We wrote about the LG KC910 (aka Renoir) 8MP camera phone with touchscreen at the beginning of September, and it’s now available in Europe, with Asia, and Latin America following in November. Africa and the Mid East will see it in December and China in January. So where does that leave the US and what’s the story on price?
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I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve been dieing for some VoIP Skype on my iPhone. Surprisingly, the company has yet to launch an iPhone app. Fortunately, an app called Fring emerged today, which includes all the popular IM applications including Twitter, and you guessed it, Skype.
I”ve downloaded the app and I’m trying to login, but having trouble ’subscribing to Skype’. It just times out, but if I punch in the wrong password I get a notification. I’ll update once I’ve tested it out.
Fring is available here for free
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Already riding a seriously huge ass publicity wave, HTC is at it again. According to the Cellphone Signal forums this is the T-Mobile Shadow 2, and it just passed the FCC checkpoint. Details are still vague, but launch date is rumored to be 10/15, although there is no way of verifying that info. Expect at least WiFi and perhaps 3G.
As usual, we’ll keep you posted a more news develops.
[Wired via Cellphonesignals]
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T-Mobile’s Blackberry Flip, their first flip phone, will reportedly hit store shelves sometime mid October. Pricing is variable with contract length, but expect to pay $150 with a 2-year and $200 with a 1-year contract. Both prices factor in a $50 mail-in-rebate. Lastly, the 8220 won’t include GPS and will be replaced by WiFi.
Add comment October 2nd, 2008
After months of leakage and rumor, Nokia finally took the veil off their 5800 Xpressmusic phone today. Included with the purchase - just one of two versions actually - of the device is a 1 year unlimited subscription, called ‘Comes with Music’, to Nokia’s MP3 store. Users can download as many songs as they’d like and continue to listen to their acquired tunes after the 12 month period has transpired. On top of the 3.2-inch touchscreen lust is 8GB of on board flash storage, stereo speakers, a 3.5mm jack and 3.2MP camera. Included PC software should make for easy music management thanks to their drag and drop design.
The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone will be available worldwide this quarter and cost 279 euros ($385) before discounts. Expect the 5800 with “Comes with Music” to hit sometime early next year.
Full release and pics after the ‘leap’
Nokia Amps Up Music Offering With New Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
Innovative ‘Media Bar’ and ‘Contacts Bar’ Add Human Touch to Music
ExperienceLONDON and SINGAPORE - Nokia Remix, October 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ –
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) turned up the volume on its music offering today by
unveiling the new Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, a mobile device for music that
brings innovative new features to the mass market. Delivering on Nokia’s
vision to provide the best total music experience possible, the Nokia 5800
XpressMusic will be among the first devices to support Comes With Music,
Nokia’s groundbreaking service which offers one year of unlimited access to
the entire Nokia Music Store catalogue.When it comes to music phones, people all over the world want a device
that is a great music experience - with more memory, loud and powerful
speakers, easy synchronization - and must still work well as a mobile phone
with direct access to important contacts and content. The Nokia 5800
XpressMusic delivers on all counts and allows consumers to access and share
content.“With the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, we set out to connect people through
the one thing we all feel a universal connection to - music,” said Jo
Harlow, Vice President, Nokia. “The way in which people enjoy music is
different around the world. With that in mind, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
gives people the freedom to experience music they love in the way they
prefer.”Media Bar, Contacts Bar - putting people first
Taking advantage of touch screen technology, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
introduces the ‘Media Bar’, a handy drop down menu that provides direct
access to music and entertainment, including favourite tracks, videos and
photos. The Media Bar also offers a direct link to the web and to online
sharing. Because the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic supports Flash content,
individuals can surf the entire web, not just pieces of it. In addition,
the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic offers all the music essentials, including a
graphic equalizer, 8GB memory for up to 6000 tracks and support for all
main digital music formats, and a 3.5mm jack. Built-in surround sound
stereo speakers offer the industry’s most powerful sound.Ensuring a seamless music experience, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic also
provides easy access to browse and purchase tracks from the Nokia Music
Store, where applicable, while the newly updated Nokia Music PC software
allows for easy drag-and-drop transfer of songs and management of any music
collection.The innovative ‘Contacts Bar’ lets consumers highlight four favorite
contacts on their home-screen and, through a single touch, track a digital
history of recent text messages, emails, phone logs, photos and blog
updates.“As Nokia’s first mass-market device with a touch screen, the Nokia
5800 XpressMusic turns a ‘user interface’ into a ‘human interface’ by truly
putting people first. For example, we’ve introduced the Nokia Contacts Bar,
which is like a digital RSS feed on your life,” said Harlow. “By adding the
benefits of touch screen technology to S60, the world’s leading smartphone
interface, Nokia is taking the familiar and giving it a human touch. We
have used touch technology where it really adds value such as the Contacts
Bar, Media Bar and clever shortcuts from the homescreen to menu items such
as calendar, profiles and clock.”For the best screen resolution available on a mobile phone, the 3.2″
widescreen display brings photos, video clips and web content to life in
vibrant color and true clarity. With a 16 by 9 aspect ratio and 30
frames-per-second playback and recording, the device is ideal for VGA
quality video recording and playback.The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic also features a 3.2 megapixel camera with
Carl Zeiss lens and, with a single touch, images or videos can be shared
via a favorite online community, such as Share on Ovi, Flickr, or Facebook.
Music playlist song titles can also be shared through Bluetooth, MMS or
online sharing.Music for the masses
The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic supports 60 languages worldwide, which
covers nearly 90 percent of the world’s population. As people around the
world use their phones in different ways, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic offers
a variety of input methods including a virtual alphanumeric keypad, a
virtual computer-style QWERTY keyboard, a pen stylus — and for true music
enthusiasts, a plectrum — are all available.The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will be available worldwide beginning in the
fourth quarter of 2008 for an estimated retail price of 279 EUR before
taxes and subsidies. The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic featuring Comes With Music
will be available early next year. Pricing details to follow.Enhancing the experience, Nokia today unveiled four new music
accessories including a new Bluetooth headset and three new stereo
headsets.
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This photo of HP’s new Silver IPAQ was leaked on thursday and comes with some specs too.
Running Windows Mobile 6.1, Wi-fi capabilities, GPS navigation it has a speed of HSDPA 7.2Mbps. When it’s released the iPAQ will be carried on Vodafone at an unknown price.
More details as we know them!
Add comment October 2nd, 2008
With people refreshing their kit ever year, to year and a half, it means truck loads of used and unwanted electronics. Recycling is such a massive undertaking here in California that we pay a recycling fee anytime we buy a cell phone, mp3 player, etc. Sony Ericsson, with all this in mind, has developed a concept phone that is constructed of eco friendly materials. It features a bio plastic housing, recycle keypads, e-manuals, and recycled packaging. The phone your seeing is purely conceptual and is intended to serve as a benchmark for SE and other companies of the same ilk.
Of note, with the advent of software upgradeable phones we’ll hopefully begin to see longer refresh cycles on people’s equipment.
[BGR]
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We all know how much a disappointment the iPhone camera is, but come on, it’s a camera phone. Griffin’s latest case, the Clarifi, features a sliding macro lens built-in to the back of the protective housing that improves its focal length.
iLounge tested it and as they say, proofs in the pudding, or in this case after the ‘leap’.
Available here for $35
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According to LG, the KP500 will be a budget touchscreen handset. No official word on price or launch date, but specs checkout at 3-inch touchscreen, 3MP camera, accelerometer, and available in black, brown, silver and gold.
Hit the ‘leap’ to clock a video of what they’re calling an ‘Active Flash UI’
[T3]
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Unfortunately, it’s just not that simple. During a town hall meeting Paul Betlem, Adobe Systems’ senior director of engineering, responded to an audience question about the existence of Flash for the iPhone. His response, to paraphrase, “My team is working on Flash on the iPhone, but it’s a closed platform”. In other words, Adobe has been working on Flash for the iPhone, but it’s up to Apple when and if it will hit the computer makers handset.
It’s worth noting that Flash is a huge processor hog which means battery drainage.
[Crave]
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