iPhone-fighter Emblaze Edelweiss to come with a 480 x 854 pixels display
Regardless of how tech-savvy you are, there are little chances that you ever heard of Emblaze Mobile. Still, the Israeli company is getting ready to make ridiculous all the previous attempts of building the perfect touchscreen mobile phone.
Emblaze is currently working on two handsets, one of them being named Emblaze Edelweiss, like that mountain flower.
Apparently, the Edelweiss comes with a 3.5 inch TFT touchscreen display that will feature a 480 x 854 pixels resolution. Yep, bigger than the resolutions of HTC Touch HD and Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, and far bigger than the 320 x 480 pixels resolution of Apple’s iPhone 3G.
The new Emblaze Edelweiss looks nice, although there’s nothing revolutionary about its design:
Apart from the high-res touchscreen display that should make any gadget freak fall in love with it, Emblaze Edelweiss should also feature:
* GSM and 3G connectivity
* Internal GPS
* 8GB / 16GB of built-in memory (just like the iPhone 3G and Samsung Omnia)
As you can see, details are scarce for the moment, but the handset is surely one that promises a lot.
Emblaze Edelweiss will be first launched in Russia, starting October. It seems that MTS, Russia’s leading mobile carrier, has already confirmed the release of Edelweiss, although there are no pricing details at this point.
The second handset that Emblaze is working on will be called Monolith and, as we can read on the Israeli manufacturer’s website, it’s built together with Japan’s Sharp and Access (the latter being a software developer).
Working on a Linux-based platform, Emblaze Monolith will come with a touchscreen display, GPS, Web browser, lots of multimedia features and “virtually every wireless connectivity technology known to man.”
Well, these are big words coming from a small company. But seeing how the Edelweiss looks like, I guess we should expect the Monolith (no image with it available until now) to be even cooler.
Emblaze Mobile's iPhone competitor detailed,hitting next month
LG Electronics launches KP500 touch-screen handset
LG Electronics (LG), a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications, announces the launch of LG KP500 with an affordable introduction price never offered before. This attractively-priced full touch screen handset is complete with the latest touch technology and features found in the existing high-end full touch screen handsets currently available on the market.
“The feedback we receive from consumers around the world indicate that there’s more people who wish to try the latest touch screen phones,” said Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “We want to reach out to this group and LG KP500 is our answer to deliver a high quality full touch screen phone that is easy to use and much easier to afford. Within reach of many consumers, we hope that more people will experience the joy of using the latest touch screen technology with LG KP500.”
Since the first full touch screen phone, the PRADA Phone by LG arrived on the market, LG has been advancing touch screen technology in new models of phones that suit different consumer needs such as the LG Viewty, the top-selling 5 mega-pixel camera phone with full touch screen providing a complete new viewing enjoyment. With continuous advances in touch screen technology, the LG KP500 has LG's latest precision refinements for when the human touch meets the vivid digital screen.
From LG's experience in producing stylish and sophisticated handsets, the LG KP500 also receives the same attention to the finer details. Slim-profiled and lightweight, the LG KP500 comes in black, Vandyke brown, Anodizing silver, and Elegant gold, giving consumers more choices for their personal tastes.
As a slim and stylish handset, the LG KP500 is a GSM phone which can operate in four frequency bands, giving it a far-reaching reception range, and upon its global release, the LG KP500 can be used in 39 languages. But no matter what language one speaks, the vivid and intuitive user interface of the LG KP500 is simple for anyone to understand with vivid icons on the wide 3 inch screen.
Keeping in touch with friends has never been easier as the LG KP500 has the latest UI that allows the user to attach a friend's photo for the speed dial feature and then page through the portraits and touch the friend to be called. "We optimized the user interface to keep the tactile operations smooth and simple which is necessary when you’re opening up a new technology to a wide group of people," said Skott Ahn. With such ease of use, LG expects to broaden the base of touch screen handset consumers around the world.
The LG KP500 has an embedded stylus pen concealed in the base that can be easily removed for the advanced handwriting recognition program that allows the user to write memos and text messages, and also edit photo images by touching the screen with the pen tip. The QWERTY onscreen keyboard slides into view when the LG-KP500 is held horizontally, and the auto rotating display always shifts images or documents for proper viewing no matter which way the handset is turned.
Also packed into the LG KP500 are motion sensor games that are played by turning, flipping, and shifting the handset for a more active and fun gaming experience.
The LG KP500 will be available at the end of October 2008 in Europe and then on to the rest of the world. The price of the LG KP500 will be announced during the launch.
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aigo P8860 MID
As expected, aigo held a press launch for their P8860 MID today in Hong Kong, at the Mongkok MK1 Super Digital Mall. Sadly SlashGear wouldn’t pay for me to fly there, but UMPC Fever stopped by to watch aigo execs take the wraps off of the 4.8-inch touchscreen Silverthorne device. They also managed to score some time with an exclusive Windows XP version; check out the video demo after the cut.
The P8860 uses an Intel Atom Z500 processor and usually runs the Midinux Linux-based OS with 512MB of RAM and a 4GB SSD for storage. Connectivity includes WiFi b/g, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, GPS and WWAN. The touchscreen is 4.8-inches and WVGA (800×480) resolution, and the whole thing weighs just 350g.
All of the P8860 units aigo announced today will ship with Midinux, but that didn’t stop aigo (or perhaps UMPC Fever!) slapping an HSDPA dongle into the XP version. No word on when or if the P8860 will make it to the US or Europe, but Hong Kong buyers will be looking at a HK$5228 (US$670) tag.
Aigo has begun to ship its Atom-powered P8860 MID for $699, making it available for the first time via official channels although the P8860 has been around on eBay for some time already. Word has it that Aigo has already inked a deal with both Intel and Microsoft, which means Windows XP drivers will be made available from the first of October onwards - an early Christmas present for people who have incomplete, touch screen-less XP installs.
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LG KC780
LG KC780 is the next LG cameraphone that will have an 8 megapixel camera. While it's exciting to see yet another high-res cameraphone, it seems LG have not put a lot of effort in making its design stand out. While the whole 8 megapixel camera is nothing short of exciting news, everything else about this phone doesn't seem to get people fired up that much. This happens mostly because LG didn't take much interest in its design, so much so that the new handset can’t really stand out from the crowd. No release date or pricing have been made available so far. Features
* 8 megapixel camera with autofocus
* Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity
* Red eye reduction
* Face recognition
* 30fps video recording
* Bluetooth 2.0 and USB 2.0 connectivity
* 140MB internal memory * MicroSD memory card slot
fujitsu new phones design ceatec 2008 !
IBM released iNotes for iPhone
IBM has released a way to get Lotus Notes e-mail on your iPhone that stops short of full support, but gets the job done.
Bring IBM Lotus Domino email, calendar, and contacts to your Apple iPhone today! Now available as IBM Lotus iNotes software provided in IBM Lotus Domino Web Access 8.0.2, Lotus Domino data combines with the flexibility and connectivity of the Apple iPhone. Built on the time tested Lotus Domino Web Access infrastructure, users can quickly access email, calendars, and contacts directly through the Apple iPhone Safari browser.
With IBM Lotus iNotes software, you can equip your employees with capabilities similar to those included in IBM Lotus Notes client software, but delivered through a Web browser. Employees can send encrypted rich text e-mail, schedule meetings, manage tasks and collaborate with colleagues - whether they are using their own workstations, Internet kiosks or PCs that belong to other users.
The newest mode of the Lotus iNotes mail client is the Ultralite mode. It is designed for use on a mobile device and is initially supported on the Apple iPhone or iPod touch. It provides limited mail and contacts capability, along with a day-at-a-glance calendar. Using the Ultralite mode, with one touch Lotus iNotes users can view their Inbox, Contacts, or Day-at-a-glance Calendar.
* Access email, calendars, and contacts
* Read email with details either hidden or shown
* View email attachments
* View details on meetings, all day events, reminders, and anniversaries
* View information on contacts and groups
* Quickly compose or reply to email
* View day-at-a-glance calendar
* View an organized view of your contacts
* Quickly create new contact entries
Sony Ericsson's Biodegradable Phone !!
Sony Ericsson has announced plans to explore using environmentally sound components in its cell phones.
Cell phones are not biodegradable, containing small amounts of potentially harmful substances in batteries which, if not disposed of properly, could damage the environment.
The GreenHeart concept will research green technologies, using bio-plastic housings, recycled plastic keypads, zero charger with 3.5mW standby power, HTML based e-manuals, a game style educational application 'Ecomate' and environmentally conscious packaging.
In August, Samsung released its E200 Eco, a phone whose entire case is made from bioplastic. NEC introduced a bioplastic phone in Japan in 2006, and has been using plant-derived materials since 2004.
"The global take back scheme and the GreenHeart project bring us closer to our vision of being a leader in sustainability in the mobile phone industry," said Mats Pellback-Scharp, Head of Corporate Sustainability for Sony Ericsson.
Sony Ericsson has also setup collection points to recycle used cell phones in an environmentally sound way. There are currently more than 500 collection points in India, Taiwan, China, Thailand, Singapore, USA and Mexico. By 2009, it plans to rollout the program in all the countries in which it operates.
HTC Touch viva
The Touch VivaTM blends an affordable touch phone with the benefits of HTC’s TouchFLOTM, an easy to use phone and an optimized mobile Internet experience. In addition, with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, users can easily synchronize their calendar, contacts, emails and more with their personal computer.
The display is nothing much to shout about though at QVGA resolution, while you can't surf faster than EDGE speeds, but you will be aided by the TouchFLO user interface and accompanied. Bear in mind the tweaked version of TouchFLO won't work on 3D acceleration that is available in HTC's higher-end units.
devices will be available in early October 2008 in a variety of markets. The Touch 3G will be available in four colors: sophisticated black, noble gold, sparkle blue and modern brown while the HTC Touch Viva will be available in Storm Gray.
* Size: 104.5 x 59 x 15.75 mm
* Weight: 110g
* Connectivity: GSM/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
* Software/Operating system: HTC TouchFLO with Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
* Display: 2.8 inch QVGA screen
* Camera: 2 megapixel
* Internal memory: 256 MB flash; 128 MB RAM
* Memory card: microSD™
* WLAN: 802.11 b/g
* Bluetooth®: 2.0 with EDR
* GPS: GPS/AGPS
* Interface: HTC ExtUSB™ (mini-USB and audio jack in one; USB 2.0 High-Speed)
* Battery: 1100 mAh
* Talk time: GSM: Up to 480 minutes***
* Standby time: GSM: Up to 270 hours***
* Chipset: TI OMAP 850, 201 MHz
Samsung M8800 Pixon
Unveiled at last the full specifications of the Samsung M8800, a model that we saw recently with the name of Bresson, but it seems that his code name is Pixon. In any case, either of the two names together perfectly describes his main task, the photograph.
It is the second of the models that Samsung is launching an 8 megapixel sensor, which is closer to a camera than a cellphone. But in this last feature also highlights the Samsung M8800 presenting characteristics shared with other models of the manufacturer or the like Omnia Tocco.
It is a quad phone with support for HSDPA connectivity. Is controlled through its touchscreen, with a size of 3.2 inches and a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels. It comes equipped with TouchWiz interface, which allows handle it with your fingers, and with which we can use various widgets, including a prediction of time and some of Google.
Although not handle physical keyboard, the Samsung M8800 offers an onscreen keyboard, which is kind of QWERTY if we use in horizontal. To do so, the phone has an accelerometer that automatically rotates the screen to rotate. But if you prefer other methods of text input, also supports handwriting recognition.
No falls short in the rest of features, since it also includes a GPS receiver and Bluetooth connectivity, but there should be something essential in this kind of a phone today, the Wi-Fi connectivity, which has not been included in The Samsung M8800. A pity, because we will have to rely always HSDPA.
In the multimedia section, offers us the opportunity to play in DivX video and music, can store the content on memory cards MicroSD type. Too bad it does not include a conventional headphone jack, but an owner of Samsung, like they did in the Omnia. We find also an FM radio tuner with RDS support.
But we are going to point the most spectacular Samsung M8800, its camera. As the resolution offered is eight megapixels, supporting auto and having an image stabilizer. It includes features for recognizing faces and detect smiles and flashing, which normally only see in compact cameras of medium and high.
In addition to photos (which, incidentally, can be geolocalize thanks to the GPS receiver), the camera also can record video, either in widescreen, 720 x 480 pixels, or conventional, at 640 x 480 pixels, 30 frames per second.
Good specifications of the Samsung M8800, which is being advocated as an alternative to the Samsung Omnia, but with a better camera and replacing the Windows Mobile operating system by itself from a Korean manufacturer. Too bad the lack of Wi-Fi connection to allow the networks where available.
Will be put up for sale starting in November and its price around about the 550 euros free.
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