Mobile News and Mobile Info

Smartphones sales have been increasing month on month since their introduction with more and more of us opting for a handset that can keep us connected with our online lives wherever we are. Almost all consumers own a mobile phone and there is a considerable cost saving to be had if this can replace a mobile broadband device. By contrast sales of mobile broadband dongles, which were booming in the UK 18 months ago have been steadily declining over the past year.

With a growing number of mobile phone networks offering top end smartphones free on contract mobile phone deals this trend is likely to continue for some time. Blackberry’s decision to focus more heavily on the consumer market and the ever popular iPhone coupled with popular new models launched by the likes of Samsung and HTC means more and more consumers are turning to smartphones when looking for new mobile phone deals which could seriously damage sales of mobile broadband dongles.

For mobile broadband providers to fend of the danger of losing further market share to smartphones some industry commentators have suggested that mobile broadband needs to be positioned as a consumer’s main broadband connection competing with home broadband services rather than as a complementary service to fixed broadband. For this to become a reality speeds will need to increase significantly, something that could become a reality with 4G.  For now mobile broadband sales continue to decline whilst smartphones are driving the mobile phone industry forward.

The McLovin, achinamobilephonethat has everything todays power user demands from their cellphone. It hasdual SIMcards, not to mention analog TV receiver, Wi-Fi, GSM support, microSD card, Bluetooth, A2DP, and accelerometer. It also has a 3.2-inch QVGA touchscreen and a keyboard.

This is a phone designed by Cyrene Quiamco, and it is called Aeolus.

It is designed to be powered by solar energy, and it also uses wind power. Apparently, if you blow into it, or catch a breeze, this can power it. You can get it in a single color, and an energy-efficient LCD display.

This is a concept just now, but let’s see where this one goes.

This is the Loop, a mobile phone concept in development by Autodesk and LG, and made for the blind.

Apparently, you wear it on a clip to be put on your clothing, and get info on the OLED display that apparently works via Braille, somehow.

I’m not certain why the visually impaired would need something like this, except perhaps to dial a number. I know that the buttons on my phone don’t have Braille, but they have a standard order on the phone.

Just 5 is a brand name that caters to the elderly who want a cellphone which is extremely easy to use, and their latest iteration comes in the form of the CP11, where you get large buttons as well as an easy to read display which pops up – this might just cause the older folks to panic since it is a form factor that they are not used to, which might just cause them to press the emergency SOS button when figuring out how to use it. Features include a larger 2.2″ LCD display compared to its predecessor, and don’t expect 3G connectivity built in with all the bells and whistles of modern, advanced handsets.

Fly, Russian brand, has announced new music phone in India market, called Fly Booom MC105.

The handset has feature a media player, a large speaker (30×40 mm) that located on the rear panel, and a mini wheel. Fly Booom MC105 harmony phone has a 3.5mm audio jack and a microSD card slot (a 2GB card included) that pre-loaded with 50 Bollywood songs, 10 video clips, and themes.

Fly Booom MC105 packs a 2-inch TFT display with resolution of 176×220 pixels, a 0.3-megapixel camera, 0.5 MB of internal memory, Bluetooth, FM tuner with recording function, LED flashlight, and a 200 mAh battery with enabling up to 8 hours of talktime, up to 240 hours in standby mode.

Like most other models, Fly offers dual SIM cards slot, which is supports simultaneous operation of two GSM networks. Dimensions of Fly Booom MC105 are 110×49×17.5 mm and weight 93.8g.

The well-known multinational mobile phone manufacturer based in Espoo Finland, Nokia, unveiled their three new handsets, the latest additions to their collection of mobile phones. Before the unveiling of the mobile devices, the company released a teaser where they hinted on the phones’ ability to bring the best messaging and social networking tools to the masses.

One of these phones is the Nokia C3 which is said to be the first Series 40 that comes equipped with a full QWERTY keyboard. You can find the best deals for this Nokia C3 deals at Moby1 when you compare phone deals including mobile phone free gifts. This mobile phone is expected to be released into the market sometime during the second quarter of 2010. Read the rest of this entry »