Motorola AURAx

Advancing the boundries of form and functions, AURAx is a celebration of design. It comes to life to sharp clarity of a photograph in the world's first fully circular display. AURA is an unparalleled achievement in the hand held

POWER

Up to 7.3 hours
TALK TIME (CONTINUOUS)*

• BATTERY TYPE
  810 mAh typical, 780 mAh minimum
• STANDBY TIME¹
  Up to 400 hours
  

CAMERA

• MEGAPIXELS
  2MP
• FOCUS
  Fixed

B2C - TECHNOLOGY

• MEMORY⁴
  2GB
• NETWORKS²
  GSM 850/900/1800/1900, EDGE Class 12, GPRS Class 12

B2C - PHYSICAL

DISPLAY TYPE

round LCD

FORM FACTOR

Rotator

WEIGHT

141.00 g

SIZE

47.60(x) 96.87(y) 18.55(z) mm

DISPLAY SIZE

1.55-inch / 480-pixel diameter

Verizon Rumored to Try Inking an iPhone Deal

We already reported before that Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg stated in an interview that the company planned to add an iPhone to its lineup, and not just any iPhone, but one that would work on its upcoming 4G networks, and now we learn that Verizon and Apple are indeed in talks for the launch

Is the i7500 the first Samsung Android device?

The German web site Bild.de reports information on the Samsung i7500 they have recently received. The device, says the report, is expected to be Samsung's first phone using Google's open source OS and is heading for a June release for O2 in Europe. This scotches previous rumors that the S8000 would be the Korean manufacturer's first Android release. The i7500 handset is expected to offer 3G connectivity, feature a capacitive 3.2-inch OLED touchscreen with HVGA (480x320) resolution, Wi-Fi, GPS, a 5MP camera with flash, 8GB of memory expandable with a microSD slot and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The smartphone will be powered by Android 1.5 with all the lovely goodies from the Cupcake upgrade. The expected price of the gadget is 300 Euros (about $400 US). Although the pictures show the standard Android interface known from the G1, we hope the guys at Samsung have personalized the OS. Unfortunately, there is no word on its availability in the U.S.

Samsung I7500 officially runs Android OS

Samsung haven´t held off much announcing and confirming the rumor, eh? It is now clear that the Samsung I7500 is indeed the company’s first handset to be run Google’s Android operating system. So, what do we know about this one? Actually, pretty much what we need – pictures show that the I7500 is a candybar that only has the basic set of hardware keys needed for the Android OS so as there is more space to fit the large, 3.2-inch touch-sensitive 320x480 pixel resolution AMOLED screen. It seems the user interface has not been customized in any way, maybe because this is the first attempt of the manufacturer at this particulr OS, so Samsung´s decision to stick to the original outlook may indeed prove a wise one... We
like it anyway. The Samsung I7500 also features a 5-megapixel, LED flash autofocus camera, of course (seems it´s not a double LED one though).

Of course, as an Android device, the I7500 supports Google's various services, such as Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Maps with support for Google Latitude, Street View, and more.

The I7500 is more similar in design to the HTC Magic, rather than the T-Mobile G1, in that it features a candy bar-style form factor and doesn't include a physical keyboard. The Samsung I7500 measures 4.5 inches tall by 2.2 inches wide by 0.4 inch thick. It appears that Russian site Mobile-review.com got some hands-on photos of the smartphone, which you can check out here.

In other Android news, it looks like G1 owners in Germany will be the first to get the Android 1.5 software update (aka Cupcake). According to Android Guys and T-Mobile Germany, the update will be available in May, bringing such enhancements as video recording, stereo Bluetooth, an onscreen keyboard, and more.

Once again, we have no word on when the update might be pushed out to other G1 owners around the world, but the fact it's ready for release in Germany is good news. Hopefully, the States won't be too far behind.

HTC Magic launched by Vodafone Spain

Who would have thought the HTC Magic would come out in Spain that early? Probably nobody, but brace yourself, Vodafone Spain has now become the first carrier in the world to launch the Android-powered Magic. The much-anticipated handset is only available on a special Internet data plan of Euro 19 per month. Among the highlights here are (naturally) the Android OS and a bunch of services powered by Google (Market, Maps, YouTube, Navigator, etc). When it comes to hardware might, the Magic features large 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen, Wi-Fi and quad-band 3.5G support. Congrats, amigos!

Metal Gear Solid Touch for iPhone finally released in full

here we go, the only thing in the iPhone’s lifespan so far that’s ever made me jealous of Apple users. Ever since it was announced, I’ve been plotting Dan’s imminent and messy downfall for getting to play a version of Metal Gear Solid 4, before me…

Yes, I’m talking about, of course, Metal Gear Solid Touch for the iPhone, because now, according to IntoMobile, it’s been given its full release, and the complete and whole game is ready to be played and downloaded.

However, needless to say, it’s not going to have the same gameplay mechanics or stunning visuals of the PS3 version (but then, real life often can’t replicate how good PS3 visuals are), but what you get instead, if you’re an iPhone owner, is 20 levels of what amounts to pointing and shooting action.

Basically, it sounds like Konami have taken the Metal Gear Solid experience, and shoehorned it into a much simpler gameplay concept, to make it work on a phone. So, it’s a tappy pointy shooter, set in the MGS universe, that follows the story of MGS 4 very closely, and stars ol’ grumpy-drawers himself?

Now, what I want to know is when they’re going to make versions for other phones. Windows Mobile’d easily be powerful enough to run it, from what I’ve seen of the visuals. And yes, I’m thinking Toshiba TG01 at this point, since it actually has 3D acceleration, as well as a 1GHz processor and a 4.1 inch screen.

The Orange Vegas - cheapest touchscreen phone in the world?

t’s well-known that in 2009, touchscreen phones are taking over the world. Big ones, small ones, ultra-powerful ones, more fashion-conscious, slim ones. But up till now, there’s never really been what you’d call a super-cheap touchscreen phone. Well, I say up till now, because according to the Boy Genius Report, there now is one: the Orange Vegas.

Hehe, you have to titter at them naming a credit-crunch-busting touchy-phone after most the famous gambling city on the planet…

Still, despite the irony of the name, there’s a lot to really love about the Orange Vegas. Starting with the interface, since that’s all the rage on modern phones, well… ok, granted, it’s not going to worry something like the Palm Pre in any way, shape or form, but it is designed to be simple and chic. The UI on the Orange Vegas is said to have been built specially for Orange, and I believe that claim since, well, I really can’t identify what the hell it’s running on. It doesn’t look to be Symbian, Windows Mobile, or Android, which doesn’t leave many options left. Maybe Linux, I suppose, but I’m really dying to find out.

Now, the other specs aren’t that brilliant. You get a 1.3 megapixel camera (so, no Sony Ericsson Idou, either, then), and GPRS (what, not even 3G?), although you do get Bluetooth, and a memory card slot that’ll take up to 4Gb cards.

But then, none of that matters, because just you wait till you see the price. On pay as you go (and bear in mind, this is without contract subsidies, and it’s a touchscreen phone, for god’s sake), the Orange Vegas costs just £48.50!

Sweet zombie jeebus, how in the name of all that’s holy can they even afford to make it??? Ok, granted, it doesn’t even come close to being as powerful as my X1, but consider that my X1 cost about TEN TIMES AS MUCH, sim-free, when it was launched.

Sharp make the world’s first solar-powered, waterproof phone

You have to admire the Japanese. Not only are they one of the coolest nationalities on the planet, but they also make some of the most advanced gear ever seen by man. Playstation, Wii, Aibo, Nissan GT-R… All of them came from the land of the rising sun. However, they also have a penchant for making waterproof phones, for some reason (maybe they use the phone in the bath a lot?), and now Sharp have gone one step further, to create the world’s first solar-powered waterproof phone, according to Fast Company.

It seems as though the solar charger in it is a bit efficient, as well…

It’s being reported that just 10 minutes in the sun will give the phone enough juice for a minute-long call, or 2 hours of standby time. Now, granted, that ain’t gonna be enough to save someone’s life, but if you’re lounging on the beach, it’d be perfect.

Of course, being waterproof’s going to help there, although I’m at a loss as to how they waterproof it. It’s quite clearly not been rubberised or ruggedised, so maybe it’s some kind of nano-plasma-coating-type-thing. Either way, since it’s Japanese, you can guarantee it’ll be sci-fi.

Now the bad news… the chances of this appearing in the UK is about the same as me winning the Grand National, without a horse. Of course, we might not have much use for the solar-charging bit (although it was really sunny, today), but the waterproofing could be useful, given that our rainy season has lasted since about the 15th Century…

Aye, the Japanese seem to get all the good gear. It’s even rumoured that the sensors in their Cyber-Shot camera phones are better than ours. Well, at least until the Sony Ericsson Idou comes along. Then we’ll show ‘em who’s boss…

Sony Ericsson Android rumours - will they or won’t they?

Over the last couple of days, some new rumours have popped up about Sony Ericsson’s plans for getting an Android handset out into the wild. Unusually, though, the rumours don’t agree with each other. In fact, they flat out contradict each other! The first came when the CEO of the big mobile magnate said that it’s unlikely we’d see a Sony Ericsson Android phone before the end of 2009.

Now, however, it’s being reported by Engadget Mobile that Orange are going to be getting Sony Ericsson Android phones before the end of the year.

So, which one’s correct?

The second, more recent rumour goes on to say that Sony Ericsson actually plan on outsourcing the actual building of their Android phones to a separate company called Foxconn. Now, that’s not as far-fetched as it might sound, given that they outsourced the production of the Sony Ericsson X1 to HTC. Oh, and given rumours they want to split from HTC for their Windows Mobile phones, it seems sensible that they’d also not use HTC for their Android phones.

There’s no confirmation whether the rumour’s accurate, but if true, we should expect to see Sony Ericsson get their Android phones out there before, as the Americans call it, the holiday season.

FCC Reveals a Nokia CDMA Dual-Slider

Documents seen on the FCC provide some information about an Nokia device that is a dual-slider. The phone has design language similar to Nokia’s N Series multimedia devices and has similar features, according to the draft user manual. The FCC confirms that it has CDMA EVDO Rev. A and Bluetooth. The draft user manual says that it has Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, with support for A2DP and an FM radio. A camera is clearly visible on the back of the phone with “3 megapixels” written next to the camera and flash module. The draft user manual says it can also record video. The phone also has a 3.5mm headset jack and support for microSD storage cards.According to Nokia, this phone is the 8208, and is likely headed to the Chinese market. It won’t be sold in the U.S.

Sony Ericsson’s CS8 Vaults FCC with T-Mobile 3G

Documents seen on the FCC web site reveal details about the Sony Ericsson CS8. The CS8, which appears to be a re-badged C905, is a slider with an 8.1 megapixel camera. The FCC confirms that it has quad-band GSM/EDGE radios, as well as 1700 UMTS, which supports T-Mobile’s 3G network. Other radios include Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth. The draft user manual includes references to T-Mobile services, such as MyFaves and T-zones. T-Mobile has not confirmed that it will carry this device.

Get A Good Life Style With LG KF310 Latest Mobile Phone

The LG KF310 mobile phone is also a heart winning handset for the mobile users and fully supports all the latest features to fulfill the communication as well as entertainment needs of the individuals.In this modern era, everybody wants to have some stylish and fashionable handsets. This is because, mobile phone manufacturers are coming with innovative gadgets. Now a days people, being fond of the stylish handsets, are choosing the LG KF310 which is an amazing and multitasking widget that comes with Internet facilities such as Google search, Gmail and Google.

The LG KF310 is one of the wonderful devices that can be used for Internet surfing, downloading, browsing, emailing, chatting and other kinds of purposes. This mobile phone comes with a stunning body and look along with dimensions of 97x 48 x 16.8 mm. It is available in black and white colours. This handset has a stunning keypad which is equipped with clearly visible buttons. These buttons allow you to enter the data with great ease.

Latest Mobile Phones: Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220 Pink Edition Smartphone - Pink Blackberry Pearl Flip

The Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220 takes all the best bits from a standard Blackberry Smartphone design and puts them into a clamshell. A first for Blackberry, the Blackberry Pearl Flip offers complete entertainment in a compact pocket sized  phone.

Already released in Black, Silver and Red the Blackberry Pearl Flip is soon to be available in White and Pink colour variants.

Featuring a 2.6 inch display with widescreen for watching videos, the Blackberry Pearl Flip also features a SureType Qwerty keyboard for all your texting and emailing needs and support for up to 16GB of memory for saving your music and photos.Â

Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220 Pink

Two key elements when it comes to entertainment are the Media Player with BlackBerry® Media Sync and 2 mega pixel camera with video capture & playback. These are then boosted by WiFi connectivity, video streaming and a large display screen thats great for mobile gaming.

Included in the spec for the Pink Blackberry Pearl 8220 Flip are Blackberry Maps to help you find the location of local points of interest, full web browsing facilities and wireless email as well as everything you need to keep you socially connected.Â

T-Mobile USA Makes Push Into Growing Embedded Devices Market

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--T-Mobile USA on Thursday unveiled an embedded SIM module for machines to help them connect to its cellular network as it looks to tap the growing embedded devices market.

With more than four out of every five consumers owning a cellphone, the wireless carriers are looking for places beyond the cellphone to connect. The carriers have sung the praises for connecting multiple devices, and T-Mobile USA is the latest to join the chorus. Nearly 20 million devices will have a cellular connection by 2012, according to Yankee Group.

The nation's fourth-largest wireless carrier - a unit of Deutsche Telekom AG (DT) - claims its embedded SIM module makes it easier and cheaper to connect devices, which the company feels gives it an edge.

HTC Touch 3G makes business debut on Orange

Mobile giant Orange has unveiled the HTC Touch 3G for its business customers.

Cloud storage for backing up your mobile phone

Although cloud storage isn’t a particularly new concept in computing, it is becoming more popular in the world of mobile communications - here's three ways to secure your mobile data.Although cloud storage isn’t a particularly new concept in computing, it is becoming more popular in the world of mobile communications - here's three ways to secure your mobile data.

Second Google phone coming to Vodafone next month

Casual Gaming Writes: Despite a slight delay, the second mobile smartphone boasting Google's Android OS is to hit the UK next month when the HTC Magic arrives on the Vodafone network.

The device had previously been expected to arrive this month, but Vodafone is now accepting orders for the unit with the aim of having them with customers by May 5th.

The phone does away with the pop out QWERTY keyboard of its predecessor, the T-Mobile G1, and instead opts for a touch-screen only approach. It also packs GPS, a 3.2 megapixel camera, a 3.2" screen as well as HSDPA, Bluetooth and wi-fi connectivity.

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A lot of people swear by the JCB Tough Phone (unless they drop it on their toe, then they swear at it), but its makers, Sonim, haven’t been sitting on their hands since it came out. They’ve already followed it up with the Sonim XP3, an even tougher phone, that’s fully waterproof.

It doesn’t even stop there, though, because we’ve now got pics of their next, and as reported way back when, on this very blog, it’s a Land Rover badged-phone.

Disappointingly, though, it’s not British Racing Green…

The eagle-eyed among you will notice that it looks pretty much the same as the XP3. In fact, from the front, it looks so much like the XP3, that one would immediately say, “Ooh, look an XP3.”

New Linux phones to be announced on Monday?

Software’s becoming the big battleground for mobile phones, especially when you’re talking smartphones. There’s Android, there’s Windows Mobile, there’s Symbian, there’ll soon be WebOS… and there’s one I haven’t talked about much, but that could easily be as important as the other big names in the OS world…

Linux.

According to Reuters, we should be seeing some brand new Linux-powered phones from the LiMo Foundation on Monday. And not just from the phone manufacturers you never hear about, like NEC and Panasonic, but from two of the big five manufacturers. Yup, LG and Samsung are all set, if the story is correct, to unveil their own LiMo-powered phones to the world.

High-end companion to the Sony Ericsson Idou to be announed in May

Anybody who’s read this blog since the Mobile World Congress will know that I’ve basically been squee-ing myself silly over the Sony Ericsson Idou, because, frankly, it’s awesome. It’s also the first phone in their new ‘Entertainment Unlimited’ range, that combines all the best stuff in one phone. However, surely we all knew that a phone range can’t be made with just one handset… and so, according to Sony Ericsson’s very own press release, the Idou is going to be getting a new ‘Entertainment Unlimited’ phone to keep it company!

Ok, granted, the press release is actually about their financial performance, which has been bad so far this year, just like every other phone manufacturer’s, but the important bit is that there’s a new high-ender on the way.

The question is, what form will this phone take? Will it be another touchscreen monster like the Sony Ericsson Idou? Or will it be something more traditional, akin to the Sony Ericsson W995?

LG Viewty Smart goes official, looks jaw-dropping

After the little mishap over at LG last week, the successor to the Viewty has now gone official, and courtesy of LG’s official press release, we finally know the real name for it.

And it ain’t Viewty II…

Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to the LG Viewty Smart. And I’m pleased to report that, as you can see for yourself, it looks bleedin’ lovely! But then, that’s no surprise, really, as LG have a reputation for making damn sexy phones. I mean, just take a look at the first incarnation of the LG Viewty. It looked awesome, and it holds the place as the only phone that’s ever really come close to tempting me away from Sony Ericsson.

It was just that nice.

Release dates revealed - Nokia N97, HTC Magic and Windows Mobile 6.5

A whole slew of release dates have popped up online over the weekend, thanks to the Boy Genius Report, and over the course of the next couple of months we’ve got some exciting stuff to look forward to!

First up, arriving on May 5th, we’ve got the second official Android phone, the HTC Magic, which takes the Android formula laid down by the T-Mobile G1 and takes the keyboard away. It’s a touchscreen-only device, running a new onscreen keyboard, but it still comes with all the good bits you get on the G1, namely the Android Marketplace, sleek gesture controls, and really tight integration with Google’s services.

Software developers as excited about Palm Pre as we are?

The big talking point in mobile phones, for the last few months, has been the Palm Pre, with a lot of people getting very excited about its impending launch. Now, one of the things that Palm promised is that the Pre will be very, very easy to create software for, and so, logically, software developers should be as excited as the rest of us about its launch, right?

Well, according to IntoMobile, they are…

What they say about WebOS (the Palm Pre’s operating system) seems pretty consistent, saying that not only is it giving them access to proper, intelligent multitasking, making for complex apps, but it’s one of the few ‘future-oriented’ phones out there, not being a mindless rip-off of a certain fruit-based touch phone (no, not Blackberry, the other one).

Sony Ericsson W205

Description:

Sony Ericsson W205 is a budget Walkman phone, dual-band GSM slider featuring 65k color display, 1.3MP camera, GPRS, Bluetooth, Memory Stick Micro (M2) slot, Music player and FM Radio with integrated antenna.

Sony Ericsson says there is still "time to go" before it launches an Android phone

Sony Ericsson says it will release an Android powered cellphone, but it will take time before such a handset is launched. CEO Hideki Komiyama told Reuters that offering a device with the Google open source OS takes time for testing, evaluation and consumer acceptance. While many other cellphone manufacturers are rushing out Android backed models, Komiyama said that Sony Ericsson is focusing on how it can make units that are different than those of its competition despite sharing the same OS. That goal also applies to high-end phones that the partnership is making with Windows Mobile and Symbian software. Mr. Komiyama said that Sony Ericsson has no idea when its first Android handset will be available, but we know that there are many Sony Ericsson fans out there who just can't wait.

Windows Mobile 6.5 to be launched May 11th at Tech Ed 2009

The newly updated version of Microsoft's smartphone platform, Windows Mobile 6.5, is expected to be launched May 11th at the company's Tech Ed 2009 show in L.A. This information is reported on the Windows Mobile Team Blog and says that the announcement should take place during day one of the show between 1pm and 2:15pm at a session aimed at IT professionals and developers. Once the OS is released, it will be up to the handset manufacturers to load the software onto their devices before the public gets the chance to use it.

As we previously reported, the Windows Mobile platform is currently trails Symbian and RIM in mobile OS market share. In the same article, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that Windows Mobile 7 would be out in 2010.

Nokia Mini Speakers MD-4 Review

Do you feel like taking the party to a place where there´s no electricity? Say, right onto the roof of grandma´s house? Unless you´ve got one of those huge gangsta-rap tape recorders from the mid 80s, well, you should probably have to trust you phone to do the trick, but we bet it can hardly provide sound that´s loud enough. Well, a number of manufactures have taken it to heart to come up with decent portable speakers to help you out of the tight spot. We are about to show you one of the most compact solutions on offer as of now, namely, the Nokia Mini Speakers MD-4 that you can literally carry around in your pocket.

Vodafone intros 5GB £18 mobile broadband

Vodafone is offering a new mobile broadband deal for businesses, angled at those who want to know exactly what their monthly bill will be, rather than run the risk of a small coronary when they see how much going over their data limit costs them.

Aimed at customers for which 3GB is not quite enough, the just-launched tariff offers 5GB's worth of data for £18 a month charge.

Vodafone says "customer research" has shown that 5GB is "an ideal amount of data for small businesses to have at their disposal".

A "Stick Pro" USB dongle is thrown in for anyone signing their life away on 24-month plans, but the £18/5GB offer is also available on a 30-day, 12- or 18-month basis.

T-Mobile Sidekick LX coming to US

T-Mobile in the US has announced that it is launching a new version of its Sidekick range of handsets in the States.

Landing in shops on the 13 May, T-Mobile customers keen to get their hands on the new Sidekick LX handset will be able to do so ahead of the launch if they act quickly, the operator has said.

The new handset which T-Mobile in the UK has confirmed isn't currently coming to Britain, will offer 3G connectivity and follows previous Sidekick models with a slide out screen and QWERTY keyboard with a focus towards social networking.

The handset will come with MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and Photobucket built in say T-Mobile, also promising to have mobile-friendly navigation with push notifications for updates and messages.

Branded as the "thinnest" Sidekick ever the phone will sport a 3.2-inch 65K TFT colour display, high-resolution 854 x 480 pixel screen, come with a 3.2-megapixel camera and GPS connectivity, with the ability to geotag photos.

T-Mobile is promising 5.5 hours of talk time and standby time of 8 days.

We will keep you posted on a UK launch date, however our sources suggest you shouldn't hold your breath.

Touch-Screen Blackberry Storm To Enter Market This Autumn

The new Blackberry smartphone 'Blackberry Storm' is all set to make its debut this autumn. This was announced by Research In Motion (RIM) on October 8, 2008. The company said that its new touch-screen model will be available to limited subscribers including Verizon Wireless subscribers in the U.S. and Vodafone subscribers in Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand.

According to company officials, the new Blackberry Storm has a clickable interface which is truly an engineering genius. The new smartphone incorporates 3.2 megapixel camera with preloaded software for e-mailing and document management. It also possesses media player for music, movies and photos. Earlier before the release of Blackberry Storm, Verizon Wireless had mentioned about arrival of the same.

Nokia To Launch N96

Nokia strategically will launch its N96 mobile phone just two days before the launch of Apple iPhone. N96 has been getting lots of media attention recently, and the week will witness a clash of titans. Evidently, Apple is going to launch its iPhone on 22^nd August, and the mega launch of the product is awaited eagerly by gizmo freaks in India. Both the phones are highly promising products.

Nokia N96 is the proud successor of Nokia N95, which too received lots of attention from customers. According to reports the phone will be available in the market from the first week of September. Some striking features of the N96 are 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, flash and video light. Also it does have DVD-like quality video capture at 30 frames per second.

Other features of the N96 include MPEG-4, Windows Media Video and Flash Video, high-speed USB 2.0 connection and WLAN and HSDPA support. The phone has capacity to save 40 hours of video content, which is expandable with optional microSD card. N96 being from the Ovi family of Nokia internet services has maps, music, media sharing facilities.

Motorola Rolls Out Three New Rokr Phones

Motorola has added three more vibrant music phones to its extensive selection of Rokr cell phones. All the three mobile phones, Rokr EM30, Rokr EM28 and Rokr EM25, present a range of designs and features, altogether. However, the trio has something in common i.e. high quality music. Out of the three, Rokr EM30 is the stupendous model which has a traditional candy bar design in attractive black and red color scheme. This quadband GSM handset has the same ModeShift keypad that was last seen on the Motorola Rokr E8.

The mediocre Rokr EM28 is a flip phone which comes in two triband versions, and both the models support GPRS and EDGE networks. Its remarkable music player offers 3D sound effects, spatial audio with bass boost, and an equalizer. For people who love slider phones with just basic features, Rokr EM25 is the best bet. It supports two bands, and comes with a rocking music player, an FM radio, a speakerphone, etc. According to the sources, the EM30 will first be put on sale in Taiwan, and will reach other markets along with the siblings later.

Motorola has announced that it is coming out with its ZN5 mobile phone handset that will sport a five-mega pixel camera with autofocus facility.

The Motorola Company has recently announced that it is coming out with its ZN5 mobile phone handset that will sport a five-mega pixel camera with autofocus facility. This candybar phone also features Quad-band GSM and EDGE support and will be introduced in China coming July. The device will gradually get launched in other countries too during the rest of the year. This new five mega pixel camera phone from the Motorola Company features Kodak lens, Xenon flash, low-light setting, a multi-shot mode as well as a shutter speed of 1/60 to 1/1000 seconds in auto mode. Images clicked on the Motorola ZN5 can be saved into its internal memory of 350 MB or inbuilt microSD memory slot supporting up to 4GB cards.

One can also share pictures with others either through the EDGE or by forwarding images to the Kodak Easyshare PC software. Among other features, this handset also sports inbuilt Wi-Fi, Bluetooth connectivity, FM Radio as well as a 3.5mm headphone jack. The cell phone features 2.4 inches screens, offers a TV-out port and supports MP3, WMA audio formats and MPEG4, H263 video formats for multimedia playback. Apart from supporting CrystalTalk technology for clear and smooth interaction, the Motorola ZN5 phone also supports standard features such as SMS, MMS, Instant Messaging and personal e-mail. The phone measures 4.7 by 2 by 0.63 inches and measures at least four ounces.

Sony Ericsson Launches T700 Mobile Phone

After introducing the jazzy James Bond edition of mobile phone, the Sony Ericsson Company has now unveiled its new T700 phone. The device is sleek, shiny and slim and features a 3.2 mega pixel camera with a self portrait mirror that helps the user to take remarkable pictures of not only others, but oneself too.

Furthermore, the new Sony Ericsson T700 mobile phone embodies a 2-inch thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT display) for superb image quality, high tech stereo speakers and Bluetooth technology. A 512MB memory card is bundled with the T700 phone. There is also the scope of increasing this memory further.

Nokia E71 And Nokia E66 Multimedia Phones

Nokia on Monday, June 16, 2008 unveiled two exciting mobile handsets, Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 that have both blackberry and iPhone like features. Nokia E71 has striking similarities with Blackberry as it has a full QWERTY keyboard, has a fairly large screen and is thin. The Nokia E71 is encased in a stainless steel body and has embedded graphics.

Nokia Launches Nokia E71 And Nokia E66

Two sleek mobile handsets from Nokia E71 and E66 now, are available in Indian market. These handsets will be giving tough contest to RIM’s Blackberry in terms of price and features. These phones supporting Nokia's Intellisync Wireless Email Platform facilitate third-party email services too.

Some striking features of the handset E66 are, 2G Network-GSM 850/900/1800/1900; 3G Network-HSDPA 850/1900/ 2100 (3.6 Mbps); GPRS; HSCSD; EDGE. Also, it has 3.15 mega pixels, 2048x1536 pixels, auto focus, and video (VGA 22fps) flash and secondary video call camera.

Samsung Launches Full Touch Screen Phone Touchwiz SGH-F480

Samsung has launched Touchwiz SGH-F480, its new full touch-screen smart phone featuring img4.gif user interface (UI) and tactile technology to enhance its smart phone collection. The Touchwiz SGH-F480 is of the size of a credit card and is just 11.6 mm thick. The new phone from Samsung comes with a drag and drop feature, through which the one using it can drag and drop the widgets menu contents such as pictures, radio player, clock, music player and so on.

Fujitsu To Launch F706i Underwater TV Viewing Mobile Phone

Imagine talking to your near and dear ones through your mobile phone while swimming in a pool or taking a shower. Well that will now soon become possible as Japan’s leading mobile accessory manufacturer, Fujitsu recently announced that it will launch a first of its kind water proof mobile phone handset. To be christened as F706i, this waterproof mobile phone handset will first get launched in the Japanese market followed by a worldwide release.

Sony Ericsson W760i MTV Edition Launched

Sony Ericsson and MTV, the two most loved brands of the youth worldwide have joined hands and launched the highly fetching W760i mobile phone in the European market. Targeting the youth, this Sony Ericsson MTV Edition phone flaunts GPS functionalities and superb gaming capability. Having a stamp of the popular music channel MTV, the new W760i mobile phone has good music- related features too. The W760i cell phone boasts of an amazingly clear sound and also FM radio facility.

LG GM200, KM335 Launched In India

LG has launched two new brands of music phones in India. The new models launched are: GM200 and KM335. These two new brands are said to offer unprecedented audio experience with a blend of music, style and exclusive features. GM200 is LG's first Dolby Mobile with powerful bass. The KM335 features an AM/FM radio and dual stereo speaker.

LG GM200 mobile phone features a 2.1 channel sound complete with dual speakers at the side. GM200 is also packed with Dolby Mobile sound. On the camera front, the GM200 comes with a 2-megapixel camera. Then there is Bluetooth, GPRS and a very obvious 3.5mm jack. The phone comes with 1GB of memory. The price of GM200 is Rs.8,250.

Blackberry Curve 8900 In India Soon

WINDOWS MOBILE 6.5 RELEASE MAY 11TH?

Windows Mobile 6.5 has been given an official release date of May 11th, the same date as the opening of the TechEd conference. At the conference developers will be given a list of updates as well as another preview of the OS as we were already given an "alpha" peek at MWC. WM 6.5 supposedly allows for a more touchscreen friendly display with an iPhonelike home screen populated with large application icons and a more graphic interface.

INTRODUCING WIRELESSPRE.COM - YOUR GUIDE TO THE PALM PRE!

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With the success of 611Connect, we decided to launch a new sister website called WirelessPre, which will focus exclusivley on the upcoming Palm Pre smartphone from Sprint. As the launch of this highly anticipated handset draws near, we encourage you to stop by and read the the latest news, updates and reviews. Feel free leave us comments or suggestions on how we can improve the site. Check it out!

Latest mobiles 'open to attack'

The latest generation of mobile phones is vulnerable to hackers, security experts have warned.

They say loopholes in the software could allow hackers to scroll through a phone's address book by remote control and even eavesdrop on conversations.

The warning was made by organisers of an international conference on computer security in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.

The Hack in the Box conference runs until 7 October.

Delegates at the conference are to be shown a demonstration of security flaws found in the Java 2 Micro edition or J2ME software, jointly developed by Sun Microsystems, Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Motorola.

It is supplied with those companies' latest smartphones and PDA phones.

Experts say the flaw lies in the way Java tries to keep the operating system from accepting commands from outside.

I don't think people need to be too alarmed, but they should start asking their mobile operators to provide them with protection Sal Viveros, McAfee

According to the meeting's organiser, Dylan Andrew, users could have personal information stolen or even find themselves bugged.

"The new generations of phones actually come with a lot more powerful software within the operating system," he said.

"We've actually found new attacks that affect these new platforms that allows an attacker to, for example remotely take control of your phone, maybe read your address book or even eavesdrop on a conversation."

The mobile industry is aware of these security issues, said Sal Viveros, director of wireless security at McAfee.

He told BBC News Online that the danger was not so much from malicious Java programs, but from badly written code that could have unintentional consequences.

"The risk is pretty minimal, but there is a risk out there," he said.

"I don't think people need to be too alarmed, but they should start asking their mobile operators to provide them with protection."

Fighting spam

However, there may be better news for those who are fed up with being inundated with junk e-mail.

Spam is often used to send viruses or Trojans, small programmes that allow machines to be run remotely without their owner's knowledge.

Some 750,000 computers are thought to be hijacked at any one moment.

If they are alerted to the problem, companies that provide connections to the internet will often disconnect users who send spam and viruses.

However, making complaints can be time consuming as thousands of spam e-mails are created every day.

The former hacker turned security pioneer, John Draper, is due to present details of software which he says can send complaints automatically.

"Spam is a very big issue, because it offers huge financial incentives for the creation of viruses, Trojans and other tools to spread spam," he said.

"These Trojans have to be identified and shut down.

"Spam mail is the key because we use spam as a means of identifying these infected hosts so that we can point them out to network administrators so they can shut them down."

He says the software is already helping to shut down 150,000 rogue computers each month.