ericsson-announces-the-8mp-w995-amd-the-12mp-idou/
Sony Ericsson had the first press conference of MWC 2009 and used that opportunity to announce the W995, previously known as the Hikaru. The W995 is an 8 megapixel slider with 3.5mm headphone jack, stereo speakers, 2.6″ QVGA scratch-resistant screen, 118MB built-in memory, A-GPS with Google Maps and Wayfinder Navigator pre-installed, Wi-Fi and full PlayStation 3 compatibility. The phone also supports Sony Ericsson’s new Media Go service which allows you to easily transfer music, videos, photos and podcasts between your mobile phone and computer. This handset will be available in Progressive Black, Cosmic Silver and Energetic Red in select markets starting at the end of Q1 2009.
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Sony Ericsson also unveiled the 12 megapixel Symbian-based Idou. The Idou will feature a Xenon flash, large 3.5″ 16:9 touchscreen and will be capable of “full media consumption”. The Idou does not have a model name yet and is expected to be available in the second half of 2009.
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http://www.viddler.com/simple/c48867a8/
looks amazing,killer specs but it's gonna be fucking expensive lol
Nokia busts out its own 8 megapixel slider: the N86
http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/nokia-busts-out-its-own-8-megapixel-slider-the-n86/
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Whoa, Nelly! While Samsung is strutting its 8 megapixel Memoir and Sony Ericsson is letting us all in on the forthcoming 12 megapixel Idou, Nokia is getting even with its 8 megapixel N86. Amazingly, we saw that the suits in Espoo had this thing on the brain way back in 2007, but not until today have we seen a real live product. The N-series slider boasts a Carl Zeiss lens, AutoFocus, dual-LED flash and Symbian S60, not to mention a 2.6-inch OLED display, 8GB of internal memory, a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack, microUSB connector and Share on Ovi integration. We're left in the dark when it comes to pricing and availability, but we're hoping to hear more really, really soon. More shots are waiting in the read link.
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HTC unveils Touch Diamond 2, Touch Pro 2!!!
http://www.intomobile.com/2009/02/16/htc-unveils-touch-diamond-2-touch-pro-2.html
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Guess we all expected to see the HTC announcing Touch HD with full QWERTY keyboard at some point. I always thought it will be called the Touch Pro HD, and now I know I was wrong…
Anyhow, the Taiwan-based smartphone maker unveiled two new products - Touch Diamond 2 and Touch Pro 2, with former being a direct competitor to the company’s existing model - Touch HD.
Specs wise, both devices come with 512 MB of ROM, 288 MB of RAM, HSPA, Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM)’s MSM7200A 528 MHz CPU, Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth. In addition, new devices also sport HTC’s new Straight Talk technology which wows to deliver an “integrated email, voice and speakerphone experience,” by including some sort of mechanical and acoustic design for high-fidelity voice and sound experience.
As for the differences, the Touch Pro 2 has a bigger screen (3.6-inch as opposed to Diamond’s 3.2-inch), but a lower-res camera (3.2 megapixels as opposed to Diamond 2’s 5 megapixels).
Size wise the Touch Diamond 2 measures 107.85×53.1×13.7 mm (4.25×2.09×0.54 inches) and has a weight of 117.5 grams (4.15 ounces) with battery; while the Touch Pro 2 has dimensions of 116×59.2×17.25 mm (4.57×2.33×0.68 inches) and weighs 175 grams (6.17 ounces) with battery.
The HTC Touch Diamond 2 is set to hit major European and Asian markets in early Q2 2009 with broader global availability coming later in the year. The Touch Pro 2, on the other hand, will be available across major global markets beginning in early summer.
PRESS RELEASE - HTC Corporation, a global designer of mobile phones, today unveiled two new flagship devices, the HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2. Integrating innovative simplicity with unique style and an intuitive interface, the devices balance function, form and cutting-edge technology to personalize the communication and mobile Internet experience.
“The HTC Touch Pro2 and HTC Touch Diamond2 introduce a mobile communication experience that simplifies how we communicate with people in our lives whether through voice, text or email,” said Peter Chou, president and CEO, HTC Corp. “HTC is delivering the latest, cutting-edge sophistication in a broad portfolio of mobile phones that improve how people live, work and communicate.”
HTC TOUCHFLO 3D INTEGRATED WITH WINDOWS MOBILE
The HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2 utilize HTC’s latest TouchFLO 3D interface. TouchFLO 3D has been more deeply integrated into a customized version of Windows Mobile 6.1 to deliver more consistency throughout Windows Mobile applications and menus. Focused on making navigation easier and more intuitive, TouchFLO 3D brings important information to the top-level user interface, including quick access to people, messaging, email, photos, music and weather. As part of this improved Windows Mobile integration the touch focus areas have been enlarged to be more finger-touch friendly.
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER
With the HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2, HTC is introducing a new people-centric communication approach, providing a single contact view that displays the individual conversation history of contacts regardless of whether voice, text or email were used. This can be viewed from the contact card or the in-call screen during a phone conversation, ensuring the latest communication contact-by-contact is always at hand.
SIMPLIFYING HOW PEOPLE ACCESS THEIR INFORMATION
Continuing its commitment to making the mobile Internet easier and more enjoyable, the HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2 introduce HTC’s Push Internet technology. HTC Push Internet alleviates slow downloading and rendering of Web pages on a mobile phone. Users can preselect their favorite Websites to get immediate access to them when needed.
HTC TOUCH DIAMOND2
The HTC Touch Diamond2 is the next step in the evolution of the successful HTC Touch Diamond. Crafted to fit perfectly into the hand, the Touch Diamond2 evolves the compact design and iconic style of the original HTC Touch Diamond. It incorporates a larger 3.2-inch high-resolution wide-screen VGA display for a greater viewing area in a design just 13.7mm thick. The phone also includes a new touch sensitive zoom bar for even faster zooming of Web pages, emails, text messages, photos or documents.
Leveraging HTC’s TouchFLO 3D experience combined with a people-centric communication approach and HTC’s new Push Internet technology The Touch Diamond2 offers an advanced touch experience that is optimized for one-hand use.
With fifty-percent better battery life, a five mega-pixel auto focus camera, expandable memory, gravity sensor and an ambient light sensor, the Touch Diamond2 brings the most sophisticated capabilities to a broad consumer audience looking for the professional benefits of a smartphone without sacrificing size, looks or functionality.
HTC TOUCH PRO2
Designed for business professionals, the HTC Touch Pro2 is architected with distinct style and strength while delivering the most powerful productivity experience available on a mobile phone. Leveraging HTC’s TouchFLO 3D, people-centric communication and Push Internet technology, the Touch Pro2 features a high-resolution 3.6-inch widescreen VGA display for an expanded viewing area and large finger-friendly QWERTY keyboard. With improved battery life, expandable memory, a touch-sensitive zoom bar as well as gravity, proximity and ambient light sensors, the Touch Pro2 is optimized for touch as well as heavy email use.
INTRODUCING HTC STRAIGHT TALK FOR HTC TOUCH PRO2
The new HTC Touch Pro2 leverages voice in a new way to create one of the most sophisticated communication experiences found on a mobile phone. HTC’s new Straight Talk technology delivers an integrated email, voice and speakerphone experience. Users can transition seamlessly from email to single or multi-party conference calls and turn any location into a conference room.
In addition to the new simplified calling experience, Straight Talk includes an innovative mechanical and acoustic design that features a sophisticated speakerphone experience similar to those found in corporate boardrooms. Straight Talk delivers a high-fidelity voice and sound experience enhanced by asymmetric speakers and advanced noise suppression with full duplex acoustics. When the Touch Pro2 is flipped over it automatically turns into a conference room speakerphone system.
Availability
The HTC Touch Diamond2 will be available to customers across major European and Asian markets in early Q2 2009 with broader global availability coming later in the year. The Touch Pro2 will be available across major global markets beginning in early summer.
Samsung I7410 Projector Phone
http://www.gadgetvenue.com/samsung-i7410-projector-phone-02161332/
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Mobile Phones with projectors built in seem to becoming more mentioned over these last 12 months. Samsung have now launched the Samsung I7410 (W7900 for Koreans) which boasts a tiny little projector inside which is capable of providing a screen larger then 50″.
I do like the idea of having a projector in my mobile phone as there is enough storage there to store plenty of movies and presentations on, but yet I can never settle and actually watch a film due to the 2 - 3″ screen size that smartphones tend to have. Now that projector phones have the capabilities to throw a large screen it suddenly makes watching movies on your phone more of an option.
The Samsung I7410 comes equipped with a TI DLP Pico Chipset to throw the image. It uses a bright LED to create the light source which in turn gets thrown on to the wall. With the light source being a bright LED it’s not going to be the brightest of images and probably almost unusable in bright light. However, hide your self in a room or throw a smaller 15 - 20 inch screen on to a nearby wall then you should have an ample image to view.
Samsung I7410 Features
* DLP Pico chipset technology
* 5 megapixel camera
* High-resolution color OLED touchscreen
* Intuitive flick navigation to view presentations and photo slideshows
* Ultra-contemporary sleek and lightweight design
* Built-in audio speakers
Sony Ericsson announces the 8 megapixel W995 and the 12 megapixel Idou
http://www.dubcnn.com/connect/index.php?topic=152903.msg2113828#msg2113828
http://www.viddler.com/simple/c48867a8/
GSM Association sets 2012 target date for universal cellphone charger
http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/gsm-association-sets-2012-target-date-for-universal-cellphone-ch/
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Well, this is certainly interesting. Just a couple of days after a top European Union commissioner mused about the need for a universal cellphone charger, the GSM Association has now come out and announced that it and 17 of its partner companies are indeed working on such a solution, and that they plan to have a common format in place by 2012. That rather ambitious date will be a bit easier to meet considering the group's choice of connector, micro-USB, which has already gained quite a bit of acceptance as a common format. The use of micro-USB apparently won't be firm requirement by 2012, however, with the GSMA simply saying that the "majority" of new phones sold by then will support what they're describing as the universal charging solution (or UCS), which itself will have to meet a number of strict requirements in order to be broadly compatible. Of course, while everyone including the likes of Nokia, Motorola, LG, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson have signed on with the GSMA, there are a few big names absent, not the least of which, unsurprisingly, is Apple, so there's certainly still quite a ways to go before we have a truly universal standard.
nokia going down long term.
that new SE looks really nice. might be between that and a newer iphone by the time i get a new device.
played with the 3g iphone recently and must say it is extremely extremely nice.
only thing that would stop me getting the current model is the terrible camera and video capture.
or maybe an android phone they will probably get the best apps hands down.
HTC Magic, running on Android announced for Vodafone
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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Network operator Vodafone has announced the HTC Magic, which is the second mobile phone to run on Google's open-source Android Operating System - the first of which being the G1, which is a T-Mobile exclusive. Unlike the G1, the Magic has no hardware QWERTY keyboard, so you'll have to soley rely on the on-screen keyboard for texting, e-mailing, and so on.
Other than that, the G1 and Magic share many of the same features. The Magic will first be available in the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, France, and Italy. It'll be available in the UK from April, with the other listed countries sometime after. As for the price, it's only known that it'll be available in Spain, on contract, with the device's pricing ranging from €99-€199, depending on the tariff. Known features are as follows:
Connectivity: Quad-band GSM, HSDPA
Display: 3.2", 320 x 480 pixels
Camera: 3.2MP, Autofocus
Memory: 192MB RAM, 512MB ROM
Extras: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, Webkit Web Browser
Processor speed: 528 MHz
Dimensions: 113 x 55 x 13.65 mm
Weight: 118.5 grams, including battery
There is a new version of the iPhone, totally better, able to SMS photos too now!
Unmask Blocked Calls!
With TrapCall, you'll always know who's calling.
http://www.trapcall.com/
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How's it work? Seriously, it's so simple, yet oh so handy.
Ever get one of those annoying blocked or restricted calls?
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When Trapcall receives the blocked call,
our ultra-high tech servers snap their digital fingers and the convenience begins...
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A quick Snap! and the unblocked number is instantly sent to your cell phone.
No software needed.
And that's not all it can do. (http://www.trapcall.com/features)
Unblocks blocked and restricted calls.
Always know who's calling. The way it should be, right?
Trapcall works with any cell phone.
Most providers, any phone. We got ya' covered.
No need to change your current number.
Yep, keep it. We like to keep things simple around here.
Different plans for different folks.
'Bet we have a plan that fits. Check them out here.
http://www.trapcall.com/signup
There is a new version of the iPhone, totally better, able to SMS photos too now!
NewsQuoteGSM Association sets 2012 target date for universal cellphone charger
http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/gsm-association-sets-2012-target-date-for-universal-cellphone-ch/
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/02/charger_unification_europe.jpg)
Well, this is certainly interesting. Just a couple of days after a top European Union commissioner mused about the need for a universal cellphone charger, the GSM Association has now come out and announced that it and 17 of its partner companies are indeed working on such a solution, and that they plan to have a common format in place by 2012. That rather ambitious date will be a bit easier to meet considering the group's choice of connector, micro-USB, which has already gained quite a bit of acceptance as a common format. The use of micro-USB apparently won't be firm requirement by 2012, however, with the GSMA simply saying that the "majority" of new phones sold by then will support what they're describing as the universal charging solution (or UCS), which itself will have to meet a number of strict requirements in order to be broadly compatible. Of course, while everyone including the likes of Nokia, Motorola, LG, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson have signed on with the GSMA, there are a few big names absent, not the least of which, unsurprisingly, is Apple, so there's certainly still quite a ways to go before we have a truly universal standard.
About fuckings time :P
There is a new version of the iPhone, totally better, able to SMS photos too now!You just have to jailbreak fam. My 3G does this + tons more shit right now. 8)
TapSB SpringBoard mod brings Xperia-like panels to a jailbroken iPhone/iPod Touch near you
http://www.intomobile.com/2009/03/23/tapsb-springboard-mod-brings-xperialike-panels-jailbroken-iphoneipod-touch.html
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Here’s an interesting idea Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) could consider implementing as part of its iPhone 3.0 update. The so called TapSB is a SpringBoard mod that allows jailbroken iPhones/iPod Touch users to browse their homescreens much faster. Once installed, TapSB is super-easy to use:
Double tap on the homescreen, and you will see thumbnail versions of 6 different pages
Tap on a thumbnail and the full page will be shown
This isn’t exactly the full-blown Xperia panel — as Xperia panels can be quite complicated apps — but you get the point. Showing multiple screens on a single page is definitely useful for browsing around all those apps you certainly have installed on your iPhone/iPod Touch.
Look for TapSB in Cydia, give it a try and let us know what you think about it.
Cool758 razor phone really can shave, awaits complete market saturation
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/cool758-razor-phone-really-can-shave-awaits-complete-market-sat/
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Sure, the 120 million mark of the RAZR V3 might be a little hard to grasp at, but with innovative features like shaving people's faces, we could really see this Cool758 "razor phone" breaking into the double digits. Just pop the cap off the bottom and you've got a fully functional shaving implement, perfect for rubbing across your chin repeatedly in a vain hope that it'll knock off a few bristles before that very important meeting you're late and ill-prepared for. If shaving isn't your thing, there's always its dual-sim capability, a touchscreen, and a 2 megapixel camera to fall back on. No word on price or availability.
HTC Star and HTC SuperStar to come with Windows Mobile 6.5?
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Quite many handsets from HTC’s 2009 line-up have appeared lately in unofficial documents, and now it’s time for even more.
If the info found at Tilt Mobility is legit, two of HTC’s Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones – codenamed HTC Star and HTC SuperStar – will come with WVGA (480 x 800) displays. The Star will sport a 3.6 inch screen, while the SuperStar a 3.7 inch one.
HTC Star is said to have a Qualcomm 8250 chipset – and there’s nothing unusual here, as Qualcomm and HTC have been collaborating since, like, forever.
On the other hand, HTC SuperStar appears as featuring an nVidia AP16 chipset, which does sound promising.
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There is a new version of the iPhone, totally better, able to SMS photos too now!
When is it supposed to come out?
Projector Phone Triband GSM/GPRS Touchscreen Cell Phone
http://beforeibuy.blogspot.com/2009/04/projector-phone-triband-gsmgprs.html
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Touchscreen Cell Phone. The worlds first and still best projector mobile phone!
Tri Band multimedia cellphone with interactive touchscreen, WAP, Bluetooth, and long lasting battery for extra long talk time and phone usage between charges. The tri-band technology and open SIM card slot in this mobile phone will keep you "unlocked" from any particular phone company and works on the network frequencies used by more than 100 countries worldwide. This is a truly easy to use multimedia mobile phone with its friendly touchscreen interface and well designed software that operates on interactive touch screen action. Among the multimedia features included in this phone are MP3 and MP4 player, Digital Camera, Image Viewer, Video Recorder, and rich media environment messaging options. With the internal micro SD card slot already containing a 1GB card, the phone comes out of the box ready to start talking, listening to music, taking pictures, and watching videos.
nokia aeon concept phone hits the big screen with a lead role
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/04/09/nokia-aeon-concept-phone-hits-the-big-screen-with-a-lead-role/
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We know Nokia loves showing off its wares in movies and music videos but it looks like the Finnish handset slinger may have taken its obsession with film to the next level. Forget brief cameos like The Dark Knight and others — Nokia’s concept handset, the Nokia Aeon, apparently takes center stage as the star of the recently-released Echelon Conspiracy film. Don’t worry, we’ve never heard of it either. An unreleased, unbranded device that looks remarkably like Nokia’s green full-touch concept phone is a key element of the film’s complex plot however, and it looks ridiculously slick. Sure the phone in the film packs a feature or two that you might not find in a release version, but its appearance probably means one of two things: 1) Nokia might actually be thinking of releasing the handset someday. 2) The film called for a crazy concept device that would never reach market and Nokia pitched the Aeon. The later is more likely of course, but it can’t hurt to dream, right? Hit the jump for a shot to remind you what Nokia’s Aeon concept looks like, and then check out the Echelon Conspiracy Trailer. Looks like a nail-biter.
Sony Ericsson Introdcues 2 New Handsets ... and Re-names Idou (Satio)
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
Yesterday Sony Ericsson revealed two new handets as well as officially introducing the previously revealed Idou, now re-christened as Satio. The first of the new handsets, Yari, is a 5 MP cameraphone that is the first Sony Ericsson handset to feature the Walkman 4 player, which will include support for Walkman themes. The handset looks set to be marketed as a 'fun' and/or 'gaming' handset with its motion and gesture control and it's media applications like SenseMe. The second handset is Aino, which is in some ways the counterpart to Satio (Idou). It's part of Sony Ericsson's new Entertainment Unlimited series and features an 8 MP camera with AF and the usual SE camera goodies such as BestPic, geo-tagging, face detection, etc. The screen is a 16 million colour 3-inch capacative touchscreen, although the touchscreen is only active when in media player mode or camera mode (e.g. for touch focus). Aino has a slide out keypad for input when not in touchscreen mode. One last feature worth noting is the PS3 Remote Play service, which allows the Aino to interact with the owner's PS3 from anywhere in the world to download/stream content from the PS3.
Satio we've seen before of course in its guise as Idou. We won't say too much about Satio since it is already well known and you can read our preview of the device here. The one thing that many may comment upon is the change in name ... Idou somehow seems a little cooler.
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Yari
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Connectivity: Quad-band GPRS/EDGE, tri-band HSDPA, Bluetooth (A2DP)
Display: 256k colour TFT, 240x320, 2.4 inches
Memory: 60 Mb internal, supports up to 16 Gb MicroSD
Battery: 450h standby, 10h talktime (2G), 4.5h talktime (3G)
Camera: 5 MP, AF, LED flash, geo-tagging, face detection, QVGA video recording @ 30fps
Features: FM radio with RDS, TrackID, Youtube/Facebook apps, SenseMe, Shake Control, media player
Aino
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Connectivity: Quad-band GPRS/EDGE, tri-band HSDPA, Bluetooth (A2DP), Wi-Fi DLNA
Display: 16 million colour TFT capacitive touchscreen, 240x432, 3 inches
Memory: 55 Mb internal, supports up to 16 Gb MicroSD, 8 Gb included
Battery: 380h standby (2G), 367h standby (3G) 13h talktime (2G), 4.5h talktime (3G) 31h music play
Camera: 8.1 MP, AF, LED flash, geo-tagging, face detection, touch focus, smart contrast QVGA video recording @ 30fps
Features: FM radio with RDS, TrackID, Youtube/Facebook apps, SenseMe, Shake Control, media player, Google maps, Remote Play for PS3
Satio
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Connectivity: Quad-band GPRS/EDGE, tri-band HSDPA, Bluetooth (A2DP), Wi-Fi DLNA
Display: 16 million colour TFT touchscreen, 360x640, 3.5 inches
Memory: 128 Mb internal, supports up to 16 Gb MicroSD, 8 Gb included
Camera: 12.1 MP, AF, xenon flash, geo-tagging, face & smile detection, touch focus
Features: FM radio with RDS, TrackID, Youtube/Facebook apps, SenseMe, Shake Control, media player, Google maps
so...i'm not about to go through 28 pages of opinions...
i'm thinking of making the iphone jump pending some nice hardware updates after the wwdc updates tomorrow...any advice/suggestions on such an idea?
im back!!! yo raider are you using the same phone? im curently using lg te365 neon and it's so so,my lg ks20 broke and i got a refund and i didnt want to spend a shit load of money for a new phone (got so many things to pay) so i bought a budget phone (lg te365) and the phone is not bad but not great
(http://reviews.cnet.com/i/bto/20090330/Neon_Open_hr_270x347.jpg)
so...i'm not about to go through 28 pages of opinions...
i'm thinking of making the iphone jump pending some nice hardware updates after the wwdc updates tomorrow...any advice/suggestions on such an idea?
it's not 28pages of opinions. more like news,tip and tricks. wait for the next iphone that's coming in a minute. rocks 32gb + 3.2mp camera.
Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 specifications leaked?
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/06/07/sony-ericsson-xperia-x2-specifications-leaked/
(http://www.boygeniusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sony-ericsson-x2-vulcan-spy1.jpg)
A regular poster over at Mobile-review forums has leaked what he/she claims are the specifications for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X2. The black and silver slider is rumored to have:
8.1mpx auto focus, VGA @ 30fps (MP4 HQ)
3.5 inch WVGA OLED (increased from 3.0 from X1)
GPS, aGPS
3.5 mm headphone jack
Accelerometer
Faster processor
512 RAM
Custom Windows Mobile 6.5
(SE engineers customized Win6.5 which runs very. very speedy. in par with iPhone and better in some cases)
XPERIA Panels are modified with plenty of innovative features (PS3 remote play being one of them)
Upgrading to Windows Mobile 7 is supported by Xperia panels
If these specs pan out, then the X2 may be a nice jump up from the X1.You may have to wait a while to get your mitts on this handset, however.
With the mention of Windows Mobile 6.5, Windows Mobile 7 and Sony Ericsson’s track record with the first Xperia handset,
any potential release date is most likely way off in the distance.
ANYONE SEEN IT...NOKIA 888 8)
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http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j212/anjanesh/Blog/Nokia888.gif
HTC Hero (Android)
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/06/24/htcs-hero-is-now-official/
(http://media.boygeniusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/htc-hero.png)
Right on cue, HTC has announced its latest Android device in the Hero. With many of the Hero’s specs being the same as the Magic, the handset does manage to beat out the Magic with its 5 megapixel camera with auto-focus, 3.5mm headphone jack (finally!!!), improved battery life and Adobe Flash support. But what makes the Hero really exciting is the fresh new GUI overlay. Much like with TouchFLO 3D for Windows Mobile, the new HTC Sense UI gives Android a much needed injection of style and functionality by allowing users to keep the content that matter to them — such as weather, contacts, photos, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and bookmarks — at their fingertips.
Another feature found within Sense is Scenes, which essentially allows users to switch from “work to weekend mode” (think of it as Modes on Nokia’s Eseries but sexier) and also helps organize emails, texts, photos, Facebook updates, call logs and more per contract entry much like Palm’s webOS. The Hero’s dedicated Search button features Spotlight-like search, meaning finding the contact, email, app, Tweet and more you’re looking for couldn’t be more simple. One last thing — the Hero is coated in Teflon that not only feels soft to the touch and thus easier to grip, but also protects the devices paint job from your greasy hands.
The Hero will be available next month in Europe with Asian availability coming in the later summer months (Orange UK has already announced it will be carrying the Hero in graphite for as low as £0 on contract this July). As for North Americans, well, we’re just going to have to wait for a little while longer. Hit the jump for the complete specs, some pics and a video.
Android with HTC Sense
112mm x 56.2mm x 14.35mm, 135g
Qualcomm MSM7200A 528MHz processor
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, dual-band 7.2Mbps HSPA/WCDMA
512 ROM / 288 RAM
3.2″ HVGA capacitive touchscreen
5.0 megapixel camera with auto-focus
Gravity sensor
Digital compass
WiFi 802.11b/g
GPS
Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR + A2DP
3.5mm headphone jack
microSD
1350 mAh battery
420 minutes talktime / 750 hours standby (WCDMA)
(http://media.boygeniusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/htc-hero2.png)
(http://media.boygeniusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/htc-sense.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/v/FKTDSfbcbBU&hl=en&fs=1
new images of sony ericsson rachael and kiki surface along with a rachael ui video
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/07/08/new-images-of-sony-ericsson-rachael-and-kiki-surface-along-with-a-rachael-ui-video/
(http://media.boygeniusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/se-rachael-kiki.jpg)
Heads up SE fans! A tipster just dropped us a lead on some new shots (and a video) of the mouth watering Sony Ericsson Rachael and the plant watering Sony Ericsson Kiki — which means were dropping them on you. We last heard about these two handsets late last week and since then we have to be honest… The Rachael has been on our minds non stop. Android, Snapdragon, 8 megapixel camera with auto-focus, 7.2Mbps HSDPA and 3D graphics capabilities? Yeah we need it. As for the Kiki, mmm, it’s unique. Hit the jump for the new renderings along with a video supposedly depicting SE’s own UI sitting atop the Android-powered Rachael. We’re not going to lie — it’s pretty sexy.
Thanks, Funky!
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(http://media.boygeniusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/kiki-preview.jpg)
Sony Ericsson Rachael UI android
http://www.youtube.com/v/9UwcVlF5EUM&hl=en&fs=1
Keepin' it real fake, part CCXXI: Apple's iPhone and iPod nano hook up, combine
http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/09/keepin-it-real-fake-part-ccxxi-apples-iphone-and-ipod-nano-h/
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/07/iphone-nano-kirf.jpg)
Hey, Apple -- you know that inspiration you've been looking for in order to concoct a proper iPhone nano? We just found it. Over in some seedy warehouse in the depths of Shenzhen, the aptly titled iphone nano has emerged. As you could likely surmise, this completely improper knockoff gentle combines the best features from Apple's iPhone and the iPod nano to create a singular, if not awkward device. Heck, there's even a 5 megapixel camera, which easily trumps the 3.2 megapixel shooter on the iPhone 3GS. It's all yours for just 90 bones, and you don't even have to sign your cellular soul away to AT&T. Look out Apple, we get the feeling this thing's going to be huge.
Did you see the new nokia surge? it's ugly as fuck!!! (http://www.ecommercetimes.com/images/article_images/67577_300x278_nokia_surge.jpg)
lol I'm about to get a 16 gig iphone 3g for 129 8)
Cigarette lighter phone could light up your death sticks
http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/17/cigarette-lighter-phone-could-light-up-your-death-sticks-life/
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www.seabright.cn/en/showproduct.asp?Cid=290&Mid=79
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/07/lighter-phone-20090717-500.jpg)
We have zero solid info on this one -- price, real pictures, or any sort of availability anywhere -- so, don't hold your (nicotine-riddled) breath waiting for the SB6309 Lighter Phone to show at an AT&T Store near you. Even so, a phone with a cigarette lighter built-in is too good not to mention. Flip it over, slide back the protective cover, and press your cancer stick onto the glowing square -- and do it quick, because that can't be doing anything good for battery life. An interesting product in these increasingly health-conscious times, sure to be a hit in Japan at least where about 30 percent of adults can't get through the day without lighting up. That is, of course, assuming this thing is real. The pics are all renders, and its website seems to be laced with some sort of malware. Click on through to see another picture of its three available colors we've dubbed "Bloody Spittle," "Burnt Tobacco," and "Emphysema." They're viewable here without any risk of giving your machine any sort of respiratory distress, but if you really want to live life dangerously, copy/paste the URL after the break into the appropriately wide box in your browser.
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/07/lighter-phone-20090717-500-2.jpg)
a lighter with a cell phone? technological breakthrough! LOL what a useless gadget on a cell phone! what if the lighter fluid leaks in the phone? it's fucked!
lol I'm about to get a 16 gig iphone 3g for 129 8)
With or without contract?
Sony Ericsson Rachael Confirmed on Expansys
http://www.intomobile.com/2009/07/21/sony-ericsson-rachael-confirmed-on-expansys.html
(http://images.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/sonyericsson-rachaelxpansys.jpg)
Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE)’s foray into the Android game has been confirmed by retailer Expansys now that they have a preorder page up. Code-named Rachael, and branded as the X3, Expansys offers a healthy spec sheet:
4″, 800 x 400 touchscreen
2G: 850/900/1800/1900 (Quad-Band)
3G: 900/2100 (Dual-Band); HSDPA (10Mbps), HSUPA (2Mbps)
8 megapixel camera with autofocus and 8 x digital zoom
LED Flash
Image Stabilization
Smile Shutter
Face Detection
VGA Video Recording
POP3, SMTP, IMAP4, MS Exchange e-mail
miniUSB, 3.5mm AV connector
Bluetooth (2.1), Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11g), AGPS
The Hero’s nice and all, but considering we heard the X3 is going to be packing a 1Ghz processor, it’ll be the monster Android handset for awhile, and combined with all of we’ve been seeing of the X2 lately, Sony Ericsson’s next couple of quarters look noticably brighter than their last one. We had seen what was supposedly the user interface Sony Ericsson was going to use for Rachael, but the video didn’t show the music player widget pictured above - who knows if it was fake or not, but we’ll be finding out soon enough.
lol I'm about to get a 16 gig iphone 3g for 129 8)
With or without contract?
with. i'm eligable for a upgrade 8)
lol I'm about to get a 16 gig iphone 3g for 129 8)
With or without contract?
with. i'm eligable for a upgrade 8)
Maybe it´s time to edit the topic title? :P
Nokia makes the Maemo 5 official
http://www.intomobile.com/2009/08/27/nokia-makes-the-n900-and-maemo-5-official.html
(http://images.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/maemoportrait.jpg)
ARM Cortex-A8 processor running @ 600 MHz (Texas Instruments OMAP 3430)
Up to 1GB of application memory (256 MB RAM and up to 768 MB of virtual memory) and OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics acceleration
3.5 inch 800 × 480 resolution touch screen
110.9 mm × 59.8 mm × 18 mm (19.55 mm at thickest part); 181 grams
BL-5J battery with 1320mAh of power
10.2 Mbps HSPA (900/1700/2100 MHz), quadband GSM/EDGE, Bluetooth 2.1 and WLAN
Browser powered by Mozilla technology, full Adobe Flash 9.4 support, the ability to copy and paste from the browser!
32 GB of storage built in, expandable to 48 GB via microSD
5MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics; 800 × 480 resolution video recording
http://maemo.nokia.com/
(http://www.evilmilk.com/pictures/Iphone_And_Stone.jpg)
(http://www.evilmilk.com/pictures/Iphone_And_Stone.jpg)
it has video recording and MMS
NewsQuoteCigarette lighter phone could light up your death sticks
http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/17/cigarette-lighter-phone-could-light-up-your-death-sticks-life/
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www.seabright.cn/en/showproduct.asp?Cid=290&Mid=79
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/07/lighter-phone-20090717-500.jpg)
We have zero solid info on this one -- price, real pictures, or any sort of availability anywhere -- so, don't hold your (nicotine-riddled) breath waiting for the SB6309 Lighter Phone to show at an AT&T Store near you. Even so, a phone with a cigarette lighter built-in is too good not to mention. Flip it over, slide back the protective cover, and press your cancer stick onto the glowing square -- and do it quick, because that can't be doing anything good for battery life. An interesting product in these increasingly health-conscious times, sure to be a hit in Japan at least where about 30 percent of adults can't get through the day without lighting up. That is, of course, assuming this thing is real. The pics are all renders, and its website seems to be laced with some sort of malware. Click on through to see another picture of its three available colors we've dubbed "Bloody Spittle," "Burnt Tobacco," and "Emphysema." They're viewable here without any risk of giving your machine any sort of respiratory distress, but if you really want to live life dangerously, copy/paste the URL after the break into the appropriately wide box in your browser.
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/07/lighter-phone-20090717-500-2.jpg)
NewsQuoteNokia makes the Maemo 5 official
http://www.intomobile.com/2009/08/27/nokia-makes-the-n900-and-maemo-5-official.html
(http://images.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/maemoportrait.jpg)
ARM Cortex-A8 processor running @ 600 MHz (Texas Instruments OMAP 3430)
Up to 1GB of application memory (256 MB RAM and up to 768 MB of virtual memory) and OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics acceleration
3.5 inch 800 × 480 resolution touch screen
110.9 mm × 59.8 mm × 18 mm (19.55 mm at thickest part); 181 grams
BL-5J battery with 1320mAh of power
10.2 Mbps HSPA (900/1700/2100 MHz), quadband GSM/EDGE, Bluetooth 2.1 and WLAN
Browser powered by Mozilla technology, full Adobe Flash 9.4 support, the ability to copy and paste from the browser!
32 GB of storage built in, expandable to 48 GB via microSD
5MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics; 800 × 480 resolution video recording
http://maemo.nokia.com/
NewsQuoteNokia makes the Maemo 5 official
http://www.intomobile.com/2009/08/27/nokia-makes-the-n900-and-maemo-5-official.html
(http://images.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/maemoportrait.jpg)
ARM Cortex-A8 processor running @ 600 MHz (Texas Instruments OMAP 3430)
Up to 1GB of application memory (256 MB RAM and up to 768 MB of virtual memory) and OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics acceleration
3.5 inch 800 × 480 resolution touch screen
110.9 mm × 59.8 mm × 18 mm (19.55 mm at thickest part); 181 grams
BL-5J battery with 1320mAh of power
10.2 Mbps HSPA (900/1700/2100 MHz), quadband GSM/EDGE, Bluetooth 2.1 and WLAN
Browser powered by Mozilla technology, full Adobe Flash 9.4 support, the ability to copy and paste from the browser!
32 GB of storage built in, expandable to 48 GB via microSD
5MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics; 800 × 480 resolution video recording
http://maemo.nokia.com/
it's gonna be mad expensive!
The Nokia X6 is Nokia's next all-touch flagship, boasting 32GB internal memory and a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics.
http://www.infosyncworld.com/reviews/cell-phones/nokia-x6/10482.html
(http://www.infosyncworld.net/resources/products/nokia/nokia_x6_p02.jpg)
When we reviewed the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic earlier this year, we found a phone that didn't entirely live up to the XpressMusic expectations. With the introduction of the X series, Nokia aims to distance its all-around phones from the music phones. The two first phones in the new lineup will be the Nokia X6 and X3. The Nokia X3 is the first S40 based phone to offer the Ovi Store, while the Nokia X6 is a full-fledged smartphone powered by Symbian S60 5th Edition.
The Nokia X6 will be selling for 450 EUR before taxes and subsidies, but then you'll also get 32GB of internal memory (no microSD slot for memory expansion), a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, the S60 OSS Web Browser with Flash Lite 3 (for YouTube access) and three games (Spore, D Mix Tour and Asphalt4). You can find even more details of the Nokia X6 here, revealing that the all-touch phone will get a 3.2-inch widescreen display and an accelerometer for display rotation.
Although it looses the XpressMusic brand, the Nokia X6 is still very much capable of music and video playback. In fact, the large internal memory and the 3.5mm headphone jack in combination with the on-screen Media Bar should provide a pretty good solution for multimedia fans. Will it match Apple's iPod solution in the iPhone? If you want to listen to music while using other aspects of the phone, then yes. However, if managing your multimedia files in an exceptional way is a must, then no. Using a 1320 mAh battery, the Nokia X6 also claims up to 35 hours of music playback.
The OSS Web Browser found in S60 5th Edition should also make the Nokia X6 a pretty powerful browsing tool. The browser looses the Mini Map functionality from S60 3rd Edition, but it's still the same Webkit engine rendering Web pages and Adobe Flash Lite 3 enables you to play YouTube videos directly from YouTube's site. Since the Nokia X6 also boasts a 5-megapixel camera with VGA video recording capability, it should also be a good phone for uploading your own material directly to YouTube, Flickr etc.
Like most Nokia smartphones, the Nokia X6 will get the full range of Ovi services, including the new Ovi Store, Ovi Maps 3.0 and Nokia Music Store. Actually, the Nokia X6 will in some countries be sold with the "Comes With Music" option, though Nokia recently announced that it'll delay the launch of Nokia Music Store until 2010 in the U.S. Beyond Ovi, the Nokia X6 will offer Mail for Exchange, Nokia Email, SMS and MMS messaging.
The Nokia X6 will be shipping in the fourth quarter of 2009, and will get an estimated retail price of EUR 450 before taxes and subsidies.
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 gets official
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/09/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x2-gets-official/
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Will it ever stop today? Sony Ericsson has apparently decided to join in the fun — and by that we mean attempt to steal Nokia’s thunder. Everyone’s favorite stumbling handset maker has just made the somewhat anticipated XPERIA X2 official. We would much rather see the XPERIA X3 become a reality but as they say, you can’t win ‘em all. As far as specs go, leaks have already encompassed just about everything worth mentioning: Windows Mobile 6.5, 8.1 megapixel camera with auto focus, touch focus and 16x digital zoom, 3.5-inch WVGA OLED display, aGPS, DLNA, 512MB RAM, 3.5 mm headphone jack and an accelerometer. No pricing has been announced but it will launch in select markets some time in Q4 and there will be a version with WCDMA 850/1900/2100 MHz.
Sony Ericsson Pureness caught in the wild
http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/sony-ericsson-pureness-caught-in-the-wild/
Sony Ericsson Xperia Pure
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/09/pureness-itw-2-rm-eng.jpg)
(http://img.areamobile.de/images/handies/sonyericsson/Xperia-Pure/200909031609sony-ericsson-xperia-pure-news.jpg)
(http://img.areamobile.de/images/handies/sonyericsson/Xperia-Pure/200909031611sony-ericsson-xperia-pure-news2.jpg)
Nokia N900 Maemo Is a Phone, Makes the N97 Look Silly
http://gizmodo.com/5346818/nokia-n900-maemo-is-a-phone-makes-the-n97-look-silly
(http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/08/500x_Nokia_N900_48_lowres.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/v/GhTtsZATwBQ&hl=en&fs=1
There's been a lot of talk about the N900 Maemo "tablet", especially about how it looks suspiciously like a phone.
And even if Nokia (inexplicably) plays it down in their now-official announcement, that's exactly what it is: an amazing-looking handset.
Beyond that Maemo Linux OS we've been begging Nokia to bring to phones for the better part of a year,
the N900 is, as Nokia handsets tend to be nowadays, a healthy piece of hardware.
It's got a 3.5-inch resistive WVGA screen, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, an ARM Cortex 8 processor, and 1GB 256MB of RAM,
and is crammed with 32GB of internal memory with a MicroSD slot for expansion, GPS, an FM transmitter, a 5-megapixel camera,
a 3.5mm jack and a gajillion-band cellular radio, including, crucially, support for T-Mobile's 1700MHz slice of the spectrum.
Since Maemo is based on Debian Linux, the app selection should be interesting.
Stock, the N900 will ship with Firefox (Fennec, I assume) and Flash support and a panel-based multitasking system, as well as tight VoIP integration and near-total video and audio codec support.
Maemo is fresh in a phone context, but it looks fantastic here—I see bits of Pre, pieces of Android and a whole lot of Nokia freshness.
More than anything, I really just want to touch this thing.
Try getting that excited about an N97, sometime. The N900 will launch "select markets"—all of which sadly seem to trade in Euros—for €500, or about $700.
Samsung's SCH-W880 12 megapixel phonecamera with 3x optical zoom
http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/samsungs-sch-w880-12-megapixel-phonecamera-with-3x-optical-zoom/
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/09/w880-new-samsung.jpg)
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/09/samsung-sch-w880_1.jpg)
In a welcome reversal of trends, Samsung just stuffed a 3G cellphone into a 12 megapixel camera making this M8920 / SCH-W880 more of a camera than most 12 megapixel cameraphones can claim. While this presumed follow-up to Samsung's Pixon 12 (M8910) isn't official, the announcement looks imminent based on the leaked collateral above and the spyshots that emerged over the weekend. What's impressive here is that extending 3x optical zoom -- something carried over from the SCH-B600 -- and dedicated camera controls like a mode dial, shutter and zoom, and big 3.3-inch WVGA AMOLED display. Rounding out the specs are HD (720p presumably) video, HSDPA data, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, microSD slot, and DMB mobile television; that latter spec making this Korea-only whenever it does launch. See her in the wild after the break.
i use morse codeKeep it real, my dude.
Sony Ericsson X10 Announced
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/xperia-x10-2009-11-02-28.jpg)
It's finally official ... the X10 has been announced and is looking pretty sweet! Before we get to the specs list there are a few other things to point out. The first is that Sony Ericsson are listing the X10 as using Android 1.6. Now some my have been expecting 2.0, but until it is actually available on a wide scale it does make more sense to list 1.6 as the OS. I can't see Sony Ericsson not offering an upgrade to 2.0 at some point though. The other thing to note is that our very own Eldar has said in his Twitter feed that stock levels of the X10 will initially be around 100,000 units for the entire globe. That's not all that many. Ok let's take a look at the specs shall we?
Basics:
Size: 119 x 63 x 13 mm
Weight: 135 grams
Phone memory: Up to 1 GB Memory card support: microSD™ Memory card included: 8 GB Operating system: Google™ Android Donut, version 1.6
Processor: 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon™ QSD8250
Screen: 262,144 colour TFT touchscreen 4.0 inches 480 x 854 pixels (WVGA) Scratch-resistant
Bands:
UMTS HSPA 900/1700/2100
GSM GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
UMTS HSPA 800/1900/2100
GSM GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
Camera:
8.1 megapixel camera (Up to 16x digital zoom Auto focus Intelligent face recognition features Geo tagging Image and video stabilizer Photo and video light Send to web (photo and video upload) Smile detection Touch focus)
Video recording
Recent shot tray
Media & Connectivity:
Music: Album art Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
Media player Music tones (MP3/AAC)
PlayNow™
TrackID™
Web: Bookmarks Google™ search (from standby)
Web feeds
WebKit web browser
Sony Ericsson Timescape™
Speakerphone
Conversations
Email Microsoft Exchange
ActiveSync®
Auto rotate
Gesture control
Picture wallpaper
Media browser
Infinite button
Video streaming
Video viewing
YouTube™
Infinite button Office suite
A-GPS
Google Maps™
Wisepilot™ turn-by-turn navigation* (free trial version)
3.5 mm audio jack
Bluetooth™ technology
Micro USB connector Synchronisation USB support
Wi-Fi™
Pre-loaded Content:
Sony Ericsson Timescape™
Sony Ericsson Mediascape
Sony Ericsson Home with clock widget
Sony Ericsson Sync
Android Market™
Client Gmail™
Google Calendar™
Google Maps™ with Street View
Google Media Uploader
Google phone-top search
Google search widget
Google Talk™
Google Voice Search™
Network Location Provider Set-up Wizard
YouTube™
Accessories:
In-Box: XPERIA™ X10 Battery Stereo portable handsfree 8 GB microSD™ card Micro USB cable for charging, synchronisation and file transfer User documentation Optional: Hi-Fi Wireless Headset with FM Radio MW600 Car Charger AN300 Screen Protector ET902
i cant even believe this thread existed. the iphone owns
Maybe it's time to edit the topic title? :P
i cant even believe this thread exsisted. the iphone owns
lawl
Sparkz projector / dock for iPhone displays your videos, empties your wallet (video)
http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/sparkz-projector-dock-for-iphone-displays-your-videos-empties/
http://www.sparkzproducts.com/Home.html
http://www.sparkzproducts.com/Product.html
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/11/091110-sparkz-01.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/v/Q8mM2OhJvf4&hl=en&fs=1
If you're in the market for an Apple handheld-friendly pico projector, you're in luck. Sparkz is a bulbous white dock that will play nice with your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPod video, as well as your favorite A/V and VGA sources. Featuring 640 x 480 resolution, a 60-inch viewing area, and stereo speakers, it can be yours for the low, low price of -- $495? Well, it will charge your iPhone. And it does come with a tripod. And, to be honest, a 60-inch viewing area is none too shabby. If you think it's worth it, by all means hit that read link and snatch one up. In the meantime, we'll content ourselves with watching the video of the thing in action.
I got an iphone 3gs last month
Excellent phone
Thinking of jailbreaking it
Anyone got it done?
I got an iphone 3gs last month
Excellent phone
Thinking of jailbreaking it
Anyone got it done?
i'm posting on a iphone 3gs unlocked and jailbroken. did your phone come preinstalled with OS 3.1.2? if so, you might have the new bootrom that isn't fully cracked and will only let you have a tethered jailbreak. you should google how to check your bootrom version before jailbreaking
I got an iphone 3gs last month
Excellent phone
Thinking of jailbreaking it
Anyone got it done?
i'm posting on a iphone 3gs unlocked and jailbroken. did your phone come preinstalled with OS 3.1.2? if so, you might have the new bootrom that isn't fully cracked and will only let you have a tethered jailbreak. you should google how to check your bootrom version before jailbreaking
Yeah i have the new 1 that allows tethered jailbreak only. Ill just wait a while
Whats the extras of having it jalibroke? Worth it?
fuck this thread. Surely there's a specific forum where nerds can argue that their technology >>> someone elses? No one gives a flying fuck what your phone can do unless it can come over here and give me a blowjob.
did anyone jump on that sale they had on friday at att.com i got a refurbished 3gs 32gb for 150 bucks fuckin steal :laugh:
What's the maximum storage on an iphone?
I have the NBA League Pass at home, but I love having it for free on my iphone to watch the game when I can't be at home. Good shit. 8)
damn its crazy the iphone a few years was crazy but it finally died down
how many heads got iphones? (esepcially the ones that paid the first time round which it cost more right?)
how many heads got iphones?
When Is It Inappropriate to Use Your iPhone?
http://senseslost.com/2009/12/08/when-is-it-inappropriate-to-use-your-iphone/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SensesLost+%28Senses+Lost%29
Does your significant other always yell at you for busting out your smartphone too much when you’re together?
Follow this flowchart to determine if now really is a good time to fire that brick up:
(http://senseslost.com/wp-content/uploads/smartphoneuse.jpg)
I recently upgraded to the 3GS. I bought the OG iPhone on the day it was released in 2007. I used it until I upgraded. My wife is now using the OG iPhone.Why does Restless apear twice in your sig?
I loved the OG and love the 3GS. The OG didn't have problems... it simply had some limitations and lacked features other phones had. My iPhone has always worked great.
I recently upgraded to the 3GS. I bought the OG iPhone on the day it was released in 2007. I used it until I upgraded. My wife is now using the OG iPhone.
I loved the OG and love the 3GS. The OG didn't have problems... it simply had some limitations and lacked features other phones had. My iPhone has always worked great.
ComScore:
American Consumers Considering Android Almost as Often as iPhone
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidguyscom/~3/OxqHkLYT3c4/
(http://www.androidguys.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/thinking_android.jpg)
American consumers are slowly starting to wake up to Android as a smart phone platform to consider.
A new ComScore survey (http://comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2009/12/Android_Crashing_the_Smartphone_Party) reveals some very interesting results concerning our favorite mobile operating system.
The first figure we learn is that 17% of US consumers planning to buy a smartphone in the next three months are considering Android handsets.
Compared to iPhones 20%, we’ll take that figure.
Habits and usage between the two platforms are nearly mirror images of each other. Here’s a look at how consumers are using their phones.
(iPhone – Android)
Mobile Media: 94% vs. 92% (80% for average smartphone user)
E-mail: 87% vs. 63% (70%)
News/Info Browser: 83% vs. 82% (65%)
Any App: 83% vs. 82% (59%)
Social Networking: 58% vs. 52% (43%)
Instant Messenger: 43% vs. 46% (37%)
Another stat that we’re pretty happy to learn of is that 22% of mobile users had heard of Android back in August 2009.
Three months and a million Droid commercials later, that number has risen to 37% awareness!
That’s almost 2 out of every 5 mobile users cognizant of Android.
Already.
What is your reaction to the findings?
Are the numbers more or less what you expected?
Where do you think Android will be in another quarter?
Next year?
Source: InfoSyncWorld (http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/10706.html)
Android >>> iphone
Android >>> iphone
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Android >>> iphone
unsuccessful troll is unsuccessful
How am I trolling ? Android is the future.
Android >>> iphone
unsuccessful troll is unsuccessful
How am I trolling ? Android is the future.
I don't like the current phones that use Android.
http://www.tgdaily.com/mobility-features/44520-sony-ericsson-touts-xperia-x10-android-phone
(http://hotcellularphone.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Sony-Ericsson-XPERIA-X10-with-Android-introduces-an-open-and-integrated-world-of-social-media-communication-and-entertainment.JPG)
specs include:
Size - 119 x 63 x 13 mm.
Weight - 135 grams.
Memory - 8GB microSD memory card.
Operating system - Google Android Donut, version 1.6.
Processor - 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250. Display - 262,144 colour TFT touchscreen, 4.0 inches, 480 x 854 pixels (WVGA), scratch-resistant.
8.1 megapixel camera - Up to 16x digital zoom, auto focus, geo tagging, image/video stabilizer, smile detection, touch focus and video recording.
Messaging - E-mail, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, picture messaging (MMS), predictive text input, SMS.
Entertainment - 3D games, media browser, video streaming and YouTube.
GPS - A-GPS, Google Maps, Wisepilot (trial version).
Connectivity - 3.5 mm audio jack, Bluetooth, Micro USB connector, synchronisation and Wi-Fi.
Android >>> iphone
unsuccessful troll is unsuccessful
How am I trolling ? Android is the future.
Pro and cons on Android VS os X (iPhone) ?
Ya may be getting google navigatin but not the same google navigation the android 2.0 has or so I heard.
Eh who cares its a fucking phone. As long as I can go to brazzersmobile I'm good.
Secret mobile phone codes cracked
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8429233.stm
A German computer scientist has published details of the secret code used to protect the conversations of more than 4bn mobile phone users.
Karsten Nohl, working with other experts, has spent the past five months cracking the algorithm used to encrypt calls using GSM technology.
GSM is the most popular standard for mobile networks around the world.
The work could allow anyone - including criminals - to eavesdrop on private phone conversations.
Mr Nohl told the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin that the work showed that GSM security was "inadequate".
"We are trying to inform people about this widespread vulnerability," he told BBC News.
"We hope to create some additional pressure and demand from customers for better encryption."
The GSM Association (GSMA), which devised the algorithm and oversees development of the standard, said Mr Nohl's work would be "highly illegal" in the UK and many other countries.
"This isn't something that we take lightly at all," a spokeswoman said.
Mr Nohl told the BBC that he had consulted with lawyers before publication and believed the work was "legal".
'Secret key'
GSM encryption was first introduced in 1987
Mr Nohl, working with a "few dozen" other people, claims to have published material that would crack the A5/1 algorithm, a 22-year-old code used by many carriers.
The code is designed to prevent phone calls from being intercepted by forcing mobile phones and base stations to rapidly change radio frequencies over a spectrum of 80 channels.
It is known to have a series of weaknesses with the first serious flaw exposed in 1994.
Mr Nohl, who describes himself as an "offensive security researcher", announced his intention to crack the code at the Hacking at Random (HAR) conference in The Netherlands in August this year.
"Any cryptographic function is a one way street," he told BBC News. "You should not be able to decrypt without the secret key".
To get around this problem, Mr Nohl, working with other members of the encryption community, used networks of computers to crunch through "every possible combination" of inputs and outputs for the encryption code. Mr Nohl said there were "trillions" of possibilities.
It lowers the bar for people and organisations to crack GSM calls
Ian Meakin
Cellcrypt
All of the outputs are now detailed in a vast table, which can be used to determine the encryption key used to secure the conversation or text message.
"It's like a telephone book - if someone tells you a name you can look up their number," he said.
Using the codebook, a "beefy gaming computer and $3,000 worth of radio equipment" would allow anyone to decrypt signals from the billions of GSM users around the world, he said.
Signals could be decrypted in "real time" with $30,000 worth of equipment, Mr Nohl added.
'Not practical'
It has previously been possible to decrypt GSM signals to listen in on conversations, but the equipment cost "hundreds of thousands of dollars," experts said.
According to Ian Meakin, of mobile encryption firm Cellcrypt, only government agencies and "well funded" criminals had access to the necessary technology.
He described Mr Nohl's work as a "massive worry".
"It lowers the bar for people and organisations to crack GSM calls," he told BBC News.
"It inadvertently puts these tools and techniques in the hands of criminals."
However, the GSMA dismissed the worries, saying that "reports of an imminent GSM eavesdropping capability" were "common".
It said that there had been "a number" of academic papers outlining how A5/1 could be compromised but "none to date have led to a practical attack".
The association said that it had already outlined a proposal to upgrade A5/1 to a new standard known as A5/3 which was currently being "phased in".
"All in all, we consider this research, which appears to be motivated in part by commercial considerations, to be a long way from being a practical attack on GSM," the spokeswoman said.
i just got an iphone, where do i get the hacks n stuff? and like themed skins like lakers or nuggets?
n which games r worth getting?
iPhone / iPod Touch Bed Set makes you comfy the entire night
http://dailyiphoneblog.com/
(http://images.dailymobile.se/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/iphone-bed-set-ipod.jpg)
The iPhone / iPod Touch bed set is a must for all the lonely iPhone and iPod Touch owners, i guarantee you that this bed set will hold you warm at night .
QuoteiPhone / iPod Touch Bed Set makes you comfy the entire night
http://dailyiphoneblog.com/
(http://images.dailymobile.se/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/iphone-bed-set-ipod.jpg)
The iPhone / iPod Touch bed set is a must for all the lonely iPhone and iPod Touch owners, i guarantee you that this bed set will hold you warm at night .
YO homie Chad what phone are you using now ?
QuoteGoogle Releases New “Fuck You iPhone” Phone
http://dailyiphoneblog.com/2010/01/07/off-topic-google-releases-new-fuck-you-iphone-phone/
http://www.youtube.com/v/p7SzB58qHI0&hl=en_US&fs=1
LOL at this video (gave me a few laughs).
Google’s new phone destroys the competition by systematically terrorizing iPhone’s users.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Panasonic shipping first SDXC cards next month for ungodly amounts of cash
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/panasonic-shipping-first-sdxc-cards-next-month-for-ungodly-amoun/
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/panasonic-64gb-sdxc_small.jpg)
Here we go, folks. Nearly a year to the day after the term "SDXC" cemented itself into our vernacular, Panasonic has announced the first two that'll ever ship to end users. Unless a competitor jumps in and steals the thunder before then, of course. Announced here in the desert, the outfit has proclaimed that a 48GB and 64GB SDXC card will begin shipping to fat-walleted consumers in February, bringing with it a Class 10 speed rating and maximum data transfer rates of 22MB/sec. You know what else they'll be bringing? Price tags that are guaranteed to make you simultaneously weep and hoot -- the 48GB model will list for $449.95, while the 64 gigger will go for $599.95. Tissues, anyone?
QuotePanasonic shipping first SDXC cards next month for ungodly amounts of cash
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/panasonic-shipping-first-sdxc-cards-next-month-for-ungodly-amoun/
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/panasonic-64gb-sdxc_small.jpg)
Here we go, folks. Nearly a year to the day after the term "SDXC" cemented itself into our vernacular, Panasonic has announced the first two that'll ever ship to end users. Unless a competitor jumps in and steals the thunder before then, of course. Announced here in the desert, the outfit has proclaimed that a 48GB and 64GB SDXC card will begin shipping to fat-walleted consumers in February, bringing with it a Class 10 speed rating and maximum data transfer rates of 22MB/sec. You know what else they'll be bringing? Price tags that are guaranteed to make you simultaneously weep and hoot -- the 48GB model will list for $449.95, while the 64 gigger will go for $599.95. Tissues, anyone?
64GB; :)
$599.95 :-[
QuotePanasonic shipping first SDXC cards next month for ungodly amounts of cash
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/panasonic-shipping-first-sdxc-cards-next-month-for-ungodly-amoun/
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/panasonic-64gb-sdxc_small.jpg)
Here we go, folks. Nearly a year to the day after the term "SDXC" cemented itself into our vernacular, Panasonic has announced the first two that'll ever ship to end users. Unless a competitor jumps in and steals the thunder before then, of course. Announced here in the desert, the outfit has proclaimed that a 48GB and 64GB SDXC card will begin shipping to fat-walleted consumers in February, bringing with it a Class 10 speed rating and maximum data transfer rates of 22MB/sec. You know what else they'll be bringing? Price tags that are guaranteed to make you simultaneously weep and hoot -- the 48GB model will list for $449.95, while the 64 gigger will go for $599.95. Tissues, anyone?
64GB; :)
$599.95 :-[
600$ WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAT LOL IM WAITING FOR A PRICE DROP
Panasonic SDXC cards roadmap
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/panasonic-sdxc-cards-roadmap-and-lumix-camera-lineup-at-ces-2010/
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/panasonic-sdxc-01072010-1262922411.jpg)
You see those SDXC cards on the far right?
Yeah, that's 1TB and 2TB, dear friends, and word has it that Panasonic will let out the 1TB card by the end of this year.
QuotePanasonic shipping first SDXC cards next month for ungodly amounts of cash
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/panasonic-shipping-first-sdxc-cards-next-month-for-ungodly-amoun/
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/panasonic-64gb-sdxc_small.jpg)
Here we go, folks. Nearly a year to the day after the term "SDXC" cemented itself into our vernacular, Panasonic has announced the first two that'll ever ship to end users. Unless a competitor jumps in and steals the thunder before then, of course. Announced here in the desert, the outfit has proclaimed that a 48GB and 64GB SDXC card will begin shipping to fat-walleted consumers in February, bringing with it a Class 10 speed rating and maximum data transfer rates of 22MB/sec. You know what else they'll be bringing? Price tags that are guaranteed to make you simultaneously weep and hoot -- the 48GB model will list for $449.95, while the 64 gigger will go for $599.95. Tissues, anyone?
64GB; :)
$599.95 :-[
600$ WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAT LOL IM WAITING FOR A PRICE DROP
Probably just a introduction price,shit will probably be 50-100 bucks at the end of the year (I hope....)
Now take a look at this;QuotePanasonic SDXC cards roadmap
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/panasonic-sdxc-cards-roadmap-and-lumix-camera-lineup-at-ces-2010/
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/panasonic-sdxc-01072010-1262922411.jpg)
You see those SDXC cards on the far right?
Yeah, that's 1TB and 2TB, dear friends, and word has it that Panasonic will let out the 1TB card by the end of this year.
:o :o :o :o :o
Android; bluetooth
Android; bluetooth
I have heard that you can't transfer/receive files trough bluetooth,is that true?
i used to do that wit at& t bluetooth
so its possibleAndroid; bluetooth
I have heard that you can't transfer/receive files trough bluetooth,is that true?
Bluetooth File Transfer? Oh no you can't! by rosstheboss » Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:53 am
http://www.htcheroblog.com/forum/general-discussion-f5/topic15.html
So. Picture this:
21st Century.
State of the art phone.
And you can't transfer files via bluetooth! You have to use a cable!!!!
I thought there was something wrong with my Hero, or that I was doing something wrong, so i called technical support.
and i was told, for sure that "you CANNOT transfer files on Android over Bluetooth!!!"
But can i sync my contacts on my Mac?
Nope.
http://www.htcheroblog.com/forum/general-discussion-f5/topic15.html?sid=2ca7e7bb999d30dd7d258f1787ca008c#p49
The no Bluetooth file transfer is a bit crap. Apparently it's an Android thing
http://www.htcheroblog.com/forum/general-discussion-f5/topic15.html?sid=2ca7e7bb999d30dd7d258f1787ca008c#p157
BT file transfer is not fully implemented as of latest update as the API is not considered fully mature to ensure reliable use, from what i can gather on other sites its a feature that will be enabled in the future. Its a real shame its not usable now tho i must admit, had similar issues with a 2g iphone, got a 3 year old nokia here that does it out of the box
Sony Ericsson Vivaz is official: 8.1 megapixels' worth of Symbian
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/sony-ericsson-vivaz-official-8-megapixels-worth-of-symbian/
We got the impression that Sony Ericsson didn't intend for this release to go out quite yet, but for what it's worth, we've now got official word that the rumored Kurara is the real deal -- and it'll be known as "Vivaz." Yes, Vivaz.
Okay, now that you've had a moment to recover, let's take a look at the specs:
S60 5th Edition (we're surprised they don't refer to it as a Symbian build in the release, but whatevs),
8.1 megapixel autofocus cam with image stabilization, face detection, and 720p video capture,
FM radio,
AGPS,
WiFi,
TV-out at VGA resolution,
and a 3.2-inch WVGA (or 640 x 360... the PR lists both) display.
It'll be available in four colors -- Moon Silver, Cosmic Black, Galaxy Blue, and Venus Ruby -- when it launches this quarter in both North American and global 3G variants with quadband EDGE. If you can get over the name, you love Symbian, and the Satio isn't for you, this might be your new objet d'envy for the first few months of the year.
(http://se-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/kurara_5.jpg)
(http://se-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/kurara_1.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/v/imJeUkS1ta8&hl=en_US&fs=1
QuoteSony Ericsson Vivaz is official: 8.1 megapixels' worth of Symbian
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/sony-ericsson-vivaz-official-8-megapixels-worth-of-symbian/
We got the impression that Sony Ericsson didn't intend for this release to go out quite yet, but for what it's worth, we've now got official word that the rumored Kurara is the real deal -- and it'll be known as "Vivaz." Yes, Vivaz.
Okay, now that you've had a moment to recover, let's take a look at the specs:
S60 5th Edition (we're surprised they don't refer to it as a Symbian build in the release, but whatevs),
8.1 megapixel autofocus cam with image stabilization, face detection, and 720p video capture,
FM radio,
AGPS,
WiFi,
TV-out at VGA resolution,
and a 3.2-inch WVGA (or 640 x 360... the PR lists both) display.
It'll be available in four colors -- Moon Silver, Cosmic Black, Galaxy Blue, and Venus Ruby -- when it launches this quarter in both North American and global 3G variants with quadband EDGE. If you can get over the name, you love Symbian, and the Satio isn't for you, this might be your new objet d'envy for the first few months of the year.
(http://se-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/kurara_5.jpg)
(http://se-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/kurara_1.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/v/imJeUkS1ta8&hl=en_US&fs=1
i used to do that wit at& t bluetooth
so its possibleAndroid; bluetooth
I have heard that you can't transfer/receive files trough bluetooth,is that true?
Sure?QuoteBluetooth File Transfer? Oh no you can't! by rosstheboss » Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:53 am
http://www.htcheroblog.com/forum/general-discussion-f5/topic15.html
So. Picture this:
21st Century.
State of the art phone.
And you can't transfer files via bluetooth! You have to use a cable!!!!
I thought there was something wrong with my Hero, or that I was doing something wrong, so i called technical support.
and i was told, for sure that "you CANNOT transfer files on Android over Bluetooth!!!"
But can i sync my contacts on my Mac?
Nope.Quotehttp://www.htcheroblog.com/forum/general-discussion-f5/topic15.html?sid=2ca7e7bb999d30dd7d258f1787ca008c#p49
The no Bluetooth file transfer is a bit crap. Apparently it's an Android thingQuotehttp://www.htcheroblog.com/forum/general-discussion-f5/topic15.html?sid=2ca7e7bb999d30dd7d258f1787ca008c#p157
BT file transfer is not fully implemented as of latest update as the API is not considered fully mature to ensure reliable use, from what i can gather on other sites its a feature that will be enabled in the future. Its a real shame its not usable now tho i must admit, had similar issues with a 2g iphone, got a 3 year old nokia here that does it out of the box
I got me a Nokia X6 last week 8)
I got me a Nokia X6 last week 8)
so how's the phone in general? is anything that you hate about the phone? i wanna know cause it's my next purchase! peace!
Claim first volume commercial available handphone with pico projector supplied by iView Limited
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0kba4bIw_I
With TV receiver, 4-band, dual sim, lcos projection module powered by iVew Limited of Hong Kong
http://www.youtube.com/v/I0kba4bIw_I&hl=en_US&fs=1
they need to hurry up and make a jailbreak for the iphone3gs on the 3.1.3 firmware
they need to hurry up and make a jailbreak for the iphone3gs on the 3.1.3 firmware
you should have checked online before you updated. it's not the dev teams fault you didn't heed their warnings.
they need to hurry up and make a jailbreak for the iphone3gs on the 3.1.3 firmware
you should have checked online before you updated. it's not the dev teams fault you didn't heed their warnings.
lol i didnt even know the updates fuck it up. lol how was i supposed to know?
all i did was download blackra1n unlock it and thats it. went to a couple forums for a couple of things but nobody mentioned not to upgrade.
dev team? do you forget i had this fone for only a month and jailbroke it couple weeks ago?
if you hack the firmware on any device you NEVER do any kind of official update without knowing it is 100% safe first. that's just common sense hombres :bandit:
if you hack the firmware on any device you NEVER do any kind of official update without knowing it is 100% safe first. that's just common sense hombres :bandit:
i never unlocked a phone before.
if you hack the firmware on any device you NEVER do any kind of official update without knowing it is 100% safe first. that's just common sense hombres :bandit:
i never unlocked a phone before.
did you ever backup your SHSH files with cydia on firmware 3.1.2? if so you can downgrade back to 3.1.2 but it will *NOT* downgrade the baseband. so basically you can jailbreak it again but can't unlock (i assume you're on AT&T so this isn't that big of a deal)
ive herd that the 4.0 update is going to be crazy (like new stuff)
Opera Mini Coming To The iPhone
(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/4743/miniiphone.png)
Yes you hear that right and you hear it on FSM first. Althought we have a couple of browser alternatives in the appstore and Cydia, people always craved for Opera Mini or Firefox. Well, Opera Software, maker of the world’s most popular mobile Web browser, plans to reveal Opera Mini for iPhone in an exclusive press and partner preview during the 2010 Mobile World Congress (MWC).
Opera Mobile 10 beta 3 on Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile handsets
Opera Mobile 10 beta running on Android handsets
Opera Mini 5 beta, running on a variety of handsets and platforms
Opera’s cross-platform Widgets Manager beta, running on Windows Mobile and S60 handsets
We are thrilled to offer journalists and partners an exclusive preview of Opera Mini for iPhone during the year’s biggest mobile event. This is a unique opportunity to introduce the fast, feature-rich Opera Mini experience for the iPhone, and to showcase our latest beta releases of Opera Mobile and Opera Mini on other platforms and devices. Opera’s mission is to bring the Web to the world, and by making Opera Mini available on yet another platform, we are one step closer.
To hear more from Opera about the future of the Web, you can attend one of the speaking engagements during MWC
Monday, February 15, 2010
15:00 — Jon von Tetzchner, Vodafone panel discussion on “Mobile Web developments, W3C standards, using Web APIs and the live creation of widgets”, in Hall 7, Auditorium 1
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
14:00 — Håkon Wium Lie, panel discussion on “Mobile security in an IP world”, Hall 5
14:00 — Christen Krogh, presentation on “Creating a connected cloud for the perfect mobile storm”, Hall 5
15:45 — GSMA Awards ceremony, Opera Mini shortlisted for “Best Mobile Internet Service” and “Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough”, Hall 5, Level 3, Auditorium 1
Pictures of 4th Gen iPhone?
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
Alleged pictures of a new iPhone aren;t exactly the most reliable of things, but you can make your own mind up about them.
If they prove to be correct then it looks like we're in for some more of the same from Apple, not that a radical re-design of the iPhone is expected by many. Interestingly enough these pictures show the alleged 4th gen iPhone as being a little taller than its predecessors albeit within the same overall design.
Also notice the mysterious reflective surface highlighted in the picture;
some are wondering if it has a connection with video calls,
if so it would be the first time I can remember a handset having a forward facing mirror for such a purpose.
Obviously we'll be taking these images with a healthy grain of salt, but they're repectable at least and not completely out of the ball park of what can be expected come 28th June.
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/newiphonetall.jpg)
(http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/iphonetall2.jpg)
Now if only Apple could allow file sharing through bluetooth and battery swap without breaking it. :P
...and maybe add at least 5mpx camera with flash. :)
So earlier today there was a little rumble in the unlock world,via Twitter, as a new exploit was rumored to be found for the new iPhone 3.1.3 firmware’s baseband 5.12. Sherif Hashim managed to crash the baseband, which in turn could possibly be used for an unlock.
(http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/7396/unlock31211.jpg)
A little while later MuscleNerd of the iPhone DevTeam, confirmed that it was a legit find.
(http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/3662/unlock3122.jpg)
What does all of this mean? Well, maybe an unlock for the early up graders of iPhone 3.1.3 that relied on the unlock and are now stuck. But, with the time it takes to actually develop it into an unlock, my guess is that no one will burn the exploit, and tip their hand to Apple this close to the release schedule for a new device and firmware. But, stranger things have happened.
Nokia Could Hit Back With A Mammoth 12 MPX camera , 720p-Shooting N8-00 Phone Next Week
http://gizmodo.com/5469603/nokia-could-hit-back-with-a-mammoth-12+mp-720p+shooting-n8+00-phone-next-week?
Nokia's slashing the number of smartphone models by half this year, but at least we know one of them will be a doozy,
if true: the N8-00 is rumored to sport a 12-megapixel lens and the new Symbian^3 OS.
That camera lens will be big news for Nokia, as it'll also shoot in 720p too, according to French site Tom's Guide.
The touchscreen will be a capacitive multitouch affair, and will go on sale in summer if it doesn't turn out to be too good to be true.
Interestingly, speculation is also claiming Nokia's going to do a major rebrand of its series, which could prove to be a further lash of the critic-whip if it does anything other than simplify matters.
Currently, it has all manner of series names and services, including XpressMusic, Classic and Navigator, but at MWC they're expected to announce a streamlined five main lines.
The C-series will be low-end candybars like Nokia's known for, the X-series will be multimedia and music-angled devices presumably all Coming With Music (if they don't kill off their music download service first).
The E-series will remain the business, QWERTY range; the N-series its more premium, upmarket line and finally the S-series will be even more luxurious and limited.
With any luck some of their new devices and strategies will be revealed next week at MWC, along with the inevitable gloating over their latest financial results. I really do want things to pick up for Nokia, honest—it'd please me so much to see them do something good next week.
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the UI doesn't look that appealing but I bet it will be a hell of a phone
aite celly experts
so someone told me a storm 2 has the bluetooth thing that plays muzik in the ride from your phone
anyone up on that program and know what phones are compatible?
are those things in the middle reliable?
the thing wit the lil ball that used as a mouse or do they break easily?
Pioneer's DEH-P810 Bluetooth-equipped car stereo
http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/09/pioneers-deh-p810-bluetooth-equipped-car-stereo/
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Pioneer's new DEH-P810 Bluetooth-enabled head unit, which allows you to stream audio from your BT-enabled musicphone or the odd BT-sporting MP3 player directly to your sound system.
Streaming iPhone via bluetooth in the car on Apr 2nd 2009 at 8:30PM
http://www.tuaw.com/2009/04/02/streaming-iphone-via-bluetooth-in-the-car/
http://www.youtube.com/v/gzvrZaQ9aQ4&hl=en_US&fs=1
When all of those iPhone 3.0 features were first announced, one of the features that stuck out most to me was the incoming A2DP ability -- the new iPhone OS will let you stream out music to a Bluetooth source, like headphones... or your car. And over at Cars.com, the guys got their hands on a Toyota Venza with Bluetooth capability, and did just that, as you can see in the video above. It's pretty slick -- no wires, no annoying pairing, just hit the Bluetooth button on the iPod, choose the car's Bluetooth source, and press play. We're not sure about audio quality (it should be at least listenable), but it looks super cool.
There are, as usual, some catches. I for one was disappointed to hear that this A2DP ability won't work with first-gen iPhones like mine -- you'll need to have a 3G to do something like this. And of course, this will require the iPhone OS 3.0, which isn't technically out yet (though devs in Apple's development program are playing with it right now, which is why you can see it in the video above). And finally, you'll need a car with the Bluetooth capability, which (though I haven't owned or shopped for a car for a few years, so maybe things have changed a bit) is still kind of hard to find.
But hey, even if you're not there yet, here's a look at the future.
Where we're going, you won't need wires to get your iPod playing music on the car stereo.
I got me a Nokia X6 last week 8)
so how's the phone in general? is anything that you hate about the phone?
i wanna know cause it's my next purchase! peace!
Nokia X6 hands on review
http://www.youtube.com/user/stuffmagazine
http://www.youtube.com/v/HFM1qOwwIGo&hl=en_US&fs=1
Samsung i8520 'Halo' Android 2.1 phone with 3.7-inch Super AMOLED and pico projector
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-i8520-halo-with-3-7-inch-super-amoled/
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While Samsung is desparate for us and the world to focus on its very first Bada device -- the Wave S8500 -- we found something a bit more interesting for Google fans. Tucked away in the depths of a spec sheet is Samsung's unannounced i8520 phone running Android 2.1. After quizzing a team of perplexed executives of increasing rank, a VP from Samsung's mobile division finally told us that it'll be revealed as the "Halo" tomorrow when the show floor opens. Looking at the spec sheet then, the i8520 Halo packs a 3.7-inch WVGA Super AMOLED display (bigger than the Wave's 3.3-incher), 8 megapixel autofocus camera with flash (VGA on the front), 720p / 30fps video encoding / decoding, DivX and Xvid playback support, Bluetooth 2.1, standard 3.5mm headphone jack, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, A-GPS, 16GB of internal storage and microSD expansion, stereo speakers, DLNA support, and -- get this -- a DLP pico projector integrated. The spec-sheet also lists a "Specialized Projector UI" as one of the features, suggesting it'll look a little different when you toss it up onto the big screen. This quad-band GSM / EDGE phone with tri-band UMTS 900 / 1900 / 2100 will ship in Q3 to Europe and Asia with a chance for a US version at some point later. We'll bring you more tomorrow just as soon as we get through all this paella.
Note: Even though the i8520 clearly seems to run the same UI as the Bada-powered Wave, we've been assured by multiple people in Samsung -- including a VP in the Mobile division -- that it is, in fact, running Android 2.1. That ties in nicely with the fact that Bada's graphical representation comes through as a new cut of TouchWiz, so it makes sense these guys would want to port the same look and feel to other platforms. Also of note is the fact that we couldn't confirm from the company that it's got a projector on board, but there's plenty of evidence to suggest it does: the so-called Specialized Projector UI, the fact that the 14.9mm girth is likely thick enough to swallow the necessary optics, and -- of course -- the big DLP logo on back. We'll bring out the final details just as soon as we know 'em.
Specs:
http://www.samsungmwc2010.com/pressrelease_ProductSpecs_02.html
Samsung I8520 / Product SpecificationsNetwork HSDPA 7.2Mbps/HSUPA 5.76Mbps UMTS (900/1900/2100),
EDGE / GPRS (850/900/1800/1900)
Display 3.7” WVGA Super AMOLED
Camera 8MP AF w/ Flash (Front : VGA)
Video H.264, H.263, MPEG4, Divx/Xvid, VC-1, 720p@30fps(de/encoding)
Audio MP3, OGG, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, WMA, WAV, MID, AC3
FM Radio with RDS, 3.5mm Ear jack, 3D Sound Effect(Dual Speaker)
Value-added Features A-GPS, Wi-Fi(b/g/n), Specialized Projector UI, Hybrid Widgets, IM, Email,
DLNA, Samsung Kies, Push Service(SNS, IM, Email)
Connectivity Bluetooth v2.1 / USB 2.0 High Speed
Memory Internal memory: at least 2GB (4Gb ROM / 3Gb RAM + 16GB MoviNAND)
External memory: MicroSD (up to 32GB)
Size 123 x 59.8 x 14.9 mm / TBD g
Battery Life 1800 mAh
(Talk time: up to 470 mins (On 3G mode)/ up to 850 mins (On 2G mode))
(Stand-by time: up to 530 hrs (On 3G mode) / up to 630 hrs (On 2G mode))
Sony Ericsson X10 Mini
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/corporate/press/pressreleases/pressreleasedetails/sonyericssonx10miniandminifinal-20100214
14 February 2010
Sony Ericsson grows its family of Communication Entertainment phones with compact versions of Xperia™ X10 for the first half of 2010
Xperia™ X10 mini and X10 mini pro define a new user experience - ultra-compact - whilst still offering best-in-class communication entertainment performance
Smaller than a credit card, smart and unique with Sony Ericsson Timescape™ application and an intuitive 4 corner touch screen user interface
February 14, 2010 - Barcelona – Today sees the announcement of Xperia™ X10 mini and X10 mini pro, compact versions of Xperia™ X10, which will deliver powerful and application packed mobile phones into the industry. By introducing mobile phones that are both compact and clever, Sony Ericsson is challenging the norm and defining a brand new offering that combines high specification features with a version of Sony Ericsson’s powerful UX platform specifically designed for smaller devices.
Xperia™ X10 mini and X10 mini pro with slide out QWERTY keyboard offer an open and intuitive communication entertainment experience and build on the human curvature design philosophy debuted by the Sony Ericsson Xperia™ X10. Combining the Android platform with signature applications and a customisable UX platform, communication truly becomes entertainment with these new mobile phones. To enhance the experience, pick and choose from a multitude of applications at Android Market™ and co-create a mobile phone experience that is entirely unique. Users can go one step further and customise the home screen’s four corners and widgets to access the most needed applications for limitless possibilities.
The two sister mobile phones incorporate the signature application Sony Ericsson Timescape™ which brings all communication together in one place so users can see at a glance text messages, missed calls, and Facebook™ and Twitter updates, without having to open lots of different applications. The interactive music player also uses the “infinite button” to pull together all music content from the music store and YouTube™ – a smart way to search for new tracks from a favourite artist.
“There has been an enormous buzz around Xperia™ X10 so it is really exciting to be already unveiling compact versions of this powerful proposition.” Said Rikko Sakaguchi, EVP and Chief Creation Officer, Sony Ericsson. “With the X10 mini and X10 mini pro we have pushed the boundaries of what is possible with smaller devices and are giving consumers exactly what they want; two high performance mobile phones with a fully customisable user experience platform and a stunning ultra-compact design.”
Xperia™ X10 mini and X10 mini pro
Sony Ericsson Timescape™ - brings together all communication in one place
Four corner control – applications, calls, web, the consumer decides. Four customisable icons for ultimate control
5 megapixel camera and video - share creations via the web
Music player links to music stores and YouTube™ - access the world of music
Android platform - with Google™ services and Android Market™
QWERTY keyboard - slide and text for quick and easy messaging (Xperia™ X10 mini pro only)
X10 mini and X10 mini pro supports HSPA 900/2100 and EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, HSPA 850/1900/2100 and EDGE 850/900/1800/1900.
The X10 mini will be available in selected markets from Q2 in the colours Pearl White, Black, Pink, Lime, Red and Silver
The X10 mini pro will be available in selected markets from Q2 in the colours Black and Red.
Sony Ericsson is also introducing the Portable Stereo Speakers MS450, to deliver rich on-the-go sound and the Hi-Fi Headset MH810 with remote with superior audio and remote media and call handling.
Log on to The Sony Ericsson Product Blog for more information: http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/products
http://www.youtube.com/v/g4sCHOJuCqA&hl=en_US&fs=1
the UI doesn't look that appealing but I bet it will be a hell of a phone
yeah,it looks a little messy,with all those widgets.
SonyEricssons Satio,that's pretty much got the same specs. (http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_idou-2683.php) Runs Symbian as well.
Symbian touch screen UI 2009/2010
http://www.youtube.com/v/3XSgj5fXO0I&hl=en_US&fs=1
Windows Phones Series Is Official
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml
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Microsoft have finally unveiled their long awaited 7 series operating system, Windows Phone Series 7 to give it its full title. They've comepletely rebuilt their platform from the ground up and 7 does away with the old familiar look of previous incarnations such as the Start screen. Just to emphasise that point, this isn't just a new version of WinMo, this is a brand new OS. It's very Zune like in appearance and definitely much more finger friendly. The home screen is a now a series of large icons and widgets, which can be customised to suit user tastes and which scroll vertically up and down. Social networking features prominently with integrated contacts showing status updates from different services and easy access to things like picture galleries. It's not just the software that's being touted here hough, Microsoft have become a lot more stringent on hardware with dictate son specifications like which processor to use, screen resolution etc. Perhaps most interestingly this fully translates to their hardware partners with customisations like HTC's SENSE UI out the window. There will be a single interface from now on. In terms of partners Microsoft have signed up a collection of networks from around the world and manufacturers including Sony Ericsson, LG and of course HTC.
http://www.youtube.com/v/7IOTrqlz4jo&hl=en_US&fs=1
so i copped an iphone 4 a couple days back. swag 8)
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