Verizon Wireless announces the LG Slim enV2

Verizon Wireless is following up the popular LG enV, with the new LG Slim enV2. Sporting a new design highlighted by slim and sophisticated black finish, the LG enV2. Is it a worthy successor to the LG enV? Aside from the new look, the enV2 is loaded with a number of features that Verizon Wireless customers and LG phone users, have grown to love and like. These features include V CAST Music and Video, VZ NavigatorSM, Bluetook capabilities, dual speakers and 2.0 megapixel camera. The LG enV2 also sports a full and spacious QWERTY keypad with large size external keys. This is well complemented by the enV2’s large 2.4-inch internal screen. Since Verizon Wireless is releasing the enV2 phone to the US mobile phone market, it comes equipped with access to VZ navigator, a location-based services that provides audible turn-by-turn navigation. Other features of the LG enV2 include; wireless sync e-mail capabilities, IM compatibility with AIM, WL Messenger and Yahoo Messenger, music player that supports mp3, wma, and aac/aac+ music format, microSD memory port for storage expansion, Bluetooth profiles, text-to-speech, video resolution of 320×240/176×144 pixels, supports WMV, MP4, 3GP and 3G2 formats. The LG enV2 also supports Bluetooth profiles for compatible devices that supports headset, hands-free, dial-up networking, advanced audio distribution, phone book access, basic printing, basic imageing and object push for vCard and vCalendar. Finally, the LG enV2’s got 320 minutes of usage time and 520 hours of standby time. The enV2 by LG will be available for $129.99 after a $50 rebate with a new two-year customer agreement with Verizon Wireless. via

Verizon Wireless unveils the G’zone Type-S in Black and Silver

Verizon Wireless has just unveiled a new color version of the G’zone Type-S mobile. This little piece of mobile device may look a little like it doesn’t offer anything at all. But actually it is packed with useful features that you could possible imagine it ever has. The G’zone Type-S was designed to perform, to last and to survive all possible environmental conditions you could ever throw at it. It can survive rain, humidity, submersion, shock, and dust and come out of it all still in great working condition. Aside from its durability, the G’zone Type-S boasts of high-end features that makes it worthy of being elevated to the level of other high-end phones. It has a built-in CMOS camera with Flash and a camcorder to record every precious moments that you would experience. The G’zone Type-S is also built for mobile web 2.0 and can be used for email, IM and chat. It has the VZ Navigator and of course various messaging features – MMS, SMS and Voice Mail. For your portable organization needs, the G’zone Type-S comes packed with phone book with 500 contacts and picture caller ID, calendar, calculator, notepad, timer, stopwatch and speed dialing. The G’zone’s selling point is of course its push-to-talk capability and compatibility with other VZ mobile phones. Other features of the G’zone Type-S include; Bluetooth, hearing aid compatibility, 203 minutes talk time and 170 hours standby time. The G’zone Type-S is available under 2 years service contract with Verizon Wireless for $79 after rebates. Its features and durability definitely makes the G’zone Type-s worthy of the said amount.

Nokia previews the 6300i with VOIP

Nokia has announced its new 6300i mobile phone with an integrated and easy-to-use VoIP client. The 6300i makes up for an ideal complement for connections from the home office. Users can store up to 2,000 VoIP,Home, and mobile numbers which can be listed side-by-side. A dedicated WLAN and VoIP symbols show the connection status and whether a phone call is using GSM network or VoIP. The Nokia 6300i is set for release by the second quarter of 2008 For around $272 you’ll get useful features such as; video 3GPP streaming, 2.0 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom, 30MB internal memory and 512 memory card with room for expansion. The 6300i also features Nokia maps, WidSets and Download, full screen view finder, music player support for mp3, AAC, MP4, AAC+, FM stereo radio, XHTML browsing over TCP/IP , GPRS/EDGE/HSCSD/CSD for browsing and as data modem, EDGE class 10; GPRS class 10 , OMA DRM version 2.0, WLAN, Bluetooth 2.0 , 2.5mm AV connector, High-speed Micro USB interface to PC. 2.0 “ TFT VGA display with 320×240 pixel resolution, the usual MMS/SMS and email messaging capabilities, and more. The Nokia 6300i sports a classic silver-gray look and weighs just 93g. The Nokia 6300i runs on S40 user interface with clear display for easy readability. It has side volume keys for easy adjustment and volume control. It is also packed an integrated handsfree speaker, loudspeaker for IHF, Xpress on audio messaging, voice commands and voice recording and speaker-independent name dialing. But of course what would probably make you buy the Nokia 6300i is its VoIP calling features

LG SH240 slider phone has a keypad made of silicone

Here’s another one of ‘em weird handsets fresh from Korea. The new LG SH240 may seem just an ordinary slider phone. But it has something peculiar about it – its keypad. The LG SH240’s keypad is made of silicone which makes it feels like touching someone else’s skin. LG must have been running out of technical ideas that it decided to do something about the phone’s other parts. Though tapping a skin-like keyboard when creating text messages may not appeal to some, those text-heavy users might actually find this new handset cool and useful. On the technical side, the LG SH240 doesn’t give out too much fanfare though. Except for Bluetooth, 2 megapixel camera, video telephony, mp3 player, memory slot for expanded storage and HDSPA 3G connectivity. Other features of the LG SH240 are pretty much standard fare among mobile phones available in the market today. The LG SH240 is currently available in the Korean mobile phone market for around $400. No word yet on whether any of the US mobile carrier would like to have a mobile phone with the skin-like keypad as its selling point. Via [Register Hardware]

Text Messaging Spam

This is a little unrelated news, but I thought it was interesting. Recently, in China there has been an overwhelming amount of spam cell phone text messages being sent to all mobile customers, advertising cars, property and fake documents. Yes, this might be something coming our way here in North America. Not only do we constantly get spam in our work and personal e mail addresses we might be looking at getting cell phone text message spam.

Blackberry 8820 arrives in T-Mobile USA

T-Mobile USA and RIM has announced that the Blackberry 8820 is now available for the U.S. mobile market. The first Blackberry to be released with Wi-Fi capability, the stylish Blackberry 8820 boasts of built-in GPS and support for T-Mobile’s HotSpot @ HomeSM. The Blackberry 8820 sports a sophisticated midnight blue finish and is the thinnest

Blackberry handset released so far by RIM. Built with a GPS capability, the Blackberry 8820 supports Blackberry maps where users can use navigate between meetings and locate nearest restaurants or used the TeleNav GPS Navigator to receive audible turn-by-turn driving directions. Adding more value to the Blackberry 8820’s functionality is T-Mobile’s HotSpot @Home mobile add-on plan. This gives T-Mobile subscribers unlimited nationwide calling over any Wi-Fi network at home, across accessible corporate Wi-Fi networks or at T-Mobile HotSpot locations nationwide. Users will also enjoy faster web browsing at W-Fi speeds. Other features of the Blackberry 8820 include; T-Mobile myFaves capability, access to 10 supported e-mail accounts via Blackberry’s Internet Service, Blackberry Enterprise Server support, access to popular IM clients, full QWERTY keyboard, untuitive user interface, high-performance HTML browser, 320×240 color display, advanced media players that supports various music formats (mp3, WMA, AAC etc.), and tons of other useful features which any Blackberry mobile handsets are known for. The Blackberry is available under T-Mobile for $349.99 minus discount, through T-Mobile’s various subscription plans.

LG announces global release of the KF-510 slider phone

Fresh from Korea, LG Electronics has unveiled its newest mobile phone model, the LG KF-510. To be released globally by the end of March, the new LG KF-510 sports two eye-candy colors – Stardust Dark Gray and Sunset Red. LG must have put too much emphasis on the external design of the KF-510 as it is all nothing but flashy, trendy and stylish. The stylish design is well complemented by the full metal finish of the KF-510’s body. But underneath its slim and stylish design is a highly functional slider phone. The KF-510 is packed with 3 megapixel camera with built-in powerflash and one second response time. This will come handy when taking snapshots of your friends on low lit areas. Aside from the camera, the KF-510 is also packed with an advanced mp3 player that can automatically sort music into play lists or categories. Don’t worry about losing too much battery charge when playing music, as the KF-510 utilizes a long lasting battery that saves power capacity through Auto Luminance Control (ALC). ALC self adjusts to the brightness of the LED screen and the lighting of the surroundings.. Speaking of LED lights, the KF-510 sports a touchpad with gleaming LED lights that respond to gentle touch of a fingertip. This lets users to navigate and scroll the multifunction menu of the phone. The LG KF-510 will be released simultaneous in various mobile outlets in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Prices of the KF-510 will varied across mobile carriers.

Via: Akihabara News

Virgin Mobile Pay As You Go!

Virgin mobile has been on the market for a little while and I think they offer a great service, which is a wide variety of plans without annual contracts. Plans without contracts and pay as you go definitely have there place. A lot of people don’t spend a lot of time chatting on there cell phone or you don’t want to pay the activation fees associated with starting up a new cell phone. Let’s be honest here people, when we start up a new cell phone plan there is always expensive fees, charges, and taxes. Also, lets not forget that these fees, charges, and taxes continue every month-we know this all to well. Virgin mobile also has no credit checks, no roaming or long distance charges, and you can switch your current number over. Not everyone has good credit and let’s face it a lot of people feel like they need to have a cell phone in emergency situations.

That being said, 20$ will give you 200 minutes at 10cents a min, 30$ will give you 400 minutes at 7.5cents a minutes and 50$ will get you 1000 minutes at 5cents a minute. These rates are very competitive, you can Top-Up your minutes directly on there website or phone them. If users do not use all there minutes up in 30 days they will lose them however, if you buy another pack of minutes within 30 days, any unused minutes will roll forward for the next 30 days (up to 5000 minutes). I’m a big fan of Virgin mobile it’s versatile it doesn’t lock you in to a big long plan and there are reasonable priced cell phones. Sometimes people just need the basics and Virgin mobile provides that and more if your willing to pay more money for fancy phones and there plans.

AT&T

A buddy of mine the other day was asking me to help him find a new free cell phone. When your in a bind and you need a cell phone and you don’t want to shell out the big bucks for an iPhone or a Treo and you just want the basics you gotta go with the free stuff. We went through all the major carriers Sprint, T-mobile and the list goes on and on! After reviewing a lot of the free cell phones each carrier had to offer I was impressed by AT&T they have a wide variety of free cell phones (of course you have to sign up for a plan people-we don’t get something for nothing). But it is wroth a shot to give www.wireless.att.com a good look through as my friend and I found a number of pretty nice free cell phones that include all the basics and more.

10% OFF on ALL iPhone Accessory’s

Who doesn’t like to save money these days with all the term oil in the us economy? Every penny counts right? Anyways, I was surfing the net here on friday night looking for cool things to post for all my awesome readers out there and I found an online coupon at http://www.accessorygeeks.com. Or you can contact them at 1-866-433-5793 Mon-Fri 8:00am-4:30pm. Basically, buyers receive 10% OFF on all iPhone Accessories. Remember to enter the coupon code: iphonegeek. All the details are on there website so check it out if your planning on pimpin out your iPhone anytime soon. It looks like they have some pretty nice stuff.

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