For 300 British Pounds (355 Euros or 495 US Dollars) you get a device that has 15 hours of talk time, 2.5 months of standby time, and has been to the 7th layer oh hell and back. Most of you are not going to buy this phone, much like most of you will never buy the cars you see on Top Gear, but that doesn’t stop this video from being any less entertaining. Watch Dan from The Really Mobile Project interview the CEO of Sonim, Bob Plashke:
Rumours abound as always – and this one says that the Huawei U8230 will be launching later this year on T-Mobile UK, and will be called the G1 Touch – so says Talk Android.
It would appear to be a great bit of kit, with a 3.5″ display, 3.2MP camera, and running on a Qualcomm chipset. If the information is correct, then a 1500mAH battery will be on board, which should give is a decent runtime (for comparison, the iPhone battery weighs in around 1300mAH).
I have to say I really like the look of this phone – and if it ends up coming out, I might strongly consider getting a T-Mobile contract to get a lil’ Android-gadget love!
For all the new bells and whistles packed into the new iPhone 3G S, we had no idea it featured an integrated high-frequency hearing test! No, we’re not kidding. Our iPhone 3G S has been testing our hearing acuity every time it plays a sound file, and yours probably is as well. Okay, we’re kind of kidding.
It would be great if the high-frequency tones being emitted after most system sounds (lock, unlock, new mail, etc.) were intended. But, as Phone Arena notes, it’s more likely a software problem that is “plaguing” many an iPhone 3G S out there. For the moment, there’s no fix, but that doesn’t mean Apple isn’t cooking up an update/patch post-haste!
If you’re interested in testing your iPhone 3G S for the high-frequency tone bug, just go to a quiet room and turn the phone off, or swipe to unlock (just make it play a system sound). If you hear a 15kHz tone buzzing immediately following the system sound, your iPhone 3G S is affected. If not, your iPhone 3GS is bug-free. That, or you’ve lost the ability to hear frequencies at and above 15kHz – which is unfortunately much more likely.
Sure, the iPhone 3G S sports a few hardware upgrades compared to the iPhone 3G. But, for the most part, iPhone OS 3.0 enables a lot of new features on the iPhone 3G. From cut-and-paste support to MMS, the iPhone 3.0 OS offers iPhone 3G users a good alternative to shelling out a handful of Benjies for an iPhone 3G S. Unless, that is, you’re looking for “Accessibility” features on the iPhone. There’s a lesser-known gem hiding inside the iPhone OS 3.0 that only works on the iPhone 3G S, as you can see from the video and photos below. Read the rest of this entry »
Nokia today introduced the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic, a compact XpressMusic device that uses a touch interface for accessing people and content on the brilliantly clear homescreen. The ’scrolling’ Contacts Bar provides direct access to 20 people and their latest conversations and media updates. The homescreen also features one touch shortcuts to content and popular social networks, like Facebook and MySpace.
The Nokia 5530 XpressMusic follows in the footsteps of the top-rated Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, expanding the touch XpressMusic phone range with a youthful device that has a solid stainless steel frame finish and comes in five vivid colors.
At the core of the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic is the music and entertainment experience. It is an ideal device for those who wish to quickly and easily access, share and mix a huge selection of media. In true XpressMusic form, the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic is a great music player with 27 hours of playback time, excellent audio quality and a 4 GB memory card for storing music and other media. Read the rest of this entry »
Research In Motion (RIM) today has introduced the BlackBerry Tour, featuring both EV-DO Rev. A, UMTS/HSPA (2100Mhz) and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM supported networks so that you can use it in any places.
The BlackBerry Tour is in a chic black finish with chrome highlights surrounding its body design (112mm x 62mm x 14.2mm and 130g). It also includes a full-QWERTY keyboard, 2.44-inch display with 480 x 360 resolution, full HTML web browser and 3.2 megapixel camera. The camera module seems to be a better one with flash LED, image stabilization and auto focusing. Read the rest of this entry »
T-Mobile USA today announced the upcoming availability of its newest 3G-enabled smartphone, the T-Mobile Dash 3G. Also called HTC Snap in other regions, the T-Mobile Dash 3G is available in a glossy-black finish with red accents, features a full-QWERTY keyboard, built in WiFi, GPS and trackball for navigation. Powered by a 528MHz Qualcomm MSM 7225 CPU, the smartphone also comes with a 2 megapixel camera, 256MB ROM, 192MB RAM, Bluetooth and a 2.4-inch display screen (320 x 240 pixels). A microSDHC card slot is available for more storage space. The company will start offer the smartphone in July.
Cricket Communications and Samsung are now offering Samsung MyShot II SCH-r460, a clamshell phone with affordable price and customized home screen. It also includes MP3 music player with a microSD slot for removable memory, stereo Bluetooth, a large display, a 1.3 megapixel camera and Mobile Web.
The personalized home screen on the MyShot II offering widgets for quick access to your account information, favorite Internet content including news, weather, sports, social networking, and shop for downloads. The Samsung MyShot II is immediately available at Cricket retail stores and dealers for $159.99.
