Archive for April, 2008
Tomorrow Verizon Wireless will begin offering the LG VX9100 enV2 messaging monster, with a 2 megapixel camera and QWERTY keyboard. This communicator style handset features a small display and oversized keypad on the front, and opens laptop-style to reveal the QWERTY keyboard and large internal display.
Featuring Bluetooth 2.0 and a microSD card slot, the enV2 supports Verizon’s V CAST Music and Video. Text-to-speech is also built-in, allowing text messages to automatically be read aloud. The VX9100 will be offered in two color schemes - black and maroon.
Pricing for the LG VX9100 enV2 is set at $129.99 after 2-year commitment and mail-in rebate.
From mobileburn
Nokia is also pushing its new Bluetooth headset. The Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-803 features stainless steel details along with a sleek design and the usual ear loop for a comfortable fit.The Nokia BH-803 features a touch-sensitive volume control as well as voice dial activation. It was previously slated for pricing between $210-240 excluding taxes and subsidies.
From Newlaunches
Vertu has been releasing luxurious phones for a while now, and by luxurious I mean ludicrously expensive! Do the words Cobra and Python mean anything to you? Not ideal for anyone who’s got a fear of snakes, they’re the two phones released by Vertu with extremely expensive price tags - between $115,000 and 310,000 USD!!
So, to mark its ten year anniversary, Vertu has released the Rococo Constellation collection, inspired by eighteenth century French art, fashion and the interior design movement by the same name. The collection is full of intricate and elegant floral designs and a range of different features exclusive to each phone. These are available in a variety of colours but unfortunately, that’s where the excitement ends.
The collection will available this summer. If their previous products are anything to go by, we’re pretty sure it will take a few pay cheques for you to be able to afford one of these.
From shinyshiny
Nokia unleashed the 3600 Slide in charcoal and wine color schemes. This handset features quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz) and a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, dual-LED flash, and video recording. A microSD card slot offers plenty of storage for pictures and videos, and is also preloaded with Nokia Maps GPS software and the Opera Mini web browser.
The 3600 Slide features background noise cancellation, for clearer call quality, as well as an FM radio and 2.5mm audio jack with TV-Out capability (using the included cable). The 3600 Slide is planned to be available in Q3 2008, with pricing set at EUR175 (US$273) before taxes and subsidies.
From mobileburn.com
Sprint has added the Sanyo Katana LX to its handset lineup, giving consumers a choice in colors with Liquid Graphite, Pacific Blue, or Elegant Pink. The fashion-oriented clamshell features a hidden external display and built-in speakerphone.
Other features on the Katana LX include a VGA-resolution camera and Bluetooth, in addition to support for Sprint Navigation, for GPS-like guidance. The 2″ internal display offers 65k color clarity, and a customizable favorites menu gives quick access to your most used features.
The Sanyo Katana LX is available now, priced at $49.99 with a 2-year commitment and mail-in rebates.
From mobileburn.com
Lab Rat Maze is a fun little game where you guard a mouse in a series of mazes to get to a cheese. Sounds simple? The problem is that you only see 9 titles o screen from a huge maze. At first, it is quite basic, but the mazes get harder and harder each time. Have fun satisfying your hunger.
From iphoneworld
Get hidden extras
A call comes in. And subtly, elegantly, your phone lights up. Your Z750a has an external display, but you only see it when your phone is in use.
Style and speed
Send and receive email, browse the Web, blog your pictures - and do it fast. With HSDPA, you have the speed you need to stay connected on the g.
HSDPA – serious download speed
Enjoy the mobile Internet at broadband-like speed in your phone. Download large files and email attachments in a snap. Get Web sites and news feeds to your screen in seconds. HSDPA takes 3G a step further.
RSS feeds
Use your phone to view up-to-the-minute news and other content from selected Web sites and blogs. Just subscribe to the feed and let it come to you. New content is available in standby on the main display.
Blog your life
These days, many consumers are ditching their landlines, making a cell phone their only phone. That’s fine in many circumstances, but if you’re not careful, you can easily exceed your monthly allotment of minutes and rack up huge overages. T-Mobile has a better idea: Buy one of its Wi-Fi–capable cell phones, use it to make free calls from your own wireless network or any T-Mobile HotSpot, and use your cell minutes only when you’re away from a router. The Samsung Katalyst is the company’s latest handset to work with HotSpot@Home, and it falls right into the middle of the lineup bracketed by the Samsung t409 and the Nokia 6086 on the low end, and three BlackBerrys —the 8120, 8320, and 8820—on the high end.
The Katalyst measures 4.0 by 2.0 by 0.7 inches and weighs 4.1 ounces. It’s a slider, with a suitably smooth and rigid mechanism that feels up to the task for typical day-to-day abuse. The chrome accent around the face of the charcoal-gray Katalyst gives it just enough bling to appear stylish without being too flashy. It looks a lot like a chunkier version of the Samsung SPH-m520, a midrange Sprint phone. On the right-hand side, there’s a camera button, while the left-hand side houses the proprietary headphone and charger jack, along with a large, easy-to-press pair of volume buttons. Samsung bundles a mono hands-free earbud and mic in the box.
"LG Electronics (LG), a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications, today launched its LG-KF700, a new multimedia phone that combines three input methods to create an amazingly intuitive user interface and provides instant access to features.
The LG-KF700 is the first phone to integrate three separate input methods, including a 3-inch touchscreen, alpha-numeric keypad and Shortcut Dial. Each of these input methods is assigned to the tasks at which it is most best suited, creating a user-optimized interface and making all of the phone’s functions and features instantly accessible.
“LG has already established itself as a leader in phones with touch technology with Chocolate, the Prada Phone by LG and Viewty, and the LG-KF700 continues this legacy,” said Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Mobile Communications Company. “We realize that touchscreens are a wonderful advancement, but they are not the solution for every problem or every user. We looked beyond just touch when designing the LG-KF700 and studied how people actually use their phones. The LG-KF700’s three separate input methods provide unmatched convenience and mean that users don’t have to give up anything to gain a touchscreen.”
Nokia today introduced two new music-enabled devices as additions to its XpressMusic range. The new Nokia 5320 XpressMusic and Nokia 5220 XpressMusic offer a range of affordable music and entertainment experiences with the most fresh, stylish designs on the market. Both music devices are expected to begin shipping in the third quarter of 2008, with an expected retail price range of 160 to 220 EUR, before taxes and subsidies.
"Our XpressMusic range of devices continues to deliver the combination of superior music experiences and fresh, innovative designs," said Jo Harlow, Vice President, LIVE category, Nokia. "Today’s additions to the XpressMusic range up the ante with new ways for consumers to access their media as well as interact and share content with friends and communities anytime, anywhere."