Motorola W7 Active Edition

Posted on May 12, 2009 by GULLIVER

Motorola announced new phone W7 Active Edition, adding to it features designed for lovers of active lifestyle.

motorola w7 active edition

This slider has an accelerometer, with the help of which you can perform many operations for managing your phone. For example, using the accelerometer, you can change the ringing volume, change songs, stop and start playing music. Motorola W7 is also equipped with odometer, which allows you to calculate the number of steps you have done. In addition, the phone will support 3G.

motorola w7 active edition

Motorola W7 will go on sale in June this year to markets in Asia and Latin America. Information about the cost of the device has not yet been reported.

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Garmin Oregon 550 and 550t GPS navigators

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Anetik

A well-known manufacturer of navigation devices, Garmin has released new GPS navigators for pedestrians, cyclists and other users, in addition to core functions can also make photographs with a camer having resolution of 3.2 MP.

garmin oregon 550

«As each of us is looking for ways to get more results with less effort, navigators Oregon 550 and 550t are in the form of universal devices which can be used in any weather, at any place and at any time», – said Vice President of Garmin Dan Bartel. «It is very easy to use, navigators will help you to leave another necessary device at home -camera is on board of 550 and 550t », – he added. 3.2 MP camera with a function of geotagging has fourfold optical zoom, for storing images aside 850 MB of internal memory, also a slot for MicroSD cards.

garmin oregon 550t

Both devices have a 3″ touch display with protection from direct sunlight. With respect to GPS capabilities, that among these are the electronic compass, altimeter and the ability to memorize 200 lines and 2000 pixels of POI. NiMH-AA batteries should provide up to 16 hours.

Oregon 550 should soon appear in major trade networks at a cost of $499.99; model Oregon 550t, differing only with pre-installed detailed maps of North America with a 3D-rendering, will be offered for $599.99.

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Rogers announces HTC Dream and Magic for Canada

Posted on May 7, 2009 by GULLIVER

Canada is recently on top of mobile news, espacially when it comes to Android handsets, and this time Rogers Wireless has announced 2 upcoming Android smartphones.

HTC Dream – the T-Mobile G1 in the US and the HTC Magic – the MyTouch 3G in the UK.

Both devices will be exclusively sold by Rogers starting June 2, 2009 – meaning in 25 days from now.

rogers htc android phones

The main difference between them (apart from the different design) is that the Dream has a hardware QWERTY keyboard, while the Magic doesn’t – but it will come with Android 1.5, which features a virtual QWERTY keypad.

Rogers said nothing about the prices of its new phones – let’s hope they’ll not be on the hefty side

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Asus Eee 1002HA

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Anetik

A new day and a netbook from Asus Eee series. At least, this feeling I have recent times. Asus has released in Japan Eee 1002HAE netbook, an improved version of known model 1002HA.

asus eee 1002ha

Changes arn’t global – novelty differs from its predecessor with a new processor Atom N280 1,66 GHz (as against N270 1,6 GHz in 1002HA), as well as the aluminum case.

Other specifications are 1 GB memory DDR2, a hard drive of 160 GB, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, 10″ display 1024×600. Unchanged are size and weight (264x181x27,7 mm, 1.2 kg), as well as battery for five hours.

asus eee 1002ha

So far no news about the release of the upgraded version outside of Japan, where it will be on sale from May 16 at a cost of $506.

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Android 1.5 Cupcake update next week

Posted on May 7, 2009 by GULLIVER

And so time for SDK and preliminary versions ended – OS Android 1.5 Cupcake goes live in the U.S. at the end of next week.

The message, posted on the T-Mobile forum, says that the update will be delivered via wireless channels :) , to all owners of T-Mobile G1. In the UK the process is already running, in the United States, it will be finished in May.

android 15 cupcake

The main improvements of the Cupcake update are:

• Virtual keyboard (G1, it might not be necessary, but for other devices such as Vodafone Magic, it will be very useful)
• Extended range of functions to work with video (recording, playback, transfer to YouTube)
• Uploading images to a Picasa Web Album
• Accelerometer
• Stereo-Bluetooth (A2DP profile and AVCRP)

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Nokia 6750 Mural through FCC coming to AT&T

Posted on May 7, 2009 by GULLIVER

On the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website was found docs regarding clamshell Nokia 6750 Mural. It is unclear what kind of device is it – a mobile phone or a smartphone similar to Nokia 6650 fold, presented last year. Of the specs of Nokia 6750 in the documentation are mentioned – standard 3G (850/1900 MHz), Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, microSD slot, and camera. By design the device also resembles Nokia 6650: a clamshell with an external display and music playback control buttons on the top cover.

nokia 6750 mural

In the U.S. Nokia 6750 Mural will be sold by AT&T, because one of the buttons on the device is marked CV – a service to access Cellular Video, provided by At&T. When the 6750 Mural will be on sale, and will be presented its version to the other regions, is not yet known.

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Bell Mobility to offer Palm Pre in Canada

Posted on May 6, 2009 by GULLIVER

Yesterday we posted about expected release of Palm Pre in Australia and now its time for Canadian mobile users as long-awaited Palm Pre will be reaching their country soon – probably in the second half of 2009.

Pre will be available via Bell Mobility, Canada’s second largest mobile operator.

palm pre bell canada

The Canadian Palm Pre will have similiar features of Sprints expected one – EV-DO connectivity, a 320 x 480 pixels multi-touch display, GPS, Wi-Fi, a full QWERTY keyboard and the already-famous WebOS platform.

Price of Palm Pre was announced yet, however, Bell will probably sell its Pre for about 200 Canadian dollars on contract.

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Nokia E52 – hands on video

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Anetik

Nokia added to its E-series another phone – E52, with a number of obvious advantages.

Among those  is the battery capacity of 1500 mAh, which allows the phone to have a talk time of 8 hours without recharging. Externally the Nokia E52 is very much like E55, only keyboard in the usual digital, rather than a compact QWERTY.

nokia e72

Key technical specifications of E52 are as follows:

• Size: 116x49x9,9 mm
• Weight: 98 g
• Display: 2,4″ QVGA (320×240), support 16 million colors
• Camera: 3.2 MP, flash
• Memory: Up to 60 MB internal, up to 16 GB on the cards MicroSD, 1 GB card included
• Interface: MicroUSB
• Network: 3G, HSDPA, HSUPA, WLAN, EGPRS; Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP support
• Time to talk: up to 8 hours
• Time in the standby mode: up to 23 days
• Noise reduction technology
• Price: EUR245, without taxes and subsidies.

As we can see, the technical specifications is also fully consistent with the model E55 (except the keyboard), the E52 is cheaper at EUR20. It seems that the release of this Nokia phone allows users to choose which method of messaging the prefer.

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Myst for iPhone for $5.99

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Anetik

Myst was first released for the Mac in 1991. Then it was developed for virtually all computer platforms and remained popular until 2002.

Now turn and came to the iPhone. Myst for the iPhone can be bought in the App Store for $5.99. The game is quite large and takes up 1,5 GB.

myst iphone

There is no doubt that this game can compete with the much more modern, dynamic games, which are many in the App Store. But for those who remember this famous game of 90s, will be pleased once again feel the mystical environment of the island and spend a few hours to find answers to the mysteries of the game.

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India to have 500mln mobile subscribers by 2012

Posted on May 6, 2009 by GULLIVER

Managing Director of Mobile Marketing Association in an interview to The Economic Times said that by all the estimates, by 2012 India will have 500 million mobile subscribers. These figures certainly will be achieved if mobile operators will maintain the momentum of advancing deep into the country, where mobile communication is poorly developed. At this time in India 380 million people have mobile phones.

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In comparison, China will reach 500 million subscribers by 2013. That is just one year later in India. So that mobile companies have more room to maneuver.

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