GSmart S1200 looks really nice and elegant, having a chromed trim and a large WVGA display. It’s also quite slim, measuring only 105.5 x 52 x 11.4 millimeters. As expected, the S1200 runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and it’s upgradeable to Windows Mobile 6.5.
GSmart S1200 should be on sale starting the second quarter of 2009, for a price that will be announced later on.
The Samsung S7350 Ultra s is a pretty obvious successor of the Samsung S7330. What sets the two apart is that the new slider has ditched the touchpad. Also, the S7350 Ultra s has a higher-resolution, bigger 2.6″ WQVGA screen, a GPS receiver with Samsung Mobile Navigator (by Route66) and a more modern styling in tone with the latest Samsung lineup. There’s also the 5 megapixel auto focus camera.
The Samsung S7350 Ultra s is easily another Soul offshoot, though the real successor of the U900 Soul is the already announced S8300 UltraTOUCH.
Qualcomm, Inc., has launched the Mobile Station Modem MSM7227 chipset designed to enable high-performance, sub-$150 smartphones. The MSM7227 chipset features integrated Bluetooth 2.1 and GPS, a 600 MHz applications processor with a floating point unit, 320 MHz application DSP, 400 MHz modem processor, hardware-accelerated 3D graphics, 8 megapixel camera, and 30 fps WVGA video encode and decode and display support.
The MSM7227 chipset is designed to provide advanced processing and multimedia while using HSDPA/HSUPA for broadband data speeds over 3G networks. It also can support all leading mobile operating systems including Android, Symbian S60, Windows Mobile and BREW Mobile Platform, according to the company.
“We see a significant opportunity to bring the best features of today’s smartphones to the mass-market segment,” said Alex Katouzian, vice president of product management, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies. “Our new MSM7227 chipset offers manufacturers an attractive blend of performance and price, software re-use from the prior MSM7xxx-series products, and support for the industry’s leading mobile operating systems.”
The Samsung C6625 while hasn’t been officially unveiled yet, is up for pre-order on Expansys. The qwerty device use Windows Mobile Standard, so the 2.6 QVGA inch screen is not a touch-screen. Other than that the rest of the specification list seems to include enough features to make this little Samsung a decent offering.
Other than an attractive design, the Samsung C6625 features 3G connectivity (HSPDA 3.6Mbps), a 2 mega-pixels camera, A-GPS, 100MB internal storage, a microSD slot and of course bluetooth and wi-fi.
Trying to pip the crowds at mobile phone expo, Mobile World Congress, Toshiba has announced a new phone that promises to “revolutionise the mobile entertainment world”. Saying that it “has listened” to what consumers want, the company has announced the TG01 - a slim 4.1-inch wide VGA touchscreen handset that is 9.9mm thick.
“We’ve taken all the technology from our TVs and put that into the screen”, said the company’s manager for UK and Ireland.
Featuring the new Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, the company says the 1GHz chip will be considerably faster than any device on the market. Users will be able to interact with the device using a virtual trackpad that will appear on screen. Instead of an accelerometer, the phone will use something Toshiba are calling a “G-sensor” that allows you to tilt the phone around a central spot.
The touchscreen smartphone Eten Glofiish DX900 with dual SIM support and integrated GPS is now available in France. It comes with 2 years guarantee and is marketed by the official distributor Partelec with Garmin Mobile XT 4 navigation software with Benelux and France maps for 519 €.
via navigadget
MotoSURF A3100 is a true social smartphone that embedded an aGPS receiver. Runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional featuring 2.8″ touchscreen display, 3.2 MP camera, WiFi, HSDPA and of course aGPS reciever.
This tablet phone has 4.3×2.4×0.5 inches dimensions and will be available in the first quarter in the Asian and Latin markets.
via informationweek
The new Samsung S8300 will be ready on the stores at March 2009. It’s a slider phones with form factor 12.8mm thick and a 2.8-inch WQVGA 16 million AMODEL touchscreen. Featuring duralumin body with anti scratch and anti fingerprint coating.
Samsung S8300 offers 8 megapixels CCD camera with auto focus, built in GPS, FM radio with RDS, Bluetooth 2.1 and HSDPA 7.2Mbps. Already has 60MB internal memory and microSD slot. Sorry, no price at this time.
Mobinnova ICE is the next version of Sony Ericsson XPERIA. Working under GSM, WCDMA and HSDPA network, featuring mobiToday and mobiShift, which allow users to interact with the phone.
Mobinnova ICE was equipped by 3.0MP auto focus camera with dedicated shutter control. Direct push-email compatible with Microsoft Exchange, means you stay in contact and ready for business, on your terms.
Samsung has just launched the Samsung SCH-W690, a new clamshell that should be soon available in South Korea, via SK Telecom. It integrates a GPS receiver and considering networks speeds in that part of the world you probably would be able to updates Google Maps or anything similar as you travel.
The W690 comes in two color versions (black and white) and looks quite elegant. Its alphanumeric keypad seems to be very user-friendly. It has both an internal and an external screen; internal one measuring 2.6″ and external one 1.5″. It only 123 grams and measures 101×56×17 mm. It comes with a 800mAh battery, and has a 2MP digital camera. Other features include MP3 player, bluetooth connectivity, and of course HSDPA.
There’s no word yet if Samsung SCH-W690 will be released outside South Korea too.
via navigadget
