Nokia Launches Nokia 6220 Classic in India

Nokia has launched Nokia 6220, one of the high-end handsets introduced at Mobile World Congress back in February, in India.

Though the phone looks simple but it’s high-end features will simply blow your mind. It features a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss autofocus lens, Xenon integrated flash and autofocus light, AGPS, TV-out, and HSDPA.

It also lets you view maps, pictures, and video with clarity on the 2.2" TFT QVGA display, or on the big screen via TV-out. Find your way quickly and easily with A-GPS navigation and Nokia Maps.

Nokia 6220 classic has been locally priced at 19,959 Rupees (about $460).

Nokia Supernova Series

Though they've already been on sale in some parts of the world, Nokia's just now getting around to making its foursome of Supernovas official. The new line reps mid-range fashion (think L'Amour, but not over the top) and comes in your choice of two candybars, a flip, or a slider as the 7210, 7310, 7510, or 7610, respectively. The 7210 features a tri-band GSM radio plus EDGE, a 2 megapixel camera, and an FM radio; look for it to launch in the third quarter for €120 (about $189).

The 7310 apes the 7210's look but adds support for changeable Xpress-On faceplates, TV-out, and support for GSM 850, and while all that extra kit adds €35 (about $55) to the price over the lesser model, it's available now. The 7510 goes for the flip form factor but carries over most of the 7310's spec sheet, waiting it out until the fourth quarter for a €180 (about $283) launch in scary colors like "Fatal Red". Finally, the 7610 (no, not that one) moves up to a beefier 3.2 megapixel camera and hits next quarter for €225 (about $354).

T-Mobile Announces Motorola ROKR E8

T-Mobile has finally taken the wraps off its very own version of Motorola's ROKR E8, a glossy black candybar offering a 2 megapixel camera, 2GB of internal storage (plus a microSD slot that'll swallow up to 8GB more), stereo Bluetooth, 3.5mm headphone jack, FM radio, and that so-called "morphing" keypad that selectively renders keys invisible depending on the mode you're using.

It's missing 3G, but that's one feature T-Mobile customers are all too well acquainted to missing out on -- and considering that the just-announced flagship ZN5 doesn't even do any WCDMA, it shouldn't come as any surprise. Subscribers and would-be subscribers will be able to nab the E8 come July 7 for $199.99 on contract.

Motorola’s MotoZine ZN5 is Official

Motorola has finally announced their long awaited MotoZine ZN5. The main feature of the first model, is a 5-megapixel camera courtesy of a partnership with Kodak. The 5.0 megapixel camera features autofocus, a xenon flash, image stitching, and on-device integration with Kodak Gallery. Otherwise, you get WiFi (score), Motorola's so-called "ModeShift" technology for morphing the keypad, and Quadband GSM radio with EDGE.

Motorola MotoZine ZN5 specifications:

• 2.5G GSM/GPRS.
• Montavista Linux 2.6.1 operating system.
• Freescale SCM-A11 processor;.
• 320×240 Display.
• 5 megapixel camera.
• Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR.
• MP4 playback.
• Morphing keypad.

Samsung’s Instinct now Available for $130 on Sprint

Available now and right on schedule for $129.99 (with 2 year contract and $100 mail-in rebate), not the original $200 bounced around initially. With Sprint trying hard to position the Instinct as an iPhone killer, we guess they really didn't have a choice but to undercut it in price.

With the given specifications, I am sure that Samsung Instinct will surely give a tough competition to Apple iPhone.

Sony Ericsson's C905 Cyber-Shot, Specs and Images

The wait is over, Sony Ericsson's C905 Cyber-shot is now official. The upcoming Sony Ericsson C905 phone will be the leader in Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot series. Hold onto your breaths because what I am gonna reveal can stop your breath for a few seconds.

The cutting edge Sony Ericsson C905 will feature an 8.1-megapixel camera with "auto focus, face detection, image stabilization, and a new feature called Smart Contrast, BestPic, red-eye reduction, xenon flash as well as photoflash for both photos and videos.

The other exciting features include quad-band GSM (9-hours talk / 380 hours standby), an auto rotating 2.4 inch scratch resistant QVGA display, location tagging with GPS, an accelerometer, TV-out, Wi-Fi, DLNA support, A2DP stereo Bluetooth, 2GB of included memory, and USB 2.0 transfers. I am sure each one of you must be dying to get your hands on this amazing gadget.

No words on the price and availability as yet.

Nokia E66 S60 Slider Goes Official

Nokia's bringing some new, unsurprising, E series hotness to the States in the form of the new E66 slider. Featuring GSM, EDGE, WCDMA and HSDPA bands galore, the phone is slated for a Q3 release this year. Features include a 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera, along with a front-facing cam for video calls, WiFi, A-GPS, 3.6mbps web browsing and a 2.4-inch QVGA screen. What really sets it apart from its E series counterparts is the 13.6mm thickness. The battery life is amazing too, with 14 days of standby, and 7.5 hours of talk on GSM, or 3.5 hours of talk on 3G. There's only 110MB of internal memory, but you can supplement that with an 8GB microSD card. The phone comes in "grey steel" or "white steel" (what, no blue steel?), and Nokia is planning to keep this under $500.

Sprint to Offer Samsung Instinct at $199.99 on Contract

If some internal sources at Sprint are to be believed then the Samsung Instinct will run $199.99 on contract after rebates. The earlier speculation that the best Sprint and best Samsung phone ever, Samsung Instinct was going to be $299 after rebate. Looks as if Sprint was just waiting for Apple’s announcement before settling on a price. The best part is that current customers can supposedly buy the phone without renewing their two-year contract, which is pretty great for someone who is planning to change carriers soon. Sprint will also be asking users to sign up for an "Everything" plan when taking delivery of their Instinct, a move that smacks of AT&T's marriage of the iPhone to specific plans.

Samsung i900 Omnia, Finally Announced

The highly rumored Samsung i900 has finally been announced by Samsung. Named Samsung i900 Omnia, the Windows Mobile 6.1 powered phone features a 3.2-inch WideQVGA display (240 x 400 pixels), 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, built in accelerometer, WiFi module, Bluetooth, USB Port, FM Tuner and an optical mouse much like the one found in the Samsung i780. Talking about the camera, the Samsung i900 Omnia offers a 5 megapixel auto focus camera with face and smile detection. Geotagging is also one of the camera features since the i900 also packs a built-in GPS receiver.

Looking at the body of the Samsung i900 Omnia, it looks rather identical to the Apple iPhone. In addition to similar looks the i900 also shares the same massive internal memory. Samsung i900 Omnia will be available in both an 8GB and 16GB i900 versions with the microSD still present for further expanding.

The Samsung i900 comes up with the quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support plus HSDPA 7.2Mbps. The built-in accelerometer lets the UI automatically rotate to follow the handset's current orientation.

And when you are out to compete with Apple’s iPhone, touch interface becomes very important, keeping this fact in mind Samsung has used their TouchWiz user interface for use on Windows Mobile.

The Samsung i900 Omnia will be available from June 2008.

Willcom 03 smartphone - 1seg-equipped Smartphone

Willcom just announced its new Willcom 03 smartphone, which packs a bundle of features into an eye-catching package. This smartphone features a 3-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen display, which complements the built-in 1seg mobile TV tuner quite nicely. Other prominent features of this phone include built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, 256MB of flash memory, a microSD card slot for expansion, a 2 megapixel camera, and Windows Mobile 6.1 for an OS, to name a few.

Priced at 63,120(JPY) the Willcom 03 smartphone is expected to be available in June.

First Pictures of Palm Treo 800w for CDMA Networks

So we have finally got some pictures of Palm's upcoming Treo 800w for CDMA networks, known internally as the Zeppelin. While unconfirmed, the Palm Treo 800w is expected to run on Windows Mobile 6.1, 400 MHz processor with 128MB of RAM and 256 MB flash memory.

It is speculated to have GPS, a 320 x 320 touchscreen and a typical Treo look and feel.

RIM Introduces the BlackBerry Bold Smartphone

It took them very long but RIM (Research In Motion) finally announced the BlackBerry Bold / 9000. Top of the line BlackBerry smartphone features premium design and unprecedented performance; perfect for business professionals and power users.
"The new BlackBerry Bold represents a tremendous step forward in business-grade smartphones and lives up to its name with incredible speed, power and functionality, all wrapped in a beautiful and confident design," said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO, Research In Motion.

Specifications:
• The BlackBerry Bold smartphone supports tri-band HSDPA and enterprise-grade Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g) networks and its next-generation 624 MHz mobile processor make short work of downloading email attachments, streaming video or rendering web pages.
• GPS is enhanced and assisted, and the handset has better map rendering,
• Half-VGA480 x 320 resolution screen
• 624MHz Intel PXA270/Marvell Tavor PXA930 processor
• 4.5" x 2.6" x 0.5", weighing 4.7 ounces
• 2 megapixel camera with video recording capability, built-in flash and 5x digital zoom
• MP3, WMA, AAC, DivX4 and WMV3 codec support
• 128MB of flash plus 1GB of onboard memory
• microSD/SDHC memory card slot for up to 16GB

Price is not yet announced

Samsung U940 Glyde Finally Official on Verizon

You have waited for months but the wait is finally over, Samsung's U940 Glyde is finally official for Verizon. The fashion friendly QWERTY slider is an all CDMA former F700 touchscreen phone. It has a 2 megapixel camera with flash and autofocus, GPS, a full HTML browser, full range of Bluetooth profiles and microSD slot. If the specs are exciting enough for you then you can grab one for $249 on contract after $50 rebate.

The Samsung Glyde has already started drawing comparisons to the LG Voyager, both touch screen phones with Full Qwerty keyboards, but the Samsung U940 Glyde slides open as opposed to the Voyager’s clam shell.

Acer Announces it's Plans to Release a WM6 Smartphone

Acer President Gianfranco Lanci recently announced that they will release a WM6 smarphone by the end of this year or possibly early next year.

I already anticipated that when Acer acquired E-10 last month. It became pretty obvious that it would only be a matter of time before they leveraged their purchase to develop a phone of their own.

They also announced that E-10 would leave their PDA business and focus exclusively on smartphones.

Sony Ericsson Launches G502 and Z780 Handsets

Sony Ericsson has officially announced Sony Ericsson G502 and Sony Ericsson Z780.

The HSDPA-enabled Sony Ericsson G502 candybar has a 2-inch 262K color display with QVGA resolution and up to 32MB of internal memory. The memory can also be expanded through the Memory Stick Micro card slot. Among the other Sony Ericsson G502 specifications are FM radio, Bluetooth with A2DP profile support and a 2 megapixel camera.

Sony Ericsson G502 weighs only 89.5 grams and will be available in two colors Champagne Black and Brilliant Hazel.

Sony Ericsson Z780 is a quad-band GSM handset which flaunts a built-in GPS receiver, HSDPA support and a 2.2-inch 262K color display with QVGA resolution. It has a resolution of 36 x 128 pixels, and features a 2 megapixel camera, FM radio and stereo Bluetooth. Sony Ericsson Z780 will be available in Grand Onyx and Amethyst Silver colors.

No information on the price has been disclosed yet.

Nokia Unveils Nokia 5320 and Nokia 5220 XpressMusic

Nokia unveiled two new music-enabled devices as additions to its XpressMusic range with the Nokia 5320 XpressMusic and Nokia 5220 XpressMusic.

The 3G HSDPA Nokia 5320 XpressMusic features N-Gage gaming keys, a 3.5mm headphone jack, up to 24 hours of playback time, an audio chip for hi-fi sound quality, up to 8GB of expandable memory, HS-USB for fast music transfer, web 2.0 access and HSDPA for fast access to data. And the feature which stands from the rest is the voice controlled play list, just speak the name of the artist or song you want to listen and the phone will instantly play the requested song.

The Nokia 5220 XpressMusic offers the same features as Nokia 5320 XpressMusic except for the fact that it does not have HSDPA. The Nokia 5220 XpressMusic looks extremely sexy in it’s asymmetrical design.

Expected to begin shipping in Q3 2008, the Nokia 5320 XpressMusic comes with an expected price of €220 / $351 and the Nokia 5220 XpressMusic is expected to be priced at €160 / $255.

LG Launches Third Black Label Series Phone

LG today announced the global launch of the third LG Black Label Series handset.


The new handset follows up the LG Chocolate and LG Shine and is the third in it’s “Black Label” series. No name has yet been decided for the handset. The design heritage of the LG Black Label Series will continue on to this one too with a slimmest 5MP camera.

Similar to the previous LG Black Label Series handsets, the latest model also carries a product concept derived from today’s trend leaders. The phone design is enhanced by stylish tempered glass and carbon fiber finish.

The phone will be unveiled on April 24th starting worldwide.

AT&T LG Vu with Mobile TV

The AT&T's LG Vu is looking smarter and tastier than ever before. The LG Vu will come in two primary versions; the LG Vu CU915 (without mobile TV antenna), and the LG Vu CU920 (with mobile TV antenna), which will support AT&T's new, streaming TV service.


The features the handsets will share include a 3-inch WQVGA 262K color touchscreen, 2MP camera with auto focus, HTML web browser, HSDPA connectivity, 120MB internal memory, USB mass storage mode, and up to 4GB microSD card support. Standing in at 4.25"H x 2.16"W x 0.51"D, the LG Vu weighs 3.16oz. The 1000mAh battery, is rated to supply up to 3-hours of talk time.