Samsung SCH-W740 (HAPTIC 8M)

Samsung SCH-W740 (HAPTIC 8M)

Author Ciel501 | 25.03.2009 | Category Telecommunications

The new Samsung Haptic 8M enters the Cellphone market as a full-touch mobile phone which includes features such as an 8-megapixel photo snapper jam packed with a series of features like auto focus, smile shot and xenon flash, face tagging. This is the first cameraphone entry that the company has launched in South Korea, it might see a lot of resistance from the market place, mainly considering the quality of photos it can shoot.

Other great feature of the Samsung Haptic 8M is an English recognition function that has been designed to automatically translate documents after users take pictures of them. Among the other features of the new handset we can also count HSUPA connectivity (up to 5.7Mbps), Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity, T-DMB, and a business card scanner.

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Cool Bluetooth Sunglasses

Author JoeDigital | 20.03.2009 | Category Innovation, Telecommunications

Yes, this is a pair of sunglasses and, if you’ve guessed it, it’s a Bluetooth hands-free set as well. Great isn’t it, how innovators actually can come up with an idea as cool as it is efficient like a Bluetooth hands-free pair of sunglasses.

At first glance you can say that the sunglasses aren’t too shabby. In fact, they seem like the type that can look good on anyone who wears them. So you won’t be wearing the thing because you have to – you wear them because you look good in them.

More importantly, the glasses have Bluetooth 2.0 standards and it can work with virtually any phone that has a Bluetooth. It also has a talk time of 3.5 hours and a 90 hour standby time if fully charged. These are very decent, if not relatively good specs for a device like this.

So if you’re looking for a good alternative to a ridiculous device hanging around your ear, then try these shades on for size.

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Free Kindle for iPhone

Author JoeDigital | 09.03.2009 | Category Consumer Electronics, Telecommunications

After the Kindle and Kindle 2 devices came out, Amazon started giving away free software versions of the application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. But this doesn’t mean that people who paid over $300 for their Kindle 1 and Kindle 2 products will be trading in their devices anytime soon.

For those of you who don’t know yet, the original Kindle is an E-book reader, and the basic reading application has been ported to mobile devices, and has the same function as that of a computer’s E-book reader. With Kindle (free or licensed), users can store systematically over hundreds of documents on their mobile devices for their reading pleasures.

While its features generally stay the same, what really made this recent Kindle different from the previous versions of other mobile models is the devices being used. For example, the iPhone has lesser battery life than what is promised by the other devices, which is a good thing because we need it for longer reading sessions. The iPhone also has a screen half the size of the original.

But really, it’s for free. Who can complain?

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Nokia Going for Laptops?

Author JoeDigital | 05.03.2009 | Category Technology Viewpoint, Telecommunications

Today, Nokia remains as one of the top manufacturers of mobile phones in the world market, specifically because it is known for its economical cell phone models – making it a cheaper and viable alternative for consumers worldwide.

But recently Nokia has expressed its intent to join the laptop manufacturing industry. Perhaps, with companies like Apple spreading itself with a variety of products from laptops to mobile phones, Nokia has thought it would be best to maintain its presence in the mobile industry by expanding as well.

But the question as to what exactly will the niches of these products are in the market is left unanswered. Will these laptops be pegged as inexpensive and practical alternatives to their more luxurious competitors? Will they be more portable, easy to use or universal in some way? Or will they be more exclusive and elite like their competition’s products are? We’ll just have to wait and see.

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LG Versa – Detachable Keyboard

Author JoeDigital | 04.03.2009 | Category Innovation, Telecommunications

There are phones that are purely touch screen and don’t have keypads. There are phones that use only keypads. There are touch screens phones that come with a slide-in keypad. These varieties have problems of their own. Touch screen phones have recently had problems with accurate button pushing, while keypads take up the space in a phone that would have otherwise meant a wider screen. On the other hand, if you have both, you get a bulky phone.

But this is where the LG Versa comes in. It’s a Verizon Wireless touch screen phone that actually comes with a “snap-off” keyboard. It contains all the basics of Verizon’s phones (i.e. camera, SMS, etc.), but this one comes with a leather case where your detachable QWERTY keyboard is kept. You can attach it anytime if you feel like tapping on real keys for a change.

While this will be out $199 this March, Verizon and LG hint that future developments will allow other “detachable” accessories like gaming pads. Talk about a new breed of cell phone accessories!

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Verison Touchscreen Hub

Author JoeDigital | 28.02.2009 | Category Technology, Telecommunications

 

Here comes the touch screen Verizon Hub, which recently made it to the market around the first of February. It is basically Verizon’s idea of a VoIP phone for the home powered by Wi-Fi and run with a couple of smartphone features. It’s even got a touchscreen, for you convenience.

Some of the nifty smartphone features included in the Verizon Hub involve connectivity with any VZ-Navigator enabled Verizon phone. For one, you can go through your directory and get coordinates of establishments and have them sent to your phone. You can also automatically send notifications to other Verizon phones that you’ve recently changed contact details as well as import those changes to your own phone. For parents, you can track the current location of your children with the “chaperone” application that provides coordinates through the hub as well.

At $199, this phone comes with a two-year contract and Wi-Fi or Ethernet connection after a $50 mail-in rebate.

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Pre-installing Skype on Nokia N97

Author JoeDigital | 24.02.2009 | Category Consumer Electronics, Telecommunications

It first came out straight from the companies themselves during the 2009 Mobile World Congress that the mobile Skype application will now be pre-installed in Nokia’s N97 model. It seems that aside from the exciting announcements of Nokia such as the putting up of the N86 8MP for sale at below $400 in the US market as well as introducing a couple more stuff into Nokia’s smartphones, these two companies decided to make it official that way.

With 3G and WLAN becoming more popular, Skype has probably realized the need to catch up with revenue by striking the deal with Nokia, especially in terms of its very new N97 model. While it is true that users can easily download or acquire the mobile application for Skype, the idea of having it pre-installed can probably be attract many consumers.

In any case, one can only expect good things when two of the most popular communications companies when they decided that the best of Internet communication experience be found in the latest of handsets – a very appealing combination.

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Sony Ericsson’s New Concept: Idou

Author JoeDigital | 22.02.2009 | Category Consumer Electronics, Telecommunications

While Barcelona’s recent World Mobile Congress shows many great cell phone models to be available for Europe, the “Iduo”, a new product from Sony Ericsson, really caught a lot of attention – even if it was still “just” and idea.

The Iduo is presented by Sony Ericsson as an entertainment phone. Among its main features is that it possesses the powers of a digicam with its built-in 12 megapixel camera. And with its touch screen personality, users can just tap on the screen to take pictures of their subjects, and then go on editing the image with the wide range of options that can bring out one’s creativity.

Aside from that, this widescreen phone is designed to accommodate one’s viewing pleasures by promising high quality playback on the flat screen. All this, of course, is coupled with great sound capacity, completing the great audio-visual experience. Certainly a phone to look out for if ever this “concept” becomes the real thing.

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Samsung OmniaHD

Author JoeDigital | 21.02.2009 | Category Consumer Electronics, Telecommunications

With high resolution technology being the latest in cell phone fashion this year, the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona brought in for display the Samsung OmniaHD. This Samsung model proves its high definition quality with its 360 x 640 pixel resolution all over the phone’s 3.7-inch Full Touch QHD 16 M AMOLED screen.

With its 8 megapixel CMOS + CIF camera, not only can you take pictures with auto-focus, power LED flash, face detection, and smile, blink and panorama shots, the Samsung OmniaHD can also record up to 720p or 24 fps, which isn’t a common thing among cell phones. So that’s already an edge. And of course, it also has Bluetooth and Wi-Fi along with a microSD for external memory.

While the Mobile World Congress is a showcase for European phones, US consumers need not worry, because like all the phones that came out in Barcelona, the Samsung OmniaHD will most likely be out on the US markets pretty soon.

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Micro USB becomes charger standard

Author JoeDigital | 19.02.2009 | Category Consumer Electronics, Gadgets, Telecommunications

In line with the European Union’s pursuit of convincing cell phone manufacturers to come up with a universal standard for chargers on different handsets, over 17 companies have already joined in and agreed to adopt such standard.

This particularly refers to the micro USB format. It’s a smaller version of the USB connector and it has been used by already quite a lot of present handsets, not just exclusive to cell phones.

The plan is to make sure that “majority of all new mobile phone models” are compatible with the Micro USB connector by the opening of the year 2012. Furthermore, the other goal specified was that these chargers are meant to use only half power while on standby.

This kind of standard will definitely have its significant perks. There will be costs cut on all sides when cell phones will no longer have to be sold in bundle with their exclusive chargers, which is predicted to reduce charger productions by 50%.

Of course, the world doesn’t only have 17 cell phone companies. There are some big companies that still hold on to their own formats. Hopefully, they will join the bandwagon in due time.

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