Archive for May, 2008
Fast cars and now racier bikes, with the growing trend of vehicle manufacturers endorsing gadgets, should Ducati be far behind? Sony Ericsson Ducati Z770 clamshell will be out next month in Italy, much to the amusement of bike-enthusiasts. Based on Sony Ericsson Z770 platform, the phone will feature Ducati branded covers, themes, screensavers, videos and even its own HBH DS-220 based Ducati Bluetooth headset.
Coming across like a cross between Nokia’s steely 6300 and 6233, the 7310 Classic has some pretty cool specs to ponder over. The Nokia 7310 Classic is a S40 powered phone, apparently it features a 3.2 megapixel camera, a 16 million color, 2.2 inch QCGA screen, built-in FM radio and music player, stereo Bluetooth A2DP, expandable memory, USB connectivity, and a 3.5 mm headphone jack. Since this official photo is doing the rounds on the Web right now, we can expect this phone to hit the stores soon.
Using an on-device app, MO-Call is offering cheap voice calling worldwide. Now available on a bevvy of BlackBerry devices, this sounds like a much smoother approach than dialling through a lengthy calling card processes, and who doesn’t want to save some coin on international calls?
The GPS smartphone Mio were showing back at CES earlier this year, which uses Qualcomm’s new QST1100 combined app processor/GPS/cellular radio chip, has acquired a name and a likely release; called Lovebird, the touchscreen Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro handset has both GPS and A-GPS, quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE and 2GB of ROM to store Mio’s mapping data.
With a Samsung 400MHz 2443 processor, 320 x 240 QVGA display and 64MB ROM, the Lovebird doesn’t look to be an especially high-end device, but the promise of Dash GPS-style instant traffic updates over the cellular network should impress plenty of people. Mio are claiming up to 5hrs of talktime, but there’s no suggestion of battery life when navigating.
T-Mobile Germany and HTC have partnered to announce the MDA Vario IV, a Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional powered smartphone with a large touchscreen display and finger-friendly user interface. The MDA Vario IV also sports a large slide-out QWERTY keyboard, for convenient text entry. It also appears to have 256MB of RAM, which should keep this monster operating quickly.
The MDA Vario IV uses a large VGA resolution touchscreen display to show off its TouchFLO user interface and video calling (where supported). This smartphone also offers tri-band GSM/EDGE (900/1800/1900MHz) and WCDMA (2100MHz) with support for 7.2Mbps HSDPA and, we believe, WiFi for speedy data. A built-in GPS receiver will also help the MDA Vario IV know where you are, and the 3.2 megapixel camera with auto-focus will allow you to remember places you’ve been.
Pricing and availability information were not announced.
Everyone’s getting all touchy-feely these days, the Aeon has brought feature a full touchscreen surface that does away with the standard keypad. The Nokia Aeon concept was somehow inspired by Synaptics Onyx. It is based on 2 touch sensative screens fastened together by fuel cell battery. Nokia is keen to have phones like this hit the market and also have them wearable.The 2 touch screens can act as anything you like, such as the buttons on one side, the screen on the other, or in any form you like. The handset’s connectivity and electronics are built into the panels to allow them to be used independendently. When assembled, one panel would operate as the display, the other as the keypad. Since the buttons are entirely virtual, Aeon can flip instantly between a numeric pad for dialling, a text-entry pad for messaging, or a media-player controller. It’s a cute idea and one that ties in with Nokia’s expectation that phones will become essentially “wearable” devices - if foresees users removing one of Aeon’s display panels and mounting it on a watch-like strap or worn as a badge. Likely, This concept will not be easily seen in shops soon. But NetEase site reports, Nokia researchers actually get to play with a real live Nokia Aeon model in their labs. Nokia Aeon concept phone brings about the most futuristic cellphone.
Some more information on the unreleased flip BlackBerry codenamed Kickstart has surfaced… The leaked slides seem to be an attempt to soothe the worries of diehard BlackBerry fans who are used to holstering their devices and checking them in a very specific way. The external LCD screen will prove to be a useful feature, showing off the first few lines of a message, the face of callers, scrolling through alerts easily with the side volume keys, and opening those alerts just by flipping the BlackBerry open. Outside of the business utilities, the outer screen will also show album art of music playing, which can be readily controlled by the volume and muting keys. Pretty standard stuff for existing flips, but definitely gives reasons for sticklers to switch their form factor.
Verizon Wireless has both confirmed and launched the W755, a new clamshell phone by Motorola. The phone sports a metal finish, a 1.9-inch display and a 1.3-megapixel camera; its primary feature however is music playback, and to that end touch-sensitive music controls are located on the exterior face of the device. A microSD slot is capable of expanding storage up to 4GB, and audio can be streamed to stereo Bluetooth headsets.
The phone supports AAC, MP3, MIDI and WMA V9 files, and can be synched with PCs using Windows Media Player 11. One limitation, however, is that the 755 uses a non-standard 2.5mm headphone jack; additionally, the phone is not being offered for free, contrary to reports. Instead it costs $70 with a two-year contract and a $50 online discount.
Stylish in design, easy to use and with no installation requirements, the new BlueAnt Supertooth Light offers the latest in sun-visor mounted handsfree speakerphone technology.Currently, the most powerful speakerphone on the market today, the BlueAnt Supertooth Light incorporates the very latest technology from Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR). Its outstanding audio quality is achieved via the integration of the cutting edge Clear Voice Capture (CVC) Digital Signal Processor (DSP) technology, providing truly superior sound.
The BlueAnt Supertooth Light uses real-time audio to process any echo or background noise resulting in the improvement of the sound quality of the user’s voice regardless of whether the car is stationery or travelling at high speed. It also adjusts sound levels to compensate for loud engine noise or external noise created when the windows are wound down.
Easily mounted on the car’s sun-visor, the BlueAnt Supertooth Light can be paired with up to five devices, supports voice dial activation, redial and call reject and also has a retractable sliding microphone.
Making 5 megapixels in cameraphones redundant is this beauty from K-Touch. T 8 megapixel C280 with 3x optical zoom features 1600 ISO support and uses Canon’s own DIGIC III image processing. The phone was presented in the China market during CHITEC 2008.
From www.newlaunches.com