Sony Ericsson Yendo

Sony Ericsson has officially announced the Yendo which we covered yesterday. It’s walkman phone with a touchscreen a first for Sony. It has a 2.6 inch display and a 4 corner touch UI.  This phone runs on a proprietary OS .  Also included are a 2 MP Camera , 3.5 mm audio jack.The phone will be available in Blue , Black , Green , Orange , Pink, Purple, Red, Silver , White and Yellow. The price is yet not announced in the market.

Sony Ericsson Cedar

Sony Ericsson has announced yet another addition to the Greenheart family with the Cedar.This Model is also from the Eco Friendly atmosphere.The Cedar is a 3G phone with 3.5 mm audio jack at an affordable price

It features an Widget manager for access to social networking sites and apps.

Features include 3G/ HSDPA , 2MP camera , 3.5 mm audio jack, Radio,2.2inch TFT display  and Greenheart meaning its made from recycled plastics.

It will be available in select markets from Q3 2010 in Black /  Silver and Black / Red

Nokia X-5 01

Nokia have announced two more models to its X Series of mobile phones at the Nokia Connection event in Singapore. The phones announced are the X5-01 and the X6 8GB.
The Nokia X5-01 is a chubby-squarish QWERTY slider. It has a screen with landscape orientation. It’s features include:

• 74.3 x 66.4 x 16.8 mm, 129 grams
• 2.36″ Screen with QVGA (320*240) Resolution
• Symbian S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2
• QWERTY Keyboard
• Accelerometer, 3.5mm Audio Jack
• 200MB Internal Memory, micro-SD Card Slot supporting upto 32GB (2GB Included)
• GPRS, EDGE, 3G, HSDPA, Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, micro-USB 2.0
• 5 Megapixel Camera with LED Flash and Video Recording
• Yellow Green, Purple, Pink, Azure and Graphite Black Colours

It has dedicated Music Keys and Nokia says it’s sound quality is excellent.
The X5-01 has some very unique features as well. Spinning the phone lets you randomly change the track. Shaking the phone will show you the unread message.
It is expected to be launched in the third quarter of 2010 at an approximate price of 165 Euros before subsidies and taxes.

LG Flutter

This is the LG Flutter concept phone.This may very well be one of the most radically different designs seen in a concept phone.
The name comes from it’s resemblance to a butterfly. But it also resembles a boomerang or a weapon of some sort. So whether it is good or not depends on the eyes of the beholder.
It is certain however that it is not quite practical since I doubt its possible to use the full features of the phone single handed.
Anyway the phone is basically compact till you press the LG logo when it expands and reveals the full radically scrolling touchscreen. In the closed position the display just shows about enough information such as the clock, caller id etc.
This is the winning entry in the Design the Future” competition by LG and the winners reportedly received around 20000 US Dollars for their design.

Transcend StoreJet

When it comes to hard drives, Transcend isn’t familiar as Western Digital or Seagate but that’s not the reason to doubt Transcend’s quality. Transcend has presented great portable hard drives from the StoreJet series and this time Transcend has released another portable hard drive from StoreJet series named 25M3.

The great thing about portable hard drives is that you can easily transfer any amount of files from one computer to another, or simply keep the data on portable hard drive as a backup. Although portable drives are great accidents can occur and if accidentally drop your hard drive your data will probably become unusable. In order to face this problem Transcend has released 25M3 that is shock resistant and it will protect your files even if you drop your hard drive.

Besides the rubber case that will protect your files from shocks this hard drive offers amazing speed because it is using USB 3.0 for transfer. Of course backward compatibility with USB 2.0 is possible. Transcend StoreJet 25M3 has connection bandwidth up to 5Gb/s. In addition, this model comes with One Touch auto-backup button so you can easily backup and transfer large files. 25M3 comes with Plug and Play feature so no additional drivers are required, all that you need to do is to connect this portable hard drive to USB port and you’re good to go. As for power, 25M3 uses USB cable to power itself so no additional cables are required. Storage space of these models is 500GB and 640GB.

Nokia C5

Nokia C5 is the first C-series phone by Nokia.The cat is finally out of the bag. The much rumoured Nokia C5 is finally official . The phone marks the addition of C-series to Nokia’s portfolio. They are calling it a smartphone optimized for social networking and sharing. In our words it means a low cost e-series and Symbian for the masses. At just 135 EUR or Rs.8500 you get the power of a Symbian S60 3rd edition smartphone in your hands.

The phone comes with Nokia Messaging and lets you chat using Google Talk or Windows Live Messenger.

There is also Facebook support built into the Phonebook.

Nokia C5 Specifications and Features

• 12mm thick
• 12 hours GSM talktime and 26 day standby
• Symbian S60v3 FP2  OS
• 3.2MP camera
• Free Navigation with Ovi Maps
• HSDPA / HSUPA
• 2.2 inch QVGA screen
• 50MB internal memory and MicroSD Slot with 2GB card in the box
• GPS / A-GPS
• 3.5MM audio jack
• FM Radio

Samsung Corby i5500

Samsung Just announced the new corby series cell phone to the market.The Corby family continues to expand as Samsung announce the latest addition, the Samsung i5500 Corby. This cell is also known as Galaxy 5.

Take a look the features of the Samsung i5500 Corby/Galaxy 5:

• 56*108*12.3mm, 102 grams
• Android 2.1 Eclair
• 2.8″ Capacitive Touchscreen with QVGA (320*240) Resolution
• 600MHz Processor
• 100 MB Internal Memory, micro-SD Card Slot upto 16GB (1GB card included)
• 2 Megapixel Camera with Self Shot, Action Shot, Smile Shot and Panorama Shot
• 3G, HSDPA
• GPS with A-GPS Support
• Wi-Fi, DLNA, Bluetooth 2.1
• 1200mAH Battery
• micro-USB, 3.5mm Audio Jack, Accelerometer

Blackberry Pearl 3G

I am hearing the Blackberry Pearl 3G is going to be available in India soon and the street price is estimated to be around the Rs.16000 mark. The original Pearl 8100 was a huge hit in India and across the world for RIM. Looks like they want to repeat that success with the Pearl I am not sure if RIM will go with the Pearl 3G name or 9100 for India.  This handset was made official at that WES Blackberry Summit in Florida recently.

Nokia C3

Again Nokia coming with the new Social networking cell phone in the market. Like many phones on the market, many of them are coming with QWERTY keyboard and with optimization for social networking sites. In order to follow the standards Nokia has decided to release the latest C3 for social networking fans.
New phone comes from the C series, and I’m sure that you remember the Nokia C1, it was the first Nokia phone to offer support for two SIM cards. You could easy switch between two cards simply by holding a key. It seems that the new Nokia C3 will not have dual SIM support, like its big brother C1, but on the other hand, C3 will have enough to offer to the users that are interested in social networking.

Therefore, if you want to keep track of all your accounts on social websites Nokia C3 is perfect for it. Its fully optimized for social websites so you can access SMS, MMS and IM in a second with a single button. With this phone you can view alerts and news on your home screen and access several services such as Yahoo mail, Windows Live Hotmail, Gmail.
As for the specs, C3 comes with 2.4-inch QVGA display and it can display 320 x 240 pixel resolution. It comes with 2 megapixels camera with a 4x digital zoom and with 55 MB internal memory that can be expanded with microSD card up to 16 GB. As for connectivity, it is using Bluetooth and WiFi, but there’s no 3G support. Release date is scheduled for June 18th with the price of £109 without a contract.

Blackberry 8530

The BlackBerry Curve 8530 has been launched by RIM and Tata Indicom in India and it’s the first CDMA phone in India with an optical Track pad and built in Wi-Fi.  The BlackBerry Curve 8530 is a CDMA version of the hugely popular 8520 Curve which was available on Airtel previously.  The 8530 offers high speed internet access, built-in Wi-Fi and GPS, trackpad and dedicated media keys.

Features :

• Full-QWERTY keyboard and optical trackpad
• 256 MB flash memory and 528 MHz processor
• voice-activated dialing and Bluetooth 2.1
• 3G-enabled for roaming on 3G CDMA networks
• Built-in Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
• GPS with support for location-based applications
• 2 MP Digital camera with zoom and video recording
• Media player for music, pictures and videos, with dedicated media keys
• 3.5 mm stereo headset jack
• BlackBerry Media Syncand music from your computer to the smartphone
• Access to BlackBerry App World featuring a broad and growing catalog of third-party mobile applications developed specifically for BlackBerry® smartphones
• Access to email, messaging (IM, SMS, BlackBerry® Messenger) and popular social networking sites such as Facebook® and MySpace
• Powerful multimedia capabilities with dedicated media keys smoothly integrated along the top of the handset, giving customers an easy, convenient way to control their music and videos
• Support for BlackBerry services with access to up to 10 supported email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts such as Yahoo! , Hotmail , AOL and Gmail
• BlackBerry Enterprise Server support, which provides advanced security and IT administration for corporate deployments
• Expandable memory via hot swappable microSD/SDHC memory card slot supporting up to 32 GB cards

iPhone 4 Features

Now if you are wondering what the features are, here is the detailed feature list. Reading the list will give you an idea of why they decided to go for Apple iPhone 4 as the name.

• The Apple iPhone 4 uses a 3.5 ” Retina Display with 4 Time More Pixels Per Inch Compared to Regular Displays (326 Pixels Per Inch) which is very good since the naked eye can view only up-to 300 pixels per inch. The resolution is 960*640 pixels with 800:1 contrast ratio which is 4 times better than the Apple iPhone 3GS. It uses IPS technology which according to Steve Jobs is a better technology compared to OLED as it is offering a wider viewing angle and more colours.
• The iPhone 4 is powered by the Apple A4 processor chip. The chip had to made as small as possible to accommodate the bigger battery. The A4 also makes very efficient use of power.
• Due to the larger battery, the Apple iPhone 4 has better battery life compared to it’s predecessors. Upto 7 hours of 3G talk, 6 hours of 3G browsing, 10 hours of WiFi browsing, 10 hours of video, 40 hours of music etc.
• 9.3mm Thickness, 24% Thinner than the Apple iPhone 3GS
• The iPhone 4 uses a 5 Megapixel camera with LED flash and a back-illuminated sensor. There is also the 5x Digital Zoom, tap to focus.
• The Video recording maxes out at HD (720p) resolution at 30 fps (frames per second). Tap to focus video and built-in video editing are the bonus features.
• 3.5mm Audio Jack, Dual Mics
• Mute, Volume Up/Down, Sleep/Wake and Home Buttons
• Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, GSM, UMTS
• The Compass, Accelerometer and 3 Axis Gyro have been implemented together to get a six axis controller which is great for gaming.
• Proximity Sensor and Ambient Light Sensor

Apple iPhone 4

The next iPhone is out . It’s called the iPhone 4 and here are the full specs of the device . Apple has managed to put some nice stuff on this phone which will certainly give it an edge over the Android devices. Battery life has been improved and the display looks interesting

iPhone 4 Specifications

• Retina Display with 326 pixels per inch and has 78% of the pixels on an iPad
• 960×640 pixels display
• 3.5 inch
• 9.3mm thickness
• Apple A4 Chip
• upto 32GB internal memory
• microSIM Card
• Bigger Battery
• 5 Megapixel Camera with LED Flash and 5x zoom and tap to focus
• HD video Recording
• Video Calling Camera
• WiFi (n)
• Video Editing with iMovie
• Bluetooth
• Quadband GSM / 3G / HSDPA/ HSUPA
• 7.2 Mbps download speed , 5.8 Mbps upload
• Dual mic for noise suppression
• GPS, Accelerometer, Compass
• Gyroscope
• Battery Life : 7 hours 3G talktime , 6 hours browsing, 10 hours WiFi, 40 hours of music, and 300 hours of standby
• runs on iOS4
• Uses glass for Scratch resistance

Sony Ericsson Bluetooth VH410 & VH110

Sony Ericsson has announced 2 new Bluetooth headsets and is calling them Extras which is a new name for Sony Accessories. The VH410 and VH110 are the latest addition to the Greeheart family of headsets.
“As part of our Communication Entertainment strategy we have listened closely to consumers and their needs when developing our handsets and this ethos is no different in our accessories division.” Said Peter Ang, Vice President, Marketing, Asia Pacific region, Sony Ericsson. “We want consumers to experience their mobile phone to its highest potential and Sony Ericsson Extras will enable them to find the perfect accessory for their needs.”
SE has divided its Extras or Accessories into four categories, Talk, Play, Listen and Go.

1.) VH410
Design	Colours: Red, Black and Silver
	Answer/end button: Yes
	Volume: Yes
	Wearing style: Over the ear
Compatibility	Bluetooth™ version: 2.1
	Connector: Micro USB
	Talk/standby time: 10/350

2.) VH110
Design	Colour: Black
	Answer/end button: Yes
	Volume button: Yes
	Wearing style: Over the ear
Compatibility	Bluetooth™ version: 2.1
	Connector: Micro USB
	Talk/Standby time: 10/35

Both these Bluetooth Headsets VH410 will be available in stores from August, 2010. Price is not yet revealed.

Nokia C1-00 Dual-SIM Phone

Nokia have just announced the trio CSeries phone belonging to the C1 model index and the striking feature is that they are Dual-SIM phones.

The phones are aimed at the low-end market in developing countries.
The first model is the C1-00 which has the following features:

• Symbian Series 30 User Interface
• Colour Screen
• 15m Thickness, 73 grams
• Upto 500 Phonebook and 250 Message Entries
• Upto 6 weeks of Standby Time
• Flashlight
• FM Radio and 3.5mm Audio Jack
• Blue, Red, Light Gray and Green Colours

Nokia C2 With Dual Sim

As consider with the market position Nokia is also Announced the C2 Model with Dual Sim Functionality.

The Nokia C2 can use both the SIM cards simultaneously. That means you can receive and make calls, messages etc on both the numbers without switching from one to the other.

Another unique feature on the C2 is that the 2nd SIM Card slot is hot-swappable, a feature available only to this phone. The first SIM card slot is located beneath the battery while the hot-swappable SIM card can be changed even while the phone is turned on.
You can also hold the line on one SIM card while you talk with a person on the other card.
The features of the Nokia C2 include:

• Colour Screen
• Symbian Series 40 User Interface
• Nokia OVI Life Tools and Nokia OVI Mail
• FM Radio and Music Player
• micro-SD cards upto 32GB
• 1000 Phonebook Entries
• Standby Time of 16.5 days
• VGA Camera
• Bluetooth
• GPRS

It is expected to retail at an estimated price of 45 Euros before subsidies and taxes. It will begin shipping in the 4th quarter of 2010 and will be available in colors of Grey, Black, Magneta, Dark Blue and White.

Moto FLIPOUT Square

Finally The Moto FLIPOUT is official and it’s a unique square form factor and flipout QWERTY keyboard. It also features MotoBlur,  Motorola’s social networking solution. The phone has a 5 row QWERTY keypad with a separate row for numeric keys.

“FLIPOUT merges Motorola’s design heritage with Android to deliver a new take on the typical smartphone form. In an incredibly compact square, FLIPOUT fits neatly in your palm, purse or small pocket, making it fun and easy to stay connected while on the go,” said by vice president and GM, Mobile Devices, Western Europe, Motorola. “For fans of social networking, FLIPOUT also features enhancements to MOTOBLUR, allowing users to connect with their networks however they want.”

Acer Liquid E Ferrari Special Edition

Acer Liquid E Ferrari special edition is the most exclusive smart phone in the world, dedicated to those who refuse to settle for mere perfection and demand something extra from their technological devices: passion, cutting-edge technology, performance, and above all, exclusive features!

Passionate, like the red of its livery, Sophistication, expression of the utmost perfection, High performance, like the finniest race cars, Exclusive, like a tailor-made suit, and Fully-equipped, like a luxurious object: these ingredients make the Acer Liquid E Ferrari special edition utterly unique and in a class of its own.

Created from a pure racing soul, the Acer Liquid E Ferrari special edition combines powerful performance with design excellence. It is not merely a luxurious smart phone or status symbol; it is an object with nothing was left to chance, where obsessive attention to detail ensures its owner a uniquely rare experience.

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Samsung Galaxy si9000

Samsung Galaxy  Si9000 smartphone will be available in 110 countries around the world at the same time. Recently Samsung announced that the handset will be available in Asia first.  Samsung have made contracts with major telecommunication companies such as Deutsche Telecom in Germany, Orange in France, SingTel in Singapore and many others. No specific date of the release has been announced yet but is expected to reach the market by this month end.

Samsung Galaxy which has attractive features like a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, 5-megapixel camera will come with Android 2.1 on-board and is expected to get an upgrade to Android 2.2 FroYo in near future.
So, be ready to play with Galaxy S soon. And we heard from a person at Samsung who wished not to be quoted that the handset is coming to India along with the Wave