Archive for March, 2007
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Sprint today announced the upcoming availability of Samsung UpStage (SPH-M620), the first U.S. handheld designed with a revolutionary dual-sided form factor with the look of a phone on one side and an MP3 player on the other.
The UpStage’s screen on the phone side is dedicated to making calls, text messaging and contacts management. With a simple push of the “flip” button, the focus is shifted to the music side. The music side features a large, bright-color LCD screen that is ideal for navigating the music library and allows easy access to Power Vision products and services, including Sprint Music Store and Sprint TV.
Touch-sensitive navigation keys on the music side provide easy synchronization with a PC-based music collection, quick access to the music library and easy purchasing of music over the air through Sprint Music Store. A built-in tutorial guides users through navigating with the intuitive touch-sensitive controls. Five sensitivity settings are available for user customization.
The UpStage measures 4.07″ x 1.73″ x 0.37″ and weighs just 2.57 ounces. Additional features include a 1.3-megapixel camera and camcorder, microSD card slot for up to 2 GB of external memory, an easy-to-access keyguard switch to prevent accidental dialing, and Wireless Backup to quickly restore contact information if your phone is lost or stolen.
Packaged with tools to get started right out of the box, the UpStage includes a stylish extended battery wallet that increases talk time up to 6.3 hours or 16 hours of music listening. Dual battery gauges show remaining battery life in the extended battery wallet and the internal battery. The box also contains a 64 MB microSD memory card, USB cable, 3.5 mm adapter with microphone for standard music headphones and accessories, the Sprint Music Manager application on CD-ROM and a Quick Tips guide.
The Samsung UpStage is the first Sprint phone to offer:
- Sprint Music Manager, powered by Smith Micro, gives users the power to quickly and simply transfer, or “sideload,” unprotected songs from a PC to the handset via a USB cable. Provided on an enclosed CD-ROM, Music Manager also allows songs to be managed on the PC through an intuitive interface.
- Advanced Stereo Bluetooth 2.0 with Bluetooth caller ID enables the user to identify callers with a spoken voice while they listen to music.
- UpStage by Samsung gives users the power to multitask with the ability to play music in background mode while also using the phone for text messaging, playing games or surfing the Internet.
The UpStage will be available in early April and initially priced at $149 with a two-year service agreement.
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Symbian today announced the launch of Symbian OS v9.5, bringing high-performance features designed and delivering a scalable mobile operating system for the global market.
Symbian OS v9.5 is the result of continued deep collaboration with Symbian OS licensees, the world’s leading handset vendors, and its user interface platform partners MOAP, S60 and UIQ. With over 110 million Symbian smartphones shipped, high smartphone growth in developing markets and increasing mass market requirements, Symbian’s addressable market is broadening across segments and regions.
Delivering performance improvements with reductions in requirements on memory, processor and battery, Symbian OS v9.5 enables smartphones to run on feature phone hardware. Key memory optimization features including demand paging and automatic RAM de-fragmentation can reduce average RAM usage in excess of 25 percent, allowing for more concurrent applications for an even better user experience or enabling licensees to include less memory and reduce phone build cost.
These features and more deliver substantial benefits in the areas of performance and power usage: faster device start-up time, faster start-up time of popular applications such as browser, email and navigation by up to 75%, and improvements on the already highly competitive battery life of Symbian smartphones.
Symbian OS v9.5 introduces standardized support for digital TV and location-based services (LBS) making it cheaper and easier to bring these popular services to the mass market. The introduction of a SQL database offers developers a well known interface for storing and retrieving high-cardinality application data. This, together with integrated P.I.P.S. – P.I.P.S. Is POSIX on Symbian OS - helps developers port existing applications from the desktop or server environment to Symbian OS with minimal effort and in less time.
Symbian smartphones based on Symbian OS v9.5 will support rich multimedia experiences with advanced camera features similar to standalone digital cameras. The 35 new camera features include support for tilt sensors, preset image enhancements, panorama stitching, and red-eye reduction.
With improved seamless connectivity to home computers, enabling the easy transfer of music, videos and images using MTP, one smartphone can replace several devices. In addition, with support for multi-standard digital TV (DVB-H, ISDB-T) and standardized LBS, the Symbian smartphone will bring true convergence to consumers worldwide.
New Symbian smartphones will enable users to be more productive and cost effective with Wi-Fi to 3G connection roaming. Professionals will benefit from push-email and VoIP run over Wi-Fi when in the office and automatically switch to 3G when on the move. In addition, real-time networking ensures that VoIP services are not interrupted when other IP-based services, such as web browsing or push email, make a connection.
Symbian OS v9.5 offers contacts hosted in SQL, providing better support for large database search performances, ideal for customer-facing professionals that store thousands of contacts in their phones. Support for the new GEO property will encourage innovative use of meeting location with positioning/LBS. The interoperability of calendars with Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes has been upgraded and support for Exchange ActiveSync Protocol (OTA) continues to deliver remote email, contacts and calendar synchronization.
The introduction of Brahmic script support in Symbian OS v9.5 extends Symbian OS support of languages to cover 99% of the world’s countries and the support for global standards including HSPDA, HSUPA and DVB-H as well as ISDB-T, makes Symbian OS the only true global mobile operating system powering both mass market and high-end mobile phones.
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Motorola today unveiled the RAZR Maxx Ve, the latest ultra-thin clamshell to blending cutting-edge design and the power of 3G high-speed connectivity.Following the infamous lineage of the RAZR, the RAZR Maxx Ve weighs in at four ounces and measures a sheer 0.6-inches thick. Featuring an ultra-thin design and high-end finishes, the RAZR Maxx Ve is crafted with a blend of aluminum, magnesium and chemically hardened glass displays, and illuminated touch-sensitive music keys.
Within its lean form lies EV-DO technology for broadband-like speed and data capabilities. With a few clicks of a button, consumers can access the Internet for browsing and lightening quick over-the-air (OTA) music and video downloads, or immediate access to the latest in entertainment and news.
The RAZR Maxx Ve also boasts a 2.0-megapixel auto-focus camera for high resolution, extended video capture and playback capabilities and video sharing.
With futuristic touch-sensitive music keys that illuminate, users can enjoy their favorite soundtrack via an integrated MP3 player and Bluetooth stereo audio capabilities. The RAZR Maxx Ve also offers over 60 MB of internal memory with optional 2 GB expandable microSD memory cards for storing music, content, games and more.
The Motorola RAZR Maxx Ve is expected to be available in Q1 2007.
Motorola RAZR Maxx Ve Specs:
- Futuristic touch sensitive music keys with elegant lighting
- 2.0-megapixel auto-focus camera with 4x digital zoom for outstanding still imaging
- Video capture/playback and video sharing using H.263 and MPEG 4
- Enhanced audio features for premium music listening on-the-go including MP3, WMA
- Version 1.2 Bluetooth wireless technology with stereo headset profile
- EV-DO for downloading data with extreme speed
- Location based services capable
- Over 60 MB user available memory and 2 GB of optional removable microSD memory
- Bands/Modes: CDMA 1X/EvDO 800/900
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
The Sony Ericsson today announced the Z750i, its first tri-band HSDPA phone for the North American Market. The Z750i offers full broadband speed for accessing the web, handling email and picture blogging on the move. Available in Phantom Grey or Rose Pink, the Z750i has mirror-like qualities, hiding an external display that lights up to show an incoming call or text message.
Integrated with a 2.0-megapixel camera, the Z750i takes great photos, viewable on a large 2.2-inch screen. Using the phone’s HSDPA capability, uploading camera pictures to a blogsite can be done at broadband-speed, making it easy to keep friends and family updated.
The Z750i HSDPA enabled phone is optimized to deliver the information quickly, straight to the phone’s desktop - whether the latest news headlines via an RSS ticker scrolling across the screen or a traffic update just before leaving work.
The Z750i also offers a media player that supports all the major music formats, so users can enjoy their favorite songs while traveling. Additionally the Z750i provides a built-in FM radio with RDS and 3D gaming capabilities.
For consumers who might not be ready for a fully featured smartphone, the Z750i is the first Sony Ericsson handset to offer push email. On the Z750i users can easily send and receive email from wherever they need to work. The Z750i is Exchange ActiveSync enabled and supports wireless synchronization and Direct Push of email, calendar and contacts. Moreover, it also includes support for Java push mail solutions provided by third parties and leading email standards, such as POP/IMAP.
The Z750i will be available first in North America before wider distribution to other global markets later in the year. It is a tri-band HSDPA (850/1900/2100), quad-band EDGE (850/900/1800/1900) phone and will be available in selected markets from Q3 2007.
Sony Ericsson Z750i Specs:
- Imaging and Entertainment
- OLED External Sub-Display
- 2.2-inch QVGA 262K-Color TFT display
- Picture Blogging
- Video Blogging
- 2.0-megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom and VGA video call camera
- PictBridge
- Landscape media playback & browsing
- Slideshow 2.0
- Media Player (MP3/AAC/AAC+/e-AAC+/WMA)
- FM Radio with RDS
- 3D Gaming
- Web and Email Full HTML browser with RSS Reader
- Live Tickers & RSS Feeds
- Customizable User Interface & desktop
- Exchange ActiveSync advanced
- Push email
- POP3/IMAP4 email
- SMS, EMS, MMS
- Multi-client Instant Messaging support
- Java MIDP 2.0
- Offers up to 32 MB user memory
- 128 MB Memory Stick Micro (M2), with support up to 2 GB Memory Stick
- Bluetooth 2.0 EDR + Stereo
- USB 2.0
- FOTA
- OMA DRM 2.0
- MTP
- SAIC
- Speakerphone
- Tri-band HSPDA (850/1900/2100) / Quad-band EDGE (850/900/1800/1900)
- Colors: Rose Pink/Phantom Grey
- Size: 97.4 mm x 49 mm x 20 mm
- Weight: 110 grams
- Talktime: GSM up to 9 hours / UMTS up to 3.5 hours
- Standby time: GSM up to 400 hours / UMTS up to 350 hours
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Sony Ericsson today announced its new W580i Walkman phone, a slim slider music phone that delivers the full Walkman phone experience along with gaming, imaging and fitness applications.At just 14 mm thin, the Sony Ericsson W580i is offered in two colors - Style White or Urban Grey. Highlighted by orange accents, the W580i is illuminated in the dark with light effects along the side that change as users navigate the Walkman music player.
The slim form factor hides a Walkman 2.0 music player, making it simple to organize and play favorite tunes. The Disc2Phone music management software and USB cable included in the box allow for easy transfer of music to and from a PC. Listeners can also tune to their favorite radio programming as the W580i offers an RDS-FM radio. Additionally, the TrackID feature makes it easy to identify music tracks not recognized.
For impromptu photos, the W580i integrates a 2.0-megapixel camera, also functioning as a portable photo album and pocket gaming device. Fast connectivity allows users to access picture blogging and instant messaging. With numerous 3D games already preloaded on the W580i, the large 2.0-inch color screen is ideal for gaming as well as web browsing and viewing camera photos.
The W580i ships with a 512 MB Memory Stick Micro (M2) to store about 470 full-length music tracks, with the ability to add more memory for storing multimedia content.
In today’s fitness focused world, the W580i Walkman phone features helpful sports applications. While listening to music, users can also track of their steps, their calories and monitor their running speed/distance/time.
The W580i Walkman phone is a quad-band EDGE device (850/900/1800/1900) and will be available in selected markets from Q3 2007.
Sony Ericsson W580i Specs:
- 14mm slim compact slider design- 2.0-megapixel camera
- 2.0-inch QVGA 262K-Color TFT screen
- Picture Blogging
- Walkman music player 2.0 for multiple music format support (MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA) and music playback up to 20 hours
- FM Radio with RDS
- TrackID music recognition software
- Disc2Phone Music Management Software
- Music Illumination Effects
- Stereo Headset or wireless A2DP (Bluetooth streaming sound)
- Speakerphone
- Flash theme
- Pedometer
- Active Applications
- Bluetooth 2.0
- Java MIDP 2.0
- Full HTML Browser with RSS
- Instant messaging
- USB Mass storage
- 512 MB Memory Stick Micro (M2) (expandable)
- Up to 12 MB user free memory
- EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
- Colors: Style White/Urban Grey
- Weight: 94 g
- Size: 99 x 47 x 14 mm
- Standby time: up to 370 hours
- Talk time: up to 9 hours
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