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Hands-on of Samsung Projector Phone by Popular Science

2009-01-28T20:00:00.001-05:00

Samsung Show in Action

Samsung is going to announce a Projector Phone called the W7900 Show. It has a 3.2 inch OLED Touch Screen, TV Tuner and a 5 Mega Pixel Camera, but the most important thing that differentiates it with other phones is that it has a DLP Projector which can display images of upto 50 inches. Here are a few pics of it in action which were taken by Popular Science.

The Specs of the SAMSUNG SHOW W7900 include a Projector of 10 lumens having a resolution of 480 x 320 pixels and image size of up to 50 inches diagonal. It has OLED Touch Screen with resolution of 240 x 400 pixel and display size of 3.2 inches. It has 3G HSDPA up to 7.2Mbps and Tri GSM Bands (900/1800/1900 MHz. It has a 5 Megapixel Camera with a VGA front facing camera for video calls. The Show measures 4.4 inches x 2.2 inches x 0.7 inches. The Price is yet to be determined.

Comparison with iPhone

Thickness Comparison with iPhone

Home Screen

Projecting a Movie in Dark Room

Another Frame from the Movie

Widgets

Indoor Photo without Flash

Indoor Photo with Flash

Source : Popular Science

Nokia E75 high quality pics leaked

2009-01-23T16:06:00.001-05:00

After the leaking of Nokia 5730 Xpress Music, Nokia E75 has leaked again. It was leaked earlier but this time high quality pics have been leaked. The E75 is supposed to have exactly same specs as Nokia 5730 having 2.4 inch (240 x 320) QVGA screen, Wi-Fi, GPS, Qwerty Keypad, 3G & HSDPA with a 3.2 Mega Pixel Camera.

Source : Daily Mobile

Mobile Review posts Review of Nokia 5730 Xpress Music with Qwerty

2009-01-23T15:48:00.001-05:00

Mobile-Review has posted a review of the not yet launched Nokia 5730 Xpress Music Phone which has Qwerty Keypad. The phone is supposed to be a twin of the Nokia E75 and features GPS, Wi-Fi, 3.5 mm jack, 3.2 Mega Pixel Cam with Carl Zeiss Optics. Contrary to what other sites are reporting, the Phone does NOT have a screen size of 2 inches as Eldar Murtazin has posted the following before the start of the review.

Editor’s note. This is not a complete review, but rather our first impressions of this device. In fact, we played around with one of the first prototypes, and this fact must be factored in as far as the phone’s build quality and software department are concerned – many features are still missing, even though we are going to refer to some of them throughout this review. Also, you won’t find any data on the 5730 XpressMusic’s size or display simply because this information is not all that relevant at this moment.

Back Side

The phone comes with a new feature called Say & Play, which allows the user to just say a name of artist, song, album or playlist and the phone will play it. The Screen Size is most likely to be 2.4 inches with QVGA (240 x 320) resolution. The phone also has FM Radio, 3G, 128 MB Ram and 8 GB microSD card bundled. It's rumored to hit the shelves in April with a price tag of around 220 Euros.

Front Side

Qwerty Keypad

Qwerty Keypad

Left Side

Top Side

Right Side

Volume Keys


Home Screen	Radio

GPS	Connections

Say & Play	Memory Status

Music Player	Audio Settings

Source : Mobile-Review

Samsung S8300 leaks, 8 Mega Pixel Shooter with Touch Screen

2008-12-30T06:15:00.001-05:00

A new 8 Mega Pixel Mobile from Samsung has leaked. This will be the third 8 Mega Pixel shooter from Samsung after the i8510 Innov8 and the M8800 Pixon. The new phone is named S8300 and is a slider. The phone is only 12.8 mm thick and has a large OLED Screen sporting a Wide QVGA resolution of 240 x 400 pixels. Further more the Screen is also a Touch Screen so you can use your finger or stylus to operate the phone. This also makes it the second 8 Mega Pixel Touch Screen Phone of Samsung. It also has Bluetooth 2.1, FM Radio, MicroSD slot, GPS, HSPDA, DivX support, TouchQiz interface and lastly the all important 8 Mega Pixel Cam. As it's a slider from Samsung, build quality will be decent and the slider will also be good as Samsung generally makes great slider phones.

The only things missing in this slider are the Wi-Fi connection and a Xenon Flash, which can be beneficial in Night Shooting. The phone just features a LED Flash. Looking at it from the back, the camera reminds of the Samsung G600 and the Samsung u900 Soul which had a similar setup. It should be officially announced in 2009 (only 2 days are left in 2008 ) and available by March 2009. We will be surely waiting.

Source : Daily Mobile

Nokia launches N97, first N-Series with Qwerty

2008-12-28T16:54:00.002-05:00

Nokia launched the N 97 multimedia smart touch phone (Nokia just calls it Multimedia Computer ). The most distinguishing feature of N97 is that it has a physical Qwerty keypad to help in messaging and mailing. Another touted feature is the 35 degree kickstand that helps in watching videos but can be bothersome if you drop the phone.

Looking at the spces, it has a 5 Mega Pixel Camera with Carl Zeiss Optics, 32 GB Flash Storage, a huge 3.5 inch screen with a decent (by HTC Touch HD's standards) resolution of 640 x 360, Wi-fi, GPS, FM Transmitter, 3.5 mm jack and a digital compass too. The styling is different than the N81/N96/N85 clones we saw from Nokia and we welcome that. Apart from the huge storage and the huge screen there's not much in it to differentiate it from it's other N-Series Brothers and Sisters like N85 & N96. The N97 is basically a Qwerty version of Nokia 5800 with double the storage of N96 and having all the features of N85. The N97 also supports widgets on it's home screen. The N97 also has a social feature which Nokia calls "So-Lo" which allows your friends to update their location and status.

Nokia seems to have learnt from it's mistake of N95 and N96 & has equipped the N97 with a 1500 mAh battery which should be adequate for a phone of it's size. The phone comes with a Digital Compass and Nokia Maps 3.0. The N97 is expected to begin shipping in the first half of 2009 at an estimated retail price of EUR 550 before taxes or subsidies. Nokia is definitely impressed to make the N97 it's Flagship of 2009. How much of a fight will it give to Sony Ericcsion Xperia X1 and a possible HTC Touch HD Pro is to be seen.

Detailed Specs of Nokia N97 :

5 Mega Pixel Auto Focus Camera with Dual LED Flash
VGA (640 x 480) 30 FPS Video Capture
Qwerty Keypad
3.5 inch Touch Screen with resolution of 360 x 640 pixels
Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate and Proximity Sensor
3G, HSDPA, Wi-fi & GPS
Quad Band GSM
Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
MPEG4/WMV/3gp video player
MP3/eAAC+/WMA/AMR/RealAudio player
Digital Compass
FM Radio & FM transmitter
Micro SD card slot
32 GB Internal Memory
TV-Out
Symbian OS v9.5, Series 60 rel. 5
1500 mAh Battery
117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9-18.3 mm dimensions & 150 gm weight

Samsung unveils i7110 Symbian Smartphone

2008-10-20T15:21:00.001-04:00

After leaking a couple times, Samsung i7110 has been officially announced a few hours back. The i7110 is the Nokia N79 rival from Samsung and has better specs than it's rival. The i7110 also runs on the S60 3rd Edition FP2 like the N79. The i7110 is very slim in size with a thickness of just 12.9 mm. Also it has a OLED 2.6 inch QVGA Screen as compared to the 2.4 inch screen of N79. The Nokia N85 has a similar 2.6 inch AMOLED screen in it. It has an 8-way Optical Trackpad like the Samsung i900 Omnia which allows the user to move the cursor just like a mouse.

Coming to specs, the i7110 has in addition to the screen, a 5 Mega Pixel Camera with dual LED flash. It also has geotagging, face, smile and blink detection. Also it has Wi-fi(with DLNA certification) for surfing as well as GPS for navigation. Samsung also bundles it's Samsung Navigator application which has maps of 10 European cities in it including Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Helsinki, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris, and Rome. However you can't use the Nokia Maps like you do in Nokia Mobile Phones as it's incompatible with Samsung S60 phones (atleast till now).

The i7110 can also double up as camcorder with impressive VGA recording capability and support for high speed recording also. It also comes with DNSe 2.0 Engine, like the Samsung Innov8. Among other things it also has a FM Transmitter which allows transmitting any playing song to a nearby FM receiver. The FM transmitter can also be switched on to receive voice navigation guide via car speakers when using GPS. It also supports DivX playback natively, without any need for conversion. It also boasts of TV-out so you can view your videos & photos on your TV.

It comes with a MicroSD Card slot with support for SDHC (SD High Capacity) Cards. It comes bundled with FIFA 2008 & Asphalt Games, however Nokia's N-Gage can't run on it. The only thing missing in it are a Camera Lens Cover, Xenon Flash & a 3.5 mm headphone jack. The Samsung i7110 should be available in Europe just in time for the Christmas holidays. It will start shipping first in Russia from November 2008 with other markets following soon.

Detailed Specs of Samsung i7110 :

5 Mega Pixel Auto Focus Camera with Dual LED Flash
VGA (640 x 480) 30 FPS & QVGA (240 x 320) 120 FPS Video Capture
Face recognition with smile detection and blink detection & GPS geotagging
2.6 inch QVGA OLED Screen with resolution of 240 x 320 pixels
Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
DivX playback
DNSe Engine 2.0
3G, HSDPA, Wi-fi & GPS
Quad Band GSM
Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
DivX/H.263/H.264/WMV/MP4 player
MP3/eAAC+/WMA/AMR/RealAudio player
FM Radio with RDS
FM transmitter
Micro SD card slot
Optical trackpad
FIFA 2008, Asphalt Games
Symbian OS v9.3, Series 60 rel. 3.2 FP2
1200 mAh Battery
118 x 52 x 12.9 mm dimensions & 125 gm weight

Source : Samsung

LG launch Prada II KF 900

2008-10-14T02:47:00.001-04:00

LG today announced the successor of the ever popular Prada phone which had leaked earlier. Officially called KF 900, the Prada II bumps up the specs of the original Prada phone to 5 Mega Pixel Camera, Wi-fi, 3G, HSDPA & Qwerty Keypad. The 5 megapixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach certified lens comes to replace the modest 2 megapixel shooter of the original Prada phone. With 3G & HSDPA present, users can use to surf on the go. The handset has become thicker with a thickness of 18 mm against a thickness of 12 mm in the original Prada due to the inclusion of the sliding Qwerty Keyboard. The absence of GPS in Prada II is bound to raise a few eyebrows considering that LG is demanding a price of € 600 euros (£469 & $810). The new Prada mobile will be available though major mobile dealerships in Italy, UK, France, Germany, Spain and Netherlands in the 4Q of 2008.

Detailed Specs of LG Prada II KF 900 :

5 Mega Pixel Auto Focus Camera with Flash
Schneider-Kreuznach optics
VGA (640 x 480) Video Capture
3.0 inch WQVGA Screen with resolution of 400 x 240 pixels
Quad Band GSM
3G HSDPA & Wi-fi
Physical Qwerty Keypad
Video player MPEG4/3gp/DivX6
Media player MP3/AAC+/WAV
Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
Micro SD card slot
Photo & Video Editor
104.5 x 54 x 16.8 mm dimensions

Source : LG

Get push feature for your gmail in iphone

2008-10-10T14:26:00.004-04:00

Hi Friends,

As you all must be aware that the latest firmware of iPhone has introduced the feature of push mail. But sadly for Gmail its not fully push, its a fetch system, which checks for your mail ever 15 mins or 30 mins or more.

The real push is only for Apple's paid service mobile me, MS Exchange and yahoo mail.

So I came across an idea to get Gmail as push in iPhone via yahoo. This may be useful to many Gmail users.

Its a very simple process.

Step 1:
Create a new ymail account at yahoo (If you have a yahoo account then u can use that & combine the yahoo & Gmail into 1)

Step 2:
Login in your Gmail & go to settings....and then select the option of filters....and then finally click on "Create New Filter".
Then enter your Gmail email address in the to section like shown in the image below.

Click on Image to see Full Size Image

Click on Next Step

Select the option of "Mark as read" to avoid confusion in your Gmail account. (If you don't select that, then all the mails forwarded to ymail> will be shown as unread in Gmail)

Then enter your "ymail" email address in forward it to column as shown in the picture below.

Click on Image to see Full Size Image

Click on Create Filter to finish the process.

Now all the mails sent to your Gmail will be forwarded to ymail automatically.

Step 3:
In your iPhone, delete or deactivate your Gmail mail setting. (This is done to avoid duplication of emails in your phone)

Step 4:
Create a new mail account of yahoo (your new ymail address which you just made).
And in settings of iPhone don't forget to keep the push on for yahoo.

That's it guys & gals..........you will now get all your Gmail mails pushed immediately via free yahoo.............!! Isn't that awesome?

The only minus point in this system is, you cant edit the outgoing smtp & use the Gmail for sending mails. So when you send email from your iPhone, it will go via yahoo. But you can always add a signature in settings and mention your Gmail address.

I hope this would be useful to the many iPhone + Gmail users who wanted free push mail. And one more important thing........with the new iPhone firmware 2.1, apple seems to have messed up the push feature altogether....and when the phone is idle, it does not work. It works only when the phone is in use. Even the fetch of Gmail is not working in idle mode. But apple has recognised this bug & is working upon it and will correct it soon in a future firmware.

However the users with firmware 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2 should be able to get push emails even in idle mode.

HTC T8920 leaks, has WiMax support

2008-10-10T14:20:00.000-04:00

HTC has presented a WiMax enabled device at the WiMax World Conference in Chicago. The phone in question is the HTC T8920 and looks exactly like the HTC Touch HD. The T8920 also contains the 3.8 inch screen with a resolution of 840 x 480. We can see from the images that the phone runs on Windows Mobile with Touch 3D running on the top. Let's wait for HTC to announce it.

Source : Mobile Review Forums

Meizu M8 to launch in India & China by December

2008-10-10T14:15:00.000-04:00

Meizu has announced that it will launch it's iPhone clone in India & China from December onwards. The 8GB model of Meizu M8 will cost somewhere between US $380-470. Taiwan-based retailer Geek IT Stores announced that it's signed up as a distribution partner. While it didn't announce a date in its press release, the company's sales head revealed that the phone would be released in December, with China first on the list to be followed shortly by a roll-out in India, where it'll cost between Rs. 18,000 and Rs. 22,000.

Source : Indiaprwire

LG launch KC 780, has 8 Mega Pixel Camera

2008-10-09T12:07:00.001-04:00

LG today announced the KC 780 Camera Phone after it was leaked earlier. The KC 780 contains a 8 Mega Pixel Camera & is just 13.9 mm thick, which is quite a feat considering it contains such a high resolution camera in it. It is the slimmest handset till now to have a 8 Mega Pixel Camera as the Samsung M8000 Pixon is 14.8 mm thick. Apart from being a digital camera, it also doubles up as a camcorder as it can shoot in Wide VGA at a resolution of 720 x 480 at 30 Frames per Second. The KC 780 also has other features like ace and smile detection, beauty shot, image stabilization and ISO 1600.

The KC 780 has a 2.4 inch display with support of 262 colors & QVGA (240 x 320) resolution. It has the latest Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR, 140 MB Storage & MicroSD card slot. However it doesn't have support for 3G or HSDPA so the only choice for data transfers is EDGE. The KC 780 will be also be able to stream video over it's bluetooth connection so it can also double up as a wireless web cam.

The Kc 780 is the second 8 Mega Pixel Shooter from LG after the KC 910 Renoir. It's main competition is from the other 8 Mega Pixel phones like the Sony Ericsson C905, Samsung i8510 Innov8 & Samsung M8000 Pixon. The tri-band (900/1800/1900) handset will start shipping as early as November this year at a price which is yet to be announced.

Detailed Specs of LG KC 780 :

8 Mega Pixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash
Schneider-Kreuznach optics
720 x 480 & 640 x 480 30 FPS Video Capture
Camera face and smile detection, Beauty shot
2.4 inch QVGA Screen with resolution of 320 x 240 pixels
Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
Tri Band GSM 900/1800/1900 with EDGE
Video player MPEG4/3gp/DivX6
Media player MP3/AAC+/WAV
Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP
Micro SD card slot
140 MB Internal Memory
Document viewer (DOC, XLS, PDF, PPT)
107 x 52 x 13.9 mm dimensions & 119 gm weight

Motorola launch Q11, has no 3G

2008-10-09T11:34:00.001-04:00

Motorola has launched a new Winodws Mobile Smartphone today. It's running on Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard & is the successor of the Motorola Q9. The Q11 has Wi-fi, GPS & the 3.2 Mega Pixel Camera as it's main attraction. However it also suffers in some respect due to only 64 MB RAM & a slow ARM 7 LTE CPU from Freescale. The Q11 also has USB v1.1 and Bluetooth v 2.1 on board and also contains a microSD card slot for expanding the built-in memory. The lack of 3G & HSDPA support however will force users to use EDGE for on-the-go wireless data or Wi-fi when they can find a hotspot.

Also the battery is on the slim side with capacity of just 1170 mAH. The Q11 has a 2.4 Inch QVGA Screen which is not aligned to the center of the phone but is shifted to right. In it's place there are notification LED's. Motorola Q 11 measures the pretty slim 117 x 6 4x 11.7 mm, totaling a volume of 85cc. Its weight is passable 115 g. Motorola Q 11 is expected to be available in December 2008 but there is no information regarding its pricing yet.

Detailed Specs of Motorola Q11 :

3.2 Mega Pixel Fixed Focus Camera with LED Flash
2.4 inch QVGA Screen with resolution of 320 x 240 pixels
Full Qwerty Heypad
Push E-mail & IM
Freescale ARM 7 LTE processor
LTE + Intel Bulverde Chipset
64 MB Ram
EDGE, Wi-fi & GPS
Quad Band GSM
Bluetooth 2.1
Video player MPEG4/3gp/WMV/H.264
Media player MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA
Micro SD card slot
Pocket Internet Explorer 6
microUSB Slot, USB 1.1
Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard
117 x 64 x 11.7 mm dimensions & 115 gm weight

Source : Motorola

Blackberry 9500 Storm is finally announced

2008-10-08T08:58:00.001-04:00

After numerous leaks, Research in Motion (RIM) finally announced the Blackberry 9500. It will be exclusively sold by Verizon in US, Vodafone in Europe & Telus in Canada. After the final specs were released a notable omission is the lack of Wi-fi in the Storm. That seems to be a big mistake on part of Blackberry to make an iPhone rival Touch Screen Smartphone without Wi-fi functionality. In present times, Wi-fi has become a must in High-end Smartphones & RIM's decision to not pack the 9500 with Wi-fi could hurt it in 9500's sales. Especially when Nokia has started to put Wi-fi in all of it's new N-Series & E-Series phones. In Windows Mobile world, almost all phones have Wi-fi in them. The decision is also confusing as the Blackberry 9000 Bold already has Wi-fi in it.

The Blackberry Storm 9500 will be sold through Vodafone networks and will be free on monthly plans of 35 GBP and up with an 18-month contract.The Blackberry Storm 9530 is the variant of the handset that will be sold in North America through Verizon & Telus. Along with the quad-band GSM and 2100Mhz UMTS support that the 9500 model has, it will also offer CDMA2000 1xEV-DO support. The 9500 Storm will be available for purchase soon.

Detailed Specs of Blackberry 9500 Storm :

3 Mega Pixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash
3.3 inch Touch Screen with resolution of 360 x 480 pixels
True Haptics
3.5 mm headphone jack
624 Mhz CPU
192 MB Ram
3G, HSDPA & GPS
Quad Band GSM
Bluetooth 2.0
Video player DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp
Media player MP3/WMA/AAC+
DataViz Document Viewer/Editor
Micro SD card slot
Blackberry Maps
Landscape virtual QWERTY keyboard
BlackBerry OS
112.5 x 62.2 x 13.9 mm

Source : Research in Motion

Blackberry 9500 Storm User Guide leaks

2008-10-07T19:53:00.001-04:00

After the Video & Slides of the Blackberry 9500 leaked, now the whole user guide has been also presented. The user guide has many photos detailing all the features of the Blackberry 9500. The Blackberry 9500 should be officially launched soon judging by the leaks & hype surrounding it. Let's hope RIM announces it soon.

Source : Boy Genius Report

Sony Ericcson Kate leaks, has 5 Mega Pixel Camera with Xenon Flash

2008-10-07T16:49:00.001-04:00

Sony Ericcson's new 5 Mega Pixel shooter has leaked. Codenamed 'Kate', the phone is rumored to better than the current C902 in SE's line up due to the presence of Xenon Flash. The phone is thicker than the C902 but xenon flash, LED Flash, camera mode switch, and Smile shutter feature. It should also have 3G & HSDPA. The phone looks like a mix between C902 & the K770 phones from SE. Let's wait for it's launch to see how it performs.

Samsung i7110 leaks, Symbian 5 Mega Pixel Shooter

2008-10-07T16:43:00.001-04:00

The Samsung i7110 has again leaked, but this time the i7110 is a different looking phone altogether. The Keypad has changed to the one found in the Soul handsets made by Samsung. The i7110 has 5 Mega Pixel Camera, accelerometer for auto screen rotation, Dual LED Flash, 2.6 inch QVGA Screen, VGA 30 FPA Video Capture, slow motion & high speed QVGA recording, FM Radio with RDS, Bluetooth, FM Transmitter, DLNA support, Wi-fi, GPS & DivX & XviD playback support. It runs on the latest Symbian 3rd Edition FP2 OS.

The i7110 is Samsung's response to the recently launched Nokia N79 & should have a similar price to it. In addition the i7110 has a bigger screen compared to the 2.4 inch screen on the N79. The only thing missing in the i7110 is the 3.5 mm headphone jack which can be found in the N79. The i7110 should be announced in the upcoming Symbian Smartphones Show.

Blackberry 9500 Storm video & slides leak

2008-10-07T16:30:00.001-04:00

RIM's Blackberry 9500 Storm's slides have leaked. The slides show the Storm's Qwerty Keypad, it's basic features and it's UI/OS in action. The Storm is the Touch Screen Phone from Blackberry & is scheduled to be offically launched this month. It has already appeared on German Vodafone site. The Storm features 3.25-inch display with a resolution of 360 x 480 pixels, quad-band GSM support, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.5 mm headphone jack and a 3 megapixel auto focus camera. It's also running RIM's latest Blackberry OS which has Touch Support.

Detailed Specs of Blackberry 9500 Storm :

3 Mega Pixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash
3.3 inch Touch Screen with resolution of 360 x 480 pixels
True Haptics
3.5 mm headphone jack
624 Mhz CPU
192 MB Ram
3G, HSDPA, Wi-fi & GPS
Quad Band GSM
Bluetooth 2.0
Video player DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp
Media player MP3/WMA/AAC+
DataViz Document Viewer/Editor
Micro SD card slot
Blackberry Maps
Landscape virtual QWERTY keyboard
BlackBerry OS
112.5 x 62.2 x 13.9 mm

Source : Boy Genius Report

iPhone & iPhone 3G comparison from an Indian perspective

2008-10-03T14:48:00.003-04:00

Photo Credit: Apple, Inc. (Original - Left, 3G - Right)

I had the joy of using both the models of iPhone. My 1st was bought from USA and unlocked using ziPhone in India. As iPhone 3G can’t be unlocked as of now, so I had to buy that from India.

Let’s discuss how the 2 phones are different for a user in India.

I will start with the advantages that the original iPhone has over 3G:

1. Cheaper

2. Sturdy

3. Unlock

4. Dock

5. Cydia & Installer

6. 3G

7. GPS

Photo Credit: Apple, Inc. (Left - Original, Middle & Right - 3G)

Now let’s see the advantages iPhone 3G has over the original iPhone

1. Warranty

2. Better grip

3. Easy update of firmware

4. 3G

5. GPS

6. Speed

7. Better reception

8. Battery

9. Headphone jack

Looking at the above comparison, both the phones have certain advantages and disadvantages over each other. But in the current scenario, the original iPhone seems a better bet. But as it’s no longer manufactured by apple, so getting one is bit difficult. And of course the users who have the original should not upgrade to the 3G in my opinion.

However it will all change when 3G services will be eventually available in India. But the cost of the 3G will be key, as India is a very price conscious market. But again people who can afford 31,000 for 3G iPhone won’t mind high 3G costs either….hehehe

Nokia announce 5800 Xpress Music

2008-10-02T23:28:00.000-04:00

Nokia Today launched the 5800 Xpress Music Phone. The 5800, popularly known as 'Tube', was leaked numerous times before. The 5800 is Nokia's first Touch Screen Phone & is the reply to other Touch Screen phones like 3G iPhone, Samsung Pixon, Samsung i900 Omnia, Blackberry Storm, HTC Touch HD & LG KC 910 Renoir. The 5800 Xpress Music runs S60 5th Edition Touch UI which is a customized for operation by finger, however the 5800 also contains a stylus for enhanced data entry. The Tube also has a high resolution 3.2 inch Touch Screen for watching videos & web browsing. It features accelerometer for automatic screen rotation & proximity sensor for auto turn-off of the screen just like in the iPhone. It also has Quad Band GSM support, 3G & HSDPA, Wi-fi, GPS 3.5 mm headphone jack and TV-out. The 5800 features a 3.2 Mega Pixel Camera with Carl-Zeiss Optics and has dual LED flash also. It also has VGA 30 FPS recording found in other Nokia phones like N95, E90, N82, N79, N85, N96 & 6220 Classic. It comes with a 1320 mAH battery, with Nokia claiming 35 hours of music playing capability!!!

The 5800 is also the first phone to come with Nokia's Comes with Music Service which allows the user to download unlimited music for 1 year from the Nokia Music Store. A large 8 GB MicroSD card is also bundled in the package so that storage is not a problem. UK will be the first market to for Comes With Music, sales of enabled devices expected to start on October 16.Comes-With-Music enabled Nokia 5800 XpressMusic units will surface at the beginning of next year. Otherwise Nokia 5800 XpressMusic worldwide availability is planned for this quarter of 2008 at an estimated retail price of 279 EUR before taxes and subsidies.

Detailed Specs of Nokia 5800 Xpress Music :

3.2 Mega Pixel Auto Focus Camera
Carl-Zeiss Optics & dual LED Flash
VGA (640 x 480) 30 FPS Video Capture
3.2 inch Touch Screen with resolution of 640 x 360 pixels
Accelerometer sensor
Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
369 Mhz CPU with 128 MB RAM
3G, HSDPA, Wi-fi & GPS
Quad Band GSM
Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
Video & Audio Player
FM Radio with RDS
Stereo Speakers
3.5 mm headhphone jack with TV-Out
Micro SD card slot with 8GB Card in package
Nokia Maps 2.0
Landscape virtual QWERTY keyboard
Handwriting recognition
Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5
1320 mAH Battery
111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm dimensions & 109 gm weight

Nokia 5800 Xpress Music Pics

Nokia 5800 comparison & UI explained via All About Symbian

Size Comparison of Nokia 5800 with iPhone, Touch Diamond & N78

Nokia 5800 Home Screen

Nokia 5800 Xpress Music Live Pics from Electricpig

Nokia 5800 Xpress Music Live Pics from Stuff.tv

Nokia 5800 Comparison with 3G iPhone

Nokia 5800 Xpress Music Live Pics from Symbianpop

Front of Nokia 5800

Back of Nokia 5800

Right Side of Nokia 5800

Top of Nokia 5800

Bottom of Nokia 5800

LG KC 910 Renoir Preview by GSM Arena

2008-10-02T23:22:00.001-04:00

GSM Arena has posted a preview of the KC 910 Renoir

At first glance LG Renoir seems remarkably compact for the rich multimedia capabilities it has got to offer.

LG KC910 Renoir has a subdued and conservative design, which however looks and talks shop. The high-quality materials used and the nice shiny finish add for a really nice first impression.

Read Full Article Here

Samsung M8800 Pixon Review by Smape

2008-10-02T23:14:00.001-04:00

Smape has reviewed the Samsung M8800 Pixon in an extensive review with lots of pics.

The outward appearance of M8800 is very reminiscent of a common miniature-sized handheld Samsung camera, resemblance found even in the materials. Metal finds an active use, just like in i8510. The camera lens sticks out above the surface but slightly, a second protruding piece added a bit lower to balance the handset and make it easier to hold. The quality of assembly and materials is pleasingly high. Just like any other touchscreen handset, M8800 is exposed to unwanted fingerprints and soiling (to a tolerable extent). The screen diagonal, weight and size are all balanced, you don’t feel any discomfort holding the device in the hand. A thickness of 14.5 isn’t amazing, yet very pleasing for a 8 Mp cameraphone. The KC910 model is thinner, but is more exposed to soiling, and doesn’t have an equally good design.

Read Full Article Here

Samsung i8510 Innov8 & Sony Ericsson C905 Camera Comparison by Mobile Review

2008-10-02T23:12:00.001-04:00

Mobile Review has posted comparison of Camera performance of the Samsung i8510 Innov8 & the Sony Ericsson C905.

During our quality time with either of these phones we made hundreds of photos in all imaginable environments (all in all, the final count is this: five hundred for the C905 and around a thousand for the INNOV8). So, in my opinion, we won't run out of sample snaps any time soon, plus this vast gallery we have accumulated over the last months should make for a decent and comprehensive comparison between these two cameraphones.

Furthermore, having some other not-yet-announced 8 Mpix shooters on our hands, we managed to see how the INNOV8 and C905 fared against similarly geared solutions - as it turned out, they weren't that much different at all.

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Sony Ericsson W902 Review by Smape

2008-10-02T23:07:00.001-04:00

Smape has reviewed the Sony Ericsson W902 in a very long & detailed review with lots of pics.

For a long time, Sony Ericsson have been following the policy of an accurate segmentation of their products. The majority of music-oriented solutions normally have below-than-average camera capabilities, the cameraphones almost never get a decent headset in the bundling and come around with a very plain player interface. The W980i music phone flagship equipped with a 8 Gb onboard flash storage unit is a good illustration to this policy. The camera is pretty plain, and so is the camera-controlling application. At that, the model utilizes the integrated accelerometer to the full, the ShakeControl feature greatly improving the usability of the music player.

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LG launch KP 500 affordable Touch Screen Phone

2008-10-01T08:33:00.001-04:00

LG today announced the KP 500, an affordable Touch Screen Phone. The KP 500 features a 3 inch Touch Screen and is running the latest version of the LG Flash UI. The KP 500 also features a stylus for additional data input and is stored in the body of the phone itself unlike the Viewty. The KP 500 also features microSD memory card slot, stereo Bluetooth, FM radio and an accelerometer for auto screen rotation and gaming. It also has a Virtual Qwerty keypad for data entry & Document Viewer for viewing documents on the go. The KP 500 is like a stripped down version of the LG KC 910 Renoir sans the 3G, Wi-fi, GPS & the 8 Mega Pixel Camera. The KP 500 is expected to come in stores around October 2008 in europe.

Detailed Specs of LG KP 500 :

3 Mega Pixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash
3 inch WQVGA Touch Screen with resolution of 240 x 400 pixels
3G & HSDPA
Quad Band GSM
Bluetooth 2.1
Video & Audio Player
FM Radio with RDS
Document Viewer
Accelerometer
Micro SD card slot
Landscape virtual QWERTY keyboard
Handwriting recognition
106.5 x 55.4 x 11.9 mm dimensions & 89 gm weight

LG KP 500

Source : LG Press Release

LG KC 780 leaks, slimmest 8 Mega Pixel Camera Phone

2008-09-29T16:10:00.001-04:00

GSM Arena is reporting that LG will announce KC 780 tomorrow. The KC 780 is the slimmest 8 Mega Pixel Phone & has Quad Band GSM, 30 FPS Video Recording & limited Touch Screen capability like the LG Secret KC 750. The KC 780 will be slimmer than the 13.8 thickness of the Samsung M8800 Pixon to become the slimmest 8 Mega Pixel Phone. LG is also supposed to launch a Touch Screen Phone which is affordable to the masses. Watch this space for LG's offical launches.

Update : GSM Arena has got 3 live pics of the LG KS 780 with the LG KC 910 Renoir.

Source : GSM Arena