Japanese iPhone 3G customers will get a treat: a little gadget that receives the 1-Seg mobile terrestrial digital audio/video and data broadcasting service and sends it out in WiFi signals. That’s not all, the 1-Sef tuner also acts as a battery charger if needed. It is said that the 1-Seg tuner can last for 3 hours of TV viewing, 2 to 4 hours in charge mode. If you wonder, the iPhone app is free.
It’s very very nice. Mobile TV is quite popular in South Korea as well. And, the 80-gram tuner provides a TV fix over WiFi and doubles as a battery extender when plugged into the iPhone 3G’s dock connector. Â In addition, “TV & battery” charge, included with the product of “USB-miniB USB” cable used 2, AC power or a PC’s USB port and can be connected. Â 1-Seg broadcasts use H.264 video with AAC+SBR audio encapsulated in a MPEG2 Transport Stream at a bit-rate of 416kbps. The iPhone is more than capable of decoding and displaying H.264 video and AAC audio and its WiFi will easily eat up 416kbps. 1-Seg video has a pixel format of just 320 x 240.
This is the first dual-sim enabled luxurious handset ever invented. It’ s hand-crafted and it’ s called Samsung S9402 Duos. The handset is made out of premium materials like scratch resistant display glass and metal frame covered with rodium. Rodium is a form of resistant platinum which will withstand various chemical or mechanical damages.
The triband GSM also offers a high quality sound thanks to a Bang & Olufsen/ICEPower amplifier. Other Samsung S9402 specs include: read more…
The guys over at CrackBerry have got hold of a RIM BlackBerry 8900, better known as the BlackBerry Javelin, and no, they didn’t get it off eBay for £17,100, however they did give it a good going over.
The Javelin is using the new 4.6 Blackberry operating system with the super fast 512 MHz processor. This phone is smaller than the Bold in almost every way. Thinner, lighter and shorter. The new Atom ball feels more nicer than the old pearl ball and is said to collect less dust, which prevents malfunction.
The new Javelin sports a micro USB port and 3.5 mm headset jack for your regular ipod headsets (just like the Bold and the Curve). It has two extra buttons on the top of the device. The one on the left is a keylock button, which you can quickly Keylock the phone with one touch of the button. On the other side is the mute button. Both buttons are hidden under the top housing. You may see in  YouTube Video read more…
AT&T on Tuesday morning quietly picked up the USBConnect Quicksilver a new USB mobile broadband device with an award-winning design as its latest external modem. The AT&T USBConnect Quicksilver is the first USB mobile broadband device worldwide to use the Icera Livanto(R) chipset, providing the latest features in one of the world’s smallest HSPA USB devices that weighs just 1.2 ounces.
Based on the global standard for wireless — GSM — the Quicksilver provides access to not only the nation’s fastest 3G network but also to international data roaming in more than 150 countries, with 3G available in more than 60 of those countries. AT&T is offering the new modem as of today and sells it for $250 without any commitment, though signing up for a two-year data plan supplies the Quicksilver for free. read more…
The Motorola Krave ZN4 has been a week heard, but now the device is up for sale on Verizon’s website.  Motorola’s Krave ZN4 has just become official on Verizon today; it looks fancy and a little unique. The Krave has a clear cover that flips open to reveal a touch-screen virtual keypad. A dedicated camera key offers quick access to a touch-controlled 2.0-megapixel camera. The accelerometer detects the movement when the Krave is rotated, changing the display.
The device features a virtual QWERTY keyboard, HTML browser, full access to V CAST services (Music, Video, Mobile TV) GPS support through VZ Navigator, media player, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, 3.5mm headphone jack, Visual Voicemail access, 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder and zoom, voice control, speakerphone, as well as being only the third device to support FOTA (Firmware Over The Air) updates.The device is now available from Verizon online for $349.99 Retail/Month to Month, $269.99 on a 1 year agreement and $199.99 on a 2 year agreement before an additional $50 online isnstant rebate for each, bringing the totals to $219.99 and $149.99 respectively.
