March 2009 Archives

Dell is ready to make a new 10-inch netbook. The Latitude 2100 Welch has been leaked and according to unofficial sources the netbook will offer an optional SSD, up to 2GB RAM, a 1.6GHz processor and it will all weigh under 3lbs. Other specs include three USB ports, an SD/MMC slot, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 a/g/n, Bluetooth and 3 and 6-cell battery options. The most interesting feature might be a touchscreen, but none of this has been confirmed yet. The new netbook will come in School Bus Orange or Red Apple versions and it will have a price tag of less than $600 in May 2009 when it comes out.

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With a name like Lollipop, it's pretty obvious which segment of the moblie phone users LG is targeting, but the LG Lollipop, which comes in three models of SV800, KH8000, and LH8000, is no kid when it comes to specs. The clamshell is fully capable of handling HSDPA and can make video calls with a 1.3 megapixel camera on the inside just for those occasions. There is also a 3-megapixel camera on the outside to capture those funny moments and microSD support to house that ever-growing folder of pictures and videos. Measuring a thin 106.5 x 51.5 x 13.4 mm, the Lollipop also has an expansive 2.8 inch TFT display and a media player to while away those times of boredom in class.

The LG Lollipop will start selling this month in South Korea and will be available from all major Korean carriers in enticing colors of Cutie Pink, Boyish Titanium, and Aqua Blue at an undisclosed price.

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Along with some Windows Mobile 6.5 hotness, we now have news that the upcoming Acer F1 smartphone will be powered by the blazing fast Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU. But unlike the Toshiba TG01 which tops out at 1GHz, the F1 will be limited to a 800 MHz, which although low by computer standards, should be enough horsepower to run a cell phone without a hitch. As we said already, the handset will be running Windows Mobile 6.5 with Acer's homebrewn Acer Suite 2.0 UI akin to HTC's TouchFLO 3D and the same could hold true for the Acer E1 and L1, which will also purportedly run WM6.5.

According to AllAboutPhones who got to spend some quality time with the F1 recently at an Acer event, we might actually see a release date as early as September, so we won't have to wait too long to get our hands on this quick fella.

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Remember that A1200 Ming flip phone from Motorola? Well Moto made a follower which is what Moto does best anyway. Here's what you will get in terms of specs:

• Linux OS


• transparent flip.


• 2.8-inch 240×400 TFT touchscreen


• 3.1 megapixel camera


• FM radio, Bluetooth


• 64MB of internal memory


• a microSD slot and a


• TI OMAP850 processor

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Along with some Windows Mobile 6.5 hotness, we now have news that the upcoming Acer F1 smartphone will be powered by the blazing fast Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU. But unlike the Toshiba TG01 which tops out at 1GHz, the F1 will be limited to a 800 MHz, which although low by computer standards, should be enough horsepower to run a cell phone without a hitch. As we said already, the handset will be running Windows Mobile 6.5 with Acer's homebrewn Acer Suite 2.0 UI akin to HTC's TouchFLO 3D and the same could hold true for the Acer E1 and L1, which will also purportedly run WM6.5.

According to AllAboutPhones who got to spend some quality time with the F1 recently at an Acer event, we might actually see a release date as early as September, so we won't have to wait too long to get our hands on this quick fella.

The LG Arena, that flagship phone we've seen launched a while ago, has cleared through the FCC. More than one million units have been pre-ordered already in Europe and Asia while the North American market has been left wanting. The KM900 didn't have any support for that North American HSPA but luckily all that has been changed. According to the FCC, the KM900QA will be ready to suit the needs of U.S. customers, having support for 850 and 1900 MHz HSPA bands. So are you going to order an Arena soon? Anxious of playing with that new S-Class 3D interface?

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The BlackBerry 9630 Niagara is the next hot Berry out there and everyone is talking about it. The video clip above is nearly not long enough to describe all its features but it's a start. The phone is scheduled to arrive later this year from Verizon Wireless and we're probably going to see it arrive around the world from other carriers too. What do you think so far? What's the hottest BlackBerry phone for you? The Niagara? The Storm? The Bold?

BenQ handsets are not that popular as BenQ wishes but they still do win awards. The company has just unveiled a new smartphone that won the iF Product Design Award 2009. A little early for a phone to win an award for the whole 2009, but we're going to give it the benefit of the doubt.

The Royal is a candybar which is said to be "a smart phone with powerful functions including a personalized interface and internet live messenger to make both mobility and communication easier". The phone comes with a touch-sensitive area behind the main screen which will let you turn ebook pages and browse photo and music files. We don't have all the details yet and there's no info on pricing and availability dates. Would you be interested in the Royal?

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The Samsung MBP200 pico projector phone might be the handset you've been waiting for. It was announced a while ago and it finally has a price and a released date. The phone will be ready to ship in May and it will cost you around $637. Unfortunately it will arrive only in selected European markets for now. The other bad boy, the Samsung Snow or the i7410 will arrive this summer and we're still hunting for that price. Which one would you choose?

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With preorders already crossing the 1 million mark, LG's Arena could already be termed as a success in the footsteps of other LG superstars like the Chocolate and the Shine. The KM900 was first spotted at MWC 2009 and the Korean manufacturer seems to have lost no time in releasing it barely a month after its first appearance. It's the Europeans this time around who have the first chance to experience its expansive 3.0 WVGA touchscreen display that can handle DivX videos with aplomb, the cool 3D S-Class user interface, 8GB of internal memory with further expansion up to 40GB via microSD, its auto/manual focus 5-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and watch their favorite online videos at 3G speeds or on a WiFi connection.

The LG Arena is available now across major European markets at an undisclosed price in choices of silver and black titanium colors.

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Samsung has just announced a new candy bar phone, the Lucido. The phone should replace the Samsung U800 and in terms of features will resemble the Tocco Ultra. And speaking of features, here they are:

• 2.2-inch AMOLED display


• a-GPS (with built-in Google Maps)


• High-speed 7.2Mbps HSDPA connectivity


• Media player


• FM radio


• up to 8GB of storage


• 5 megapixel camera with anti-blur, face detection and smile capture

The phone will arrive sometime in April but we don't have the right price for it yet.

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Yes folks, it's that time of the year. Apple has a brand new iPhone firmware, version 3.0 which is filled with features. All we need now is a new iPhone version. Let's take a look at those new features then!

Copy/Cut & Paste is here. Double-tap on any piece of text and you will get a cut, copy and paste bubble dialog. Double-tap again and a paste bubble will appear if there's anything in the clipboard. The application is available for copy and pasting photos too.

The landscape keyboard is also official. You can write anything you want in landscape now.

Peer-to-peer WiFi connectivity will allow two iPhones to connect directly without the need of an actual WiFi network.

A new API will let you use your iPhone or iPod touch to control peripherals. Maps will be used inside other applications as Maps is now an API. Turn by turn directions will also be available. Developers will be able to create turn-by-turn applications using the iPhone GPS and combining it with any maps without actually needing a 3G connectivity or Google.

iPhone 3.0 will also bring us that much needed push notification. Voice over IP and voice communication will be used in any application starting with this iPhone OS. Auto recording will be possible and accessing music from applications will also be now available.

As for the App Store, the new OS will bring new possibilities too. You'll be able to subscribe to apps, purchase additional content for apps or additional levels for games.

What do you think? Happy with all these new features?

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We got you the pictures. Now we get you something to chew on before the official announcement from Motorola. Looks like the Motorola A455 is just another middle order CDMA handset with a QWERTY keypad added in, making it more of a mid-range messaging device more than anything else. The previously used moniker of RUSH2 is dropped in favor of "Rival," which sounds pretty absurd when it looks it won't be competing with any other handset in particular. Other tidbits leaked include dual-band CDMA support with EV-DO Rev A., stereo Bluetooth, a paltry 2-megapixel camera, microSD/SDHC support, an mp3 player with a a 3.5 mm headphone jack, and USB 2.0 connectivity.

The Evoke QA4, in spite of having a somewhat spacious touchscreen display, is a sleek slider falls into the same category as the Rival, and fails to evoke much enthusiasm in us. Features are somewhat analogous to the A455 and include a 2mpx camera, microSD/SDHC support, mp3 player, Bluetooth with A2DP, and voice recognition capability.

No info on a release date or pricing could be found, but as always, we will keep you posted when that happens.

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For the people who love to use the MSN Messenger, you can download a version of the said app for use on your Nokia 5800. Though it may be in Chinese version, you can change the language to English.

So now you don't have to worry about leaving your buddies online. You can communicate with them wherever you go thanks to the app designed for the Nokia 5800.

You can download the application here.

(Source) Daily Mobile

With phones like these two Motorola will slowly disappear from the face of the cellphones business. Sure we need rugged phones but they could always look better than these two. The MC5590 and the MC5574 have been just announced by Motorola. They are business-oriented smartphones. But where would you have to work in order to get such a device? The North Pole? Are the phones made for those busy elves? The phones are going to arrive in Q2 so we might have an answer to those questions by then. No pricing details for now, but would you really buy any of those? And by the way, where are all those hot Moto phones we've seen back in December?

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Sony's OLED Walkman might just be a great iPod touch competitor. And Sony has decided to unveil the specs of the X1000 Walkman series. Here's what you'll get if you purchase one:

• 3-inch (432 x 240 pixels) OLED touchscreen display


• 32GB storage


• NetFront web browser, YouTube support


• MP3, AAC, WMA, WAV audio / AVC, H.264, MPEG4, WMV video


• Integrated noise cancellation


• FM tuner


• 802.11g/b WiFi


• 33 hours of music playback, 9 hours of video playback

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For the people who are looking for a reliable tri-band phone, feast your eyes on the SBMP-N90. A dual-sim mobile phone, the SBMP-N90 comes with a 13.0 lacpixel and can shoot video with sound depending on the memory card you are using.

Among the notable features include:

Schedule power on/off:

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The phone here is an original Asus design and it has nothing to do with it's partner Garmin. The Asus P835 is a Windows Mobile 6.1 phone. Is is upgradable to Windows Mobile 6.5 when the new OS will arrive?

In the mean time lets take a look at its features:

• Quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz)


• Tri band UMTS/HSPA connectivity (900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz) for downloads up to 7.2 Mbps and uploads up to 2 Mbps


• 3.5 inch touchscreen display with 800 x 480 resolution


• On-screen QWERTY keyboard


• A-GPS


• Wi-Fi


• Opera Mobile


• 5MP autofocus camera


• Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR


• USB 2.0


• Qualcomm 7201A 528MHz processor


• 288MB SDRAM, 256MB ROM


• 4GB of internal memory


• MicroSDHC card support


• Talk time: up to 6 hours on 3G networks, or 7 hours on 2G networks


• Standby time: up to 350 hours


• 115 x 59 x 13.8 mm


• 148 grams

Asus via EngadgetMobile.com

Asus said nothing regarding the price and availability of P835, but we'll probably see the smartphone in stores in the next couple of months.

The ZN300 has quietly made an official appearance up on Motorola's site. We've talked about the ZN300 since January and it's about time we checked it out. And here are the official specs of Moto's ZN300:

• Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), CDMA / TD SCDMA


• 240 x 320 pixel QVGA display


• 3.1 megapixel camera, 8x digital zoom, LED flash


• 15-20 fps video capture and playback


• Video Mixer (on-device video editing, transition and sound effects)


• Facebook, YouTube and MySpace apps


• 3.5mm headset jack


• Opera browser


• 8MB of internal memory


• MicroSDHC support


• Talk time: up to 435 minutes


• Stand-by time: up to 400 hours


• 3.76 x 1.8 x 0.58 inches, 3.6 ounces

via Motorola

Mio has a new GPS phone ready for us and if you want to check it out live, it's available at CeBIT. The K70 will offer you quad-band GSM, triple-band HSDPA/HSUPA, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS, a 3.5-inch touchscreen display featuring a 400 x 240 WQVGA resolution, a 3 megapixel camera, a jog dial and Windows Mobile 6. The device is on display but it lacks a price and a date.

The slider in the picture is LG's Rumor 2 which looks like it's ready to arrive from Sprint. The leaked image above looks clearer than regular leaked images and it shows a clear Sprint logo on it which may have been very well pasted over the initial picture. We're still lacking the official specs but they should arrive shortly as Sprint intends to launch it this spring.

via Sprint Users

The phone here is an original Asus design and it has nothing to do with it's partner Garmin. The Asus P835 is a Windows Mobile 6.1 phone. Is is upgradable to Windows Mobile 6.5 when the new OS will arrive?

In the mean time lets take a look at its features:

• Quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz)


• Tri band UMTS/HSPA connectivity (900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz) for downloads up to 7.2 Mbps and uploads up to 2 Mbps


• 3.5 inch touchscreen display with 800 x 480 resolution


• On-screen QWERTY keyboard


• A-GPS


• Wi-Fi


• Opera Mobile


• 5MP autofocus camera


• Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR


• USB 2.0


• Qualcomm 7201A 528MHz processor


• 288MB SDRAM, 256MB ROM


• 4GB of internal memory


• MicroSDHC card support


• Talk time: up to 6 hours on 3G networks, or 7 hours on 2G networks


• Standby time: up to 350 hours


• 115 x 59 x 13.8 mm


• 148 grams

Asus via EngadgetMobile.com

Asus said nothing regarding the price and availability of P835, but we'll probably see the smartphone in stores in the next couple of months.

The Niagara is the future BlackBerry 9630 which should arrive from Verizon Wireless in the future. It will have support for CDMA 1x, EV-DO Rev. A, GSM, GPRS, EDGE and UMTS. Unfortunately there's no WiFi support in this Niagara. The phone might arrive in May or June but we definitely need confirmation. And we could use some pricing details too. Considering that the Pre and possibly the third-generation iPhone are also coming out around the same period, which one would you choose?

via BGR

Samsung unveils another great phone in the Haptic Pop SCH-W750. It carries dimensions of 115(L) x 55(W) x 12.6(H). It can be customized according to any casing design you want. It has a 3.0 megapixel camera as well and comes with some easy SOS button options.

(Source) Samsung