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Thursday 19 July 2007

Motorola announces 2Q 2007 financial results [ 19-07-2007 19:22 ]

Author: Irina Turina Translation by: Rytchkova Anja

Motorola has announced the final 2Q sales and earnings. We’ve already written about the preliminary results. Then Motorola acknowledged that earnings would be lower than expected. The company reported sales of $8.7 billion compared to $11 billion a year ago.

Handset shipments reached 35.5 million units, and segment sales were $4.3 billion, a 40% decrease against 2Q 2006. Besides operating loss made up $264 million compared to operating earnings of $804 million in the year-ago quarter. Lower sales and earnings are due to lower sales, particularly in Asia, and the Europe, Middle East and Africa. Motorola’s share of the global handset market is currently estimated to be 13.5%.

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Huawei C228s: another CDMA handset with FM from China [ 19-07-2007 17:53 ]

Author: Serge Novikov Translation by: Rytchkova Anja

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved Huawei C228s phone designed for CDMA networks. The model is packed in a candy bar form-factor and features only essential set of functions except for such advanced thing as the FM-radio.

The short technical specs of Huawei C228s:

Networks: CDMA
Dimensions: 43x107X19 mm
Weight: 80 g
Messages: SMS
Alarm clock
Calendar
Calculator
Stopwatch
Games
FM-radio

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Samsung SCH-B750 – a 3-megapixel camera clamshell [ 19-07-2007 17:12 ]

Author: Irina Turina Translation by: Rytchkova Anja

Samsung Electronics has announced the Korean release of its SCH-B750. It will come to SKT stores with the price tag of 600000 Won (about $650). This is a clamshell handset with a revolving display. There are 3 color solutions: Black, White and Red.

Its external OLED-display features a 1.1” diagonal and the internal one – 2.2” and 320x240 pixels. Besides the new phone comes with a 3-megapixel camera, a media player, an expansion slot for microSD cards, Bluetooth interface and DMB broadcasting.

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8GB Nokia N95 available for preoder on Popular Electronics [ 19-07-2007 15:27 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: Popular Electronics Translation by: Rytchkova Anja

We’ve already mentioned Nokia’s plans to release an 8GB version of the N95 smartphone. The new version is said to differ only in larger memory size and Black shell. However some sources say there won’t be GPS-functionality.

At the moment the manufacturer didn’t make any official confirmation about the existence of such device. But Popular Electronics has already started preorders for the new N95 offering it for $999.99. The release date of Nokia N95 8GB is said to be on December 1 2007. It’s not yet clear whether the source has the confirmation or it just rumor-addicted.

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Official announcement of Samsung SGH-G600 with 5-Mpix camera [ 19-07-2007 15:11 ]

Author: Serge Novikov Translation by: Rytchkova Anja

The South Korean company Samsung Electronics officially announced today its new handset – the SGH-G600. This is a slider with a 5-megapixel camera. According to the manufacturer, it is the slimmest handset in its class (14.9 mm).

Samsung says the G600 will debut in Europe. In addition to photo functionality, the model has Bluetooth v2.0 interface, an FM-receiver and USB 2.0 support.

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Neonode N2 unboxed [ 19-07-2007 14:35 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: Engadgetmobile Translation by: Rytchkova Anja

In the Internet we can come across a photo of the Neonode N2 smartphone unboxed and the clip demonstrating the unpacking process. Neonode N2 was introduced a fortnight ago at the event in Athens. The official announcement took place in February at 3GSM Congress.

This is a compact device for GSM networks powered by the Neno open platform. It lacks a keyboard, but features a touchscreen display, a 2-megapixel camera, an integrated MP3-player, a miniSD-slot and Bluetooth support.