Thursday 28 February 2008

O2 to sell iPhone in Ireland    [ 28-02-2008 22:22 ]

Author: Irina Turina     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

O2 operator has confirmed the info that it will become Apple’s partner and get exclusive right to sell the iPhone in Ireland. The phone arrives to Ireland on March 14 and will be available through O2 sale networks and Carphone Warehouse, like it is now in the UK. The iPhone 8GB will be priced at €399 (some $600) and the 16GB version - €499 (about $750).

The iPhone in Ireland will be offered with 3 service plans at €45 per month, all of them including some talk minutes, text messages and 1GB of data package. I’d remind you that Apple has teamed up with the following operators to sell the iPhone – AT&T in the US, O2 in the UK, T-Mobile in Germany and Orange in France.

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SoMo 650 handheld with antibacterial coating    [ 28-02-2008 21:07 ]

Author: Irina Turina     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

Socket Mobile has reported it will soon release its SoMo650 handheld built with an antibacterial plastic. The original SoMo 650 was released last spring. Designed for business users this semi-rugged Pocket PC can stand a fall from one meter’s height to concrete. It features Intel PXA270 (624 MHz) processor, Windows Mobile 5.0, 3.5” QVGA display, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, 128 MB RAM and 256 MB ROM.

The updated SoMo 650 with antibacterial coating is targeted toward healthcare and labs that involve hygiene-sensitive environments. The company believes that the antibacterial product will provide an additional layer of protection against the multiplication and spread of potentially harmful bacteria and microbes. The new handheld will hit the stores early in 3Q 08.

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Krusell’s Top 10 in February    [ 28-02-2008 19:18 ]

Author: Irina Turina     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

Krusell, the maker of carrying cases for portable electronics, has released its traditional Top 10 of most popular cellphones. The list is based on carrying case sales over the month (see the previous position in brackets):

Surprisingly, there are just two vendors in the rating. Krusell expects HTC, Apple and Samsung to come back next month.

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Two SIMs in General Mobile DST33 handset    [ 28-02-2008 08:45 ]

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

General Mobile has announced its DST33 phone supporting 2 SIM cards. The device is packed in a classical candy bar glossy black shell with the numeric keypad. This is quite a simple handset given its specs. General Mobile DST33 will come out in several countries of Europe in March.

The specs of General Mobile DST33:

• Networks - GSM/GPRS 900/1800 MHz
• Display – 2” 262K colors
• 1.3-megapixel camera
• Bluetooth 1.2
• microSD-slot
• Talk time – up to 4 hours
• Standby time – up to 6.6 days
• Dimensions – 110x46x16.6 mm
• Weight - 95 g

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LG Glimmer: a cross between the Shine and the Viewty    [ 28-02-2008 08:22 ]

Author: Irina Turina   Source: intomobile     Translation by: Administrator     

A poster of LG's unconfirmed-as-of-yet Glimmer, has been floating around the Internet. It is to be taken up by US operator Alltell. It is a touchscreen candybar, the bottom bit resembles LG's shine, and the rest of the handset looks like the Viewty, as you can see below.

 

The known specs of the Glimmer are:

• 2.8 inch touchscreen   
• 2 Megapixel camera, with flash
• EV-DO
• Bluetooth   
• MicroSD card slot

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Worldwide mobile phone handset sales up by 16%, in 2007    [ 28-02-2008 08:00 ]

Author: Irina Turina   Source: Cellular News     Translation by: Administrator     

By the end of 2007, sales of mobile phones increased to the 1.15 billion mark, which is an increase of the 990.9 million handsets sold in 2006, which is a 16% increase, according to Gartner Inc.

Nokia managed to snatch 40% marketshare in Q4 2007. This was achieved, by Nokia selling just over 133 million phones across the world. Samsung remained a steady second with 13.4% of the market in Q4 2007 with a range of different handsets for different markets. In Europe, at least, part of Samsung's success has to be attributed to the Ultra series of phones, as well as their G600, and, to some extent, the G800. Motorola was gradually losing marketshare - they recorded sales of 39 million phones world-wide, thus, claiming 11.9% marketshare. However, Motorola once again retained second place, in terms of yearly sales.

Sony Ericcson performed steadily throughout 2007 – its marketshare grew to 9% in Q4 2007, up from 8.7% the previous year. Its Walkman line of handsets remained a hit with many teenagers, the same could be said for the Cybershot brand too, but this applies more to mobile photographers.

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Nokia opens design studio in Brazil    [ 28-02-2008 01:49 ]

Author: Klimov Oleg   Source: Cellular News     Translation by: Administrator     

Handset maker Nokia has just opened a satellite design studio, which is located in Rio De Janerio, Brazil. Nokia says it is to reflect the increasing impact Latin American Style and culture, is hoped to have on mobile devices, and services, in the future. It will bring together Designers at Nokia, as well as students, and experienced local designers. This is to see what new trends and fads will come of it will bring. This is hoped to bring about new, exiting, stylish products for not only the Latin American, but also global markets.

Within the next two years, the studio will be involved in various projects – mainly research-orientated, exploring new influences across the whole of Brazil – cultural, social, and design. Various Nokia designers from across the globe will visit the studio, to participate in the research projects, and work alongside the students.

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Qumo Q-Touch player    [ 28-02-2008 01:09 ]

Author: Klimov Oleg     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

Qumo Q-Touch player is peculiar for touch interface – the device lacks buttons, but you can operate it via its 3.2” TFT 262K color touchscreen display. Ergonomic menu and touchscreen enable quick access to any player function. Qumo Q-Touch lets you reading e-books and listening to the music at the same time. Now you don’t have to search for the spot you’d stopped the playback – Q-Touch will remember it for you and resume the playback next time.

The player carries 2 and 4 GB of RAM onboard, however you can extend its memory with a microSD card and use both internal and external memory at once. We expect the new device in stores in April 2008.

The short specs of Qumo Q-Touch:

• Display – 3.2”, 262K colors, QVGA;
• Dimensions:95x73.9x10.8 mm;
• Weight: 81.5 g;
• Playback time: 18 hours of audio and 5 hours of video;
• Supported files: AVI xvid (20-24 fps), MP3,WMA,WAV,APE,FLAC, JPG,BMP, TXT,LRC (lyrics);
• Functions: radio, voice recorder, multi-task, playback resume, built-in speaker;
• PC connection: USB2.0.

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