Archive for April 23rd, 2008
 Having taken up a position on the back burner, the Motorola Z8 has been thoroughly overshadowed by its more powerful, kick-sliding, more massive brother, the Motorola Z10. Unfortunately for the “Banana Phone,” that means the Moto Z8 is destined to fade off into the distance.
But, if Motorola has anything to say about it, the Z8 that kicked off the kick-sliding form-factor at Motorola will live on in the Moto Z8m. Motorola has outfitted this revised Motorola Z8m slider with a speed 7.2Mbps HSDPA radio - hopefully offering enough oomph over the Z8's 3.6Mbps HSDPA connection to get South Koreans to keep shelling out for the unique slider. The Moto Z8m offers a 2.2-inch QVGA display, 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and 4GB of storage.
The Motorola Z8m should hit Korean shores soon with a 500,000 won ($500) price tag.
[Via: TechEBlog]
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 If WiFi on your BlackBerry Pearl isn't as important to you as GPS navigation, you'll be happy to hear that AT&T is now offering the BlackBerry Pearl 8110 as a WiFi-less counterpart to the BlackBerry 8120. Available in Titanium and Red, AT&T has swapped the WiFi radio in the BlackBerry Pear 8110 for GPS functionality and has chopped a good $50 off the BlackBerry Pearl 8120's asking price.
As expected, the 2 megapixel camera, microSD card slot, Bluetooth 2.0, SureType keyboard, and the familiar Pearl body remain unchanged. For $149.99 with new contract, the BlackBerry 8110 Pearl is a bargain for those not keen on that whole WiFi thing.
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 Coinciding with HTC's new marketing push in the US, it looks like HTC is set to take the US CDMA market by storm with a couple gorgeous touchscreen handsets destined for Sprint. Newly discovered documents detail plans for HTC to bring the HTC Diamond and HTC Raphael to the No. 3 US carrier Sprint's network later this year.
As a successor to the HTC Touch's CDMA variant, the HTC Diamond really takes the touchscreen game to the next level with its generously massive, glossy touchscreen. Just like its forebear, the HTC Diamond won't be sporting a keyboard of any sort, instead relying on that flush-mounted touchscreen to get the job done.
The HTC Raphael throws a full QWERTY keyboard in to the mix. Following HTC's roots in sliding QWERTY keyboards, the HTC Raphael gives touchscreen junkies the same glossy display, but offers a slide-out keyboard for texting input duties. The Raphael is slated to hit Sprint's network in September, with the Diamond following hot on its heels in November.
More interesting is the mention of a 3 megapixel camera, WiFi, and VGA displays for both the HTC Diamond and HTC Raphael. If this VGA touchscreen duo can manage to keep things on the slimmer end of the device-thickness spectrum, Sprint could have a couple serious Windows Mobile handsets on its hands. The question is, when will we see GSM variants of these baddies hit the streets?
[Via: EngadgetMobile]
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Joe Sims, VP and General Manager of T-Mobile's Broadband and New Business Division has played with Android prototypes and he is impressed. He has also confirmed that T-Mobile USA will be offering at least one Android based handset by the end of this year and that there will be “more than one” Android product.
I usually don't speak about operator news, frankly they're nothing more than bit pipes to me, always have been, always will be, let the ideal pipe win, that's my motto, but in the says where people don't buy a mobile phone unless it is free on 2 year contract I think a lot of potential can be had here if costs are brought to a low enough level that the mainstream will be able to get such devices.
Wait and see. I know I'm looking forward to buying the first Android device that’s announced, probably the HTC Dream.
[Via: CNN Money]
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Street repair services for mobile phones are a huge industry in India, with technicians getting a full fledged diploma from a “Mobile Repairing Institute.”Jan Chipchase is leading Nokia's team which is trying to lower the cost of phones for emerging markets, an effort that also has an eco-friendly character.
The group of 15 has scanned bazaars and street shops across such countries as Ghana, Brazil, Iran, India, Egypt, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, China, and Mongolia to learn how end-users relate to their mobile phones. Their main finding - there's no limit to how mobile phones can be altered and how their life spans can be extended!
In addition, they've also found out that breathing a new life into phones usually doesn't take a complex set of tools — in most cases, a screwdriver and a toothbrush sprayed with alcohol do the work just fine…
[Via: news.com]
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 Russian telecom giant Sistema, which recently acquired a controlling stake in India's Shyam Telelink, announced that it will be launching a nation-wide mobile services by April 2009.
Sistema-Shyam is the first company among the new players to get CDMA spectrum in 13 circles and it hopes to get the frequency in remaining ones to become a pan-India operator. In addition, Sistema also announced plans to participate in the auctioning of 3G spectrum when the process starts, and ultimately become one of India's top five players with 60 million subscribers by 2017.
At the moment, Sistema holds 51% stake in Shyam, but it plans to increase it to the maximum permissible limit of 74% in the next two months.
[Via: Economic Times]
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 We already know that Motorola is working on a 5 megapixel monster with a Kodak shooter. The Motorola MotoZINE ZN5, as it's called, is already known to be sporting a Montavista Linux OS, 5 megapixel Kodak branded camera, and the Morph keypad that we see in the Moto ROKR E8. But, we haven't had a clear picture of what the Motorola ZN5 would look like.
That's all changed with this latest picture of the MotoZINE ZN5, thanks to the folks at QQ. The Morph keypad is clearly visible in this shot, and it's looking slightly awkward.
Still, seeing as how this 3G-less handset is going to be an Asia-only job, it doesn't matter what we think.
[Via: UnwiredView]
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HTC is something of a behind-the-scenes unknown here in The States. Sure, there's probably a 50% chance that the smartphone in your Yankee pocket was made by HTC, but carriers in the US are fond of rebranding those handsets. Your carrier would have you believe that your Windows Mobile smartphone, be it the AT&T Tilt, Sprint Mogul, or T-Mobile Shadow, was developed in their own R&D labs and made exclusively for the carrier.
Well, it looks like HTC's had enough. They're getting set to step out from behind the carrier-shadows with a new marketing campaign for the US. With a full barrage of print, on the web, outdoor and Television advertising spots, HTC will be vying for a place in Americans' hearts.
We're glad HTC thinks highly enough of the US market to warrant a legit marketing push. Keep your eyes peeled for some HTC advertising!
Here's the first bit of HTC marketing posted to YouTube:
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The Sony Ericsson G502 and Z780 were announced this day, no price points were given, but supposedly they're going to be affordable when they hit the market in the second quarter of 2008. The Z780 above looks like an astounding device, with the specs to match, but there are 2 versions apparently. SE's official PR states it has a QVGA screen, yet SE's product page for the Z780 states otherwise. Full specs (to the best of my knowledge) and images after the jump.
The G502 is a 2100 MHz HSDPA eqipped monoblock with triband 900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/EDGE. It's quite small at only 109.0 x 46.0 x 13.5 mm and weighs 83.5 grams and you get a 2 megapixel camera. Same 240 x 320 resolution we're used to, 262k colors and that seems to be it. It's quite stunning if I do say so myself, I can't say whether or not it will be a hit since there isn't a price … but if it is under 250 EUR expect it to fly off the shelves, more picsture here.
The Z780 is an interesting creature, it has quad band GSM/EDGE and triband 850/1900/2100 MHz HSDPA and AGPS, but it has a pitiful 128 x 160 resolution screen with 262K colors. Weighing in at 96 grams at a not so trim 95.0 x 48.0 x 17.0 mm with only a 2 megapixel camera, you’ve to ask yourself, is this worth it? If it had QVGA it would be a hit, but apparently Sony Ericsson doesn't get that. I'm hoping the resolution is a typo, even Engadget doesn't know wtf is up. More photos of this device here.
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Street repair services for mobile phones are a huge industry in India, with technicians getting a full fledged diploma from a “Mobile Repairing Institute.”Jan Chipchase is leading Nokia's team which is trying to lower the cost of phones for emerging markets, an effort that also has an eco-friendly character.
The group of 15 has scanned bazaars and street shops across such countries as Ghana, Brazil, Iran, India, Egypt, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, China, and Mongolia to learn how end-users relate to their mobile phones. Their main finding - there's no limit to how mobile phones can be altered and how their life spans can be extended!
In addition, they've also found out that breathing a new life into phones usually doesn't take a complex set of tools — in most cases, a screwdriver and a toothbrush sprayed with alcohol do the work just fine…
[Via: news.com]
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