HTC launches first 3.5G Touch :

New device expands Touch family with addition of 3G/HSDPA connectivity, sliding keypad and advanced touch interface that takes Touch to new level


LONDON — October 1, 2007—HTC Corp. (TAIEX: 2498; "HTC"), the world's leading provider of Windows Mobile®-based smart devices, today announced the European launch of the HTC Touch Dual™, a new and more powerful member of the Touch™ family that integrates 3.5G wireless connectivity with a sleek and innovative sliding keypad design.

The HTC Touch Dual™ follows HTC's heritage of bringing a new level of simplicity to the powerful and feature rich device experience that today's mobile users demand. Taking a design cue from the stylish HTC Touch™, the HTC Touch Dual™ adds high speed 3G/HSDPA connectivity and a slide out keypad into a thin and narrow device designed for easy typing.

Samsung's G800

Europe is the first port of call for Samsung's G800 multimedia cell phone. With a five-megapixel camera, 3 x optical zoom, Xenon flash, face detection and WDR (Wide Dynamic Range) technology, as well as the ability to take panoramic shots, multi shots and macro shots it's being marketed as the photographer's choice of cellphone. And moviemakers will be happy with the G800 as well, as professional video editing functions are also on offer, and there are mobile blogging functions, meaning you can upload content onto your website super-fast as the cell supports HSDPA. Full specs are below the gallery.

iPhone Has Been Cracked! Fully Functional iPhone is On Sales in HongKong

It is the time for Apple’s Attorneys to do something in Asia if they could. Some smart Chinese in Hong Kong has cracked iPhone and even makes the iPhone to display Chinese Characters. You could insert any carrier SIM card into the cracked iPhone and start making / receive phone calls. All features of iPhone, such as WiFi, Full Internet Browsing, Movie player and MP3 player are running smoothly. What is the selling price? It is price tagged $2,100 USD. That is a definitely a rip-off for iPhone fans in Asia.

Sony Ericsson К770

Cyber-shot branded phones have been keeping us busy lately. Just as we gave you the 5-megapixel K850, the exciting new recruit Sony Ericsson K770 is on hand. Now, if K850 is the new star on the Cyber-shot team, the Sony Ericsson K770 is the right reinforcement in the midfield. New launches are not always about stunning upgrades in functionality. Design and ease of use are equally important, especially if trying to cater to different tastes and budgets. Slick and refined, the K770 easily stands out in the Cyber-shot crowd. The new phone is an attempt to build upon the design of Sony Ericsson T650. Sony Ericsson K770 packs the good old stuff - 3G, TFT display with QVGA resolution, stereo Bluetooth, FM radio, MP3/MPEG4 player, good 3-megapixel camera. All that with the neat elegance of a bar-shaped handset measuring 14.5 mm in thickness. How good it is in practice is namely our game, so bear with us as we explore the new Cyber-shot contender.

Key features

• Slim and stylish
• TFT display with a QVGA resolution
• 3 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash
• Memory card slot with hot-swap support
• 3G support with video calls
• Multi-tasking support
• Walkman-style music player
• FM radio
• TrackID support
• Bluetooth (with A2DP)
• Dedicated quick camera settings keys

Main disadvantages

• Only 16MB internal memory
• No EDGE
• Records video in ancient QCIF (176 x 144 pixels) resolution only
• No Xenon flash
• No BestPic shooting mode

HTC Touch Slide and S730 surface earlier

With only two days left until the official HTC announcement the first pictures of the new additions to the company mobile phone portfolio leaked on the internet. The pictures of two new models are posted on the Superior Gadgets News website and they seem quite interesting indeed.
HTC S730 is equipped with a much better looking QWERTY keyboard compared to its predecessor HTC S710. The successor model is very similar to HTC S710 in terms of looks and as it seems it will include all its features plus a few nice upgrades. The display remains 65 K color one with QVGA resolution and wireless functionality is kept too. The available RAM memory also remains unchanged at 64MB but the flash memory is doubled in size and is now as large as 256MB. However the greatest improvement made is the CPU - the TI OMAP 850 200 MHz processor is replaced with a far more powerful Qualcomm 7200 with working frequency of 400 MHz. The final feature added to HTC S730 in comparison to the S710 is the 3G support.

The Hottest N95 8GB Pic on the Net!

I came across this pic while reading Jay's extreme N95 8GB review on MobileBurn. FYI, although Jay has a pic of the N95 8GB with the BL-5F battery, the retail units will ship with the BL-6F. (whew) Scary to think all that power is left in the hands of that battery.

The image titled "Black Diamond" is the work of Daniel Cheong

The Perfect Nseries Collage

My buddy Pseudofinn took this amazing shot. This looks like something you would see in an Nseries catalog or something!!

Nokia N95-3 Has Arrived!

The well awaited Nokia N95-3 is now available for sale at Nokia Flagship Stores.

As you can see by the welcoming display of the Chicago flagship store, passersby would have no choice but to be intrigued. Can your phone do this?

The N95-3 sells for $699 and currently is available in Sand color.

I still plan on completing my review and am working on a brief write-up of the build quality but I've been busy trying to get ready to head out to LA for the Nseries party. I'll try and get that up tonight.

*Phone orders and shipping requests will not be accepted from the Flagship stores. Purchases must be made in-store only.

Palm Launches $99 Centro for Sprint

Today at the Digital Life show in New York City, Palm CEO Ed Colligan introduced the new Palm Centro, a brand new touchscreen device that shares many of its design elements with the Treo 500 that was launched on Vodafone earlier this month. This new Palm OS (v5.4.9) device is being launched on Sprint's 3G EV-DO CDMA network and will be available for purchase for a mere US$99 after rebates, an extremely low price for a smartphone with a touchscreen. The Centro uses a 2.2" 320x320 pixel display that is capable of displaying up to 65k colors.
Like recent Palm OS powered Treo devices, the new Centro comes equipped with standard features like a QWERTY keyboard, a hands-free speakerphone, and threaded messaging for not only SMS, but also AIM, Yahoo!, and Windows Live instant messaging. Bluetooth support is also included in the device, as is the ability to view Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF documents. A microSD storage card slot that supports cards of up to 4GB in size can be used for saving photos shot with the Centro's 1.3 megapixel camera or for storing music files to be used with the Centro's media player application.
The Palm Centro weighs 119g (4.2oz) and measures 107mm x 53mm x 18mm (4.2" x 2.1" x .7") in size. Palm and Sprint expect the Centro to be available for purchase on October 14th. It will be offered in two color schemes: black and red.

Specifications for the Palm Centro :

operating System : Palm OS 5.4.9

Band : CDMA 800/1900MHz

Data : 1xRTT/EV-DO

Size :107mm x 53mm x 18mm(4.2" x 2.1" x 0.7")

Weight : 119g (4.2oz)

Battery Life :Up to 12.5 standby
Up to 3.5 hours talk time

Main Display : 2.2" 65k color TFT LCD touchscreen, 320x320 pixel resolution

Camera : 1.3 megapixel

Video : Video capture/playback

Messaging : MMS/SMS/IM

Email : POP/IMAP/SMTP

Bluetooth : Yes, v1.2

Memory : 64MB RAM, microSD memory card slot

Availability : October 14, 2007 (manufacturer's estimate)

Other : QWERTY keyboard, speakerphone, web browser