March 19th 2009 |
Sprint has just announced announced the availability of a bright yellow version of the Motorola i580, a ruggedized push-to-talk cell phone. This important addition to the Sprint handset lineup adds another dimension for Nextel Direct Connect customers. The i580 is certified to Military Standard 810 F for shock, vibration, dust, solar radiation, temperature extremes.
The i580 features a 262k color main display and the option of using a standard 1130mAh battery or a massive 1640mAh extended battery. As displayed the phone is a neat little size. The Moto i580 features a built-in GPS system that works with the pre-loaded TeleNav turn-by-turn navigation software.
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March 19th 2009 |
A new Bluetooth accessory has appeared from Motorola. T325 is going to offer you either a selection of your finest music via Bluetooth, or some interesting conversations while driving. Motorola T325 Bluetooth Speaker can also be used as a wireless hands-free car system. The T325 hasn’t been officially released yet but when it does come out, it will probably work with most Motorola phones that have Bluetooth with A2DP. The price and release date of T325 will probably be announced by Motorola in the next few months.
March 19th 2009 |
Samsung have launched their latest rugged cellphone, the Samsung Xplorer B2100.This phone corresponds to military standards MIL-STD-810F, which is built to withstand submersion, dust, extremes of temperature and shocks. It’s also IP57 certified, means it can last up to 30 minutes underwater (at a maximum depth of 1-metter)
The Samsung Xplorer has a 1.77-inch 120 x 160 LCD display, microSD slot to augment the pitiful 7MB of internal storage, a 1.3-megapixel camera and speakerphone. Samsung xplorer b2100 also includes Bluetooth version 2.1 and battery with 600 capacities, calculated for 9 hours in the conversation regime.While it’s quadband GSM (850/900/1800/1900) though not 3G. To make it more usable outdoors, Samsung included a loud external speaker, noise cancellation technology and a flashlight.
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March 19th 2009 |
Good news for BlackBerry music fans: Pandora has finally released v1 of it’s custom internet radio streaming application this morning. Most of the site’s functionality is packed into the app, including the ability to bookmark a song or artist, move between tracks, create a new station and more. There is also a status bar at the bottom of the application with the thumbs up and down button. The app is free but is ad supported and seems to work on Verizon and AT&T only right now.Currently Pandora only supports:
*Bold on AT&T
*Curve 8310 on AT&T
*Curve 8320 on AT&T
*Curve 8330 on Verizon
*Pearl 8100 on AT&T
*Pearl 8120 on AT&T
*Pearl 8130 on Sprint
*Pearl 8130 on Verizon
*More Berries and carriers are coming soon.
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March 19th 2009 |
Nokia’s white E71, the thinnest smartphone in the Canadian carrier’s line-up, is finally on sale at Rogers Wireless.The smartphone isn’t exactly the newest kid on the block, but at least the additional color option ought to see a smal spike in sales for those who have been holding out thus far.The Nokia E71 is available now from Rogers for $99.99 on a 3-year contract with a minimum $450 voice/data plan. You can also go for a 2-year for $374.99, a 1-year for $399.99, month-to-month for $399.99 or buy the device outright for $449.99
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