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October 30, 2004
If you have not heard the Motorola RAZR V3 is like really hot, Paris Hilton hot people and to solidify this hotness Hip Hop mogul Russell Simmons said it was "hot".
The ($799 ($499 with 2 year plan)) Razr V3 is a mere 0.54 inches thick when folded, features include bright thin-film transistor screen, quad-band GSM for jet setters, a camera, MPEG4 video playback, Bluetooth wireless, Java games, a Web browser and a speaker for MP3 audio and polyphonic ring tones.
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 The BenQ P50 has been making news lately as a good contender to console your treo 650 pain, the P50 which is due out in March has built-in WiFi and a 1.3 megapixel camera, both treo 650 weak points, if you are a BenQ fan, they new smartphone to hold you over until the P50 is released. The BenQ P30 is a tri-band GSM/GPRS cellphone which runs on Symbian UIQ. Other features include 2.66-inch, 262,000 color LCD touchscreen, Bluetooth, a built-in VGA quality digital camera that can record video clips, an SD memory card slot, Opera's mobile browser preinstalled.
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October 28, 2004
Jabra has announced the BT800, a Bluetooth-enabled earpiece with a 21x64 pixel LCD display, 5 ringtones, a vibrating mode, noise cancellation, 6 hrs. talk time/125 hours standby, charging via both USB and AC power. Expected around January 2005.
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Starting in December Cingular will carry the Sony Ericsson S710a -$399. The S710a will be a Cingular exclusive.
Other features include 2.3 inch 262K color TFT display,Swivel-style design ,EDGE high-speed data ,1.3 megapixel digital camera, 8x digital zoom, MemoryStick Duo card slot & Bluetooth
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Treonauts had an hour long play date with the Treo 650 at the CTIA event in San Francisco where the Treo 650 was announced -- in the words of the folks at Treonauts - it is like the best SmartPhone in the entire world -- need I see more. Head on over to Treonaunts for the ab fab banana shoot, plus all things Treo 650
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Motorola is a showing off a Body Control prototype which lets you control certain functions of your car with from cellphone -- no you cannot use it to reverse your car or have it come pick you up out of the rain, you can however control the heat & air condition, just imagine being able to heat up your car after a night of snow, so when you get in its all nice & warm. I am way into that, you can control lights, check fuel levels, locks, windshield wash and wiper controls .
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Sprint has announced that it will allow bluetooth connectivity for laptop Internet access with the Treo 650 squashing rumors of Bluetooth being disabled. This will be made possible with an upgrade patch after launch (patch still being tested). Sprint said that is was in their plans from the start, however I am with Gizmodo on this one I am sure the backlash made them change there mind.
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Really good news for the folks looking to purchase the sidekick II. Amazon.com has the $299 T-Mobile Sidekick II Phone (T-Mobile) for $29.99 after rebates.
I am sure if you just purchased the Sidekick II Phone that this is not good news but for all the other folks. $29.99
Refresh - the Sidekick II is a thinner update to the Sidekick, the update provides a camera, speakerphone, a QWERTY keyboard, unlimited e-mail, AOL Instant Messenger, Internet browsing, text messaging and more
via - i4u
In other Sidekicking news, word on the street is that T-Mobile will not allow the release an iSync client for OSX which would allow you to communicate between your Mac desktop and the online Sidekick Desktop Interface, in T-Mobile's words they could not reach an agreement with the coders. - MORE
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Panasonic has unveiled a prototype for their first UMTS(Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) phone. The Panasonic Z800 features a 1.3 megapixel CCD outer camera and a smaller 110K pixel inner camera for video communications.
You can send movies or still shots to other users via MMS, or play them on both the inner 2-inch 65K TFT LCD screen or the outer 56k LCD sub-display screen. Othe Features include an integrated miniSD slot, Bluetooth & USB 2.0.
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ZTE has announced the ZTE F808 3G mobile phone - the world's smallest 3G handset
The clam shell ZTE F808 measures 88.5mm x 44.6mm x 22.5mm and weighs 104g. Features include voice, multimedia messaging, built-in rotatable 300,000 pixel camera, video phone capability, multimedia playback and data download.
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