If you want to go green and be environmentally-friendly, here is a solar-powered device, which is claimed to be cool enough to make you feel the touch of neat and clean environs.
Recently I talked about a solar-powered charger, which needs sunlight to get it charged; now I have a solar mobile phone from Beijing Hengjiweiye, which was presented during China Beijing International Expo 2007. The latest solar-powered mobile is claimed to allow you to charge battery just by making use of any light source.
Here is yet another flip phone for all those mobile-huggers who wish to change their phones like clothes. The new KDDI au Sharp W52SH slim mobile phone is a slim phone that packs an array of impressive features inside its compact make.
This KDDI au Sharp W52SH features 2.8-inch ASV LCD display with Sharp’s AQUOS technology, a 0.7-inch external screen, a 2.03 Megapixel camera and a microSD memory card slot.
Same like other latest phones this W52SH also sports LISMO music services with other EX services from KDDI, built-in GPS and high speed InfraRed plus IrSimple.
It measures 49×108×17.6mm and weighs 127g but no info about price and availability.
This is the latest KDDI au W53S and mind it, it is not just another mobile phone from Sony Ericsson! KDDI au Sony Ericsson W53S shows off a 2.7-inch QVGA LCD display, driven by Sony’s BRAVIA technology, 1-inch high quality external display, a 2 Megapixel camera, GPS support system, and a Memory Stick Pro/Pro Duo card slot. So folks what are you waiting for, Christmas? Grab one today.
The cellphone technology has come a long way. You can browse the net as well as listen to music using your mobile. But, the latest Nokia model allows you to detect lightning strikes.
This way, the phone turns into a safety device as well.
Invented by a Finnish manufacturer, The phone uses FM radio as well as GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) to identify radio waves given out by lightning. A typical lightning bolt will produce frequencies between 10Hz and 5GHz.The phone looks for this particular wavelength.
* Upon receiving the waves, the phone analyzes these signals
* This analysis is done by the inbuilt radio frequency device.
We earlier told you about a British mountain climber named Rod Bader who was to make an attempt to climb the Everest and then make a mobile call from the summit. Well, he has done that successfully with a Motorizr Z8. On Monday, May 21, Baber made a call using his Motorizr Z8 from 29,035 feet, the highest point on Mount Everest. Interestingly, he even sent a text message to Motorola that read “One small text for man, one giant leap for mobilekind - thanks Motorola.” The call was made possible by the Chinese mobile base station, which stands with a line of sight to the north ridge. Great job Bader!
Developing something novel and different is not an easy task for everybody. Some designs seem to be way to ahead of their times. Now here is something extraordinary yet stylish that would lighten your senses and teleport you to a whole new age of “technological breakthroughs.”
A first look at this thing reminds you of something not more than a piece of jewelry but on a closer scrutiny, you find something remarkable hidden under that stylish bracelet console – it is a cell with a difference. Tao Ma, the key designer to develop this state of the art mobile phone, has unleashed something a way too advanced and unusual. The bracelet-phone vibrates as it receives a message and awares you of an incoming call too.
The diamond like keystroke may be very well considered as the “master key stroke” when we have to make a call or receive it. It also incorporates a built-in mp3 player for those music lovers. This is something that would definitely magnetize the party freaks toward itself. It would be appropriate to call it a cell phone straight from the future.
LG is often associated with cellphones known for their sheer beauty and appearance. The ‘Wine Phone’ is the latest addition which strengthens this belief.
LG-SV300 Wine Phone is a slim clamshell which is designed to rule the hearts of LG fans. The Wine Phone is available in two high-gloss colours- red and black.
Though not much information is available yet, this stunningly beautiful phone is expected to come with an integrated camera, an MP3 player and a wide 2.2 inches screen.
The phone is set for a release on May 25th from SK Telecom or LG Telecom in Korea.
The Wine Phone carries a respectable price tag of 300000Won (340$).
There are many cell phones in the market today that alert you of an incoming call by using MP3 ringtones or vibration while in Silent Mode, but what do you think of this new concept handset from Nokia, which indeed rocks with customizable scent specs that allows you to smell who is calling at the other end.
Its unique paper airplane style folded design makes it a unique addition to the cellphone design arena. Scentsory would consist of wellness aromatherapy, plus user customizable scent specs for contacts. This is not the single avant-garde idea that ships with the Scentsory cellphone, as it comes with an origami-like design that seems to have been created out of transparent material.
I myself feel the need of smelling my contacts as soon as they call, as I don?t see anything more effective than an irksome ring tone to alarm me.
A number of solar chargers have been around for a while now but we are still looking for the best of the best. Now, Motorola has got the patent for a new way to charge a cellphone using sunlight only. The patent is for placing a solar-cell underneath an LCD on a mobile device. The LCD comes with built-in solar cells that are capable of charging the battery in a cellular phone or other portable device.
The solar panels have swapped the purpose of the space earlier occupied by caller ID screen. Microsoft has revealed that this technology will work well with the black-only LCDs where 75% of incoming sunlight passes through the screen.
I really appreciate the guys at Motorola for the innovative idea but it might need to go through a series of tests before it gets entrenched in a cellphone for real.
From now onwards millions of people all through the world could access mobile phones for the first time with the release of Vodafone’s first ultra-cheap own-branded phones. It is said by the company that these phones are cheap enough for poor people to have. Plus the Vodafone 125 and 225, released recently, are aimed at expanding the availability of affordable mobile phones in increasing markets.
The mobile phones have been produced for Vodafone by Chinese manufacturer ZTE Corporation - the first handsets resulting from an agreement between the two companies announced in December. They will come into view first on Vodafone networks in Egypt, Romania and South Africa. The Vodafone 125 and 225 are reported to be consisting with a similar set of basic features, although the 125 has a monochrome display whereas the 225’s display is colour.
Vodafone is also planning to open access to mobile services for more people in countries where mobile networks are the most viable and cost-effective communications service available. The phones are said to be coming with the price tag of around $25-$45 (£12.50 - £22.50).
Here comes again the original king of the thin, and this time it boasts of having 2GB of memory, stereo Bluetooth and HSPDA connectivity into an even thinner body. Motorola RAZR 2 will be available in July 2007, but before you make a plan to grab it, take a look at its video review from Shinymedia.
The phone boasts of 2GB memory and a 2MP camera . For connectivity this phone is claimed to provide Bluetooth, and Crystal Talk technology.Till now the company has made no comments on the price of this amazing cell phone. Image Read
Motorola has now announced its flagship model for 2007, the next-generation RAZR Squared, for the Korean market. The company calls its 2.0-inch external screen to be ?tandem display? that offers high quality picture caller ID and texts within the 2.2-inch internal display with double resolution.
The sexy looking 11.9mm thick phone has been launched under the slogan of ‘Slimmer yet stunning.’ The RAZR Squared boasts innovative finishes and allows the users to access over 10 features even when the handset is closed. The RAZR Squared will be dropped on Korean shelves in late June this year.
Here I give my all congrats to Apple and to all those consumers who are desperately waiting for Apples iPhone because the phone has just passed the FCC(Federal Communications Commission) approval to rule the shelves sometimes in June.
Apple was waiting for this auspicious movement from past long time and now it is ready to sell legally in U.S.
Though, Apple has lots of expectations from this innovative iPhone but now the time has came to see how soon it will conquer the market to outshine other available products in its segment.
The Microsoft shift project is expected to provide a big leap in designing better touchscreen technology for cellphone industry. This project has the ability to re-create whatever underneath your poker and makes you see what you clicked upon. An additional function that makes the project very useful in designing this innovative technology is visual feedback provided to narrow down your inputs as well.
This type of touch screen will surely outscore over the others in market like Apple’s iPhone, Windows Mobile phones and other touchscreen phones as it will need no stylus to operate as in these phones.
The Meizu M8 miniOne, which was earlier known as M8 and is also the touted true copy of iPhone, is not just an iPhone clone but it stuffs ina good number of impressive features for you.
The salient specs include a 3.3-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 728 x 480, 3.0-megapixel camera, 0.3-megapixel secondary camera for conferencing, up to 16GB of storage capacity, 533Mhz Samsung processor, 128MB SDRAM, Wi-Fi, an integrated DMB TV tuner, Bluetooth, and GPS functionality.
The 4GB model is expected to hit the shelves for roughly $250 while the 16GB model will set you back approximately $450.
To enable multiple charging of our electronic gadgets with the help of one single device Callpod has introduced a new charging device called Chargepod that offers 6-way charging contraption to users.
This new device enables users to charge our daily use gadgets like multiple cell phones, PDAs, headsets and many other electronic devices with the help of single power chord.
The device eliminates the need of multiple chargers and to sport all mobile devices generally this compact, portable and lighweighted device uses voltage regulator technology and interchangeable power adapters.
No confirmation about price and availibilty but it is for sure that very soon a new device similar to this will also hit the market that will also sport our notebooks and other large electronic devices.
We know very well the weight of every word coming out of Apple?s abode and the every word coming out of the all-the-rage gadget blog ?Engadget.? Startlingly, an incorrect blog post by Engadget related to the delay of iPhone made Apple stock to fall 2.2 percent as investors hurried to sell their shares. The post on Engadget said that the iPhone, which was scheduled for a June launch, had been delayed until October.
Here is the UPDATE from the Engadget?s post:
A trustworthy source supplied us with an actual internal Apple email that went out to thousands of Apple employees earlier today (published after the break). The fact that this was an email sent within Apple’s internal email system to its employees is not in question. Let us reiterate: this was an ACTUAL email distributed within Apple’s internal email system to Apple employees.
As it turns out, the internal memo Apple employees received was actually retracted by Apple shortly after it was sent out. (Also published after the break.) We received confirmation from Apple PR that this initial email sent out to Apple employees was incorrect, and they let us know that the iPhone and Leopard are both still on track, and should meet their expected launch timeframes.
Presumably Apple is now on the hunt for whomever was able to spoof its internal email system.
Comments poured like anything on the post where a majority of readers expressed their anger on the blog. Anyhow, it?s still a mystery that how this story got started. But, Apple had to pay for the mistake heavily.
Motorola has just rolled out the much anticipated multimedia handset dubbed Z8. The handset comes stuffed with an array of impressive features, including video capture and playback at 30 frames per second. The 80MB on-board memory doesn?t impress me so much but thanks to the microSDHC cards that hold up to 32GB of data. Other salient specs include HSDPA and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity. The multimedia phone boasts a QVGA 16 million color TFT display. The features are pretty imposing but the interesting thing to see will be the battery life of the device. The Motorola Z8 will make to the Asian and European shelves sometime in June for a yet undisclosed price. Other than that, the customers will get a free copy of pre-loaded “The Bourne Identity” movie on every purchase.
DoCoMo D904i is a new mobile phone specially made for all mobile-lovers who aspire to own a device that can understand their hand movements and react accordingly.
This new technology comes in the form of motion sensors that detects different movements to perform different tasks.
The device is so smart that it can react to movements. For example all you need to do to open an Email is to shake your phone left and right and to play music you have to press no buttons but just move the phone up and down.
This magic device features:
• 180 minutes talk time
• 600 hours (static) or 420 hours (dynamic) standby
• Colors: Brilliant Pink, Mirror Black, Super White, Mirror Wine
Still one question is lurking in my mind, that what if you are traveling via a car on a not-so-good road and the device starts to play music…! I hope the company would have had some protection in that area too…!
Second-year students from the College of Art, Science and Engineering’s product design course have created six unique phones to support ‘intimacy and sensuality’.
Among six phones one is called Aware, a phone enclosed inside a necklace which sends a tingle on your back if a friend is nearby. Another is the Boom Tube that facilitates people to compose music together.
According to Sarah McMichael, designer of the Aware, said:
This exhibition has a phone for everyone.Our aim was to get away from the unsocial mobile phones that today’s world is being taken over by, to learn to communicate and interact with each other on a new level.
These next generation mobile phones are put on display in the exhibition that is currently running at the User Centre in the University of Dundee’s Queen Mother Building.
Haier has introduced a new mobile phone model called Haier Elegance that touts to be world’s smallest GSM phone in the market.
This super compact phone weighs only 64grams with 90.6 x 35.3 x 18.2mm dimensions and features MP3 player (128MB, expandable by 1GB via Micro SD), FM tuner, stereo Bluetooth, voice recorder, OLED display, 3D graphics, Tri-Band GSM. It also offers three hours of talktime and 11 hours MP3 playback.
Presently, this tiny phone is only available in two models: YMP-3190 that works on 900/1800/1900 Mhz and YMP-3850 that works on 850/1900 Mhz.
The phone is presently launched for the UK market and will cost £165 ($330) only.
KTF has announced to strike two new slide phones in the Korean market, EV-W200 and the EV-K200.
Inspired by the the SCH-C220 (U600) EV-W200 comes with a 2 mega pixel digital camera, MP3 player, video phone, e-dictionary, BlueTooth and Flash Album whereas EV-K200 sports 1.3Mpix camera, MP3 players, Collins English Dictionary, Cinema menu, BlueTooth and with many other common features.
HTC Panda has got a new makeover by O2 and has been launched under the XDA Argon brand.
The HTC Panda or O2 Xda Argon is actually a PDA phone that runs on the good old Windows Mobile 5 operating system. It features a high clarity 3.5-inch LCD touchscreen, a 2 Megapixel camera and boasts of WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity.
Nokia is about to come up with the release of its two latest Nseries phones. The N81 (on the left) and the N82 (on the right) come with high-end specifications. N81 is the 3rd edition of the S60 phone with an onboard memory of 8GB. As said by Symbian-Guru articles, both phones are integrated with quad-band HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, 2,4 inch QVGA screens, and Series 60 v3.
The N81 is a slider and a supposed successor to the N91. It is built-in with a 2MP camera, 8GB of flash memory, NGAGE compatibility and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Whereas the N82 has a 5MP camera with 30fps video recording and a xenon flash and a GPS unit shoved within its candy-bar frame.
Now, let’s take a quick look at their glaring sports and specs:
The specs of N81 are:
(1) Supports WiFi, Bluetooth, A2DP and 3G (2) 16 Million Colors (320×240 pixel screen) (3) 8GB onboard Memory (4) 2 Megapixel Camera
The specs of N82 are:
(1) Supports WiFi, Bluetooth, A2DP and 3G (2) 16 Million Colors (320×240 pixel screen) (3) 5 Megapixel Camera with Zenon Flash (4) GPS, TV Output
Both of the phones are expected to be rolled out in 4Q of 2007, so wait and watch
Attempting to egg on consumers to save electricity, Nokia has rolled out phones with alerts informing users to unplug the charger as soon as the battery gets full. Nokia came to a decision to place the alerts into mass markets products first to help take full advantage of the potential energy savings.Talking about the phones, Nokia said that mobile phones sounding a beep and showing an alert, Battery is full, please unplug the charger, could save an adequate amount of electricity to power 85,000 homes yearly.
The unplug alerts have been set to first come out on Nokia’s 1200, 1208 and 1650 phone models with later handhelds to follow, aiming on the rise markets such as India, China and Latin America. The alerts are the newest in a series of energy saving initiatives from Nokia. The phone manufacturer had come into alliance with other mobile industry firms on measures to lessen energy use and pollution as a project in joint venture with the European Commission. By 2010, the company hopes to reduce the amount of electricity consumed by a charger while still plugged into the mains instead of the phone by about 50%.
While addressing this week’s 2007 gathering in California, Motorola CEO Ed Zander announced that Motorola will soon strike its new exciting mobile phone to combat other mobile phones in its segment.
Not many details about this exciting phone are yet unveiled but this new phone will apparently hit the market with video-centric capability to enjoy movies via SD card with 30 frames per second potential.
Zander also stated that like other hot Motorola models this new phone will also target European market when the company will officially announce the release of this new device sometimes next week.
No comments about price and detailed features but we will definitely keep you posted
Sony T650: The T650 is a 3G phone, which is featured with a 3.2-megapixel camera with auto focus. The phone has a dual mode unit with UMTS 2100 GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 connectivity. The phone is featured with 1.9-inch, mineral glass scratch-proof screen that wides the viewing angle of the screen up to 170 ndegrees. The phones comes in blue and green color.
Sony T250: The T250 has VGA resolution camera and comes with two versions. The one version offers GSM/GPRS 900/1800 connectivity, while the other version offers GSM/GPRS 850/1900. The phone comes in black and silver color.
Sony S500: The stylish S500 is only 14 mm thick 2.5G slider phone. The phone comes with SM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 connectivity. The S500 is featured with a 2-megapixel camera and has an expandable Memory Stick slot. The phone is available in green and yellow colors.
Sony P1: The Sony P1 has .32 megapixel camera with business card scanner. The phone is featured with a 2.6-inch touchscreen with a transflective display, which makes easy to view in bright light colors. The P1 has a dual function keyboard, full alpha-numeric (QWERTY) keyboard combines with one hand phone usability. The P1 comes with Push email solution, which supports for Exchange ActiveSync and BlackBerry Connect platform. The phone is based on Symbian v9.1 with the UIQ 3.0 interface. The P1 also has an integrated WLAN and it is enabled with VoIP. The Sony Ericsson P1 is a Tri-Band GPRS 900/1800/1900 and UMTS 2100 handset with Wi-Fi 802.11b.
While we all are talking about the probability of a Zune phone, Microsoft is being unexpectedly reported to have a cool innovative phone dubbed oFone. The name sounds rhythmic to the iPhone and Apple must be feeling a bit scared. It doesn?t even have a numbered keypad. Instead, the oFone boasts three wings around the central circular screen. One of the wings features a fully customizable keypad, one has a QWERTY keyboard, and the last one features media playback controls. Sounds interesting but I doubt it will be interesting to carry along. It?s all impressive and cool. I would love to talk more about it the day they really start shipping this nifty handset. Check out the video.
We can always trust Pantech for delivering some stylish and innovative handsets in its Sky line-up. The new IM-R200 is no exception to this with its inimitable LCD keypad. The slider phone comes featuring dual LCD screens, with a 2-inch QVGA LCD main screen and a 1.6-inch secondary OLED LCD screen.
Interestingly, the secondary screen is in the place where you usually find a keypad. This LCD screen works as a keypad, a song list, or camera controls with respect to the way you use it. Other salient specs include a 2-megapixel camera and a VGA camera with sport for face recognition like the predecessor IM-R100.
The IM-R200 will hit the shelves first of all in Korea. No info on the pricing.
Samsung has announced its S-DMB camcorder phone ‘SCH-B750‘ in the Korean market. The handset rocks 8GB built-in hard disk drive and sports a 3M auto focus, TV-out, 5.1 channel stereo sound, and CDMA 2000 1XEVDO connectivity. Other features include CIF video, panorama, night recording and business card recognition. Just shake the phone and turn off the alarm clock, thanks to the motion recognition capability. The 8GB music phone weighs around 130 grams and holds a price tag of $800.
Designer Tao Ma was recently in news with his Bracelet phone (I and II) and the Roll phone. Now, he has given novel fresh looks to the Roll phone. The 45mm phone is no doubt unique and innovative in its design. How about rolling the phone which features a 75mm photo video into a small rollable form equal to the size of a film? Sounds interesting. Hang it around your neck and listen to your much loved track on the move. Check out these new pics of the Roll phone.
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Attempting to egg on consumers to save electricity, Nokia has rolled out phones with alerts informing users to unplug the charger as soon as the battery gets full. Nokia came to a decision to place the alerts into mass markets products first to help take full advantage of the potential energy savings.Talking about the phones, Nokia said that mobile phones sounding a beep and showing an alert, Battery is full, please unplug the charger, could save an adequate amount of electricity to power 85,000 homes yearly. 
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