HTC Polaris aka Touch Cruise em Portugal

Está para breve no mercado nacional o novissimo Touch Phone da HTC, que se dá pelo nome de HTC Touch Cruise aka Polaris ou P3650.

Tudo indica que o mesmo chegará ainda antes do Natal, tornando-se assim numa potêncial prendinha para esta época festiva.

A destacar neste PDA do gigante de Taiwan, a antena interna de GPS, HSDPA e o HTC TouchFLO™ que colhe bastantes admiradores no nosso mercado.

Em relação aos preços a praticar em Portugal os mesmos não deverão ultrapassar os 649€ (versão com mapa Ibéria ou Portugal - a confirmar) e os 599€ no caso da versão TomTom taster (download de uma só cidade).

Até lá só nos resta esperar.


Características

• Processador: Qualcomm® MSM7200™, 400MHz
• O/S: Windows Mobile® 6 Professional
• Memoria ROM: 256MB ; RAM: 128MB DDR SDRAM
• Dimensões: 110 mm (L) X 58 mm (W) X 15.5 mm (T)
• Peso: 130g c/ bateria
• Display: 2.8 polegadas TFT-LCD , touch-sensitive
• Network: HSDPA/UMTS: 2100 MHz (Europa), 850/1900 MHz (USA)
• HSDPA: Até 384kbps upload e 3.6Mbps para download
• UMTS: Até 384kbps upload e download
• GSM/GPRS/EDGE: Quad-band 850, 900, 1800, e 1900
• HTC TouchFLO™
• Bluetooth® 2.0
• Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
• HTC ExtUSB™
• USB 2.0
• Camera: 3 megapixel color CMOS com auto focus
• Camera secundária: VGA CMOS color
• Audio: MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WAV,e AMR-N
• Bateria: 1350 mAh Lithium-ion
• Standby time: Até 450 horas para UMTS; até 400 horas para GSM
• Talk time: Até 4 horas para UMTS; até 7 hours para GSM, até 2.3 horas para video-chamada
• Expansion Slot: microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)

HTC S730 in few weeks

                                    Overview

Combining functionality with a compact, stylish design, the HTC S730 keeps you in touch and productive while on the road. Much more than just a phone, its powerful features make light work of email, web and calls.
With the complete suite of Microsoft® Office Mobile applications you can open and edit documents while on the move, and the compact phone slides to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard, enabling fast typing and dialling.
Important information is just a glance away with the Live HTC Home™ screen, giving you an instant view of email, calendar, messages, missed calls and more. With email directly to your phone, super-fast internet access, and a full range of connectivity options, you can be sure to be kept in touch no matter where you are in the world.

Highlights

• Instant access to Outlook® email, calendar, contacts and more with Windows Mobile® 6
• Compact with auto-slide QWERTY full keyboard for easier typing
• See key information at a glance with Live HTC Home™
• Large 2.4” QVGA TFT LCD backlit screen
• Enjoy super-fast always-on connectivity

The price will be arround 449€ (incl. VAT)

Afinal HTC Touch não será Champagne, mas sim......Arctic Silver

A HTC decidiu alterar a designação da nova cor do seu "best seller" para Arctic Silver, deixando cair a designação anterior, Champagne.

Esta nova edição estará em Portugal bem antes do Natal, e com o seu valor exactamente igual ao Touch Black.

Ainda se encontra por definir, se esta edição será ou não limitada, estando tudo dependente do seu desempenho comercial.

Este terminal já esteve dísponivel em Olive Green, tendo ficado o seu desempenho comercial muito abaixo das expectativas, muito também por culpa das entidades que o vendem ao cliente final. Pois as mesmas posicionaram o preço acima do produto na sua cor inicial, o Preto.

HTC SHIFT (X9500) ....... Reserve já o seu!!!!

A Dangaard/Brightpoint Portugal irá possibilitar a reserva do seu HTC Shift.

Prevendo-se desde já que o seu pvp (c/iva) não vá ultrapassar a barreira dos 1.299€, o maior distribuidor mundial de telecomunicações permitirá a quem o pretender, reservar através do seu site www.dangaard.pt .

O cliente será contactado posteriormente, de forma a saber tanto o pvp final, como qual o ponto de venda (mais perto de si), que irá entregar o seu Ultra Mobile PC HTC Shift, previamente reservado.

Características HTC Shift

• Plataforma: Microsoft Windows Vista® Business
• Dimensões: 207 mm x 129 mm x 25 mm
• Peso: 800g com bateria
• Teclado Slide-out QWERTY
• Mouse Control Left/right mouse buttons e MicroPad
• Chipsets/Processor Intel® Stealey 800MHz
• Qualcomm® MSM 7200, 400MHz
• Memoria RAM: 1G RAM
• Display 7", 800 x 480 TFT-LCD display and touch sensitive screen
• Network HSDPA/UMTS: worldwide UMTS
• (Tri-band 850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
• HSDPA: Até 3.6Mbps download e 384kbps upload
• UMTS: Até 384kbps download e upload
• GSM/GPRS/EDGE: Quad-band 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
• Web Câmara CMOS VGA (câmera para video-chamada)
• Audio Built-in microphone e dual speakers
• Wireless Connections
  Bluetooth® 2.0
  Wi-Fi®: 802.11 b/g
• Bateria 2700 mAh Lithium-ion polymer
• Windows Vista® operating time: Até 2 horas
• SnapVUETM standby time (push e mail enabled): Até 53 horas
• SnapVUETM standby time (push e mail disabled): Até to 11 dias
• Hard Disk 1.8” 40 GB ou 60 GB hard disk (a confirmar)
• I/O Ports 1 USB 2.0, VGA out, and 3.5mm stereo audio out with microphone
• Card Slots USIM/SIM card slot
• SDIO slot with hotswap functionality
• Security Fingerprint sensor

HTC Touch™ Dual..... Já é oficial!!

Hoje em Londres a HTC, apresentou os seus novos produtos para este último trimestre de 2007.

A destacar, a entrada, desta vez a sério na área dos Ultra Mobile PCs, com o X9500 (Shift), depois da tentativa falhada como Advantage (X7500).

Foram também apresentados mais 3 equipamentos:

• HTC Sedna (P6500)
• HTC Wings (S730)
• HTC Touch Dual (P5500)

Para breve, será mesmo o HTC Touch Dual, prevendo-se a entrada do mesmo, no nosso mercado nacional já no inicio de Novembro. Os restantes só mesmo para o fim de Novembro.

Características HTC Touch Dual

• Microsoft® Windows Mobile® 6.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition
• HTC TouchFLO™
• Dimensões: 107 mm x 55 mm x 15,8 mm
• Processador: Qualcomm® MSM 7200, 400MHz
• Memória: ROM: 256MB / RAM: 128MB
• LCD de 2.6 polegadas
• HSDPA/UMTS: 2100MHz ( Upload: 384kbps Download: 3.6Mbps)
• GSM/GPRS/EDGE (quad-band 850/900/1800/1900MHz)
• Câmara de 2 megapixel
• Sistema Mãos Livres
• Bluetooth® v2.0
• HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin, mini-USB 2.0 & audio jack in one)
• microSD™ card slot
• Bateria Lithium-ion 1120mAh
• SMS/MMS/MSN/E-MAIL
• MP3 Trimmer
• Marcação e comandos de voz
• Incluí auricular stereo HTC

HTC P5500 (Touch II) para muito breve.

Já está para breve o novo terminal do fabricante asiático, o HTC P5500 Touch II (nome de código "Nike").

Este Touch II, e como o próprio nome nos indica, é mais um equipamento dentro com a tecnologia TouchFLo.

Não será, ao contrário do que se esperaria, um substituto do Touch (P3450), mas sim mais um, no seguemento a que a HTC gosta de "apelidar" de Touch Phones.

Este equipamento difere do P3450, principalmente em 4 aspectos:

• 3G/HSDPA
• Teclado Slide
• Ecrã de 2,6"
• Ausência de conectividade por Wi-Fi (ao contrário do que tem vindo a ser publicado na internet)

Olhando para estes aspectos, e essêncialmente o facto de o mesmo não disponibilizar Wi-Fi, prevê-se que venha a ser um equipamento facilmente adoptado pelos operadores.

Relativamente ao preço, a que estará disponivel no nosso mercado, o mesmo posso adiantar que será pelo menos 100€ mais caro que o P3450.

HTC TyTN II .... em Português já dia 24!!!!!!

O novo terminal da HTC TyTN II, estará disponivel apartir de dia 24 de Setembro...mas infelizmente não o estará em todas as cadeias de lojas.

O TyTN II terá um pvp de 779€ (incl. IVA á taxa legal em vigor)

A versão portuguesa estará disponivel, apenas nos seguintes pontos de venda:

• Rádio Popular
• Worten/Vobis
• Média Markt (Braga, Parque Nascente e Aveiro)
• El Corte Inglês

HTC Touch™ Champagne..... Brevemente

Está para muito breve uma nova cor para o HTC Touch, e desta vez será uma edição Champagne!!!!

Motorola RAZR2 V8 with Linux

Motorola has released a new model, the V8, the key difference being that it’s Linux powered.

Specs wise there is a WMP11 codec, a USB 2.0 interface, a touchscreen customized for music, 512MB of integrated storage and up to 2GB of (microSD?) user storage.

You can also read text messages on the external display. There is quad band GSM/GPRS, a 2MP cam with MPEG4 video support and 8x zoom. The external display is the same 2” QVGA screen, the internal one is 2.2” same resolution as the external one.
There is over the air syncing via MotoSync, a full HTML browser, voice dialing without user training, EDGE, Bluetooth imaging, printing, and P2P gaming profiles. There is also the obvious MMS, WV, and SMS3 messaging. Unlocked versions are going for USD $500.

Source Motorola

HTC Libra (S720) lançado no Canadá

A HTC já lançou no Canadá o seu Samrtphone P5800, conhecido como Libra ou S720.

Este smartphone Windows Mobile é o irmão gémeo do nosso bem conhecido HTC Wings (S710), mas em versão CDMA.

Este produto é um exclusivo do operador local Bell, e está disponível desde CAD$ 149.

New HP iPAQ 600 and 900 in the web!!!!

Smartphone France have posted two renderings of what the iPAQ 600 and iPAQ 900 should look like. In addition, Smartphone France also confirmed the earlier unveiled specs of both devices which will run Windows Mobile 6 Professional (Pocket PC) instead of Standard (Smartphone) and therefore, both devices will have a touch screen.

The iPAQ 600 series device will be a bar type smartphone with a 12 keys numeric keypad sporting Windows Mobile 6 Professional and featuring a touch sensitive navigation wheel on the keyboard.

The iPAQ 900 series will feature similar specs but sports a QWERTY keyboard instead the 12 keys numerical keypad.

Other features (for both devices) are quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE support as well as triband UMTS/HSDPA (up to 3.06 Mbps), WiFi b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 as well as Assisted GPS (AGPS). The QVGA touch screens should support the Windows Mobile typical 65K color and on the back, the devices features 3 megapixel CMOS camera with auto focus.

Source Smartphone France

HTC S310 em campanha!!!

A Introduxi, disponibiliza apartir de hoje, no seu canal de revendedores de informática o HTC S310 a 179€ (pvp).

De referir, que é o smartphone mais barato do mercado, e dispõe de Windows Mobile 5.0 Direct Push, câmara de 1.3 Megapixel, Bluetooth e expansão de memória através de cartão miniSD.

Google Phone confirmed by HTC insider

JB over at Crunchgear has the exclusive on the "upcoming" Google Phone, supposedly set to launch in Q1 2008. His source is someone inside HTC, the company that Google's working with to pick one of 20 models to finalize their design.
On the software side, they're going to build a special version of Google Maps (complete with GPS), as well as have Gmail and Calendar compatibility. It's most likely going to have Google Docs compatibility too, but that wasn't specified. What's even cooler is that Google Talk, their free VoIP app, will be part of the suite. The OS could be Windows Mobile 6, or it could be a Linux-based OS, which would be even more interesting.

Via: Crunchgear

Estará para muito breve o novo terminal da Gigabyte, que se dá pelo nome de i350.

O GSmart i350 suporta as redes GSM / GPRS /EDGE, conta com conectividade WiFi e Bluetooth, um receptor GPS baseado no chip SiRF Star III, uma câmara fotográfica de 2,0 MPixels e um ecrã QVGA de 2,6 polegadas.

Características Gigabyte i350:

• Frequência: GSM900 / GSM1800 / GSM1900 / GSM850
• Peso: 130 g
• Dimensões: 110 x 54 x 18 mm
• Display : TFT VGA touchscreen, 256K cores
• Tamanho display: 640 x 480 pixels
• Memoria: 256MB NAND, 64MB SDRAM
• Processador: Intel XScale PXA270, 520MHz
• GPRS : Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
• WLAN : Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
• USB: 2.0, miniUSB
• Bluetooth: 2.0
• WAP
• Browser : WAP 2.0/xHTML
• OS: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Professional
• Câmara: 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels, autofocus, video, flash
• GPS: Built-in GPS (SIRF Star III)
• Standard Battery: Li-Ion - 1300 mAh
• Tempo em Standby: 160 horas
• Tempo em Conversação: até 4 horas

Asus P526 para breve, em terras lusas !!!!

A Asus, famoso fabricante de motherboards, já anunciou oficialmente o novo Asus P526. O aparelho vem com Windows Mobile 6 PRO e GPS. O mesmo estará para breve em Portugal.

Outras caracterí­sticas:

• EDGE/GPRS/GSM 850/900/1800/1900
• LCD TFT de 2,6 polegadas, 65.000 colores e 240 x 320 pixels.
• Procesador TI OMAP 850 (200MHz)
• Memória de 128 MB Flash + 64 MB SDRAM
• GPS SiRF Star III
• Câmara de 2 Megapixels
• Slot MicroSD
• USB v1.1 / Bluetooth 1.2
• Bateria de 1300 mAh Lithium-Ion
• Autonomia de 150 horas em stand-by e 4 em conversacão
• Dimensõess: 110 x 58 x 15.4 mm
• Peso: 115 g.

Novo Toshiba Portégé G900 já chegou a Portugal!

A Dangaard Telecom Portugal, informou hoje que já se encontra disponível o novo Pocket PC Phone Edition, da marca Toshiba.

Inserido na sua oferta Portégé, este novo G900, apresenta algumas características inovadoras, que irão marcar de forma notável a presença da Toshiba no mercado da mobilidade.

O Toshiba Portégé G900 é uma PDA robusto, com 3G/HSDPA, teclado QWERTY em slide, concebido para os profissionais mais exigentes.

Desde já a destacar o seu display de 3 polegadas QVGA de 7,6 cm, tecnologia biométrica (reconhecimento de impressão digital) e o Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0.

HTC Touch™ Olive Green disponível em Portugal

Já está disponível em Portugal, pela mão da Dangaard Telecom Portugal, a nova côr do HTC Touch, o Olive Green.

Benvindo ao próximo nível!!!! Welcome to the next level!!!

Mais poderoso, do que qualquer outro que já tenha visto, o HTC TyTN II (Kaiser) leva as suas comunicações para o próximo nível.

More powerful than anything you’ve seen before,the HTC TyTN II (Kaiser) takes communications to the next level.

Key features

• Windows Mobile® 6
• Tilted 2.8” 240*320 QVGA touch screen
• Sliding QWERTY keyboard
• 3 mega-pixel auto focus camera
• HTC HomeTM menu screen
• Tri-band UMTS with Quad-band GSM/GPRS/Edge
• ROM 256MB and RAM 128MB
• 360 degree 3 way jog wheel paired with OK button
• microSDTM card slot
• TouchFLOTM Technology
  

Prepare-se para o próximo nível!! Prepare for the next level!!! 7th of August!

Dia 7 de Agosto, o blog Mobile Life, lhe irá trazer um novo nível de conectividade...Prepare-se para o futuro!!!
August 7th, the Mobile Life blog, will bring you a new level of connectivity...So prepare to the future!!!!!

Samsung SGH-P520

Samsung will soon announced their next calculator size P series mobile phone which has the similar design as LG Prada. The Samsung SGH-P520 appears on Samsung website today with detail information.
The Samsung SGH-P520 is a triband GSM phone supporting EDGE data connection. While it is keypad-less, the specification did not mention if its display screen is done with a touch screen. Similar to LG Prada phone, it has only call answering buttons at the front.
Built with an extremely slim size, this calculator size phone is only 8.9mm thickness. But this does not limit the camera module, a 3 megapixel camera module is used on the phone. 50MB internal memory will be sufficient for normal used. The micro SD card slot can always helps in keeping all the multimedia files.
Best of all the phone might come with built in WiFi for UMA. Those who wants a smaller iPhone would better bet on this.

Specifications:

• Network: Triband GSM with EDGE


• Size: 88 x 54 x 8.9 mm


• Weight: 102 grams


• Display Screen: QVGA touchscreen, 262k colors, around 2.6-inch


• 3 megapixel camera


• 50MB internal memory


• microSD card slot


• Bluetooth (A2DP capable) WiFi with UMA


• Document viewer


• 960mAh battery


• Up to 180 minutes talk time


• Up to 220 hours standby time

Source: Samsung

ASUS P750.. Confirmado

Já está confirmado o novo smartphone da ASUS, o ASUS P750.

Este novo smartphone com antena GPS integrada, estará disponivel algures durante o último trimestre deste ano.

Alguma características:

• Processador Marvel 520Mhz


• 256 Mb ROM, 128 Mb RAM


• Câmara 3.2 MP


• Antena GPS SIRFIII


• HSDPA


• GSM/GPRS/EDGE


• Windows Mobile 6.0


• Preço ainda não disponivel
  

Fonte: The Unwired

The M500 is the world's smallest mobile phone

Designed by SMS Technology Australia and developed by one of the worlds leading and most respected mobile research and design companies.

Keeping time and keeping Contact will never be the same again. The M500 takes mobile communications to a whole new level. With over 80 hours standby time, full sms functionality, Touch Screen, full blue tooth compatibility, Dial Up Networking, Games, Mp4 Player, 128 Mb Memory,USB connectivity for software uploads, downloads, 199 number memory storage, 40 embedded real tones and its sleek sophisticated design make this the world's first truly mobile wristwatch.

The Duophone Concept Phone

No one can deny the power of 2. Two heads are supposed to be better than one. The number 2 is the smallest prime number and the only even one. It’s also the most divisible number. If that weren’t enough evidence, 2 is the number of DNA strands that make up the double helix structure. The common denominator here is the number 2 denotes cooperation and that’s where the Duofone concept begins.

The Duofone looks like any other slick concept but this time, it’s not about megapixels, or screen resolution, or even smartphone abilities. It’s about putting two of them together to combine their screen real estate. It’s about sharing each other’s battery power if one is low. It’s about increasing its abilities when paired with its partner. It even looks like a couple in bed when docked to its charging cradle.

Designer: Daewoo Kim

LG Shine in Titanium Black

LG Electronics unveils a striking addition to the LG Shine, the LG Shine ‘Titanium Black’. Boasting the same amazing features as the original LG Shine handset, the full metal bodied jacket has received a makeover, turning it a dark and sophisticated metallic grey.

Taking influence from futuristic trends, the LG Shine ‘Titanium Black’ presents a handset with a mature and refined finish. Edgier than black and more chic than silver, LG Shine ‘Titanium Black’ combines the best of both looks and will allow both men and women to shine. Those who loved LG Shine the first time around will be clamouring to get their hands on this new addition to the range, confirming LG as style leaders.

A fully metal bodied super-slim handset, the LG Shine launched in the European market in February 2007. The sleek design defies its high-tech functionality which includes a 2 mega-pixel camera by Schneider Kreuznach. Access to LG Shine’s menu system is by an easy-to-use multi-function scroll wheel and on board software includes a comprehensive music player (with MP3 WAV and AAC++), GPRS and EDGE network compatibility and Bluetooth.
LG Shine ‘Titanium Black’ will be launched in the UK, France, Netherlands and Austria. It will be available in major mobile dealerships from the end of July.

By Slashphone

New Fiat 500 has Windows Mobile entertainment & comms system

It turns out that Fiat, Microsoft and a components company, Magneti Marelli, jointly developed a Windows Mobile-based media and navigation system for the 500 (and other models in Fiat’s range). Called ‘Blue & Me’, it features voice activation, a dashboard screen and steering-wheel buttons, and Bluetooth to connect to a cellphone. Music can be played from anything hooked up via Bluetooth, SMS messages are read out and it functions as a hands-free kit for calls; there’s also a USB socket for you to plug in a flash memory stick with music stored on it.

Upgrades include sat-nav and enhanced communication tools, while interactive navigation services, address look-up, weather and traffic reports and even satellite theft tracking are planned for future developments. For anyone looking to make a jaded “you don’t want a BSOD when you’re doing 50km/h!” joke, rest assured that Microsoft’s involvement doesn’t go as far as the engine.

I love the look of the new 500, and I’m really looking forward to test-driving one. Personally I find the BMW Mini to be a little soulless and arrogant, whereas the Fiat is more cheeky. Rumour has it that it’ll make it to Portugal in the begining of 2008.

Nokia N95 8GB version caught in the flesh

Might Nokia be already putting its flagship N95 smartphone through an upgrade cycle? Snoopers through the Finnish company’s xml phone profile page have found reference to an all-black variant of the handset complete with a full 8GB of memory. That would certainly please those who have found the N95’s five-megapixel camera to be a decent replacement to their old digicam.

Rumour continues that the 8GB N95 will come in an all-black casing and maybe even without the GPS functionality, which seems both a shame and unlikely unless they name it a “music edition” and omit the navigation for the sake of battery life.
On that subject, here’s hoping that Nokia will be putting a higher-capacity battery pack in any future version of the phone; reviewers and users are still scathing at its short lifespan.

Nokia N98

The Nokia's iPhone rival phone is coming to market.

We may need to wait no more than two months, to see this mobile phone in the market.

Here you have some features concerning the Nokia N98.

- Symbian S70 3rd edition

- 7.2 mega pixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens

- optical zoom x5, digital zoom x20

- 3.5 inch VGA 16 million color touch screen

- GPS Built in receiver

- Graphics accelerator

- Bluetooth

- WIFI

- HSDPA

iWait for the iPhone

iPhone will be available 6pm New York time, at 29th June

HTC Touch™ versão Portuguesa, chega dia 29 Junho!!!!

O distribuidor europeu da HTC, Dangaard Telecom, anunciou que começará a chegar ao retalho, já no dia 29 de Junho a versão nacional do HTC Touch™.

Este mesmo produto se encontra á venda nos seguintes locais, e com as seguintes versões (limitadas stock existente):

• Vobis/Worten - HTC Touch™ Value Pack (incluí aur. Bluetooth)
• Rádio Popular - HTC Touch™ Security Pack (incluí Sistema Anti-Virus Bullguard)
• Jumbo/Auchan - HTC Touch™ c/ oferta de vale serviço Box

Em qualquer uma das versões o equipamento já contempla um cartão microSD de 1Gb.

O pvp deste equipamento (em qualquer uma das versões anteriormente mencionadas) é de 499€ c/ IVA, e prevê-se que o mesmo entre em ruptura na primeira semana de Julho, antevendo-se desta forma mais um sucesso da marca HTC.

Vodafone selected as Apple's Euro iPhone partner?

As much fanfare as Apple's partnership with AT&T is getting stateside, there continues to be eerily little official discussion about the specifics of the iPhone's aren't going over well with Europe's major carriers. Though T-Mobile's been named as a possibility to eventually cave (or cause Apple to cave?), Credit Suisse seems to think Vodafone makes the most sense -- and now at least one retailer seems to be lending credibility to that theory. This is all super sketch, mind you -- after all, it's been widely believed that Apple would go straight to 3G for its European launch -- but phones2U now lists the 8GB iPhone (though pricing is "TBA") as being available with a handful of monthly plans. It's not out of the question for a retailer to break news like this, so we'll see what happens. upcoming European launch. The reason for the silence is a subject of some debate, but the popular theory seems to be that Apple's spoiled brat-like demands.

Microsoft Surface Teaser

Microsoft Surface - Exclusive Review

Nokia N74 concept

Remember the Nokia 8900 concept created by Tobias Hornof? Well the same guy is on the road again. This time he's bringing us his vision of the Nokia N74 phone.

As you can see from the image, the N74 should have simple, futuristic lines. The emphasis is on the large, possibly OLED, screen. Tobias also suggests that this kind of device simply can't use the LED for flash. There's Xenon light that produces more light, thus making better photos in the dark. Plus this device should also pack the HSDPA radio, more memory and the new platform.

Tobias drop a touchscreen in your wishlist. We want to physicaly move the photos around this large screen.

Porsche breaks into Mobile Phones - Porsche P'952

Porsche design is sleek, beautiful…iconic. They design everything from chairs to sunglasses - so why not mobile phones? Why not, indeed. Porsche is following the growing list of high-end design houses getting into the mobile phone game.

Their collaborative effort with Sagem Communications brings us the P'952 handset!
The phone was debuted in the Red Dot Design Museum in Essen, Germany - by Porsche Design Mobile Group director, Stephen Bret.

Hummer gets into Mobile Phones - Hummer HT1

Hummer, the company made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger's giant military-convert SUV (and myriad wannabe, gas-guzzling, urban-tanks), is getting into the mobile phone game with a new slider phone - the Hummer HT1.

First Porsche, now Hummer? Anyway, the Hummer HT1, much like its toy-ish, plastic-clad namesake forebears (H2 and H3, we're talking about you), comes in a variety of colors - ranging from yellow to camouflage.
The Hummer HT1 was developed by the French manufacturer, Modelabs, but sports only Hummer branding. For about 300 Euros, you get a 2.2" screen, GSM/GPRS, 2MP cam, microSD slot, and 256MB of memory. So, it looks like the phone will follow in the H2/H3's footsteps - offering a lot some of show without much go substance.

iPhone and its rivals

There's an interesting article in The Wall Street Journal discussing the iPhone and its rivals — namely Nokia N95, Samsung UpStage (F300), HTC Touch and LG Prada.
The article begins (and ends for that matter) with the Nokia N95 — the Finish handset maker's flagship "multimedia computer". Authors, Li Yuan and Amol Sharma, remind us that the N95 sports all the features of the iPhone, plus an integrated GPS and a 5 MP camera. However, the problem is that Nokia still haven't signed a deal with any carrier to distribute its smartphone in the States.
Next, authors look at the LG Prada phone, stylish all-touchscreen device that even appeared before the iPhone. Apparently, Verizon will carry this device and will be offering it as direct competitor to Apple's iPhone.
Recently announced HTC Touch is also the device to look for. As it was the case with the N95, almost all features of the iPhone come with this Windows Mobile based smartphone. Plus, HTC bundle an extra cool UI to the Touch, to make it even easier to use. Still, to date no U.S. carrier has signed a deal with HTC to offer this device. On the other hand, that could change quickly as T-Mobile is known to carry HTC devices in both Europe and in the States.
Finally, Samsung UpStage (F300) is also competing for the hearts and minds of the potential iPhone buyers. This slick device may not have all the whistles and bells, but for hundred bucks you can't get much more. Sprint also made sure that the UpStage is fully compatible with its new mobile music store, giving users the convenient way to shop for music.

And the bottom line is? Consumers will be the one that benefit the most. If the iPhone sales go strong, we can safely bet that the other carriers will push new promotions, further subsidizing handsets to make them even more appealing and affordable. Can't wait for the June 29.

What do you think?

Sony Ericsson S900i concept

What we have here is a Sony Ericsson S900i concept phone. It's not clear whether this is coming from the official Sony Ericsson or from a designer fan out there, but my bet goes for the latter.

Anyhow, if this ends up in the production, we'll have another stylish Sony Ericsson handset available on the market. The S900i should sport two cameras - one for video calls and the other, CyberShot branded for taking photos and videos. Furthermore, the rendering also suggest the large (touch?) screen and the slider form factor.

Finally, navigation buttons also look cool, and promise easy to use device. Let's keep our fingers crossed…

via: funponsel

Willcom announced Sharp Advanced/W-ZERO3

The W-ZERO3 is Communicator-like device boasting everything a business person needs to do his work while on the go.

There's a wide 3" 480×800 screen that can render sites in their full size, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a camera, microSD expansion slot, WiFi and IrDA connectivity (no Bluetooth?).

Furthermore, this device is powered by Marvell PXA270 CPU running at 520 MHz, has 256 MB of ROM and 128 MB SDRAM, and runs Windows Mobile 6 .0 Classic Japanese edition. Considering the specs, weight of 157 g doesn't seem much.

Unfortunately, this business baby is at the moment only available in Japan, but I guess we'll see it soon hitting the Western hemisphere.

via: the:unwired

HTC Touch

5th June HTC's big secret revealed!!!!

This is the great ideia of HTC, to make the launching of the HTC P3450 (ELF) and HTC P4550 (Kaiser) with great world-wide prominence.......And at the end HTC will say that the HTC Shift (Vista Powered) will be available in August.


Do you want to bet!