Tag: Mobile world congress
MWC 2008: Nokia finally (finally!) unleashes the N96 handset
Nokia’s suddenly entered the MWC game, with their N96 causing a huge buzz over in Barcelona.
It’s got a – get this – 16GB internal memory capacity, alongside a microSD slot. Perfect for storing photos taken on the 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics lens, flash and video light, and videos which are taken at 30 frames per second. The ability to geo-tag your photos using the A-GPS system is also touted…
MWC 2008: Samsung's possible F480, G400 flip and F400 handsets
Stories are flying thick and fast across the blogging networks about Samsung possibly announcing more than a dozen new handsets this week at MWC. Until they’re officially confirmed, we’ll just show you a couple that are the most impressive – the F480, G400 flip and F400.
If you’re looking at the F480 on the left there, and thinking it looks familiar, you’d be right, as it’s basically the Armani-branded handset from 2007, minus the actual Armani branding. At 11.5mm thick and with a 2.8″, 240 x 320 touchscreen, it also adopts…
MWC 2008 Video Preview: Susi looks at Samsung's Soul, but what does she see?
Susi’s over at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, sporting a new haircut, and the latest mobile handset in Samsung’s Ultra Edition series of handsets.
The unique selling point for the Soul handset is the half ‘normal’ screen and half touchscreen, ensuring every party is happy. With five-megapixels…
MWC 2008: Spice Movie Phone has a built-in optical disc drive
Indian handset manufacturer Spice is unveiling its innovative Movie Phone later today, but I’ve had a go on it already. It’s the first handset to come with a built-in optical disc drive for playing movies, and goes on sale in India this June. The discs are a proprietary format, but they use blue laser technology, and the compression uses the H.264 standard.
MWC 2008: MixDJ application makes your phone a superstar DJ
Poor old amateur DJs. If it wasn’t bad enough being kicked off the decks of house parties by the popularity of iPod playlists, now they’re even being usurped by mobile phones. That’s the idea behind MixDJ, a new application developed by NXP Software.
MWC 2008: LG unveils GPS-enabled LG-KT610 Symbian mobile
The internet is due to collapse tomorrow under the weight of press releases being issued at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona, so some companies are being smart and getting in early. Like LG, which has revealed a new GPS-enabled smartphone, the LG-KT610.
Brit chip company ARM to show first Google Android handset next week?
Whilst both parties are yet to decline on the matter, sources are saying that the British chip designer ARM will demonstrate a prototype mobile handset with Google’s Android platform next week at the Mobile World Congress.
The Android platform is yet to be shown to the public as yet, so if ARM does display the rumoured handset, it may…
Samsung announces 5-megapixel, 4x zoom touting Soul mobile phone
Just sneaking in prior to the start of the Mobile World Congress next week in Barcelona, Samsung has announced the launch of ‘Soul’, which is an acronym of ‘The Spirit Of Utra’, named in honour of the completion of its ‘Ultra Edition’ series of handsets.
Set to be a major feather in Samsung’s cap, the slim and lightweight handset has features such as Magical Touch by DaCP, which adapts the keypad and menus to the user’s habits, making the navigation unique to your usage.
The 12.9mm thin quad-band GSM handset…
