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Launches Two New Smartphones |
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Taiwan
based HTC Corp. has unveiled two new flagship
devices, the HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch
Pro2, which both support HTC's latest TouchFLO
3D interface.
TouchFLO 3D has been more deeply integrated into
a customized version of Windows Mobile 6.1 to
deliver more consistency throughout Windows Mobile
applications and menus. Focused on making navigation
easier and more intuitive, TouchFLO 3D brings
important information to the top-level user interface,
including quick access to people, messaging, email,
photos, music and weather.
As part of this improved Windows Mobile integration
the touch focus areas have been enlarged to be
more finger-touch friendly.
“The HTC Touch Pro2 and HTC Touch Diamond2
introduce a mobile communication experience that
simplifies how we communicate with
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our lives whether through voice, text or email,”
said Peter Chou, president and CEO, HTC Corp.
“HTC is delivering the latest, cutting-edge sophistication
in a broad portfolio of mobile phones that improve how
people live, work and communicate.”
Both handsets also introduce HTC's Push Internet technology,
where users can preselect their favorite Websites to
get immediate access to them when needed.
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The HTC
Touch Diamond2 is the next step in the evolution
of the successful HTC Touch Diamond.
It incorporates a larger 3.2-inch high-resolution
wide-screen VGA display for a greater viewing
area in a design just 13.7mm thick. The phone
also includes a new touch sensitive zoom bar for
even faster zooming of Web pages, emails, text
messages, photos or documents.
The Touch Pro2 features a high-resolution 3.6-inch
widescreen VGA display for an expanded viewing
area and large QWERTY keyboard. |
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The new
HTC Touch Pro2 leverages voice in a new way to create
one of the most sophisticated communication experiences
found on a mobile phone. HTC's new Straight Talk technology
delivers an integrated email, voice and speakerphone experience.
Users can transition seamlessly from email to single or
multi-party conference calls and turn any location into
a conference room.
The HTC Touch Diamond2 will be available to customers
across major European and Asian markets in early Q2 2009
with broader global availability coming later in the year.
The Touch Pro2 will be available across major global markets
beginning in early summer. |
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Sony
Ericsson Unveils 12.1 Megapixel Camera Phone |
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Sony
Ericsson is unveiling a 12.1 megapixel cameraphone W995
Walkman phone at Mobile World Congress.
The company is also showing a mobile phone under the concept
name Idou giving a glimpse of one of a number of projects
that will be launched this year under a brand-name of
“Entertainment Unlimited”.
“Entertainment
Unlimited lets us reinforce our position as the communication
entertainment brand,” said Lennard Hoornik Head
of Global Marketing and Vice President at Sony Ericsson.
“Everything that we have done to date
has brought us to this point - we created the music phone
category in 2005 selling over 100 million Walkman phones
and we are now ready to unveil the next chapter in the
evolution of the company - Entertainment Unlimited - giving
consumers unlimited opportunities to share their entertainment
experiences.”
Dick Komiyama, President, Sony Ericsson said, “Entertainment
Unlimited |
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of Sony Ericsson's philosophy, building on the strength of
our great entertainment assets such as Walkman and Cyber-shot
phones and our unique service and applications integration.
Many of the strategic initiatives we've announced in the past
year have laid the internal framework to launch this new consumer
proposition to the market and Sony Ericsson is now ready to
drive the next wave of market development with Entertainment
Unlimited.”
The Symbian based Idou (a concept name only) will be available
2nd half of 2009.
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Off 8.1 Megapixel Cameraphone |
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Sony Ericsson
has announced the launch of an 8.1 mega-pixel cameraphone
under their Walkman brand - the W995.
The phone will also be the first in a range including
a “Media Go” platform which the company says
makes it easier to sync content between phone and computer.
“With Media Go there's no need to worry about format,
resolution and 'frame per second' anymore,” said
Alexandre Cardon, Global Marketing Business Manager at
Sony Ericsson.
“No longer will the video you transferred from your
PC to your phone play in low resolution or bad quality.
With Media Go and the W995 the experience is as good on
your phone as it was on your PC.”
The phone also comes with an 8GB Memory Stick, and supports
both 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity. |
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supports GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 and UTMS/HSPA 900/2100.
W995 will be available in selected markets from Q2. |
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Nokia's 6710 Navigator And 6720 Classic |
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Since the first
Nokia Navigator made its appearance two years ago, the
company has been updating and improving its location based
services steadily and has now introduced the latest arrival
in its Navigator line, the Nokia 6710 Navigator. Another
new arrival is the Nokia 6720 classic - a traditional
candybar phone.
“The navigation solution
provided by the Nokia 6710 Navigator is second to none
and provides everything you would expect from a dedicated
GPS device with all the benefits of a converged mobile
device,” says Markku Suomi, vice president at Nokia.
The solution includes the latest developments in the Maps
software with real time 'drive and walk' navigation, full
regional maps and hardware elements like the dedicated
navigator key, touch area for easy zooming and a large
display optimized for outdoor viewing. The recent integration
of Maps with Ovi allows people to pre-plan their journey
at home on their PC and synchronize with their mobile
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updated to include a number of new features such as high-resolution
aerial images, 3D landmarks for over 200 cities, terrain
maps, weather service, premium travel and events content
and traffic and safety warnings.
With both of the new devices including a compass, working
in conjunction with the new features of Maps, the pedestrian
navigation experience has been significantly improved.
To complement the mapping capabilities, both the Nokia
6710 Navigator and the Nokia 6720 classic offer an improved
design with a slightly curved shape.
When holding the devices to take photos with the 5 megapixel
camera, standard with Carl Zeiss optics and dual LED flash
on both handsets, the new shape is said to make them easier
to hold. “With the high quality
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camera and GPS
capability of both devices, geo-tagging the exact location a
picture is taken is easier than ever,” continues Suomi.
The Nokia 6720 classic also includes active noise cancellation,
a feature appearing for the first time in the Nokia 6720 classic,
which significantly improves the quality of voice by cutting
down on external ambient sounds.
The Nokia 6720 classic is expected to begin shipping in the
second quarter of 2009 at an estimated retail price of 245 EUR
before taxes and subsidies.
The Nokia 6710 Navigator will join in the third quarter with
an estimated retail price of 300 EUR, before taxes and subsidies. |
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| Huawei
Unveils World's 1st Unified LTE Solution |
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demonstrated the world's first unified frequency-division
duplex and time-division duplex (FDD/TDD) long-term evolution
(LTE) solution.
The company says the new unified FDD/TDD LTE solution enables
more efficient utilization of spectrum resources and helps
operators deliver mobile broadband networks at a significantly
reduced cost.
“We are delighted to have the opportunity to showcase
some of our strongest and latest range of mobile solutions
and products to the world of telecommunications at this year's
Mobile World Congress,” said Mr. Wan Biao, President
of Huawei Wireless Product Line.
“Huawei hopes to pave the way for network convergence
and evolution by developing innovative solutions that enable
operators to simplify and unify their networks in preparation
for future mobile service demand”.
In January 2009, Huawei was awarded the world's first LTE
commercial contract by TeliaSonera, the largest telecommunication
operator in Scandinavia and the Baltic countries.
Huawei was also selected by Telus and Bell to deploy North
America's first LTE-oriented HSPA network in Canada in 2008.
As of today, Huawei's LTE research has made more than 2,100
contributions to LTE and system architecture evolution, and
the company owns ten percent of all LTE patents.
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| Samsung
Plans 50” Video Projector |
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Samsung
has announced plans to launch its first mobile phone with
a built-in projector, which can beam an image up to 50”
wide onto any surface.
The Samsung projector phones utilize the Texas Instruments,
DLP Pico Chipset to remove the limitations of the traditional
mobile phone screen by easily providing “big picture”
viewing experiences.
“Working together, Samsung and Texas Instruments,
DLP(R) products have made headway in a currently untapped
market,” said Wonsik Lee, Vice President of R&D
Planning Team at Samsung Electronics.
“This is an exciting time for the mobile phone industry
as we transform the limitations of the mobile phone viewing
experience to compelling image sizes that really adds
significant value to both business and consumer users.”
With the DLP technology enabled Samsung projector phones
you can now turn what has traditionally been an individual
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for mobile content. By projecting content you can easily broaden
the viewable image in a matter of seconds for ample screening.
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