Thursday 28 September 2006

MBW-100: a Bluetooth-watch by Sony Ericsson    [ 28-09-2006 18:18 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

Sony Ericsson has announced the release of an interesting accessory for mobile phones – the Bluetooth Watch MBW-100. This is quite a stylish wrist-watch supporting Bluetooth 2.0 and some additional functions.

Its OLED LCD displays the info on the incoming call. You can decline the call by pressing a button. Besides you can operate the music playback on the phone (play, pause, next track), get the info on the incoming SMS and MMS and see the battery level. The watch will alarm the user when the watch is out of the Bluetooth-connection, so you’ll hardly lost your phone.

The MBW-100 is waterproof (up to 30 m deep, however there is no info on the dive time). The watch weighs 187.5 g. It can last for 7 days in the Bluetooth mode and 14 days in the analog watch mode on a single charge. The sales are scheduled for 4Q 2006. the recommended price makes up €300, i.e. about $380.

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SoftBank 705N – a slim phone by NEC    [ 28-09-2006 18:13 ]

Author: Serge Novikov     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

There was announced another mobile phone for the Japanese operator SoftBank by NEC – SoftBank 705N. The operator draws attention to small size and slimness of the phone and also its form, which makes it lie comfortably in hands. Besides the filling of the phone features original content and menu design.

The short technical specs of SoftBank 705N:

• Networks: WCDMA and GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz)
• Dimensions: 50x108x16 mm
• Weight: 117 g
• Main LCD: 2.2” TFT, 240x320 pixels, 260K colors
• External LCD: 0.9” monochrome OLED, 96x64 pixels
• Main camera: 2-megapixel, CMOS
• Internal camera: 0.1-megapixel, CMOS
• microSD cards up to 1 GB
• Bluetooth

The start of sales of SoftBank 705N is set for December 2006.

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SoftBank X01HT – another operator-branded model of HTC Hermes    [ 28-09-2006 17:21 ]

Author: Serge Novikov     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

Today the Taiwanese company HTC announced the release of its HSDPA Windows smartphone Hermes for the Japanese operator SoftBank. The operator will offer the smartphone to its subscribers under the name SoftBank X01HT.

The main specs of SoftBank X01HT:

• Operating system: Windows Mobile 5.0
• Sliding QWERTY-keyboard to work with large texts
• Support of high-speed 3G technology HSDPA
• Support of POP3 and IMAP4 e-mail
• Microsoft Exchange Push E-Mail (the service will be available soon)
• ActiveSync service
• Windows Media player
• Bluetooth and WLAN solutions
• 2-megapixel camera.

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Sony Ericsson Walkman W958c and Z550a: 2 versions for China and America    [ 28-09-2006 14:05 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

Sony Ericsson Walkman W958c is a GSM/GPRS version of the W950 smartphone developed for the Chinese market. I’d remind you that the W90 supports GSM/GPRS and UMTS. Like the W950 the new phone is equipped with a 2.6” touchscreen LCD and powered by Symbian 9.1, UIQ 3.0.

Sony Ericsson Z550a is another version of the Z550 clamshell. It is meant for America and supports quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) instead of tri-band like the original model. The device is equipped with a 1.3-megapixel camera, an FM-tuner, an MP3-player, an expansion slot for Memory Stick Micro cards and supports Bluetooth interface.

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Sony Ericsson Z558: the first not-Symbian phone with the touchscreen    [ 28-09-2006 12:55 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

Sony Ericsson has introduced 4 mobile phones. They are not brand new solutions, but each of them has something new. The Z558, W830 and W958c are optimized for China and South East Asia and the Z550a – for the American market.

The Z558 is a clamshell supporting tri-band GSM. It differs from the original model SE Z550 in a touchscreen LCD for manuscript input, the function is very popular in China. This is the first not-Symbian phone equipped with the touchscreen.

The phone features a 1.3-megapixel camera, 18 MB of memory onboard and a slot for Memory Stick Micro cards (up to 1 GB). It will be available in October.

The specs of the Z558:

• GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz), GPRS
• 1.9” touchscreen TFT LCD, 220x176 pixels, 262K colors
• STN LCD, 128x36 pixels
• 1.3-megapixel camera
• Video capture, playback, stream
• Music playback (MP3 and AAC)
• FM-tuner
• SMS, EMS, MMS
• WAP 2.0, Java MIDP 2.0
• E-mail (POP3/IMAP4)
• Push e-mail
• Speakerphone
• HTML-browser
• Bluetooth, USB 2.0
• 18 MB of internal memory
• Slot for Memory Stick Micro cards (up to1 GB)
• Dimensions – 87.5x45.5x20.5 mm
• Weight – 92.5 g

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