Sleek Messaging Phone Features an Advanced Touch-Screen, Slide-Out QWERTY Keyboard and Feature-Rich Multimedia Capabilities
Verizon Wireless, builder and operator of the nation’s most reliable wireless network, and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) announced that the Samsung Glyde™ will be available on May 9, 2008, online at www.verizonwireless.com and in more than 2,400 Verizon Wireless Communications Stores from coast to coast, including those in Circuit City. The Glyde is a powerful and sleek multimedia and messaging phone that boasts a robust feature-set packaged in a compact, touch-screen device with a full QWERTY keyboard.
The Glyde features a 2.8” advanced touch-screen that offers a tactile response and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard that provides customers with an easy way to send text and instant messages. This multimedia device comes equipped with a full lineup of Verizon Wireless’ hottest services including V CAST Music and Video. With V CAST Music, customers have access to more than 3 million songs from well-known and independent artists that can be purchased and downloaded directly over-the-air to the Glyde. V CAST Video gives customers access to content from the best names in news, sports and entertainment.
Other features include a 2.0 megapixel camera with flash, microSD™ card slot, which supports up to 8 GB of external memory, and Bluetooth® stereo headset support.
Additional features of the Glyde include:
• HTML browser with touch navigation
• Get It Now® – download games, ringtones, wallpapers, location-based services and more
• 2.0 megapixel camera and camcorder with flash and zoom:
o Brightness adjustment
o Self-time: Off, three, five or 10 seconds
o Color effects: Normal, black and white, sketch, antique, negative, green, aqua
o Multi-shot Mode: Series, divided
o Resolution Adjustment: 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480, 320 x 240, 176 x 144
• VZ NavigatorSM capability – get visual and audible directions to thousands of destinations, locate businesses and other points of interest, get maps of a location, and share directions with others
• Music Player for .mp3, .wma, and unprotected .aac and .aac + files
• Bluetooth – supports headset, hands-free car kits, serial port, dial-up networking, advanced audio distribution (stereo), phone book access, object push for vCard, basic imaging for sending/printing non-protected images to a compatible device and basic print
• Text, picture and video messaging
• Instant Messaging using AIM®, MSN®, Yahoo!®
• Speakerphone
• Speed dialing
• Dimensions: 4.09” x 1.97” x .7” (standard battery)
• Weight: 4.13 ounces (with standard battery)
• Display: 240 x 440 pixel, 262K TFT, 2.8” active screen area
• Bilingual user interface: English and Spanish
• TTY/TTD-capable
• Hearing Aid Compatibility = M4
• Personal organizer with calendar, calculator, notepad, currency converter, alarm clock, world time and stop watch
• Phone book with up to 500 entries with multiple contacts
• Usage time: Up to 210 minutes with standard battery or up to 250 hours with standard battery for standby time
• 2.5 mm headset jack
The Glyde will be available for $249.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. Customers can get the most out of their Glyde with Verizon Wireless’ Nationwide Premium calling plan. Starting at $79.99 monthly access, the Nationwide Premium calling plan includes: unlimited messaging, VZ Navigator, Mobile Email, and V CAST VPak plus unlimited megabytes for Mobile Web and Get It Now. For more information on Verizon Wireless products and services, customers can visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or visit www.verizonwireless.com.
From samsung.com
Motorola today launched the newest addition ‘RAZR2 Pink Silver’ to its successful RAZR2 line in Korea market.
Sporting a subdued pink casing and espresso colored keypad that enhances its elegant style, the RAZR2 Pink Silver’s metallic silver front has been subtly tinted in pink to add a classic look and lightness to the already chic design of RAZR2.
With Motorola’s innovative Tandem Display technology, the handset features two displays, one embedded on either side of the flip, allowing you to effortlessly send messages and enjoy a variety of services even when the phone is shut. Other features included Bluetooth, camera, VOD, MOD, MP3, high-speed USB 2.0 and phone navigation.
The RAZR2 Pink Silver is available at SKT retailers throughout the country.
From aving
Aliph has been around since 1999, but the company rocketed to stardom in 2006 with the introduction of the Jawbone Bluetooth Headset, arguably the first noise-canceling model that actually worked. Its noise-canceling circuitry, plus the Jawbone’s style and sound quality, netted it our Editors’ Choice award. Since then, however, a number of new headsets have caught up—especially our current Editors’ Choice, the excellent-sounding Plantronics Voyager 520. After two years, Aliph has produced an encore—and it’s called, appropriately, the New Jawbone. It boasts the same noise-canceling performance of its predecessor, but with updated styling and without all the bulk. But does the new Jawbone have what it takes?
Samsung has announced the launch of its dual slider music phone ‘F400′, the music phone is equipped with ICEpower technology by Bang & Olufsen. Designed to quench every music lover’s thirst the phone is equipped with Smart Bass which provides rich, deep and powerful sound along with Smart Limiter which ensures an audio signal to not exceed the amplitude of the threshold. When slide up it reveals a metallic keypad that is softly brushed with hairline pattern. When slide down, F400 turns into a music player, revealing hidden dual stereo speakers that pump up quality sound. Shazam, a value-added music recognizing application embedded within F400, provides users with a connected music experience. By using the application, users can find out the name and artist of an unknown tune by simply pointing their phone at the music. Other features include 3M camera, FM radio, Bluetooth 2.0, in-box 1GB SD memory and a microSD slot that supports up to 8GB. The Samsung F400 will first be available in France in May, in two colors, black and white, with glossy finishing that resembles black and white piano keys. It will continue to be available in other European countries as well as many other countries in Asia, Southeast Asia, and Middle East.
From Newlaunches
If you want to see the future of Nokia handset design then you have to go to the source. Finnish-based Provoke Design is one of Nokia’s main design contractors. As such, take a close look at the three concepts it’s showing off in New York at the HARDCORE New Finish Design exhibition starting May 17th. According to Provoke, its Express, Share, and Feel concepts (pictured left to right) represent its 2012 vision of mobile handset design. Each will be presented as fully functional prototypes “demonstrating the core innovation” proposed. The look of the Express concept can be changed electronically and customized to your personal tastes. The Feel handset pair are meant for couples and feature a specialized UI and touch simulation to enable, uh hem, “deep communication.” The Share concept allows cults and anarchists to communicate in personalized code formed in subgroups of like-minded weirdos… or something like that.
From engadget
Do you think the current cell phone form factors will change in the future? This is a really open-ended question, but being the constantly innovating beings that we are, chances are the answer will be in the affirmative. You will require to use a natural gesture with this literal hand phone (as some circles would call it), boasting voice control for activation as well as dial memorized numbers. The microphone can be placed near the mouth while the speaker is located almost inside the ear, facilitating communication even in the noisiest of environments. Wearing this handset is as simple as wearing a watch, but it had better be waterproof cause don’t you think it would be a hassle to take it off every time you went to the loo?
From ubergizmo.com
A couple things you should know about this purported Philips Xenium X-Connect before churning your gadget juices through the emotional Osterizer. First, it’s clearly a product rendering. Second, Philips Xenium cellphones are primarily found in Asia Pacific region — as such, a European or North American launch is likely out of the question. If the X-Connect is the real-deal, however, here’s what we’ll be missing: Windows Mobile 6, 3G UMTS/HSDPA radios, GPS receiver, AA/AAA battery backup, microSD slot, and Bluetooth 2.0 all powered by a 624MHz Intel processor beneath a 3.0-inch (presumably touchscreen) display. Still, as a broadly positioned “communication device,” maybe we’ll see Philips reach out to different geographies this time around.
From Engadget
European readers, rejoice ! LG did not let you down, here you are the shiny new LG-BH620T, a new DVB-T phone which will let you enjoy watching digital TV on the GO. Soon available in Germany first with T-Mobile, Vodafone and O2, this new “opus” from LG will reach other European countries pretty soon. The LG-BH620T also feature an Mp3 player, the HSDPA, Bluetooth, a 2Mpix camera, an Video player and so on and so on…
Now this said, please just have a look on the picture below, and you will quickly realize that the cameraman “focus” its shoot and attention on everything but the phone..
From akihabaranews
European readers, rejoice ! LG did not let you down, here you are the shiny new LG-BH620T, a new DVB-T phone which will let you enjoy watching digital TV on the GO. Soon available in Germany first with T-Mobile, Vodafone and O2, this new “opus” from LG will reach other European countries pretty soon. The LG-BH620T also feature an Mp3 player, the HSDPA, Bluetooth, a 2Mpix camera, an Video player and so on and so on…
Now this said, please just have a look on the picture below, and you will quickly realize that the cameraman “focus” its shoot and attention on everything but the phone..
From akihabaranews
Clearly hoping the rumours that the next-gen iPhone will offer a “normal” headphone jack aren’t true, Swedish designer and manufacturer of portable media accessories, Jays, has made its earphone range compatible with said mobile, thanks to the launch of a new stereo music adapter.
m-JAYS iPhone is a combined stereo handset/music adapter which is fully compatible with the iPhone’s recessed 3.5mm earphone jack. It can be used with any earphones (of course including the Jay’s range) and features call answering button and “finely tuned” microphone for superior speech clarity.
As a launch offer, a special m-JAYS iPhone bundle is available priced £39.99 which includes a pair of stereo j-JAYS earphones, or, the iPhone adapter can be purchased separately for £9.99.
From pocket-lint.co.uk