Cell Phone/PDA

September 6th, 2008

 

Re-defining the perception of advanced mobile phones… the HTC Touch Diamond™ signals a giant leap forward in combining hi-tech prowess with intuitive usability and exhilarating design.

Featuring a sharp 2.8-inch touch screen housed within a stunning formation of brushed metal and flawless faceted edges, the HTC Touch Diamond is as beautiful to behold as it is to use.

With HTC’s vibrant touch-responsive user interface, TouchFLO™ 3D, and ultra-fast HSDPA internet connectivity… the HTC Touch Diamond offers a rich online experience to rival a notebook computer, allowing you to interact with Google, YouTube, and Wikipedia as freely as you would with a broadband connection.

Your contacts, favourite music, videos and photos are no longer an uninspired line of text. With TouchFLO 3D, album artwork, video stills and snapshots of your friends’ and family’s faces are brought to life for you to interact, play and launch at your fingertips.

A 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera will help you capture the perfect moment in style and with a massive 4GB of internal storage you can keep all the files you need. The integrated ultra-sensitive GPS will help you find your destination as quickly and efficiently as a dedicated satellite navigation unit.

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September 5th, 2008

Today T-Mobile USA announced that the Sony Ericsson TM506 is now available for purchase for US$79.99 after a $50 rebate when purchased with a 2 year service agreement. The TM506 is the first Sony Ericsson cellphone to be offered by T-Mobile USA in quite some time, and is also the first ever HSDPA 3G phone that T-Mobile has offered.

T-Mobile is currently in the process of rolling out its 3G network. New York was the first city to see the benefits of the high-speed access, back in May, and Las Vegas users got the green light early last month. The company intends to add at least 20 additional markets to the 3G network before the end of the year.

 

From mobileburn

September 5th, 2008

CalliGrapher is an award winning natural handwriting recognition software that supports all handwriting styles - cursive, PRINT or MIXed. In addition to handwriting recognition, CalliGrapher offers PenCommander (an easy-to-use PC navigation tool), ink color selection and customizable ink width, and a “Quick Correct” window for fast correction as the user writes.

CalliGrapher analyzes pen strokes written in any application window or on the designated Write Pad area, converts the pen strokes into text and sends the recognized text to a target application. Employing advanced fuzzy logic and neural net techniques; CalliGrapher recognizes arbitrary alphanumeric strings as well as words from its integrated dictionary.

 

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September 4th, 2008

Boingo Wireless and Sony Ericsson have announced that owners of Sony Ericsson UIQ 3.0 handsets can download the Boingo mobile Application and use the 80,000 different Boingo hotspots around the world. That number includes 500 airports, hotels, coffee shots and more.

The service isn’t free though like the offering for the iPhone. The Boingo service will cost $7.95 per month with no per-minute or charges per megabyte of data sent or received. The service will be available in Europe as well.

“An increasing number of smartphones with Wi-Fi capability are now available in the market, giving consumers the option to access their favorite phone applications over a fast and inexpensive connection,” said Jonathan Mendelson, general manager of Boingo Mobile. “Sony Ericsson customers can now experience the broadband speed and great online experience provided by Boingo Mobile Wi-Fi.”

 

From i4u.com

September 4th, 2008

Earlier today in the UK, Motorola unveiled its new MOTOJEWEL clamshell handset. Designed specifically with the female fashionista in mind, the MOTOJEWEL comes with its own mini clutch handbag that has just enough room the cellphone, a credit card, and a lipstick - everything a girl would need for a night out on the town, Motorola believes.

The MOTOJEWEL is equipped with a 2 megapixel digital camera and a music player application that will synch easily with Microsoft’s Windows Media Player application on a personal computer. Bluetooth stereo headphone support is also built into this faceted PEBL-like cellphone, for those that prefer their music sans wires.

Best we can tell, the MOTOJEWEL shares much with last year’s U9 handset, including its use of a hidden external display.

The MOTOJEWEL comes with a “midnight quartz” exterior color scheme and has a purple keypad inside. The MOTOJEWEL will be available only for a limited time starting in November, and can be found only at the UK’s Carphone Warehouse retail chain.

From mobileburn

September 4th, 2008

Someone at Telus probably realized that the LG KEYBO’s QWERTY keyboard was a great tool for messaging, and that girls didn’t always like black. In light of that realization, the Canadian CDMA carrier has decided to launch a new color for the KEYBO, namely pomegranate, which looks aimed at the ladies. The specs and price of the pomegranate colored model are the same as the standard black one, with the usual QVGA screen, Bluetooth, music player, GPS, microSD card slot, and will be going for CA$49.99 on a 3-year contract.

From mobilecatcher

September 3rd, 2008

Today LG unveiled the successor to its popular Viewty touchscreen handset, the new KC910. The KC910 is what LG is touting as the only 8 megapixel cameraphone with a full touchscreen interface as well as the thinnest 8 megapixel cameraphone , thanks to its slim 13.95mm profile.

LG’s new flagship handset has a large 3″ WQVGA (400×240 pixel) touchscreen display that promises to provide users with a high-quality multimedia experience when it comes to both photos and videos. Speaking of video, the KC910 is capable of recording clips with frame rates ranging from 5 to 120 frames per second, meaning that it can make videos that run faster than normal as well as those that slow down fast action to a more easily viewed pace. None of this would be possible, of course, without the KC910’s Schneider-Kreuznach lens equipped camera, which has an effective ISO rating of up to 1600 and is backed up by a true xenon flash.

Other features found on the KC910 include an A-GPS module for navigation as well 3G HSDPA data connections for up to 7.2Mbps of download speed. WiFi is also on board for further data convenience.

LG has said that it will provide further specs, including the cellphone’s “pet name”, in the near future. In any case, LG says that the KC910 will be available for purchase in October of this year.

 

From mobileburn

September 3rd, 2008

Verizon Wireless and Samsung announced today the Samsung Knack mobile phone.
The Knack is a simple to use clamshell phone featuring a 2.2-inch internal screen with large text and number fonts, a simplified user interface and messaging communication.
Other features of the Knack include advanced speech recognition, any key answer, Personal organizer: calculator, calendar, alarm clock, world clock, stop watch and notepad, Advanced speech recognition and up to 270 minutes talk time.
The Samsung Knack is available for $39.99 with a new two-year customer agreement.
The Samsung Knack is available for order online at site, in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores, and by calling 1-800-2 JOIN IN. On Oct. 14th the Knack will be in stores.

 

From i4u.com

September 3rd, 2008

Sure new phones are offering connectivity like never before with stunning looks and dazzling features not to mention their sky high prices and quick diminishing in value. Samsung wants to cater to the masses who want a cheap phone with basic communications as its top priority. It has now launched 3 new handsets with that vision in mind. They are the SGH-A237 for AT&T, SPH-M220 and SPH-320 for Sprint. (Pictured above are SGH-A237, SPH-M220 and SPH-320) SGH-A237 Available in Red & Blue color options VGA camera Email, Messaging, Bluetooth Personal organizer options Wireless Web browser Voice recorder, Vibrate mode, Speakerphone. SPH-M220 and SPH-320 for Sprint have identical features with the SGH-A237 with the addition of voice dialing and support for Sprint’s NFL Mobile Live application. The SGH-A237 is $19 with a two-year contract with AT&T and a $30 mail-in rebate and the SPH-M320 is $19 while the SPH-M220 is $29, both with a two-year contract with Sprint.

From Newlaunches

September 2nd, 2008

A bunch of new free ringtones for BlackBerry popped up on mobile.blackberry.com which kind of look like they didn’t make the final cut to be prepackaged with the BlackBerry Bold, as they’re sporting the familiar Inspired and Pro series names. They’re all the high quality you’d expect right from RIM, and worth nabbing real quick if you’re looking for a taste of the Bold on another device.

From blackberrycool