W760 - a new line of slider from Sony Ericsson Walkman.

According to the manufacturer, this is the first musical machine company that supports the range of three third-generation networks (in Russia is, unfortunately, yet irrelevant).

The main characteristics of Sony Ericsson W760:


Support for GSM / GPRS / EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 and UMTS / HSDPA 850/1900/2100;
2,2-inch display with a resolution of 240 pixels h320;
Camera 3.2 Mp;
Bluetooth and USB Interfaces;
40 MB embedded memory;
Slot Memory Stick Micro (M2);
GPS receiver;
FM tuner;
Technology management SensMe gestures;
Dimensions - 103 h48h15 mm;
Weight - 103 g.

At the time of the sale proceeds W760 in the second quarter of 2008, buyers will be available three color solutions: silver, black and red. The latest price has not been announced yet.

BenQ Joybook Q41 with additional display

BenQ has announced the release of Joybook Q41. The notebook is equipped with a 14.1” widescreen display and a 2.5” additional display on the top of the cover. The Joybook Q41 is based on Intel Core 2 Duo processor working on Windows Vista OS (with SideShow). Thus the additional display can give us all the essential info we need without opening up – media player, images, games, RSS-feed. The business users can quickly access calendar events, contacts, e-mail and presentations.The maker hints at its exclusive technology UltraVivid with DBEFTM (Display Brilliance Enhancement Film). It ensures high brightness and high definition. As for the wireless opportunities the Joybook Q41 has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The price for the new model isn’t yet disclosed.

ASUS P550: GPS-communicator with big screen

ASUS has officially announced the P550 communicator. This is a candy bar model without a keyboard and a big 3.5” display. It is powered by Windows Mobile 6 Professional. According to the manufacturer, ASUS P550 is good for mobile professionals, users who need to work in move. They can be always connected and the big display enables convenient document handling.

The specs of ASUS P550:

• Standards - GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 2100 MHz
• OS - Windows Mobile 6 Professional
• Display – 3.5” touchscreen (240x320 pixels, 65K colros)
• CPU - Marvel PXA270M, 520 MHz
• 256 MB ROM and 64 MB RAM
• miniSD-slot (SDHC)
• Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g), USB 1.1, Bluetooth 2.0
• Built-in GPS-receiver (SiRF Star III), (TMC-module, optional)
• 2-mehgapixel camera
• Battery – Li-Ion 1530 mAh
• Standby time – up to 350 hours
• Talk time – up to 5 hours
• Dimensions – 121x70x16.5 mm
• Weight - 188 g
• Colors - silver

HTC Shift suspended till January 2008

Digitimes reported that HTC will delay mass shipments of its ultra mobile PC HTC Shift till January 2008. Initially the date for scheduled for 4Q 2007. According to the source, the problem is rooted in compatibility of HTC Shift hardware and software. Digitimes hints at some flaws, this UMPC can work under either Windows Vista or Windows Mobile (I’d note that the company hasn’t unveiled this capability during the official announcement). HTC Shift was announced this March at CTIA WIRELESS. The device is equipped with a 7” wide touchscreen display with variable viewing angle and a QWERTY-keyboard. It is designed for GSM/GPRS/EDGE and UMTS/HSDPA networks.

MetroPCS offers Samsung R410 QWERTY-handset

The American operator MetroPCS has launched Samsung R410 mobile phone. The company’s site has posted some info about it. This is a side slider with two keyboards: a numeric and a QWERTY. The latter is highly appropriate for SMS-messaging. Taking into account the rest features we have a simple phone – a VGA camera and Bluetooth support. Samsung R410 is listed for $199 and available in Red and Black colors.

Samsung SCH-U940 - a slider for the US

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has certified Samsung SCH-U940 mobile device. At the same time the FCC site doesn’t have full info about it. However the Phonearena with the reference to reliable sources reported that the device is a modification of Samsung SGH-F700 for the US market and will be sold by Verizon. In this case the model will work in CDMA EV-DO networks. Like the European version the U940 is packed in a side slider form: it is equipped with a 3.2” touchscreen and a sliding QWERTY-keyboard. It also features a 2-megapixel camera, 150 MB of memory onboard, a microSD slot and Bluetooth support (with stereo profile).

Motorola A1600: new Linux-smartphone with touch sensitive display

Some Chinese source has posted info and a picture of Motorola A1600 smartphone (MOTOMING 2). I’d remind you that another Linux-powered smartphone with the touch-sensitive display Motorola A1200 (MOTOMING) hit the Chinese stores last March and got high popularity. Probably Motorola A1600 will follow the steps of the predecessor. The new model features enhanced specs – a faster processor being one of them. The official announcement of the MOTOMING 2 might take place in February 2007 at 3GSM Congress.

The short specs of Motorola A1600 (MOTOMING 2):

• Networks - GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• Linux operating system
• 3.2-megapixel camera with auto focus and LED-flash
• Wi-Fi
• AGPS
• 3 preinstalled games
• Thickness – 17.5 mm

LG.Philips LCD for mobile devices with 1-mm border

LG.Philips LCD, an innovator in LCD display sphere, has announced a 2.4” amorphous silicon TFT LCD panel with the world thinnest border. With borders measuring just 1-mm it has a 240x320 pixel resolution. At the same time the product is 50% thinner than the existing LCD panels currently produced.

According to LG.Philips LCD, the new product is based on Narow Bezel technology, which combines new process and material technologies designed to ensure that narrow-border panels are equal in quality and reliability to their wider counterparts. The company says that narrower borders are as important as thinner displays. By narrowing the borders the maker can increase display area.

The mass production is expected next year. This technology will be also applied with other display models. LG.Philips LCD will showcase its new LCD panel for mobile phones at FPD International 2007, being held in Japan, from October 24-26, 2007.

Nokia patents eyes-free touchscreen controls

Nokia has patented an interesting way to use a touchscreen on a mobile device without looking at it. It deals with a lid to be placed above the touchscreen. There is a slot in it, certain spots of which can be felt by the finger giving the user eyes-free control of the interface. According to Nokia the device should support the special UI to recognize the control. Notice that the lid is a rotating one, which reveals the traditional touchscreen display.

Taking into account the plenty of touch-control devices (Apple iPhone, LG Prada, LG Viewty, HTC Touch/Slide, Samsung F700 and so on) Nokia’s idea might come in handy. By the way it might be good with portable players and other touch-sensitive devices. The pictures to the patent show the better way to apply it.

Vertu 3G-handset in stores

Vertu-branded handsets are famous for high quality and materials applied in the casing. Given widespread 3G networks in Europe it makes a good logic for Vertu to enter the market, besides there are enough wealthy people in Europe to buy Vertu handsets.

Now Vertu Ascent Ti, a 3G phone, comes to stores. It features UMTS 2100 MHz, a 3-megapixel camera, a QVGA-screen and Series 40 platform. I’d mention 4 GB of onboard memory. Unfortunately there is no info on the price.
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Samsung’s Anycall in the 2008 Guinness Book of Records

Korean electronics giant Samsung achieves great success — Chosun News reported that some Samsung products are going to be listed to the Guinness Book of Records 2008 as the world’s slimmest / thinnest 3G phone (Ultra Edition 8.4/SGH-Z370, the world’s highest megapixel camera phone (Samsung SCH-B600) and the the world’s slimmest / thinnest phone (Samsung Ultra Edition 5.9/SGH-U100/SCH-C210). Congrats!!!

Access Files from Your Mobile Phone with SoonR

Windows/Mac: Access files, emails and search your desktop from your web-enabled mobile phone or any web browser with freeware application SoonR. After you install the application, set it up with folders you want to retrieve files from and then log into SoonR from your phone. The application's best feature is its file viewer, allowing you to view 40 different file types (including PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and PDF docs) rendered for your phone—meaning your phone doesn't have to natively support any of them. SoonR is currently free to use (it sounds like a premium version is in the works), Windows and Mac only.

Mio C230, C620 and C620t Navigators

Mio Technology will unveil three new GPS-navigators at IFA 2007 show in Berlin: the C230, C620 and C620t. The C620 and C620t are equipped with a 4.3” touch sensitive display and will come with new software MioMap 2008, which contains latest 3D maps Tele Atlas. The C620t differs from the C620 in the support of TMC function (online traffic info).

Mio C230 is a successor of the C220, a simple low-end solution. It is supplied with MioMap 3 software, containing 22 Tele Atlas maps of Western Europe. The 3 navigators work on 400 MHz processors and 20-channel SiRFstarIII GPS chipsets.

Stunning Samsung SGH-P520..

The Mobile Idnes has posted live pics of Samsung SGH-P520 phone, which isn’t officially introduced by the manufacturer. There is some preliminary info on the specs of the new phone.

Samsung SGH-P520 is equipped with a touchscreen display and doesn’t have a keypad, it might successfully compete with Apple iPhone and LG Prada. The device features GSM/EDGE networks, a 2.3” QVGA-display, 50 MB of internal memory, a microSD slot, a 3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi wireless modules. At the same time the P520 stands out for a compact size: 88x54x8.9 mm.

This video is demonstrating us a finger touch control on Samsung SGH-P520.

Daydreamer merges Walkman with CyberShot

One of those numerous Sony Ericsson fans has come up with a concept design of a mobile phone that the maker could launch some time in the future. Apparently, this hybrid represents his golden dream, a phone where Walkman and Cybershot come together, with touch-sensitive controls all around. As the "developer" claims, the design builds upon the Sony Ericsson W960i, and in fact this is a dual-face phone, with Walkman and CyberShot (inspired by the K850i) sit on opposite sides.

It is called the Sony Ericsson H1i, where "H" stands for Hybrid and comes equipped with a 3-inch widescreen touch-sensitive display capable of 480x270-pixel resolution and 7,2 Mpix camera with flash. And basically this handset has no buttons, at least in the form we have used to see them - all numbers and letters are displayed on the backlighted screen.

Conceptual phones from NEC

From the author and creator of the computer stuffed beaver, another very sinister, and in our view, less successful creations - laser Bluetooth-klaviatura, projected returns from opossuma stuffed animals. All of this design is called Text-O-Possum and author (Recall that this is a girl!) Suggests that such opossuma is easy to carry with you and to bring the case of bags, seat at the table and used for writing e-mail'a phone or PDA with Bluetooth. Indeed, it QWERTY-klaviaturoy Full speed it will be almost as fast as the computer. But that may talk constantly carry around a stuffed animal - dubious pleasure, the same compact device that can also be described as difficult. The beauty and aesthetics, and is silent ... even better picture further.

The materials www.akihabaranews.com

Vodafone wants a 3G iPhone

Vodafone Group CEO Arun Sarin is reported to be concerned that the current iPhone does not operate on 3G networks.

Sarin said “It is clearly a good, software driven device, but we’re concerned about wideband area coverage so that 3G or HSDPA connectivity with the iPhone is something we look forward to”.

This could be the reason that Vodafone have cooled interest in the iPhone recently, with O2 now reported to be the favourite to take the exclusive iPhone contract in the UK.

The iPhone currently offers connectivity via WiFi and EDGE.