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LG India Releases New ‘Ice Cream’ Clamshell Phone

webtech — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:41:55 +0000

Indian market will witness new LG ‘Ice Cream’ phone KF350, as LG launches it in India. The phone is basically targetted towards Indian women, as Women’s day is scheduled to be celebrated on March 8th 2010.

The clamshell phone comes in pastel colors like vanilla and pink. The phone is stylish and simple in design.

The KF350 phone will features 3 megapixel camera for good cam shots, 2.2-inch QVGA internal display resolution, it has 260,000-color TFT screen. It also features built-in MP3 player, supports MP3/AAC/AAC / eAAC / WMA format music files and video file formats MPEG4/H.263 play.

It also has video recording, night mode, timer, digital zoom, shutter tone and image editing. There is a large keypad with tactility for easy typing, auto panorama, clear shot effect and Jpeg tools and squeeze.

The phone has an internal memory of up to 25MB and 2GB Micro SD is provided to support external memory slot.

Other features include WAP 2.0/HTML browser, Bluetooth, and EDGE over GPRS. It weighs only 102g and its absolutely easy to carry.

KF350 clamshell phone is priced at Rs. 7949 comes close to $171 USD.

New LG Gw990 spots big features compared to Nexus One

webtech — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:15:24 +0000

Smartphone industry is filled new handsets, which have bigger and better features. LG’s new GW990 smartphone may cause potential treat to Nexus One and other lately released smartphones.

Advances in connectivity, intuitive user interfaces, immersive content and computer chip performance have allowed computing to move into new areas.

Laptops are getting smaller, but phone companies are making their smartphones bigger and better. LG’s new phone sports a screen of 4.8-inch, that’s the biggest display screen among the existing smartphones in the market.

The GW990 was showcased during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. During the show, LG showed the phone running with split-screen with a video on one side of the screen and an email inox on the other. Just image a phone which can run 3 apps without straining you eyes.

This new phone has outweighed HTC HD2 which has a display of 4.3 inches. And the LG’s smartphone features new Intel’s new Morrestown processor and it is alos the first phone to features inel’s Linux based mobile OS, Moblin 2.1. Basically the OS would make multi-tasking easier. A Moorestown processor is usually used in netbooks and mini laptops and it could pose a significant amount of threat to Nexus Ones Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Because the Morrestown processor is expected to go pass the processing speed of Nexus One’s Qualcomm.

“It’s smaller, faster and better than anything we’ve done before”, said Intel’s president and CEO Paul Otellini about the processor.

When it comes to battery power, LG’s smartphone gives better and powerful battery of 1850mAh which gives 4 hours of talk time and 300 hours of stand by time.

And what more? LG’s GW990 has 3.5G connectivity and there are supposed rumors of it supporting LTE 4G technology in future, that means consumers can have access to super-fast broadband.

The other specifications of the gigantic smartphone are 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash, WiFi, A-GPS, digital compass, HSDPA (7.2Mbps), HSUPA (5.6Mbps), onscreen keyboard, 16GB of internal storage, 512MB RAM and microSD card slot.

“Computing is no longer confined to your computer – it’s everywhere. Advances in connectivity, intuitive user interfaces, immersive content and computer chip performance have allowed computing to move into new areas. Computing moving into all manner of devices and experiences all around us improves our personal productivity and enjoyment,” said Otellini.

According to sources, the phone is supposed to come into the market late this year. With just bits and pieces of specs released about the new phone. It has already beaten Nexus One and other smartphone in the market. When full specs are released who knows what more surprises are on the way.

New SmartPhone From Google “Nexus One” Features Specs With Price

webtech — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:14:36 +0000

The launch of Google Nexus One phone has created a lot of hype, to an extent where many analysts believe, that the phone can give some good competition to Apple iPhone.

What makes Google Nexus One a much hyped phone?

The Nexus One smartphone has an ultra-powerful processor, bigger screen to that of iphone, Android 2.1 OS, better camera than iPhone, inclusion of MicroUSB port, better browser than iPhone, flexiable storage system, user replaceable battery, voice recognition feature, A-GPS (amazing GPS), built-in noise cancelling technology and its cheaper than iPhone.

Wow, that’s a lot of better things out there.

Features:

Ultra-powerful processor: Nexus One boasts of Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz processor. Possessing this processor makes Nexus One as powerful as your laptop computer 3 to 4 years ago.

Display: It has a 3.7 -inch screen with a widescreen WVGA AMOLED touchscreen of 800×480 pixels resolution.

Android 2.1 OS: Nexus One is the first phone in the market which runs on this OS, which makes multitasking so easy. Since it’s based on open source platform, users of this phone can do a lot of things on their handsets.

Camera: With a 5-megapixel camera on a phone, one can take good quality pictures. Nexus One comes with autofocus, 2x digital zoom and LED flash.

Browser: Google smartphone has Webkit browser, which can support Javascript and Flash-based webpages.

Memory: The phone has 512MB RAM. Although it ships only with 4GB microSD card, it can be fitted in its microSD card slot, which is expandable up to 32GB.

Replaceable Battery: This is an amazing feature, because users have the advantage of replacing the battery which promises usage of up to 10 hours of talk time and up to 290 hours of standby time.

Voice recognition feature: The voice recognition feature in Nexus One is compatiable with almost every known application or software. This feature is applicable for text messages, emails, Facebook updates and Twitter, as well as search Google, call contacts or obtain driving directions by just speaking into the phone.

GPS: Google is already the master in map navigation around the world. The phone has free satnav capabilities – Google Maps Navigation, an application that gives voice-guided turn-by-turn driving directions.

Noise cancelling technology: Nexus One offers active noise cancellation through the use of two microphones – a first for Android phones.

Quite affordable: Nexus One retails for $529.99 unlocked, which is about $70 cheaper than iPhone 3GS (16GB). On the other hand, a subsidised Nexus One on a 2-year T-Mobile contract would cost you $179.99, which is again $20 cheaper than a subsidised iPhone 3GS.

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Technical Specificatons:

Size and weight:
Height: 119mm
Width: 59.8mm
Depth: 11.5mm
Weight: 130 grams w/battery, 100g w/o battery

Display:
3.7-inch (diagonal) widescreen WVGA AMOLED touchscreen
800 x 480 pixels
100,000:1 typical contrast ratio
1ms typical response rate

Camera & Flash:
5 megapixels
Autofocus from 6cm to infinity
2X digital zoom
LED flash
User can include location of photos from phone’s AGPS receiver
Video captured at 720×480 pixels at 20 frames per second or higher, depending on lighting conditions

Cellular & Wireless
UMTS Band 1/4/8 (2100/AWS/900)
HSDPA 7.2Mbps
HSUPA 2Mbps
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
A2DP stereo Bluetooth

Power and battery:
Removable 1400 mAH battery
Charges at 480mA from USB, at 980mA from supplied charger
Talk time: Up to 10 hours on 2G, Up to 7 hours on 3G
Standby time: Up to 290 hours on 2G Up to 250 hours on 3G
Internet use: Up to 5 hours on 3G, Up to 6.5 hours on Wi-Fi
Video playback: Up to 7 hours
Audio playback: Up to 20 hours

Processor: Qualcomm QSD 8250 1 GHz

Operating system: Android Mobile Technology Platform 2.1 (Eclair)

Capacity: 512MB Flash, 512MB RAM, 4GB Micro SD Card (Expandable to 32 GB)

Location:
Assisted global positioning system (AGPS) receiver
Cell tower and Wi-Fi positioning
Digital compass
Accelerometer

Graphics, video and audio:
Image: JPEG (encode and decode), GIF, PNG, BMP
Video: H.263 (encode and decode) MPEG-4 SP (encode and decode) H.264 AVC (decode)
Audio encoders: AMR-NB 4.75 to 12.2 kbps sampled @ 8kHz
Audio decoders: AAC LC/LTP, HE-AACv1 (AAC+), HE-AACv2 (enhanced AAC+) Mono/Stereo standard bit rates up to 160 kbps and sampling rates from 8 to 48kHz, AMR-NB 4.75 to 12.2 kbps sampled @ 8kHz, AMR-WB 9 rates from 6.60 kbit/s to 23.85 kbit/s sampled @ 16kHz., MP3 Mono/Stereo 8-320Kbps constant (CBR) or variable bit-rate (VBR), MIDI SMF (Type 0 and 1), DLS Version 1 and 2, XMF/Mobile XMF, RTTTL/RTX, OTA, iMelody, Ogg Vorbis, WAVE (8-bit and 16-bit PCM)

Language support:
Display: English (U.S), French (France), German, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Korean, Japanese, Russian,
Keyboard: English (U.S), French (France), German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil),
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Price: Nexus One retails for $529.99 unlocked. Subsidised Nexus One on a 2-year T-Mobile contract would cost you $179.99

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Fring Free Calls App Comes To Android

webtech — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:40:27 +0000

Fring app which lets anybody to make free calls from Skype, Google Talk, MSN or SIP from any phone comes to Android.

One interesting feature about fring is that it pulls in your phone’s contacts and matches up names with the add-on services you plug in, making it easy to call someone on Skype, and then chat them over AIM if they don’t pick up. If you give up on free services and just want to call that person, you can do that too.

There are 3 easy ways to download fring for Android on your mobile phone:

Step 1:

Start the Market application on your phone

Search for fring and install

Step 2:

On your Android phone, go to Settings > Applications and check the box to allow ’unknown sources’

Point your phone browser to m.fring.com and download fring manually

Step 3:

Scan the barcode below

Here is a video:

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy0WWgipkUw]

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Nokia’s New Phones Nokia 6316s, Nokia 3806 and Nokia 1506

webtech — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:47:47 +0000

Nokia has released their three new mobiles Nokia 6316s, Nokia 3806 and Nokia 1506 in China.

Nokia 1506 phone will be available in China at the end of 2009. And Nokia 6316s and the Nokia 3806 are expected to become available during the first quarter of 2010.

Nokia is taking it’s place as the leader in CDMA market by their continous inclution of CDMA in their line of phones.

Features of Nokia 6316s:

Multimedia device with web browsing, music, imaging and GPS
2.2″ QVGA display
2-megapixel camera
Bluetooth 2.1
Nokia 6316s offers a full range of features in support of China Telecom services and preloaded applications such as QQ, Email, web browser, as well as try-and-buy applications mobile navigation and mobile stock
Fast 3G connectivity
Colors: Black, gold and red.

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Features of Nokia 3806:

2.2″ QVGA display
2-megapixel camera with video recorder
Bluetooth 2.1
Card slot supports up to 4GB
Colors: piano black, pure white and rose gold
It offers Health Assistant, a companion that helps manage the stresses of daily life, allowing you to stay healthy, which ultimately, allows you to stay happy.

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Nokia 1506 Features:

Designed to simplify the lives of its users, the Nokia 1506 is Nokia’s most affordable CDMA device to date. The easy-to-use Nokia 1506 stands out from other entry-level mobiles with a slender monoblock design with high-gloss colors, a Navi key in metallic finish, a voice recorder, an integrated handsfree speaker and long battery performance
Colors: Black and plum

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Storm Shows New MK2 Circuit Stainless Steel Men’s Watch

webtech — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:31:57 +0000

The new watch MK2 Circuit by storm shows the futuristic design is complemented by an unusual LED time display. The band and case are made from high grade stainless steel.

It has two columns of LED light, the left hand side tells the the hour and the right hand side shows the minute and second. It comes in 4 colors like Slate, Red, Blue and Mirror.
Specs:

Movement: LED
Battery: Standard Type
Case Material: Stainless Steel
Case Finish: Brush / Polish
Case Diameter: 30.6mm X 50.8mm
W/R ATM: 50m
Lens: Mineral Glass
Caseback: Stainless Steel (Screw Back)
Crown: Stainless Steel Pusher
Band Type: Stainless Steel
Max Fitting Length: 205mm Adjustable
Clasp Type: 23mm Single Fold Steel Clasp
Total Weight: 176g

Price: MK2 Circuit is priced at $220 USD

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Nokia Releases New Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition

webtech — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:01:47 +0000

The Mobile TV Edition Nokia 5330 is a entertainment device that combines mobile broadcast TV (DVB-H), social networking, music and gaming in one compact 3G device.

It’s predicted that by 2012 there will be over 300 million people worldwide watching TV on their mobile phones – this handset offers easy access to anyone wanting to enjoy an exceptional live, on-the-move TV experience.

Features:

With one-click access to live broadcasts, the Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition can pick up the best channels around
QVGA 2.4″ screen in full-colour, crystal clear, sharp images
Headset acts as an antenna for outstanding reception, so no blank screens or interference during those all important moments
Long battery life gives up to six hours of DVB-H usage; enough time to watch three football matches – or six episodes of a soap opera – before recharging
latest social networking software, making it simple to stay in touch with friends via Ovi Contacts, Facebook, MySpace and YouTube
Instant messaging features like Windows Live(TM) Messenger, Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, AOL and many others
Capture photos and video clips, day or night, using the 3.2 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom and LED flash before uploading and sharing favourite shots via sites such as OviShare and Flickr
Play music. Whenever
Keep up-to-date. Wherever

Price: Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition is priced at 155 Euros ($232 USD)

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Stuart Hughes Unveils iPhone 3GS SUPREME, Most Expensive Phone In World

webtech — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:36:54 +0000

iPhone 3GS SUPREME which is considered to be the world’s most expensive phone is released by Stuart Hughes.

10 months in the making , the whole casing was created with 271 grams of 22ct solid gold . The front bezel houses 136 flawless diamonds colour F ,which total to a massive 68 cts . The rear logo in solid gold has 53 flawless diamonds amounting to 1ct and the front navigation button is home to a single cut very rare diamond at 7.1 cts. The chest which houses this unique handset is made from a single block of Granite , in Kashmir gold with the inner lined with Nubuck top grain leather , which weight is a massive 7kg. We have also included some original & raw construction images for you view.

Price: The iPhone 3GS SUPREME is priced at £1.92 million ($3,164,144 USD)

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Nokia Releases Nokia 6700 slide and Nokia 7230 Slider Phones

webtech — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:56:26 +0000

The new Nokia 6700 slide and Nokia 7230 Slider Phones from Nokia are 3G sliders. These phones are made for the design-conscious consumer and optimized for socializing and sharing with those closest to you.
You can have access to popular social Networkign communities and comes with various fresh colors.

Features of Nokia 6700 Slide:

Colors: pink, red, petrol blue, aluminum, lime and purple
5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics
Favorite images can be edited on the go and uploaded to the web directly from the camera menu.
3G connectivity

Features of Nokia 7230:

3.2 megapixel camera
2.4″ display
3G connectivity
Access to email, instant messaging and social networks on the go
Subtle illumination indicates if you have missed calls or messages from your friends

Price: Nokia Device will be available in 2010 and retail prices are expected to be at EUR 160 ($242 USD) for the Nokia 6700 slide, and EUR 100 (152 USD) for the Nokia 7230

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Features Specs Price Of AT&T HP iPAQ Glisten QWERTY Smartphone

webtech — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:41:54 +0000

AT&T along with HP is going to launch the new HP iPAQ Glisten, a feature-rich 3G world phone which meets the increasing demands of modern mobile professionals.

It’s AT&T’s first smartphone with an AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) screen, the HP iPAQ Glisten is loaded with features tailored with the business power user in mind.

Features:

Bar-type Full QWERTY phone
Windows Mobile 6.5 OS
5-way directional pad
2.5-inch AMOLED touchscreen
3.1 Megapixel camera
Support for A-GPS
Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
WiFi 802.11b/g connectivity
a microSD card slot
Qualcomm 7200A processor
256MB RAM and 512MB ROM
Comes WIth microUSB connector and a 3.5mm audio jack

Price: It will be available with a price tag of $179.99 after $50 rebate with two-year agreement, smartphone data plan.

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