Samsung P960, the First Mobile TV Slider Phone for Europe

SEOUL, KOREA - April 30, 2008 - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a leading mobile phone and No. 1 TV maker, announced today P960, the world's first slider type Digital Video Broadcast - Handheld (DVB-H) mobile TV phone P960. As a pioneer of slider mobile phones and TV, it was only a matter of course for Samsung to develop a device that contains both of its strongest strengths in one.P960 is also the

Verizon’s enV2 launches tomorrow

Verizon Wireless announced enV2 that will be available across Verizon stores around the USA as well as at Circuit City stores starting tomorrow April 30th. If you are interested in a messaging/e-mail solution, you might want to check it out.Verizon customers can get in on the action starting tomorrow. The device is priced at $130 after rebates and a two year contract. Very reasonable when you

All Epocware Handy Software For Symbian S60 Version 3

Here is a collection of the Handy Software by Epocware.

(Only Compatable with Symbian S60V3 Phones)

Software includes:

Handy Blacklist
Handy Clock
Handy Converter
Handy Expense
Handy Keylock
Handy Safe
Handy Safe (Desktop)
Handy Taskman
Handy Zip


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Yahoo! to OutSource VoIP Calls to Jajah

JAJAH has been selected by Yahoo! as the outsource partner for its premium voice service. The “Phone In” and “Phone Out” service will enable consumers to make low-cost PC-to-phone and phone-to-PC voice calls over the JAJAH network using Yahoo! Messenger.The partnership leverages JAJAH’s open, next-generation communications platform to support the existing Yahoo! Messenger voice offering beginning

Mobisystems Office Suite 4.5 Inc. Keygen

Word, Excel and PowerPoint® files on your Symbian phone
OfficeSuite is a complete mobile office solution, allowing you to create, view and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files away from your office. The program utilizes the most commonly used desktop document formats and allows you to easily acquire your sensitive documents on your handset. With the advanced editing features you can modify documents on the fly and save them in their original format, just ready to be used back on your desktop PC.

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Killer Mobile Total Recall v2.1.1 Call Recording Software for S60 Devices

Total Recall is the Market Leading Call Recorder / Mobile Dictaphone for Symbian Series 60 2nd & 3rd Edition Devices. In classic Killer Mobile Software Style, we've created an application that is super easy to use, while retaining all of the features you'll ever need. Total Recall allows you to easily record all or just some of your calls. We use super memory light AMR format, so you can literally record thousands of hours of calls on today's modern memory cards. And best of all, no pesky beep while recording*!
NOTE: Total Recall has replaced Spy Call as our Call Recorder application.
Features Include: (Note: Not all features available in all versions)

Extremely small footprint - consumes very little memory
No Beep Recording **
WAV Support (In "Best" sound quality only)
AutoSend Clips via MMS & Email
Unlimited Recording Time
Record to Internal Memory or Memory Card
Intuitively Named Clips
Transfer Clips to your PC with Ease
Password Protection Available
Auto Record All Calls or Be Prompted to Record
Manual Start/Stop
Dictaphone (While not on a call)
Upload Clips via FTP (3rd edition only)
Autostart at reboot
free Updates for Life

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Super Blue Tooth Hack v1.8

Software features:

they are only between paired phones:

-- Read messages
-- access phone log
-- change settings
-- activate ringtones even in silent mode
--play voice clips
-- restart the phone
-- lock the phone
-- restore default settings
-- change ringing volume
and the best feature: make calls through your friend's phone

Code:

http://www.ziddu.com/download.php?uid=aKuemJ2uZ6yelOKnZqqhkZSpY6qglpmq6

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/105636777/Super_Bluetooth_1.8.rar

Smart Profiles software for Symbian S60V3

Smart Profiles is a cool application allowing you to set up your profiles to be activated/deactivated at certain times of the day.

It doesnt just do that.... You can set it up to have your bluetooth/theme/wallpaper/ and even applications to be changed/started when you change your profile!!

Even if you plug in your charger, you can set it up to change a profile. Example, you plug your charger in and your phone automatically changes to 'Silent'. When you unplug your charger, your phone then goes back to 'General'.

It does loads more than that as well Cool app, one to have!


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Symbian phone AntiVirus Software

Symantic AntiVirus Mobile
Norton AntiVirus Mobile Edition
Kaspersky Anti Virus Mobile
F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus
Simworks AntiVirus
McAfee VirusScan Mobile

only files that support .SIS files can use these


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other link

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Review: DocuPen RC800 Mobile Scanner

The nice folks at PLANon shipped their flagship DocuPen scanner to me for a review. The scanner is called RC-800 and it looks like a small windshield wiper. This model is the top of the line scanner going for $300MSRP. This little wonder can scan in full color at 24 bit, up to 200 pages and offers several modes: mono, document-color, high-quality image. All three options are available in high and low res options. The control is done by the use of two buttons to turn the device on/off and mode-selection. The package comes with a proprietary USB data cable, deluxe leather case, instruction manual and installation CD.

Installation was relatively easy by following the quick-start manual. Simply load up the three small applications and a USB driver and you are on your way. I ran into a snag during my installation; for some reason, my windows xp did not detect the pen scanner for USB driver installation. I had to go through device manager and reinstall the USB device. Once this was resolved, the PaperPort software and DocuPen application was able to recognize the scanner for image transfer.

Operation can take a little while to get used to. It took me a dozen tries before I was able to scan at the right speed to keep my images from being blurry. The scanner has a small LED which tells you if you are moving too fast. The device has a 8MB internal memory; four of my images scanned at high resolution took up 3.6MB. With the price tag over 3 Benjamins, it would have been nice to have atleast 512MB to work with. However, the scanner does support MicroSD which means you can easily upgrade for more considering how affordable memory cards are these days. The scanner is rechargable, simply by ways of connecting to your laptop. There is a battery indicator which will warn you if you are running low.

Conclusion: This gadget is pretty cool in a secret-agent-007 sort of way. Conceptually, it is great to be able to pull this portable scanner out of your pocket and make a photo copy on the fly. The device does work but its portability also makes your scan quality uncertain. With practice, one can get good with it, however, it would not be able to substitute for a flat scanner for real high-resolution needs. If you are one of those people who must have every gadget and can spare the $300 price tag, this mobile scanner can be a nice addition to your collection.

Shout-out: Special thanks to Jason McLaughlin at SS|PR for arranging this unit for review.

T-Mobile 3G Data Available Tomorrow

I got a tip from GSMA Mobile Briefing that T-Mobile is launching their 3G Network (finally) by tomorrow. It was said that they will roll it out in targeted metro regions (NYC, LA, Miami) just like the way AT&T (formerly Cingular Wireless) had rolled out their network couple of years ago.

To make everything more confusing, T-Mobile is launching their 3G on a proprietary 1700MHz band (vs. 850/1900 on AT&T)

First 3G enabled BlackBerry 9000 on eBay

Well if those talks about the 3G enabled Blackberry handset are making you go bizarre with lack of patience, here is your perfect opportunity to get your hands on one before it hits the market.How else could have that happened without our beloved eBay which in this case is staging an auction for the BlackBerry 9000 with 3G connectivity. Only two of these models which would officially be launched

LG KF600 Venus touch screen fashion phone

We have heard about nokia fashion phones. they have made lot of designs like prism phones. Now LG has joined this competition and they launched their fashion concept.
The stunning LG KF600 is a fashion conscious mobile phone which comes with two screens, one of which is a touch sensitive navigation screen. The LG KF600 is also known as the LG Venus or the LG KF600 Venus. This sophisticated handset is a slide opening mobile phone which comes with a slide out keypad. The amazing two screen design is quite unique & provides the user with an easy input method on the lower touch screen. The main display screen is a colorful TFT screen which is 2 Inches in size & comes with a 240 pixel by 320 pixel screen resolution for a clear viewing experience.

More features of KF600 fashion

InteractPad™ Touch Controls
Main & Lower LCD Screens
Theme Displays with Keith Haring Artwork
Tri Band Technology (GSM 900, GSM 1800 & GSM 1900)
Bluetooth® Technology
3 Megapixel Camera with 4 x Digital Zoom & Auto Focus
Music Player with InteractPad™ Music Controls

Blackberry 8800 smart phone

The BlackBerry 8800 is a stylish Smartphone which comes with all the relevant Smartphone features a business user could desire. The Smartphone features include a capable phone, built in organiser, web browsing, instant messaging & a mobile email service. The 8800 handset comes with a black & metal effect silver finish which measures 114mm in height, 66mm in width & 14mm in depth.8800 has it’s own GPS software named blackberry maps. but you cant see a camera in this phone. The BlackBerry 8800 weighs 134 grams including the fitted battery & feels solid to hold & operate in the user's hand.

Blackberry 8800 specifications

Full QWERTY Keyboard with Backlight
Light Sensing 65k Colour Screen
GPS Services with BlackBerry Maps™
EDGE Technology
Quad Band Technology (GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800 & GSM 1900)

Review: Griffin ClearBoost Protector for iPhone

Update 8/9/08: I dropped my iPhone using this case onto a concrete floor in a parking structure. The case protected the iPhone adequately, however, upon impact, the two-halves split right open and the iPhone was separated from the case. I believe the case absorbed 99% of impact and scratch, however because my iPhone has been dropped prior, there were already some minor scratch marks therefore I couldn't tell if it got more scratched from this incident. There is a principal problem with this case design which is that it has a very shallow groove holding the two halves together, I wished it borrowed the "Wave" design. The new iPhone 3G case I reviewed "Nu Form" design is much more secure in terms of holding itself together as well. I've since used two small piece of clear scotch tape to add more support.

Full Product Gallery Here

The nice folks at Griffin Technology shipped a couple of new iPhone protectors to me to give it a whirl. I received a ClearBoost as well as the Wave (I will review the Wave at a later time).

The ClearBoost, MSRP $35 (Amazon.com for $26 or lessshipped), is a pretty cool gadget. Not only does it provide general protection against abuse, it is suppose to boost your cell phone signal via a built in low-profile antenna. Installation was a "snap", literally. The case comes in two-halves and snaps together front to back. Griffin also supplies a screen-protector which applies much easier than any screen-protector I've owned (no air bubbles). After installation, your iPhone is quite a bit thicker. However, given its black-encloser which hides the silver/polished trimming, it gives your iPhone a menacing Darth-Vader like appearance which is kind of cool. No need to worry about accessing your phone with ClearBoost on as Griffin has cut out precise openings giving you access to the power-switch, SIM, headphones, volume control, speakers, I/O port and camera on back. With the case on, you would have to charge your iPhone without the base; this along with the fact that you there are no accessories for wearing (ie. belt clips, etc.) are the only draw-backs I can think of.

Ever since installation, my iPhone has been getting a solid (full) signal everywhere I go; even in my Manhattan apartment which is known to have a couple of dead-spots. I know the antenna signal bars are not the best indicator of signal strength as phones can change its RF energy settings to compensate for signal strength. Therefore Griffin has offered a good way to measure its effectiveness by teaching you how to perform the cell-field test and watch the phone's dBm strength. For whatever reason from my office, I can't get to this test, my iPhone is prompting "Error performing request, No Network Service".

I called up my buddy/coworker Yasir on the 17th floor who's probably the most hardcore iPhone user I know (this guy really gets his money worth out of his iPhone). Yasir showed me a couple of dead zones that he is familiar with in our work building to do a side-by-side comparison. In nearly all the locations, I would get full-signal (5-bars) using ClearBoost whereas Yasir's barebone iPhone would get 3 or 4 bars. We tried to run the *3001#12345# field test on his phone but it failed to perform as well. Based on this simple side-by-side test, I think Griffin Technology's ClearBoost is an excellent protector that doubles as an excellent signal booster. Its great if you've been suffering from weak GSM signals. Griffin also provided a soft cloth to keep your touchscreen protector dust free.

Shout-out: Special thanks to Jennifer L. at Forty Three, Inc. for this product arrangement.
Shout-out: Special thanks to my friend Yasir H. for walking with me side-by-side this afternoon for this test (co-workers must think we were being weird)

Update!!! (4/30/08) - There is a dead spot in my living room, where I've known it to have weak wireless signal; it was so bad that my previous phone AT&T 8525 gets zero reception. Tonight, as I was talking to my family using my N95-3, I got dropped twice. When checking on the signal strength, it shows 2-3 bars and fluctuates. After such frustration, I switched over to the iPhone with ClearBoost which has a solid full signal strength. I was able to continue my conversation with my family without a hiccup. I am completely sold on ClearBoost's actual performance.

Apple Considering Offering Unlimited iTunes Music Downloads for iPhone, iPod

An article published today by the Financial Times reports that Apple is in the process of exploring offering unlimited music download from iTunes at no cost to customers who purchase an iPhone or iPod. The concept is basically the same as the Nokia "comes with music" program which the handset manufacturer offers in partnership with Universal Music.Essentially, either program would allow customers

Apple's iPhone to travel to Canada

After capturing the U.S. market with lightening speed, Apple’s iPhone might soon be launched in Canada. Although, there is nothing official about this new venture, but it is believed that Apple Inc. is joining hands with Canada’s Rogers Communication Inc. to bring the smart phone to the country.However, certain stumbling blocks need to be overcome before the deal between Apple and Rogers is

New Vertu Constellation Rococo Edition

Got plenty of bank account balance to use? Vertu has released the new Vertu Constellation Rococo Edition to celebrate its tenth anniversary.According to sybarites.org,“the Rococo collection was inspired by the eighteenth century French art, fashion and interior design movement by the same name. The collection features intricate flower patterns embroidered into the leather on the back of the phone

The New LG Prada II Cellphone

The LG Prada could be considered a wannabe competitor for the iPhone. Smarter than a regular (LG) phone but not even close to the iPhone. And as Apple prepares for 3G and more it's only logical that LG wants and has to keep up.Apparently LG has a successor for Prada, the Prada II, supposed to be launched in late Q4 2008, and from the info that leaked so far it will be worth considering. * The

Helio Now Pushes GMail/Pop/IMAP Emails to You

Adding up to the existing instant delivery service on Helio Mail, Yahoo, Windows Live and AOL accounts, Helio is now able to push GMail, Pop or IMAP emails to your Helio phones.If you hold a Helio device, just do a manual send/receive action on the email client to get a prompt for the Push activation. You will be asked if you want an notification automatically whenever there is new email. Now if

LG KF750 Secret Phone

Check out the new LG Secret here, which was just announced yesterday in London. The new slider phone is a slim slider phone built by materials such as carbon fiber and tempered glass. With just a 11.8mm thickness, the phone has also integrate a 5 megapixel camera module at its back. The LG Secret is certified by DivX. Products that bear the DivX Certified logo have undergone a rigorous testing

The sad (but respectable) demise of Microsoft Spot

Microsoft announced last week that it's discontinuing its Spot data watch program.

The trouble with predicting the future is that it's always easy to do in retrospect. Looking back, it's obvious that Microsoft's Spot products were a dumb idea. The concept was that Microsoft would send small bits of wireless data -- weather forecasts, stock prices, etc -- to specially-equipped watches and other small devices like refrigerator magnets, which would display the information. On the face of that, it sounds kind of appealing. There are definitely people who want information like that when they're on the go, and Microsoft had a clever plan to use some unused FM radio bandwidth to deliver the information to the devices. You'd use your PC to pick which data feeds you wanted, and Microsoft would take care of blasting it onto your watch or other device.

The problem, of course, is mobile phones. Five years ago, when Spot was announced, the handset vendors and operators were already getting hot on delivering small bits of data to mobile phones. The market for Spot, rather than being everyone who wanted data on the go, turned out to be everyone who wanted data on the go who didn't carry a mobile phone.

In other words, almost no one.

Like I said, it's easy to point out that problem in retrospect. But Spot was probably in development for a couple of years before it was announced, meaning it was probably started in about 2001 -- before the real rise of wireless data in the US. I think someone who was paying close attention to the mobile market could have predicted Spot's troubles. But it was much less obvious then than it is now.

Once you as a manager put people on a project and spent some money on it, it's very easy to talk yourself into ignoring emerging signs that the product might fail. You want the thing to succeed, so you have an incentive to rationalize away any concerns. Besides, business history is full of stories about products that succeeded despite adversity and critics. How can you tell the difference between a "normal" pothole in the road, and an impassable rift?


Lessons from Spot's demise

In the early 1990s, a number of companies developed specialized wireless modems and private wireless services for delivering data to personal computers. Internet connectivity at the time meant slow dial-up connections for most people, which could not be left active at all times. The idea of blasting data to PCs in real time seemed very attractive, and indeed the products sold well for a few years -- until Internet connections became faster and didn't require dialing out on a phone. Spot ran into the same basic process in the mobile space.

So one lesson is that when you're potentially competing with other sorts of networks is to look very carefully at where they'll be in three or four years.

How to manage convergence. It's very hard to predict how "convergence" will affect a product category. Fifteen years ago many people thought it was obvious that printers would soon be built into every PC, but it never happened. Convergence seems to happen only when there is absolutely no downside to it. So you can combine a printer and scanner -- or a mobile phone and a Spot watch -- because there is no loss of functionality in the resulting product. But put a printer in a PC and you have to sacrifice too many things (or the PC gets too darned big).

Because a mobile phone has a larger screen than a watch, it's actually a better data device than a watch. That should have alerted Microsoft to the danger.

Solve real problems. I've mentioned this before, but it's worth repeating: Products have a much better chance of succeeding when they solve major problems for customers. Spot was cool and convenient, not life-changing. That made it much easier to absorb into some other product.


Microsoft often gets criticized by people in the tech industry for failing to innovate. According to this perspective, all Microsoft does is copy things that others have already proven. But initiatives like Spot are an exception to that rule. I wish Microsoft had chosen its battle a bit more carefully, but I respect that fact that it tried. I wish it would take more chances like this, rather than just focusing on ways to imitate the iPod and copy Google's advertising business.

Some other commentary on Spot:
An early discussion of the technology, from InfoWorld (link)
Engadget's article (link)
Watches vs. mobile phones (link)
Enthusiastic review in 2004 of the Tissot $750(!) Spot watch (link)
An obituary in 2006 for the discontinued Tissot Spot watch (link)

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By the way, I apologize for being away from the blog for so long. Family and work issues have to be my top priority, and the blog is in line after that.

Asus P750 latest smart phone

Most of the people in the world have heared about asus computers, but most of them don’t know about their mobile technology. Asus has lunched many types of mobile phones. This is their latest production. It has 240x320-pixel resolution touch screen. Instead of direction keys, it has a small joystick.
The P750 is powered by a 520MHz processor and runs Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional. It's a tri-band GSM handset with GPRS/EDGE and 3G/HSDPA connectivity supporting download speeds of up to 3.6Mbps with suitable network coverage.
The device has 256MB of flash ROM and 64MB of SDRAM. After a hard reset, our review sample reported 147MB of free storage memory. This can be augmented with microSD cards. The P750 supports SDHC, which means it can handle high-capacity (>2GB) cards.

More futures of Asus P750

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
SiRFStar III GPS receiver
3G/HSDPA connectivity
256MB internal memory
Supports up to 2GB cards

LG Voyager Touch screen mobile phone Challenges i-Phone

In this period, as other mobile phone manufacturers LG has launched many types of touch screen mobile phone. LG Voyager is their latest product. Some peoples says LG Voyager is i-phone killer because it can challenge to iphone.Actually it looks like almost i-phone and it has more than i-phone features
LG Voyager offers a generous features set that includes EV-DO support, V Cast Mobile TV Bluetooth, a top-notch Web browser, and an integrated GPS application. And if that's not enough, its call quality was excellent.
In addition it has a GPS navigator and 128Mb internal memory. it also supports up to 8Gb memory cards. you can capture your favorites with 2Mp camera and get video calls with VGA camera.
it has two displays and you can open it as a notebook.In the middle it has a QWERTY key board

Sprint Mogul GPS is Awesome

A while ago, I wrote an entry about Sprint Mogul's (aka HTC Mogul) delayed in delivering its GPS functionality. Shortly after that, Sprint released a firmware which allows all of their Mogul users the ability to navigate via TeleNav.

This weekend, I've had the pleasure to test out the Sprint Mogul in person and I am quite impressed by this phone, especially its GPS functionality. Unlike my N95-3 which requires the slider to be open and takes atleast 2 minutes in a non-moving state to get a satelite fix, the Mogul can get a fix while traveling at 70MPH under 30 seconds. Using EV-DO, telenav's maps are loaded quickly to keep up the demand. Re-routing is also quick. I can hold the phone inside a car, away from the windshield while remain connected to the GPS satelite. All of these blows away N95's GPS performance.

In addition, the overall built quality and design for the Mogul is quite nice as well. The overall profile is thinner than my previous phone AT&T 8525 (HTC Hermes or TyTN) with a much better slider mechanism that is spring-loaded. The buttons give a better feedback as well. To be quite honest, I am very impressed at the Mogul, if this had been my last phone, there is a chance I would not have upgraded to the Nokia N95-3 especially now that Skyfire Beta is available for full web browsing experience.

3G iPhone

One very obvious thing missing from last year's Apple iPhone was 3G support. If you wanted high-speed internet access when you weren't near a WiFi hotspot, then you needed to rely on a GPRS or EDGE connection. Very often subscribers were stuck with dial-up modem speeds on a device that really needed a much faster internet connection.Apple's excuse for the lack of 3G was that it drained the

iPhone Black Night

Yet another superb decoration from Goldstriker!The company has just announced its new and exquisite iPhone Black Night special edition created by Stuart Hughes for the elite.You can recognize these iPhone 16GB from the front bezel and rear logo struck with 24ct gold, with an adaptable finish to match any car you prefer.Included in the Elite collection, iPhone Black Night is also part of the

Philips M600 Phone For The Chinese Market

The Philips M600 is specially made for music lovers. Measuring 105mm x 44mm x 15.3 mm, the GSM phone utilities the SRS WOW technology to enhance the sound quality and add a surround sound capability.The Philips M600 has a clean candy bar design, easily enjoy your MP3 songs and access essential music functions using the assigned MP3 quick access hotkeys. With a single click, launch your MP3 player

Skype Releases Beta Version of Skype for Mobile

Today Skype released a beta version of Skype for mobile phone, works on about 50 of the most popular Java-enabled mobile phones from Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. The beta version of Skype mobile is available worldwide with a feature set that includes chat, group chat, presence (seeing when your contacts are online), and receiving calls from Skype users, and through

Looking back at the future of SIM in 2002

Looking back at the future of SIM in 2002.I have always thought looking to the future is important, but equally looking back at what we know or think might be happening, from an historical perspective, can help see what problems can occur in the future and also to note whether foreseeable problems have been addressed or not, over time..I have selected a summary of issues discussed in training

Mobile Experience Asia: Conclusion

The Mobile Experience Asia journey has come to an end. During the past three weeks, I have had the pleasure of visiting some of the most interesting and intriguing places/people. My journey began in Taipei-Taiwan and trekked further south into Indonesia where I visited the cities of Bali and Jakarta. The food has been amazing and I’ve taken atleast 3,000 pictures thanks to digital technology.

There are some takeaways from my trip. The way people use their mobile phones in Asia is vastly different than the way we do. In the U.S., we care much about conformity; especially within business applications. We rely much more on email communication; in the areas of outlook exchange server, push-email and BlackBerry enterprise solution. Our smartphone economy is largely driven by the business sector, outfitting our business road warriors with the latest in technology to increase productivity. Our conformity extends to the usage on the web. After all, we sort of claim the stake in creating the internet economy. Therefore, we care much about a smartphone’s ability to browse the web in its full capacity (ie. iPhone’s Safari is a big hit).

In Asia, mobile phones are viewed as a status symbol; the latest and greatest handset would offer cool functionalities (ie. HD Camera, Camcorder, Electronic Wallet, Streaming TV, etc.) and could be the envy amongst friends. Asians love to text; much more than I have ever imagined; you can substitute SMS for Email and it would be okay for them. Asians trust network operators to come up with cool widgets or mobile apps and spend much of their phone usage based on what is given to them. They don’t explore as much on open platforms (ie. Web Browser solutions). In this brand-centric world, mobile phone’s outer appearance, design and name (ie. Nokia, Sony Ericsson) has more influence on a buyer’s decision than its core functionality [at least to the vast majority of this market]. As mentioned before, most of the mobile stores do not have working demos, therefore, Asians would buy a phone purely based on a phone’s outer appearance and brand. I am very shocked to see how much Nokia has dominated the market outside of the U.S. Around here, Nokia is king, from the NSeries to ESeries, it is the object of people’s affection.

In terms of handset selection, there are more varieties of GSM phones throughout Asia and they are within ease of access (As mentioned before, a mall would have a dozen of manufacturer stores or 3rd party vendors). There are subsidized and non-subsidized phones. In fact, people buy more non-subsidized phones here just because they are very demanding on what they want to have. Asian telecoms are very open to work with resellers and does not object to subsidized or non-subsidized phones. Whereas in the U.S., we would have to find unlocked handsets off of a handful of websites or eBay. This is because our big four telecoms would prefer to keep their customers in a subsidized program to lock them into 1- to 2-year in contract. By doing this, they can only offer limited subsized phones to their stores. Adding to the fact that Verizon and Sprint are running US-only CDMA network, this further reduces our GSM handset selections.

This Mobile Experience in Asia has been great for me. My Nokia N95-3 kept up all the of its promises and delivered the Voice, WiFi, and GPS functionality as promised. I am very pleased to see the evolution of mobile technology at a global level. I can't imagine how advance my next trip to Asia would become.

BlackBerry Pearl 8110 with GPS reaches AT&T

AT&T and Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the launch of the BlackBerry Pearl 8110 smartphone, which includes built-in global positioning system (GPS) support for location-based applications and services. Combined with navigation and mapping applications such as AT&T Navigator, the handset provides turn-by-turn voice and on-screen directions. AT&T Navigator also alerts users through voice

Nokia N82 wins TIPA “Best Mobile Imaging Device in Europe” Award 2008

The Nokia N82 has been awarded the ‘Best Mobile Imaging Device in Europe 2008′ by TIPA (Technical Image Press Association). Taking advantage of its integrated A-GPS functionality and high resolution camera, the Nokia N82 automatically geotags images with capture location metadata, making it possible to view the capture location on a map either on the Internet or on the device itself. When it

WeatherBug Releases Widget for S60 Phones

WeatherBug announced the WeatherBug S60 widget today for select Nokia devices. WeatherBug’s S60 widget will utilize Nokia’s latest Web Runtime Technology (WRT) to bring local weather info to your phone.The WeatherBug S60 widget will be available from http://weatherbug.com/ and via the Nokia Download! store and nokia.mobi site. Nokia also plans to pre-install WeatherBug on select Nokia devices;

Sony Ericsson Z780 HSDPA Phone

The Z780, a HSDPA phone that leaked few weeks back, packs tri-band 3G and HSDPA into its stylish clamshell frame. It also introduces built-in aGPS, giving users the opportunity to carry their navigation solution with them on their phone.Both the new Z780 and the G502 come with the latest version of Google Maps for Mobile. This application allows you to view high quality maps that give you a

HTC shift is NOT a Laptop BUT Runs Windows Vista

At the start we have to clear some thing. Is this a Mobile phone or note book computer?It may be a Mobile phone because you can insert SIM and get calls.But it is bit lager than a mobile phone.but the SIM card slotting into this baby is mainly for your internet connection.
This is not full blown version of windows mobile OS It has more functions of Windows vista.It has a slide-and-tilt 7-inch wide aspect ratio touchscreen that slides to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. As you would expect from HTC, broadband wireless is integrated -- including 3.5G, HSDPA, and quad-band GSM. Other wireless connectivity includes WiFi and Bluetooth.
A built-in fingerprint sensor is added for security and the integrated camera is an asset for video Skype on the move. The HTC Shift also features SnapVUE, an always-on mode that provides instant access to critical information -- including e-mail previews, local weather, calendar, and SMS -- even if the device is not switched on. Push e-mail gives you instant alerts whenever you have new Outlook e-mails.

More features of HTC Shift

- 1 GB RAM, 128 MB ROM
- 40/80 GB HDD drive
- Intel Stealey 800MHz process
- 3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
- Microsoft Vista Business and Windows Mobile 6.0 OS
- VGA, 640x480 pixels videocall camera
- Java MIDP 2.0
- Voice memo
- Windows media player 11
- Video/audio album
- File manager
- Built-in handsfree
- Fingerprint recognition

Nokia 7200 fashion mobile phone design

Actually this is not a nokia's familiar design, but it has some difference.this is a normal flap design phone.this phone comes with style pack ,you can change it's housings.it has 128 x 128 pixels display and 4 Mb shared memory.
You can capture and video your favorite things with 640x480 pixels VGA camera.as it's prise it's very valuable phone because it has very special features. it has a great media player which supports MPEG4 files.

more features of Nokia 7200

- Java
- Stereo FM radio
- MPEG-4 video player
- SyncML
- T9
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Presence enhanced contacts
- Integrated handsfree
- Xpress-on textile covers

Imate Ultimate 9502, One Bad Ass WM6 Device

I ran across this bad boy yesterday at a local shopping mall in Jakarta. The i-mate Ultimate 9502 is a slider-based windows mobile 6 smartphone with a very impressive spec sheet. I am just going to jump right into the main course for you: quad-band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900) and WORLD WIDE Tri-Band 3.5G (HSDPA 850/1900/2100) w/ an astounding VGA 640x480 resolution over a 2.8" screen. I almost forgot to mention integrated GPS.

In addition, it packs in the usual goodies such as full QWERTY keyboard, WiFi (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 2.0, 128MB RAM, 256MB ROM and MicroSDHC support. i-mate has got the right idea by supplying a powerful 1530mAh lithum ion battery to keep up with this power hungry beast. The flyer I got even indicates some sort of presentation/projector support and Ubergizmo confirmed the support of USB keyboard. Amazing!

I wished the vendor had a working demo for me to test; strangely, mobile vendors throughout Jakarta never have any working demos for customers. I ran into the same thing at the Sony Ericsson and LG stores.

Based on what I am seeing, this phone is probably the best WM6 device available today. The cost here is 7,500,000 RP or equivalent to about $800USD which is quite steep.

Sony Ericsson G502 reviews

Sony Ericsson today introduced two new HSDPA phones, the G502 and the Z780 into its line-up; each clearly designed to take its range web-enabled phones in a different direction. The new G502 is the latest in an established line of classic Sony Ericsson phones that cram a wealth of time-saving features into an affordable, pocket-sized phone.Both the Z780 and the G502 come with the latest version

Samsung Launched Anycall J708

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LG KS-20, a New Smartphone with Touch Screen

Following the success of its Chocolate and Prada series, now the Korean phone maker is offering another smart phone, called the LG KS-20.Powered by Windows Mobile 6, this phone is one of most beautiful smartphones to date. Very thin (12.8 mm) and clean, with minimalistic design. The KS-20 features 2.8 inch touch screen with works with a stylus.Too bad this smartphone just has 2 megapixels

LG KF700 Available in Europe

LG today launched its LG-KF700, a new multimedia phone that integrate three separate input methods, including a 3-inch touchscreen, alpha-numeric keypad and Shortcut Dial.The LG-KF700’s 3-inch full touchscreen provides easy access to features and widgets, an adaptive onscreen interface and a wide aspect ratio that is perfect for watching movies or browsing the internet. The Shortcut Dial on the

Sony BMG to Join Nokia Music Store

Sony BMG has officially joined Nokia to offer music content on Nokia music store. People who buy a Nokia Comes With Music device will have a year of access to the SONY BMG rich catalog of music. Consumers will be able to download tracks to both their mobile device and computer through the Nokia Music Store during the first twelve months that they own their Nokia device.At the end of the one year

Nokia E65 latest mobile phone

most of nokia e seres phones are like PDA phones.they has QWERTY key board and much more.but now they launched a useful mobile phone for E seres.this is the only one phone which has traditional look in E seres. It is a slider handset, and alongside the capable S60 operating system, it sports a couple of speciality turns for business users.
The E65 comes with PC connectivity software and a USB cable, and battery life checked in at around 10 hours of non-stop MP3 music with the screen forced to stay on. It doesn't last as long when the Wi-Fi is active, though.
it is small but it has a 222MHz processor and 128MB RAM.the internal memory of this phone is 50MB but it supports up to 2GB cards.it has a 2MP camera and vga camera for video calls.Nokia E95 powered with complete media player which allows many file types.

sony ericsson p990 smart phone is now available

The P990 is thw latest smart hone which sony ericsson lunched. it gas a unusual type QWERTY flap keyboard.As with the P910a, the P990i is a serious smart phone that will please tech-minded consumers and professionals. One of the major additions to the P990i is its inclusion of Wi-Fi support, a feature that even some of the more popular smart phones don't have.
it has a 2Mp camera and vga camera for video calls.and also it has a 240 x 320 pixels, 41 x 56 mm TFT touchscreen.another feture of this phone is handwriting recognition.it has 128Mb internal memory and 64mb RAM.The OS of this phone is Symbian OS v9.1.

more features of sony ericsson p990

- Java MIDP 2.0
- FM radio with RDS
- MP3/AAC player
- T9
- SyncML 1.2
- Office applications
- Photo album
- Built-in handsfree

Vtap Mobile Video for Sony Ericsson Phones

Vtap, a video search website who's actively participating in the mobile arena, just made its mobile video search available to Sony Ericsson customers. Anyone with a Sony Ericsson phone capable of video streaming, just look under "Fun & Download" section of its web portal and you will now be able to enjoy this free service just like you would on a full desktop version.

Vtap, operated by Veveo, has already made its mobile services available to various mobile handsets (Apple, Windows Mobile and other mobile devices). Simply point your browser to m.vtap.com to gain access.

Nokia Music Store in Australia opens today

Nokia Australia opened the doors of its Nokia Music Store today. With a single account, Australian music lovers can access the Nokia Music Store via their personal computer or directly from their optimised Nokia devices including the Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N81 8GB and the N82.In addition, the ability to sync from a PC is available on a wider range of Nokia models including the latest Xpress Music

Starter Kit Mobile Phone CPD Training Barristers & Solicitors

Starter Kit Mobile Phone CPD Training Barristers & SolicitorsCPD training delivered in 2005 to Bar Council and Law Society Members at the Chambers of Mr Ferguson QC.http://www.rfqc.co.uk/images/lecture_notes/CPD_training_Pt1.pdfhttp://www.rfqc.co.uk/images/lecture_notes/CPD_Training_Pt2.pdf

The LG VX9400 TV phone

The latest trend of mobile phone users is Mobile TV. this is the latest phone which allows mobile tv. New The LG VX9400 has a swiveling wide screen.it has a 2.2 inches display.The LG VX9400 is equipped to provide a great TV experience. Its 262,000-color display with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels gives a crisp and stunning image, clear enough to view TV. You can swivel the display to landscape mode or rest the LG VX9400 sideways on a table. But, even though the speaker's volume is strong enough for normal urban environments, don't count on it in extra noisy places like under a hair salon dryer, in a store or near a construction site. It doesn't have that much power and you will need the (provided) wired headset.
you can capture your favorites with it's 1.3Mp camera.and it has a great music player.the internal memory of this phone is 128Mb but it supports up to 2GB memory cards.

more features of The LG VX9400 TV phone

•V CAST Mobile TV
•Slim & Stylish Swing Bar Design
•Bluetooth® Capable
•1.3 Megapixel Camera with Flash
•V CAST Music & Video
•microSDTM Memory Port

nokia 7373 fashion phone

Most of the womens in the world like fashions.they use beautiful hand bags and many things.they expect a fashion in everything which they used, even mobile phone. Nokia designed a design to fulfill this need. this is the nokia 7373 fashion phone. It is cute and attractive. it has a small slider design.
The Nokia 7373 is a member of the popular L'Amour Collection which brings a distinctive & glamorous design to each mobile handset.
The built in features make this a fun mobile phone including a 2 megapixel camera, music player & a FM radio. Enjoy life with the 7373 as your companion.

More features of nokia 7373

262k QVGA Colour Screen (320 x 240 Pixels)
2 Megapixel Camera with 8 x Digital Zoom
Bluetooth® Technology
Digital Music Player (MP3, AAC, M4A, eAAC+ & AAC+)
EDGE Technology
FM Radio

Nokia unveils two new XpressMusic devices, HSDPA 5320 and 5220

Nokia today introduced two new music-enabled devices as additions to its XpressMusic range. The new Nokia 5320 XpressMusic and Nokia 5220 XpressMusic are expected to begin shipping in the third quarter of 2008, with an expected retail price range of 160 to 220 EUR, before taxes and subsidies.Featuring a dynamic design with 3G social entertainment capabilities, the Nokia 5320 XpressMusic delivers

Sony Ericsson to Announce G502 Tomorrow

A new Sony Ericsson model with a codename Emelie will be officially announced tomorrow, according to se-nse blog. The Emelie will be called G502, it is a GSM tri-band phone in candy bar design.The Sony Ericsson G502 is a compact but features pack model. With the built in support of HSDPA Microsoft Exchange and Google Maps, business users will love to have another candy bar phone for their

EB, TerreStar Networks Promise Slim Smartphone with Dual-Mode Satellite-Terrestrial HSPA Supported

EB and TerreStar Networks has done their first dual-mode satellite-terrestrial HSPA reference design handset in a PDA form factor. The slim smartphone will allow users to seamlessly and securely stay connected to both the satellite and terrestrial components of the TerreStar network.Additionally, EB and TerreStar are working to enable device manufacturers to rapidly bring to market the world’s

BlackBerry Curve 8330 For Alltel Wireless Available

Alltel Wireless today announced that the BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM) will be available in Alltel retail stores May 1. Starting today, the BlackBerry Curve 8330 is available online for pre-order at shopalltel.com/curve. The BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone, with RIM’s famous communications features, trackball navigation system and Alltel’s high-speed EVDO network

AT&T Offers BlackBerry Professional Software

AT&T and Research in Motion announced today the availability of BlackBerry Professional Software for AT&T’s small business customers, which provides a wireless communications and collaboration solution with advanced security features.BlackBerry Professional Software provides a simplified installation process and the full suite of advanced security features and IT policies that come with the

How to Install Nokia Maps Correctly

After showing off my N95-3 GPS function with the maps of Indonesia and Taiwan pre-installed on my MicroSDHC 4GB to my relatives in Asia (one with a N95-1 and the other with E90), they asked for my help to set it up for them. As I recalled, the process was fairly simple. I remembered downloading Nokia Map Loader software and within half an hour, I was able to get all the regional maps I wanted.

When I attempted to install the maps onto the Nokia E90, it would not recognize the maps on the MicroSD card. I used the latest version of Nokia's map loader (v 1.3) and attempted the installation process over painstakingly slow DSL speed in Jakarta (50MB took 40minutes) three times, I finally remembered what went wrong: outdated handset firmware! Back when I first got my N95-3, I had immediately installed the latest firmware and then installed the maps...

So to save my fellow mobile experience readers from the same agony, if you want to install Nokia Maps, please remember to:
1. Get the latest Handset/Communication firmware
2. Get the latest Nokia Map Loader and follow the instructions on screen

Cheers!

Vertu Coloured Diamonds

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Sony Ericsson C905 Concept

Here is a nice device, Sony Ericsson C905 Concept with a grate list of features like a 10.1 MP camera with 3x Optical Zoom, Sony CCD Sensor, UI of Sony T200 Camera, Auto & Manual Focus, Face detection upto 5 faces, multi focus points ( upto 5 ) with manual positioning for each one.Video : HD 720 Recording for 15 min. or DVD 480p as long as memory/battery handle.Video/3D Accelrator, NVIDIA APX

HTC Touch Dual for US Got FCC Approval

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15000 Copies of Free N-Gage Fifa 08 Up for Grap

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LG Viewty in Purple Edition

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watch television with sony ericsson W44s

As other W seres phones , you can hear great music with this. but not only,you can watch even television. you can rotate it's 3 inch display to two sides.CDMA EV-DO handset includes the Bravia RealityMax technology. One can also swivel the screen and in horizontal mode, the display has a resolution of 240 x 432.It has a 3.17 CMOS camera with auto-focus and also includes 115 MB built in memory with a Memory Stick Pro Duo slot.

more features of sony ericsson W44s

* one-seg digital TV broadcast reception
* digital radio reception
* CDMA EVDO
* felica electronic money
* 3" (240×432 16:9) wide screen with Bravia RealityMAXtechnology
* 3.2MP CMOS camera with AutoFocus
* dual 16mm diameter stereo speakers for 128voices polyphonic ringtone
* MS Pro Duo slot built in 115Mb flash

samsung SGH-X 830 3D sound mosic phone

this is a some kind of unusual phone. if you look at in front of it ,when it's keypad is closed,you will think it is a ipod. but oit is a mobile phone. it's very trendy and stylish phone. you can choose many colors. samsung X830 is a music phone. you can get great music experience with it. this phone is very small but it has 1GB internal memory an supports up to 2GB memory cards.you can capture and video with it's 1.3 MP camera.

more features of samsung SGH-X 830

- Video player
- Flight mode
- Organizer
- Calculator
- Unit converter
- Timer
- Voice memo
- EDGE
- internet browser
- three bands
- 3D sound speakers

Mobile Experience Asia: Indonesians Love Nokia E Series Communicator

Indonesians love Nokia phones and SMS. Their weapon of choice is the Nokia E Series (e90 and its predecessors) which gives them full QWERTY goodness to keep in touch with peers.

In a typical day, I’ll walk into a local coffee shop and see at least a dozen of people with some form of Nokia E Series phone; many are busy with the screen flipped open either surfing the web or texting. The visual is quite funny, as some of the older E Series phones are about as big as an 80’s cordless telephone and they keep it in a holder that straps onto their waist or pant pocket. These Indonesians don’t just buy their phones for show; they actually use them to its full extent. I’ve seen various profiles (young men to older housewives) focusing on operating their smartphones to the max.

I always knew Nokia has a bigger market presence outside the US; this trip visiting various parts of Asia allowed me to see their market penetration in person.

PS – After spending some more time playing with my Father-in-law’s Nokia E90; I am starting to fall in love with it. Although bulky, once you flip open the gorgeous 800 pixel widescreen; you’ll enjoy its “laptop-like” essence especially with full QWERTY.