LG's Thinnest 5MP Camera phone

LG has obviously settled on a favoured approach to its handsets, adopting, more often than not, a slide-design that makes room for a generously sized display and allows it to make the most of the range of features you’ll typically find on offer.

The third successive phone in its ‘Black Label’ line not only offers a large screen, but is reportedly the thinnest 5MP camera phone on the market. In case you’re wondering, the popular Samsung G600 is the current record holder, which measures just 14.9mm thick and weighs in at a svelte 105g. If LG is going to beat this design for slimness, we’d be surprised if it doesn’t weigh quite a bit less as well. A scratch-resistant glass screen and carbon fibre body indicates that no corners have been cut in terms of materials. In addition to the headline digital camera, you’ll find a typically minimalist approach when it comes to controls, with just four buttons available in ‘closed’ mode supplementing the touchscreen functionality of the display itself. Elsewhere you’ll find an LED flash accompanying the camera, 3G connectivity, video calling and 160MB of internal memory, which can thankfully be upgraded via the microSD card slot.

These are about all the details we can get our hands on at the moment, so you’ll have to wait for more until the phone is officially unveiled on April 24^th.The good news though, is that Europe will be getting first dibs. There’s no confirmed information on pricing strategy as yet, but based on the design and specifications, we wouldn’t expect it to be cheap.

First HSUPA handset by Samsung

Samsung are renowned for making attractive sliders, be they thin or thick. Now, they've done it again, with the M470, their first mobile phone to feature HSUPA connectivity. HSUPA allows up to 5.8 Mbps uplink speed.

But, the M470 is not simply a one-trick pony. It runs on the latest Windows mobile OS, features Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity to boot, complementing HSUPA. The M470 also sports a 2 megapixel camera. It should retail for around $600-$700 USD. Unfortunately, it is unlikely that this attractive handset will see the light of day outside Southern Korea.

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.

How about spicing your Mobile dream with Asus M930 communicator

We’ve mentioned that Asus planned to release its new M930 communicator in Nokia E80 Communicator style. This time the French-language GPS&Co has posted pictures and specs of it. The new product is made in a clamshell form-factor and equipped with a numeric and a QWERTY-keyboard and two displays. The M930 opens at 90 and 180 degrees. At the picture we see that the internal display is of small size and has enough empty space around it, so we don’t know whether the final version would look this way. Supposedly, the European sales will start in 1Q 2008.

The specs of Asus M930:

• Network - GSM/GPRS/EDGE (900/1800/1900 MHz), UMTS (2100 MHz) HSDPA up to 3.6 Mbps
• CPU - Marvel PXA270M 520 MHz
• OS - Windows Mobile 6 Professional
• 256 MB ROM and 128 MB RAM
• Wi-Fi b/g
• Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, MiniUSB 1.1
• Slot fo MicroSDHC

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).

Pictures of Motorola MOTORIZR Z8 in black and new Motorola ROKR W5

Motorola posted pictures of a Symbian-phone on its site – MOTORIZR Z8 is colored completely black without green elements:In addition the site shares pictures of a music phone ROKR W5, which is not announced by the vendor:

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Two communicators by i-Mate

i-Mate has made two announcements of its Ultimate 6150 and Ultimate 8150 communicators. Both devices are powered by Windows Mobile 6, support 3G networks and have 2.8” (2.6” for the 8150) touchscreen VGA-displays. In addition the Ultimate 8150 comes with a keyboard.

The technical specs of the new communicators are almost identical and are as follows:

Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Professional;

WCDMA/HSDPA: 850/1900/2100 MHz;

Quad-band GSM, GPRS/EDGE support;

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth;

256 MB ROM, 128 MB RAM;

MicroSD slot;

2-megapixel camera with auto focus and flash, frontal camera for video telephony;

2.8"(2.6") VGA LCD;

FM-radio;

TV-out.

The Ultimate 6150 and 8150 measure 118.5x60.5x15.5 mm and weigh 152 g with the battery. They work on XScale PXA 270 520 MHz processor. The gamers will enjoy NVIDIA GoForce 5500 graphical accelerator. There is also an infrared port and USB connection with charging function.

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Pantech C810 Duo Smartphone on Amazon.com

There is some info from Amazon.com online store about a new smartphone by Pantech. This is a two-way slider with a sliding QWERTY-keyboard and a numeric one with the traditional way of opening. The site offers the smartphone for $179.99 on a 2-year service contract from AT&T operator. Admirably, the site posted high quality pictures of Pantech C810:


The short specs by Amazon.com:

• Dimensions: 85.6x43x19.3 mm
• Weight: 453.6 g (1 pound)
• UMTS support
• Phonebook for 100 numbers (mistake?)
• Battery: Li-Ion
• Approximate talk time: 150 minutes
• Standby time: 144 hours

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Samsung UFO: a slim HSDPA-slider

Samsung Electronics has announced the Korean release of a slider-phone codenamed UFO (index SCH-W300/SPH-W3000). The UFO is short for Unimaginable, Fast speed and Oh, 7.2Mbps. The new handset can work in GSM and 3G with HSDPA support (7.2 Mbps). Some other specs are a 2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth interface, the device is quite slim – 12.9 mm.

Samsung UFO will be available from SKT and KTF for 600000 Won (approx. $635). First, it will come in Silver and Black colors. Then we’ll see Purple and Sapphire Blue versions.