LG KP500 Cookie Mobile Phone
LG has released two promotional videos on YouTube for the upcoming LG KP500 mobile phone, which is also know as the LG Cookie. The LG KP500 Cookie is a touchscreen handset with a widget friendly interface and adopts a full web browser. The handset will be available in “Elegant Gold,” “Anodizing Silver,” “Vandyke Brown,” and Black.
Source:Upcoming Cell Phones
LG Electronics Releases LG-SH490 Phone
The Korean consumer electronics giant has released its new LG-SH490 clamshell phone which is dubbed as the Make-up Phone. Available in Smoky Red, Deep Blue and Pearl White, you can choose up to 18 of their emoticons to be displayed on the front panel thanks to the LED animation lighting provided. Other features include VoIP support, a global roaming service, a 3MP camera and a built-in electronic dictionary. The LG-SH490 will be available only in Korea through SK Telecom for around $375 after conversion.
Source:Ubergizmo
ch’s IS6110 cordless phone touts QWERTY keypad, IM capability
No need to bust out one of those newfangled smartphones to get your handset-based chat on — oh no, baby boomers and their offspring can now handle IM conversations via a landline telephone. You heard right, Vtech is getting all extraordinary on us today with the industry’s first instant messaging cordless phone, and sure enough, the DECT 6.0 IS6110 features a full-fledged QWERTY keypad to keep those thumbs happy. All that’s required is that the phone’s base station be connected via USB to a PC, after which users can have free access to MSN Messenger, Windows Live Messenger and AOL Instant Messenger. What better way to gently introduce your mother (hint, hint) to this millennium than by dropping $99.95 on this?
Digitized signage for your Android device
Among the hopefuls for Google’s Android Developer Challenge (which ended yesterday, by the way, so put down your pencils and turn in your papers) is this little gem, Enkin. Put simply, the navigation app’s ace card is its “live mode,” which combines a plethora of sensory data — camera input, GPS, directional information, motion detection — to show the user an augmented view of what they’re actually looking at in their environment. Augmented with what, exactly? Placemarkers that indicate landmarks, that’s what, and the possibilities are pretty endless — restaurants in the immediate vicinity, a gentle reminder of your car’s location in the parking lot, the list goes on. Nokia’s been toying with this concept for a good long while now but they’ve failed to commercialize it, so here’s hoping will finally see a usable product on a retail device.
Yet another HTC Neon hits the FCC — this time with US 3G
Okay, so we know of at least two HTC devices codenamed “Neon” that the friendly bureaucrats up in the FCC have been forced to go through with a fine-tooth comb. Now we have a third — the descriptively-named NEON300 — and this might be the money version. As we’ve pointed out before, the Neon series appears to represent a line of Touches with different guts for different carriers and locales, and the NEON300 possesses something that’s music to the ears of the yanks in the audience: HSDPA on the 850 and 1900MHz bands. Along with the recently-announced US Touch Dual, this should be quite a gem in, say, AT&T’s lineup — and with Sprint and Verizon both rocking the same device, can they really afford to turn the other cheek?
Update: Pictures of the unit being poked and prodded can be found deep within the test documentation, and sadly, it turns out this is nothing more than the US Touch Dual after all. But come on HTC, seriously, you know you want to make a straight-up Touch with North American HSDPA, too. Thanks, uofmrapper1!
HTC’s Raphael and Diamond
No one really knows whether HTC’s May 6 gathering will usher in the age of Android (our guess is still “no”), but let’s look a little beyond that, shall we? We’ve just laid eyes on a handful of documents detailing HTC’s efforts to ready the Diamond and Raphael models — already known to be valid HTC codenames — for Sprint later this year, and things are definitely looking up in the post-Touch world. The Diamond turns out to be the successor to that very device, lacking a physical keyboard and relying almost exclusively on a large, glossy touchscreen for user input; the Raphael meanwhile (pictured) features a full QWERTY deal and is destined to replace the Mogul. The paperwork’s pretty blurry, but it appears that both Windows Mobile devices will feature WiFi, 3 megapixel cameras, and — get this — VGA displays. Goodness! The Raphael is currently lined up to be the first out of the gate, hitting the streets in September if everything goes well, with the Diamond following on in November. Surprised that these devices are CDMA-based and Sprint bound? Us too, we admit — but we’d be shocked if there weren’t GSM twins of both of these hotties getting cooked in the lab at the same time.
BlackBerry 9000’s official spec sheet leaked
A fistful of RIM documentation on Waterloo’s upcoming BlackBerry 9000 has found its way onto the interwebs courtesy of the good folks at Boy Genius Report, and while there’s nothing groundbreaking here, BlackBerry fanatics are sure to be drooling by the time they get to the last slide in this page-turner. The spec sheet promises a tweaked web browsing experience — and we’ll take anything we can get there, considering the device’s support for HSDPA. We also see mentions of an improved picture library, automatic music playlists, and inline video streaming in the browser (!!!), all accompanied by a handful of screen shots of the device’s delicious new theme. Seeing how we’ll probably be waiting a few months yet for this thing to get into our hands, go ahead and satisfy your impatience (for a few minutes, anyhow) by clicking through to the full novella.
Samsung i770 — global version of Verizon’s i760?
Remember when we caught wind that Verizon was prepping a worldband version Samsung’s i760 Windows Mobile piece? That rumor’s suddenly gained a lot more credence now that we’ve seen a so-called SCH-i770 pass through the FCC’s hallowed halls, especially considering the device outline’s uncanny resemblance to that of the aforementioned i760. We’d previously heard that there might be some HSDPA on board, and while we’re not seeing any evidence of that from the FCC’s test reports, we can confirm that it’ll feature EV-DO, WiFi, and Bluetooth in addition to all the GSM you’ll need to get by while roaming through mysterious foreign lands. No word on when we might actually see an announcement about this one, but we imagine Verizon doesn’t want to wait that much longer — the i760 design isn’t getting any younger, y’know.
iPhone firmware 2.0 adds Chinese handwriting recognition
Screen shots posted on Chinese site wretch.cc allege that iPhone firmware 2.0 has added support for Chinese handwriting recognition in addition to a revamped (albeit non-recognition) Japanese interface. While that’s still light years from an Apple admission that not everyone is in love with the on-screen keyboard, it’s one small step toward functionality that seems to make boatloads of sense — in any language — given the phone’s generously proportioned touchscreen and its reluctant but unavoidable nomination as the Newton’s spiritual successor. What isn’t clear is how folks are expected to draw characters, seeing how there’s no provision for an on-board stylus, the entire interface is designed for finger use, and we don’t see many owner rushing out for a Pogo. However Apple intends for this feature to be used, the implementation looks pretty hot, capable of operating in both portrait and landscape modes. Sadly, it seems that Chinese is the one and only language supported at the moment; sure you don’t want to let everyone in on the Graffiti-esque retro fun here, guys?
Nokia’s E66 and E71 in the wild!
Historically picking function over form, Nokia continues to grapple with the true meaning of “sexy phone” — but its latest two business-class smartphones are pretty much the closest thing we’ve seen to date. We’ve got the visuals all scooped up ahead of Espoo’s official announcement, so head on over to Mobile for the lowdown!