Moto Z9 launched on AT&T

Motorola's latest phone Z9 launched on AT&T. The new Moto Z9 slider phone features in-car GPS dubbed as AT&T navigator, which can give you turn-by-turn directions so that you can easily locate hotels, gas stations, cafes, etc.

Moto Z9 is equipped with 3G connectivity, which means you will always be online. This phone also comes with the Opera Mini 8 browser, which is better than any other mobile browser out now.

For the media lovers, its new Video Share feature let you send stream videos to your friend’s mobile straight from your mobile. This phone comes with Windows Media Player 11, which ensures no trouble playing your audio or video files.

The Moto Z9 comes up with the latest award winning Crystal Talk Technology, which promises you will be heard in the noisiest place. This mobile also equipped with a 2MP camera with flash, an expandable memory option by microSD card, and Motorola Synergy OS.

Moto Z9 is available on the AT&T network for $249.99 with two years service agreement.

Chinese Phone having 2 years (666 days) Standby time

You might have heard of one-year standby phone Solomobi from China, but now they have returned with another discovery, ZJ268 phone. This phone is a Dual SIM, supporting GSM900 / DSC1800, with eye-catching a 3-inch display. The device said to achieve this much through a 32,800mAh battery, calling it a "Super Battery".

This phone costs $128. In addition, you can see a picture of the 87 x 51 x 10-mm / 0.12-kg lithium battery and the devils own credit card after the break.

Surprisingly good and a must have for anyone who usually forgets to recharge their phone and found themselves with a dead battery. Well if you doubt about its performance then you have to wait 666 days until we get its results.

Mooon+ Concept Phone

Here is a new concept phone designed by Sunman Kwon, beautiful isn’t it? This is not just some touchscreen cell phone but it has a very distinguished feature, there is an integrated detachable Bluetooth headset, which can be separated for use and when connected to phone it can get charge itself.

After all this seems to be a promising factor, because you don't have to think about charging your Bluetooth headset separately.

However, when on the run I personally feel that Bluetooth headset may consume a lot of energy through cell phone to keep itself charged. Who knows maybe they have a turnoff switch on it, oh it is a bad joke. So just, wait until this concept may come to reality.

Getac PS535E rugged handheld

The Getac's new handheld phone PS535E is definitely a rugged one, fully complaint with MIL STD 810F and IP54 compliance, which makes it fully vibration and drop shock resistant that also includes resistance from temperature, humidity, water and dust.
The features are also not bad, equipped with high sensitive GPS receiver, 802.11b/g WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, a 400 MHz S3C2440A processor from Samsung, 2 GB NAND flash storage capacity, 64MB SDRAM, 3.5-inch QVGA touchscreen with 262K colors (sunlight readable display), mini USB port, and Windows Mobile 5.0 Premium.
There is no idea of its price and avaiability.

Readius - Cell phone with e-paper display

At Mobile World Congress 2008, Polymer Vision Ltd. showed a cell phone named "Readius", which is equipped with a rollable/foldable electronic paper display. Users can reduce the storage space of the handset by folding up the electronic-paper display. The display is extended when the handset is used, and folded when it is stored, for example, in a pocket.
Readius comes with the ability of displaying electronic books and able to play mp3 files on it. This phone supports W-CDMA and HSDPA, which enables its users to have phone calls and good data communication, also includes a Li-ion battery with nearly about 1100mAh, which can work for 30 hours on a single charge.
Polymer Vision, said it will release the phone in the middle of 2008, and the first customer will be Telecom Italia, a telecommunication company in Italy. Also plans to ship nearly about 100,000 cell phones by the end of this year. A manufacturer in Taiwan assembles the phone for Polymer Vision. The company also consulting with other potential customers.
"When we announced we are ready to begin commercial production, many carriers contacted us. Carriers in Asian countries like Japan, as well as those in other regions, showed high interest," the company said.

Epoq EGP-WP88 - Wristwatch cum mobile phone

The latest from Epoq, EGP-WP88, it is a wristwatch cum Quad band 3G mobile phone, or you can say it is a mobile phone, which looks like a watch. It has some interesting features as well, it is waterproof to 50 meters, has a kinetic recharging system that means you can charge it by just wearing it, a 1.3 mega-pixel camera, an OLED Display showing the hands of an analog watch, it can play mp3 and mp4 files, and transfer data via USB or Bluetooth. As a mobile phone, WP88 can provide you about two and a half hours of talk time, and approximately 70 to 100 hours of standby time.
Epoq EGP-WP88 will hit the market by the end of this month, and with all interesting features, this will not come for cheap, costing $530.

13.3mm thick, LG-KH1800 phone dubbed as Orange color phone

While Samsung is quite popular with its sleek phones seems like LG is not leaving in competition behind with its new released 13.3mm thick 3G phone ‘LG-KH1800’ dubbed as ‘Orange color phone’ in Korea market, which can be noticed by it orange color keypad.
There is a multitasking button, which you can use for SMS, phone directory, alarm, even while on some call. This phone also features 3G WCDMA with automatic roaming facility, mp3 player, text viewer, 1 mega-pixel camera with another VGA resolution camera front mounted for voice calls, and a dictionary. This phone costs around $375.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 runs on Windows Mobile 6.1

Sony Ericsson showing off its latest and first mobile integrated with Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.1 platform at the World Mobile Congress. There is not enough information available but what I came to know is Xperia X1 has a Qualcomm 7200 CPU with the processing speed of 528MHz, 128MB RAM, 256MB ROM, heavy duty battery - 1500mAh, touch-screen, a sliding keypad, and Assisted GPS.
Xperia X1 is exciting and catching a lot of attention, most of the people are excited by its 528 MHz processor, and wondering if the on board RAM going to prove itself sufficient for multitasking or not. Therefore, for more information we will have to wait until Xperia X1 hits the market.

Here is a short promotional video of Xperia X1.

Fujitsu FOMA F905i with finger print sensor

This new Fijitsu's FOMA F905i phone has an integrated finger print scanner for making mobile business transactions more secured. Fujitsu has collaborated with AuthenTec, the world’s leading provider of fingerprint sensors. This FOMA F905i integrated with AuthenTec’s AES1710 finger print sensor based on the TruePrint technology enables sensors to read virtually every fingerprint, every time. The sensor is located on the back of the handset to authenticate with a finger swipe. FOMA 905i also features built in mobile TV, 3.2-inch VGA TFT display, GPS, 3.2 mega-pixel camera, and with 3G/GSM can work around the world in 155 countries and regions. This phone is only available with NTT DoCoMo in Japan.

Watch Streaming TV on iPhone or iPod Touch through Wifi

Packet Video just started showing off their new Mobile Broadcast Receiver at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This device is rechargeable and all you need is a wireless broadband access point (WiFi). This in turn means that your device must be equipped with the WiFi feature, well it is getting common with all new mobile handsets to posses built in WiFi.
Anyways this device will be available during this year, but Packet Video usually deals with service providers, not with the consumers. So, let us wait and see until this device comes out to market.

Philips Xenium cellphone with AAA battery option

The latest phone from Philips has a new way to keep your cell phone running when needed. Actually, the Philips Xenium 9@9j has a built in slot for AAA battery in it along with lithium ion battery, which will give this phone 3 extra hours of talk time. Most people believe that AAA battery is not a very good option and it is a bit bulky too, but ask that person who always finds his cell phones showing low battery message.
So, with this phone, whenever you are running low on lithium ion regular battery just pop in a AAA battery, which are easily available everywhere and gives you 3 hours of extra talk time.

Smartphone from Toshiba - Portego G810

Last month Toshiba just got officially into cellphones with their G710 and G910, but now they are planning to get one more smartphone in the market their Portego G810 at MWC. Like the earlier two phones, this one also comes with Windows Mobile 6, and it supports 3g HSDPA and HSUPA, built in GPS and AGPS, Wifi, and Bluetooth, 256MB internal memory. One can also expect a 2.8 inch QVGA touchscreen with a 3 megapixel camera with auto focus, micro SD card slot for expanding storage capacity and a FM radio.
There is no pricing declared, but it is quite clear that this phone will hit the European market very soon in a month or two.

Zeemote JS1 - Joystick for Bluetooth Cell Phones

Zeemote JS1 is joystick, which connects to a Cell Phone via Bluetooth and with four user configurable buttons, it provides a comfortable gaming experience. Zeemote is for those who feel a bit uncomfortable to use their Cell Phone's joystick, and for those who likes to play a bit old-fashioned way. Zeemote JS1 is small enough to put in a pocket. Several popular games are optimized to be played by Zeemote such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Tomb Raider, and Helistrike 3D, though it is sure that it will work with any mobile game. There is no clarity on pricing and availability, but really hope we see this out soon.

Nokia introduces N78

The latest midrange Nokia N78 comes fully loaded with high speed HSPDA 3G support, Wi-Fi connectivity, FM music transmitter and integrated Assisted GPS (AGPS) with free Nokia Maps 2.0. In addition, this midrange handset features picture geotagging capability with the help of 3.2 megapixel auto focus camera and Carl Zeiss optics. Everything else is just as an average S60 Third edition pack 2, which comes with Bluetooth and Wifi, 3.5mm headphone out, and microSD memory card, currently available with upto 8GB and 2GB microSD card is already available in the package.
It is the first version of Nokia Nseries, which announced to be available in Europe and America including their 3G versions.
Nokia N78 is expected to start shipping by the Q2 this year, with expected price tag of $500.

HTC Advantage X7510 now with 16GB Flash Memory

HTC has revealed the latest version of the Advantage, the X7510. They have doubled the size of internal flash memory from 8GB to 16GB, also in addition it features TouchFLO, Opera Mobile 9, Google Maps as well. It rumored to be containing Windows Mobile 6.1. Also containing the features from the old Advantage version, which includes 5 inch VGA display, GPS with TomTom Navigator 6, triband HSDPA and Quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE, Bluetooth, Wifi, QWERT magnetic keyboard, ATI video acceleration with Ahem, 256 MB ROM and 128 MB RAM, 624MHz processor.
The HTC Advantage X7510 will be available by the March of this year, but only for European countries, US user have to wait for a while, but its not certain whether they get their hands on it or not. There is no clear idea about its pricing.

Nokia reveals N96

The new Nokia N96 is a dual-slider with 4 multimedia keys and two gaming keys, screen designed to render high-quality video and TV reception with built in DVB-H mobile TV tuner. It sports a 2.8-inch QVGA screen with 16 million colors, 16GB of internal memory, and an upgradeable microSD card slot, 5 Megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss Optics, high speed data transfer through USB, integrated GPS with well defined Nokia maps 2.0 and built in geotagging. This phone has everything that one can wish for the moment. Nokia N96 hit the market by the third quarter of this year, and it will be costing around $800.

The features includes -

Symbian S60v3 Feature Pack 2
Quad-band GSM - 850/900/1800/1900MHz, and dual-band HSDPA - 850/2100MHz
Weight - 125 gms
2.8- inch QVGA display with 16 million colors
950mAh battery
WiFi with uPnP
DVB-H for Digital TV reception on the move.
5 megapixel camera with autofocus, Carl Zeiss optics, dual-LED flash for photos and video light, secondary front-facing VGA cam for video calling
VGA quality video recording at 30 fps
Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR and A2DP support
3.5mm AV outlet for audio and TV Out
GPS with Nokia Maps 2.0 and built in geotagging
16GB internal flash memory, and expandable microSD card slot
Dual-slide with dedicated multimedia keys and gaming keys.

Get a customized Cell Phone (including features)

This week two companies announced two different versions of customizable cell phone. Now, it is clear that its the starting of a new era, where you can custom your cell phone like we did to laptops and PC's.

Modu, a cell phone manufacturing company from Israel, announced a GSM handset that will be released this October. It will be a tiny phone which can be slide into a jacket, and jackets will be having extra functionality. For example, a user might use a jacket with a nice camera in it for personal use, and then replace that with a jacket to use a QWERTY keyboard for business use. You will also get software, which give instructions to phone about color schemes in addition to other features.

Another company is zzzPhone, which has announced build to order phones, and they claims that buying its phone will be like ordering a PC from Dell. Just use their website, and select the features you want to have and the company will build it. It's base model costs $149, and will provide a wide range of colors and features like 7 mega-pixel camera, TV tuner or DMB, or GPS, etc. all additional features will be charged extra.

Nokia and Microsoft talks for loading Windows Mobiles in Cell phones

Nokia, always supposedly loyal to the Symbian platform for it phones, is now talking with software giant Microsoft to put Windows Mobile platform on their handsets as said by John Starkweather one of the Microsoft's marketing director.
Nokia already using Microsoft’s ActiveSync and PlayReady. Microsoft is working “closely” with Nokia and wants to “go all the way.” It is still too early to determine whether you are going to be able to buy a Nokia phone with Windows Mobile on it, but Nokia will still be selling phones with Symbian platform on it. Therefore, no need to worries Symbian lovers.

LG KF700 on Display in Barcelona

See this all-new Touchscreen phone from LG, named LG KF700. It's exact features is not disclosed yet, but what we know about it in rumors is its features includes a full touchscreen multimedia handset, with resolution of 240x480 pixels, and bright color display which sports 16 million colors, full divx playback, good storage capacity etc. This cell is about to be on display next week in the coming Mobile World Congress 2008.

So, hope to hear about this cell phone very shortly. Until then it is just another hyped phone.

Charge your phone using Solar Energy

These days in Japan it is a new gadget by Strap-Ya, which seems to catching attention, it is a back up battery, which can get recharge by itself in to the sun in about 8 to 10 hours and can give your cell phone some extra breath for about 30 minutes. Well this may not seems like a good thing to charge a solar battery for 8 hours and use it for just 30 minutes, but practically it is a good concept to utilize solar energy, as almost everyone aware of the environmental changes are taking place, and about the global warming. You can use it as a key chain and keep it in a strap, which may be the best way to keep it on charging. You can also recharge it by just plugging it into the AC wall socket for three hours. This gadget soon be available in Japan in a week.