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LG Chocolate black set

LG is bringing in the big guns - they announced a successor of the extremely popular Black Label series pioneer - LG Chocolate. The original Chocolate was the most popular phone in LG's history, selling over 21 million handsets, and so understandably its reincarnation is greeted with excitement.

The new LG Chocolate is set to be fourth in their fashion series. It will be designed by the same team that created the original Chocolate and, as they say, it will be "a disruptive force in conventional mobile screens". It's official unveiling is scheduled for August, with a promise of more information and images. For now, there's very little of both.

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The silhouette of the new LG Chocolate

What we have is artsy, very dark photos that give a murky glimpse at the silhouette of the phone. It's not entirely clear but it seems that the disrupting of conventional screens will be in the name of maximizing usability and maintaining a minimalist-inspired style. Translation - "it's going to be an iPhone killer". The new Chocolate's appeal will be boosted in no small part by the exclusive Label club Black membership.

Now, for a quick game of "strange rumors". The model number will be BL40 (though that may change) and will probably support HSDPA (not surprising). The screen is said to have an extremely peculiar aspect ratio of 21:9 and a resolution of 800x345 pixels. That is quite wide, much wider than your typical HDTV. How this ties with "maximizing usability" (if that's even true) we don't know , but it's sure to come with its own set of advantages and burdens. Another rumored spec, one that's less iffy is a 5-megapixel camera.

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Black Label Chocolate set

LG are clearly on the move these days, though kind of settling down after the high-riding Louvre and new Black Label Chocolate. Affordable messaging is the game and the LG GW300 is keen to play along with full QWERTY keyboard.

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12 MP camara LG GC990 Louvre

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Pices of Motorola ROKR ZN50

Motorola ROKR ZN50

Motorola ROKR ZN50 is also the first Moto to have the new Motorola panorama interface which is featuring 3 homescreens, that you can freely fill up with the load of widgets available.

Motorola ROKR also fares pretty decently in terms of features. It sports a 3.2-inch 256K TFT touchscreen with a 16:9 aspect ratio and a resolution of 240 x 427 pixels. It also comes complete with a 3 megapixel autofocus shooter, built-in GPS receiver and support for stereo Bluetooth and HSDPA.

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Sony Ericsson XPERIA Rachael shows

We got another load of official Sony Ericsson photos of the new XPERIA member. The Rachel is this time dressed in snow-white and it looks a whole lot better this way, we might add.

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Sony Ericsson XPERIA Rachael

What is even more exciting is that along with the official shots that have obviously popped up a little prematurely, we also received a short video-demo of the Sony Ericsson Rachael UI.

The original resolution of the video is 852 x 480 pixels, which suggests that this will also be the resolution of the Rachael display. Coming with the sweet 16:9 aspect ratio this is the highest resolution screen we have seen so far on a mobile phone.

How to set sms facility in web page

1. Website Owner need to sign-up with us and buy a Toll Free SMS account
2. Purchase a Toll-Free-SMS plan that best suits your requirement.
3. We will send you instructions to enable your website to use our SMS service
4. Visitors to your website will fill in the enquiry form.
5. The filled-in information of the enquiry will be received in your mobile as SMS.
6. Global Coverage: Any person from any part of the world can send SMS to you.
7. This facility is faster than Email. Enquiry by email is less reliable due to SPAM & Virus.

Card slot up to 16 GB Samsung C5510

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network UMTS 900 / 2100
Announced 2009, June
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2009, Q3
Size Dimensions 99.8 x 47.5 x 15.3 mm
Weight 99.6 g
Display Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
Memory Phonebook 1000 entries, Photocall
Call records 30 dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls
Internal 20 MB
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 16 GB
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G Yes, 384 kbps
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Camera Primary 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels, autofocus
Features Smile detection
Video Yes
Secondary No
Features Messaging SMS, MMS, Email
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML
Radio FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors Silver
GPS No
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- MPEG4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/AAC/WMA player
- Organizer
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Mobile Tracker
- Photo editor
- Voice memo
- T9
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 960 mAh
Stand-by Up to 400 h (2G) / Up to 300 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 8 h (2G) / Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)

100 MB Internal memory Motorola Karma QA1

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900
Announced 2009, June
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2009, July
Size Dimensions 88 x 64 x 17.9 mm
Weight 141 g
Display Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 320 x 240 pixels, 2.5 inches
- Full QWERTY keyboard
- Screensavers and wallpapers
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, AAC ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory Phonebook Yes
Call records 20 dialed, 20 received, 20 missed calls
Internal 100 MB
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD No
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes
Camera Primary 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels, LED flash
Video Yes, MPEG4 @ 15fps
Secondary No
Features Messaging SMS, MMS, Email
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML
Radio No
Games Yes
Colors Black
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- MP3/eAAC+/RealAudio/XMF player
- MPEG4/H.263 player
- Organizer
- Voice memo
- T9
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1170 mAh
Stand-by Up to 347 h (2G) / Up to 312 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 5 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 3 h 40 min (3G)

5 MP Dual Power LED flash Samsung I8000 Omnia II

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
Announced 2009, June
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2009, Q3
Size Dimensions 118 x 59.6 x 11.9 mm
Weight 117 g
Display Type AMOLED resistive touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 480 x 800 pixels, 3.7 inches
- TouchWiz 2.0 UI
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate and Motion UI
- Handwriting recognition
Sound Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 2/8/16 GB storage
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 32GB
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
Camera Primary 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, Dual Power LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, face and smile detection, mobile blogging
Video Yes, 720x480@30fps
Secondary VGA videocall camera
Features OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, upgradeable to Windows Mobile 6.5
CPU ARM 1176 800MHz processor, dedicated graphics
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, IM
Browser HTML, Opera Browser v9.5
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes, 3D interactive games
Colors Black
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- Photo editor, video editor
- DixX / XviD / MPEG4/ H.263/ H.264/ WMV player
- MP3/ e-AAC+/ WMA / WMDRM / OMA DRM 2.1 player
- Find Music service
- Media Gate 3D
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh
Stand-by Up to 430 h (2G) / Up to 430 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 10 h (2G) / Up to 10 h (3G)

smile shot 3.15 MP Samsung S6700

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
Announced 2009, June
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2009, Q3
Size Dimensions 108 x 49.8 x 12.7 mm
Weight 105.5 g
Display Type TFT, 16M colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.4 inches
- Accelerometer sensor
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3
Speakerphone Yes
- DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine)
Memory Phonebook 1000 contacts, Photo call
Call records 30 dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls
Internal 120 MB
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0, microUSB
Camera Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geotagging, face detection, smile shot, image stabilization, wide dynamic range
Video Yes
Secondary Yes
Features Messaging SMS, MMS, Email
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio No
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors Silver
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- MPEG4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/AAC/WMA player
- Organizer
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Voice memo
- T9
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 880 mAh
Stand-by Up to 350 h
Talk time Up to 4 h

Vodafones Samsung S5600v Blade

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
Announced 2009, June
Status Available
Size Dimensions 102.8 x 54.8 x 12.9 mm
Weight 92 g
Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.8 inches
- Accelerometer sensor
- Gesture lock
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, WAV ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
- DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine)
Memory Phonebook Yes, Photo Contact
Call records Yes
Internal 50 MB
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 8GB, 4GB included, buy memory
Data GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD No
EDGE Class 12
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0
Camera Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, LED flash
Features Smile detection
Video Yes, QVGA@15fps
Secondary Videocall camera
Features Messaging SMS, MMS, Email
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors Black, Pink
GPS No
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- MP3/WMA/AAC player
- H.263/H.264/WMV/MPEG4 player
- Organizer
- Shazam Find Music service
- Turn-to-mute
- T9
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1000 mAh
Stand-by Up to 250 h
Talk time Up to 2 h

New Philips X630 reviews

General 2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
Announced 2009, July
Status Coming soon
Size Dimensions 111 x 48.9 x 15.1 mm
Weight 118.3 g
Display Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.4 inches
- Screensavers and wallpapers
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
Memory Phonebook Yes
Call records 30 received, dialed and missed calls
Internal 80 MB
Card slot microSD (TransFlash) up to 8GB
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G No
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB miniUSB, v1.1
Camera Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
Video Yes, CIF@15fps
Secondary No
Features Messaging SMS, MMS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML
Radio FM radio
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors Black
GPS No
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- MP3/WAV/AAC player
- MPEG4 player
- Voice memo
- Organizer
- T9
Battery Standard battery, Li-Po 1530 mAh
Stand-by Up to 1250 h
Talk time Up to 12 h

5 MP autofocus HTC Hero

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version
Announced 2009, June
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2009, July
Size Dimensions 112 x 56.2 x 14.4 mm
Weight 135 g
Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches
- Sense UI
- Multi-touch input method
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Handwriting recognition
- Trackball
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, WAV ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 288 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
Card slot microSD (TransFlash)
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2.0 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth Yes v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, miniUSB
Camera Primary 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus
Video Yes
Secondary No
Features OS Android OS, v1.5
CPU Qualcomm MSM 7200A 528 MHz processor
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser HTML
Radio No
Games Yes
Colors Brown, White (teflon coating)
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Via third party application
- Digital compass
- Dedicated search key
- Scenes quick profile switcher
- MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA9 player
- MPEG-4/H.263/H.264/WMV9 player
- Voice memo
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1350 mAh
Stand-by Up to 440 h (2G) / Up to 750 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 8 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G)

Simple Philips TM700 finally

General 2G Network GSM 900 / 1800
3G Network UMTS 2100
Announced 2009, July
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2009, 3Q
Size Dimensions 112.4 x 51.8 x 16.5 mm
Weight 111.9 g
Display Type TFT touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches
- Handwriting recognition
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
Memory Phonebook Yes
Call records 30 received, dialed and missed calls
Internal 6 MB
Card slot microSD (TransFlash) up to 2GB
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G Yes, 384 kbps
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes
Infrared port No
USB Yes v1.1, miniUSB
Camera Primary 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Video Yes, QCIF@15fps
Secondary Yes
Features Messaging SMS, MMS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML
Radio No
Games Yes
Colors Black
GPS No
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- MP3/MPEG4 player
- Organizer
- Voice memo
- T9
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 970 mAh
Stand-by Up to 280 h
Talk time Up to 6 h

12 megapixel Samsung M8910 Pixon12

Introduction

Following our photoshoot teaser with the M8910 Pixon12 yesterday we are ready to invite you on a second date with this promising cameraphone. This time we hope to show its other side - the one that doesn't necessarily revolve around the camera functionality.

You've all seen that while the gap between cameraphones and the dedicated digicams seemed huge a couple of years ago, it's already closing in fast. The Samsung M8910 Pixon12 certainly isn't a full-time replacement for a camera enthusiast as it lacks the optical zoom and some customization options but it might just do a pretty good on quite a lot of occasions. And the best camera is the one that you always have on you.

We are sure the both flashes will be temptation for many of you especially when the xenon-featured phones were almost forgotten in the last year. The huge count of megapixels plus the wide-angle lens and tons of camera features are something camera geeks can't and won't miss just like that

Samsung M8910 Pixon12 at a glance:

  • General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 900/2100 MHz, HSDPA 7.2Mbps, HSUPA
  • Form factor: Touchscreen bar
  • Dimensions: 108 x 53 x 13.8 mm, 120g
  • Display: 3.1 inch 16M color WVGA AMOLED resistive touchscreen
  • Platform: Latest TouchWiz 2.0 UI with Smart unlock
  • Memory: 150MB integrated memory, hot-swappable microSD card slot (up to 16GB)
  • Camera: 12 megapixel auto focus camera with Power LED flash and xenon flash, wide-angle 28mm lens, object tracking auto focus, automatic lens cover, geo-tagging, image stabilization, Smart Auto mode, face detection, Beauty Shot, Smile Shot and D1 video recording at 30 fps with auto focus and face detection
  • Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, standard microUSB port, GPS receiver with A-GPS, TV out
  • Misc: Accelerometer for screen auto rotate and turn-to-mute, FM radio with RDS, DivX/XviD video support
  • Battery: 1000mAh Li-Ion battery

S60 Nokia E75 getting IM client


Nokia Beta Labs have just published a new version of Nokia Messaging app, which now allows desktop-like instant messaging on a Nokia smartphone along with the regular email features.

Only Nokia E75 will get the application for now but Nokia promise to add support for more devices as soon as possible.

The new Nokia Messaging promises real desktop-like chat experience allowing you to keep in touch with friends and family throughout various third-party IM networks.

Also enabled are background notifications of new incoming messages which show up whilst the app is minimized.

Since the new application has just seen daylight for the first time only Yahoo! Messenger and Ovi chat are supported, however, the supported communities list should continue growing.

An interesting fact is that Nokia will probably go as far as charging for the app the owners of certain S60 devices.

Nokia E75 owners however get a lifetime subscription to the Nokia Messaging service and all E75 owners can download it right away.

java for Sony Ericsson T715

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - T715a
Announced 2009, June
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2009, Q3
Size Dimensions 91.5 x 48 x 14.9 mm
Weight 96 g
Display Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches
- Smart desktop
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, AAC ringtones, composer
Speakerphone Yes
Memory Phonebook 1000 contacts, Photo call
Call records 30 received, dialed and missed calls
Internal 90 MB
Card slot microSD (TransFlash)
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0
Camera Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging (cell-ID), videocalling
Video Yes
Secondary No
Features Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
Browser WAP 2.0/HTML (NetFront)
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors Galaxy Silver, Rouge Pink
GPS No
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA player
- MPEG4/WMV/H.263 player
- Organizer
- Voice memo
- TrackID
- YouTube
- Google Maps
- T9
Battery Standard battery, Li-Po 950 mAh (BST-33)
Stand-by Up to 400 h (2G) / Up to 350 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 10 h (2G) / Up to 4 h (3G)

How to Turn your T-Mobile G1 into multi touch

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Well, well, what do we have here? A T-Mobile G1 with the new HTC Sense UI. HTC Hero is currently the only HTC device featuring the impressive new UI and even though HTC will reportedly offer it to their other handsets, all T-Mobile Android phones won't be on that list at all. However, some Italians managed to run a ported version of the UI called SuperHERO on a T-Mobile G1/HTC Dream.

If you want to give it a go, you'll need to flash your T-Mobile G1 with the SuperHERO ROM (see the source at the end of the article). The software includes a part of the real Hero's firmware. Along with the sexy looking user interface you'll also have multi-touch support enabled much like on the Hero.

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Samsung Omnia II upgraded to Windows Mobile 6.5


Microsoft couldn't help themselves but brag that the Samsung Omnia II running Windows Mobile 6.5 will be available through Mobilkom Austria exclusively starting late September. They will be the first Austrian mobile operator to get the new OS.

It's yet unclear if the other countries will be as lucky as Austria and get the Omnia II running WinMo 6.5 straight out of the box. The official announcement stated that the phone will be available with Windows Mobile 6.1, which could be subsequently upgraded to 6.5. At least now we know for sure that this upgrade will come no later than September.

They official press release of Mobikom also states that the Omnia II sports the "biggest OLED display on a mobile device". And it does, the Omnia II just manages to outdo its sibling - the Omnia HD, which also has a 3.7" OLED display. The different aspect ratios lead to slightly different surface area but only just.

Still, it's an impressive display as we saw in our preview. And with 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 HSUPA plus Wi-Fi make the big touchscreen with WVGA resolution a fast portal to the Internet. The camera is no wimp either - 5MP with autofocus and D1 video recording is top of the line for Windows Mobile handsets.

Now might be a good time to clear out that the 8MP-sporting Omnia II units that appeared on some hands-on videos online are only prototypes and Samsung do not currently plan an 8MP version of the handset.

The Omnia II powered by an 800MHz CPU with dedicated graphics chip, which makes it one of the speediest WinMo devices. It is also a champ at storage with up to 16GB of internal storage and support for up to 32GB microSD cards.

GPS, DivX/XviD support out of the box, not to mention the 3D games and fancy 3D interface round of the Samsung Omnia II to be a geek's dream. The 3.5 mm audio jack and microUSB, which was recently picked as Europe's standard charger plug, are also greatly appreciated.

Unfortunately, there isn't any info about pricing in the press release. Anyway, we respectfully envy the geeks of Austria and hope carriers in other countries will pick up the Samsung Omnia II soon.

Double RAM of 256MB in Apple iPhone 3GS

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Introduction

The Apple iPhone 3GS is probably not the next revolutionary iPhone as you might have expected it. But the performance boost, the sharper camera with video and the purportedly improved battery life certainly make of the current iPhone (3GS or whatever it is called this year) a much more balanced smartphone, one that you could probably wave in front your geeky friends more proudly. Well, you'd still get the chilling disapproving look, but at least you won't feel as embarrassed as you used to.

The truth about the iPhone is this - perhaps about 20 million people around the globe are quoted as having given in to the iPhone temptation ever since the frenzy started. Now, 2 years later, the rest of the modern world is already sick to death of hearing all about it.

Once ground-breaking, but still as controversial and inspiring as ever, the iPhone lineup has just received its latest offspring. Meet the iPhone 3GS, where "S" can mean a lot of things, but without a doubt covers all that's needed for "Speed".

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iPhone 3GS advantages over iPhone 3G:

  • A faster 600MHz CPU and double the RAM at 256MB
  • Noticeably faster performance
  • Faster network speeds of HSDPA 7.2Mbps
  • 3.2 megapixel auto focus camera with VGA@30fps video recording, touch focus with subject tracking, macro mode from as close as 10 cm
  • Double the storage space - 3GS is selling in 16GB and 32GB versions
  • Digital compass with automatic map orientation in Maps app
  • Better audio quality (as recorded and analyzed in our office)
  • Louder loudspeaker results (with performance gains primarily in music playback)
  • Purportedly better battery life
  • Oleophobic display coating supposed to make fingerprints easier to clean
  • Voice Control, speaker independent. Can be use to call a phone number, play music by song/album/artist name, shuffle music
  • Built-in support for Nike+ jogging system
  • Text-to-speech feature called VoiceOver is included in the new Accessibility menu
  • System-wide Screen Zoom is also included in the Accessibility menu

official firmware update of Nokia N97









Less than a month has passed since the Nokia N97 hit the shelves and here comes its first official firmware update. Bringing a whole load of bugfixes this new firmware should have a pretty positive impact on user experience.

The new version of the N97 firmware is already available in several countries with worldwide availability coming in the following days. So if you are a proud owner of a shiny N97 you might check out if it's already available for you.

According to Nokia, the most significant fixes that the new firmware brings are in the software stability, especially email, imaging, USB detection, widget stability and display transitions. We also noticed that the Ovi client is automatically installed to encourage users to use Nokia's side project.

You can get the new firmware as a FOTA update or you can rely on the good old Nokia Software updater and download and apply it through USB connection.

Here goes the changelog of the Nokia N97 latest firmware:
New applications added

* Ovi store client now embedded in the core system image

USB detection error fix

* PC does not detect N97 or USB charging connection not detected.

Widgets

* Home screen online/offline widget crash fix
* Fix for "Alphabetical and Number input are mixed in facebook until end key is pressed.
* Widget UI improvement - New facebook widget fixes a problem of Home Screen background visible on soft-key area.
* Browser fixes to improve widgets stability.

MfE related fixes

* Partial fix for Messaging/calendar entry lost.
* Mail for exchange calendar entry synchronization error fix.

UI transition error fixes

* UI transition (Slowness and bad effects)
* Slow Touch UI response
* Picture of the device lock appears half of the screen when transitioning the UI sometimes
* Landscape: in some cases the soft buttons on touch (right hand) show the Home Screen in background (install maps.google.com)

Photos thumbnail performance and stability improvements

* Device performance deteriorates when lots of content in the device - especially photos
* Partial fix no display backlight illumination when unlocking lock-key - CAP Genius reported already
* New version of AccuWeather to improve the "Connection error" situation
* Device reset when browsing with high speed packet access (for Malaysia )
* "Browser soft key UI doesn't work after putting Chinese character with qwerty keyboard"
* Java fixes (TCK, Pre-install app disappearing, *#7370#*)
* Operator fixes (CMCC, Hutchson and Telefonica, Vodafone )

Price of Toshiba TG01 now in just 150 euro


Slowly, but surely the Toshiba TG01 is becoming available through carriers in different countries. By 9 July you could add the UK to the list of lucky countries that have access to the first Snapdragon handset following Spain, Japan and Germany.

The Toshiba TG01 is already available in Spain through Movistar, and as we reported a while back, O2 Germany snatched an exclusive deal to offer the phone in Germany. It should have launched a few days ago but O2's online store still has it as "Coming soon". The prices are up though - 150 euro with a contract and 500 euro commitment-free.

The UK will also get on the TG01 action in just a week, though there's no mention of which carrier will get it. Pricing is unknown too, but we guess we'll learn more on the 9 July.

We've covered the Toshiba TG01's overwhelming features time and again; you can read our preliminary thoughts here. We'll just mention the three most striking features, we can't resist - 1GHz CPU, 4.1" WVGA touchscreen, 9.9 mm thick.