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Friday, November 21, 2008

Ta Moko mobile phone concept

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The most of mobile phone concepts look futuristic and use technology which has not been developed yet. This mobile device is the exception. Nevertheless it looks very stylish. The author of Ta Moko phone concept is William Kang. According to these pictures Ta Moko is sliding device with usual digital keyboard and camera. In spite of seeming simplicity this gadget has some remarkable features: compact size and round shape. Besides Ta Moko future mobile phone will run on Google Android operating system. Quite possible due to this fact it will be popular among young people.

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posted by Ziggyff at 12:51 pm  

Thursday, November 20, 2008

LG Incite: WM based device

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AT&T mobile operator announced new LG Incite communicator which runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 professional. This device has classic shape factor and minimalist design. Nevertheless it looks very nice. Big touch screen covers almost all front surface and two buttons under it are assigned for calls control. User interface of LG Incite mobile phone is assigned for control by means of fingers. Performance attributes of this phone are not very impressive in comparison with other present day communicators: 3 inch touch screen with 240×400 px resolution, 3 Mp camera and 0.3 Mp camera for video calls, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules, GPS support, 128 Mb ROM, 256 Mb RAM and microSD memory card slot. Built in 1300 mAh battery provides almost 9 hours of talk mode and up to 504 hours of idle mode. AT&T will sell at the price of $200 on condition of two-year contract. Otherwise you have pay up $500.

posted by Ziggyff at 1:37 pm  

Thursday, November 20, 2008

NEC Prime N-01A sliding mobile phone

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NEC company has introduced Prime N-01A sliding mobile phone which main feature is screen’s turning mechanism. According to producer this device supports three working modes – Touch Style (control by means of touch screen), Share Style (you control phones functions by means of both keyboard with navigation scroll wheel and touch screen) and Communication Style (usual sliding phone mode). The screen of this remarkable mobile phone supports 854×480 px resolution and has 3.2 inch diagonal. There is also 5.2 Mp camera, TV tuner, Bluetooth module, microSD memory card slot, HSDPA and virtual three-dimensional sound technology support.

posted by Ziggyff at 8:01 am  

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

MOTO VE66: another Motorola’s cameraphone

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Motorola has just annouced its second 5 Mp cameraphone. It is MOTO VE66. This sliding phone has nice design and seems to become popular. Besides it features FastScroll scrolling wheel and set of special widgets which provide different information such as metcasts, news, rates, stock prices and etc. VE66 mobile phone is the firs Motorola’s device with widgets support. 5 Mp camera has autofocus, LED flashgun, 8x zoom, LED flash, image stabilization and red eye removal. The VE66 is also said to provide 30fps video capture and playback. Other performance attributes of this new mobile phone are: Freescale SCM-A11 500 MHz CPU, 2.2 inch screen with QVGA resolution and 262K colors, FM radio with RDS, 110 Mb memory and microSD card support. Motorola VE66 mobile phone is expected to become available before the end of the year.

posted by Ziggyff at 10:40 am  

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Android based device from China

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Provided to be that T-Mobile G1 is no longer the only Android based mobile device. Chinese Sciphone company developed Dream G2 communicator which runs on Google’s operating system. Producers from this eastern country react to all change on mobile market very rapidly. But almost always they position their devices to be prominent whereas in the most cases such mobile phones are low-quality fake and have no declared technical features. It seems that this mobile device is exclusion. Nevertheless some characteristics look dubious. So, let’s see. In contrast to Googlephone Dream 2 mobile device has no QWERTY keyboard and Google services support. The set of technical features includes 2.8 inch TFT touch screen with 240×320 px resolution support, 4 Mp camera with autofocus, FM radio, 50 Mb built in memory, microSD memory card support (up to 16GB), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP profile and 1500 mAh battery. Supported networks are GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/1800/1900 MHz. According to official source Dream G2 mobile phone will appear by the end of this month.

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posted by Ziggyff at 8:38 am  

Monday, November 17, 2008

Samsung Eternity mobile phone

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Samsung company together with AT&T mobile operator introduced SGH a867 mobile device which is also known as Samsung Eternity. According to present day tendency it has big touch screen with 3.2 inch diagonal. This mobile phone is equipped with TouchWiz user interface which provides a lot of personalization opportunities. Due to third generation networks support mobile operator added Mobile TV support. Samsung SGH a867 has been already available and cost only $100 under condition of two-year contract. The list of technical features includes 3 Mp camera, 0.3 Mp camera for video calls, 200 Mb built in memory, microSD card support, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules. 1300 mAh battery provides 5 hours of talk mode and more than 10 days of idle mode.

posted by Ziggyff at 12:14 pm  

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Real price of G1 phone

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iSuppli company continues to do its favorite work - mobile devices’ cost calculation . This time it is T-Mobile G1. Calculated cost doesn’t include t costs of transportation, assembling and software development. So the cost of Google phone without all this additional exps is $143.89. Today T-Mobile G1 mobile phone is available at the price of $180. By the way similar analysis was performed for Apple iPhone 3G. Its “pure” price is $173. According to Tina Teng who is chief analyst of iSuppli T-Mobile G1 phone is nice and powerful device with good operating system. Nevertheless it is yields to iPhone in design and control simplicity. Prices for main components of Google phone are: ARM11 and ARM7 CPUs - $28.49, 3.2 inch touch screen – $19.67, camera - $12.13, radio-frequency amplifier -$9.84, built in memory - $9.70.

posted by Ziggyff at 11:24 am  

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Just another 8 Mp phone by Samsung

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South Korean Samsung company enlarges the list of 8 Mp cameraphones. This is Samsung T929 Leica. It has classic shape factor and nice design. Touch screen of this device with 240×480 px resolution covers almost all surface of front side. 8 Mp camera has xenon flash gun and sensor by Leica company. It is also known that Samsung T929 Leica supports third generation networks and has Bluetooth and GPS modules. It seems to be that this new mobile phone is modification of Samsung M8800 Bresson which is assigned for T-Mobile mobile operator. Official announce will take place by the end of this month.

posted by Ziggyff at 7:40 am  

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Panasonic P-03A clamshell phone

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In contrast to other Japanese mobile phones Panasonic P-03A is clamshell phone with tip-up screen. The resolution of this screen is 200×427 pixels and the number of supported colors is 262K. There is also external screen with 128×38 px resolution. Panasonic P-03A mobile phone has two cameras – frontal one for video calls and 3.2 Mp camera on the back side. Besides, this device also features Bluetooth module, 1-Seg TV tuner and GPS. The list of pre-installed applications includes full scaled web browser with Flash Lite 3.1 and Flash Video support.

posted by Ziggyff at 7:21 am  

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Motorola VE70

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It was known that Motorola company lost its positions on US mobile phones market. But the company doesn’t despair of this fact and has just announced new Motorola VE70. This sliding phone has no any revolutionary features but can be popular among lovers of bright colors. Two variant are available – Cocktail Mint and Cocktail Tropical. The first variant combines black, turquoise and pearl white colors. The second combines white, light green, violet and orange colors. The list of technical features includes third generation networks support, 2.2 inch screen with 240×320 px resolution, microSD card slot. There is also built in CMOS camera but it is no any details about its resolution. To add to Motorola VE70 salt producers installed wine guide. There are no ideas about release date and pricing.

posted by Ziggyff at 9:32 am  
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