Official announcement of a two-way music smartphone Samsung SGH-i450

Today Samsung Electronics has made an official announcement of Samsung SGH-i450 music phone (in addition to the SGH-F330) for the European market. The device is peculiar for its form-factor – a two-way slider phone like Nokia N95. Instead of media player buttons the new Samsung phone has a sensor wheel, which fulfils the same functions.

I’d remind you Samsung SGH-i450 is built on Symbian S60 3rd Edition and supports 3G networks and HSDPA technology (up to 3.6 Mbps to download music from the web), let alone EDGE and GPRS. Bluetooth technology with A2DP enhances opportunities for music playback.

The price tag for Samsung SGH-i450 makes up €360, and the launch is scheduled for the end of this month.

On our site you can learn more details about Samsung SGH-i450.

Twins phone for GSM and WCDMA networks

The Chinese company TechFaith Wireless, the developer of original design for mobile devices, has announced the world first (as it claims) mobile phone, which can hold two GSM cards or one GSM and one WCDMA. The device is called the Twins. It features a 2-megapixel camera, a frontal camera for video calls, a media player, a WCDMA modem and Bluetooth support.

According to the manufacturer, the demand for this solution has become mature and it can become essential, for example, for travelers. The shipments of the Twins are scheduled for November 2007.

Pictures of Motorola H710 and H721 Bluetooth-headsets

The site of Motorola has posted pictures of two new Bluetooth-headsets H710 and H721 differing only in color solution: Motorola H710 features dark colors and H721 – silver. However we can’t talk about their technical specs before the official announcement, but still we can have a look at their design:

Motorola H710:

Motorola H721:

New Microsoft Zune players got official

Eventually Microsoft has announced the new and much speculated Zune players. The new lineup includes an 80GB HDD model in Black shell and more compact flash-players carrying 4 and 8 GB onboard. They are available in Black, Red, Rose and Green colors. The 80GB Zune measures 108.2x61.1x12.9 mm and holds a 3.2” display. The flash Zune features 91.5x41.4x8.5 mm and a 1.8” display. The new generation Zune players are equipped with the Zune Pad. It can be pressed from 4 sides and on the top, in addition it has a touch sensitive surface.

The new Zunes will go on sale in November. The 80GB Zune will cost $250, the 8GB will go for $200 and the 4GB – for $150.

Serenata music phone by Samsung and Bang Olufsen

Samsung Electronics in cooperation with Bang Olufsen have announced the series production of a 3G music phone Samsung Serenata. The companies due to their design partnership managed to create a strange looking mobile device featuring small size, light weight and exclusive design. Samsung Serenata is positioned as a high-end music phone. It holds a slide-out stereophonic acoustic system, you can place it on the table and enjoy the music. The limited edition of Samsung Serenata will come to the Russian retail in late October – early November 2007.

The specs of Samsung Serenata:

• Standards - GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS/HSDPA 2100 MHz, 1.8 Mbps
• Display - touchscreen 240x240 pixels, 260K colors
• Scroll wheel
• Built-in stereo speaker
• Interface - Bluetooth 1.2, USB 2.0
• WAP 2.0
• Formats - MPEG4, H.263, WMV, MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, MTP/WMDRM
• Brand functions of Bang Oufsen and Samsung – improved music library, Bang Olufsen ring tones, «Welcome Sequence» wizard
• 4 GB of onboard memory
• Dimensions – 109.5x63x19.7 mm

Diamond-encrusted Nokia N95 by Amosu

Amosu, the designer of luxury mobile phones, players and accessories, has extended its elite device lineup. This time it introduced Nokia N95 with 18 carat white gold and 325 diamonds, with a total diamond weight of 3.3 carats. The company launched the limited edition with 10 diamond coated phones. The price tag for the diamond Nokia N95 is about $24000.

Cellphone projector by TI

At Pepcom event in New York Texas Instruments has introduced a proto of a cellphone projector. The device uses lasers as the light source, and an LED-based model is currently in the lab. Definitely such a module will be an extremely useful feature to any phone or a smartphone, as it eventually solves the small display problem.

In particular, the built-in projector can run presentations directly from the cellphone omitting PC. However image quality loses to professional projectors, anyway this in-handset projector will do for small presentations. There is another application of this solution, you can run video, pictures, web-pages etc. on a “big screen”.