
May 22, 2008
Nokia is to launch 40 new Eco-Friendly Mobile Phones this year

T-Mobile USA to Launch the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic Starting May 28

Items include a music-themed download to use for their Nokia 5310 XpressMusic or to give to a friend, or a grand prize of a $100 Ticketmaster Gift Card to be used toward the purchase of two tickets to a concert of the winner’s choice,1 enabling customers to truly share the joy and experience of music with a friend. Additional features of the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic include:
- T-Mobile myFaves-enabled
- Music player with dedicated external music controls
- MP3 and video ring tones
- Stereo Bluetooth connectivity
- 2.0 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom
- Video capture and playback
- FM radio
- 1GB microSD card included in box (support for up to 4GB)
- Digital music player (supports AAC, eAAC+, MP3 and Windows Media Audio formats)
- 2-inch QVGA 240×320 display with up to 16 million colors
- Stereo wired headset
- 3.5 mm headphone jack, compatible for use with most music player earphones
- Hands-free speaker
- Voice dialing, voice commands and voice recorder
- Tri-band 850/1800/1900 MHz GSM, GPRS, EDGE
- Dimensions: 1.76 x 4.09 x 0.39 inches, 3.0 ounces
The Nokia 5310 XpressMusic phone will be available beginning May 28, 2008, at select T-Mobile retail stores and online at www.t-mobile.com. Customers can purchase the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic for $49.99 with a two-year contract.
Bell launches LG Vantage slider touch phone

Bell will offer the device at $425 without contract, with one, two, and three year contracts reducing the price to $375, $275, and $225, respectively.
HTC ups Touch Diamond shipments by 50%

The HTC leader doesn't explain why he believes the goal possible, though the Diamond is known to have a wider release schedule that will start with Europe in June but quickly spread to other areas, including the US by the second half of this year. Upgrades to the Diamond also increase the accessibility of the device, as 3G support enables the new Touch to work in Japan, Korea, and other areas where the 2G-only GSM original is incompatible.
Most other handset designers typically don't release shipment forecasts for individual models, though Apple has publicly stated since 2007 that it expects to deliver 10 million iPhones in 2008. The American company reports shipping 1.7 million iPhones in the first three months of the year and is widely predicted to cross the three million mark by the end of June.
Griffin claims first iPhone-ready iTrip

The AutoPilot further aims to be the best of all car-borne iTrips, displaying the iPhone or iPod's track data through the stereo using RDS data and continues to use its SmartScan technology to find the three clearest FM channels and assign them as presets, giving drivers a good signal with the option of overriding it later. SmartSound Plus allegedly improves the sound quality of the FM broadcast in actual driving conditions, while a high-contrast LCD fixes a complaint with early versions of the iTrip update.
Griffin will sell the new transmitter through Apple and other resellers for $99.
May 17, 2008
Hurbo PSP - The Real Phony PSP Phone

If you take a look at the pictures, the Hurbo PSP features a dual-sliding design and has both an alphanumeric keypad and a gaming pad – exactly like the PSP phone that Sony Ericsson is rumored to work on. This Chinese Hurbo PSP phones measures 100 x 46 x 18 millimeters and weighs 102 grams – not much for a handset that works both as a phone and as a mini-console for games. Also the Hurbo PSP phone has some nice features as well.
- 2.8 inch display with 240 x 400 pixels and 16 million colors
- NES emulator, allowing users to play Nintendo games (although this is surely not approved by Nintendo)
- Video player with support for AVI, MP4 and 3GP
- Music player
- FM radio
- USB port and microSD card slot for boosting the internal (unknown) memory.
Apple’s touchscreen iTablet - Next-gen Newton - has been confirmed by the Intel boss

Now They Come in Packets: The New Concept Packet Phone

Emir Rafat, a Turkish designer, won first prize for a ‘packet phone’ which was exhibited at Istanbul Design Week 2007.
The cell phone measures 5 x 5 cm while folded, once open it reveals four panels of 5 x 5 cm, which compromise of a touch screen, mini keyboard, and surface with touch sensitive buttons. The design of the phone is said to be inspired by the art of origami, and is proposed to be made from e-paper, making it extra thin and light.
Motorola ROKR E8 Released in Asia retailing around $400

- Thickness 10.6 millimeters
- Music player, photo camera or phone-only features
- 2 inch TFT display with 320 x 240 pixel and 256K color support
- Navigation scroll wheel
- 3.5mm audio jack, quad-band GSM connectivity with GPRS and EDGE
- Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
- Stereo FM radio, email, WAP 2.0 and HTML browser
- Instant Messaging
- USB 2.0, Java MIDP 2.0, handsfree
- 2 Megapixel camera with video
- 2GB of internal memory and microSD card slot.
- Measures 115 x 53 x 10.6 millimeters
- Weighs 100 grams
- Includes a 970 mAh Li-Ion battery with 5 hours in talk-time mode and up to 300 hours in stand-by mode.
All in all, the ROKR E8 is a cool handset and would probably have a great commecial success if Motorola could launch this phone 6-8 months ago. And now, it doesn’t look so promosing any more. Anyways, the Motorola ROKR E8 is available for a price of around $400, depending on the country you buy it from.
UK top in Europe in mobile social networking

Facebook was the most popular social networking site in the UK, with myspace following behind in second – opposite to what is found in America.
The two leading social networking sites have differing strategies. myspace have secured a number of deals with network operators to re-provide their services. Facebook on the other hand seem to have something of an operator-agnostic approach. Despite the different approaches, both websites are being accessed regularly by an increasing number of mobile users, thus promoting the use of mobile web and mobile “data” generally.
iPhones to Online Store

The huge deal that refurbished iPhones represent meant that they were only offered in-store on a strict first come first serve basis with very limited availability and a limit of one per customer to prevent resellers from marking up the devices for pure profit. At $249.99 without an agreement required (versus $399.99 for a new iPhone 8 GB), they are sure to go fast and this deal can end at any time.
Also, new this time, AT&T has begun offering the 16 GB version for $349.99. This is also $150 less than the new retail price for a 16 GB iPhone.
Sprint HTC Mogul Beta Leaks, Windows Mobile 6.1 and Sprint TV Added

Texas Instruments to bring projectors on to cellphones

Blackberry Bold release dates

Orange secures iPhone deal for distribution in around a dozen markets

Orange today announced a new agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to Orange customers in Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Jordan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and Orange’s African markets later this year.
Yet again, we observe that exclusive country deals are a thing of the past with Austria, Egypt, Portugal and Switzerland having two iPhone carriers.
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