NEC Introduces 11.9mm! Ultra-Thin Mobile Phone

Topic: Mobile Phones

NEC introduced a fold-type mobile phone that is only 11.9mm thin (folded!). The Motorola RAZR measures 23mm (folded).

The new NEC phone measures 47.9mm (width) X 101.5mm (height) X 11.9mm and weighs 96g. It has 1.9 inch (176�~220 dot) 65,000 color display in addition to a digital camera with 1.3MP.
The new ultra-thin NEC mobile phone (somehow NEC does not mention the model name) is currently available in Hong Kong. The next market for the new World's Smallest NEC mobile phone are Italy, Russia, Australia and China, among others. No word on United States yet. Read more

Nokia Delays Their 4GB Music Phone Nokia N91

Topic: Mobile Phones

Reuters UK reports that Nokia delays their 4GB Music Phone Nokia N91.

Nokia announced the Nokia N91 in April. Back then it was slated for release this Christmas.
Nokia says now the N91 will come in Q1 2009.

Nokia claims they need more time to provide more support for music download platforms. In August Nokia said that there is no iTunes support for the Nokia N91 planned. Read more

Nokia 6630 Music Edition

Topic: Mobile Phones

Nokia announced the Nokia 6630 Music Edition, a special music version of the 3G smartphone.

Nokia likes to introduce special editions of the Nokia 6630. We reported about the Nokia 6630 Navigation Pack in June.
The Nokia 6630 Music Edition features an updated music player, a 256MB memory card, Nokia PC Suite software, Nokia USB MMC/SD reader and the Nokia Audio Adapter with 3.5 mm stereo jack.
The new Nokia 6630 edition is available in either Rustic Red or Aluminum Grey. Read more

New Siemens BenQ UMTS Mobile Phones: SG75, SXG75 and SFG75

Topic: Mobile Phones

Siemens Mobile (now owned by BenQ) announces three new UMTS (3G) mobile phones.

The new Siemens SG75 (photo) is a slider phone is less than 10 centimeters long and features high speed internet access as well as an integrated 1.3MP digital camera. Organizer functions and email features complete the features of this compact UMTS mobile phone. Other

The Siemens SXG75 has a 2MP digital camera, RDS radio, MP3 player, video player and mobile navigation. The measurements of the SXG75 are 111,5×53×20 mm. The 3G phone features a 2.2 inch color screen. Read more

ODD-i Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone

Topic: Mobile Phones

Korean ODD-i offers a smart phone with Windows Mobile 5.0. Is this a new trend? Will every little electronics boutique manufacturer in Korea now offer Windows Smartphones along side MP3 players and Portable Video Players?

PVP4U reports about the ODD-i 20GB PMP with integarted 2MP Digital Camera. Portable music players and video players can be OEMed left and right from Korean manufacturers. Windows Smartphones have not been that common yet. It was or is actually more like that everybody is OEMing their Windows Smartphones from only one company called HTC.

The ODD-i Windows Smartphone runs Windows Mobile 5.0 on a ARM 920T 400Mhz CPU. It features a 1.3MP Digital Camera, GPS, Bluetooth and irDA. Read more

AMOI A660 Digital Camcorder GSM Phone

Topic: Mobile Phones

Chinese AMOI offers a digital camcorder tri-band GSM mobile phone with an interesting design.

The AMOI A660 features a flip-out screen in a standard candy bar phone design.
AMOI's A660 has a 1.3MP sensor and shoots videos in 352x288px and has 12MB of internal memory. No information on the frames/s.
More details and photos on AkihabaraNews. Read more

ROKR E1 Reviews and Opinions

Topic: Mobile Phones

I already was not very excited about the ROKR iTunes mobile phone, when Apple and Motorola revealed it on Wednesday.

LaptopMag was at the Motorola Launch Event in New York and had the chance to play around with the ROKR E1.
They are also not amazed about the ROKR E1. The design is not in the same league as the RAZR, it is disappointingly plain. The 100 song limitation is another big downer.
Quote:
"The phone's 512MB TransFlash memory card will certainly be upgradeable to 1GB once that capacity becomes available, but you won't be able to play those extra songs through the phone's iTunes interface."
Read the full report on Laptopmag. The ROKR E1 sells on Amazon.com for $99.99.

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Pantech Launches Slim Line Mobile Phones with Russian Models

Topic: Mobile Phones

Pantech introduces their Slim-Line mobile phones PG-1400, PG-1500, PG-3500 and PG-3600 in Russia.

As with Pantech's phone launch in Thailand, Pantech smartly enhanced their launch with local beauties to make it news worthy.

The Pantech Slim-Line phones are thin, but not RAZR thin. More specifications below and another photo of Russian models from the launch event. Read more

Motorola ROKR iTunes Phone Finally Revealed!

Topic: Mobile Phones

Here it is! Steve Jobs revealed the Motorola ROKR iTunes music phone just now. Cingular will carry the ROKR exclusively and already has it up for sale.

The Motorola ROKR (see photo) sells for $249.99 with a 2 year contract from Cingular. It can store up to 100 songs and it's music features are comparable to the Apple iPod shuffle. The songs are synced via USB. The Motorola ROKR has also a VGA camera with 4x zoom and flash. Read more

Star Trek Mobile Phone Coming from Viacom and Soma Mobile

Topic: Mobile Phones

Viacom and Soma Mobile are bringing Star Trek fans a Star Trek communicator style mobile phone end of September.

The Star Trek phone is part of promotions to come to celebrate 40 years of Star Trek next year.
Apparently the Star Trek phone is not finalized yet, but it will have the appeal of the classic Star Trek communicator. It will play music and videos and games.
More details on Wired. The Soma Mobile site for the Star Trek phone is still a bit empty. Read more

Pantech PG-8000 Launched: More a Camera than a Mobile Phone

Topic: Mobile Phones

Pantech launches the PG-8000 mobile phone in Korea. The PG-8000 is designed to resemble a digital camera (the Â"dicaÂ" lo... Read more

T-Mobile Launches MDA PRO aka HTC Universal

Topic: Mobile Phones

T-Mobile launches tomorrow in Germany the MDA Pro Windows Mobile 5.0 3G smart phone. The T-Mobile MDA Pro is one of brand... Read more

Motorola Apple iTunes Mobile Phone ROKR Around the Corner

Topic: Mobile Phones

UPDATE: It is here! Motorola ROKR iTunes Music Phone Revealed with Photo. Word is that the iTunes mobile phones from M... Read more

DoCoMo Sony Ericsson Radiden Mobile Phone and Radio

Topic: Mobile Phones

DoCoMo releases in Japan the Sony Ericsson Radiden mobile phone. The Sony Ericsson Radiden will be available for residents ... Read more

Emmy Award for MobiTV and Sprint

Topic: Mobile Phones

MobiTV and Sprint receive 2009 Primetime Emmy Engineering Award. We reported about MobiTV in 2009 the first time. MobiTV ... Read more

BenQ brings Siemens P50 PDA Phone to Europe

Topic: Mobile Phones

A report appeared from China that Taiwanese BenQ will release its P50 PDA phone under the Siemens brand in Europe next month. ... Read more

Pantech Announces SKY IM-8500 2MP Camera Phone

Topic: Mobile Phones

Pantech announces their first SKY brand PCS mobile phone in Korea. The SKY IM-8500 is a stylish 2MP camera phone with 5 d... Read more

Nokia Says no Apple iTunes on Nokia N91 Music Phone

Topic: Mobile Phones

Nokia wants to apparently stop rumors that the Nokia N91 music phone will have iTunes support. A Reuters story today quot... Read more

Mickey Mouse Mobile Phone Dmobo M900

Topic: Mobile Phones

The Dmobo M900 has Mickey Mouse shaped buttons, speaker and camera. The user interface is of course also featuring the classic... Read more

Sharp 903SH 3G Mobile Phone Review

Topic: Mobile Phones

Sharp introduced the 903SH 3G mobile phone with 3.2MP digital camera in July in Japan. Vodafone is offering this interest... Read more

Sony Ericsson W800i Walkman Mobile Phone Hits Europe

Topic: Mobile Phones

Sony Ericsson announces that the W800i Walkman phone is available as of today in Europe. The Sony Ericsson W800i has a me... Read more

Are You Sick of Using Video Tapes in Camcorders?

JVC offers a line of Video Cameras that use Hard-drives instead of Video Tapes. JVC is still the only company that has Video Cameras on the market that use hard-drives to store DVD quality video. It is in my mind a very obvious solution in a complete digital environment that we are in now.
Nobody is questioning that we stopped use film in digital cameras. So why do still most video cameras on the market use tape? Sure the data volume is much higher for video, memory sticks or SD cards offer to little space to record hours of high quality videos. Now that portable hard-drives are used to store your complete music library it is of course also possible to record hours of high quality video on them.
Right now JVC offers three models with a 4GB hard-drive: The GZ-MC100 ($899.99), The GZ-MC200 ($998.94) and the new high-end GZ-MC-500 ($1,599.95). If you need more storage, JVC will start ship end of August the JVC Everio G-Series camcorders that boast 20 and 30GB hard-drives. That means up to 37 hours of video recording on the 30GB models and up to 25 hours on the 20GB model - Tape just died, as film did. Amazon.com opened pre-order on the new JVC Everio G-Series camcorders. You can get the GZ-MG20 for $799.95, the GZ-MG40 for $899.99 and the GZ-MG50 for $999.99.

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