Here comes Motorola Milestone 2- Better than Droid 2

Motorola Milestone will soon be releasing in Europe. It is a GSM version of previos smartphone from Motorola Droid 2 which is intended for the US market . Also it will be available in Germany but the date of its release is not confirmed yet.

Milestone 2 will be running Android 2.2.

It will have a 3.7" touch screen display with a resolution 854x480 pixels.

A 5 MP camera and QWERTY keyboard.

Also it contains a 1 GHz OMAP processor as well as 512 MB of RAM.

It will be having 8 GB of internal flash memory as well as a memory slot that can support upto 8GB microSD.

Other features are that it can be used as a WiFi access point

and it can record HD videos which was missing in Droid 2.

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LG LU2300 (Android) Unveiled Officially

Now LG has entered into the Android “superphone” race (Nexus One, Motorola Droid, HTC EVO 4G, Samsung Galaxy S, etc etc) as LG’s LU2300 Android phone has officially been uncovered by LG UK. The 3.5 inch OLED screen is the main attraction of this Android phone, among other features. LG promises to “take Android to the next level”.

The official specs are as follows:

• 1GHz Snapdragon Processor
• 3.5-inch OLED Screen
• Android 2.1
• Sliding QWERTY keyboard
• DivX 720p Support
• WiFi, Mobile TV, a-GPS
• 5-megapixel camera w/geo-taggging

LG says that this device is aimed at the “serious” smartphone user.

LU2300 would be available in Korea in next month. LG has not confirmed when the device would be available in other markets. Which means that the speculations of the LG LU2300 to be released as LG Aloha C210 in other market continues.

via [TFTS]

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Nokia gone Social Networking

The cellphone giant Nokia is again gonna hit the market with its new concept of Social Networking phone.
In this regard it has announced the launch its 3 new handsets-Nokia-C3, C5 and E5. All of these symbians phone have built-in social networking integration and have the full access to all the apps on the Ovi store.
What more is that a fully physical qwerty keyboard is also provided with all of these.

Nokia C3 is a power packed budget phone and would be the first series 40 featuring a QWERTY. The phone features WiFi, 2MP camera, 2.4″ screen, bluetooth, FM radio, 3.5mm headphone socket and microSD support upto 8GB. The phone comes pre-installed with Ovi Mail and Ovi Chat. The phone provides one-click access to social networks like Facebook and Twitter. It will be available in Q2 2010 for a price of EUR 90 ($120) in three colors – golden white, slate grey and hot pink. Guess Nokia has decided to counter the cheap phones by Spice, Maxx, Videocon and Samsung with this one!

Nokia C6 features a 3.2″ touchscreen with a slide-out QWERTY (that IMO takes inspiration from the N97 in design.) The phone supports multiple e-mail accounts and social networking platforms. The phone also provides access to Facebook feeds on the homescreen. The specifications include WiFi b/g and quadband UMTS/HSPA, 5MP autofocus camera with flash, front-facing camera for video calls, FM radio, Bluetooth and A-GPS. C6 would support Nokia’s free walk and drive navigation. It will be available in Q2 2010 for EUR 220 ($299).

Nokia E5 would fit into the business series of the phone. The S60V5 phone would feature built in WiFi, A-GPS, HSPA, bluetooth and 5 megapixel camera. It also provides direct access to over 90% of world’s corporate e-mail through Mail for Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes Traveler. It too would feature Ovi Maps with free walk and drive navigation. It would be available in Q3 2010 for a price of EUR 180 ($245).

Well seems like Nokia trying to cope up in the race of social networking with brands like Samsung.


[image courtesy: onlygizmos.com]

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Google's Nexus One- The i-Phone killer!

The internet giant Google has recently launched its product in cellphone market- Nexus One.

With this Google has officially entered the cellphone market with a big bang.

The much estimated and much awaited Google's phone has got just every to kill the Apple's

i-phone.

Following are its features:

Size and weight

Height

119mm

Width

59.8mm

Depth

11.5mm

Weight

130 grams w/battery
100g w/o battery

Display

3.7-inch (diagonal) widescreen WVGA AMOLED touchscreen

800 x 480 pixels

100,000:1 typical contrast ratio

1ms typical response rate

Camera & Flash

5 megapixels

Autofocus from 6cm to infinity

2X digital zoom

LED flash

User can include location of photos from phone’s AGPS receiver

Video captured at 720x480 pixels at 20 frames per second or higher, depending on lighting conditions

Cellular & Wireless

UMTS Band 1/4/8 (2100/AWS/900)

HSDPA 7.2Mbps

HSUPA 2Mbps

GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)

Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

A2DP stereo Bluetooth

Power and battery

Removable 1400 mAH battery

Charges at 480mA from USB, at 980mA from supplied charger

Talk time

Up to 10 hours on 2G
Up to 7 hours on 3G

Standby time

Up to 290 hours on 2G Up to 250 hours on 3G

Internet use

Up to 5 hours on 3G
Up to 6.5 hours on Wi-Fi

Video playback

Up to 7 hours

Audio playback

Up to 20 hours

Processor

Qualcomm QSD 8250 1 GHz

Operating system

Android Mobile Technology Platform 2.1 (Eclair)

Capacity

512MB Flash

512MB RAM

4GB Micro SD Card (Expandable to 32 GB)

Location

Assisted global positioning system (AGPS) receiver

Cell tower and Wi-Fi positioning

Digital compass

Accelerometer

Also it will be sold just through internet and not be retailed.

Google Nexus One phone price in India:

For some reason we are sure that Google won’t follow Apple’s kind of pricing scheme with its phone. The preliminary information shows that it has enough goodies needed for a top level smartphone. We are not sure about the price at this time. However, if there’s Snapdragon,AMOLED touch screen, graphics processor and around 8-16 GB memory, theprice of Google phone Nexus One could be around 600-750USD. So that's approximately 30K-33K in India.

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Samsung Corby-The Social Networking phone

Samsung has launched its new phone SAMSUNG CORBY S3650 focused on Social networking. The main and the most attractive feature is that it provides very easy access to social networking sites like facebook,myspace, orkut,twitter etc.

Moreover you can also watch the youtube videos as well as upload videos on youtube. Uploading pictures on flickr and picasa is also very easy.

Targetting to the youths, corby comes in very vibrant colours like Jamaican Yellow, Cupid Pink, Minimal White and Festival Orange.

Some other features include its Large 2.8-inch QVGA touch screen is ideal for watching online videos and connecting to social networking Web sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.
Also it is customizable with useful applications and widgets that move with drag-and-drop ease.

It supports "one finger zoom" to zoom in and out with one finger and "smart unlock" to unlock the phone and use the menu by drawing a letter on the screen.

And now if you are worrying about its price dont worry as its not too expensive keeping in view its mind blowing features and costs just about 190 USD.

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Palm unveils another Smartphone Pixi

[Photo Credit: Palm]

It seems that Palm is in full mood to capatalize from the success of its previous smartphone Pre, as it is going to unveil its new smartphone Pixi on Wednesday.

Palm has mainly targetted the younger consumers other than those targetted by the Pre.

The new Palm Pixi will be longer but slimmer than the Palm Pre. It will support a smaller multi touchscreen,Qwerty keyboard and a 2MP camera. Although like Pre it will have an 8GB storage and GPS capabilties.

Moreover, in addition to a new Facebook application, the Pixi will also be able to integrate LinkedIn contacts and Yahoo contacts, calendar, and IM in a single view via Palm's Synergy feature.

With reference to Palm, Pixi is mainly boasting for its unique experience for those who want enhanced messaging and social networking in a design that lets them express their personal style. Although Pixi's price are not still reveiled by the company, but it is going to be less than that of Pre's ,says Palm.

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LG BL40 Chocolate went official

[Credit: LG]

After a long queue of rumours about the sexy LG BL40 chocolate, the LG finally decided to make it official on Thursday.

I call it sexy for it has got those skinny looks. It is super sleek and long, giving an appearence of a universal remote. It has a seductive 21:9 touch screen display. The high-definition "Real VGA" LCD supports a 800x345 pixel resolution and boasts a cinema-like experience in your hand. Moreover it has a dual screen Ul which is able to display two different contents at the same time.

Well with reference to an LG press release, BL40 will cover the European market in September, while the other regions will have to wait for one month more.

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