The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic aka the Tube has been officially announced less than 2 weeks ago, yet more and more photos of the handset are appearing online. Here are a few images and links so you can feast your eyes on the S60 touchscreen goodness.
Sony Ericsson Patent shows Camera Zooming using Motion Gestures
Sony Ericsson has filed a patent that allows zooming to be done just by the moving the camera back and forth. According to the patent, a reference object is needed to pre-determine the zoom factor that you want the lens to go. The patent talks about obtaining the output of an accelerometer and utilizing it in the camera zoom function. Continue reading “Sony Ericsson Patent shows Camera Zooming using Motion Gestures”
LG Prada II handset announced
Sliders with full QWERTY keypads seem to be the flavour of the season. After Sony Ericsson’s Xperia and Nokia’s E72 and E75, it is LG’s turn to launch such a handset.
A slider phone with a full QWERTY keypad, LG’s Prada II is a slick looking handset and is the successor to the Prada The silver keyboard along with the additional on-screen call and hang-up buttons gives fresh tactility to the original minimal concept.
8MP Nokia CameraPhone Already Exists
Ever since the Samsung Innov8 was announced, everyone has been shouting at Nokia to release an Nseries equipped with an 8 megapixel camera, but as it turns out, they sort of already have manufactured one. But don’t get your credit card ready, because it’s not exactly what you expect it to be: it’s wooden.
HTC T8290 WiMAX – handset of the future
HTC recently unveiled the photos of the HTC T8290 that will be supposedly WiMAX enabled. Although the handset looks like the HTC Touch HD, the WiMAX capability is a defining feature.
Specs known so far:
– 3.8-inch WVGA 800×480 LCD display
– WiMAX & WiFi (802.11g)
– Bluetooth 2.0 Continue reading “HTC T8290 WiMAX – handset of the future”
Sony Ericsson C905 8 MegaPixel Camera Phone
Sony Ericsson is going to introduce Sony Ericsson C905 Cybershot with an 8-mega pixel, cyber shot, auto focus and image stabilizing camera.
The camera features of the C905 are truly top-of-the-range and include Face detection, Autofocus, 16 x Zoom, Xenon Flash, Anti-Shake, Image stabilizer and Bestpic to produce the highest quality images with the minimum of fuss. The actual camera works on 3264×2448 pixels, and the video shoots at 30 fps.
The phone has a built in GPS satellite receiver along with support for Assisted GPS that allows for faster GPS triangulation. It will come pre-loaded with Wayfinder Navigator software which provides turn-by-turn navigation system and directions.
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Motorola’s New Touchscreen Handset Krave ZN4 Leaks
We had forgotten about them, we had written them off the list of handset manufacturers, and they come back with a cool new touchscreen device. Motorola’s new Krave ZN4, which is supposed to be released on October the 14th with a Verizon contract in the United States, has just been leaked. from a Verizon user who has had the ZN4 in his hands.
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Google Phone in India for 8200
The HTC G1 or the first Google Android phone has already sold 1 .5 million units (pre-orders)
Its priced at $179 in America and comes with a 2 year contract.
Reports suggest that HTC is in talks with Indian operators to bring the Google Phone to India for as little as Rs.8200 but reports also suggest that the handset could be priced as high as Rs.20000
Anyhow thats much cheaper than the Apple iPhone price which is Rs.30000 approx.
So all your users who felt disappointed or fooled by the iphone pricing .. are u listening ?
LG KC910 Renoir with Acceleromter Touch Screen, Smile & Face Detection
The LG Renoir KC910 is a mobile phone similar to the LG Viewty, with an 8 megapixel digital camera and Schneider-Kreuznach certified optics. It features a touch screen and provides innovative features such as xenon flash, image stabilizer, face Tracking, Smile Shot and blink detection. It comes with MP3, Wifi-WLAN, video calling, and document viewer technology. The touch screen contains accelerometer technology that allows motion gestures while the GPS receiver allows for geo-tagging photos directly on mobile device.
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Chat On Mobiles with Facebook Support
Hi guys,
I’m happy to announce ebuddy just pushed the button; now have a brand new version now available! Want to have a look? No need to wait a single minute, simply open your mobile browser, go to get.ebuddy.com and off you go! The most important new features we’ve added are:
More networks 
As of today, you can chat on Facebook and ICQ from our Mobile Messenger
How Nokia might win the Touchscreen War in India !
Ever since Steve Jobs rolled out the iPhone in Jan’07 MacWorld, mobile phone manufacturers were highly uncomfortable of missing the touch screen bandwagon.
The Finnish mobile giant is now armouring its artillery with Nokia 5800 a touch screen gizmo code named “tube”.With just three physical buttons and equipped with 8GB microSD memory card it can be further expanded up to 16GB. Unlike the iPhone the 5800 will not zoom out at the finger touch on the screen. Continue reading “How Nokia might win the Touchscreen War in India !”
Whats inside the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
The first S60 5th Edition based device, designed for music lovers, has been announced – the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. Nokia 5800 XpressMusic takes advantages of S60 5th Edition OS which features touch screen interface optimised for one-hand use and full support for tactile feedback along with Enhanced display resolution support a new Widescreen mode further compliments the touch UI.
It is among the first devices to support Comes With Music, Nokia’s music service which offers one year of unlimited access to the entire Nokia Music Store catalogue
We wanted to quickly run through the features in this phone
Some of the key features of Nokia 5800 include:
Sensor: Sensors enable very intuitive and smart usability for the key S60 applications. For example, silence the phone ringing by turning the phone upside down. Also, Internet browsing is made more convenient by enabling scrolling Web pages and interacting directly with Web content by touching with a finger or the use of keys or stylus. Continue reading “Whats inside the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic”
Porsche Design P9522 by Sagem
The new Porsche P9522 handset is a candy bar that looks good. Made out of a single block of aluminium, this hand assembled handset has a touch screen.
Specs & features at a glance:
• 2.8 inch mineral glass touch screen
• Biometric fingerprint scanner to unlock the phone Continue reading “Porsche Design P9522 by Sagem”
Blackberry Storm Touchscreen unveiled
The first ever touchscreen Blackberry handset, Storm, has been confirmed after Vodafone offered the device as a competition prize on its website.
It is not known exactly when the device will be available yet, but the fact that Vodafone is already pushing it suggests it could hit stores in time for the Christmas market. RIM has so far remained tight-lipped over the device, and is still yet to officially announce it. Continue reading “Blackberry Storm Touchscreen unveiled”
Nokia N78 Video Review
FoneArena’s video review of the N78.