Motorola Stylishly Steps Into Handsfree Car Kits

Like virtually every model on the market today, the 'T505' works using Bluetooth technology and - like Parrot's PMK5800 - its simple clip design can be attached to a visor and requires no installation.

Just like the PMK5800, the T505 can also be used iTrip-style to stream audio from any Bluetooth equipped music player, with the audio automatically pausing should there be an incoming call.

Acoustics for both functions should be excellent too since the T505 uses A2DP for stereo and bass-enhanced streaming while echo and noise cancellation technologies are built in. Useful features such as caller ID, an in-car battery charger and 20 hours continuous talk time further add to its appeal too while diminutive dimensions of just 76 x 78 x 22.8mm and a weight of 88g makes it highly portable.

On the downside Motorola says the T505 won't appear until 2008 but with the company promising it will be 'great value' this may make its more established rivals sit up and take notice.

Samsung unveils 5.0 megapixel camera phone

Delivering ‘first of its kind’ technology, Samsung’s new handset is being positioned as the answer to customers’ needs when it comes to having "the perfect digital camera and the perfect multimedia mobile" melding into a single cutting-edge device. Beyond the user-friendly 3x optical zoom and Xenon flash to help users accurately capture close-ups and extreme photographic detail, the new camera mobile phone G800 also delivers other attractive features usually found on digital cameras, including macro, multi, and panoramic shots.

South Korean electronics tycoon Samsung has this week turned the media spotlight onto its new G800 handset, which it confidently describes as the world's first 5.0 megapixel camera phone with 3x optical zoom. Boasting its 5.0 megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom lens, the G800 lives somewhat of a double life, resembling a conventional digital camera when viewed from one side and a modern desirable mobile phone from the other. Furthermore, the G800’s camera also offers video capture capabilities alongside the advantages of face detection technology, Xenon flash, Wide Dynamic Range, and video editing functions for the cutting, pasting, and editing of self-made films and clips.

"As multi-megapixel camera phones become more and more popular, the needs of actual digital camera-like features grow together. Samsung G800 will satisfy the unmet needs in the camera category with a true digital camera-like design and functionality," commented Geesung Choi, president of Samsung’s Telecommunication Network. "The G800 will enable users to capture and share precious moments in their daily lives through the enhanced camera functions in a fast 3G network."

New Sony phone has 8 megapixel camera lens mounted on the rear of the handset with Autofocus, image stabalisation, face detection and a xenon flash prove how serious the Sony Ericsson C905 is about pictures.

source : http://tech.monstersandcritics.com/

SAS man makes phone-based publicity lunge

Ex-SAS man and action author Andy McNab's latest book is going to be promoted with a short-code that responds with a link to the first chapter of the book, free to your mobile contract phone - but unlike previous promotions of this type the chapter is also available in spoken form.

Giving away the chapter of a book for reading on mobiles is nothing new - Borders only launched its free-chapter-to-your-mobile service back in July, and it appears strangely bereft of content.

The problem is that mobile phones are very ill-equipped for reading books - they have small, low-resolution screens, and LCD isn't the ideal display technology for reading text anyway. Whether it's a question of technology or habit that we don't use phones as mobile libraries we'll find out next year, when the next generation of electronic-paper-based devices become available. But for the moment it seems that reading text on a phone screen is a non-starter.

The spoken word, on the other hand, can work on a mobile. Many phones are routinely used as MP3 players ,as they carry MP3 phone feature and podcasts have shown how popular the spoken word can be. The publisher couldn't confirm if Andy would be reading the text himself, but it seems likely given the popularity of the readings on his website.

Source : http://www.theregister.co.uk/

Orange mobile launches its “orange world” portal

Orange mobile launches its “orange world” portal. Upon the completion of the re-branding process, Orange Mobile Phones launched its “Orange World” portal thus enabling its customers to enjoy accessing new games, ring tones, wallpapers, application, video tones, themes, and downloads that match different customers handset types.

“Orange World” portal opens the way for differentiated bilingual services bringing to the customers new entertainment applications and downloads. As for a more serious approach, the portal provides a fast and reliable on-line access for business men and professionals to follow up on their e-mails and data communications, compatible to different types of handsets.

“It is a different type of portal. It adds functions that were not provided in the “Yalla” portal. Customers will find the service different to anything they have experienced and the amount of new bilingual content and services in “Orange World” will prove the unmatched quality of the service and provide more entertainment functions,” said Tom Hanks, VP JTG / CEO Orange personal. “We aspire for the best and for what is new and successful on international markets.”

Other than offering games, ring tones and other relevant functions, “Orange World” will provide new tools that can increase or decrease font and page size, and would allow sending free bookmarks to friends.

However, Orange Mobile Network customers can access to view fully the portal and inspect different content such as news, weather, prayer times and entertainment. Downloads in addition to the WAP traffic are chargeable at 3 fils per KB, which will be minimal. An additional 9 fils per 10 KB for Web Traffic while playing online.

Source : http://www.albawaba.com

Samsung Adds Broadcom Chips for 3G Phones

The world's top most mobile phone deals manufacturer accelerates latest 3G handset deployments. Officials with Samsung, the world's second-largest cell-phone maker, said Oct. 7 they are shipping its new 3G handsets with Broadcom chips. The collaboration extends a deal first struck last year between the two companies for Samsung to launch Broadcom's first-generation 3G technology.

The Broadcom 3G cellular solutions selected by Samsung, of Seoul, South Korea, for its SGH-J750 and SGH-A401 mobile phones include the BCM2133 EDGE baseband processor, the BCM2141 WCDMA co-processor, the BCM2045 Bluetooth transceiver and the BCM59001 PMU (power management unit).

The new 3G Samsung mobile phone deals are now shipping to cellular operators in multiple countries, including Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Additional Samsung products with Broadcom's 3G solutions will be released by the Christmas season.

"Broadcom is a capable and valued partner for Samsung and as the 3G market grows very rapidly, we expect that our relationship will become more successful in the future," J.K. Shin, executive vice president of Samsung's Telecommunications Network Business, said in a statement.

The EDGE hardware accelerators minimize power consumption while users browse the Internet, download e-mail or view streaming video over EDGE networks. The BCM2133 integrates a full set of multimedia features including two-megapixel digital camera support, video record and playback capabilities, stereo MP3 / Video player and support for 64-tone polyphonic ringtones.