Two New Windows Mobile Phones from Velocity Mobile

Who is Velocity Mobile? We're not sure, though it seems that they've got two Windows Mobile phones on the horizon that look to be pretty good.

First up we have the Velocity 111, shown on the left, which is a Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard device with 400MHz processor, 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM, Quadband GSM with HSDPA, WiFi, and GPS. The screen measures 2.5" and is QVGA resolution. It's 15mm thick, which is about 3mm thicker than the BlackJack II.

Next we have a more compelling device, the Velocity 103, which runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and sports a minimalist design surrounding the 2.8" VGA (nice!) screen. It's also a GSM phone with HSDPA, WiFi and GPS.

The word on the street is that we'll see 103 availability in Q2, while the 111 will make it out the door by Q3.

source : http://www.pocketnow.com/

Motorola DH02– A Mobile Phone or a Compact TV?

Motorola is all set to proudly unveil its Motorola DH02. However, this phone with its widescreen and mobile TV features, looks more or less similar to a compact Television screen!

The Motorola DH02 mobile phone will soon flash off its 4.3-inch display screen with a 480×272 resolution pictures and supports up to twenty-five frames per second. This Mobile TV phone has a five minute frame buffering capability and also allows the convenience of live pause and time shifting of TV channels.

The sleek touchscreen phone boasts a GPS system which provides voice assistance in navigating through various roads and locations and provides real-time traffic updates, and speed alerts as well.

The Mobile TV phone provides ease of use by providing easy drag and drop of icons on screen and its slim body accept micro SD card for that extra storage space in a smaller form.

The price or the launch date of the Motorola DH02 is not yet available, but it definitely attracts a lot of attention and adulation already.

source : http://www.mobiletor.com/

Sony Ericsson T303 slider phone

March 5, 2008 Sony Ericsson has unveiled its new T303 handset. Pitched at a style conscious audience the compact (83 x 47 x 14.7 mm) slider phone design features a chrome finished metal housing and 1.8 inch mirrored screen as well as covering the stock-standard functionality bases with Bluetooth™, FM radio and media player, Internet and built-in camera (though the latter is a little light on megapixels - 1.3 - by today's standards).

Weighing in at 93 grams (3.3 oz), the T303 has 8 MB of on-board memory and although it supports USB there doesn't appear to be an expansion slot. Talk time is up to 9 hrs (GSM) or 400 hrs standby time. The media player is preloaded with Sony Ericsson’s TrackID™ feature which can track down the artist and title when you record a song.

The T303/T303c (GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 for Europe and China) and T303a (GSM/GPRS 850/1800/1900 for the U.S) phone will be available in selected markets from mid 2008 in two colors - Shimmering Silver and Shadow Black. No word yet on pricing.

source : http://www.gizmag.com/

Nokia 6650 Introduced for T-Mobile European Markets

Today T-Mobile announced the Nokia 6650, an easy-to-use device optimized for T-Mobile services. Available exclusively for T-Mobile International customers, the 6650 is equipped with an integrated GPS and multimedia player, allowing customers access to a services such as web'n'walk, MyFaves, Mobile Jukebox and NaviGate.

The stainless-steel clamshell design is equipped with high-speed HSDPA data connectivity for fast web browsing and downloading. The 2.2-inch TFT QVGA color display can display up to 16 million colors, for comfortable browsing and viewing photos, videos and menus. T-Mobile MyFaves service keeps users in touch. Mobile Jukebox gives consumers access to music through dedicated keys for the music player. The Nokia 6650 has built-in AGPS (assisted GPS) for quick positioning with NaviGate route management.

The 6650 comes with a 2.0-megapixel camera with flash, 30 MB of internal memory and a microSD card slot, FM radio and many other features. Images and videos can be uploaded to the web, sent from phone to phone via a wireless Bluetooth connection, or viewed in full color on the device's large display.

The Nokia 6650 will be available from T-Mobile during the third quarter at T-Mobile sales points across Europe.

source: http://www.mobiledia.com/

Sony Ericsson Changes the Way its Phones are Named - And brings new handset series

It looks like Sony Ericsson prepares (or already prepared?) a new naming scheme for its future handsets. At the moment there's nothing official, but the Swedish-Japanese joint venture might come up with new names and also new phone series. For example, there will be a G-series – Generation Web
(two handsets were already announced, G700 and G900), a Radio series – sub-division of the Walkman series (R300 and R306 have been announced) and a Snapshot series, part of the bigger Cyber-shot family.

Now, about the new naming scheme: there will still be the "letter and three numbers" format, and, of course, a name starting with C will be from a Cyber-shot phone, a name starting with R will be from a Radio phone and so on. The first number in the name will represent the range of the handset: 9 stands for a high-end device, while 1 for a low-end one. The second number will be the phone's "version", while the third number will stand for the handset's form factor: 0-2 is for candybar, 3-5 for slider, 6-8 for clamshell and 9 for "other form". See the the image from the left for more details.

For example, a future Sony Ericsson handset named C631 would be the fourth from a mid-end candybar Cyber-shot mini-series (C601 would be the first), while a SE named W925 would be the third from a high-end Walkman mini-series (W905 would be the first).

There are about twenty naming possibilities for any new phone in any series (Cyber-shot, Snapshot, Walkman or any other), so it will be a long time until SE has to come with another naming scheme. This being said, let's wait for official details from Sony Ericsson and see what the company will bring in the future – maybe a P3 or a P5 handset, maybe the PSP phone, or the successor of the unreleased yet Xperia X1.

For those who don't know, the joint venture between Ericsson and Sony was established in 2001, in order to combine the Swedish company's technological leadership in the communications industry with the Japanese company's consumer electronics expertise. Of course, both companies have stopped producing their own handsets, which turned out to be a good thing. I can't help thinking how funny the old Ericsson and Sony phones looked like. Ericsson R310s, for example, when viewed from the front looks kind of like an... erotic toy (you can view the phone here). Sure, those were other times and, somehow, it's amazing what Sony Ericsson creates now, compared to the phones from a decade ago. No wonder it's one of the world's most loved mobile phone brands.

source:http://news.softpedia.com/

Nokia and University of Cambridge Launch the Morph - a Nanotechnology Concept Device

Morph, a joint nanotechnology concept, developed by Nokia Research Center (NRC) (NYSE: NOK - News) and the University of Cambridge (UK) - was launched today alongside the "Design and the Elastic Mind" exhibition, on view from February 24 to May 12, 2008, at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Morph features in both the exhibition catalog and on MoMA's official website.

Morph is a concept that demonstrates how future mobile devices might be stretchable and flexible, allowing the user to transform their mobile device into radically different shapes. It demonstrates the ultimate functionality that nanotechnology might be capable of delivering: flexible materials, transparent electronics and self-cleaning surfaces. Dr. Bob Iannucci, Chief Technology Officer, Nokia, commented: "Nokia Research Center is looking at ways to reinvent the form and function of mobile devices; the Morph concept shows what might be possible."

Dr. Tapani Ryhanen, Head of the NRC Cambridge UK laboratory, Nokia, commented: "We hope that this combination of art and science will showcase the potential of nanoscience to a wider audience. The research we are carrying out is fundamental to this as we seek a safe and controlled way to develop and use new materials."

Professor Mark Welland, Head of the Department of Engineering's Nanoscience Group at the University of Cambridge and University Director of Nokia-Cambridge collaboration added: "Developing the Morph concept with Nokia has provided us with a focus that is both artistically inspirational but, more importantly, sets the technology agenda for our joint nanoscience research that will stimulate our future work together."

The partnership between Nokia and the University of Cambridge was announced in March, 2007 - an agreement to work together on an extensive and long term programme of joint research projects. NRC has established a research facility at the University's West Cambridge site and collaborates with several departments - initially the Nanoscience Center and Electrical Division of the Engineering Department - on projects that, to begin with, are centered on nanotechnology.

Elements of Morph might be available to integrate into handheld devices within 7 years, though initially only at the high-end. However, nanotechnology may one day lead to low cost manufacturing solutions, and offers the possibility of integrating complex functionality at a low price.

source:http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080225/ukm009.html?.v=101