Its party time for all Samsung phone fans in India . They recently unleashed more phones at Mobile Asia 2008 Samsung – F490, SGH i550, SGH i780, F250, J210, SGH i450 and D880
F490
A multimedia phone with a 3.2-inch TFT screen with a complete touch user interface, a 5MP camera and HSDPA connectivity with killer good looks and svelte lines.
In the wake of growing mobile VAS (value added services) market in India, Airtel has launched a range of mobile commerce solutions in India. For this Airtel has partnered with companies like HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, SBI, Corporation Bank, VISA and mChek. Continue reading “Airtel launches Mobile Payment Services”
Samsung showed off a lot of handsets from their platter, from lifestyle phones, to basic and low-end handsets at the Mobile Asia 2008
Samsung Soul
A slim, lightweight, stylish phone with features that adapt to the user depending on the application, the Soul is pure eye candy. With Magic Touch by DaCP, navigation indicators on the keypad change according to the user’s needs.
This 3G handset is equipped with professional photographic functions including a 5MP camera. It features music library navigation and a digital power amplifier.
Measurements of the Samsung Soul are 105.9×49.5×12.9mm. Continue reading “Samsung showing at Mobile Asia 2008 – Soul, Metal series, SGH G800, Serenata, Armani”
At the Mobile Asia 2008 showing, Nokia displayed most of its superb GPS handsets.
Touted to be the successor of Nokia N95, N96 is a slider phone with 16GB storage and the option to further enhance it with a MicroSD slot as well!!!
For more details on the handset, read Fonearena’s coverage here.
There is no word on how much the handset will cost in India. The European price is Euros 550, i.e. Rs 33,700 approx. Read on for more .. Seems like Nokia demoed most of its last month’s Barcelona launches here ! Continue reading “Nokia shows N96, Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia N78, Nokia 6220 classic, Nokia 3120 classic at Mobile Asia 2008”
Opera Mini Web Browser can now be experienced by Spice GPRS and Java enabled users.
Speaking on the occasion, Kunal Ahooja, chief executive officer of Spice Mobiles, said, “Spice Mobiles has tied up with Opera to upgrade the feature offerings on our handsets, and provide a better browsing experience to our customers. The Opera Mini browser ensures a desktop-like experience as it automatically customizes the size and look of Web sites to fit the mobile screen.” Continue reading “Spice users …Experience Opera on your mobiles now!”
An economy handset that scores in the looks department, the Samsung J700 is good for everyday non-business use.
Features and Specs:
• Triband
• GSM Phase II
• GPRS/EDGE
• 2″, 128 x 160 pixel display
• Bluetooth
• USB Continue reading “Samsung J700”
Stylish? Yes. But somehow lacks zing. Almost all Samsung Slider phones have a similar look and the L770 is also devoid of an original or creative look.
Specs and features:
• GSM 900/1800/1900
• HSDPA 2100
• 102 x 48 x 14.2 mm
• Weight 93 grams
• TFT 256K colours Continue reading “Samsung L770”
A fully loaded handset with a web browser integrating Google Search, Gmail, Maps and YouTube, the LG KF700 unveiled at the MWC 2008 is an HSDPA phone that also makes video calls possible.
The USP in the words of LGE’s Press Release – “The world’s first phone with three separate input methods, the LG-KF700 itegrates a 3-inch touchscreen, alpha-numeric keypad and Shortcut Dial. Each of these input methods is assigned to the tasks at which it is most efficient, making LG’s highly intuitive interface possible. With its user-optimized navigation, all of the phone’s functions and features are instantly accessible.”
Specs and features include:
• Triband
• 3 MP camera with auto focus
• MP3 player
• MPEG 4 video player
• Bluetooth
• MicroSD expandable memory
• 3 inch 262 K colour touch screen
• 240X480 pixels
The handset will be available in markets around Europe by April 2008
A numeral is not the only difference between the LG KF700 and the LG KF600.
The KF600 has a dual touch pad that has been christened “InteractPad.” Users will be able to program the lower part of the screen to display what they need it for, say, a game controller or a scroll.
Samsung L320 A clamshell handset launched alongwith its near-namesake the L310, this handset has almost the same features and specs.
Specs at a glance:
• GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
• GPRS/EDGE
• 93.4 x 44 x 17.9 mm
• Display – 176 x 220 pixels, 1.9 inches
Features:
• TFT, 65K colours
• Polyphonic, MP3
• 20 MB internal memory
• MicroSD expandable memory card slot Continue reading “Samsung L320”
It’s raining handsets this year. While we saw handsets being launched in India by Nokia, Sony Ericsson, LG and Asus, it is now the turn of Samsung.
Samsung launched two new handsets that it says, targets the female of the species; a go getter who likes to be seen with a cool gadget. The L310 and L320 are clamshell phones for the fashion conscious.
Samsung L310
Specs at a glance:
• GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
• GPRS/EDGE
• 93.4 x 44 x 17.9 mm
• Display – 176 x 220 pixels, 1.8 inches
Features:
• TFT, 65K colours
• Polyphonic, MP3
• 20 MB internal memory
• MicroSD expandable memory card slot Continue reading “New L310 and L320 from Samsung”
Sony Ericsson R306i Radio
A variant of the R300i Radio, this handset boasts of a 1.3 megapixel camera in addition to the Radio playback features of its cousin.
Specs and Features at a glance: Continue reading “Sony Ericsson R306i Radio”
The handset has been in the market for more than a month. But Sony Ericsson launched it officially a few days ago.
So what is the Sony Ericsson W960i?
It is a walkman phone with 160 MB phone memory that can store about 25 hours of music listening time. It has an 8GB in-built flash memory that can sore an astounding 8000 songs. A touch phone that has a super screen to watch videos or browse the Web.
Yup, that’s what they say… Samsung G800 has a 5 whopping megapixels with auto focus! Not just that, it also has a 3x optical zoom and a Xenon flash. Why do I need a digicam now that I can have this beauty?
And yes, it’s a beauty. A slim slider handset, it is a ‘pretty’ phone.
Its also a high tech phone. The face detection, image editor and mobile blogging feature are truly worth looking forward to.
Specs at a glance: Continue reading “Samsung G800 Worlds FIRST 5 megapixel Auto focus Camera phone”
Samsung SGH- i780 is a Kinda regular looking handset…
It has a 2.5 inch touch screen as well as a full QWERTY keypad.
The interesting bits are a) the TV out option and b) optical mouse for navigation.
Specs at a glance:
• HSDPA 3.6 mbps/ 900/1800/1900 MHz + UMTS 2100MHz, EDGE, GPRS Class Continue reading “Samsung SGH- i780 – Windows Mobile with TV out and optical mouse”
