Today Samsung reported that this phone will be shipping in Q2 2009 and not in spring. Moreover, the new Android smartphone will not be announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. At present the company is in negotiations with mobile network operators about taking the new Android phone.
MediaTek today announced everything it is going to present at Mobile World Congress 2009. These are the world's largest portfolio of TD-SCDMA phones, latest wireless communication solutions, a 5MP phone, a host-based GPS solution, and a smartphone. MT6516 is the first smartphone made by MediaTek that is really rich in functions. The MT6516 has an LCD display with WVGA resolution and a 5MP camera. TD-SCDMA mobile phones to be presented at MWC 2009 support HSUPA up to 2.2Mbps and HSDPA up to 2.8Mbps. A 5MP camera phone MT6239 features excellent color reproduction and picture quality. You can record video with VGA resolution at the speed of 30fps. Moreover, the MT6239 has a DVD player and supports DV video recording format. As for GPS, MediaTek is announcing the MT3338 phone with host-based GPS/Galileo solution and MT3329 with the most sensitive GPS solution in the world.
Advasense and Creative Sensor have jointly developed as they say the world’s smallest next-generation 5MP autofocus camera sensor. The Advasense ASIO5 5MP CMOS camera sensor is aimed at the camera phone market and uses a ¼” optical format sensor and is only 8.3 x 8.3mm in size (see the photo). The manufacturer claims that their innovative FCP™-based CIS technology achieves excellent image quality for all lighting conditions and significantly improves low-light sensitivity and dynamic range.
The company has confirmed its plans to close R&D site in Jyväskylä, Finland. The change concerns 320 employees. Other R&D sites in Finland will continue working. Nokia has also said that it plans to scale down production at Salo plant by means of temporary lay-offs. Lately the company told that all these measures would help it to save 700 million euros in annual costs.
BGR reports that the BlackBerry Curve 9300 would have a larger display with higher resolution exceeding 480x360 px. It is possible that the Curve 9300 would support GPS and Wi-Fi and have a camera above 3.2MP. The BlackBerry Curve 9300 will also be equipped with a faster processor. Other changes would involve a silver hue and more rounded keys. Shipping date is unknown so far but the new smartphone is more likely to hit the market in the end of 2009.
Forget the Oscars! In just a few days’ time in Barcelona, the mobile phone industry will select its “Best Game 2009”. And instead of Meryl Streep getting nervous about winning another acting award, it’s the developers of the following games who have been shortlisted: • gameloft: Real Football 2009. • Digital Chocolate: AvaPeeps: FlirtNation • MTS: MTS-City • Turkcell: MobiWar • CAPCOM: Biohazard 4 Mobile Edition One of these will be selected at the Global Mobile Awards which take place at the GSM Association’s annual event, the GSMA Mobile World Congress. Let’s hope that the winner is better at making their “Thank You speeches” than Kate Winslet!
In mid February, the jury will announce its verdict, on which is the World’s “Best Mobile Handset or Device”. These are the models that have been shortlisted for this prestigious award: • Nokia E 71 • T-Mobile G1 • INQ1 • RIM Blackberry Storm 9500 • LG KS360 There’s some pretty good reasons why each and every one of these has been shortlisted. If you are a fan of one or can’t stand another, you’re going to have to be patient till they announce the winner at the GSM Association’s annual exhibition and conference in Barcelona from February 16th to 19th.
General Mobile, a cellphone manufacturer, is going to announce a handset that runs Android OS and supports 2 SIM cards. The new handset called DSTL1 features a large 3” touchscreen TFT display, a 5 MP camera with a LED flash and 4 Gb of onboard memory. The phone runs on a 624 MHz Marvell CPU. As for connectivity, the handset packs Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0. DTSL1 is the first handset of the king and is slated to hit the market in Q3. General Mobile doesn’t report all specifications – we will learn them at the Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona.
The company remains without its CEO now, when it is well-positioned and ready to new achievements. Yesterday Steve Jobs, who is 53, said that he was taking a medical leave through June and added that his health-related issues were more complex than he originally had thought. Within minutes of the interview, Apple shares dropped 10%. Apple will not be the same company without Steve Jobs. He was kicked out of Apple in 1985 and came back in 1996 when the company was nearly bankrupt, and helped it to improve. Steve Jobs is leaving his duties to Tim Cook, Apple's chief operating officer.
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has expanded its line of entry-level model tachfonov Samsung C3510 (who previously appeared in the news as Corby Pop). Tachfon offers users a simple and convenient interface, supports widgets for social services functions for sending instant messages. New enclosed in sleek black with silver multifunction buttons and rounded corners and edges of the model. Rear panel is decorated with textured pattern, and at the end of the device, there are additional buttons and a slot for memory cards. Samsung S3510 is created on a processor Samsung DNSe, supports memory cards up to 8 GB and has a built-in 1.3 megapixel camera with the ability to capture photos and video. The model has a standard input for headphones 3,5 mm and can listen to music in the background while using other applications simultaneously. Available as FM-radio with RDS. By the beginning of February affordable touchscreen phone Samsung C3510 will ship in Russia's market, so soon and in Ukrainian. Approximate cost of the device is $ 200. Source: GSMPress
Generator Research carried out an analysis showing that Nokia could give the palm to Apple in smartphone manufacturing and delivery of mobile services. Apple is engaged in mobile business for a short time but it is already possible to look into the future of the company. Generator Research explains excellent prospects by the fact that Apple is holding all the aces presented by a fully integrated platform with rich application programming interface (API) open to third party developers on favourable commercial terms. The fact of the matter is that these platforms have become crucial in development of mobile industry. Generator Research has come to a conclusion that iPhone and App Store are very promising and will be developed like Apple’s digital music platform that includes iPod and iTunes Music Store. Andrew Sheehy, head of research, states that with cash reserves exceeding $25 billion, 33% gross margins and iPhone about to enter the phase of the fastest growth, the company has everything to invest in the mobile sector. Moreover, Apple is granted this opportunity when the economic climate is forcing many mobile manufacturers to reduce the pace of development. Apple competitors may suffer a very strong blow. For instance, Nokia’s share
A tiny radio transmitter is built in a small tag working in the range of 100 meters from a cell phone. This simple device and your cell phone will help you to find lost keys, purses and so on. The Nokia Locate Sensor works in the following way. Special software should be installed on your cell phone enabling it to “see” the tag and show its location by an arrow on the display. It should be mentioned that a single phone supports 100 tags at once. However, it is not clear yet how to find what you really want to, and not a purse instead of keys for instance. The location tag can also keep an eye on your cell phone so that you’ll never leave it somewhere. To use the Nokia Locate Sensor in this way you should place it in your pocket and set the acceptable distance between the tag and your phone. Once you go too far from your cell phone, you hear an alarm, and the application disables the handset until it reenters your close vicinity. So far, there is no information of whether the Nokia Locate Sensor is just a prototype or a device ready for shipping.
Nokia.mobi, the popular mobile Internet site, has launched a new section called Here and Now that provides the latest world news, celebrity buzz, music, downloads and information on Nokia products and services. Nokia.mobi is bookmarked in every new Nokia device and is accessed by millions of people across the globe. The director of Nokia.mobi says that by providing quality content from Reuters and Rollingstone.com, the new section allows people to get more out of mobile services in general. Nokia.mobi is also a great launchpad for mobile advertising campaigns and is already popular with brand advertisers including Universal Pictures, BMW, and American Express.
Today we are going to make a brief review of several cell phones announced at CES 2009. They are Palm Pre, Sony Ericsson C510, Sony Ericsson W508, Motorola Tundra Va76r, MOTO W233 Renew, Motosurf A3100, HTC S743, Nokia 7510 and Nokia E63. Palm Pre The Palm Pre smartphone presentation seemed to be the most interesting one. Finally is has become clear why Palm company was so silent during recent several months – they were busy with a new mobile device and platform for it called Palm® webOS™. Thinking about all those cell phone announcements in the second half of 2008 you may come to a conclusion that Palm postponed the announcement deliberately, i.e. the company wanted everybody to completely satisfy curiosity regarding such new mobile devices, as iPhone 3G, Google Phone, Sony Ericsson Xperia and BlackBerry Bold. The Palm Pre smartphone features EVDO Rev. A/UMTS HSDPA, a 3.1” touchscreen (320×480), slide-out full QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, 3MP camera with LED flash and Gesture area control. Sony Ericsson C510 and Sony Ericsson W508 Sony Ericsson announced two cell phones at CES 2009 – Cybershot 510 and Sony Ericsson W509
Today Motorola announced two new mobile devices: MOTO™ W233 Renew and MOTOSURF™ A3100. MOTO™ W233 Renew is the world’s first mobile phone made from 100% recyclable plastics comprised of recycled water bottles. The package size is reduced by 22 percent and the box and all of the materials inside are printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper. Renew will first be available at T-Mobile USA in Q1 2009. As for MOTOSURF™ A3100 it is a high-speed touch tablet with a customizable home screen. The phones will debut this week at the CES in Las Vegas.
