Obviously, the device will be based on fifth version of S60, which was announced togather with Nokia 5800 Touch. Is not known what name will the model get, and how it will look. However, this did not prevent the resource Engadget propose their own skit, a synthesis of Nokia N96 and Nokia 5800.

From N-smartphone with a touch screen are expected more features than from Nokia 5800. Most likely, this will be reflected in better camera (for example, an 8 Mp).

Finally, the most important question about the statements of Kishore is how soon is the promised release.

It is anticipated that this will happen before the end of the year.

Today LG unveiled the successor of the extremely popular LG Prada phone. This time some fancy features come to compliment the exquisite looks of the designer phone. And believe it or not the only difference in design is the addition of a QWERTY keyboard (yeap - you got that right, keyboard).

While LG haven’t yet announced the detailed specification list of the Prada II (a.k.a. KF900) all of its highlights are already known. For starters, a 5 megapixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach certified lens comes to replace the modest 2 megapixel shooter of the original Prada.

In an attempt to gain new market territory, outside the if-it-ain’t-shinin’-I-ain’t-buyin realm, LG have also included 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity in the KF900 Prada II. HSDPA is also on board, improving data transfer rates even further.

The new Prada mobile will be available though major mobile dealerships in Italy, UK, France, Germany, Spain and Netherlands in the 4Q of 2008. The pleasure of having one to squeeze in your pocket is worth 600 euro (810 US dollars).

update: TELUS will be first carrier to offer BlackBerry Storm 9530 to consumers in Canada. No pricing info available yet.

Virtually all control is done through touch interface. You’ll feel a tactile effect when pressing and it’s made for a greater resemblance to a hardware keyboard, as well as support for various combinations of clicks and gestures.

Built in accelerometer can automatically switch the screen orientation between the vertical and horizontal modes. Depending on the mode of operation, it uses different types of virtual keyboards - SureType when vertically and QWERTY, when horizontally.
HTML browser also works in both horizontal and vertical modes. Double-clicking will increase the desired site, and by holding on the screen, you can scroll the page. The browser supports file downloading, works with audio and video streams, has built-in support for RSS and so on.

Media can play movies in full screen mode, play-lists can be created directly on the smartphone and you can adjust it with equalizer with 11 presets.

In the U.S. smartphone will be available as BlackBerry Storm 9530 supporting networks CDMA EV-DO Revision A, UMTS/HSPA (2100 MHz) and four bands of EDGE/GPRS/GSM. This will enable subscribers of Verizon care no difficulty with incompatibility of standards, when traveling outside the United States.

The European version is indexed as BlackBerry Storm 9500 and will be able to work in networks of UMTS/HSPA (2100 MHz) support quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM.

3.25 inch touch-screen display with a resolution of 480×360 pixels, is probably the best of this smartphone, but 3.2 Mp camera with autofocus and flash, embedded GPS-module, 1 GB of internal memory, support of microSD cards (up to 16 GB), 3.5 mm jack for headphones and an opportunity to listen to stereo Bluetooth (A2DP/AVRCP), will just make your life easy.

The battery capacity of 1400 mAh provides up to 6 hours of talk time (3G) and up to 15 days in standby mode.

Size is 112.5X62,2×13,95 mm and the weight - 155 grams.

The Blackberry Storm is not yet available, but it should be very soon.

Apple iPhone 3G helped win a good share of the U.S. market. So, until this device was release sales of iPhone smartphones on the market was at 11%, and after the launch of iPhone 3G Apple gained 17% of the market. Benefits had received the mobile operator At&T, whose services are used by the owners of iPhone: 30% of iPhone 3G buyers from June to August connected to At&T.

It is noteworthy that the American people chose a rather interesting model of «smart phones» - according to NPD, from June to August 2008 most smartphones have been sold by Apple iPhone 3G, BlackBerry Curve, BlackBerry Pearl and Palm Centro.

We know almost nothing about the device, except that it will support HSDPA and have a QVGA-resolution. Taking into consideration that LG intends to produce smartphone based on Android, it is likely that the mysterious LG KS500 may be based on the same Android.

So far, all the data on this phone is purely informal.

Currently, not much is known about the Sony Ericsson Kate, but as rumors go, it should sport a xenon flash, camera mode switch, and Smile shutter feature. It will also have UMTS support.

The Sony Ericsson Kate is definitely thicker than the Sony Ericsson C902, but still looks good, although a bit too conservative on the front and a bit too flamboyant on the back with this large shiny lens cover.

via gsmarena.com

In addition, the technical director of Sony Ericsson suggested that the company is likely to release series of Xperia and Android-smartphone, as already stated, this line will not be limited to operating system Windows Mobile. Nothing specific about the Android Lindof did not say. He only noted that Sony Ericsson is interested in this platform. A model based on a platform Symbian will appear as early as next year, and it will be really high quality device, said Mets Lindof.

The phone supports networks GSM/GPRS/EDGE, equipped with 1.3-MP camera, supports music playback and video, FM-radio, with the possibility of recording, broadcast and recording of video formats MPEG4 and H.263, feature slide shows and background music Interface Bluetooth EDR. The 30MB of available memory can be expanded up to 2GB thanks to the built-in microSD card slot.

Samsung S3600 has the utility Mobile Tracker 1.0, which will help to preserve the confidential data loss or theft from the device. Samsung S3600 also features a function to send an emergency signal, if you are needed urgent assistance.

Those who like travelling will appreciate the time synchronization feature on the phone when changing time zones.

The expected price of the device before subsidies or taxes is 80 euro (or 110 US dollars).

According to the preliminary data, HP OAK is equipped with two keyboards - digital and side-slider QWERTY. Form factor is similar to HTC S710 (Vox), only here there is a touch-screen display. Communicator will support high-speed mobile standard HSDPA, will have a GPS module, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

No precise details of the date of release or an estimated price yet.

According to analysts Apple has managed to reach their 10 million sold iPhones for 2008 three months before the actual end of the year. It looks like Apple has sold from 7 to 7.5 million iPhones in Q4 of the fiscal year (Q3 of 2008). That’s from 2 to 3 million more than it was previously estimated by specialists.

How do they count all those sold iPhones? Well that’s actually pretty simple. Simply track the IMEI. The IMEI is the International Mobile Equipment Identity number composed by an unique 15 digit code. The IMEI is placed on the back of the box of the iPhone. From the 15 digits there are two 6-digit sequences which are very important. One of them, the TAC or Type Allocation Code shows a particular build or set of manufactured iPhones. The other 6 digit number is unique to each iPhones. Which means every TAC has a maximum of one million iPhones attached to it.

Therefore it wasn’t that difficult for the Mac Observer guys to track the IMEI and count the 3G iPhones sold. By September Apple had about 8 million 3G iPhones manufactured. The last IMEI number was 9,190,680 and it matches an 8GB iPhone manufactured on September 29 and sold yesterday. However that doesn’t mean that all those 10 million iPhones out there have been sold to date. But they are likely to sell in the next three months. We’ll see in a couple of months exactly how many iPhones Apple has soldz worldwide in 2008.

So AT&T, maybe it’s time to roll out that BlackBerry Bold already. It feels like you have sold enough iPhones already!

via www.mobilewhack.com  - thanks!!!

MID (Mobile Internet Device) - This is a mini computer with a small touch screen, main purpose of which is surfing the net. MID is almost the same UMPC, but with one difference: MID uses adapted version of Linux, UMPC - Windows.

The main feature of MID BenQ S6, according to the developers, is the maximum ease of manipulation, which often lacks the most in UMPC devices.

Specifications of BenQ S6:

• Processor: Intel Atom 800 MHz
• Display: 4,8  WVGA (800×480), touch-screen;
• RAM: 512 MB DDR2 SDRAM
• Hard disk: SSD (PATA) 2 GB
• Audio system: one speaker, HD-audio codec
• Network/wireless interfaces: Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, WLAN: 802.11 b/g, WWAN: UMTS/HSDPA (Band: 2100); GSM/GPRS/EDGE (Band: 900/1800/1900)
• The ports and connectors: Mini USB 2.0 port, 2.5 mm jack for headphones, power connector
• Dimensions: 158×90x22 mm
• Weight: 370 gr

The representative of T-Mobile confirmed all the fears of celebrities also: their names, too, were stolen with the base. Journalists of Spiegel found the database of customers T-Mobile on the black market. The publication claims that, among people who have been found in this database are state officials, billionaires and celebrities.

For Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile - a subsidiary of the holding company) is the second scandal this year involving the leaking of confidential data about customers. At the end of May this year, it became known that the group analyzed data on telephone conversations of members of the supervisory board and some journalists.

According to preliminary data, it is based on Symbian operating system and is equipped with 5-MP camera. Now a more detailed description of the specifications of Samsung i7110 and a new photo.

Samsung i7110 features:

Network GSM/EDGE and WCDMA/HSDPA
Platform Symbian 9.3 OS, S60 3 Edition, Feature Pack 2
OLED-display with a QVGA resolution of 240×320 pixels and support for 262K colors
5-MP camera with autofocus and LED-outbreak
FM-radio with RDS
GPS-module
80 MB internal memory
Memory card slot for microSD cards (support SDHC)
Dimensions - 118×52x13 mm

Smartphone may be announced as early as this month at the Symbian Smartphone Show, which will be held from 21 to 22 October in London.

The body of the phone is made of titanium thickness of 3 mm and the front and back sides - from high-composite material with ceramic coating. The screen with a resolution 240×320 is protected by 4 mm crystal glass. Through all of this armor, the weight of the phone is only 230 grams.

I wonder how many people they can find willing to buy this «elegant brick»?

Technical specifications of Incrudo Phantom are: 8 GB of internal memory, 3,2 Mp camera, video recording in VGA-resolution.
In Russia, the phone will be sold at a price of $870.

It is noteworthy that the company Incrudo and previously was seen in the production superprotected devices and to demonstrate the reliability of flashes made by the company, it even ridden over by tank T72.