Samsung unveils F700
May 5, 2009
Samsung today announced a new addition to its Ultra portfolio with the introduction of Ultra Smart F700. This revolutionary mobile phone will be showcased at 3GSM World Congress, the largest telecommunications event, next week.
Features:
- full touch screen and QWERTY Keypad
- VibeTonz technology (allows you to feel the buttons accompanied by responsive vibrations)
- reflects the latest speed of 7.2 Mbps under the High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) network
- 2.78″ color display 5 mega-pixel camera with auto focus and Bluetooth
The Ultra Smart F700 is a good example of how mobile phone will evolve in the future. The Samsung F700 is priced at $400.
Sprint HTC Snap S511
May 3, 2009
With the recent deluge of iPhone and Palm Pre news, it’s not too surprising that many of you have forgotten about some of the devices from HTC, one of them which is the HTC Snap. It seems that the device will be dubbed the HTC Snap S511, and Sprint is reportedly testing the device, indicating that it might be launched by mid-Summer. Of course, there is no confirmation of such a timeline, but keep your fingers crossed, and who knows, maybe we’ll see the phone released real soon. 
Samsung Brings UltraTOUCH to India
April 5, 2009
First announced at MWC in Barcelona, the Samsung UltraTOUCH has made its way to India. Samsung today launched the 8 MP full-touch slider phone in the market. The UltraTOUCH comes with a 7.1 cm AMOLED screen, has an ultra-slim 12.7mm body, a 3×4 keypad slide and comes in a brushed metal frame.
- 8 mega pixel camera with dual power LED flash
- smile shot mode
- powered with 3G capability (HSDPA 7.2 Mbps), offering speedy internet access, video telephony, video streaming and DivX video player support
The phone has mobile widgets that can be dragged from the menu bar and placed anywhere on the screen for one-click access to applications like Music Player, FM, Games, Calendar etc.
The Samsung UltraTOUCH is priced at Rs. 27,500.
Orange Tabbee Wi-Fi Internet Tablet
April 5, 2009
The Orange Tabbee, the new Wi-Fi internet tablet to hit back at O2’s Joggler, is not restricted to desk usage in serving as a true tablet device complete with docking cradle – which also serves to charge the device – and as well as offering internet access to allow for basic browsing or access to news, weather, traffic, stocks, etc information (no word as to whether it supports RSS feeds – we assume it does) whilst also offering broad multimedia support allowing the device to show videos, play digital audio and even act in the capacity of a digital photo frame (loading media from SD memory cards or via USB flash drives thanks to its built-in SD and USB slots).
On and above the capabilities outlined above, the Orange Tabbee is also billed as offering a number of family friendly features such as message board functionality which will serve rather nicely as a sort of digital post-it note (especially handy to remind the cat to feed the husband whilst you’re out).
The Orange Tablee is set to become available to Orange customers in France in Q2 of this year for around 300 Euros (roughly $402) though, at the time of writing, Orange are yet to confirm any specific release details with respect to the UK market.
Nintendo DSi
April 4, 2009
With the Gameboy, Nintendo revolutionized handheld gaming and conquered the world. And with the DS/DS Lite, they pretty much did it again. The DSi is not the next revolution, but it’s an intriguing evolution.
The DSi has been out in Japan since November, and it comes to US stores this Sunday for $170. It still plays the normal DS games, plus it supports new iPhone-app-like DSiWare titles, captures digital pictures/audio and utilizes SD storage.
In terms of specs, there are a few notable upgrades.
- screens are 17% bigger than the last DS
- two .3MP cameras (one facing front, one back) that take shots to internal memory or newly-supported SD cards
- an ARM9E CPU clocked at 133 MHz (in place of the original ARM9/66MHz)
- 16 MB of RAM
The DSi could could make DS gaming into something frighteningly granular. Then again, $2-$5 DSiWare quality already looks to outpace the games you get on the iPhone for the same amount.