LG GC900 Louvre 12Mpxl camera-phone revealed
LG unveiled its long awaited 12Mpxl camera phone, GC900, dubbed Louvre for now, at the most unusual location, in Warsaw, Poland as part of the Korea Products Exhibition. The phone has some impressive specs for the camera as well as the phone. First off, from the camera lens perspective, LG continues its partnership with Schneider Kreuznach. And from the phone perspective, LG has blessed it with the S-Class UI which certainly makes it very user-friendly. Let’s take a look at the rest of the specs:
[Via Unwired View, Image courtesy of GSM Arena]
Leaked: Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 blueprints
I guess it was about time for Sony Ericsson to update its Xperia product line. However, given what is known about the product, I am not sure this one is going to make waves.
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It’s certainly not the first time that we see the Sony Ericsson Xperia X2, but now we’ve got what seem to be the blueprints of its final and official design.
As expected, the Xperia X2 from these blueprints looks quite similar to the device that was spotted in the previously-leaked live pictures. So we’ve got that wide touchscreen display, the full QWERTY keyboard, and the arc-slider design.
There’s also a camera on the back (possibly an 8MP one), a LED flash, and probably a 3.5mm headset jack on the top.
Sadly, we still don’t know when Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 will be officially unveiled – that rumored June 17 date turned out not to be accurate.
Via Mobil.nu
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Nokia’s flirtation with Android raises questions about Symbian investment, again.
Here we go again. Recently, Nokia and Google announced that they were going to collaborate on Android to develop new Intel-chipset based mobile devices. This has led to many in the industry to question Nokia’s commitment to its Symbian operating system. Adding fuel to fire is the news by the Guardian newspaper indicating that Nokia is going to announce an Android based, touchscreen mobile phone at its Nokia World Conference in September 2009.
I truly doubt that Nokia has given up on Symbian just yet. It was only a little over a year ago that Nokia spent millions of dollars to buy out its partners in the OS and made it open source. Secondly, Nokia has been saying since February that they were going to develop Android based devices. I have to agree with Om Malik of GigaOm:
It is quite possible that the company is using Android as a basis for a 3G- or 4G-enabled netbook-type device that’s powered by Intel’s chips.
Finally, while it may be true that Nokia might be losing share of the smartphone market, you have to remember that Nokia is still the largest maker of mobile phones and almost all its phones are based on the Symbian OS.
iPhone 4.0 revealed: Event based modes, scheduled and intellingent device
Well, well, well. I guess Apple is pushing full force ahead to keeps its advantage with iPhone. Now, granted these are just patent applications, let’s see if they truly make it to reality. Also, in my mind for these to succeed, iPhone does need multi-tasking which we could hope is also part of this rumored 4.0 upgrades.
Apple has recently pushed out its iPhone 3.1 software for developers, just about two weeks after the iPhone OS 3.0 released. And now, we are talking about the next generation of Apple device: iPhone 4.0. What?!
Yes, that’s revealed based on recent Apple patent fillings. Some new patent applications include event-based modes, scheduled and intelligent communications.
Event-based modes: As shown by above picture, your iPhone 4.0 device could be able to automatically adapt to different locations and life events and reconfigure it’s settings – e.g. switch the sound off and turn on a voicemail when calendar shows that you are in the meeting.
Scheduled communications: somewhat similar to the one above, but describes a way for you to automatically schedule/preset communications activities based on calendar events, your location, caller id and other conditions.
Intelligent communications: You can select appropriate communication modes for incoming communications requests based on a user’s preferences and availability. The device can determine the communication modes of a user based on the current activity and allow the user to provide customized information to his/her contacts.
[via Unwired View]
And Yet More Proof Of Why AT&T Needs To Keep That iPhone Exclusivity
Very interesting to note how dependent AT&T is on the iPhone exclusivity. AT&T is going to try and keep it that way for as long as it can. However, I wonder how long Apple will go along. I am sure Verizon is trying its darnest to get into that game. And Apple has nothing to lose. I guess the only reason Apple would hold back is if they don’t have the iPhone performing adequately on CDMA. Hence they might be waiting for the LTE rollout at both vendors.
An internal AT&T memo that was leaked today is full of very impressive number regarding the iPhone 3GS — numbers that once again show why AT&T’s exclusive contract with Apple to sell the iPhone in the U.S. is so important.
The iPhone 3GS’s launch gave AT&T its best sales day at its retail stores — ever, its second largest traffic day at retails stores, the most transactions it has ever processed in a day, the most orders through att.com in a single day ever and the biggest features sales day at att.com ever. Oh, and it led to the most upgrade eligibility checks ever, which is not surprising at all, though most were probably disappointed.
What’s crazy about all this though is that while many people were expecting the iPhone 3GS launch to pale in comparison to the iPhone 3G launch, it actually exceeded it in just about every way when it came to actual sales (at least through AT&T’s stores and online). The lines may have not been as long at stores because of pre-sales, but sales overall exceeded the 2008 launch day numbers, and all of the heavy holiday shopping times. And apparently iPhone 3GS sales exceeded the iPhone 3G launch day sales by noon Central time.
AT&T’s exclusive contract with Apple for the iPhone is set to expire next year. There has been a lot of talk about AT&T wanting to extend the deal for at least another year, but there has also been talk of Apple flirting with rival Verizon.
It seems pretty clear that Apple is getting up to the limit of where it take the iPhone with AT&T. The biggest complaint about the device now seems to be the service provider. And if it can sell millions of units in just days on just one provider, imagine what it can do if it were on two — or better, all of them.
Below find the memo. You’ll also note that on the day of Michael Jackson’s death, AT&T saw more text messages sent than ever before — exceeding even that of American Idol finales and New Year’s Eve. That’s pretty insane, especially considering what a rip-off text messages are.
1. Fact of the Week: On June 25, the day Michael Jackson died, text messages sent on our network spiked at 65,000 messages per second — the largest volume ever recorded — surpassing events like American Idol voting and New Year’s Eve, when millions of our customers wish their friends and family a happy new year via text.
2. iLaunch day 2009 was one for the record books, as AT&T customers scrambled to get their hands on the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet.
Here’s a look at some of the milestones we achieved:
- Best-ever sales day in our retail stores
- Second-largest traffic day in our retail stores
- Most transactions processed via our IT systems in a single day
- Most upgrade eligibility checks in a single day
- Largest order day in att.com history
- Largest features sales day in att.com history
On this year’s launch day, iPhone sales exceeded sales recorded on 2008’s iPhone launch day, Black Friday 2008 and Dec. 26, 2008 — all heavy-volume sales days. In fact, this year we surpassed 2008’s launch day sales at about noon Central time, and sustained our previous peak hour record, also set in 2008, for 11 straight hours.
[photo: flickr/Jen SFO-BCN]
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ZDNet: “Pink” could be a Microsoft-branded phone
ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley reports that Microsoft has chosen a well-known ad agency to create a campaign for its ‘Pink Project,’ which Foley says is a Microsoft-branded phone.
Read the full story here.
LG EnV Touch goes on pre-sale at Best Buy
Best Buy is now taking pre-orders for the LG EnV Touch, which is headed to Verizon Wireless, with a $50 deposit, though the final retail price is not known yet. However, it is a good guess that VZW will probably sell it for around $200 with 2-year contract. As far as the launch goes, while VZW has not yet announced the launch date, it is rumored to be June 5th. In case you are interested in this phone, here are the specs for it again:
- Dual WVGA screen with a full QWERTY keyboard.
- Full touchscreen on the front.
- 3.2 Mpxl camera with autofocus with Schneider Kreuznach lens
- Stereo speakers
- Micro-SDHC card slot which can work with 16GB cards.
[Via Unwired View]
Samsung Tocco Lite announced in UK
Samsung today announced the launch of Tocco Lite, aka S5230. This mid-range touchscreen phone comes with some nifty widgets for Facebook, Youtube and MySpace, though without the 3G connectivity. Here are the rest of the features for the phone:
The phone is expected to launch in May in UK, no US or other availability have been announced yet.
[Via Engadget Mobile]
LG Cookie to launch on CDMA networks
Beginning in May, LG will launch a new Cookie phone on CDMA network in the Asia Pacific region. The popular Cookie KP500 phone which currently only works on the GSM network has been rebranded as the KX500 to reduce the confusion and will retail at $276. The phone comes with CDMA2000 1x support and also includes a 3.2 Mpxl camera, accelerometer, touchscreen and other features found in the original Cookie.
While no plans were announced for an US launch, with the CDMA support, LG can certainly offer the new Cookie to both Verizon Wireless and Sprint.
[Via Unwired View]
Samsung may launch Omnia Pro in July
According to rumors flying around, Samsung is preparing a new phone to add to its Omnia family, called the Omnia Pro. This new phone will have a full QWERTY slider behind the touchscreen Omnia. It will also include a 5Mpxl camera with autofocus, flash, image stabilizer and video recording and will operate on Windows Mobile 6.1 upgradable to 6.5. The phone is expected to retail for €500 ($662) and expected to launch in July.
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