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Samsung Electronics today announced the launch of its G400

Mar.04, 2008 in Mobile Phone News Leave a Comment

Samsung Electronics today announced the launch of its G400, the latest dual screen clamshell at CeBIT. The G400 inherits the look and feel of Samsung’s ‘Soul’ with a unique premium exterior and graphical user interface design identity, boasting a high gloss metallic finish with a hairline texture.The G400 is slated for shipment in European countries starting in June (pricing was unavailable).The handset features an internal 2.22-inch TFT LCD display as well as a 2.22-inch external full touch screen display. The external touch display allows users to operate multimedia features without opening the folder, complete with vibration feedback that responds to touches.

The G400’s multimedia features include FM radio, music, a built-in camera, and photo album software — all of which are accessible via the full touch external display. Users can perform normal phone centric tasks using the internal display, and when the phone is in idle status users can opt to display wallpaper or other items on the external display. Notifications for SMS/MMS as well as alarm or schedules are also viewable directly on the external display.

Samsung’s latest clamshell phone features a 5 megapixel camera with features like automatic face detection, image stabilization, and Wide Dynamic Range (WDR) functionality. Fast internet access is achieved through a 7.2Mbps High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) browser, and users can access video telephony under HSDPA networks using a sub camera.

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Sony Ericsson T303 Mobile Phone

Mar.04, 2008 in Sony Ericsson Leave a Comment

Sony Ericsson T303 slider phone
Sony Ericsson today unveiled the T303, a small compact slider phone with a mirrored screen, metal housing and chrome finish. The T303 comes with a built-in FM radio, meaning you can tune in, chill out, and let time just pass you by.

The company plans to offer three separate versions of the T303 to cater to different regions. The T303a is destined for the Americas and supports the three bands used by carriers such as AT&T, Rogers, and T-Mobile; both the international T303 and the China-only T303c will offer the 900MHz band needed for cellular access both in Europe and parts of southeast Asia. All three will be available in mid-year; prices will vary but are expected to be low. [Read the rest of this entry…]

Vodafone is demonstrating a trial service called “Otello”

Mar.04, 2008 in Vodafone Leave a Comment

Vodafone is demonstrating a trial service called “Otello”, which is a search engine that uses images, rather than words at the CeBIT show in Germany. Rather than use a word as a search term, Otello users can send images via MMS from their mobiles and the search service which then returns the results to the user’s phone as an “ordinary” search result.

A picture from a newspaper, billboard, book cover or place are all examples of what can be searched for. Vodafone is running trials with a German newspaper that lets users find out more about stories by photographing the images that appear in the article and MMSing the images.

Vodafone is demonstrating a trial service called “Otello”

T-Mobile Germany announced the MDA compact IV Windows Mobile smartphone

Mar.04, 2008 in T-Mobile Leave a Comment

T-Mobile Germany announced the MDA compact IV Windows Mobile smartphone at CeBIT. Apparently, the new device is based on a new, yet unknown HTC smartphone which most likely runs Windows Mobile 6.1, and which will start selling from May 2008 for 111 EUR with T-Mobile’s 24 months Relax 100 plan.

Other specs include HSDPA support, 3 megapixel camera with auto-focus, 4GB of internal memory, VGA (640×480) touchscreen, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0. We’re not sure whether the MDA compact IV is further expandable with microSD memory cards nor whether it sports a GPS receiver. Stay tuned for more information
T-Mobile Germany announced the MDA compact IV Windows Mobile smartphone

Nokia to Microsoft Silverlight in S60 Phones

Mar.04, 2008 in Mobile Phone News Leave a Comment

Nokia today announced plans to make Microsoft Silverlight available for S60 on Symbian OS as well as for Series 40 devices and Nokia Internet tablets. Adding support for Silverlight will extend opportunities for developers to create rich, interactive applications that run on multiple platforms in a consistent and reliable way.

Microsoft will demonstrate Silverlight on S60 during the opening keyote at Microsoft’s MIX08 conference on March 5 in Las Vegas. Silverlight is intended to be available to S60 developers later this year with initial service delivery anticipated shortly thereafter for all S60 licensees. This will allow S60 application developers to use an even wider range of development environments for S60 on Symbian OS than today.

Microsoft Silverlight availability for Nokia Series 40 devices and Nokia Internet tablets will be confirmed later.