Archive for the ‘Smartphones’ Category

It seems we have to get up soon to buy the new Apple iPhone. For your information, the new Apple iPhone is “coming soon”.

The first and mostly: The new Apple iPhone 3G will go on market at 8 a.m. next Friday at AT&T retail stores and Apple phone stores. So, do planning on lining up? To be the first one to get it? You’d better be ready well before the sunrise going up. Beside that, AT&T also has finally clarified Apple iPhone pricing for current AT&T subscribers who want the Apple iPhone 3G.

In a nutshell, if you’re -upgrade eligible- (by log into your AT&T account to see if you are), you will be able to buy the new Apple iPhone for the cheap discounted price of $199:8GB version or $299:16GB model. AT&T is somewhat vague about the eligibility criteria, although your credit history plus the time remaining on your contract are the main factors. As additional, you will also have to pay a small fee of $18 as “upgrade fee.”

I’m planning to do the same analysis today, but Gizmodo came along and saved us some work. Exactly: We’ve acknowledged that the Apple iPhone 3G is going to be more costly than the original Apple iPhone over the course of its life, but how if we compare it with other smart-phones on the market?

Jason Chen ran the numbers against the three models that is: HTC Tilt, the HTC Mogul, and the XV6800, all most wanted smart-phones geared toward consumers. The results are all pretty close. Just $220 over two years separates the most expensive smart-phone (XV6800) from the least expensive HTC Mogul, not including the now-discontinued original Apple iPhone.

The iPhone’s functions like exchange support, true push-email, pro-level top security and configuration features - they’re all in store for the iPhone as the ‘big’ Apple tries to position its touch-screen smart handphone as a real competitor to the BlackBerrys, Palm: Palm Treos, and other Windows Mobile gadgets.Apple VP Phil Schiller said that this new features, which will allow business peoples to straightaway sync their exchange email, business contacts, and events, will be in the next iPhone firmware update. (The iPhone updates software will be announced later) But it seems there’s no iPhone’s updates until June.

The world of technology is changing. To meet the growing need for mobile Web communication and multimedia entertainment, Sony Ericsson welcoming the new XPERIA™. With this new brand, Sony Ericsson will position itself at the forefront of mobile convergence in the new year.

XPERIA™ and a new era in mobile communications with the announcement of the XPERIA™ X1, a stand-out, arc slider phone from Sony Ericsson designed to address the growing need for a premium, converged mobile experience.

The Sony Ericsson XPERIA™ X1 combines a 3-inch clear wide screen VGA display and a full QWERTY keyboard for ease of use within a quality metal-finishing body. Running on Windows Mobile® Operating System inside, the XPERIA™ X1 lets you enjoy the excitement of your favourite entertainment content to working efficiently on-the-move. Access the world of experiences simply by touching the XPERIA™ panel on the great screen.

Hand Held Products is famous for its range of image-based data collection solutions for mobile applications, and the company has just dropped an announcement that it has equipped its Dolphin 7900 Mobile Computer with GPS technology. This upgrade makes the Dolphin 7900 the first and only industrial-grade mobile data collection solution to come with a fully integrated GPS chipset that is currently up for sale to the masses, while the rest of its competition play catch up.

Ready to get your life in order? Then maybe it’s time to get a personal digital assistant. These small, lightweight devices can keep track of your appointments, phone numbers, and to-do lists, usually syncing with Microsoft Outlook or other desktop organizer software. Today’s PDAs can also keep you amused with games, music, and video; a growing number have built-in cameras, and a few newer ones integrate GPS receivers as well.

The LG Voyager is not a larger version of the LG enV, though the two are both side-opening QWERTY clamshell phones. Instead, think of the Voyager as the phone the LG should have been, or would be for an extra $200, give or take. While we complained about the tiny external screen and lack of features on the enV, we’ll have no such complaints about the Voyager. The face is dominated by a large touch screen. We don’t have specific measurements, but upwards of 2.5-inches or more would be our best guess. The interface relies heavily on the touch screen, and includes plenty of icon-based menus and shortcuts to help navigate without having to open the clam.