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Mobile PhonesIn something of an admission that it's been looking at the consumer mobile market all wrong, Microsoft has announced it's completely rebranding its mobile offerings as 'Windows Phone'.
From now on, Windows Phone will be the umbrella term for all things Windows Mobile, including the brand-new WinMo operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5, which was unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today. Continue reading...
Tattu TS500: Dual-SIM phone two-times you
Mobile PhonesWith Valentine's Day just gone, Tattu Mobile is about to make lotharios' lives easier with the TS500 dual-SIM multimedia mobile phone.
To use the phone, you dial as normal then choose which of the two SIM you want to place the call. Why would a phone capable of making and receiving calls from two SIMs be useful? Perhaps you have one for work and one for home, or one for the wife and one for the window cleaner, or one for each of your favourite fauxmosexual Russian pop princesses.
The TS500 is a quad-band slider with 2-megapixel camera, FM radio, video, MP3 and MMS. Stereo Bluetooth and mobile Internet access are included. Continue reading...
Nokia E55: Es are good, E55s are good
Mobile PhonesProbably differing somewhat from '90s techno-gonks The Shamen, Nokia reckons 'E' stands for 'efficiency'.
At the Mobile World Congress, Nokia unveiled the E55 mobile phone, which joins the E75 in featuring the new Nokia Messaging email user interface. Both handsets also include Nokia Maps and GPS, as well as N-Gage gaming functions. It is also -- drum roll, please -- the thinnest smart phone in the world! Continue reading...
Samsung to launch four phones at Mobile World Congress
Mobile PhonesAccording to a Korean news site, Samsung will release just four phones at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona: the S8300 Ultra Touch, i8910 Omnia HD, BeatDJ (pictured) and BeatDisc.
The S8300 Ultra Touch has a 71mm (2.8-inch) touchscreen, an 8-megapixel camera and Samsung's TouchWiz interface.
The i8910 Omnia HD builds on the existing Omnia. It should offer high-definition video, an 8-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, GPS and 3G support.
As its name suggests, the BeatDJ will have a music focus. The 71mm touchscreen display will support 16 million colours and will feature a scroll wheel designed to resemble a DJ's turntable. Features should include a 3-megapixel camera, an FM radio, stereo Bluetooth, a memory card slot, GPS, USB mass storage, quad-band GSM world support and HSDPA 3G. Continue reading...
Intel and LG create 'mobile Internet devices'
Intel announced today at the Mobile World Congress that LG will use its latest generation technology to build a new class of device called 'mobile Internet devices', or MIDs. Yeah, that'll catch on.
Specifically, Intel and LG will work together to build these devices using a processor that Intel has code-named Moorestown. The devices will also use a version of the Linux open-source operating system called Moblin. The LG device is expected to be one of the first Moorestown designs to hit the market. And Intel has said that devices using the new Moorestown chips will hit the market by 2010. Continue reading...
Nokia E75: Qwerty slider with Nokia Messaging
Mobile PhonesThe Nokia Mobile World Congress press conference has just wrapped up. We've started, so we'll Finnish. Announcements included the debut of two E-series phones. First up is the Nokia E75, a Qwerty-equipped sideways slider. Continue reading...
Most smart phones to get Adobe Flash Player 10 next year
Adobe Flash Player 10: Coming to most smart phones in 2010 Adobe bringing Flash Player 10 to most smart phones in 2010 Most smart phones to get Adobe Flash Player 10 next yearHands-on: Sony Ericsson's 12-megapixel Idou
Mobile PhonesHere at Mobile World Congress, Sony Ericsson has unveiled what it dubs the future of mobile entertainment -- a 12-megapixel concept handset currently known as Idou.
This will be the first 12-megapixel mobile to hit the UK when Sony Ericsson releases it later this year. It's a fully touchscreen device, featuring a 16:9 display, a xenon flash for making those 12-megapixel photos even smarter in low light, and the latest Symbian operating system for running games and movies. Continue reading...
Media Go: Sony Ericsson's war on media management
SoftwareSony Ericsson's hoping to take a lot of the complications that even we, as reviewers, have to suffer when reviewing mobile phones: file management. Its new Media Go application, which debuts with the all-new W995 Walkman handset, promises pain-free media management, and it could be the sorely needed final piece to the Sony Ericsson puzzle.
Typically with phones and media players, dragging and dropping a music or video file onto your new device will give you compatibility errors like 'incompatible format', 'unsuitable frame rate' or 'incorrect aspect ratio'. This is what Sony Ericsson aims to make a thing of the past. Continue reading...
Sony Ericsson W995 Walkman: 8-megapixel music monster
Mobile PhonesHoly 3.5mm jacks, Batman! Sony Ericsson just announced its latest and certainly greatest Walkman handset -- the W995 -- and it's got a real headphone socket! Oh, Sony Ericsson, you shouldn't have. No wait -- you should've. Well done. Took you long enough.
Anyway, Son Eric's latest flagship slider handset's a juicy little peach. It's got an 8.1-megapixel camera with autofocus, a 66mm (2.6-inch) 240x320-pixel screen, GPS, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync support, an 8GB Memory Stick Micro M2 card, stereo Bluetooth, and that all-important 3.5mm headphone socket, of course. Continue reading...
Samsung Blue Earth: The plastic-bottle phone
Mobile PhonesIn an attempt to help consumers be more eco-friendly, Samsung has come up with the Blue Earth, a pebble-shaped, solar-powered touchscreen phone. The Blue Earth is free from harmful substances such as beryllium and phthalates, and is made out of recycled water bottles.
On the back of the Blue Earth, you'll find a solar panel designed to harness the sun's energy and pump it into the phone's battery. To add to the Blue Earth's green credentials, there's easy access to controls for screen brightness and backlight duration, as well as an energy-efficient Bluetooth mode, so that you can save power. It even features an 'eco walk' function that uses a built-in pedometer to show you by how much walking, instead of driving, reduces CO2 emissions. Continue reading...
Google My Tracks: Android gets GPS
Google on Thursday released an application called My Tracks that turns the T-Mobile G1 Android phone into a fully-fledged GPS receiver.
The free software can record tracks showing where you've been, display them on a map, show elevation gains and losses, and share data with various online services. Continue reading...
Next-gen iPhone 3G may get matte finish
MacRumors.com claims to have obtained leaked photos of the next-generation iPhone 3G, showing a matte black finish on a metal casing. That's finish is good news if you're tired of your iPhone showing every bit of grit and grime on its otherwise perfectly glossy finish.
The photos show the back of a 16GB model with the model number A1303. Continue reading...
Low-cost Asus 'Eee Phone' confirmed
An Asus Eee mobile phone will arrive later this year, and it's speculated that it will run Google's Android operating system.
As our own Andrew 'stairs not lifts' Lim reported this morning, Asus and GPS-system manufacturer Garmin have glued brands together to form Garmin-Asus, which will manufacturer mobile phones. Continue reading...
Garmin-Asus nuvifone M20 and G60: Sat-nav smart phones
Mobile PhonesWhen you're up against tough competition, teaming up with someone else is often a good idea. Enter Asus, the PC manufacturer, and Garmin, the sat-nav manufacturer. The two companies have joined brands to create Garmin-Asus, a smart-phone manufacturer. To baptise this new partnership, Garmin-Asus on Thursday unveiled two smart phones: the nuvifone M20 and nuvifone G60.
The Garmin-Asus nuvifone M20 (pictured) is a touchscreen device that combines Windows Mobile (6.1 Professional) functionality with Garmin's navigation software. According to Garmin-Asus, you can use the M20 to search for real-time traffic information, weather updates and movie times, but it's the location-based features that are the cherry on top. Continue reading...
Modu phone jackets: Slip into something more functional
Mobile PhonesYou might remember Modu from last year's Mobile World Congress coverage. The Israeli company makes a tiny modular mobile phone that can be inserted into one of several 'jackets' to become a fully functional phone with real controls. Each jacket -- really just a handset shell -- offers a different design and feature set. You can change them at will to match your mood and needs.
Modu will be showing four new jackets next week at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Continue reading...
Virgin Mobile launches £8.50 monthly tariff
Mobile PhonesUnlike some others, Virgin Mobile's new 8.50-per-month contract tariff is both inexpensive and makes a lot of sense. For a mere 850 pence not only can you walk away with a free phone, such as the Samsung U600 or LG KC550, but you also get 100 free minutes and texts.
This is one of the best monthly contract deals we've seen to date, given that many people who buy pay-as-you-go phones top up 10 every month anyway. But there is a catch: you get locked in for 18 months.
Being locked in to any contract for 18 months can get really annoying, especially if you don't like your phone or you find you need more minutes or texts. Before you sign up to this contract, make sure you really like the phone and the deal. Continue reading...
Microsoft gearing up to take on Apple iPhone
Microsoft is gearing up to take on rival Apple in the smart-phone market.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that Microsoft is getting ready to launch an online marketplace akin to Apple's App Store. In August, Microsoft had started looking for people to head up the new application store. Microsoft is also readying a more sophisticated version of its mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5, the newspaper reported. Continue reading...
Archos announces Android phone
Mobile PhonesWhen Archos announced it would enter the netbook space, we began counting the taste buds on each other's tongues, because we thought it was substantially more interesting. But, when we heard Archos was entering the mobile-phone arena with a Google Android-powered media device, it was time to put our tongues away and pay attention.
Archos has announced it will launch a 3G mobile tablet, capable of making voice calls, that will run Android rather than the custom Linux builds used in the company's most recent Archos 5 and Archos 7 devices. But, when asked, an Archos spokesperson said this isn't a replacement for the Archos 5G -- an existing Archos tablet that incorporates mobile broadband -- but an entirely new device. Continue reading...
Photos: Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C903, W395 Walkman phones
Mobile PhonesSony Ericsson has added to the pre-Mobile World Congress announcements with two slider phones, the new camera-centric Cyber-shot C903 and music-minded W395 Walkman. The C903 packs a 5-megapixel camera that you can use to geotag images with the built-in Assisted GPS.
Ericsson claims the C903 has a unique sliding lens cover but, frankly, we'll believe that when we see it. It comes with the ever-pointless smile shutter and face detection for up to three people. You can upload and view pictures at photo-sharing sites Picasa, Flickr and Snapfish, or store your images on Memory Stick Micro. Continue reading...
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