TELUS has a section of their website where you can input your favorite elements of a mobile device and it will tell you what the best device is for what you want. What’s really funny about it is that they took the “monkey and a typewriter” theme but changed it to “meerkat and change-o-tron.” So I wanted to see what phone they would give me if I just turned all the settings to full blast. After a long Rube Goldberg experience, you get a suggestion. TELUS recommended me the HTC Touch Pro. Woohoo!
Samsung has launched its latest enterprise smartphone brand BizBee. The brand is targeted at executives who need total mobile access at all times. This target market requires all-in-one connectivity, email and applications, a QWERTY keyboard and increased business productivity. The above pic exemplifies the type of market they are trying to target.
The first smartphone in the BizBee series is the Samsung SGH-i780. This phone is going to keep executives connected with tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900MHz), WCDMA on the 2100MHz band, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, and a miniUSB port. The phone will also appeal to enterprise with a 65k color TFT touchscreen with a 320×320 pixel resolution, handy for document editing.
The first print ads are scheduled to run in 10 European countries in November/December 2008.
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First user manuals and full spec sheets, now official press releases - Verizon Wireless‘ Samsung Omnia is getting a lot of time in the spotlight this week!
Ever since Apple broke the news that they were putting out their own mobile phone, everybody has been asking Microsoft about plans to develop their own. And since they started asking, the answer has been the same: “Nope. Not happening.”
Well all that is out the windows because reports are coming out that NVIDIA and Microsoft are teaming up to create a phone powered by a 700mhz Tegra processor. The phone will have advanced video and 3D capabilities, unseen in the current WinMo market. Expect the phone to be introduced at the February 2009 Mobile World Congress.
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Even though the Samsung Omnia is not due to make its official appearance at Verizon Wireless until tomorrow (November 26th, folks!), the full user manual has been leaked! So you can go ahead and take this opportunity to read up on this rockin’ little 5MP, WiFi-runnin’, touchscreen smartphone!
And be sure to check out the above video… it’s an oldie but a goodie, folks. It’s sure to warm your cool-gadget-loving hearts!
Full specs and manual for the Verizon Wireless Samsung Omnia!
The relatively unheard of Pantech Duo 2 has made its first appearance on the FCC database. And, as often is the case, some unnamed someone was there to snap some high-resolution pictures of the shiny new device for us to oogle!
Sadly, it seems that the shiny bit is one of the only improvements over the original Pantech Duo: QWERTY, dual band 850/1900, GSM/EDGE/WCDMA (supports AT&T’s 3G network), 2MP camera (with video capture), Bluetooth, microSD… nothing new, really but Windows Mobile 6.1.
Remember the Motorola Atila? Motorola’s proposed answer to the iPhone 3G? Well, now that all the buzz has died down (as is the way with so many devices these days), new spy shots have been released as a reminder that this device will actually be coming out… someday.
Check out the Motorola Atila’s specs here!
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Yep - you read that right. HTC is expecting to sell 3 million of their Touch Diamond devices by the end of 2008!
On November 21, HTC CEO Peter Chou said that before the end of the year the company expects to sell up to a million G1 (Android) devices and are expected to hit the 3 million mark with their popular Windows Mobile device, the HTC Touch Diamond.
HTC’s Chou also denied rumours of a pending layoff as well as rumours of decreased orders - proudly proclaiming that HTC was too tough for the global economic recession to weigh down. The company’s condition is so good, in fact, that they’re currently looking at acquiring a handset design company in the US.
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In case you had any doubts (I know I didn’t) - the Samsung Omnia will be officially coming to Verizon Wireless.
Alright Verizon Wireless customers, put down the new BlackBerry Storm and hear me out, okay? And, while the real specs are still a mystery, we’re still talking about a 5MP camera/camcorder, full HTML browsing, and an expansive touchscreen.
While the Verizon page is linked to by Samsung’s website, the Verizon page itself doesn’t exist… yet. But it will. Oh yes, it will.
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Iconsoft Phone Extension is an app for WinMo touchscreen devices and it’s a new type of user interface for managing the main functions of a telephone, built on the basis of the Iconsoft Mobile Engine. The app makes your UI look vaguely like that of the iPhone’s which isn’t a terrible thing. Other features include:
• Convenient and intuitive interface
• Interaction using simple touch (without stylus)
• Photo contacts (including SIM contacts)
• Individual tune for calls (including SIM contacts)
• Expanded call history for each contact
The app is $24.95 and can be downloaded here.
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RSSGlad that existing AT&T Premier customers are screwed out of this deal!!! ARGH!!! :( Seriously Epix or Fuse for FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm pretty sure there are two different handsets, one for WinMo, one for Android. http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/12/01/qigi-6-offers-windows-mobile-61-or-android-but-not-both/
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The browser does hiccup a bit from time to time on my device but I would put the blame squarely on my device in that case (it's geriatric, heh). I'm a big fan of the browser, even besides flash and all that. It's got a really useful home screen, a great bookmarking layout, and the zoom and view functions are the best I've seen.
Actaully i was looking for sharing the Internet on my laptop to be used on my mobile. I'm using O2 XDA atom life.