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According to Internet Tablet Talk Nokia company started production of Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition. This Nokia Internet Tablet was announced last April. After agonizing suspense the status of this device changed to “In Stock”. Its price is $493. Nokia N810 WiMAX edition has 4.13-inch touchscreen, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, built-in webcam for video calls, Mozilla powered browser, GPS module, media player, 2GB built in memory and microSD card slot.
Some time ago Apple company was criticize for opportunity to control iPhone software remotely. They said that this function was included to reduce injurious actions of some applications which were downloaded on AppStore. The tactics of Big Brother also looks attractive for Google. According to use rules of Android Market which is AppStore analogue the opportunity to close harmful applications remotely is provided.
Computerworld.com tries to acquit Google and says that company declared such function of it’s own free will whereas Apple was red-handed. Secondly Google owners are going to give back money for each broken application.
AT&T announced new Quickfire mobile phone (also known as GTX75) which is positioned as rival of T-Mobile Sidekick. The producer of this mobile device is UTStarcom. GTX75 is equipped with QWERTY keyboard and touch screen. Another remarkable features is third generation networks support.
At last RIM (Research In Motion) company introduced BlackBerry Storm which is the first touch screen smartphone of this company. Almost all control functions are performed by means of touch user interface. There is even haptic response technology support not to mention gestures recognition. Due to built in accelerometer this mobile phone switches screen orientation automatically. Depending on the mode you can use SureType or QWERTY keyboard. HTML browser also supports horizontal and vertical mode. Among technical features we can mark out 3.25 inch touch screen with 480×360 px resolution, 3.2 Mp camera, GPS module, 1 Gb built in memory, 1400 mAh battery, microSD card slot, 3.5 mm audio jack and Bluetooth (A2DP/AVRCP). BlackBerry Storm will be introduced in two variants. BlackBerry Storm 9530 is for US mobile market and will support. CDMA EV-DO Revision A, UMTS/HSPA (2100 MHz) and EDGE/GPRS/GSM. European version will support UMTS/HSPA (2100 MHz) and EDGE/GPRS/GSM
At last BenQ company officially introduced its new MID. Besides, this mobile device has been already available and its price is $600. All estimates concerning CPU and screen diagonal confirmed. So here are list of technical features.
Motorola company introduced another protected MOTOACTV W450 mobile phone for lovers of active way of life. Gummed case of this device protects from environmental activity. Due to special holder W450 is easy to fix it on a belt. This new Motorola mobile phone has built in mobile Mayo Clinic application which contains a lot of information about standard problems tourists face. Besides new clamshell phone has 1.3 Mp camera, mp3 player and microSD card slot.
This phone is assigned for GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks and supports Crystal Talk technology which provides high quality sound even on condition of noise.
At last Finnish Nokia company introduced Nokia 5800 XpressMusic mobile phone which is also known as Nokia Tube. This mobile phone has 3.2 inch touch screen and 8 Gb built in memory. In contrast to G1 Google phone Nokia tube has 3.5 mm audio jack. Besides there is 3.2 Mp camera with Carl Zeiss optical instruments and supports video recording function.
It was also marked that this new device has special user interface. Media Bar menu gives an access to favorite songs, video clips, photos and web sites including Flash (this feature is not supported by Apple iPhone 3G).
Another menu – Contacts Bar – gives an opportunity to show four the most used contacts and to track SMS, email message history. Due to this feature you can also keep log of calls, photos and blog posts.
This device will become the first mobile phone which supports new Comes With Music service which allows downloading music files without limitations. Comes With Music also supports Nokia N95 and Nokia 5310 XpressMusic which special release will take place this month. The approximate price is $400. Other phones with Comes With Music support will appear in the beginning of 2009.
Mobile phones evolution was continued by Samsung company which introduced SCH-W570/SPH-W5700 (the index is depending on region). It is first clamshell phone with two touch screens. Such solution is very usable. External screen has 2.2 inch diagonal and 240×320 px resolution. Due to special user interface user can get access to almost all functions – SMS, video/audio files and etc. Internal screen has the same operation factors but you can use keyboard in this mode. In addition to this it is known that Samsung SCH-W570 supports third generation networks and has 3 Mp camera. Unfortunately there is no any information about release date and approximate price.
Due to PhoneArena.com we know that Samsung is going to release new u650 mobile phone. This sliding phone has 2 Mp camera, Bluetooth and microSD card slot (8 Gb max). Some mobile technology lovers can be disappointed with absence of EVDO broadband data transfer technology support. Verizon mobile operator will officially release it at the 14th of October. The approximate price of this phone is $69 under the stipulation that user will make 2 year contract.
Fujitsu company together with DoCoMo mobile operator introduced this interesting device on CEATEC 2008 exhibition. It is only prototype of the phone which is at the design stage. Nevertheless it deserves attention. This mobile phone consists of two parts. The first module is touch screen, and the second module is keyboard which is also based on touch technology. The main advantage is that you can unite these parts in different ways. For example you can use it as clamshell phone or as sliding phone with QWERTY keyboard. This modules are united by means of magnets and connect with each other via Bluetooth.
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