Samsung SGH-i620 smartphone officially introduced

During IFA press conference Samsung Electronics officially announced the SGH-i620 slider smartphone, an heir of the SGH-i600. We’ve mentioned this device in our news, even full specification was posted. However it has been somewhat corrected after the official announcement.

The SGH-i620 is powered by Windows Mobile 6 Standard in GSM/GPRS/EDGE (900/1800/1900 MHz) and UMTS/HSDPA (2100 MHz) networks and supports Bluetooth 2.0. Built-in Wi-Fi hasn’t been confirmed. The rest specs are as follows: a 2” QVGA 65K color display, a 2-megapixel camera, a frontal VGA-camera, 80 MB of onboard memory and a microSD slot. Measuring 95x59x16 mm it weighs 126 g. the start of sales in Germany is set for September.

Sony’s portable media players Walkman NWZ-A810 and NWZ-S610

Sony has announced new media player series Walkman NWZ-A810 and NWZ-S610. They can play video (30 fps) in addition to radio, have QVGA LCD, support WMA, AAC and MP3 audio, JPEG images, MPEG-4 and H.264/AVC. The NWZ-A810 ensures 8 hours of video playback, and the NWZ-S610 – 9.5 hours, both of them can play audio 33 hours long. They have 2” and 1.8” diagonals respectively. Besides the NWZ-S610 is equipped with an FM-tuner.

The sales of Sony media players start in the US in September. The Walkman NWZ-A810 will be available in White, Rose, Black, Blue and Silver colors and with 2, 4 and 8 GB of memory onboard. The modifications will cost $140, $180 and $230 respectively. In its turn the Walkman NWZ-S610 will come in Black, Rose, Red and Silver shell colors. The versions with 2, 4, 8 GB will be offered for $120, $160 and $210.

NTT DoCoMo announced two WM6 smartphones for 3G Foma networks

The largest mobile service provider in Japan, NTT DoCoMo has unveiled its two new smartphones FOMA F1100 and FOMA HT1100 powered by Windows Mobile 6 (Japanese edition).

Both models are packed in the slider form, support HSDPA standard, have touchscreen LCD and come with the preinstalled McAfee antivirus. DoCoMo expects to launch commercial sales of FOMA F1100 and FOMA HT1100 in 1Q 2008.

FOMA F1100:

The main specs FOMA F1100:

• Dimensions: 112x51x16.9 mm
• Weight: 130 g
• Display: 2.6”, translucent TFT, 240x320 pixels, 65K colors
• microSD slot
• Camera: 1.3-megapixel, CMOS
• Bluetooth
• OS: Windows Mobile 6 Standard
• Main applications: Internet Explorer Mobile, Outlook Mobile, Windows Media Player 10 Mobile, Barcode Reader
• WLAN: IEEE802.11a/b/g (WEP, IEEE802. 1 x, WPA, WPA2), SIP, QoS (WMM, WMM-PS)
• Fingerprints sensor

FOMA HT1100:

The main specs of FOMA HT1100:

• Dimensions: 107x55x16.5 mm
• Weight: 120 g
• Display: 2.6”, TFT, 240x320 pixels, 65K colors
• microSD slot
• Main camera: 2-megapixel, CMOS
• Internal camera: 100 kilopixel, CMOS
• Bluetooth
• OS: Windows Mobile 6 professional
• Main applications: Internet Explorer Mobile, Outlook Mobile, Office Mobile, Windows Media Player 10 Mobile, Audio Manager, FM Radio, Streaming Media, HTC HOME
• Roaming in GSM/ GPRS/ W-CDMA networks
• 3D TouchFLO Touch Cube interface

LG-KS20 communicator: almost LG Prada on Windows Mobile 6

At IFA 2007 event in Berlin (August 31) LG will introduce its LG-KS20 communicator. The device debuted at 3GSM Congress early this year and roused some mess around it: rumors reported on LG Prada based on WM 6. In fact, the new product resembles LG Prada in design: it is equipped with a large touch sensitive display and has no buttons.

LG-KS20 is powered by Windows Mobile 6 Professional. It features a 2.8” display, a 2-megapixel camera, a frontal camera for video telephony, Bluetooth 2.0 interface, an integrated MP3-player. The communicator supports HSDPA standard (3.6 Mbps). The European release will take place in 4Q 2007.

3 new versions of Samsung Q1 Ultra

Samsung Electronics has expanded the Samsung Q1 Ultra UMPC lineup with 3 new models powered by Windows XP Tablet Edition – Q1U-SSDXP, Q1U-ELXP and Q1U-XP. Like the predecessor they come with a 7” touch sensitive widescreen display and a QWERTY-keyboard, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR.

The Q1U-ELXP is based on Intel A100 600 MHz processor and 40 GB HDD. It is listed for $999. The Q1U-XP is powered by Intel A110 800 MHz processor, 60 GB HDD and offered for $1149. And the Q1U-SSDXP features Intel A110 800 MHz processor, 32-GB NAND-flash drive. The price tag is $1649.

Nokia N95 8GB: excellent display, larger memory size

Today (29-08-2007) Nokia officially announced an 8GB model of the best multimedia smartphone Nokia N95, which it says got even better.

Keeping all key features of the previous model (5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens, A-GPS, WLAN, HSDPA and innovative two-way opening mechanism) Nokia N95 8GB boasts of 8 gigabyte of internal memory. In addition Nokia N95 8GB stands out for a new bright 2.8” QVGA display, which makes it easier to watch video, browse the Web and run navigation. With expanded memory the phone can store now up to 20 hours of video or up to 6000 tacks. The multimedia smartphone will be available in stores in 4Q 2007.

Verizon Wireless unveils MOTORAZR2 V9m

Today Verizon Wireless and Motorola officially announced that a new generation RAZR phone will be available next month. This is a CDMA clamshell called MOTORAZR² V9m. It offers slim shell, elegant design, high quality multimedia and operator’s functions.

MOTORAZR² V9m is equipped with a 2-megapixel camera, voice recognition function, external touch sensitive control buttons to operate music. The latter can be transferred by wireless means to stereo Bluetooth accessories.

The short technical specs of MOTORAZR² V9m:

• External display: 2” 320x240 pixels, 260K colors
• Main display: 2.2” 320x240 pixels, 260K colors
• External touch sensitive control buttons
• Built-in 2-megapixel camera
• Messages: SMS, MMS, E-Mail
• Music player capable to run music on stereo Bluetooth headsets
• Audio formats: AAC, AAC+, enhanced AAC+, MP3,WMA
• Video formats: H.263, H.264, MPEG4
• microSD cards (up to 2 GB)
• Video read/write, stream video
• Full HTML browser
• CDMA 800, 1900 MHz, 1X and EVDO
• Bluetooth v1.2 Class 2 (A2DP, AVRCP, DUN-GW, FTP-Server, GAP, GAVDP, Headset-AG, HFP (1.5) AG, OPP-Client, OPP-Server) micro USB 2.0 connector

MOTORAZR² V9m will be available from Verizon Wireless at some 300$ on a 2-year contract