Samsung P777 Camera Phone Catches NYC Pervert

Making the rounds of other sites like Kottke and Gothamist is a Flickr entry about a woman who was assaulted by a pervert while riding the New York City subway. The quick thinking woman whipped out her 1.3 megapixel Samsung P777 camera cell phone and snapped a photo which was posted to Flickr for all the world to see and comment.

Cingular to Offer GoodLink Technology on Smartphones

Cingular Wireless today became the first wireless company in North America to offer Good Technology’s GoodLink
wireless messaging and data access software and service on Windows Mobile-enabled Smartphones.

GoodLink from Cingular is now available on the Audiovox SMT 5600 and the Motorola MPx220 Smartphones. Both devices now support the latest version of GoodLink software, GoodLink 4.5 for Windows Mobile Smartphone, to give
business customers continuous two-way wireless synchronization of their corporate Microsoft Outlook applications, including e-mail, calendar, contacts, notes and tasks, while on-the-go using a lightweight handset.
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Samsung P207 Camera Cell Phone Review

The Samsung P207 is a new cell phone for Cingular service. It has a nice, stylish black design with a functional VGA camera. The P207 has extensive voice-recognition features and its strong point is its speech-to-text capability for sending text messages.

The Samsung P207’s camera is capable of video recording with 14 MB of memory. External backlighting can’t be changed and disappears after a few moments. The only way to relight is to open the cell phone up again.

Mobile professionals will appreciate the voice-command capabilities and the fashionistas will appreciate the Samsung P207’s stylish looks.

Users rate this phone very good for sound quality and overall satisfaction.
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Samsung SGH-D720 and SGH-D730 for Europe

The Samsung SGH-D720 and SGH-D730 are a couple of new Symbian OS-based smartphones for the European market. Germany will get the phone in August, followed by France, Italy and Russia.

Some notable features include the light weight (110g and 97g respectively), MP3 support, stereo sound support and external memory storage capacity of up to 512 MB.
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Sky IM8500 Multimedia Cell Phone

The Sky IM8500 cell phone to be released in Korea is an Ipod look-a-like with a 2 megapixel camera. There is a scroll-wheel and slider to reveal the keypad. Another feature is an MP3 player. The Sky IM8500 will likely be a Korea-only phone.
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Sharp 903SH for Vodafone

Vodafone K.K. announced will commence nationwide sales of the Vodafone 903SH high-tier 3G handset by Sharp.

The Vodafone 903SH features the industry’s first 3.2 megapixel CCD mobile camera with 2x optical zoom and auto focus. The handset is also equipped with 3D Surround Stereo Side Speakers on the left and right of the handset display panel to bring 3D surround compatible ringtones and games to life with, according to the company, unprecedented audio realism.

The main features of the Vodafone 903SH are as follows:

- 3.2 megapixel CCD mobile camera with 2x optical zoom and auto focus
- 3D Surround Stereo Side Speakers for realistic sound enjoyment
- 2.4-inch Mobile ASV LCD for superior display and wide-angle viewing
- High-tier model that fully supports Vodafone 3G services such as Vodafone live! BB, video calls and international roaming.

Sony Ericsson S710a Camera Cell Phone Review

The Sony Ericsson S710a is a GSM camera cell phone with a large swiveling display. The keypad is hidden by the display which swivels both ways in order to reveal the buttons underneath. Users comments indicate high satisfaction with the color and clarity of the very large display.

The Sony Ericsson S710a’s navigation buttons are a little slippery and flush with the phone to make dialing by feel slightly difficult. On the back, the camera cell phone looks like a digital phone and comes with flash and sliding lens cover. Other features include Bluetooth, MP3 capability, and expandable memory.

The S710a uses a proprietary Sony operating system.
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Nokia N90 Camera Cell Phone Wins Award

Nokia’s N90 cell phone has been named the European Media Phone of the Year by the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA), the largest editorial multimedia organization in Europe. The EISA praised the Nokia N90’s advanced photo, video and audio capabilities, highlighting the N90’s Carl Zeiss optics and MPEG 4 352×288 resolution video.

Television On Cell Phones in Canada

Rogers Wireless and Bell Mobility started offering its subscribers television service over cell phones. Telus Mobility plans to follow up later in the the year. However, questions still remain whether there is sufficient demand. According to a recent In-Stat/MDR U.S. cell phone subscriber survey, two-thirds of the respondents did not yet want video service for their wireless devices.

Besides requiring a broadband, 3-G cell phone capable of playing video, subscribers will have to pony up $25 a month for the Rogers service and $10 a month for the Bell Mobility service.

Channels available on the Bell Mobility service include CBC Newsworld and G4 Tech TV. Rogers’ 8-channel lineup is dominated by sports and news, including The Weather Network and Fox News.

Info from Globe and Mail.

Nokia N90 Camera Cell Phone Shipping

Via Gizmodo, the Nokia N90 is now shipping. The N90 is Nokia’s camcorder-like 2-megapixel camera phone with Carl Zeiss lenses, swivel design and 3G support.
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