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Palm, Inc. has unveiled a new version of their Palm Centro smartphone in Onyx black colour.
It looks decent.
According to some folks there is a certain amount of flair and fashion sense as well in the phone
I kind of disagree with that. Black looks stylish, but also somehow very ‘plasticky’. However, each buyer to his own. If Black is your choice of colour, the Palm Centro is now available in Black across stores in India. Continue reading “Palm Centro smartphone now in BLACK”
It is called Innov8 and the ‘8’ certainly stands for the 8 megapixel camera this high end handset is equipped with, apart from the Symbian S60 smartphone OS(3rd edition Feature Pack 2). Oh wow! Action packed and feature packed.
Specs and features:
• Quad-band GSM
• 2.8-inch QVGA display
• 16 million colours
• Resolution of 240 x 320 pixels
• Accelerometer for automatically adjusting screen orientation Continue reading “Samsung i8510 INNOV8 announced!”
S60 is feature-rich software for smartphones with advanced data capabilities. Based on the Symbian OS, it includes an application suite, user interface framework, and middleware components. The flexibility of S60 allows for a variety of hardware designs and software configurations.
S60 devices include built-in features varying from messaging and calendar to a wide variety of personalization options and advanced web browsing.
The touch user interface in S60 smartphone software offers licensees the opportunity to develop devices with a variety of input methods, whether it is a touch screen with a traditional keypad, touch screen with a QWERTY keyboard or touch screen alone, supporting both finger or stylus optimized input, in addition to the range of access options that already exists today.
S60 touch user interface comes with support for tactile feedback, which means that there is a physical pulse and feedback when the user taps on the screen. This provides better awareness of the device’s response.
Existing S60 3rd Edition applications will run on touch enabled devices unmodified. Tools will be made available for developers to further optimize the touch experience of their applications.
Also, the new UI Accelerator toolkit will allow device manufacturers to develop rapidly and easily impressive graphical effects and new types of interactions, further increasing the user appeal and excitement. Continue reading “The S60 user Interface: A revolution waiting to happen”
The Thunder is BlackBerry’s first ever Touch Screen Device. It is touted to be a piece of mobile perfection.
It runs on OS 4.7 and is also known as the BlackBerry 9500. The user interface is quite similar to the iPhone, while the media player is already up and running. Other confirmed specs include a 360 x 480 touch sensitive display.
Be it tourism, finance, economy, or newest technology, India is now the most preferred destination for all activities. India is now abuzz with activity and yes the world has finally understood its true potential. Well this is certainly why nokia has launched the Nokia E71 and the Nokia 6220 classic here, first amongst several markets. Nokia said India is an emerging market has the largest base for its handset markets. Moreover it’s a strategic move to take on a nearly close yet far rival Samsung.
Nokia E71 retails for 19500 INR and Nokia 6220 Classic retails for 17500 INR.
more info on E71 and 6220 classic follows
It is not only Nokia that launches a remake of its previous models or adds a tag ‘classic’ to its already old outdated model numbers as it has run out of numbers.
Latest to jump into this bandwagon is SE. Remi is the code name for the latest Sony Ericsson handset. A replica of the classic pioneer handset T610i that catapulted SE into the mass market segment. Continue reading “Sony Ericsson Remi”
I have been hearing a lot about Skyfire , finally I got to see a demo of the app on Mike Rowehl’s Samsung Black Jack.
I was impressed with the page loading speeds and ability to see video streaming within the browser
Also they have a feature called Smart Fit which lets you the webpage fit inside your screen.
You can zoom in on parts of the page .
The home page and search page have tabs on them and it looks uber cool Continue reading “Skyfire Hands-on The PC Web on the mobile”
The latest Nokia phone to hit the shelves this week is the Nokia 5000. The Nokia 5000 is a music oriented phone with NO EXPANDABLE MEMORY. It has a mere 12mb memory back up. This cell phone offers a 1.3 megapixel camera and a large QVGA display, it’s Nokia’s first Megapixel cameraphone at this price point. The phone brings a balance of features, design and affordability to meet every lifestyle and budget.
Nokia’s new lineup of Supernova handsets is about to see the Nokia 7610 Supernova handset get real in the US. This seems to be Nokia’s attempt of unleashing stylish handsets at affordable prices. Priced around 225 EUR, the Nokia 7610 Supernova offers Xpress-On covers in a choice of a set of Steel Blue and Red covers offset by a muted gray front surface, or Bright Lilac and Steel Blue contrasted against a white front surface.
Additional features include a 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus, instant
messaging and TV out for image sharing. The Nokia 7610 Supernova also offer a dedicated music key, FM radio, an MP3 player and access to Nokia Music Store (where available) via the Nokia Music PC Client.
There are 3 more Supernova phones lined up for release. These include 7510, 7310 and 7210. While Nokia 7510 is a clamshell design, 7310 and 7210 are candybar phones. Continue reading “Nokia Supernova Series”
Recent acquisition of Symbian has created quite a stir in the ever increasing market of Mobile Operating Systems. Symbian OS accounts for 60 percent of the converged mobile device segment, but has been loosing share lately. This has been largely to Windows Mobile and Linux.
Symbian has largely been controlled by Nokia. And it seems pretty odd, other phone manufacturer’s paying large sum of money going into the hands of a competitor.But this will all change with the Symbian foundation. How much? Only time will tell.
Google is about to unleash linux-based Android pretty soon on Motorola handsets. So this means putting additional pressure on Windows Mobile, which charges heavy on licensing fees. Continue reading “Windows Mobile – In trouble?”
Asus launched the P320 Mini PDA phone recently. It is very stylish and kinda like a HTC Touch look-alike.
Specs & features at a glance:
• 2.6-inch TFT touch screen
• Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
• GPS navigation
• EDGE/GPRS
• WiFi
• Bluetooth
• USB
• 128 MB Flash ROM
• 64 MB DDR RAM
• 2.0 megapixel camera
• RSS Reader Continue reading “Asus new PDA launched in India”
At the Singapore Telecommunications Exhibition 2008, held last month, Samsung unveiled two new slider handsets – J800 Luxe and the L870.
J800 Luxe
Sleek and neat would describe this handset with standard features.
Specs & features at a glance:
• 2.2-inch TFT display
• 176 x 220 pixels resolution
• 256K colours
• Tri-band
• Bluetooth A2DP
• microSD cards
• Media player Continue reading “Two new slider handsets from Samsung – J800 & L870”
During the past few years Symbian smartphones have become more popular among youth,when compared with the old days of Symbian devices.Actually the smartphones are made in order to cater a more productive output for power users who tend to rely on their phones to make things easy,keep work well organized and to make sure they are running according to the schedule .But by the time especially after Nokia adapted the multimedia computer concept, Symbian devices changed their path rapidly.
The old but still gold 6630 or the penguin phone as is known among most phone lovers,was the very first Nokia smartphone that hit the markets all around the world,especially among the youth it was a hot cake.That trend which boosted the smartphone fashion has now dominated the youth market as Nokia started including more and more multimedia support,large screens,massive storage capacities,dedicated music controllings,and most of all so many different form factors in design.Though the market is solely driven by looks and multimedia options there is one thing which is not very popular though it is the best in it.The Symbian OS which is core,and the door to all the above features. Continue reading “Symbian S60 Basics and your smart phone”
The wait is finally over. One of the leading comic characters, The Incredible Hulk, has finally arrived on your mobile handsets.
Hands-On Mobile, Inc., the world’s leading developer of connected games and applications, and Marvel Entertainment, Inc., announced the availability of a mobile game and personalization content around the big-screen adaptation of The Incredible Hulk. The game and content are currently available on select carriers worldwide.This coincides with the release of the movie with the same title.
In the mobile game, players take on the role of the titular super hero and hurl cars at enemies, scale cityscapes, dodge precision missiles, and battle The Abomination. In addition to featuring fully interactive and destructible environments, The Incredible Hulk re-creates scenes from the movies which players can smash through. Continue reading “The Incredible Hulk – Mobile Game”
Spice Mobiles, known in India for its range of highly functional economy handsets, has launched a dual SIM PDA in India.
The Spice D-1100 Dual SIM PDA has the capability of having both SIMs simultaneously active and has a touch panel, an integrated stylus and alpha-numeric keypad.
