Nokia unveils the Nokia 8800 Arte

Nokia has created the brand new Nokia 8800 Arte . Made of exquisite materials they continue the tradition of the luxurious 8-series but add something of their own too.

Traditionally, the 8800-series of Nokia are not known for their high-end characteristics, however the new Arte handsets are about to change that. 

Beside 3G functionality, the handsets also flaunt 3 megapixel cameras with auto focus. No memory card slot yet, but the 1GB of internal memory might just do the trick this time. The 8800 Arte comes with a 16M colour Oled display .

Their panels are covered by goat hide from Eastern India, which is manually embossed and has several protective coats to prevent the daily wear-and-tear.

 The body of the Arte mobiles is again made by metal and glass . 

Supposedly, that glass and metal body should be covered with some top-secret anti-fingerprint coating.

Sony Ericsson K660i

Size: 104 x 47 x 14.7 mm/4.1 x 1.8 x 0.6 inches

Weight: 95 g/3.4 oz

Available colours: Lime on White/Wine on Black

Screen: 262,144-colour TFT 240x320 pixel

Memory: 32 MB* memory/Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) support

Horizontal Web browsing

RSS desktop widgets are always on display

Maps and navigation services.

Skype phone is coming.

Internet telephony provider,Skype is also entering into mobile phone arena. The eBay own company will launch its own mobile phone in late October in collaboration with UK wireless carrier 3 mobile.
The phone, called White phone will allow you to browse the web. The White phone is featured with the iSkoot software, so when you trigger a big button, it will allow you to call your Skype friends and other regular phone contacts anywhere in the world

LG-KS20 communicator

LG-KS20 communicator is powered by Windows Mobile 6 Professional. It has a 2.8” display, a 2-megapixel camera, a front camera for video conference, Bluetooth 2.0 interface and an integrated MP3-player.
The communicator supports HSDPA standard (3.6 Mbps).

Sony Ericsson W660

Sony Ericsson W660 gets new color, its white and gold shade. Its a move to push up the popularity of the models. Recently Sony Ericsson has been giving new colors to popular phones.

Nokia 5610 XpressMusic

Nokia 5610  SPECIFICATIONS


Network    UMTS / GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

Size Dimensions   98.5 x 48.5 x 17 mm

Display    TFT, 16M colors

Vibration               Yes

3G                           Yes

Bluetooth              Yes

USB                        Yes

Camera                 3.15 MP, 2048*1536 pixels, autofocus, video, flash;
                              secondary QVGA videocall camera

Nokia's 5 megapixel N82

Microsoft eyeing on Mobile Phones

The software giant is now working with the sellers of the Windows Mobile platform phone manufacturers .Microsoft didn’t name the company who’d be selling the device though.

Analysts say, however, that the Microsoft phone is rather unwieldy because it’s basically just Windows crammed into a small device. If Microsoft wants the mobile phone to be consumers-smart, they’ll need to rethink its usability.

N95 vs iphone

The original N95/iPhone battle may have moved onto new stomping grounds, but it's still a battle royal. Between strength and subtlety, between functions and form, between features and ease of use. Both devices are either aimed at totally different markets or aimed at the same market, depending on who you talk to. But the fact remains that the Nokia N95 8GB and Apple iPhone are the two most desirable smart devices anyone will be able to own

Trojan Virus Targets N95

The mobile virus called Trojan-SMS.Symb.OS.Virus specifically targets smartphones running Symbian 60 OS v 3. Kaspersky Labs in Russia spotted it first, and kudos to them, because this virus will cost you a lot of money as it sends SMS to a premium SMS number. This virus is not meant to be purely malicious; the virus author has profit on his mind because every viral SMS you will be paying for, half of the revenue will go to the virus author.

So far, the virus’s reach has been limited to Russia and countries where free software is a trend. This may be a curse to phones like the Nokia N95, which overreaches its “phone-ness” being dubbed as a “multimedia computer.”

If it is a “computer” then it should have what computers have too- VIRUS.

8GB Nokia N95 Music Edition

Nokia is planning to launch a Music Edition of its N95 8 GBmultimedia computer soon. The N95 is a cellphone with 3G, HSDPA and WiFi connectivity. It is also a music and video player, a 5 megapixel camera and a GPS device. With an 8GB onboard memory and an additional microSD slot for extension, there would be some additonal features for the music edition.

Sony ericsson products for 2008

Here are few of the rumored pictures of new Sony Ericsson mobile phones to be launched in 2008.

The W970 has a 3.2 MP cam, while the K830 features a 3.2 MP cam.

The W990i features 5 megapixel with autofocus while the K990i comes loaded with a 7 MP auto focus , face recognition xenon flash and 4x optical zoom !

Sony Ericsson W890 successor of W880

Sony Ericsson W890 is the successor of W880 model. The new model has improved on the functionality but gets slightly thicker. The camera is now 3.2 megapixels but does not have an auto-focus and flash.

Other features include;
Memory Stick Micro (M2)
GPRS/UMTS/HSDPA
3G
3GPP, MP4, Real Video 8, WMV formats supported , Video player
AC, AAC+, MP3, WAV, Real Audio 8, WMA formats supported

new Walkman phone W 999

There has been rumors about the new Walkman phone supposed to be named as W999. Pictures of this phone are out . Its a slider phone and is similar to recently announced W580i.

SE W999i rumored specs are: 12.5 mm thick, HSDPA connectivity, 2.4 inch 262K color QVGA screen, 3 megapixel with auto focus. HSDPA will enable high speed internet access on the phone. Other detailed specification will be added as soon as they are made available.

SAMSUNG G800 5MEGAPIXEL !

Samsung Electronics officially announced the launch of the Samsung G800, world's first 5 megapixel camera phone with 3x optical zoom today. With the debut of the Samsung G800, Samsung proved itself as a market innovator, introducing first of its kind technology.

The Samsung G800 is the answer for customers needs to have the perfect digital camera and the perfect multimedia mobile combined into one single device. For example, optical zoom is very common in most digital cameras, but the Samsung G800 is the first and only 5 megapixel camera phone to have this capability. Features such as face detection, and Wide Dynamic Range (WDR), which are very up-to-date features even in todays digital cameras, are also equipped in the new G800.

Boasting 3x optical zoom and Xenon flash to enable close-ups and exceptional photo detail, the G800 also comes with other most up-to-date digital camera features such as panorama shots, multi shots and macro shots.Not only just taking pictures, the G800 also provides a very easy tool for sharing images and videos. Plus, the Samsung G800 offers professional video editing functions so that people can easily cut, paste, and edit their own films.

The G800 has a new camera Graphical User Interface (GUI) which is intuitive and simple to use so that the user experiences the same environment as a digital camera when using the camera function on the phone. An On Screen Display (OSD) shows various camera indicators in a horizontal preview mode.A sleek camera phone, the G800 looks like a streamlined digital camera on one side and a fashionable mobile phone on the other side.

Elegantly equipped with multimedia features, the G800 still has a sophisticated design. It is designed for the two handed grip when taking pictures.

The large 2.4" QVGA LCD with a wide display allows users to view the screen like a digital camera. The 3x optical zoom is an inner zoom, where the lens does not extend outside the body of the phone, ensuring a slimmer design.

Nokia N81 8GB starts shipping

Nokia has revealed today the global availability of Nokia N81 and Nokia N81 8GB. Nokia is promising we'll never get bored once we lay our hands on any of the Nokia N81 flavors.

The Symbian-based Nokia N81 smartphone stands at 17.6 mm thickness and 140 g of weight. It boasts a 2.4" TFT display with QVGA resolution, stereo Bluetooth, Wi-Fi with UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) support and dedicated gaming keys. Nokia N81 is the first device armed with the new N-Gage platform and it has plenty of storage capacity to make good use of it.

The first edition of the Nokia N81 is a vanilla one that comes with a mciroSD slot and a 1GB or 2GB microSD card in the retail package, while the second one is called Nokia N81 8GB and flaunts the whopping 8GB of internal storage.

Both will have 2 megapixel cameras with flash (no auto focus, sorry folks) for making snapshots or shooting VGA videos at 15fps and a secondary CIF camera for video calls. There is also a microUSB port and an audio/video 3.5 mm port.

Apart from the featured-packed hardware functionality, a couple of software innovations will grasp your attention. The first one is the 3D Multimedia Menu, a user-friendly interface that makes it fun to browse the multimedia content of the handset. The second one is the option to use a touch-sensitive Navy wheel, which makes picture and video browsing a real pleasure.

New memory card format announced

Leading mobile phone manufactures and semiconductor providers has announced that they will support the creation of a new memory card format. The standard is named Universal Flash Storage (UFS) and will be finalized in 2009

Micron Technology, Inc., Nokia, Samsung Electronics, Sony Ericsson, Spansion Inc., STMicroelectronics, and Texas Instruments announced today that they support the creation of a far-ranging industry specification for removable memory cards and embedded memory solutions.

The new specification, dubbed Universal Flash Storage (UFS), reflects the industry's need for a universal memory solution that removes the need for adaptors to accommodate different removable memory card sizes.

Major applications such as mobile handsets, digital still cameras and other CE devices will benefit from the convenience of a universal open standard based specification that is intended to reduce the time-consuming process of enabling interoperability among the various types of removable and embedded memory solutions at the system level. UFS is planned to provide consumers in the future with the convenience of a unified removable memory card that can be shared among various mobile, portable and other CE devices without the need for any adaptors.

The UFS standard is expected to be finalized in 2009.

Toshiba announce 32 GB SD card

Toshiba adds new SD High Capacity (SDHC) cards and microSDHC card to memory card line-up

Three new cards were announced, including the worlds first 32-gigabyte (GB) memory card in this high density. Alongside the 32GB SDHC card, Toshiba also announced a 16GB SDHC card and an 8GB microSDHC card. All the new cards meet the Class 4 specification in the SD Speed Class, ensuring they deliver the high level performance and functionality essential for advanced mobile phones and other personal digital products.

The 16GB SDHC card will be available worldwide from October, and the 32GB SDHC card and 8GB microSDHC card will be launched worldwide in January next year.

The market for high density memory cards is growing fast, driven by increasing demand for personal digital equipment able to handle motion pictures and high resolution images. Demand for high density microSDHC cards is expected to emerge in the mobile phone market, as on-board cameras advance multi-megapixel capacities, and demand for music and motion pictures are expanding as well.

8-Gigabyte Memory Stick Micro (M2) Cards

SanDisk today announed that it will start shipping 8 GB M2 cards later this year. SanDisk will be the first company offering 8GB size.

SanDisk Corporation today announced that it is shipping 8-gigabyte (GB) Memory Stick Micro™ (M2) flash memory cards to phone manufacturers and mobile network operators (MNOs) for testing and evaluation purposes. Primarily used in Sony Ericsson mobile phones, the 8GB SanDisk M2 cards are ideal for the growing number of consumers who make their mobile phone—with its built-in music player, digital camera and video player/recorder—the centerpiece of their digital lifestyle.

At 8GB, SanDisk offers the largest capacity M2 card in the world. The new card will allow consumers to listen to more than 2,000 digital songs, or store more than 5,000 high-resolution pictures, or up to 5 hours of high-quality MPEG 4 videos

Google Mobile Phone

Google Cell Phone for Email, Search and Web Browsing

Lehman analyst Doug Anmuth says the Google phone will be a “low-priced, simple form factor handset with an operating system specifically designed for Internet applications.” Anmuth, in a research report, said that a Gphone prototype has been developed and that Taiwan’s HTC Corp. is the phone’s likely manufacturer. Just hours after Lehman Brothers issued a report Tuesday stating that the so-called Gphone “could launch as early as February 2008,” Google announced it purchased Jaiku, a Helsinki-based company that develops blogging software for the mobile phone.

Unlocked iPhone In India

Unlocked iPhone In India Coming en route France

If you are an Apple fanboy residing in India who desperately wants an iPhone, just wait for some more time before you think of buying an unlocked set from the gray markets of Mumbai, Delhi or Bangalore.

That’s because Apple will officially release the

unlocked iPhone in France next month that will work with GSM SIM card of any cellular network. Once the unlocked iPhone hits the shelves of France, you may expect to see that India almost immediately - after all FedEx and DHL provide excellent shipping services. eBay India could have been a better place to buy unlocked iPhones but due to their policies or agreement with Apple, they are not allowing auctions or sale of any unlocked iPhone handset on their website. The current price of an unlocked iPhone on Rediff shopping is around 34k - just double the US price. That price should come down drastically once the iPhone becomes available in France.

Even Reliance is opening Apple Store in India but they won’t stock iPhones for now.

Windows Mobile with Projector Concept

This concept phone that would run on Windows Mobile and use a swivel display with an embedded projector, making it less strenuous to read stuff or watch movies on the phone.

Nokia N95 8 GB ships with Spiderman 3

Though, it seems as though Nokia had some other plans in the works, such as working on plan with Sony to release the N95 with a full-length motion picture included on the Symbian device. Those of you purchasing the 8GB model in Europe and some select Middle Eastern and African areas will also receiveFull movie Spiderman 3 on your new phones.

Nokia N95 8G starts shipping

It wasn't long ago that Nokia finally confirmed the news that the multimedia flagship Nokia N95 was to receive a pumped up version featuring 8GB of integrated memory and a number of other new features. Now the new version is closer to us all as it's finally getting shipped to stores worldwide.

The Nokia N95 8GB Edition comes dressed in black and has undergone several changes. The main one of course is the thrilling memory capacity of 8GB. It is technically 8.1GB as there are also 100MB of system memory for messages, ringing tones etc. The screen has also grown up from the 2.6" of the original to 2.8" in the new edition. The display still supports QVGA resolution and visualizes up to 16M colors. Nokia N95 8GB is powered by 1200 mAh Li-Ion battery as opposed to the rather modest 950 mAh in the original Nokia N95 - hopefully the new battery will be able to deal better with the phone's energy needs. The weak battery was probably the most criticized feature of the original N95 model. The higher capacity battery on the other side has resulted in removing the lens cover. Finally, another significant change in the smartphone's hardware has been made - the RAM is now double the size of the original to improve user experience with the browser or with multiple applications running in the background.

LG KU990: 5 megapixel

LG officially unveiled the 3G-enabled quad-band LG KU990 Viewty. Stylishly reminescent of the glossy LG KE850 Prada phone, it features full touch-control interface and a 5 megapixel autofocus camera with xenon flash.

The LG KU990 Viewty has a large 3" 262K color TFT touchscreen display with a 240 x 400 pixels resolution and boasts a 5 megapixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach optics, image stabilization and xenon flash.

Storing images, tracks, clips or files is easy with the onboard 100 MB memory, expandable up to 2GB through the microSD memory card slot. Music fans will enjoy the music player and FM radio, while in the same time you will be able to watch DivX videos on the large 3" display. The LG KU990 connectivity capabilities include Bluetooth 1.2 with A2DP support and USB 2.0 High-speed.

The LG KU990 Viewty will be available in Black

Samsung and Bang & Olufsen present Serenata

Samsung and Bang & Olufsen unveiled their ingenious and artful music mobile phone Samsung Serenata, designed by David Lewis, whose name is related to many of the products by Bang & Olufsen.

Samsung Serenata, looks more of a high-tech music player than a traditional mobile phone. Samsung Serenata is the successor of Samsung Serene, an exotic mobile phone, born again under the Samsung and Bang & Olufsen colaboration.

The tri-band GSM and HSDPA-enabled Serenata, you will notice that it is strangely oriented upside down. The touchscreen display is at the bottom of the phone, while the big navigation wheel is located at the top. The navigation click wheel serves multiple functions such as accepting and ending a call, browsing in playlists, typing messages, etc. It also incorporates a "C" and a "Back" key on it's up and down positions. Under the wheel are placed the "Music" and "More" context keys. Other curious fact is that the phone earpiece is located out of sight under the lacquered aluminum front panel.

The phone itself sports a square 256K color TFT display, good 4 GB of internal memory for storing lots of tracks and other data, and Bluetooth functionality.

When the phone is in Music mode the color of the display turns red, as opposed to the blue-colored display in Phone mode. Serenata has a built-in hi-fi stereo speaker system which delivers outstanding sound quality with no sound distortion even at the highest volume, thanks to the Bang & Olufsen-patented ICEpower amplification. The stereo speakers get revealed when you slide up the bottom part of the phone. Also, a built-in stand is provided, so as to conveniently position the player on your desk.

Having a hi-fi stereo speaker system in a mobile device comes at a cost of good 19.7 mm of thickness and the hefty 136 g weight of the device.

Motorola U9

A new interesting device saw its official announcement today by Motorola. The spotlight is on the music-oriented MOTO U9.

The stylish clamshell measures only 90mm x 48.6mm x 16.4mm with a volume of 57.8 cc and weights the mere 87.5 g. It has an internal 2" QVGA 262k display and an external 1.45", 65K OLED one with a resolution of 128 x 160. The latter looks borderless as the manufacturer claims and touch sensitive keys appear as its bottom when the music player is activated. It goes without saying that it supports Bluetooth v2.0 and A2DP profile for listening to music on a stereo bluetooth headset and a USB 2.0 slot for fast data transfer. The camera of MOTO U9 is a 2 megapixel one, sporting video recording capabilities. The internal memory of the quad-band device is 25MB but that can be expanded through the microSD card slot, which supports cards with capacity up to 4GB. The final extra of the new MOTO is the CrystalTalk technology, which according to Motorola should ensure better talk clarity even in noisy environment

Sony Ericsson K630

Sony Ericsson officially unveiled the Sony Ericsson K630 HSDPA-enabled bar.Besides HSDPA with video calls, the Sony Ericsson K630 is equipped with a 2 megapixel camera and a 2" 262K color TFT display with a resolution of 176x220 pixels (come on, you could do better than that). Probably the most notable feature is that it features both 3G and EDGE in the same time.

The tri-band Sony Ericsson K630 will come with full software support for MS Exchange ActiveSync for synchronizing your mobile with a PC (MS Outlook in particular). It will also have the so-called Desktop widgets - animated icons on the phone's Home screen that will give one press access to favorite websites (that's a first for Sony Ericsson, isn't it?). The K630 will also be equipped with stereo Bluetooth (A2DP) and a M2 memory card slot with support for capacities of up to 4GB (a 256MB card is included in the package). The device also has a dedicated music key and has the spanking new Sony Ericsson Media Browser which is an enhanced multimedia version of the file manager.

Nokia 7088

Main features include a "jewel-like" selection key,
metallic casing,
3 megapixel camera with LED flash and video recording capability
, 16Mcolor display, as well as your standard Series 40 features (loudspeaker, voice recorder, calendar). I
nformation is a little spotty, but don't expect too much from the Nokia 7088:
L'amour collection phones don't exactly have jaw-dropping feature sets - they're more focused on looks, styling, and weird circle designs.

Nokia N77

Nokia N77

One of the more affordable Nseries phones, the Nokia N77 "multimedia computer"candybar phone started shipping today to retailers and providers in Finland, to be followed up with shipments to India and Vietnam later this month.

The news was more or less meaningless to the folks over here and probably most countries in the world too. The reason? The N77 is a DVB-H handset, which means it supports the mobile television standard currently being pushed by Nokia. Unfortunately, DVB-H is still only available in select countries.

The flip side is that DVB-H should be coming to America later this year, but only through trial runs in larger markets (such as New York City and New Delhi).

Besides mobile TV and DVB-H, the N77 features a 2 megapixel camera, stereo sound, Symbian, and a 2.4 inch screen.

N73 Special edition

N73 Special Edition

Consolidated Gulf Co., the biggest retailer of mobile phones as well as the largest telecom and IT solution provider in Qatar has just announced a brand new Nokia N73 Special Edition handset to commemorate the month of Ramadan where Muslims all over the world fast before they celebrate their new year a month later. This special edition N73 comes with a unique portfolio of pre-loaded applications such as a collection of Azkars for morning and evening, an Islamic Organizer with audible alarms for the five daily prayers, a Qibla direction indicator and a Hijri calendar. All this in addition to the superb Carl Zeiss 3.2 megapixel lens

Nokia N98

- 7.2 mega pixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens

- optical zoom x5 and digital zoom x20

- 3.5 inch VGA 16 million color touch screen-

-GPS- Symbian S70 3rd edition

- graphics accelerator

- bluetooth/WIFI b+g+n/HSDPA