Vertu introduced a new line in the collection of luxury mobile phones, Ascent Ti Damascus Steel. The Damascus Steel Ascent Ti is made using an ancient steel forging method which consists of continuous folding and hammer-forging to improve the strength and hardness of the metal. This method was used to create blades including the Japanese Samurai, Franconian and Indian Wootz swords during different periods of time in history. Vertu Ascent Ti – Support GSM cellular networks and UMTS, Series 40 platform, 3-MP camera, a display with a resolution 240h320 points and 4 GB of internal memory.
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Samsung are going to stop at nothing until they achieve market domination. Not too long after its latest Samsung Pixon12 M8910 announcement, it has also announced the M8920, that packs a similar sensor, this time with 3x optical zoom. The new handset will obviously come with a 12 megapixel camera, complemented by both LED and xenon flash. To make the device even sweeter there go built-in GPS and Wi-Fi with DLNA support. This cameraphone will probably incorporate a touchscreen display, but that’s also a speculation.
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BenQ, who has traditionally stuck to Windows Mobile for their higher-end phones, it has recently unveiled its intentions to launch Android products sometime in 2010. A company representative confirmed to MacWorld today that it was working on both a netbook and a smartphone based on the operating system.
BenQ currently sells netbooks under the name Joybook Lite running Microsoft Windows XP, mobile phones with the Symbian OS and a mobile Internet device with a Linux OS. The company is jumping on the bandwagon, adding itself to the growing number of ‘droid mobile makers, hoping to get itself back into the game with the new and ever more popular OS. Â Google says it knows of up to 20 devices being worked on by up to nine manufacturers that will hit the market this year.
Pharos announced on Thursday the immediate availability of its latest GPS-enabled smartphone, the Pharos Traveler 137. The Pharos Traveler 137 is in the latter camp, a device designed to be a GPS unit and a phone in one. Pharos has been making mapping software and devices for years, mostly for a less commercial market. The Traveler 137 is powered by the Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 with Microsoft®. The device is available today from Amazon.com, Dell.com, eXpansys.com, and Newegg.com for the suggested retail price of $599.95. Users can obtain a $250 discount on the phone if signing up for a new T-Mobile two-year contract through Pharos.
Traveler 137 Specifications
* Operating System: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, updateable to Windows Mobile® 6.5
* Processor: Qualcomm MSM 7201A 528MHz
* Memory: 256MB DDR SDRAM, 512MB Flash ROM
* Phone: unlocked GSM quad band 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, EDGE / GPRS,
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Verizon’s BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 is now finally official, as the giant US carrier has just announced its upcoming release.Expected to be available from June 19, the new Pearl Flip 8230 is goign to cost you some $130 after a $70 mail in rebate on a 2 year contract.  Verizon’s BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 is VZ Navigator capable and comes with all those already-known features, including: internal and external displays, SureType QWERTY keypad, 2MP camera with flash, voice-activated dialing, microSD card support and access to BlackBerry App World.
