Tuesday 12 February 2008

Motorola not leaving handset business    [ 12-02-2008 17:41 ]

Author: Klimov Oleg     Translation by: Administrator     

For those dedicated Motorola fans out there, wondering if they indeed will pull out of the mobile phone handset business, can now breathe a sigh of relief, as yesterday, they said they are “fully committed” to the mobile phone handset business, and their strategic review hopes to bring about a “product-led” recovery, for the loss-making handset division.

The rumours of Motorola exiting the handset division ran amok in late January, when the US-based phone giant said it was contemplating splitting its mobile devices from its other businesses, as part of a "structural and strategic realignment", in order to re-establish itself, to re-claim its lost marketshare.

Its fairly obvious that Motorola has lost marketshare to the likes of Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson, Motorola failed to capitalise on its once-dominant RAZR phone. Don McLellan, Motorola's senior vice president for corporate development and strategy, had some interesting input: "The market had dramatically undervalued mobile devices. That was a concern to us, McLellan said in an interview, adding, "We know it can regain market leadership” This is yet another clear sign that Motorola really are committed to once again dominate the handset business, with its fresh ideas. McLellan said Motorola's focus was on its mobile devices unit, as other businesses were doing "extraordinarily well."

To further add to the reassurance of Motorola not opting out, Motorola CEO Greg Brown had this to say, at the Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona: “I don't want there to be any confusion,"  "Motorola is fully committed to the mobile devices business and I am fully committed to mobile devices."

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Samsung develops powerful multimedia chip for smartphones    [ 12-02-2008 17:15 ]

Author: Serge Novikov   Source: PCWorld     Translation by: Administrator     

Samsung are set to present a new, powerful chip, the model is S3C6410, running at 667mhz processor, supporting hardware acceleration, for multimedia purposes, including 3D graphics, and video. It supports many video formats, as well as different mobile operating systems, such as Symbian, Linux, and, Windows Mobile. Interestingly, Samsung said it can capture, and playback using less power than it should. 

The S3C6410 is made using a 65 nm chip, and is to be mainly used in smartphones, as well as navigation devices. The S3C6410 is to be shown at the Mobile World Congress, and pre-production (or sample) devices, are to be given to device makers, sometime this coming May, and commercially available sometime in the third quarter of the year. Pricing for the S3C6410 was not known, at the time of writing.

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Microscopic phone chip hopes to improve sound quality    [ 12-02-2008 16:36 ]

Author: Serge Novikov   Source: NYTimes     Translation by: Administrator     

A Silicon valley company Audience plans to show off an integrated circuit at Mobile World Congress, which hopes to improve the sound quality of mobile phones. Measuring 2.7mm x 3.5mm in size (48 pin), this baby chip can do a lot of things, specifically, filter out almost all unwanted background noises of a busy street, disco, or train station, so as to provide its user with crystal clear voice transfer quality.

The key to enhanced sound quality is the fact that the chip has higher quality suppression, than the software in phones on the market today. The Audience chip sits between the microphone and the cellphone circuitry and runs software the company has developed on its own. Impressively, Audience claims the system has the ability to identify, and block up to 25 decibels of extraneous sound. No more details on who might pick this chip up or when, and if, it will become available in handsets are available as yet

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77.3 million Symbian-powered smartphones shipped in 2007    [ 12-02-2008 16:17 ]

Author: Serge Novikov   Source: Symbian     Translation by: Administrator     

Today, Symbian released the financial statement and operational figures for the fourth quarter, and the full year, which ended on 30th December 2007. Symbian announced that 77.3 million  smartphones shipped in the year of 2007 - this number was a significant (50%) increase on the number of Symbian smartphones shipped in the year of 2006.

Also of note, is that 8,736 third-party Symbian applications are now commercially available, this is a 27% increase on the end of December 2006, 6,896 applications were available at that time. A total of 68 mobile phones, which are based on the Symbian OS commenced shipment in the year of 2007, through 250 major network operators, by a number of 8 licensees, which include Fujitsu, LG, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sharp, and Sony Ericsson. This is a 4.6% increase on 2006 (65 models).

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Portege G710 – a GPS-enabled slim smartphone    [ 12-02-2008 15:40 ]

Author: Irina Turina     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

Toshiba has gone official with a new Windows Mobile 6 smartphone – the Portege G710. It combines an integrated GPS-receiver and a QWERTY-keyboard. Featuring simple set of specs it belongs to an entry-level class. However the maker positions its product as a multimedia device, which comes with a built-in camera and media player for music and video. The smartphone is a perfect communication tool for those who want reassurance while out of the office, says Toshiba. The Portege G710 is set to be available in 1Q 08.

The specs of Toshiba Portege G710:

• Form-factor – bar QWERTY
• Dimensions – 115x62x13 mm
• Weight - 130 g
• Display - QVGA 65K colors
• Camera - 2-megapixel, 8x digital zoom
• Memory –128 MB ROM, 64 MB RAM
• Up to 2GB micro SD cards
• Bluetooth 1.2 (A2DP), USB 1.1
• Band - GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
• Built-in GPS module
• Battery – 1100 mAh
• Standby time – up to 200 hours
• Talk time – up to 180 minutes
• Audio formats - MP3, WMA
• Video formats - H.263, H.264, MPEG4, WMV
• Java MIDP2.0
• OS - Windows Mobile 6 Standard

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Toshiba G450 – phone, USB-modem and MP3-player    [ 12-02-2008 14:27 ]

Author: Irina Turina     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

Toshiba has made an official announcement of the G450 cellphone designed for one-touch access to the Internet via mobile networks. This tiny device is a good solution for the users who need a phone to be used as a portable modem for PC. The G450 mobile device can be connected to the standard USB-port and ensure wideband Internet access via 3G/HSDPA (EDGE and GPRS also supported). In addition the device is good as an MP3-player. The G450 is packed in a portable shell featuring white, red or black colors. Weighing mere 57 g it is 98 mm tall. We expect the phone in Russian stores in March-April 08.

The technical specs of Toshiba G450:

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HTC Shift already available    [ 12-02-2008 13:29 ]

Author: Irina Turina     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

BARCELONA, Mobile World Congress – HTC has eventually announced the European shipments of an ultra mobile PC HTC Shift. As you might remember, the company announced the device last March and set the shipments for October 07, but then postponed it. HTC Shift is available for the first time today through Telefonica in Spain, Orange in the UK and will soon be available through TIM in Italy for €1199.

The UMPC is powered by Windows Vista with SnapVUE technology, which enables one-touch access to e-mail, calendar events, SMS and phone book. It integrates a 7” touch-sensitive “slide-and-tilt” widescreen, a QWERTY-keyboard and 2G/3G support. The maker also highlights Push Email technology and 3 days offline work of HTC Shift.

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Toshiba Portege G810 – a GPS-enabled communicator    [ 12-02-2008 08:58 ]

Author: Irina Turina     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

Toshiba has unveiled its Portege G810 communicator at Mobile World Congress 2008. This is a compact Windows Mobile-powered candy bar with a touchscreen and no hardware keyboard. It boasts of the support for 2G/3G networks, HSDPA and HSUPA standards. The company expects to ship the Portege G810 to Europe in 2Q 08, but it hasn’t unveiled the pricing details.

The specs of Toshiba Portege G810:

• OS - Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
• CPU - Qualcomm MSM7200 (400 MHz)
• Networks - GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS/HSDPA (3.6 Mbps)/HSUPA (2 Mbps) 850/1900/2100
• Display – 2.83” touchscreen (QVGA, 65K colors)
• Memory - 256 MB ROM, 128 MB RAM
• microSD-slot (up to 4 GB storage)
• Built-in GPS-receiver, A-GPS support
• 3-megapixel camera
• Interface - Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
• FM-radio with RDS
• Dimensions – 110x58x14 mm
• Weight - 120 g
• Battery - 1530 mAh
• Standby time – up to 200 hours
• Talk time – up to 4 hours

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LG-KF510 – style and slim form    [ 12-02-2008 08:55 ]

Author: Irina Turina     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

LG Electronics has introduced LG-KF510 phone at the current Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona. This is an ultra slim fashion slider being 10.9 mm thick. Under the display you can see an interactive panel with sensor buttons. Packed in a metallic shell LG-KF510 is offered in black grey and red shell colors.

The company has provided a brief info on the specifications, but hinted at a stylish design of the phone on the first place. As for the functions mentioned, we have a built-in camera and an MP3-player. LG-KF510 will come to the main markets in March.

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