MOBILE PHONES(updates) BAZAAR
Apple will be really beating the market of Smartphones with the new iPhone prices. Another add-on they launched yesterday is the App store for iPhone. iPhone users can browse the free & paid apps and download & install them wirelessly. These application will be built by Apple & also the 3rd party developers. Apple will keep 30% share of the price set by developer. Developers can also release the apps for free if they want, in that case apple will also won’t take any amount.
So as expected, Apple officially announced the iPhone 2.0 at the WWDC. Here are some of the new features
It supports 3G and faster data networks
It supports GPRS
Apple has changed the design a little bit and has made it more thinner
It will be availbale in 22 countries starting July 11
The price has been reduced : $199 for the 8GB and $299 for the 16GB
Third party applications and the App store will be available in Early July
And it has a longer lasting battery life which is an awesome feature
It will also have Typepad, an application for the bloggers so that they can easily upload images and content. The Appstore will now contain fresh 3D games such as Super Monkey Ball, racing games etc. It will cost around $9.99 to download a game. The iPhone 2.0 SDK will be available from July and it will be free for iPhone users. And Airtel will be bringing the iPhone 2.0 to India later this year. Details about pricing will be available later.
Samsung has today unveiled its i-killer known as i900 Omnia. It is a Windows Mobile Handset and it is expected to challenge the 3G iPhone which may also be announced to
day. It also has a 3.2 inch QVGA display sporting a 240X400 pixel resolution and also comes equipped with a small optical mouse.It has a 5 MP auto-focus camera with face and smile detection along with auto-panorama shot. It also has a Geotagging feature which works with the inbuilt GPS. It also has a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support plus HSDPA 7.2Mbps. It also comes with Wi-Fi support, USB port, FM radio and stereo Bluetooth. Samsung has also incorporated their TouchWiz interface into this handset which seems like a good enhancement.
It is just 12.5 mm thick and looks quite stylish. Similar to the iPhone, it will come in 8GB and 16GB capacities with microSD also present. It will be launched near the end of June 2008 and it might coincide with the projected launch of 3G iPhone. It even looks a lot like iPhone so Apple better watch out
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Though it looks tiny, it is packed with a lot of features that makes it a great buy. It has touch sensitive as well as heat sensitive keys. It measures only 95 x 42 x 11 mm and has a 1.9″ 65K Color TFT LCD-touchscreen. Along with this it also has a virtual on screen keyboard. It has a 1.3 MP CMOS camera which has a camcorder function as well. It also has a Handwriting technology and can turn itself into a webcam. You can even use it send emails. It has a lot of built in applications such as image editor, Calender, Clock, health check, Organizer, phonebook etc.
The small phone is priced at $199 and is available in the US markets. It is a great phone to buy if you love small phones. As they say “All good things come in small packages”
The CPKB-BT is equipped with Bluetooth 2.0 and is for the hardcore users who spend more time typing on there cell phones than on there computers. This small devices weights only 170 gm and is powered by a pair of AA batteries. The batteries can last around 2-3 months if the keyboard is used for around an hour daily.
This cute keyboard is priced at $153 and will be available from June 11. So will you guys find this thing useful ?
via CrunchGear
Reports have surfaced that Sony Ericsson has signed a deal with california based GestureTek company to bring their specialized software to S.E mobiles that will turn you
r mobile camera into a motion-controlling sensor which could then be used as a accelerometer like in iPhone. Mobile owners will be directly able to control the on screen characters by tilting the screen in a same way we play games on Nintendo Wii.
It is also said that the software will work on both the new and old handsets having a camera and it will use the mobile camera to sense movements. The games that will support motion sensitive gaming on Sony Ericsson mobiles are Crash Banicoot and Super Monkey Ball.
Nice move by Sony Ericsson, lets see if Nokia also comes up with something like that.
via Pocket-lint ........
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NOKIA TO LAUNCH 40 GREEN PHONES:
World’s top cell phone maker, Nokia is planning to launch around 40 new green phone models this year — each comprising biodegradable components that can be easily recycled.
Mobile phones are not biodegradable. They contain small amounts of potentially harmful substances such as cadmium, lithium, among others, in their batteries which, if not managed properly, can damage the environment.
Announcing the launch, D Shivakumar, VP and managing director, Nokia India, said, “We will be using biodegradable phone covers, recyclable battery designs that use less harmful toxic materials and energy efficient accessories for all our forthcoming phones. Already, we have eliminated the use of PVC (polyvinyl chloride) in all our phones.”
Nokia has already launched an eco-friendly phone, Nokia 3110, which the company claims is 65 per cent recyclable. Also, it is working towards reducing the energy consumed by mobile chargers up to 50 per cent.
Nokia also plans to open up ‘Green Bins’ across all Nokia dealers in India, where customers can dispose of their old mobile phones for recycling. The company also stated that the number of materials that cannot be recycled in the mobile phone can be reduced by using Biomaterials like polylactic acid plastics with plant or other biomass based modifiers such as biodegradable phone cover and battery.
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HTC Touch Diamond Hands-on YOUTUBE VIDEO:
It took the company 1.5 years to come up with a cool 3D touch interface and its here,HTC Touch Diamond is a kind of smartphone i would really like to have in future, the design and TouchFLO3D touch interface is cool. TouchFLO 3D provides animated access to people, messaging, email, photos, music, weather and more. In addition, it features innovative touch-sensitive control for interacting with Touch Diamond. Watch out the hands-on Youtube video after jump. HTC Touch Diamond Hands-on Youtube Video
Features of HTC Diamond:
2.8-inch touch screen, with four times the pixels of most phones.
3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera for quality stills and video.
Connectivity: WCDMA / HSPA: 900/2100MHz. HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA
Operating system: Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
Vibrant TouchFLO 3D user interface perfect response to finger gestures when scrolling through contacts
Powered by the 3D graphics processor.
Cool looking HTC Weather - providing a constant view of weather at home and abroad.
Surf and download at broadband speed with HSDPA internet connectivity.
Internal memory: 4 GB Internal Storage, 256 MB flash, 192 MB RAM.
Integrated GPS for use with maps software for a full turn-by-turn satellite navigation experience.
Standby time: GSM: up to 300 hours/100 hours with push email
Interface: HTC ExtUSB (mini-USB and audio jack in one; USB 2.0 High-Speed)
Expected to become available around 2nd half of 2008 with price tag of $772( 32,868 INR)
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NEW RELEASE: OPERA 4.1 BROWSER FOR MOBLIE PHONES:
The next installment of the popular OperaMini mobile browser is out of beta and is now available for download, the new release Opera Mini 4.1 features several improvement over the previous versions including tools for attaching files to Web-based email, photo uploading to your blog, downloading attachments from email for storage on your phone, and a much handy feature of saving and viewing web pages offline.
Opera claims that the latest version is 50% faster than Opera 4.0. For mobile browsing its a definite plus as Opera’s mobile software uses a remote server to pre-process Web pages before sending them to your phone. OperaMini 4.1 even lets you search for text within a Web page so you can get to the information you need even quicker than before. It also has auto completion feature which will suggest completions for you based on your Bookmarks and browsing history, making address input faster. I am already a happy fan of OperaMini and if you have not tried it yet then download and try it now, its better than any mobile browsers available on the internet.
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WINDOWS VISTA HACK ON iPHONE-COOL iPHONE SOFTWARE KIT:
If you own a iPhone then you will love this iPhone Hack, its known as VistaPerfection 2.0 and what it does is a complete makeover of the iPhone interface to get a look and feel of Microsoft Windows Vista. Now you can stun your friends if they already haven’t read about it.
The latest iPhone software gives a great look to your iPhone but currently the installation is little bit hard, the developer is working on a installer which will make the installation process easier. You can see in the pics, how the iPhone Vista makeover looks like.
The software also comes with over 90 icons, more Better And Sharper Dock Icons, Boot And Restore Images, More Dock Icons (Text,Installer,..Ect..), Categories Icons,Badges, Sliders, Edge Icon, Vista Login/LogOff (Unlock/Lock) Sound Scheme, Status Bar, Revamped TaskBar, LockScreen Wallpaper, Highlight Mask, Bottom Bar. Via slipperybrick
Full download and installation instructions can be found at Modmyiphone
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WORLD SUPER LONG PHONE:
There is a big competition among different mobile companies that claim their mobile phones to be “the smallest“, “the thinnest” or “the lightest“. But how about manufacturing a mobile phone that is “the longest”?
Most phones are designed to be pocket-friendly. But the designer Tamer Koseli thinks a bit different. His phone is probably the world’s longest phone ever made.
He wanted to create a device with no superfluous features. That’s right, you won’t find a MP3 player, video capabilities, or even a camera. But WAIT! Don’t dismiss the Super Phone yet because it’s got a touchscreen. There’s plenty of room for touchscreen functionality. There are, in fact, two displays: One OLED that shows basic info, the other for scrolling. And from the pictures, while there’s no digital camera onboard, there appears to be an expansion slot of some sort.
So, if this Super Phone manufactured commercially, would you be interested in buying one?
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