Samsung B7610 Louvre
April 4, 2009
There is a brand new Samsung in town – the B7610 Louvre, which has made an appearance at The Phone House (Dutch version of The Carphone Warehouse). Design-wise, it does share many similarities with the F700, boasting a similar form factor as well as sliding QWERTY keyboard in the equation. However, this smartphone is powered by Windows Mobile 6.1, and apart from that, details concerning it is scarce – very. Speculation is rife that this will come with at least HSDPA connectivity and a 3.2 megapixel camera, alongside an expected July release for a yet unknown price point.
Nano Breathe Checks For Diseases
February 21, 2009
Applied Nanodetectors Ltd. (AND) from the UK is currently parading a prototype cell phone at the International Nanotechnology Exhibition & Conference that is able to detect various diseases simply by analyzing the user’s breath. The phone itself is made by Nokia, featuring AND’s chip inside that features integrated sensors which are able to detect minute traces of different gases including CO2, NOx and ammonia (NH3). Once detected, the chip will get to work by analyzing the composition of the user’s breath while tabulating the density of each gas. The results will be compared against characteristics of various diseases in order to detect whether one is possibly suffering from a certain type of disease or not. Sounds cool, but the phone is still a long way off from being commercially available.
Samsung Show W7900
February 14, 2009
Samsung officially unveiled its Show W7900 cell phone that will feature Texas Instruments’ integrated DLP Pico technology. The Show W7900 is also known as the i7410, and will come with the built-in chipset and compact projector which is able to throw an image from the handset to a screen or wall at up to 50″ in size, although don’t expect this to work great outdoors or under bright light conditions as it will probably perform in a similar manner as that of earlier generation projectors.
Features:
- OLED touchscreen display
- Flick gestures support
- 5 megapixel camera
- Built-in speakers
We do hope Samsung has plans to release a North American version of the i7410 instead of letting the Koreans have all the fun.
Garmin Asus Nuvifone
February 4, 2009
Forget Eee Phones: Garmin and Asus have created a strategic alliance to design, build and sell co-branded Nuvifones, starting with the original one—now called G60—and moving towards Windows Mobile and Android.
Yes, the delayed Nuvifone is still scheduled to come out in the first half of 2009. There’s no carrier or price announcement yet—Garmin says they are in active negotiations with GSM carriers in North America (so, AT&T and T-Mobile) and in Europe—but now it will be named the Garmin-Asus Nuvifone G60, and will be the first in a line of Garmin-Asus smartphones. It will be on display and ready for groping at next month’s Mobile World Congress (formerly known as 3GSM).
It also makes it clear that Garmin is done toeing the water of the cellphone business, and is ready to jump in, holding the hand of Asus. The only casualty here is probably going to be the G60. If it were Garmin’s only offering, maybe people who love Garmin would go for it, but now, even those Garmin lovers know that better cooler things are coming—with choices from Windows Mobile and Android. Here’s hoping the G60 is cheap and village-idiot simple.
Motorola Unlocked GSM V3 – Quad Band
December 24, 2008
Web Site 1 Sale A Day has this refurbished Motorola Razr V3 Unlocked Quad Bank phone on sale for $49.99. While this isn’t the most current style, the Razr remains undeniably popular. If you’re on a GSM carrier – think about grabbing this unlocked quad band phone (850/900/1800/1900) to use as a backup. It’s unlocked, that means you can pop your existing SIM card in and use it on the GSM carrier of your choice.