LG’s Touch Screen Phone Model KF-700

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Korean mobile phone maker, LG Electronics, unveiled its latest mobile phone, KF-700 at the Mobile World Congress trade show lately. The latest slim, stylish design and slider type phone, LG-KF700 features multiple input methods. It has a large, high resolution, 3-inch-touch screen for immediate touch screen input. Users also can use keystroke saving shortcut dial and numeric keypad for input. The LG-KF700 also comes with powerful multimedia featured which includes a full web browser, digital audio and video players as well as handy widgets.

The world’s first phone with three separate input methods, the LG-KF700 itegrates a 3-inch touchscreen, alpha-numeric keypad and Shortcut Dial. Each of these input methods is assigned to the tasks at which it is most efficient, making LG’s highly intuitive interface possible. With its user-optimized navigation, all of the phone’s functions and features are instantly accessable.

“Our consumers told us that they wanted a phone that had plenty of multimedia features, but doesn’t take a long time fiddling with menus to figure out. We created the LG-KF700 based their insight,” said Dr. Skott Ahn, CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “Internal research showed that a phone’s multimedia features often lay dormant if they are hard to access. On many phones these features are hidden deep in menus, requiring too much time and effort to find them. The LG-KF700 eliminates these endless menus with its intuitive interface and multiple input methods.”

Update 1:

LG has officially launched the LG-KF700 22 April 2008

A new multimedia phone, the KF700 combines three input methods to create what the company says is “an amazingly intuitive user interface” with instant access to features.

The first phone to integrate three separate input methods, there’s a 3-inch touchscreen, alpha-numeric keypad and “Shortcut Dial”.

The LG-KF700 is available in black and silver versions, as well as a black version with chrome accents. Pricing is yet to be announced.

source:LG

SDK Beta 3 Leads iPhone into the next-gen iPhone?

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Apple has released the latest version of the software development (SDK) kit for the iPhone and iPod touch with the release of the beta 3 version that comes with a new tutorial and has various bug fixes and “support for the latest iPhone OS”.

The new firmware for the device has unveiled references to a future 3G chip, as discovered by Zibri, maker of the ZiPhone iPhone tool.

The chipset is the SGOLD3, which follows up the current S-GOLD2 in today’s iPhone and provides supports for HSDPA category 8 (7.2Mbps), cameras of up to 5-megapixels, MPEG4/H.263 hardware acceleration and “video telephony, streaming, recording and playback”.
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Apple didnt say any thing about all, We can say “this leads iPhone into the next-gen iPhone”,

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G108 GSM handset Watch Launches

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The G108 is a GSM handset in a clamshell slash watch design weighing 65 grams, feel strangely drawn to this version from Chinese manufacturer

specifications:
– GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
– GPRS
– measures 51x51x20 mm (the phone unit)
– main 1.5 inch 256k color 128 x 160 pixel display
– secondary LED display
– weighs 65 grams
– 1.3 mega pixel camera
– media player
– Bluetooth
– 0.5 MB of built in memory
– microSD support
– SMS / MMS
– USB
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No word on either pricing or availablity

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iPhone and iPod will be Blu-Ray Player Remote Controller

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iPhone and iPod touch users will be able to control their Blu-ray players using an application called BD Touch. The application will use the network capabilities of Blu-ray hardware and Apple’s handheld devices to transfer data.

According to NetBlender:
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The iPhone application will be able to interact directly with movies, showing extra information in the iPhone. It will also be able to keep a database of your movie collection. BD Touch will also be able to get digital copies of the movies inside the Blu-ray disc, presumably already encoded for iPod touch and iPhone playback.

HTC to Unveil Google Android Platform Handset In May?

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Taiwanese company is planning two or three handsets based on Google’s Android platform for 2008, and this May HTC launch could well fit the timing.

Although other manufacturers have not promised Android devices until later in the year, as a founding member of the Open Handset Alliance, HTC, who provided Google with the prototype Android handset, are well positioned to get something to market sooner rather than later.

The “Dream” phone from HTC was apparently was the device that Google used to demonstrate the Open Handset Alliance software to potential members.
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The handset is said to measure around 3 x 5 inches, offers a touchscreen that can be viewed horizontally or vertically, as well as navigational controls and a swivel out keyboard.

Obviously there’s no way of knowing at this early stage what this event may bring, or even if the Dream will make it to market, but Pocket-lint will be attending the event and bring you all the news as it happens.

source:pocket-lint

Nokia ‘Tube’ project Will be A cool Reply to iPhone!!

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Nokia is readying its official response to the iPhone, a project grossly codenamed “Tube” that will feature a touch interface. The new handset, which is said to closely resemble Apple’s device. Was shown during a slideshow at the Evans Data Developer Relations Conference in Redwood City, California. The slide demonstrated the phone’s UI, including a promotional shot featuring Shrek The Third.

Tom Libretto, vice president of Forum Nokia, believes that the company can compete for the iPhone’s marketshare, though the phone-maker hasn’t set a

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street date for the device. Apple has sold more than 4 million units since the iPhone’s launch.

source:engadget

Samsung 2ON First Dual Standby CDMA and GSM Handset

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Samsung India has launched the Samsung 2ON; its first Dual Standby CDMA and GSM handset.

2-ON can operate on almost all service providers in India, both GSM and CDMA. It also the first CDMA phone which supports both Tata Indicom and Reliance Communications value added services on the same handset.

On the software front , the handset packs in handwriting recognition, file viewer, sketch memo, advanced organiser capability with functional screen and special India specific applications like Indian calendar, hinglish support, mobile prayer and panchang.
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The phone features

* 2.3″ TFT touch screen
* 2 Megapixel camera
* Micro SD card slot upto 1GB
* MP3/AAC+ player.

The Samsung 2-0N comes with a 1200mAh battery which gives longer talk time and extra power for operating the 2 networks. The handset can also be used as a modem to access internet at speeds of 153kbps on CDMA network.

The Samsung 2-On is priced at Rs. 16,500.

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Again iPhone Price Cut! For New 3G Model?

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Germans can now get an iPhone for just €99 (US$155). It will also fan the flames of rumors about an imminent new 3G model.

It’s interesting both because the iPhone hasn’t been subsidized before, and because it could mean the launch of a new 3G capable model is getting close, according to Wood.

“That could mean T-Mobile is clearing the channel for a new model,” said Wood.

The 16G-byte model still costs €499. The promotional price for the 8G-byte model is valid from April 7 to June 30 for customers signing up for T-Mobile’s most expensive calling plan, the Complete XL, which costs €89 per month. The price of the iPhone rises to €249 when bought with the Complete S contract, which includes fewer minutes and text messages, and costs €29 per month.

T-Mobile’s pricing strategy is a big departure for the iPhone. So far, Apple has gone to great lengths to stop carriers from selling its phone at lower prices to protect it’s music player market, according to Wood, who questions whether Apple is happy with the price.

According to T-Mobile, it’s business as usual.

“I don’t want talk about subsidies. After a phone has been out for five months its quite normal to do sales promotions, and Apple is of course on board,” said Alexander Graf von Schmettow, spokesman at T-Mobile.[ad#add-top-in]

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MSV Makes Touchscreen Satellite/cellular Phone “LOST”

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A new sat-phone company, MSV (Mobile Satellite Ventures) has developed a prototype phone that looks like the touch-screen satphonev

The L-Series satellite phone will be available in 2010, according to MSV spokesman Tom Surface. It will use a new hybrid satellite/cellular system based on two satellites that MSV is launching in 2009, and it will slide between cellular coverage when it’s in range and satellite coverage when no cell service is available. MSV will make a deal with a US-based cellular carrier to sell satellite/cellular service under the carrier’s brand, Surface said.

MSV had non-working models of the L-Series at its booth. According to the phone’s spec sheet, it will have a 320-by-480 multi-touch screen; smartphone style applications; high-speed Internet access with Wi-Fi, cellular, and satellite connectivity; a Web cam; and a speakerphone. Unlike most satellite phones, it will be only .6-inches thick.

There’s one big difference between MSV’s phone and Lost’s, though. The MSV phone will get satellite access only in North America, because that’s where MSV’s two satellites will cover, Surface said.

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The Hummer Fly’s Most Awaited Phone Launches

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Fly today launched its most awaited phone, the Hummer. For this French handset maker ModeLabs has carried over General Motors Hummer license to the mobile phone. This design has been styled after the Hummer car and comes in three colors — Yellow, Military camouflage and Black.

Also present for the occasion was Malaika Arora Khan, who is the brand ambassador of Fly Phones.

The Hummer comes with a 262K color LCD with touch screen, a 2MP camera, 256MB MicroSD card bundled, FM radio and MP3 player. The phone is just one amongst 15 more to be launched in the next quarter itself, as informed by CEO, Rajiv Khanna. “We have plans to get really aggressive in the market, but as of now the strategy calls for streamlining the business channels before we can start work on branding,” he said.

The phone will cost Rs. 10,000 in the market and is customized with Hummer paint color.

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