New High End Phones

Nokia N 70

Key Features

Quad Band, TFT, 256K colors, 2 MP 1600x1200 pixels Camera, MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player,
FM Radio video, flash secondary video call VGA camera, Push to talk, 35 MB shared memory for applications, SMS, MMS, ringtones.

Availabilty : Launched

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Samsung SGH-i310

Info :

New 8 GB Samsung SGH-i310 8GB model, successor of the i300.

This new bar phone with 8 GB hard disk will have tri-band GSM and EDGE support and will run on Windows Mobile 5.0. It will be equipped with a 2" 65K colors display with 240 x 320 pixels display. The i310 is almost the same in size and weight as the Samsung i300 model. A 2 megapixel camera can be found on the back of the phone and storage space can be expanded via the microSD card slot. The connectivity features of the Samsung i310 are Bluetooth (with A2DP profile for wireless stereo headset) and USB 2.0.

Availabilty : Comming Soon

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Sony Ericsson W810

Key Features

TFT, 256K colors, 2 MP Camera, 1632x1224 pixels, autofocus, video, flash, MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player , Video player, Java, FM radio with RDS

Memory Card slot - Memory Stick Duo Pro (up to 2GB), 512 MB card included- 20 MB shared.

Availabilty : Launched

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New Entry Level Phones

Motorola L7

Key Features

Quad Band,TFT, 256K colors, VGA Camera 640x480 pixels, video , Push to talk, Java MIDP 2.0, MP3/MPEG4, playerPush to talk

Memory Card slot - microSD (TransFlash), up to 512 MB

1 MB total memory
5 MB free user memory

Availabilty : Launched

Labels: Mobile

Research in Motion (RIM has partnered with Vodafone to bring the first 3G-enabled Blackberry device to market, Reg Hardware has learned. The machine is based on the 8700 series launched last year.


The 8707v is based on a 312MHz Intel PXA901 processor backed with 16MB of SRAM and 64MB of Flash memory. In addition to 3G connectivity, the handset provides quad-band (850/900/1800/1900MHz) GSM/GPRS operation, though it's not clear whether EDGE support is included as it is with regular 8700-series Blackberries. However, it seems the 3G modem is used exclusively for data.

Labels: Mobile

Motorola has unveiled the SLVR L7; its Gen-Next, ultra-slim handset, which draws upon the company's RAZR V3 platform.

Designed for consumers seeking performance plus style, the SLVR L7 at 86 x 54 mm is narrower than the size of a credit card, and features an illuminated precision cut key-pad with metallic spun finish, chrome-plated side keys, glass display, glass-filled body for rigidity, and an anodized aluminium battery door.

SLVR L7 weighs only 85 grams, and includes features such as 5.0 MB of internal memory for storing photos, ringtones and text messages; 512 MB or removable TransFlash memory; digital audio player; GSM 850/900/1800/1900 Quad Band; 176 x 220 pixels 262k color TFT display; integrated VGA camera with 4x zoom, video capture and playback; support for GPRS, WAP and Bluetooth plus Bluetooth-enabled headsets; full-duplex hands-free speakerphone; and Wireless Village which defines open connections with existing instant messaging providers, and allows consumers access to popular chat programs and clients like AOL, ICQ, Yahoo and MSN.

Tech Spec Summary

GSM Quad Band (1900 /850/ 900 / 1800)
Weight 85g
Dimensions 113mm x 49mm x 11.5mm
Display 256k colors
Battery Talk Time: 400 mins
Standby: 350 hrs
Camera VGA
Wireless Data GPRS, Bluetooth
Package Contains Battery, AC adapter
Price Rs 12,820.

Labels: Mobile

TOKYO -- Toshiba Corporation today announced a breakthrough in lithium-ion batteries that makes long recharge times a thing of the past. The company's new battery can recharge 80% of a battery's energy capacity in only one minute, approximately 60 times faster than the typical lithium-ion batteries in wide use today, and combines this fast recharge time with performance-boosting improvements in energy density.

The new battery fuses Toshiba's latest advances in nano-material technology for the electric devices sector with cumulative know-how in manufacturing lithium-ion battery cells. A breakthrough technology applied to the negative electrode uses new nano-particles to prevent organic liquid electrolytes from reducing during battery recharging. The nano-particles quickly absorb and store vast amount of lithium ions, without causing any deterioration in the electrode.

The excellent recharging characteristics of new battery are not its only performance advantages. The battery has a long life cycle, losing only 1% of capacity after 1,000 cycles of discharging and recharging, and can operate at very low temperatures. At minus 40 degrees centigrade, the battery can discharge 80% of its capacity, against 100% in an ambient temperature of 25 degree centigrade).

Toshiba will bring the new rechargeable battery to commercial products in 2006. Initial applications will be in the automotive and industrial sectors, where the slim, small-sized battery will deliver large amounts of energy while requiring only a minute to recharge. For example, the battery's advantages in size, weight and safety highly suit it for a role as an alternative power source for hybrid electric vehicles.

Toshiba expects that the high energy density and excellent recharge performance of the new battery will assure its successful application as a new energy solution in many areas of society.

Labels: Mobile, Technology

A UK developer has come up with a "self-destruct" text messaging service it hopes will prove a hit with both businessmen dealing with sensitive information and celebrity love cheats. StealthText from Staellium UK is positioned as a means to give a sender control over text messages they send instead of relying on a recipient to delete it, something Rebecca Loos conspicuously failed to do with messages from David Beckham, resulting in much embarrassment for the metrosexual football icon last year.

StealthText deletes SMS messages 40 seconds after they are read, a technology Staellium compares to the destruction of instructions played by agents in the Mission Impossible TV series and movies. Users of the service need to have a WAP-enabled mobile phone though only those sending texts need to download a StealthText applet. Message bundles cost £5 for 10 secure messages and the service is only available to users of UK SIM cards. Users can sign-up by texting STEALTH to 80880.

Once a message has been sent, the recipient receives a text notification showing the sender’s name and providing a link to the message. Once opened, the message will disappear after around 40 seconds.

To comply with legal requirements, even after a message is deleted from the recipient's phone, the 'paper trail' and log stays on a secure server. To prevent abuse, the recipient has no access to the server. Recipients can reply with StealthTexts (after signing up to the service themselves), creating a private channel of two-way communication.

Carole Barnum, chief exec and co-founder of Staellium UK comments, "The ability to send a self-destruct message has massive benefits for people from all walks of life, from everyday mobile users, through to celebrities and business people, but this is just the start. In spring 2006 we will be launching new services such as self-destruct email, voice and picture messages, so ultimately no one will ever have to worry about their messages or pictures ending up in the wrong hands ever again."

Staellium UK plans to make its StealthText service available across Europe, in the US and Asia early next year.

Labels: Mobile, Technology