Cheap iPhone 3G Handset
According to rumors, the iPhone 3G receives $50 discount off the current $199 price point in the US, which makes the iPhone more affordable. You can compare it with iPhone 3G in Europe that currently retails for only 99 Euros via Orange. Stay tuned for more updates.
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iPhone Gamers finally get some Java Support
It won’t be Java at full swing for the iPhone gamers but they can still afford a little smile as the iPhone gamers could have access to Java supported games through the New Zealand-based Innaworks developed beta-stage alcheMo application. This application would convert the standard Java ME game source code into iPhone game code, ultimately allowing the gamers to play those games on the iPhone.
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OLO coming up with iPhone-powered laptop?
It is incomprehensible how a smartphone, even as powerful and multitasking as the iPhone, could be equipped with a laptop to run a robust operating system like the real version of OS X. But OLO has revealed the image of a laptop running the Mac OS X with the iPhone functioning as the track pad that the OLO website claims will be launched soon. Although the concept, appears weird, but the computer maker seems to have invented the technology that could make the seemingly implausible idea workable in the near future.
What others are saying? According to Dieter Bohn of The iPhone Blog
It also would almost certainly not work on a non-jailbroken iPhone.
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Logitech Pure-Fi Express Plus
Logitech offers a new speaker dock for your precious iPhone and iPod. Dubbed as the Logitech Pure-Fi Express Plus, this omnidirectional speaker boasts an innovative speaker technology that produces high quality sound that could only be found in expensive home-theater systems. The docking station can also recharge your iPhone/iPod battery when it is docked. Priced at $100, the Logitech Pure-Fi Express Plus draws its power from AC or battery. Each purchase comes equipped with a remote control.
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Samsung Armani 2 Emporio Night Effect Phone
Samsung has continued to teamed up with Giorgio Armani to make yet another stylish touchscreen mobile phone, known as the Samsung Armani 2 Emporio Night Effect, model number M7500. Although the pics still unofficially released on internet, but rumor says that the handset will come with 3 megapixel camera, 2.6-inch 262K color 240 x 320 QVGA full touchscreen, 50 MB of memory, microSD card slot, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, and runs on Quad-band EDGE / HSDPA with 2.5G GSM/EDGE network. Additionally, this sleek handset also has a shining LED bar around the sides with Emporio Armani logos on front and back panels and contains a buttons which it lacked on the Armani 1.
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LG Viewty White Phone
Here is the latest version of the famous LG Viewty. The LG Viewty White Phone (LG-SH210 / KH2100) offers a 5MP shooter that can capture video at up to 120 fps. This camera phone also adopts manual focus option, an image stabilizer and an ISO up to 800 for indoor or night shooting. Other features include a 3-inch touchscreen and Mobile XD engine, a jog wheel on the back. Users are also able to edit photos directly on the phone’s screen using the attached stylus.
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Samsung SGH-A637
Samsung has released a new 3G phone with a very simple design, the SGH-A637. Yeah this candy bar phone support 3G connectivity and allows seamless access to MobiTV, Cellular Video and XM radio. It features a 1.3-megapixel camera, AT&T Video Share, access to AT&T Mobile Music and AT&T Navigator, Bluetooth wireless technology, and a microSD slot. And needless to say, the phone is available through AT&T. Full specs after the break.
Specifications
• GSM 850/1900/900/1800 MHz, UMTS 850/1900MHz
• Dimensions: 86.6×45×20.5mm (with standard battery)
• Weight: 3.24oz (with standard battery)
• Display: 1.9″, QCIF, 262K TFT
• Talk time: up to 5 hours (with standard battery) / Standby time: up to 350 hours (with standard battery)
• AT&T Mobile Music- Play, download, and stream music
• MobiTV- Live, primetime TV to your fingertips
• Cellular Video- Instant access to news, sports, and entertainment
• XM Radio – 25 of the best XM Radio channels right on your phone
• 1.3 Megapixel camera and video camcorder
• microSD memory card slot
• Multiple messaging options
• SMS, MMS
• Instant messaging services
• Mobile e-mail
• 3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps connection
• AT&T Navigator
• Stereo Bluetooth
• Personal organizer – calculator, calendar, alarm clock, world clock, stop watch, notepad
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Kewl Camera Phone From LG
Unlike other 8MP camera phones that are always come with lots of wireless connectivity options, the spanking new LG KC780 comes without 3G, WiFi and GPS. However, the handset comes equipped with another special features including a 2.4-inch display screen and a slider form factor phone body. Measuring at around 13.9 mm, the 8MP camera phone also features a Schneider-Kreuznach certified lens with an 1600 ISO and Image Stabilizer. The face detection feature will automatically find and focus on people’s faces that allow users to take the best quality pictures. There is also a smile detection technology, which can easily recognize the smile on the people’s face. If the captured picture is too bright, the LG SmartLight setting will automatically fix it. The LG-KC780 can be used as a webcam for use in online conversations. The phone’s camera connects to your PC or laptop via Bluetooth. I can’t wait to buy this kewl camera phone. The LG-KC780 will be released in November 2008 in Europe.
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Nokia Mysterious Teaser – New phone on monday?
Here are some teaser which is telling you that Nokia is about to release a new phone on Monday. Some say that it will be a gaming phone (N-gage) but from the promo video there’s nothing hinting about gaming.
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Sapphire Arte M9+
The Sapphire Arte M9+ is most probably the clone of the Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte. But it has been reshaped at least and there’s no “Nckia” or “8800″ named. The Sapphire Arte M9+ comes with 2.2-inch, 240×320px display, 2.0-megapixel camera, FM radio, Bluetooth connectivity, vibrate keypad, integrated MP3 and MP4 player, microSD and a dual SIM slots. The phone measures 112 x 50 x 15 mm, weighs 138grams, and it is a Tri-band running on GSM 900/1800/1900 Mhz network.
The Sapphire Arte M9+ is available in black or brown at the price of $112. The brown one looks nice.
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