Speaking about his interest in the Indian mobile phone space, Branson said his group had already applied for relevant permission to enter the market. “Give me two-and-a-half months to talk about that,” he said. “It will not be long before we enter the mobile phone business in
Amidst music, dance and a fabulous light show, Vertu launched another mobile in the Indian market: the Vertu Ascent Ti. The Ascent Ti is a quad-band 3G handset with a 3 megapixel camera with flash – the first in the Vertu series to have one. Vertu’s motto “precision engineered for strength and balance with a distinctly masculine edge” seems a fitting description of this very high-end phone. Says Frank Nuovo, Vertu Principal Designer: “From the start the Vertu Ascent has been heavily influenced by the power, energy, and sheer precision of a beautiful car.
With the Ascent Ti, this vision has been developed further using the high grade materials, design detail, technical superiority and unsurpassed performance associated with the luxury sports car industry. The result is a highly crafted handset of precision, balance and strength.” The Vertu Ascent Ti is handcrafted in
Samsung Electronics has launched the ‘Metal 5′ in India calling it the world’s slimmest 5 megapixel camera phone. The Metal 5 provides imaging solutions from image correction to capturing the widest view with panorama shot and has a 2.2″ LCD screen with 16 million colors. Images can be played directly on TV with TV Out or wirelessly printed through Bluetooth printing.
The phone also features an embedded MP3 player, stereo FM radio, FM recording, background music animation, 3D sound speakerphone, USB, Bluetooth 2.0 , PictBridge and Netfront browser v 3.4. It has 55 MB of internal memory. The phone is secured with mobile tracker, emergency SMS alert and privacy lock. H.C.Ryu, M.D. Samsung Telecommunications India, said, “There is high consumer demand for gadget convergence in India.
Consumers opt for camera phones that are much more convenient for capturing spontaneous shots. As per an independent study, by 2010 almost one billion camera phones will be sold worldwide. In India we are witnessing phenomenal growth in the imaging segment where the market is growing at 6%. Currently one-third of mobile phones sold in India have built-in camera.”
Nokia announced an update to their Sirocco line of fashionable handsets. The Nokia 8800 Sirocco Gold comes with 18-carat gold plating.
Named after a Sahara desert wind, the Sirocco line offers expensive, luxurious devices in the Nokia portfolio. Equipped with a 2 megapixel camera, a 262K colors TFT display, FM radio and Bluetooth, along with a smooth sliding mechanism, the Sirocco handsets as always tend to speak more of their owners than your usual feature phone.
The Nokia Sirocco 8800 Gold comes in stylish golden color further enhanced by white gold trimming, thus creating a truly luxurious piece of mobile device. The product also comes with a Bluetooth headset with a matching design.
Today Sony Ericsson announced several interesting handsets. The highlight is Sony Ericsson T650 - the successor of the successful T610 midrange handset. The Sony Ericsson S500 is an innovative thin slider, while the Sony Ericsson T250 is a stylish budget solution with a complete metallic finish. The new handsets design is nowhere near the last lineup by the manufacturer and surely manages to impress by counting on classic looks and stylish materials.
The Sony Ericsson T650 comes with a stainless steel finish and full 3G support with video calls. At only 12.5 mm, the bar-shaped handset also boasts a 3.2 megapixel camera with auto focus. The 1.9″ 262K color TFT display with a QVGA resolution, a scratch-proof mineral glass and an innovatively brighter colors and a wider viewing angle. Feature-wise it’s got all that it takes to rank with all current mobiles - stereo Bluetooth support, USB and a Memory Stick Micro M2 slot. The T650 also comes with some nice illumination effects which are linked to on-screen animations.
The Sony Ericsson T650 will be available in green and blue as of Q3 2007. The Sony Ericsson S500 is an innovative slider with a thickness of 14 mm. It is targeted at the Americas and so it has a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 networks support. It comes with a 2 megapixel camera, a 2″ 262K color TFT display with a QVGA resolution plus Bluetooth, USB and a Memory Stick Micro M2 slot. Other interesting features include the new Sony Ericsson Ever-changing theme and some nice illumination effects to go with it.
The Sony Ericsson S500 will be available in green and yellow as of Q2 2007. The Sony Ericsson T250 comes as an example that a budget handset can too look the part, when dressed in a compact metallic body with a thickness of 12.6 mm. It features a VGA camera, FM radio and a 1.7″ 65K color TFT display with a 128 x 160 pixels resolution. The stylish handset will weigh only 82 g and will have dual-band GSM/GPRS support.
Today we saw the new super smartphone by Sony Ericsson finally officially unveiled. Just as when everybody thought that it would be named P700, the manufacturer announced it as Sony Ericsson P1 - but mind you, it’s still the same handset we all eagerly waited.
The next step in the Sony Ericsson P-series development is finally officially unveiled - after months of sneak previews and information leaks. The Sony Ericsson P1 is based on the Symbian 9.1 OS and runs with the UIQ 3.0 interface. It doesn’t boast some revolutionary features, but it’s all about the complete set of function it offers.
Those include a 2.6″ 262K color touchscreen TFT display with a QVGA resolution, a 3.2 megapixel camera with auto focus, 3G support with video calls and Wi-Fi, just to name a few. The goodies don’t end here and they continue with stereo Bluetooth, QWERTY keyboard (like the one seen in Sony Ericsson M600), USB, FM radio and a Memory Stick Micro M2 slot.
System wise, it has a 208 MHz processor just as Sony Ericsson P990 and Sony Ericsson M600, but carries twice the RAM (128MB) plus it has 160MB of integrated memory available to the user. As with all UIQ 3 smartphones it is equipped with handwriting recognition system, MS Office documents viewer/editor and it even has a business card scanner application, that as we saw in P990 works reliably to scan a business card and to insert the data from it directly to your Contacts list.
Motorola officially unveiled the Motorola RAZR2 V8 and V9 models. These are the descendants of the highly popular Motorola RAZR V3 which paved the way for the ultra slim trend in the mobile world.
The Motorola RAZR2 comes in two versions - the first one is the Motorola RAZR2 V8 which has quad-band GSM/EDGE network support, while the second one is the Motorola RAZR2 V9 which is a quad-band GSM/EDGE/3G/HSDPA-enabled device. Other than that, feature-wise and design-wise the two are almost identical. There will also be an EVDO CDMA version, named RAZR2 V9m but it is out of the scope of this article.
The Motorola RAZR2 comes equipped with a main 2.2″ 262K color TFT display with a QVGA (320×240 pixels) resolution plus a really large secondary 2″ 262K color TFT display with a QVGA resolution too. It would practically mean that there would be no difference between using any of the two. What is more, Motorola are promising a handy messaging function that would allow user to compose and send messages without even opening the clamshell.
Design-wise, the RAZR2 has received an enormous facelift in both looks and style. It is thinner than every previous RAZR model and it has a new flushed-out metallic design with some hardened glass to protect all those square inches of displays that it offers.
The Motorola RAZR2 will have full support for stereo Bluetooth, it will have a microUSB slot for data connections and attaching headphones (makes us sorry for losing the standard miniUSB) and would certainly appeal with its 2 megapixel camera, which unfortunately doesn’t feature autofocus.
In the final part of our initial E90 coverage Steve looks at the Nokia E90’s GPS and navigation capabilities. The navigation features are good, but there is room for improvement too. Steve also rounds up a few software odds and ends before summarizing his summary of the new Nokia E90 Communicator.
We’ve covered the Nokia E90 in some details in the previous parts of this review series: Nokia E90 - the Early Verdict, Nokia E90 - Adapting the Applications, Nokia E90 - Web and Work and Nokia E90 - Camera and Multimedia.
At a press conference in India, Nokia has launched seven new mobile phones, that provide functions and features specifically designed for consumers in emerging markets. “India is very important to Nokia and to the global mobile communications industry as a whole,” says Soren Petersen, Senior Vice President, Mobile Phones, Nokia. “One of the fastest growing markets in the world, India is also home to several Nokia facilities, including R&D and manufacturing. We’re very proud to be part of their growth.”
Nokia 2630
The thinnest handset in Nokia’s portfolio at 9.9 mm, the Nokia 2630 balances a modern design with a full range of features to meet the needs of emerging market consumers. A camera combined with Bluetooth technology. Convenient productivity tools such as email, MMS, calendar and a calculator satisfy the work side of life, while features such as an FM radio, with direct access shortcut key and MP3 ringtones satisfy the entertainment side
Nokia 2760
The Nokia 2760 features a digital camera, giving many consumers their first experience with digital photography, and Bluetooth technology to make it easy to share the photos that they capture. The Nokia 2760 also features video recording, video playback, and FM radio. The combination of Bluetooth and GPRS creates a convenient way to access data on the go for email and Internet. It also features extra large storage to save up to 1000 contacts in the phonebook.
Nokia 2505
One of Nokia’s sleekest fold-style phones for the CDMA market, the Nokia 2505 offers a unique smooth-back design. The Nokia 2505 is expected to be available in selected markets in Asia/Pacific, Middle East, Africa, China and Latin America during the 2nd quarter of 2007. The phone meets practical needs as well with easy-to-use functions including text messaging, speaker phone, calendar, a personalized voice reminder and an alarm clock. Other features included with the Nokia 2505 include pre-loaded games, a 300-contact phonebook, up to 3 hours of talk time and 156 hours of stand-by time.
Nokia N95, a much-awaited smartphone with a unique handset design has started shipping in India.
Its front slides up to reveal a traditional numeric phone keypad and can also slide down providing access to a row of dedicated multimedia playback control buttons, automatically switching the screen to landscape mode and launching the multimedia menu.
Hardware: It is powered by the fastest processor currently used in the Symbian operating system devices and is faster than Dopod D600, a Windows Mobile 5 PDA.
The Nokia N95 sports the regular 64 MB RAM (E90 claims to offer almost 80 MB of free operating memory) and about 160 MB internal storage memory and can be expanded with microSD cards to 2 GB.
Dopod D600 comes in with built-in 128 MB ROM, 64 MB RAM that gives N95 a close run.
Bells & Whistles Nokia has topped the N95 with a GPS receiver. And a 5 megapixel (sufficient for even 11×14-inch sized prints), autofocus camera can deliver delightful pictures. Dopod’s D600 is a 2 MP camera, but when viewed on D600’s 71.1mm TFT LCD display, it can put other business phones to shame.
While Nokia has put in a secondary camera to support video calls, despite being a PDA D600 seems to have omitted it. Although DVD quality is certainly an exaggeration by Nokia, but video recorded on N95 definitely offers quality of amateur single-sensor mini-DV camcorders.