Samsung i8520 Halo with Pico Projector

February 20, 2010
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Samsung seems to have gone serious about smartphones lately. We’ve just heard of their first Bada phone which is the Samsung Wave S8500, and now, they’ve announced the Samsung i8520 Halo. It is still not sure whether this will be running Bada OS as well or Android, but Engadget confirmed that this will be running on Android 2.1.

Anyway, features and specs of this Samsung i8520 Halo are pretty impressive. This actually comes as a projector phone with its built-in DLP pico projector from Texas Instruments. Other features then include 3.7-inch Super AMOLED QVGA touchscreen display with 800 x 480 pixels and TouchWiz 3.0 UI, 8-megapixel autofocus camera with flash, front-facing…

Is Mobile Internet Really Worth It?

February 17, 2010
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Mobile internet has become a popular source of internet across UK. Web access using a mobile network is accessible through any device that can access signals from a mobile base station. There are many varieties of USB modems, routers, smart phones and I-phones that are cable of accessing the 3G broadband services.

Mobile networks are widely spread across the country. Broadband statistics say that almost 95% of the country is covered with the 2G and 3G networks. But the actual fact differs widely from the report. Most of the rural areas are unable to have access to the 3G broadband service. Also many urban areas do not receive a proper coverage or…

LG GD880 Mini Gets Officially Announced

February 16, 2010
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Spotted back in January, the much-awaited LG GD880 Mini has just been officially announced; and it is presented as the world’s “smallest and slimmest” handset to date. President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company Dr. Skott Ahn said, “We developed the LG Mini in response to specific requests from actual consumers who were unhappy with current full touchscreen phones that are too bulky, too clunky and too expensive.”

But though the LG GD880 Mini is small, it sure has mid-to-high end features to brag about. This includes its 3.2-inch full touchscreen display, 5-megapixel camera with advanced face detection, Wi-Fi, AGPS, FM Radio, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, and integrated FM radio. This…

Samsung Monte S5620 Now Official

February 16, 2010
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It was a few weeks back when we first spotted the Samsung Monte S5620, which is believed to be the successor to last year’s Samsung S5600 Preston. Now, everything has been made official by Samsung itself and they presented it as a “full touch screen device for style-conscious mobile users.”

So indeed, this Samsung Monte S5620 will have a WQVGA touchscreen display, sized at about 3 inches. It will also be running on the latest TouchWiz 2.0 Plus UI, and other features include 3.2-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, AGPS, one touch access to social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, Google Sync, Exchange Active Sync, 200MB internal memory with microSD card slot that…

Vertu Constellation Ayxta in Pink for Valentine’s Day

February 16, 2010
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First spotted around September of last year, the Vertu Ayxta from Vertu’s Constellation series is now getting a makeover to go with the Valentine’s Day. The original luxury device is done in black, and now, this new Ayxta seems catered for women as it is done in pink.

Aside from the color, nothing else has changed in this Vertu Ayxta. It is still the standard Ayxta only that it is adorned with pink leather. It is still made of the same stainless steel material, ceramic leather, sapphire crystal for its display, and aerospace grade aluminum parts.

Normally, phones that are luxury-designed don’t come with high-end features so do not expect such to…

Garmin-Asus Introduces Android Nuvifone A50

February 16, 2010
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Garmin and Asus continue to collaborate as they have just announced the Nuvifone A50, which they presented as something that brings “more location technology than any other smartphone” with its use of highly-sensitive GPS receiver.

Indeed, this Garmin-Asus Nuvifone A50 will be another interesting device; since aside from the GPS function, this also runs on Android OS. The design looks totally sophisticated as well since it is sleek and very thin. Other features then include 3.5-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen display with custom and finger-friendly UI, 3-megapixel autofocus camera, accelerometer, HSDPA connectivity, and 4GB of built-in memory.

This Garmin-Asus Nuvifone A50 also uses satellite, network-based and terrestrial sources “to quickly zero in on…

Nokia N98 in Leaked Rendered Image

February 16, 2010
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It was already years ago, probably around 2007, when rumors about the Nokia N98 have been around, and finally, we are able to see a photo of it now. The thing is, this leaked photo of the Nokia N98 is just another rendered image, which has appeared over at BeGeek.fr.

The rendered photo tells that this Nokia N98 looks a lot like the Nokia N97 and even its mini version since this has a full touchscreen display, which can be tilted, and a full QWERTY keyboard, which can be revealed on a slide-out. This smartphone should then be running on Symbian, and its screen size could possibly be four inches. We’re…

LG GT350: The LG KS360 Successor

February 16, 2010
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It was November of the year 2008 when the LG KS360 has been launched so it is just apt for it to already have a successor. Indeed, LG has just announced its successor in this LG GT350, which will obviously come with much interesting and upgraded features as compared to its predecessor.

As opposed to the LG KS360 with 3-row slide-out keyboard and 2.4-inch touchscreen display, this LG GT350 will have a 4-row QWERTY keyboard and a much larger 3-inch touchscreen display. Other features also include dedicated buttons for push e-mail, web browser, and instant messaging; and of course, this will also have social networking integration, including Facebook and Twitter.

Now just…

Nokia 5230 Nuron to Come to T-Mobile

February 15, 2010
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We’ve already heard of the Nokia 5230 sometime last year, and now, it looks like it’s making its way to T-Mobile as it has appeared over at TmoNews. It is also expected that this Nokia 5230 will be called as the Nokia Nuron under T-Mobile.

This stylish and affordable device comes with 3G connectivity to keep users connected and entertained with access to the Ovi Store for downloadable music, games, and applications. Aside from that, this Nokia Nuron will also have 3.2-inch touchscreen display, on-screen keyboard, and of course, social networking services.

It is said that this Nokia Nuron 5230 will be released on March 17, and target audience is said to…

LG Cookie Plus GS500: An LG Cookie Successor

February 15, 2010
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LG’s Cookie device has been one of their best-selling devices, so LG has probably thought that it’s time to give it a successor. The manufacturer has then announced the coming of the LG Cookie Plus GS500, which is presented as being “sociable, enjoyable, and affordable.”

Unlike the predecessor, this LG Cookie Plus GS500 will have 3G connectivity. And since this will be a sociable device, this will also come with social networking integration for Facebook, Twitter and Flickr. Other features then include a touchscreen display, 3-megapixel camera, LG’s animated LiveSquare UI with widgets, FM tuner, and Editable Screenshot MMS application, which is a “feature capable of capturing web images for editing…

Android 2.1-powered HTC Incredible for Verizon

February 15, 2010
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Another Android-powered device has been spotted in leaked photos, and it is named as the HTC Incredible. Well, we can say that its features are indeed incredible, as what its name suggests, but we’ve already heard of such specs and features before.

This is even believed to be the next best thing since the Motorola Droid. Based on leaked information, aside from running on Android 2.1, this HTC Incredible will have a WQVGA touchscreen display, which is probably around 3.5 to 3.7 inches and might be AMOLED as well. It will also be powered by 1GHz Snapdragon processor with 256MB RAM, and will have 5-megapixel camera with dual LED flash, optical…

LG Clubby KM555E Now Available in Russia

February 15, 2010
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While Samsung is enjoying the market with their Corby phone series, which we know includes a lineup of devices that is catered for younger generation with penchant for social networking and other media features, LG has probably thought to compete with it as they’ve decided to come up with the LG Clubby KM555E.

Just like the Corby, this LG Clubby KM555E also comes with interesting design but with not-so groundbreaking features. Touted as an “all-touchscreen music phone”, this LG Clubby will have WQVGA display, 3-megapixel camera, Dolby Mobile tech, and it will also have built-in support for LG’s Music Club track download service.

We’ve already featured the LG KM555 before, where Rogers…