MWG Zinc II

Going all the way in Singapore, MWG which the smartphone arm of O2 in Asia has released a new smarthphone in the Singaporean market - the MWG Zinc II. The MWG Zinc II is a Windows Mobile 6.1 powered smarthphone which boasts of a slide-out keyboard. But the Zinc II’s keyboard has no real keys, instead the keyboard area is flat with raised bevels around the key areas. The MWG Zinc also features a quick menu and it can be quickly launch using a touch button in the phone’s today screen. The quick menu features four functions/shortcuts which are the Windows Media Player, pictures and videos, camera and games. It also feature a finger swiping feature for accesing contacts and other short cuts. On its network connectivity features, the MWG Zinc II boasts of a 3.6mbps HSDPA speeds, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a GPS antenna. The GPS also features a nifty viewer. The MWG Zinc II also features a 2-megapixel camera. Other features of the MWG Zinc II include; Samsung 500 MHz processor, 2.8-inch TFT QVGA Touch Screen, semi-automatic sliding mechanism with qwerty keypad, WLAN (802.11 b/g) and BT v 2.0, GPS SirF Star III, 64MB SDRAM,  256MB NAND Flash ROM, MicroSD expandable memory, speakerphone, stereo speaker, playback support: MIDI, MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC, WVE, AMR, AAC, AAC+, DRM: OMA 1.0, Ringtone Support: MIDI, MP3, WMA. The MWG Zinc II offers up Standby time of up to (GSM) 200-260 hours and  Talk time of up to (GSM) 4-6 hours.

Introducing the dirt cheap Philips 198 and 199

Philips is set to release two new affordable phones for the Asian and European mobile phone market. Both handsets looks the same in design, dimension and features except that the 199 is equipped with FM radio and headsets. These two candy bar mobile phone pretty much carry the same features as their predecessor, the Philips 192 which was released not too long ago. And these features include; the simple black/white design, 65g weight and the 99 X 42 X 13.5 mm dimension. In addition to this similarities with the Philips 192, both Philips 198 and 199 boast of 1.5-inch CSTN color display with support for 62k colors and 128×128 pixel resolution, simple to use keypad, 4-way navigation key, polyphonic ringtones, 3 embedded games, miniUSB, SMS and MMS capabilities, T9 predictive text input and 800 mAh battery which can give out 5 hours of talk-time and 20 days stand-by time. Connectivity wise, the Philips 198 and 199 remind me of the old Nokia days, where dual-band GSM connectivity was a great feature. Yes, both these mobile phones has GPRS too. And guess how much the Philips 198 and 199 will retail in Asia and Europe? $68 and $70 respectively. Didn’t we say dirt cheap?

 

Mobiado intros another luxury phone - Professional 105 ZAF

 

After releasing the CAMO Professional phone, here comes Mobiado with yet again another luxury phone as it unveils the Mobiado Professional 105 ZAF mobile phone. This mobile phone beauty boasts of a shiny, metallic finish aside from touting itself as the world’s thinnest mobile handsets. Measuring a mere 10.6 mm thin, the Mobiado Professional 105 ZAF beats the thinnest mobile phone released so far - the Vertu phone at 22mm. Being a luxury phone, we would expect the 105 ZAF to be made of the finest materials. And indeed it was. Adorned by sapphire crystals from front to back, users will definitely be forced to take good care of this mobile phone. The phone’s keypads were made of stainless steel and its body with anodized aircraft aluminum. The Mobiado Professional 105 ZAF also supports quad-band GSM/dual-band WCDMA networks. And for its other features, the Mobiado Professional 105 ZAF boasts of 2-inch display with up to 16 million colors, 2.0 megapixel camera, 1GB of internal memory, Bluetooth, USB connectivity, music player that supports MP3, AAC, and eAAC. Unfortunately, Mobiado has not provided pricing details for the Professional 105 ZAF. But expect it to be expensive as it is not your ordinary mobile phone.

Philips’ got a new mobile music phone – the M600

Before I tell you the bad news, I’ll introduce you first to the latest mobile offering from Philips. If you would recall, Philips used to be an active player in the mobile phone market, especially during the time when the mobile phone industry was still in its early stages. Anyway, Philips still continues to make mobile phones and for its latest offering, Philips decided to come up with a music phone, the Philips M600. Yes, the M600 is a music mobile phone packing of a built-in SRS WOW feature for enhanced music surround quality. It has a quick access key for accessing the phone’s MP3 player, for adjusting volume and navigating music playlist. Sporting a sleek candy bar design, the Philips M600 boasts of decent mobile features that include; a 2-inch 256K color TFT display, equalizer settings for classical, pop, rock, SRS WOW surround sound, 1.3 megapixel camera, support for audio formats – Midi, MP3, WMA and AMR, microSD card slot for storage expansion, Bluetooth profiles – A2DP, handsfree, headset, object push profile, 3.5 mm headset jack connector, USB 1.1, 40 way navigation key and enter, soft keys, side keys, customized hot key, and music player keys. In addition, the Philips M600 also features support for JAVA MIDP 2.0, GPRS/GSM dual band network (900/1800 MHz) plus it lets you enjoy music playback for up to 40 hours on a single charge. Now, here’s the bad news – the Philips M600 will be released in China only. But all hope is not gone yet, as the phone as text input for English, French, Russian and Turkish language aside from the default Chinese text language. So, Philips may still release the phone internationally later on. Via

GigaByte’s GSmart i350

GigaByte will soon be launching its new smartphone – the GSmart i350 which boast of the latest GPS chip SiRF Star III which offer a powerful GPS tracking feature. Aside from taking good photos of users’ treasured memories, the GSmart i350 also lets users to GeoTag these photos, record their tracks and describes these photos. The GSmart i350 supports mapping software compatible with .kmz, and.gpx file formats commonly used by Google Earth and other mapping applications. GigaByte’s GSsmart i35 also features an in-house built software called Wise-Talk which allows users to have the freedom to decide when to take a call or not. It is equipped with an answering machine that can playback pre-recorded greetings as well. Users can use these pre-recorded greetings when there is an incoming call. In addition, the GigaByte GSmart i35 smartphone also features a 2.6” VGA touch screen with handy navigation tool, Bluetooth with simple interface that skips through complicated settings and allows users to exchange files and vCard with friends, 2.0 megapixel camera, GPRS Class 12/Wap 2.0 support, miniSD slot for storage expansion, Marvell PXA270, 520 MHz CPU, WI-FI 802.11b/g, and various mobile applications including Windows Live, IE, Windows Media Player, PowerPoint Mobile, Excel Mobile and Word Mobile. Additionally, users can also connect the i350 to a PC through ActiveSync and they can control their PC using the i350 as a remote control. The GigaByte website has not given release date and pricing information for this smartphone yet. Better keep an eye on this one.

HTC to release Touch Dual mobile phone to the US

HTC has announced during the CTIA Wireless 2008 that it will be bringing its highly successful HTC Touch Dual phone in the United States this quarter. The HTC Touch Dual boasts of an intuitive touch screen with integrated TouchFLO technology and slide-out keypad and Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional software, making it the first mobile phone released in the US that runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 OS. HTC will also continuously provide Windows Mobile 6.1 Updates which will give users new timesaving features, easier phone navigation and management, stronger security safeguards and support for Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008. The HTC Touch Dual will give US mobile consumers an interactive cube interface for quick and easy navigation to emails, text messages, calendar appointments and contact. Its other features include; Microsoft Office Mobile for documents and Outlook email facility, Live HTC Home featuring time and wheather display, quick launcher and one-touch ring-tone settings, 2 megapixel camera for shooting photos or videos and Quad Band network support – GSM/GPRS/EDGE and HSDPA. The HTC Touch Dual will be first released through Best Buy’s mobile retail outlets and also through Best Buys online shop and at HTC.com.

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.

MySpace is going mobile

MySpace has just announced that it is going to available via cell phone. This is not really that surprising news. It was either going to be Facebook or MySpace to provide this service. MySpace just beat them to the punch. Sprint will be providing the service-this was a good idea as MySpace is the new social playground for all ages. This might make some younger users switch over carriers as there MySpace homepage is an hourly check for a lot of users. The bottom line is users want there messages on the go.
Users will be able to:
- View/edit MySpace profiles
- View/add friends
- Send/receive messages

Your next question is probably how do you access MySpace? 1st open the Web. 2nd select messaging. 3rd click on MySpace mobile link and voila you will be connect to MySpace. We will continue see a wide range of web based services being offered via cell phone in the coming future. I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw match.com available soon:-) Remember, it’s currently Sprint offering this service. Enjoy!

NOT A Cellphone: Linksys iPhone

The name “iPhone” has been bouncing around the internet for awhile and a lot of iPod-Cellphone fakes have been popping out of the woodwork. Whether such a combination will actually come to pass is still up in the air at the moment, although it seems that the folks at Linksys have beaten the developers at Apple to the punch, at least as far as the product’s name is concerned.
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Top level .mobi domain for mobiles soon to be available

Be the one of the first to own your own .mobi domain. dotMobi, the first and only domain name created specifically for mobile phones was launched during the Sunrise Registration May 22-29. Trademark holders may register their trademarks as .mobi names starting June 12 and individual users may start filing for registration starting August 28.

dotMobi (the informal name of mTLD Top Level Domain, Ltd.) was designated as the official worldwide registry for the .mobi domain by ICANN in July 2005. To protect registered IP owners, dotMobi is working closely with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), registrars, copyright bodies and site owners to ensure that trademarks are properly protected during the sunrise period.

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