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Tuesday 13 February 2007

3GSM - SonyEricsson to outline UIQ plans on Wednesday [ 13-02-2007 19:13 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova Translation by: Saliquincer

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications plans to make an announcement Wednesday about its strategy for the UIQ interface that runs on the Symbian mobile phone operating system, Sony Ericsson President Miles Flint said Sunday at a news briefing on the eve of the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona.

Last week, Sony Ericsson completed the acquisition of UIQ Technology, the Swedish company that develops and manages the platform used by the handset maker for its smart phones.

Since the acquisition, rumours have been floating as to whether Sony Ericsson will change the direction of the platform. The manufacturer has built the majority of UIQ-based smart phones on the market.

UIQ will operate as an independent subsidiary and continue to be licensed on equal terms to all its licensees, Sony Ericsson said after the acquisition.

UIQ, formerly known as User Interface Quartz, is a graphical user interface layer that provides additional components to the core Symbian OS, to enable the development of feature-rich mobile phones that are open to expanded capabilities through third-party applications.

The 3GSM World Congress runs through Thursday.

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HTC Advantage (X7500): the mobile powerhouse is now official [ 13-02-2007 16:15 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova Translation by: Oleg Kononosov

Earlier today HTC has announced HTC Advantage (X7500), codenamed Athena - the name we kept stumbling upon for while. The device is running on Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Edition, but at that sports a huge (we mean that) 5-inch display, a built-in 8 Gb hard drive, a speedy CPU, GPS-module, 3 MPix camera, you name - basically, the X7500 packs it all.

The device comes included with a removable thumbboard that doubles as a shiled for the display - it features a transparent inset, covering up the screen's status bar. HTC VueFLO technology allows using the motion sensor for navigating currently open page..

Specfications

GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), UMTS/HSDPA (2100 MHz for Europe, 850/1900 MHz for the US)
5-inch touch display with VGA resolution (640x480 pixels)
3 Mpix auto-focus enabled camera with flash
VGA-camera
Detachable QWERTY-keyboard
GPS-module
Intel PXA270 624 MHz CPU, ATi W2284 graphics accelerator
128 Mb of RAM and 256 Mb of flash-memory
8Gb hard drive
miniSD memory expansion slot
Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
HTC ExtUSB, proprietary HTC socket with VGA/TV-out
2200 mAh Li-Ion battery
Talk time (with the display turned off) - up to 5,5 hours (GSM) and 4,5 hours (UMTS)
Standby time - up to 300 hours
Dimensions - 133,5x98x16 mm, with keyboard - 20 mm
Weight - 359 grams

T-Mobile is expected to release the X7500 into the wild in March under the name of T-Mobile Ameo in a number of European counters, while HTC itself will be shipping devices with its own brand etched on the casing.

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HTC P3350: multimedia-ready Artemis [ 13-02-2007 14:48 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova Translation by: Oleg Kononosov

Another new gadget coming from HTC's camp is HTC P3350 communicator, which is an Artemis-esque (HTC P3300) device laking GPS module - or so it looks and feels. HTC P3350 has also adopted RollR controls, which is a big plus. The communicator is positioned as a model tuned for handling multimedia content on the go. Apart from the standard suite of applications it comes boxed with HTC Media Hub, meant for managing music and video and making up ring tones. This model also improves upon HTC P3300 in terms of bundled flash-memory, yet matches its brother-in-arms when it comes to the operating system used - still Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition.

Specifications for HTC P3350:

GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
2,8-inch display with QVGA resolution QVGA (240х320 pixels)
2 Mpix camera
FM transmitter
TI OMAP 850 CPU running at 200 MHz
64 Mb of RAM and 256 Mb of flash-memory
microSD memory expansion slot
Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
HTC ExtUSB socket
1200 mAh Li-Pol battery
Talk time - 3,5-4 hours
Standby time - 150-200 hours
Dimensions - 108x58x16,8 mm
Weight - 130 grams

HTC P3350 is due out in March.

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Opera unveils plans to develop Opera 9 Mobile! [ 13-02-2007 11:33 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova Translation by: Saliquincer

Opera Software have announced plans to upgrade its mobile web browsing software by developing Opera 9 for mobile phones in all major platforms.

The company says it will incorporate the latest in PC browsing features such as Widgets and Intelligent Zoom to its upcoming Opera Mobile edition.

Opera 9 on mobile phones promises to add a new dimension to web navigation. Users will be able to seamlessly alternate between viewing modes to get a birds-eye perspective or dive into the content they want. Users have the choice to see an overview of a Web page or adapting the page to the width of the screen. As first seen with the Opera browser for Wii, Intelligent Zoom allows users to then zoom in directly to a selected area.

Widgets are small Web applications running outside of the browser and allowing users, manufacturers and operators to create and personalize services derived from Web content such as weather and traffic information, news and e-mail. Widgets offer Web applications that are instantly accessible on the phone without having to launch the Web browser, presenting dynamic and engaging content directly to users.

Opera's JavaScript and rendering engines are built for speed while enabling dynamic AJAX-based applications. Driving standards compliance, Opera Mobile has full DOM support and can smoothly run advanced Web applications on mobile phones.

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i-mate with five Ultimate devices [ 13-02-2007 09:11 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova Source: http://www.theunwired.net Translation by: Oleg Kononosov

Following close after the announcement of the JAQ4, i-mate introduced at 3GSM Congress a line-up under "Ultimate" tagline, which includes five 3G-enabled devices running on Windows Mobile 6 operating system housed in various form-factors - from a candy-bar to a notebook-esque casing. These should turn out to be really powerful devices, whose specifications sports the following options: