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January 26, 2006
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Pantech Group has announced the introduction of the IM-U100 handset, which is designed to provide users with a “world class” Portable Multimedia Player (PMP) phone, incorporating MP3 player, camera and movie functions.
The IM-U100 phone includes a 2.6 inch wide TFT LCD screen, which is two times larger than the screens on other multimedia handset models in Korea and among the largest of its type in the mobile handset sector globally, ensuring the richest and most visually enhanced multimedia experience for mobile phone users.
The new handset also features an aspect ratio - the ratio of the width of the LCD display screen to the height - of 15:9, considerably in advance of the 4:3 screen ratios of other mobile phones. In practice, this means that - along with high quality loud speaker and visual sound systems - users can avail of a similar picture experience to that found at the movies.
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January 25, 2006
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Samsung SCH B500 |
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The SCH B500 is a new 7.7 megapixel camera phone with optical zoom from Samsung, set for release in Korea via SK Telecom.
The slider handset which goes by the name of SCH B500 is quite thick to accomodate the camera lens - 18.5 mm to be precise. The SCH B500 does not simply bank on the credit of having a 7.7 megapixel camera either; its a DMB phone so it can recieve and allow the user to view satellite TV as well. Since the phone can take such high resolution pictures, the user is bound to run out of storage space sooner or later, a problem easily solved by getting T-flash (trans flash) memory cards which the phone supports. The pictures can then be later seen on a TV screen thanks to the TV out function of the SCH B500.
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Nokia, Motorola, Intel form alliance for mobile TV |
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Nokia has teamed up with Intel Corp., Motorola, Texas Instruments and Modeo, owned by Crown Castle International Corp, to promote the DVB-H technology standard for mobile TV.
DVB-H stands for Digital Video Broadcasting: Handhelds
DVB-H is a terrestial digital TV standard that allows the receiving device to move freely while receiving the transmission, thus making it ideal for mobile phones and haldheld computers to receive digital TV broadcasting over the digiTV network (without using mobile phone networks at all).
The tie-up, called the Mobile DTV Alliance, aims to encourage open standards for TV broadcasts to mobiles, focusing on the North American market.
The Mobile DTV Alliance said more than 10 DVB-H network trials are under way or have been completed, including in Australia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Britain and the United States.
Nokia, Motorola, Intel form alliance for mobile TV - Reuters
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January 19, 2006
Yamaha, Japan has announced the NX-A01, a new stylish compact speaker system and the TRX-RO1BT a Bluetooth receiver unit in cooperation with the mobile phone provider au. The cubic form speaker is white (3.3x 4.6x 3.3 in.) and the wireless receiver is black (1.7x 1.8x 1.7 in). A stereo mini cable for connecting with a digital audio player or PC is also included.
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The world's fourth largest mobile phone company, Sony Ericsson has reported record fourth quarter sales and profits thanks to strong demand for mobile phones with camera and music features reports BBC. Sony Ericsson shipped 16.1 million phones in the last three months of 2005, a rise of 28% on the same period in 2004.
Sony Ericsson added it had shipped three million of its Walkman branded handsets since August last year.
It is also bringing a high-speed 3G version of the Walkman phone to market.
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Techies are going crazy with speculation over leaked images of a Sony Ericsson leak handset. According to mobileprototype this unknown Sony Ericsson phone is being modeled as the K800i and it's code name is Wilma.
Willma is said to sport a 3.2 megapixel camera, QVGA display, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, stereo speakers, 466MB of internal memory, a front-facing conference cam, and EDGE/UMTS.
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In addition to the W41T, Japanese phone operator AU also announced 6 other handset that will support the AU Listen Mobile Service.
The Hitach W41H features a TV tuner (DMB like), a 2.7" screen with 3 viewing modes (Standard, Cinema or Vivid Color), a battery life of 3h45 in play mode, a FM tuner and it also has GPS, Hello Messenger and the e-wallet function.
The Casio W41CA has a 2.6" screen, a USB connection, e-wallet functions and a document viewer (Word, Excel, Powerpoint). It also has a 2MP camera , a FM radio,GPS and Opera web browser.
The SE (SonyEricsson) W41S has GPS, FM, electronic wallet and a 1.2MP camera.
The W41K has a 3.17MP camera, FM tuner and GPS.
The Sanyo W41SA offers a 1.3MP camera, FM tuner, Hello Messenger and GPS.
The Neon features a 1.3MP camera, GPs and FM tuner. It also has LEDs on the outside. (pictured)
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Japanese phone operator AU has launched a new Music On Demand service in Japan called "AU Listen Mobile Service" or "LISMO". With the new service phones can be connected to the a PC to transfer the music onto the phone through an iTunes-like software called AU Music Port reports akihabaranews. The service also allows downloading of music from the phone itself via CDMA-EVDO and exchange playlists with other similar phones.
(Pictured )The W41T has 4GB of memory, a 3.23MP camera, a 2.4" QVGA screen, Bluetooth, GPS, stereo speakers, Hello Messenger (an AIM clone) and a FM radio. The device weighs 157g and measures 50x105x28mm.
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January 18, 2006
Pantech has announced the IM-U110, a new mobile phone touted to be the "ultimate mobile jukebox".
The Pantech IM-U110 phone features a built-in 1GB flash memory to store music files. The media player supports AAC, AAC+, MP3, MPEG4 and H.264. The IM-U110 has the music player controls on the outside.
Other features include a 2MP digital camera, 2 inch QVGA screen and stereo speakers.
The IM-U110 will be marketed in Korea under Pantech’s SKY brand this week. MSRP is $650. via
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January 17, 2006
BenQ Mobile today announced three new handsets under the BenQ-Siemens brand, the EF81, S68 and S88. The EF81, in particular, demonstrates the company's conception of its future direction the Register reports
The EF81 is an "ultra-thin" - it's 1.6cm thick - 3G clamshell with a RAZR-like keypad. The casing is a mix of magnesium, stainless steel and aluminium, with sapphire glass - should prevent the external 1.3in, 120 x 160 colour screen from scratches, BenQ claimed.
There's a two-megapixel swivelling camera with 5x digital zoom. There's an on-board media player with MP3, AAC+, MPEG 4, RealVideo 8 and 9, h.263, and 3GPP support. The phone has 64MB of RAM on board and a MicroSD slot for more.
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