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New Nokia 6234 3G phone – exclusively for Vodafone
December 1st, 2005
As well as the new Nokia 6233, there’s another new Nokia phone announcement today – the Nokia 6234. Looking suspiciously like the Nokia 6233, the 6234 has been designed specifically for Vodafone. Looking at the feature-set and pictures in more detail, the two phones are in fact identical, with the only difference being the 6234 has been Vodafone-ized. The 6234 therefore has Vodafone’s signature colors, graphics and easy access to Vodafone’s wide range of 3G service, plus Vodafone graphics, icons, menu texts and themes in the user interface offering a unique look and feel to the easy-to-use Nokia menu. Equally important, the Nokia 6234 provides branded access to Vodafone’s services.
I really hate mobile phones designed specifically for one mobile network operator. My network operator isn’t with Vodafone, and it isn’t likely to be in the near future, as they don’t offer a tariff I want. Consequently, I can’t get access to any Vodafone-specific phone, unless I’m prepared to pay through the nose for the contract. Fortunately the situation isn’t too bad in the UK, because most phones are offered by a variety of different operators, but this, I believe, isn’t the case in countries such as the US, where the operators get exclusive deals on the handsets. I thought you guys were all about consumer choice?!
Read more about the new Nokia 6234 phone after the jump
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New Nokia 6233 3G phone – designed for business and pleasure
December 1st, 2005
A new Nokia phone has been unveiled today, in the form of the Nokia 6233. A ‘classically designed model’, according to Nokia, the 6233 is a sleek run-of-the-mill candybar phone designed “for business and entertainment”. What that means in theory is that you get the PDA-style applications required by business, combined with the sexy features demanded by the home consumer. what it means in practice is that you get a run of the mill middle-range phone that’s quite feature-packed, but with nothing eye-catching that immediately makes you want to buy it. Should make reviewing it fun!
For business users, the Nokia 6233 offers calendars, contacts, and to-do lists, while for home users, the 6233 offers a 2 megapixel camera, a 320 x 240 QVGA color screen, digital music player, stereo speakers and a wide array of features and applications that take advantage of the 6233′s 3G connectivity.
More details of the new Nokia 6233 phone after the jump.
New WLAN-enabled Nokia 9300i Smartphone announced
November 29th, 2005
Nokia have announced the launch of a new smartphone, the Nokia 9300i. Aimed at business users, the smartphone incorporates WLAN connectivity, has a full keyboard, 65,536-color screen, support for a broad range of enterprise email solutions and an attachment viewer.
As you can see from the pic, this new Nokia phone is one of those strange PDA/smartphone convergence devices – you know, the type where the convergence hasn’t quite happened yet. Too big to be a phone, too oddly-shaped to be a PDA. Nokia have been selling them for years, though, so presumably they manage to find a niche for them somewhere in the business world. I seem to recall Paul Daniels having one (an ageing British magician – think David Copperfield crossed with Wallace (he of Wallace & Grommet’ fame’) – which isn’t, perhaps, the best advert for the device that Nokia marketing execs could hope for!
The 9300i does seem to have exceptional communications features though: E-GPRS (EDGE) and WLAN 802.11g, five party conference calling via an integrated speakerphone and multiple email clients (with attachments), including BlackBerry Connect, Nokia Business Center, IBM WebSphere, Oracle Collaboration Suite, Seven Always-On Mail and Visto Mobile.
More details on the Nokia 9300i smartphone after the jump
[Source: Nokia]
Pantech IM-8700 Robo-Sapien phone a real head-turner
November 28th, 2005
Pantech have also announced the launch of the Pantech IM-8700 F2F (Face 2 Face) mobile phone, which features real time, high quality video communication running at 10 frames per second (fps) imaging speed. Combined with a sizeable 2.2 inch screen, it gives the user a faster, more interactive communications experience with other callers, without any interruption of the conversation.
The IM-8700′s real party piece, though, is the fun, easy to use “Auto Rotary Telephony” function that recognizes the user’s location. When calls are received, the 2 mega-pixel camera or earpiece automatically faces towards the user for convenience.
Hang on…how does it know where your head is?! These Korean mobile phones are starting to freak me out! First there was the KTF-T1000, which could manipulate your mind; now the Pantech IM-8700, which knows where your head is. Is it me, or are Korean phones becoming the new more advanced Robo-Sapien?!
More details of the Pantech IM-8700 head-turning mobile phone after the jump.
[Source: 3G.co.uk]
Pantech IM-8600 5 megapixel mobile camera phone
November 28th, 2005
Pantech have announced the launch the Pantech IM-8600 mobile phone, a new Korean mobile phone with an enormous 5 megapixel camera phone facility. Not quite as good as Samsung’s SPH-V8200 8 megapixel camera phone, but a technological feast nonetheless, and all in a very tasty looking handset as well.
The IM-8600 is a rotating clamshell camera phone with revolutionary ‘Meca Shutter’ camera technology from Pantech, which controls the amount of light used during the photographic process, allowing users to get a far sharper, more defined quality of picture.
More details on the Pantech IM-8600 camera phone after the jump.
[Source: 3g.co.uk]
Early Sony Ericsson W900i review
November 24th, 2005
The new Sony Ericsson W900i 3G walkman mobile phone (great title!) has been reviewed by ThreeGMobile. This beauty has the same 2 megapixel camera as it’s younger brother, the W800i (also a Walkman phone), but boasts 3G, rather than the 800i’s 2G-only functionality.
The W900i also has a swivel form-factor, similar to last year’s Sony Ericsson S700i. In addition, the W900i boasts a nlarge 2.2inch QVGA screen, with 262k colours, and with its nVidia 3D chipset, it can take 30fps 3GPP video.
Read the full Sony Ericsson W900i review, or see more pics of the Sony Ericsson W900i after the jump.
[Source: ThreeGMobile]
More Pantech & Curitel Transforming goodness
November 22nd, 2005
More pictures have been released of the new Pantech & Curitel PT-S170 mobile phone. Engadget aren’t a fan of the new phone, but imagine your friends’ faces when you pop the thing open to reveal its full transformer-esque glory :) Speaking of which, more pictures of the PT-S170 doing just that after the jump.
[Source: Akihabara News]
New Toshiba L1 Blade phone – a phone so thin, it cuts butter
November 21st, 2005
The trend towards ever thinner mobile phones continues, with Toshiba now claiming the world’s thinnest mobile phone crown for their new Toshiba L1 super-thin phone, launched at the 3G World Congress event in Hong Kong. MobileBurn reports that at just 11.9mm thin, this is the thinnest 2.5G clamshell phone in the world today. It is a triband GSM (900/1800/1900hz) handset with Bluetooth, and should be introduced in Europe soon (hurrah!). It is already available in Hong Kong.
Although the battery is non-removable, it has a 1.3 megapixel camera, the external display is OLED, and the main display is a 65K color TFT with 176×220 pixel resolution. The tactile feeling of the keypad is average, but build quality is excellent.
More pictures showing how thin the Toshiba L1 is after the jump.
[Source: MobileBurn]
Thin new Samsung mobile is – thin!
November 17th, 2005
Samsung have also announced a new mobile phone today – the SPH-V8400, a new Samsung mobile that also features voice recognition. It also has the by-now ubiquitous MP3 player, 1.3 megapixel camera, and is only 15.9mm thick. Oh, and it’s only available in Korea. Boo!
[Source: Akihabara News]
Talk to me, cries new LG KP4700 mobile phone
November 17th, 2005
This is the LG KP4700, a new LG mobile phone. Designed as a music phone, it comes complete with the usual music phone paraphernalia: MP3 player, storage for 48 songs, T-Flash extendable, etc. It also has another trick up its sleeve – voice recognition. You can get the phone to search for music for you, play songs, and even compose text messages, all by speaking into the handset. Quite how good the voice recognition part is, I’m not sure, but a novel take on the mobile music phone anyway.
[Source: MobileKorea]
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