The “Google phone” – HTC T-Mobile G1 is being shipped as you read this.
The device is, of course, the first official device running on the Android platform. There were reports of about one million of the handsets on pre order. Their wait is finally over it seems.
The handset is currently locked in to T-Mobile. There is no word on the India launch or announcement of the carrier. Read Fonearena’s coverage of the same here.
There is a lot you can do with your Nokia N78. The Sports Tracker is just one of them.
With the Sports Tracker you can map your activity (such as cycling, walking, driving, running etc) through the GPS and position it on Nokia Map. While the activity is ‘on’ you can take pictures that will get tagged on to your route.
This amazing feature will allow you to track your movement in any part of the world on a map (all the while noting details such as speed, altitude, latitude, longitude etc) that you can share with your friends and even other travel enthusiasts such as yourself.
The Sports Tracker therefore is your very own, personal travel map with a photo album thrown in! It is just AMAZING!!!!
Watch the videos to understand the expanse of this feature that Nokia offers ‘simply’ without too much publicity and grandeur.
Part I
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Continue reading “Exclusive Nokia N78 Sports Tracker video review”
On 16th October, 2008, Fonearena was represented by Ritu at the ITC Grand Central, Mumbai where a demo of the Windows Mobile 6.1 on the Samsung Omnia was given to three mobile phone enthusiasts (Ankit Saxena and Rupesh from the WATblog were co-invitees).
Microsoft was represented by Sumeet Gugnani, Director – Mobile Communications Business, who also enlightened the bloggers on the rise of MS in the world of mobile phones.
“We have a 33% share in the market of hi-end convergence devices (devices that are not only business phones, but also pack in multimedia features, a good camera and a simple UI)” revealed Sumeet. Continue reading “Samsung Omnia FoneArena Exclusive phone footage”
Sliders with full QWERTY keypads seem to be the flavour of the season. After Sony Ericsson’s Xperia and Nokia’s E72 and E75, it is LG’s turn to launch such a handset.
A slider phone with a full QWERTY keypad, LG’s Prada II is a slick looking handset and is the successor to the Prada The silver keyboard along with the additional on-screen call and hang-up buttons gives fresh tactility to the original minimal concept.
HTC recently unveiled the photos of the HTC T8290 that will be supposedly WiMAX enabled. Although the handset looks like the HTC Touch HD, the WiMAX capability is a defining feature.
Specs known so far:
– 3.8-inch WVGA 800×480 LCD display
– WiMAX & WiFi (802.11g)
– Bluetooth 2.0 Continue reading “HTC T8290 WiMAX – handset of the future”
The new Porsche P9522 handset is a candy bar that looks good. Made out of a single block of aluminium, this hand assembled handset has a touch screen.
Specs & features at a glance:
• 2.8 inch mineral glass touch screen
• Biometric fingerprint scanner to unlock the phone Continue reading “Porsche Design P9522 by Sagem”
FoneArena’s video review of the N78.
The latest in line from RIM, the BlackBerry Bold, previously known as the 9000 is gunning for the deep pockets of business professionals and power users, promising “unprecedented functionality and performance”.
Mike Lazaridis, president and co-CEO, Research In Motion: “The new BlackBerry Bold represents a tremendous step forward in business-grade smartphones and lives up to its name with incredible speed, power and functionality, all wrapped in a beautiful and confident design.”
Touted as the iPhone killer in the market, the Meizu M8 will be launched sometime in December this year. The good news is that the Taiwan-based distribution company is also planning on an official Indian launch!
Specs & features:
If you have been at the receiving end of a scheming, lowly mobile phone thief or snatcher, you are probably upset more at the loss of crucial data. For all of us know, we can replace a handset, but how the heck do we replace our precious store house of information, phone numbers etc?
Mumbai-based Micro Technologies has a solution made for those of us who either lose or misplace a handset.
The Micro Mobile Controller System will help you to remotely manage your lost mobile handset. The solution creates a backup of all contact details even after the loss of a mobile handset.
Once it is installed on to the compatible handset, the user has to provide two add-on recipients mobile numbers, which could be a mobile number of any friend/family/colleague. In case of stolen or lost handsets, the information can be easily retrieved using the add-on recipient mobile phones. Continue reading “If you Lose your mobile often Micro Mobile Controller might be your saviour”
Touch phones are becoming the order of the day.
When until a few months ago, the touch technology was touted as the ‘next best thing’ with HTC leading the way, other Mobile manufacturers are following the trend with enhanced capabilities to make these handsets a “must want” on several lists.
After the high profile launch of the Samsung Omnia in India a few days ago, Samsung Pixon has now been launched officially. Although there is no word on the official India launch yet, one can be sure it will make its way to us, “the fastest growing Mobile market of the world.”
Samsung launched its fully-loaded handset, Samsung Omnia (SGH-i900), in the Indian market recently. A touch phone that features Samsung’s patented TouchWiz user interface is a stylish and fully loaded handset that could be tough competition to some HTC touch phones.
Specs:
• High resolution screen
• 3.2-inch WQVGA LCD screen
• On-screen QWERTY keyboard
• Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system
• MS Office documents such as PowerPoint, Excel and Word
• Outlook Express
• 12.5-mm
• 16 GB Internal Memory
• 16 GB microSD card from Sandisk
Apple should sure be proud. iPhone is slowly becoming the benchmark for hi-tech handsets. After Nokia N96, it is now the turn of HTC T-Mobile, Google’s Android to be compared to the iPhone.
Features of HTC T-Mobile G1:
Multimedia – Audio, photo taking and storing, games, applications
Internet/Software – Wi-fi, web browser, Android applications, YouTube, GPS, personal email
Input Method – Touch screen (not multi-touch), QWERTY keyboard, trackball
Memory – 1GB, microSD (expandable to 8GB)
Display Size (diagonal) – 3.17 inches
Dimensions – 4.60 X 2.16 X 0.62
Connectivity – Bluetooth, External USB
Battery life – 130 hours standby, 5 hours talk time
Carrier – T mobile
Camera – 3 MP
Colours – White, brown, black Continue reading “HTC G1 Google mobile in comparison with iPhone”
World renowned designer Giorgio Armani has collaborated with Samsung to bring a fashion phone called the Emporio Armani Night Effect. The model number is M7500.
A simple candy bar handset, it boasts of a flashy set of LEDs that are embedded into its sides.
Specs & features:
• Quad-band
Samsung BEATb (model: M3510) and Samsung BEATs (model: M3200) were announced as the first in the line of the company’s music phone line, “The BEAT Edition”. Digital Natural Sound engine, also known as DNSe, which is actually part of Samsung’s audio technology, (and is part of their TV range) provides more natural sound effects and helps reproduce a genuine 3D sound and deep bass resonance.
