April 29th 2008 |
The Samsung Anycall J708, which is a sexy and diminutive handset considering its price. With the 0.6-inch thick slider costs 1,480 HKD (about $190), which means a slim feature list, but there’s plenty for the media-hungry to be getting on with: H.263 and MPEG4 video playback, MP3 and AAC audio playback, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, a micro SD slot, a 1.3 megapixel camera and EDGE.Maybe, it’s cool if have a low-end phone that doesn’t look like someone folded a three year old candybar in half and slapped a new coat of paint on it. [Read More…]
April 29th 2008 |
This unlocked Blackberry 9000 was spotted on eBay just before the auction mysteriously ended. The seller says the phone is unlocked and will “Not be released until August 2007″ — we’ll guess he / she is a little unclear as to what year it is. However, said seller promises that this particular unlocked phone is actually in stock now and ready to ship for the lucky winner.
Listed features (according to this auction) include: 3G, Edge, WiFi, and Bluetooth, as we’ve seen elsewhere. [Read More…]
April 29th 2008 |
Tessera Technologies, which is today announcing that its OptiML Zoom solution is available for licensing. Said innovation brings a unique lens design and specialized algorithms to replace “traditional mechanical zoom capabilities,” giving equipped cameraphones 3x optical zoom capabilities in a “compact camera module without moving parts.”
Hailed as the industry’s first non-mechanical optical zoom solution, it promises to not degrade images the way digital zoom does, and while it’s eager to see handset OEMs pick up the tech and integrate it into forthcoming mobiles, we’ve yet to hear of any big players jumping on board. [Read More…]
April 29th 2008 |
Nokia N810 WiMAX is a 4.13 inch touchscreen and a handy slide out full QWERTY keyboard. And it has an integrated webcam, the GPS feature and the Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and WiMAX(where available) as internet connectivity options. There’s a huge 2GB storage default memory, upgradeable via the microSD of course, and plenty of software add ons which will be available for the Linux OS it uses.
The N810 WiMAX Edition will apparently have a MRSP of $479.99, with Buy.com having it on offer at $455.99. It’s showing up as “Sold Out”, and there’s no suggestion as to when they’re expecting it to actually ship. Similarly, we’ve no further information about WiMAX coverage or monthly tariffs. [Read More…]
April 28th 2008 |
Foxconn (aka, Hon Hai) — the maker of the 1st gen iphone — is ramping up 3G iPhone assembly by “the end of May” to ship 3 million units in June. It’s expected to produce some 24-25 million units before the product reaches end of life.
If those numbers are true then Apple had better be prepared for a proper global launch without those pesky revenue sharing schemes seen holding back world-wide uptake. [Read More…]
