Motorola MOTO W7 Active Edition

Motorola has announced the Moto W7 Active Edition, a slider phone for fitness enthusiasts.MOTO W7 is equipped with an accelerometer that senses your body’s motions, orientation and hand gestures to perform tasks. They can flip the phone to silence an incoming call, snooze the alarm or pause music. Moreover, they are able to shake the W7 twice to launch a favorite application, or flick it to skip songs and images.
The specification list of the new MOTO W7 includes a 2.2” display that can offer a 320 x 240 pixel (QVGA) resolution, Bluetooth connectivity with A2DP, USB 2.0, 30MB of internal memory and an external memory card slot that supports up to 8GB of additional storage space. MOTO W7 features two cameras – a 2.0 megapixel for still images and a second VGA camera to make video calls to friends and family. Use the full screen mode to check out your videos or clips from sites like YouTube. Plus, you can access the Web, download data and stream video fast with 3G speed. When you need some extra motivation, pair MOTO W7 with a wireless headset such as the MOTOROKR S9-HD headphones to re-energize your exercise without getting caught up in wires.

Download : Nokia 5800 XM firmware update now available

Nokia today unleashed a firmware upgrade for its ailing 5800 XM. Nokia's first touchscreen device on the Symbian S60 platform had left users frustrated with a confusing user interface, faulty speaker and overall sluggish performance. The firmware upgrade will take on some of these issues (Nokia had earlier admitted the speaker problem was due to a hardware issue and consumers could get it rectified at any Nokia Care centre) and add some new functionalities as well. The firmware upgrade will improve the following:

- Faster user interface and faster download times
- New camcorder features: second camera support for still image capture in addition to video calls, burst mode that allows people to take multiple pictures one after another without needing to repress the picture taking button
- Mobile Dictionary: built-in dictionary functionality with voice playback of words utilizing text-to-speech technology, support for 38 languages
- Application Update: with Application Update people can check for available updates for applications and update them directly in the device. Applications can also be kept up-to-date by setting the checking to automatic. Source...

Sony Ericsson released new cheap Walkman phone: W205

This cellphone is , handset in Sony Ericsson W205 is a pull-mobile, and the style and the black cover will certainly bring to mind much more expensive new models W995 and C905. But the cellphone most popular W205 is much cheaper and easier in the functions. The camera is January 1-megapixel camera with memory card auto focus and photo light.
In the case muskoxen is W205 cellphone in each case prepared with both an FM radio and MP3 players, and has Sony Ericsson’s Tracked feature, which can check the name and artist of the song played on the radio. There is also a purpose to record music that you hear on the radio, and store the memory card.

But the phone has support for memory cards up to 2 gigabytes of memory, which costs a few hundred dollars. Weighs 96 grams mobile phones has a screen pixels and 65,000 colors, 1.3 megapixel cameras, FM radio, GPRS connectivity, 5MB memory and microSD slot. Battery lasts up to 425 hours on standby.Source...

DJ comes right in your hand : Samsung M7600

Oh dear! Yet another Sammy baby showing up before the official press conference at MWC. This time, it is the odd-shaped M7600 with B&O acoustics. The oval shaped phone sports a 2.8 inch touchscreen on which you can play the role of a DJ and get on the nerves of your friends. Other specs are rumoured to include GPS, HSDPA connectivity, 3.0 MP cam and DivX support. Hit the link below for a complete gallery!Source...

Unboxing video of the all new Nokia 5320 XpressMusic

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Sony Ericsson released MOBO W910i limited edition walkman phone

One of the key sponsors at this year’s MOBO awards show which is at Wembley Arena on 15th October is Sony Ericsson and joins Western Union in reaching over a 250 million TV audience across the globe.

In view of this sponsorship deal between Sony Ericsson and MOBO, MOBO is to supply exclusive content which will support the launch of Sony Ericsson’s special MOBO edition of their white and gold W910i Walkman mobile phone.

The Sony Ericsson special MOBO edition W910i is to be exclusive during the run up to Christmas to the Carphone warehouse. Source...

LG Viewty 8MP phone gets official announcement

LG have announced the new LG-KC910, an update to the successful LG Viewty that features an 8 megapixel camera. It's not the first 8 megapixel camera to be announced, but the new LG comes with some stunning specs that in many ways blows the competition out of the water.
More details of the LG-KC910 after the jump.

LG-KC910 overview
As you can see, the LG-KC910 (or LG Viewty II, as somepeople are calling it) is a touchscreen candybar phone featuring a user interface not dissimilar to that of the latest smartphones. Having a big analogue clock in the middle of a touchscreen seems de rigeur, these days, and the LG-KC910 is no different. Keeping up with the Samsungs, you could say!
More impressive, though, is the list of features. Just check this lot out:

• 8 megapixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach certified optics
  
• Auto-focus and manual focus
  
• Xenon Flash
  
• Adjustable ISO sensitivity up to 1600
  
• Image Stabilization
  
• Face tracking
  
• Smile detection
  
• Blink detection (yes, seriously!)
  
• aGPS
  
• Dolby Mobile
  
• DivX and Xvid movie playback
  
• 3" WQVGA touschcreen
  
• Wi-Fi
  
• 7.2Mbps HSDPA
  
• Video recording up to 120fps for slow-mo playback

Phew! That's one seriously long list of features. In fact, other than the ability to play the trumpet, I don't think there's anything they've actually missed out.
The LG-KC910 is, quite clearly, LG's new flagship handset, and looks set to take on the Samsung Omnia and Nokia N96 head to head. Whether it'll succeed or not will be dependent largely on how well these features are implemented, as LG are renowned for making phones with a superb feature-set, but with a poor user interface, making the features almost impossible to use.
We'll only know once we get our grubby hands on one, but fortunately we won't have to wait too long - the LG-KC910 Viewty II release date is set for October 2008, so just over a month until we find out. Source...

Musical phone Philips M600

Following the China market, in the Russian market a new mobile phone, Philips M600, which is not only a means of mobile communication, but also MP3-player. The newest music phone Philips M600 demonstrates good sound quality and a working capacity - up to 40 hours of continuous music playback.

The special key provide quick access to multimedia player, and useful features such as universal equalizer and 3.5 - mm connector to connect your favorite headphones, making Philips M600 mobile music assistant.

Philips M600 created for music, who need high-quality music, technology SRS WOW Surround Sound allows you to enrich and revitalize the sound, creating the perfect musical effect. In addition to this - the flexible equalizer to optimize any record under the favorite style, be it rock, jazz, classic music or the other.

Moreover, navigation shortcuts, conveniently located on the side of the phone, make the management of player is very convenient. By pressing them, you can open MP3-player, adjust the sound volume, searching songs and changing playlists, matching them to your taste.

To give M600 their favorite records, you need only copy files from your computer to your phone or sold with 512 - MB MicroSD memory card via USB-cable. You can also use MicroSD cards up to 2 GB. Philips M600 is also equipped with a 1.3 megapixel digital camera.

Philips M600 put on sale on the recommended retail price of 4599 rubles. Source...

Sony Ericsson W980i - European Music Phone

Who could resist this piano-black Walkman-series phone? It’s a quad-band handset loaded with 8 GB of internal memory, a 3.2 Megapixel camera, an FM tuner, Bluetooth stereo, and a music player that operates even with the phone flip-lid closed. Opened out, the handset reveals its 2.2-inch QVGA display with 262k colors and stunning picture quality. One incredibly valuable innovation is the built-in FM radio transmitter. This broadcasts phone-based music playback to a standard car radio, even transferring artist and track details via RDS. The music player handles a wide variety of audio file formats, and automatically sorts tracks according to a range of criteria. Finally, two excellent features are the SenseMe and Shake control. These group tracks by mood, enabling track changes and entire playlist shuffling with just a simple flick of the hand. Source...

T-Mobile releases Nokia Xpress Music 5610

This one hasn’t exactly been a secret, but for anyone that’s been looking to grab one of these sliders today is your day. The Nokia Xpress Music 5610 is now available from all of T-Mobile’s physical and online retail channels. The handset sports a 3.2 megapixel camera, dedicated music player rocker key, included 2GB memory card, and shiny aluminum side panels. It’s certainly not the most advanced handset on the market, but for $99 this represents one of the better values in T-Mobile’s current lineup. Although the handset ships with a 3.5 mm headphone adapter, the actual jack on the handset is Nokia’s proprietary pop-port a 2.5 mm connector. Not surprising for a phone at this price point, but still not such a good thing for such a music-focused handset. If that’s not a deal breaker for you, however, head on down to your local T-Mobile store and swoop up one of these bad boys. Source...

Sony Ericsson W760a Making its Way to AT&T

It looks as though AT&T customers will likely have a new Walkman handset coming their way shortly. While nothing has been officially announced by AT&T or Sony Ericsson, the first live image of an AT&T-branded W760a is now making the rounds. The colorful Walkman handset made its way through the FCC approval process and emerged a few weeks ago, though its destination was unknown. The new image pictured above however, clearly shows the AT&T logo on the lower left button beneath the screen.
You know, where that oddly-formed arrow has been photoshopped onto the picture. Assuming it is real, AT&T customers should have a sleek new 3G Walkman phone coming their way soon enough. Spec details are very limited right now, but here’s how they look:

• WCDMA 850/1900
• 3.2 Megapixel camera
• Stereo Bluetooth
• Built-in GPS receiver
• MP3 player
• Stereo speakers
• FM radio with RDS
• Integrated motion sensor Source...

LG announces KP265 music phone in Russia

The mobile phone market is always big enough for another low-end music phone, and LG knows this very well. Which is why they’ve recently launched the LG KP265 phone in Russia, a cutesy little slider phone that’s ready to rock your music anywhere you take it.

It offers very basic features in the phone department, but has full multimedia capabilities as far as music is concerned. Sure, you can easily get a lot of better handsets out there, but if you just need an FM radio and a music player, you can take this phone and avoid paying the high-end premium.

The LG KP265 also has a 1.3 megapixel camera, microSD card slot and USB 2.0 connectivity. A TFT screen capable of showing 262K colors will then take care of your music playlist viewing needs.

So far, the thing looks quite good on paper, but I’m afraid I can’t say the same about the design. However, if music is all that you could care about, then this phone is freely up for grabs. Source...

Sony Ericssson W902 demo video

The W902 Walkman is also a HSPDA phone and is designed for a true multimedia experience with superior audio quality, 5.0 megapixel camera with 16x digital zoom, picture and video blogging and track discovery using TrackID. The W902 also includes a 320x240 pixel 262K TFT QVGA display, 24 MB internal memory and extendable external memory with Memory Stick Micro. As with the W595, the W902 is based on Java Platform 8 (JP-8) and joins the JP-8.3 sub-category

The W902 will be available in selected markets during Q4 2008. Source...

Sony Ericsson Walkman W902, W595 and W302 video preview and live pictures

As you probably already know, Sony Ericsson announced 3 new Walkman phones yesterday - SE W902, W595 and W302.And they also held a number of launch events around the world for the new handsets.

Well, we managed to sneak into one of them and play a little with all three new Walkman phones.

Click here for more W902, W595 and W302 pictures

Not much, but enough for a short video preview of Sony Ericsson W902, W595 and W302 walkmans, and some good quality live pics of them.

Sony Ericsson W595 video preview

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Sony-Ericsson goes ultra-thin with new walkman phones

Sony Ericsson says its celebrating the Walkman phone's third birthday with three new GSM handsets. Upstage owners getting tired of their aging, UI-challenged handsets are gonna love these.
The W902 is a sharp-looking candybar, thinner than a pinky. It has a 5-megapixel camera, a free 8GB memory stick for your songs and stuff and a 240x320 pixel 2.2" display. It comes in black, red and green. Fat capabilities in an ultra-thin case pitch this as a model for smartphone-hating minimalists who still want nice toys.
Specwise, the W595 is a step down from the W902, with only a 2GB memory card and a 3.2MP camera, but some trim gives it distinction. It has dual stereo jacks for friends to listen together, and "shake control," which lets you move from song to song by flicking it just so. Sony Ericsson's ad only had girls in it, so take this as the Mazda Miata of the new lineup.
The W302 is touted as an affordable unit that "doesn't compromise." It has a 2MP camera and a 512MB memory stick included. Though the same size as the W902, it's only 78 grams, and the crisp design speaks for itself. Unlike the other models, it doesn't have HSDPA, or even EDGE — but it does have an FM radio! Source...

Trio of new Sony Ericsson Walkmans Announced

Today’s the big day for Sony Ericsson. We announced not long ago they were planning on a big July 22 extravaganza related to their Walkman series of phones and we theorized which rumored phones could be leaked. We now have the official information for you!
Sony Ericsson today made the W902 “Patti”, W595 “Linda”, and W302 “Feng” Walkmans official, celebrating three years since the first Walkman phone came into being. Definitely a fitting way of celebrating, by adding more to the lineup!

Check out the stats after the pics.

Walkman W902 (pictured middle)

* 5 MP Camera with video recording and autofocus
* Quad-band GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSDPA 2100
* 25 MB internal memory, includes 8 GB M2 memory stick
* Exchange ActiveSync support
* Scratch-resistant 2.2″ QVGA screen made with mineral glass
* FM Radio
* Shake control

Walkman W302 (pictured left)

* Entry-level candybar
* 2 MP camera with video record
* Quad-band GSM/EDGE, no 3G
* Compact metal finish and slim 10.5 mm width

Walkman W595 (pictured right)

* 3.2 mp camera
* Quadband GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSDPA 2100
* Includes 2 gb M2 card
* Shake control
* Video calling in certain markets
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Sony Ericsson W902 gets nicknamed Patty, to be announced with W595 on July 22nd

The Sony Ericsson Patty is not something that goes well in a sandwich with a coke float at your local McDonalds. No, sir, it’s not part of a burger. It’s actually the codename for a new Walkman phone Sony Ericsson is secretly working on, and which we just have to unveil to you before they even make the official announcement, as usual.
We have seen unofficial spy shots of the said device, and from those we gather it’ll have a 5 megapixel camera and LED flash, which I think is something new for Sony Ericsson’s Walkman line. It’s a Walkman phone, yes, not a Cyber-shot, but with 5 megapixels it’s going to be “great” coming from Sony Ericsson.

No real word yet on when the official announcement or release date, but we have it from a very good source that the Sony Ericsson W902 or “Patty” will be outed alongside the also recently rumored Sony Ericsson W595 on July 22nd. Hopefully, by then we’ll have enough info to give you a detailed first look at these phones, but until that day we wait. Let’s see what Sony Ericsson has in store. Source...

BenQ Announces C36 Music Phone

BenQ has unveiled its latest music phone, the C36. With the lines between MP3 players and phones blurring, the variety of music phones seem to be on the rise. With BenQ’s latest C36, users get dedicated music buttons to make the music experience an exciting one, not least with the stereo speakers at the back of the phone. Throw in FM radio, and the ability to record the radio directly on the phone, and it’s quite an interesting music phone.

Aside from the usual music applications, BenQ has generously included software not necessarily related to music, such as a health management application, an e-book reader, as well as the ability for the phone to function as a webcam using it’s 1.3 megapixel camera when connected to a computer. Not to mention the necessity for most phones nowadays, which is accepting microSD cards as expansion, allowing people to add memory cards to suit to bring their music library along with them.
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Nokia 5220 XpressMusic Phone

Nokia announced its 5220 XpressMusic handset this morning, boasting a special asymmetrical design and rhythmic lights that flash to the beat of the music - perfect for those who wish to relive their Saturday nights even during the weekdays. Available in black with a choice of red, blue, or green accents, the 5220 XpressMusic features the following :-

* Tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900MHz or 850/1800/1900MHz)
* 2 megapixel camera with flash and video recording
* microSD memory card slot
* Dedicated music playback keys
* 3.5mm audio jack

The 5220 XpressMusic is tipped for a Q3 release, retailing for 160 Euros before taxes and subsidies.
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Nokia 5320 XpressMusic, 5220 XpressMusic phones announced

The Nokia 5320 boasts Symbian S60 and a full range of services, while the ultra-slim 5220 will come with a 512MB memory card.

Nokia today introduced two new music-enabled devices as additions to its XpressMusic range. The new Nokia 5320 XpressMusic and Nokia 5220 XpressMusic (compare specifications) offer a range of music features in candybar form factors. The Nokia 5320 XpressMusic sports a new voice-controlled Say and Play feature, where users only have to say the name of the artist or song to automatically play it. Offering an array of additional features, the Nokia 5320 XpressMusic device includes dedicated XpressMusic keys, a 3.5mm audio jack, up to 24 hours of playback time, an audio chip for better sound quality, expandable memory up to 8GB, hi-speed USB and European HSDPA for cellular data transfers. Powered by Symbian S60, the 5320 also comes with Nokia's Mini Map browser, access to Ovi and Nokia Search 4.1 allow users to find and share media content and information. In addition, dedicated N-Gage gaming keys and landscape view claims to deliver a better gaming experience than previous XpressMusic handsets. The Nokia 5320 XpressMusic is expected to begin shipping in the third quarter of 2008, with an estimated retail price of 220 EUR. The Nokia 5220 XpressMusic (check out our gallery here) device offers access to music on-the-go with an asymmetrical design. Featured for the first time on a Nokia XpressMusic device, a built-in lanyard makes the device easy to carry. Additional features of the Nokia 5220 XpressMusic include up to 24 hours of playback time, dedicated XpressMusic keys, a 3.5mm audio jack and the Opera Mini browser. Powered by the S40 platform, the Nokia 5220 XpressMusic is expected to begin shipping in the third quarter of 2008 with an estimated retail price of 160 EUR. Both handsets are compatible with the recently launched Nokia Music Store, where users can choose from more than 2 million tracks from both major and independent labels. Songs and albums can be downloaded and synchronized via a computer or simply side-loaded directly to a mobile device. Source...