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Sony Ericsson - Xmini miniature Walkman music phone announced

mono — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:18:24 +0000

Remember the days when cellular phones were getting smaller and smaller and the smaller your phone is, the cooler you are? Now, obviously this is not always the case and people prefer cellular phones that have everything they need, the larger the screen the better!

So, what if they suddenly pack all the features in a small mobile phone, what shall we expect?

Sony Ericsson developed a smaller version of their Walkman music phone called the Sony Ericsson - XMini. There is nothing special about this phone except for its mini-size if ever that’s how you want your phone to be. It’s rather small. Just 75×44x88 mm in dimension, 75 grams and it has all the typical features of an entry-level music phone.

Features of this Walkman slider phone include a 1.8 inch TFT display with 320 x 240 pixels, CDMA, stereo sound, 4GB of internal memory, Bluetooth and Email. Its keypad is really small, which is definitely not for people with big fingers.

If you are a fan of miniatures then you’d probably want to have a phone like this one but for the rest of us, well, let’s just leave it to all these fanatics.

Sony Ericsson and KDDI are planning to launch the Xmini music phone in Japan before Christmas. No word yet if this thing will launch in other countries.

Nokia N97 mobile computer announced - latest addition to N-series devices

mono — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:24:06 +0000

Today in Barcelona, Nokia unveiled the latest addition to their N-series devices, the much-anticipated Nokia-N97 mobile computer

Designed for the net-savvy users, the Nokia N97 features a large 3.5-inch tilt touchscreen, which hides a full QWERTY keyboard underneath.

Storage-wise, the N97 is packed with 32 GB of internal memory and a microSD memory card for up to 16GB of extra memory. Do the math.

Nokia also added a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, wide aperture angle with dual LED flash and a dedicated light for video capture at VGA quality (30fps). Other features include support for services like Share on Ovi, Nokia Music Store, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, integrated A-GPS sensors and an electronic compass, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, speakerphone and TV output.

Nokia is set to launch the N97 mobile computer in the first half of 2009 for a price of about EUR 550 (about $700).

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Cellphone and Accessory: Toshiba 911T with Oakley Bluetooth Shades

admin — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:38:01 +0000

Japan. Toshiba and Oakley have come together to develop a powerful combination phone and bluetooth sunglasses set, available from Softbank. The handset, a Toshiba 911T, is a multi-media slider phone that runs on Softbank’s 3.6Mbps HSDPA network. Features include One-Seg digital TV service, Bluetooth A2DP, 3.2 meapixel CMOS camera (with anti-shake and auto-focus), a 3-inch W-VGA 480×480 pixel screen, 1GB of internal memory and a microSD expansion slot with support for up to 2GB of external memory. It also comes with MS office document reader, full HTML browser and FeLiCa electronic money chip. Oakley’s contribution to the package is a pair of Oakley stereo Bluetooth headphone sunglasses. The package will be available for sale in March in Japan, and will come in white, red, bronze and black. No price has been announced, but considering that you’ll be getting a pair of Oakley sunglasses, expect it spend quite a pretty penny.
[ Cellphone and Accessory: Toshiba 911T with Oakley Bluetooth Shades Via Sonicdigitals Blogs ]