Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6 is a well accepted and appreciated OS in the Smart phone and PDA segment. The company is facing competition from Blackberry and Apple iPhone especially in the US smart phone market.
Microsoft is now developing Windows Mobile 7.
Category: Windows
Crazy colored Blackberries
Nokia came up with Red colored Nokia N95, and then they added black color to the Nokia N95 8Gb. Recently a Pink colored clamshell of Nokia surfaced on the Internet. Nokia keeps on adding different color to new versions of mobile handsets, whereas companies like Blackberry who make serious business phones don’t play much with colors, this doesn’t mean that Nokia is not serious about what its doing guys. This time a company called ColorWare, famous for adding colors to existing gadgets is coming up with crazy colored Blackberry mobile handsets. They add high quality colors, which do not fade.
Asus announces two PDA handsets for India
Asus India formally launched two models in India, the Asus M530w and Asus P526. Although the Taiwanese giant is better known for its laptops, but also produces competitive mobile phones.
Asus M530w
The Asus M530w is a 3G enabled handset that weighs 135 grams that comes with an Auto Sync feature that enables the phone to transfer data directly to a server, thus creating back up files. Information will be retrievable in case of loss or theft of the handset.
Specifications:
• 2.4 inches TFT display
• 320X240 resolution
• Built-in flash memory of 256 MB
• 64 MB SDRAM
Features:
• Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard
• Windows Live Messenger
• Media Player
• 416Mhz CPU
• Bluetooth 2.0
• Video Conferencing
• Wi-fi
• 3G
• MicroSD slot
• Qwerty keyboard
• 2 megapixel camera
• Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900 Mhz)
• ClearVue Document Viewer
• Business Card recognition
Price:
At Rs 20,900 the handset is very competitively priced.
Asus P526
A smart phone that has unassuming looks but stands a winner on account of its user friendly features, the Asus P526 weighs just 115 grams and comes with a smart leather case to protect its screen.
Specifications:
• 2.6 inch TFT display
• 65 K colours
• 240X320 resolution
• 128 MB Flash memory
• 64 MB SDRAM
Features:
• Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard
• Smart dial that automatically fetches contact list as number is being dialled
• GPRS and Bluetooth
• MicroSD slot
• 2 megapixel camera
• Remote Presenter
• My Secret Function – to protect documents etc
Price:
Rs 16,990 exclusive of taxes as applicable.
The Moto Q phones – smart phones to liberate you
Motorola unveiled its latest smart phone loaded with features, ideal for the business traveller.
At .45 inches width, it is amazingly sleek and stylish. It runs on Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 platform and is packed with features such as voice activated dialling, a 1.3 megapixel camera with photo lighting, Bluetooth wireless, stereo sound, MP3 music player, and video and web surfing capabilities.
Features:
• 2.4” colour screen
• Integrated 1.3 mega-pixel camera
• Windows Media Player Mobile
• Video capture with sound and playback
• Dual stereo-quality speakers
• QWERTY keypad Continue reading “The Moto Q phones – smart phones to liberate you”
HTC Touch Cruise
For navigation ease, get your very own HTC Touch Cruise
Equipped with a built-in GPS receiver and TomTom Navigator 6 software, with the HTC Touch Cruise, navigation will like taking a breath; easy, subconscious and invigorating. The handset is sleek and compact, with power packed features.
Microsoft announces Windows Mobile 6.0
The new version of Windows Mobile – 6.0 is coming and devices using the new operating system are expected to be available in the second quarter of 2007.
Whats in
- Vista Look
- Improved Office and Outlook 2007 integration
- Windows Live platform
- File Transfer possibility in Live Messenger
- Improved HTML Email support
The OS will be unveiled at the 3GSM in Barcelona next week.
Spice Mobile S1000 Windows Mobile Phone
Spice Mobile Phones which is being promoted by the Spice Telecom Group has come up with a rather interesting phone the S1000
Features
- Windows Mobile OS
- Touchscreen
- 2.0 Megapixel Camera
- Wi-fi , Bluetooth, Infrared
- miniSD Memory Expansion
Specifications
| Network | GSM 850/900/1800/1900 |
| Connectivity | Wi-fi, Bluetooth ,IrDA |
| Memory | RAM 128 MBROM 64 MB
Expansion : Mini SD (512 MB in package) Up to 2GB |
| Display | 240×320 pixels ,65k TFT Touch screen with Handwriting Recognition |
| Camera | 1600×1200 pixels, flash,zoom,video recording |
| Tones | Polyphonic,MP3 |
| Battery | Talk time : upto 5 Hours Standby : 6 Days |
| Messaging | SMS,MMS, Email |
| Operating System | Microsoft® Windows Mobile™ 5.0 Pocket PC Edition |
| Software | Word, Excel, PowerPoint Viewer, Java Enabled |
PriceThe handset is Priced at Rs.34999