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December 31, 2004
LG Electronics Taiwan has announced plans to introduce about 20 new handset models in Taiwan next year. The new models will include between two to four third-generation (3G) WCDMA mobile phones. The launch of the new WCDMA mobile phones is expected to help LG. Electronics increase its market share in Taiwan to 6% in 2005, from the 3% it has now. To get the ball rolling LG. introduced the F2100, a GSM 900/1800, GPRS handset. Other features of the F2100 include a 1.86-inch 262,144 color TFT main display (128x160), 65,536-color sub-display (96x96) , 5MB built in memory, 3.5 hours talk time, 200 hours standby and built in VGA camera.
The F2100 measures 90x47x23mm and weighs 89g.
- Seen at Engadget.
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Taipei 101 (world's tallest office building) has hired Ericsson to provide the indoor network which will incorporate different network technologies on different frequency bands, including GSM900, GSM1800, CDMA800, CDMA2000 and WCDMA in a common antenna system. State-of-the-art technology is deployed to ensure seamless coverage in the world's fastest elevators, traveling at a speed up to 1,000 meters per minute. The 508-meter (1,667-feet) skyscraper will hold its grand opening ceremony on December 31.
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- Seen at Engadget
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Sytem Technology ByuckHae Korea has developed a portable smart battery pack that extends talk-time, or battery life, of mobile handsets by 800 percent. The MPB 4000 lithium-ion cell portable battery pack has power capacity of 4,600-mAh about fourfold the 1,000-1,300-mAh capacity of regular rechargeable battery of cell phones. The portable cellular phone battery charger Mobile Saver MPB 4000 is touted as the world's first smart cellular phone-use portable smart battery pack.
Equipped with an in-house developed integrated circuit (IC) microchip, MPB 4000 identifies its chemistry and tells the charger which charge algorithm to apply while protecting the battery from overcharging, under-discharging and short-circuiting. Will be on display at Consumer Electronics Show 2005 Jan. 6 in Las Vegas.
The smart battery pack is planned for release next year, with an estimated lifecycle of 5 years, will sell at $60 per pack, the company said.
via Popgadget
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PhoneArena reports on approval from the FCC for the Asus P505 PocketPC Phone Edition. The ASUS P505 features include a 2.8" 65k Transflective TFT display with 320 x 240 (QVGA) resolution , 1.3 megapixel CMOS camera with video capture and built-in flash , Bluetooth and IRDA , SD / MMC memory expansion slot with SDIO support , GPRS class 10 , Intel PXA270 416 MHz processor (version with 520 MHz CPU should able to available) , 64MB Flash ROM and 64MB SDRAM , MP3 and Video playback support and Microsoft ActiveSync application
- Seen at Engadget
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December 30, 2004
Samsung announced it has started exporting CDMA2000 1x EV-DO phone (SCH-A890) to Verizon Wireless US. CDMA2000 1x provides data rate of 2.4 Mbps which brings broadband speed to your handset. The clamshell dual-band CDMA "SCH-A890" camera phone features a rotating 1.3megapixel camera with flash, dynamic 3-D user interface, Voice recording capability and Internet browsing. Measures 8.9cm (L).
Samsung said it has already shipped 20,000 units and will ship more next year.
- Seen at Mobile Mag
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Time Warner is looking to offer cellphone service, expanding its services to include television, high speed Internet access, traditional phone service and wireless phone service. Reuters reports on talks between Time Warner Inc.and Sprint Corp.'s to offer cell phone service on a trial basis early in 2005 on the Sprint network with Time Warner handling billing, customer service and marketing. Time Warner Cable and Sprint confirmed they were in talks, but declined to discuss other details.
The initial trial would start in Kansas City, Missouri, in the first quarter of next year.
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December 29, 2004
PhoneScoop reports on approval from the FCC for the LG F9100 which is expected to be carried by Cingular. Features of the GSM LG F9100 include a QWERTY text keyboard that slides out from the side of the phone, internal antenna, world roaming, and color display.
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December 28, 2004
Sharp JP has announced the start date for shipment of the 902SH 3G/GSM Mobile Phone for Vodafone. Features of the 902SH include Large, high-contrast, wide-viewing-angle Mobile Advanced Super View LCD, 2.02-effective-megapixel CCD camera with 2X optical zoom and auto focus, voice communication, e-mail, Web services, and video calls available outside of Japan and Bluetooth functions which enables wireless data communications and hands-free conversations, supports 3G/GSM auto roaming. The Vodafone 902SH will be released by Vodafone K.K. in Japan on December 29, 2004.
- MORE via Sharp
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Cabir.H and Cabir.I the latest variants of the Cabir worm were detected yesterday. The new Cabir variants spread on handsets using a specially formatted Symbian operating system distribution (or SIS) file disguised as a security management utility. The worm modifies the Symbian operating system so that Cabir is started each time the phone is turned on.
Infected mobile phones scan for vulnerable phones using a Bluetooth wireless connection and then send a file, velasco.sis, that contains the worm to those phones. Cabir.H and Cabir.I can search for and find a new target if another vulnerable phone goes out of range. The new Cabir variants does not destroy data on the phones they infect, they block legitimate Bluetooth wireless connections and consume battery power.
Mobile phones running vulnerable versions of the Symbian Series 60 software and that have the Bluetooth wireless feature in "discoverable" mode, are susceptible to infection. The availability of the Cabir source code on the Internet is expected to result in a lot of new variants
- MORE via PCWORLD
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PhoneScoop reports on approval from the FCC for the Motorola V635. The quad-band GSM V635 features color external display, megapixel camera with LED flash, Bluetooth, video capture, EDGE high-speed data and hidden TransFlash memory card slot - The V635 is an update to the V620
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