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The chart below compares the new iPhone to a Motorola Slvr, 30GB iPod and an iPod nano, as you can see its about as high as the Slvr and as deep as the iPod :
Tags: iPhone, size chart
The one we’ve been waiting for has been announced, the apple iPhone has been unveiled at the Apple Keynote speech 2007. All in all it looks very tasty indeed, combining a phone, iPod and mobile computing in a thin (11.6mm) widescreen shell. It has no keypad, instead relying on touchscreen technology.
Technical Specs :
- Screen size : 3.5 inches
- Screen resolution : 320 by 480 at 160 ppi
- Input method : Multi-touch
- Operating system : OS X
- Storage : GB or 8GB
- GSM : Quad-band (MHz: 850, 900, 1800, 1900)
- Wireless data : Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) + EDGE + Bluetooth 2.0
- Camera : 2.0 megapixels
- Battery : Up to 5 hours Talk / Video / Browsing : Up to 16 hours Audio playback
- Dimensions : 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 inches / 115 x 61 x 11.6mm
- Weight : 4.8 ounces / 135 grams
Take a look for yourself at the official website.
What with all the junk out there on the internet promising free stuff for your mobile, we at mobile.newsthis.com have put together a usefull list of sites with real freebies :
- Wappal: Offers free hosting for files such as ringtones, wallpapers etc that you can then download onto your phone.
- Ringtones Galore: Loads of free ringtones for download, offers the latest chart tunes and even the mosquito tone. No need to paying a weekly fee for ringtones.
- Mobile Rated: A collection of free Java game goodness.
- Unlockitfree: Want to unlock your phone so it works on any network ? Dont pay, head over to this site.
- Mobile Park: Offers over 25k wallpapers to decorate your phone with.
- Chord Maestro: For all the budding guitarists, downloadable software for your phone that shows chords to learn and help in writing songs.
Hope you find something usefull there, if anyone has any to add - please do so in the comments.
Tags: free stuff, freebies
A Chinese company has created a new MP3 Player / Cell Phone which looks somewhat similar to many of the iPhone prototype images that have been floating around (none of which have been confirmed by Apple). This new gadget is known as the ZTC 321 and it features a 1.3 mega pixel camera.
The reason why this new device looks like the iPhone is because it features its media controls on what looks to be a click wheel. Regardless, the ZTC 321 is not similar enough to the iPod for Apple to sue and it probably won’t ever come to the US. (and it looks a bit… well, rubbish)
Mobilementalism has posted up some leaked photos of the new Sony Ericsson Walkman phone, codenamed the AI. Very smart looking it is to, the aluminium version has an almost industrial look to it. The phone looks very thin, a competitor to LGs chocoloate phone ?
Source : Mobilementalism
After the endless colors and variants of the razr from Motorolla its time to start that with the Krzr; Motorolla presents the “Fire”, a sleek red version which is basically the same phone but with a pleasing shiny red outer-casing. Available only in Korea at the moment we doubt it will take long to make it to our parts of the world.
Announced today is the new z310 clamshell phone from Sony Ericsson, it has a polished shiny surface that lights up when a call is being received. You can even colour-code your contacts so you can see at a glance who is phoning you.
The phone is available in 3 colors : Jet Set Black, Blush Bronze or Lush Pink so something for everyone.
Features :
- 128 x 160 pixels
- 65,536 colours
- External screen - combined Monochrome/single colour display (96 x 64 pixels) and Icon Display
- Built-in VGA camera
- Messaging - MMS, SMS and EMS
- Instant Messaging
- Changeable Wallpapers & Themes
- Picture phonebook
- Polyphonic ringtones
- Music ringtones (MP3)
- Java Midp 2.0
- PlayNow™
- EDGE
- HTML browsing
- Bluetooth™
- WAP 2.0
- AMR speech codec – optimises voice quality & minimises interference
- Talk time: Up to 7 hours
- Standby time: Up to 300 hours
According to ARStechnica , it is possible to listen in on people using their own mobile phones as a bugging device, even if the phone is switched off. It has long been known that you can monitor a persons position using their cell phone location but this new development has to be worrying for people concerned about privacy.
This came to light during a trial of member of the Genovese crime family, phone taps are nothing new but the approval of “roving bugs” is new under US law.
Source: ARSTechnica
Yesterday Nokia announced two new cdma phones aimed at the “talk and text” users of china.
“With the new features of the Nokia 1265 and Nokia 1325, consumers are getting functionality along with ease of use,” said Larry Paulson, Vice President, CDMA, Nokia. “The features most of us take for granted on our phones are front-and-center on these new products for first-time mobile phone users. These two new products expand the range of Nokia models consumers can choose from at an entry level.”
There are no images currently available for these new handsets, will post some as soon as they are released.
Read the full press release here.
Announced recently at Nokias Capital Market days in Amsterdam is the 6290 smartphone, Nokia’s first mid-range 3G smartphone based on S60 3rd Edition.
The 6290 is a smart-looking clam shell design with the following features :
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2 megapixel camera with 4X digital zoom
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2.2″ QVGA 16M colour internal screen
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Rich email functionality which supports attachments such as PPT, PDF, Word and Excel.
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MP3 music player with excellent stereo surround sound
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Two way video calling
The Nokia 6290 phone has a talk-time of up to 3.5 hours and a standby battery time of up to 10 days and runs the symbian operating system.
Source : Nokia
Another budget phone offering from Nokia, is the 2626. It’s aimed at the emerging markets of India and China. Its a simplistic phone with a small feature set, although it does have an fm radio built-in. It is set for a $100 price tag (75 euros).
The emerging markets are currently helping to drive up Nokia’s profits;
The growth was driven by China and India where Nokia’s strategy of releasing cheaper models has helped it secure market share. Sales to China increased 58 per cent year-on-year to 11.7m units while other Asia-Pacific sales rose 79 per cent to 18.8m. Nokia’s competitor Motorola also revealed record quarterly sales, up 29 per cent compared with the same period last year. (Source: Financial Times)
In the spirit of the Holiday season, LG has introduced new cherry (red) and mint (green) versions of their popular LG Chocolate cell phone. These new versions are for the slider version of the phone, and we have not heard anything about the flip version that was announced a few weeks ago.
The red version is very sleek; while the mint version, in my opinion, is one of the worst cell phone color schemes I have ever seen. Regardless, the phone is now available in black, white, cherry, and mint.
There have been a number of ultra luxury cell phones (those made of rare and expensive materials, such as gold or platinum) released in recent weeks and today, we have just gotten word of the newest ultra luxury cell phone available, the new Nokia 8800: Sirocco Diamond Edition. The phone is plated in 24 carat gold and is diamond studded.
Only 1000 of these cell phones have been produced and like everything else that is rare, the best place to purchase one is on eBay where they are selling for as high as $3450
