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BlackBerry 9670

Raats — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:53:31 +0000

bb-oxford 9670

The BlackBerry 9670 will be out soon and as we can see it is one of the first clamshell phones RIM has made. The 9670 is said to run BlackBerry OS 6, which apparently BB calls ‘the Oxford’. The BlackBerry 9670 will be equipped with a Pearl-style QWERTY keyboard, carrying a 5-megapixel camera and 4GB of internal memory. There are also rumors that the phone may run of CDMA network.

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For those of you who like to see how the new Blackberry OS looks like, check the video below

Not sure how the Blackberry fans will accept this design concept. Lets wait and watch

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Acer’s Android-powered Stream

Raats — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:05:29 +0000

Acer-stream-07-26-2010

Acer offered a preview of its upcoming Stream Android smartphone at a press conference in Beijing on Thursday. The Stream has a unique screen layout, using its status bar as a divider between application icons at the bottom of the screen and application history at the top.As usual, apps like Facebook, the Twidroid Twitter client, Spinlets, and Nemo player will come preinstalled on the phone.

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The stream will run Android 2.1 operating system, will feature a 1GHz Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm (just like the one in the nexus 1) , 512MB of RAM, 2GB of internal Flash memory, and comes bundled with an 8GB memory card. The phone has a 3.7-inch AMOLED (Active Matrix Light Emitting Diode) touchscreen and can playback high-definition 720p video on a high-definition TV via an HDMI output.
The handset is 11.2 millimeters thick and comes with all of the wireless capabilities and goodies you’d expect on a Smart phone : Blue-tooth, Wi-Fi, HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access) with download speeds up to 7.2 Mbps, a 5-megapixel camera, and a GPS.

The Stream will be available during the second half of this year. Pricing was not disclosed.

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HTC Swapping AMOLED For Super LCD

Raats — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:43:12 +0000

Nexus one with SLCD

A while back we had heard of HTC suggesting replacing their phone displays with LCD rather than the OLED screens. Rumour has it that they are doing it already due to the erratic AMOLED screen supplies. Remember these screens are presently used in the HTC Desire and Nexus One phones. Now you may get these models with more plentiful “Super LCD” screens.

Now how good are the SLCD or Super LCD screens?

Super LCD screens offer improved power management over earlier LCD panels, as well as better viewing angles enabled by Sony’s VSPEC III technology. Interesting. So its supposedly more efficient and has better viewing angles. Worth a switch perhaps.

SLCD displays

HTC Publicly acknowledged that “high demand” for AMOLED screens has led it to switch suppliers, HTC says the SLCD screens will let the maker “ramp up” production to help it meed the soaring demand for its mostly Android-powered smartphone range. Here’s the full announcement. [HTC]

“HTC Introduces SLCD Display Technology To Its Portfolio

Taoyuan, TAIWAN – July 26, 2010 – HTC Corporation, a global designer of smartphones, today introduced Super LCD display (SLCD) technology into a variety of HTC phones including the HTC Desire and global Nexus One later this summer. The SLCD display offers an exceptional natural balanced colour, clear contrast, broad viewing angles and improved power efficiency.

“HTC is experiencing high-demand for many of our phones, specifically our phones with 3.7 inch displays. The new SLCD display technology enables us to ramp up our production capabilities quickly to meet the high-demand,” said Peter Chou, CEO of HTC Corporation. “The SLCD displays provide consumers with a comparable visual experience to HTC’s current 3.7 inch displays with some additional benefits including battery performance.”

SLCD is the latest generation of LCD technology that offers improved performance from earlier LCD panels including approximately five times better power management. SLCDs also offer an enhanced viewing experience with wider
viewing angles that are enabled by Sony’s new VSPEC III™ technology.”

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Sony Ericsson’s Yendo Full Touch screen Walkman Phone

Raats — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:15:02 +0000

Sony Ericsson Yendo

Not too sure, but it may be called the Yendo (it is apparently in Japan). Sony Ericsson may soon unveil a cute Full Touch Screen Walkman Phone called the YENDO. As you can see, it bears remarkable similarity to the XPERIA X10 Mini including the four-corner touch UI.

The Yendo sports a 2.6 inch size screen with 262k colors and 320×240 resolution. It only weighs 81 grammes, measures in at 93.5 x 52 x 15.8 mm, has a zippy 720MHz processor, a universal 3.5 mm audio jack, Bluetooth, Micro USB support, obviously pre-loaded with Facebook, Orkut, and Twitter apps, FM radio, Java as well as Bluetooth stereo (A2DP), MP3/AAC music tones, Walkman Player and TrackID.

SE Yendo

The phone is inclined to music and as expected, it does have a rather weak camera with 2.0 Mega pixels.

Coming soon in Q3 of 2010 and will be available in many colors: Black, Blue, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red, Silver, White and Yellow. Key features given below,

The Sony Ericsson Yendo™ with Walkman™

Camera

* 2.0 megapixel camera
* 4x digital zoom

Music

* Album art
* Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
* Walkman™ player
* Music player
* Music tones (MP3/AAC)
* PlayNow™
* TrackID™

Web

* Bookmarks
* Google™ search (from standby)

Communication

* Speakerphone
* Vibrating alert

Messaging

* Conversations
* Email
* Picture messaging (MMS)
* Predictive text input
* Sound recorder
* Text messaging (SMS)

Design

* Touchscreen

Entertainment

* Facebook™ application
* Orkut™ application
* Twitter™ application
* FM radio
* Java
* Video viewing

Organiser

* Alarm clock
* Calculator
* Calendar
* Document readers
* Flight mode
* Notes
* Phone book

Connectivity

* 3.5 mm audio jack AVP
* Bluetooth™ technology
* Micro USB connector
* Modem
* USB mass storage
* USB support

Preloaded applications

* Facebook™ – social networking
* Twitter – social networking
* Brick Breaker Rev
* Night Club Fever

Screen

* Colours: 262,144 colour TFT
* Resolution: 320×240 pixels
* Size (diagonal : 2:6 inches

Accessories

* In-Box:
* Sony Ericsson Yendo™ with Walkman™
* Battery
* Stereo portable handsfree
* Charger
* USB cable
* User documentation

Optional:

* Hi-Fi Headset with Remote MH810
* Screen protector
* Portable Stereo Speakers MS450

Facts

* Size: 93.5 x 52 x 15.8 mm
* Weight: 81 grams
* Phone memory: Up to 5MB
* Operating system: Sony Ericsson Proprietary
* Processor: 720MHz
* Talk time GSM/GPRS: Up to 3.5hrs
* Standby time GSM/GPRS: Up to 312hrs
* CPU ARM946 @ 156Mhz

Availability and versions

* Networks
* GSM GPRS/EDGERx 850/1900
* GSM GPRS/EDGERx 900/1800
* Available in selected markets in Q32010

No details on Pricing

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Nokia X5 is it for real?

Raats — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:30:55 +0000

Nokia-X5-01-Pink

Yup the phone is for real. Nokia has just officially launched the X5 in Singapore. The latest chubby square slider may have been launched to compete against the Flipout and Kin One. The phone will feature ofcourse Symbian S60, and has a five megapixel camera, Facebook, MySpace and YouTube integration, as well as some sort of shake-based notification feature.

Nokia X5

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It will be available in black, hot pink, bright blue, and yellow.

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More details coming soon, check the video below,

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Super-Thin Waterproof Speakers

Raats — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:55:59 +0000

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Cellphones are getting slimmer, some will still shrink, thanks to the world’s first ultra-thin (0.9 mm) waterproof piezoelectric speaker, this latest model (VSLBG1914E1400-T0) from Koyoto-based Murata Manufacturing Company Ltd comes as a cost-effective solution to be used in such mobile devices as PDAs, digital cameras and 3G mobile phones for better quality sound output.

As opposed to the conventional dynamic speakers which require covering of the sound output holes with waterproof sheets to achieve waterproof quality, these piezoelectric speakers are already waterproofed with no use of waterproof sheets hence eliminating the cost of sheet material, its application and the eventual degradation of sound quality caused by the covering.

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iPhone 4 Next Gen – sum-up

Raats — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:41:22 +0000

i Phone 4

The iPhone 4 sum up (via Gizmodo)

The design
The hardware design hasn’t changed from the one we already knew about. It uses the same materials as the prototype: Black glass and stainless steel rim. It fits with the rest of the Apple product line, from the hard edges to the Dieter-Ramsesque utilitarianism of the iMac and the iPad.
The size is smaller than the previous generation: 34% thinner than the iPhone 3GS. Although it is 3 grams heavier. According to Apple, it’s the thinnest smartphone ever. It has split buttons for volume, unlike the current iPhone 3GS, all made in stainless steel.

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The stainless steel rim
The stainless steel rim gives the structure to the iPhone, and acts as part of the antenna for 3G and Wi-Fi. In theory, this will greatly increase the reception abilities of the new iPhone 4.

Physical size
The iPhone 4 is 4.5 x 2.31 inches, and 0.37 inches thick. It weighs 4.8 ounces (137 grams).
The hardware

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The new big brain
It has an Apple A4 chip inside, just like the iPad. Inside the A4 there are a few interconnected chips: A Cortex-A8 main processor unit—the main brain—paired with a PowerVR SGX 535, which handles the high definition graphics of the new iPhone. These are directly connected with each other and two low-power 128MB DDR SDRAM chips. Since all these components are in the same chip, Apple claims the iPhone 4 can process data more quickly while consuming less battery than before.

The A4 also consumes less power because its sub-components can be switched on and off when they are not needed, shaving watts whenever it’s possible.

Battery life
The battery is 16% bigger than the current one. Coupled with the A4 processor and new display, it results in a longer battery life: Apple claims 40% more talk time. Here are their figures:

• Talk over 3G: 7 hours.
• Browsing over 3G: 6 hours.
• Browsing over Wi-Fi: 10 hours.
• Video: 10 hours.
• Music: 40 hours.
• Stand-by: 300 hours.

The display
The 3.5-inch multitouch screen has a resolution of 960 × 640 pixels. Apple calls is the Retina Display, and it has four times as many pixels as the current iPhone 3GS’ display. The screen has 326 pixel per inch resolution, a higher definition than your typical magazine, a quality that shows in the screenshot.

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iPhone 4: The Definitive Guide

Apple claims that this IPS-based display—the same technology as used in the iPad—also has 800-to-1 contrast ratio which is four times better than the 3GS, with a higher viewing angle.

The apps will take automatic advantage of the increased relative resolution, which mean they will be a lot sharper for text, 3D graphics, and vectorial art. However, developers will need to include higher resolution bitmap images to make the app look perfect.

Like the iPhone 3GS and the iPad, the display has an oleophobic layer that makes it easier to clean.

The main camera
The new iPhone has a bigger sensor for the main camera. It’s backlit and has bigger lenses too. Instead of having a higher resolution, however, the sensor maintains the same 5 megapixel count. They are bigger dots, however, so it has a higher ISO—or sensitivity to light. That means that you would be able to take better photos and video in low light conditions, and your pictures will look a lot better.

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iPhone 4: The Definitive Guide

The camera also has a LED-based flash, which works both for photographs and video. To focus, both for photographs and video—you just need to tap on the screen.

The video conferencing camera
In the front, there’s a video conference camera, with standard VGA resolution. This camera will be used with third-party applications, as well as Apple’s own video conference solution.

Gyroscope
The new iPhone 4 has a gyroscope built-in. This means that it can track movement with a very high precision, much higher than the built-in accelerometers in the previous iPhones. It’s 3-axis, so it’s capable of detecting pitch, roll, and yaw. Couple with the accelerometer, you have 6-axis motion sensing.

Other
• Like the iPad 3GS, the new iPhone uses the new micro-SIM standard.
• It has an additional microphone on the top used for noise cancelation.

The software

iOS4
The new iPhone 4 comes with iOS 4, a new monitor for the iPhone OS. The biggest new feature is, of course, selective multi-tasking, Apple’s way to multitask some application features without consuming too many resources and battery power.

iPhone 4: The Definitive Guide

The new iOS 4 supports Apple’s Retina display using resolution independence. This means that applications will automatically get scaled for the new resolution, but looking sharper, not pixelated. That includes typography, 2D vector graphics, and 3D graphics. However, developers will have to include higher resolution images for buttons or other screen controls (something that many have already, since this was already exposed in the last WWDC).

Video calling
However, the biggest feature of the new iPhone 4 is probably video calling, thanks to its front camera. Apple calls it FaceTime, and it works iPhone 4 to iPhone 4 over Wi-Fi—at least for 2010. Apple claims that in the future it will be available over 3G.

iPhone 4: The Definitive Guide

The iPhone 4 can use both cameras for video calling, so you can broadcast what is in front of you to another iPhone 4.

iMovie for iPhone
The new iPhone 4 will be able to use a new editing software from Apple: iMovie for iPhone. It comes with 1,500 new features.

iPhone 4: The Definitive Guide

The new iMovie for iPhone works on even 720p high definition. You can use it to cut the video clips, add automatic Ken Burns effects for still images and a music soundtrack taken from your iPhone’s tunes. After you are done with your movie, you can export it to 360p, 520p, and 720p.

It’s a separate application, however, it doesn’t come built-in with the iPhone 4.

iBooks
iBooks will also be available for the new iOS4. Apple claims that the new iPhone 4′s 325 pixel-per-inch display will make the books perfectly readable. It will use the same controls as the iBooks application in the iPad.
Price and availability

The Phone 4 will be available in black or white on June 24, and will cost $199 and $299 for 16 and 32GB if you are a new user or you are eligible for an upgrade.

If you are an existing iPhone user, the early upgrade will cost you $399 and $499. Without contract, the iPhone 4 is $499 and $599.

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Nokia N8 coming soon

Raats — Sun, 30 May 2010 09:43:11 +0000

500 nokia n8-1

Nokia’s just not able to keep up with Android and Apple. Yet they are trying their best to give you a superior phone. The N8 seems to be pretty good competitor. Take for instance the 12 Mega pixel camera with Carl Zeiss Optics. It also features high definition video recording and playback capabilities.

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There is a HDMI cable connectivity option. So you can plug the phone into a high def TV directly! check the video below to see how the N8 might look in your hands.

So will Nokia recapture the mobile market? Maybe, maybe not, lets wait and watch!

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Given below are detailed specs of the phone
Planned Market Introduction:
3Q 2010

Category:
NSeries, Smartphones

Available colors
Dark Grey, Silver White, Green, Blue, Orange

Operating times
* Talk time (GSM/WCDMA) – 12/5 h 50 min
* Standby (GSM/WCDMA) – 390/400 h
* Video record – 3 h 20 min
* Music playback – 50 h
* Video playback – 7 h
* Video playback with HDMI – 6 h
* Web TV – 3 h 20 min

Nokia Original Accessories:
* Nokia Wired Headset WH-701 (in box)
* Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-905
* Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-608
* Nokia Extra Battery DC-11
* Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-214
* Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-505
* Nokia Mini Speaker MD-9

Technical Profile:
* System: WCDMA 850/900/1700/1900/2100 and GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
* OS: Symbian^3
* Form Factor: Touch screen monoblock
* Dimensions: 113.5 x 59.12 x 12.9 mm (L x W x H)
* Weight: 135g
* Display: 3.5 inch widescreen (640 x 360 pixels) capacitive touch
* Battery: 1200mAh BL-4D
* Media Storage/Memory: 16GB mass memory + micro SD card slot, 135MB internal memory, support up to 32GB memory cards. RAM256 ROM512
* Video Playback: Video recording, Performance: encoding 25fps, decoding 30fps, File Formats: H.264, MPEG-4, VC-1, H.263, Real Video 10, ON2 VP6, Flash video
* Music Playback: FM radio, FM transmitter, MP3 player, Supported codecs: MP3,AAC,eAAC, eAAC+,WMA,AMR-WB, DRM support, DRM: OMA DRM 2.0

Main Camera:
o Lens: Carl Zeiss optics
o Image capture: 12 megapixels
o Video capture: HD 720p
o Aperture: F2.8
o Focal length: 5.4
o Flash: Xenon flash

Connectivity:
* HDMI adapter CA-157
* WLAN IEEE802.11 b/g/n
* BT2.1 with support for stereo headsets
* Positioning with GPS, A-GPS, WLAN and Cell-ID
* Micro-USB 2.0 high speed for file transfers and charging
* USB On-the-Go
* Nokia AV connector 3.5 mm for audio input/output and TV out

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Casio puts 13 Megapixels in your Phone!

Raats — Mon, 17 May 2010 12:00:46 +0000

Casio Ca005

Not sure this will be available soon anywhere around, but Casio has introduced its new Exilim CA005, this phone is made by Casio and featuring Casio’s Exilim photo technology.

Casio Ca005

Ca005

The camera features a 13 Megapixel sensor, 3x digital zoom, a Burst Shooting Mode, Auto Best Shot and Smile Detection Shutter.

Casio Ca005

Bonus features include it being waterproof (IPX5 IPX7), clubbed with a 1Seg TV Tuner, GPS, Bluetooth. The CA005 comes with a 3.2” IPS (in-plane switching) VGA panel and supports microSDHC Cards up to 16GB.

Casio Ca005

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Dell’s launching new Windows Phone 7 and Android Handsets

Raats — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:18:19 +0000

Here is an update release from Engadget, Dell is all set to launch new Tablets and Phones. One of the phones will run on Windows phone 7, it will be called the Lightning. The rest of the phones are Android phones Called Thunder, Flash, Aero and Smoke! Wow.

Dell Lightning as mentioned, a portrait slide type Windows Phone 7 running handset. It boasts 4.1-inch WVGA OLED display, 1GHz QSD8250 Snapdragon CPU, 1GB of flash ROM with 512MB DDR SDRAM plus 8GB MicroSD card, 5MP autofocus camera, full Flash support including video playback, 3G, WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, support for H.263/H.264, 3GP, MPEG4, WMV, DivX 4.x/5.x/6.x, GPS, G-sensor, e-compass, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor and the LTE version will be available in Q4 of 2011.

Dell lightining

Dell Thunder is equipped with a 4.1-inch WVGA OLED display with Dell “Stage” UI which is according to Engadget “much different (and classier)” than what they’ve seen on the Streak or Aero. It has Facebook and Twitter apps, Flash 10.1 for watching web videos, swype text entry system, integrated web video Hulu app, 8 megapixel camera and the LTE version is planned to launched by the end of 2011.

Dell Thunder

Dell Flash is running on Android Froyo OS and is equipped with 3.5” WVGA TFT display, Qualcomm MSM7230 CPU@800MHz, 512MB RAM/ 512MB ROM plus up to 64GB of storage on microSD card, 5MPcamera with LED Flash, Continuous Digital Zoom 8x, Image Stabilization as well as Video and Audio record, Flash 10 support, Web 2.0 full HTML, WAP, WiFi b/g+UPnP/DLNA, AGPS,Bluetooth 3.0, Handwriting recognition, E-compass, proximity sensor.

Dell Flash

Dell Smoke, just like the Flash, runs on Android Froyo OS, is equipped with Qualcomm MSM7230 CPU@800MHz, has Web 2.0 full HTML, WAP and Flash 10 support. Other specs include 2.8” QVGA TFT, 5MP camera with Auto Focus and Digital zoom, 512MB/256MB internal memory and up to 32GB of microSD, capture/playback/ streaming of videos in H.264/MPEG4, WiFi (b/g), AGPS, Over-the-Air-Sync (OTA), Bluetooth v2.1 +EDR, digital compass, Voice command/dial, proximity sensor and Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF).

Dell smoke

Dell Aero seems to be least impressive of these new models. It runs on Android 1.5, sports a 3.5’’ 640 x 360 capacitive mutitouch screen, 24MHz Marvell CPU, QuickOffice, supports Microsoft ActiveSync and Exchange, feature a WebKit browser with Flash Lite and a media player.

Dell Aero

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