February 10th, 2010
I just came across this really sexy and sleek Qisda mobile that would launch sometime soon. On the specs front this promises 1280×768 resolution on a 4″ touchscreen. Thats even higher than the 854×480 we saw on the Motorola Droid. And I am just wondering if we are ready for this?
Over the past 2 years the smartphone market has grown beyond belief. From a point where we used to talk about camera in a phone as a giant leap, we have moved on to OLED displays (AMOLED aswell), operating systems smart enough to be ported on netbooks, cameras that are killing the basic digicams and now the 1.5GHz processor (heck my first P4 PC was less powerful than that). Going hands on with the Acer Liquid last week was one of those moments when I couldn’t stop appreciating the progress mobile technology has made – full HD video in your palm! While its true that we would see ourselves do some real high performance computing on the mobile and a major chunk of our work would be doable on the mobile (in many ways, it already is!) – I am pushed back by the idea of mobile technology growing so fast or rather in the manner we are thinking of these mobiles.
Some basic fundamental queries in my mind remains unanswered even after reading a whole lot of thoughts from across the globe on this subject. Do we need mobiles that can replace our desktops / notebooks? Would you ever keep a smartphone on your desk and work all day at your office?
You may call me old fashioned but (more…)
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Tags: 1280 x 768 mobile display, future, mobile, Qisda mobile, Qisda mobile 1280 pixels, Qisda vodafone, smartphone future, superphone, touchscreen | No Comments
February 2nd, 2010
Nokia has said RIP to Gage for sure, but you never know whats really cooking in Finland. Nokia might well be planning some cool gaming phones that could match up with the challenge thrown by the iPhone / Android and lately Palm. What we have here is the Ovi Orion concept that is a gaming touchscreen and by the looks of it, it sure is sporty! Recombu Orion concept is loaded with a ‘killer’ CPU/GPU, 4.3″ touchscreen, a QWERTY with additional one line display on the back and gaming controls (along with the usual suspects like the WiFi, Sensors etc).
More pictures and the Orion Video after the break (more…)
Categories: Concept / Educative, Gaming, Tech Industry News, nokia |
Tags: Gaming, ngage, nokia, nokia gaming, nokia ngage, Nokia Ovi Orion, ovi, ovi orion, touchscreen | No Comments
January 31st, 2010
After failing to capture the touchscreen market in 2009. Nokia is back with a bang in 2010 with a slew of touchscreen handsets (or smartphones I must say) being released one after the other. With the 5800 doing well initially but failing to maintain the steady sales with time because of various shortcomings in terms of pricing and other issues like an unimpressive touchscreen and slow UI when used with various apps. Nokia seems to have got hold of the situation and their developers have come up with newer software versions for their S60 5th edition phones. Now with these problems taken care of, Nokia has started afresh and launched new phones like the Nokia 5230, 5233, 5530 and 5235 (this will be launched soon). Not to forget that the 5800 got a good price cut a few months back.
Unable to ignore the fact that the Nokia 5233 is the most basic;
lacking advanced features like 3G and Wi-Fi (also its the cheapest of the lot), we decided to do a quick review of their basic touchscreen phone and compare it with Nokia 5800. Now the 5233 costs only about Rs. 7500 approx. compared to the Rs 13000 for a 5800 (India). So what has Nokia really done with this phone that justifies this steep drop in price. Hmmm. Lets take a look.
On first look you can easily notice that this one does not have a secondary camera (for 3G) in the front, a scaled down 2.0 MP camera with no LED flash and only a single speaker (it has a very low output I must say). They have done away with the free 8GB micro-SD card. You get a WH-102 headset instead of the way better HS-45, AD-54 music headsets. A VGA camera for video recording. Most importantly, its got 3G & Wi-Fi missing. Being heavier by 4gms (weighing 113g), lack of mini qwerty input method are the other minor differences.
Side pose 5800 vs 5233 (Speakers)
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Categories: Reviews, Videos, nokia, smartphones |
Tags: nokia 5000 series touchscreen, nokia 5233, nokia 5233 vs samsung corby, nokia review, review, symbian touchscreen, touchscreen | 8 Comments
January 15th, 2010
The 2010 Nokia UI that we saw earlier is the S^4 UI Concept Proposal submitted by Nokia. Symbian OS 4 is expected to be launched by NOKIA along with some sleeky models most probably sometime in 2010 itself. The inspiration of this OS is taken from Android but we know where the actual push comes from, its the “iPhone”. Latest version of Symbian OSes are built and tested out on QT which have the capability to support hybrid, touch screen and other model phones.
Nokia is working on building clean and interactive (more…)
Categories: Softwares, nokia, smartphones |
Tags: Android, iphone, nokia, nokia touch phone, symbian 4, Symbian OS, touchscreen | No Comments
November 23rd, 2009
If there is something that the LG Cookie, Samsung Star/Corby, and the upcoming Nokia 5230 has taught Motorola, it’s the potential of a low-cost touchscreen. It seems that Motorola has taken this to heart and is hitting this segment with “Crush”. Crush has a simple candybar handset design that resembles the Dell Mini 3i, featuring a capacitive touchscreen and two buttons on the top (lock and power). With a 2 year contract and a $50 mail-in rebate, US Cellular will probably look to sell more than just a handful of this phone. But having something like the Palm Pixi available at $99 certainly ‘crushes’ the MotoCrush. I need not mention here but this ain’t gonna bring ground breaking sales to either Motorola or US Cellular.
No information on both the internal memory and the OS is provided, but this phone probably Linux, as seen in the A760 / A1200 series from Motorola.
Features: (more…)
Categories: Launch Pad, motorola |
Tags: cheap touchscreen, motocrush, motorola, motorola crush, touchscreen, us cellular | No Comments
October 3rd, 2009
The “Pop”, or the LG GD510, is the latest touchscreen phone joining the long list of iPhone-inspired designs. The phone features a 3-inch touch screen and seems to have crammed in only those features that LG considers essential. According to the company, users who *don’t* want a touchscreen handset with the “bells-and-whistles” will find the Pop fairly compact and pocketable.
Some might say that (more…)
Categories: First look, LG, smartphones |
Tags: gd510, iphone competitor, LG GD510, LG pop, lg solar charging, LG touchscreen, solar, solar charging, touchscreen | 2 Comments
September 11th, 2009
BGR has leaked images of a Vodafone branded Samsung and it seems like the Nokia X6 seems to has some company here. Vodafone is about to make an announcement on Sept 24th which according to rumors will see the official announcement for a ‘Vodafone People’ service (probably called ‘360′), this Samsung device might well go official then. The rumored specs are a 8MP camera, OLED display and LiMo OS. According to BGR this handset might be the Riedel l8305 that was spotted recently. (more images after the jump)
Via IntoMobile
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Categories: Leaked / Spyshots, samsung, smartphones |
Tags: limo mobile, nokai x6, samsung limo, samsung Riedel l8305, samsung vodafone 360, touchscreen, vodafone 360, vodafone people | 1 Comment
September 6th, 2009
The latest delicious addition to the LG Black Label series is coming to Europe this month, followed by an October launch in other countries and regions. The New Chocolate, or the LG BL40, will be launched by LG with the Carphone Warehouse and Orange in the UK.
This handset struts its distinctive stuff with its extra wide screen and some very attractive features. The ultra wide screen (21:9) makes it ideal for viewing HD content and enabling movie playback. The dual-screen user interface also allows for better use of applications, which might distract you from more important tasks, such as *not* walking into a pole or falling into an open manhole while texting 
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Categories: LG, smartphones |
Tags: bl40, dual screen ui, dual-screen, LG, LG BL40, lg chocolate, s class interface, touchscreen | No Comments
August 29th, 2009
The tech world has just about started talking about Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X2 and Xperia X3 smartphones when SE introduces the Xperia X5 concept. The very cool-looking X5 design undoubtedly beats any gadget or concept in existence for a mobile phone.
This concept was created by a designer who calls himself Tob!s. Features of the beautiful Xperia X5 include a futuristic slide-out QWERTY keyboard, the Android OS, a 12 Mp camera, and HD video recording viewable on a 3.5″ touchscreen. When considering any Xperia successor a year from now, the features look quite obvious. The designer also created the phone in three different colors – Chrome Silver, Ocean Blue and Sunny Orange.
Tob!s (the designer) truly has kept the SE design and innovative style in mind while developing this concept. Anyways, for now keep an eager eye out for the Xperia X2 (expected to go live real soon).
via [SonyInsider]
http://onlygizmos.com/tag/xperia-2/
Categories: Concept / Educative, smartphones, sony ericsson |
Tags: concept, se, smart phone, smartphone, sony ericsson, sony ericsson x5, touchscreen, xperia, xperia x5, xperia5 | 2 Comments
July 26th, 2009
Synaptics announced the launch of a 10-finger touchscreen which is bound to push the touch interface in mobile phones to a whole new level. The California based company calls the innovative product as ClearPad 3000. Tracking upto 10 simultaneous fingers, the touchscreen would allow much complex gestures to be decoded by the devices on which it is installed.
“By enabling more devices to have multi-finger gesture capabilities, our premium ClearPad 3000 Series opens the door for innovative software developers to push the edges of the user interface envelope by creating exciting new classes of applications — such as multi-user gaming — not possible before, giving OEMs greater flexibility to differentiate their products,”said Tom Tiernan, Synaptics president and COO.
Synaptics already had developed a two-finger touchscreen which is speculated to be what Apple is using in iPhone. T-mobiles G1 by HTC and manufacturers like Samsung and LG have confirmed the use of two-finger touchscreen by Synaptics, called ClearPad 2000.
The 0.3mm thick ClearPad 3000 has an accuracy of +/- 1mm and is available in sizes upto 8″ diagonally. The touchscreen delivers 48 sensing channel with advanced power management. The screen uses capacitive sensors which delivers higher accuracy, though they cannot be used with a stylus.
The company is planning to ship engineering samples by November 2009. So, the time doesn’t seem very far when our phone would keep all our 10 fingers engaged.
via [MaximumPC]
Categories: Concept / Educative, Future WIP, Tech Industry News |
Tags: capacitive touchscreen, finger touch, touchscreen | No Comments
March 13th, 2009
According to a press release by Samsung; the company holds 25% of the touchscreen devices market globally. Samsung sure has a long list of touchscreen cellphones with some really popular ones like the F480 TouchWiz UI and the Omnia. (Samsung has sold 5 million F480 / Tocco in 2008)
Samsung has jumped on the samrtphone biz with plenty of releases. It holdss 18 percent of the smartphone market in Germany, 17% in France, and 15% in Italy.
Apple iPhone also has a long list of achievements and the same becomes highlighted as it has only 1 model at a time in the market. Samsung on the other hand enjoys a much more global reach with differnet OSes powering its devices.
Via TechTree
Categories: Market Watch, Tech Industry News |
Tags: f480, omnia, samsung, touchscreen, touchwiz | No Comments
January 23rd, 2009
HTC has officially unveiled the new revamped Touch Cruise. The device looks sturdy and sleek. The device is powered by a 528Mhz processor and runs Windows Mobile 6.1. HTC Touch Flo technology is in place, Cruise features a 2.8″ QVGA touch screen.
The phone features a dedicated Footprint button and the Touch Cruise is largely being promoted on this feature. Footprints provides the ability to take notes and an audio clip while clicking a photograph, identifying its specific geographical location. In addition to identifying each postcard with its specific GPS co-ordinates, Footprints also auto-names each postcard with its general location or area.
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Categories: Launch Pad, windows mobile |
Tags: HTC, htc cruise, htc touch cruise, touch, touch cruise, touchscreen, windows mobile, wm | 3 Comments
January 6th, 2009
Motorola has announced the A3100 which is believed to be the official replacement for the not so great A1200 (or the other Mings). This time powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 instead of Linux OS. The futuristic A3100 seems to draw its looks from the AURA (or just that their design team needs a originality refresh).
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Categories: First look, Launch Pad, windows mobile |
Tags: a1200, a1200 successor, a3000, a3100, aura, motoming, motorola a3100, touchscreen | No Comments
December 26th, 2008
The iPhone effect is still here. After its Prada series LG now has the latest full touchscreen device “Cookie” aka KP500 on the block. The Cookie commercial currently onAir tries to sell it much on the lines of the iPhone, displaying its touch capabilities and advanced gaming. Incidentally Apple is pitching the iPod touch and the iPhone as a gaming device; something that competes with the Sony PSP.
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Categories: First look, LG, Videos |
Tags: cokie, cookie, iphone competition, iphone killer, kp500, LG, lg cokie, lg cookie, touchscreen | 8 Comments
December 24th, 2008
Though this won’t be in line with the 5800 and N97, this one is a regular slider with a touchscreen. So now Nokia would have a complete Touch device, a Touch with QWERTY, and a touch with a keypad. The 6208 classic is actually a Symbian Series 40 made to work with a touchscreen. Best of luck Nokia …
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Categories: First look, nokia |
Tags: 6208 classic, nokia 6208, Nokia touch, touchscreen | 4 Comments
December 2nd, 2008
Expected to come in first half of 2009, this is a 3.5″ Touchscreen with a QWERTY – Looks like a addition to the communicator series. More details as it comes…
From the image we can make out some obvious things, the display is a slide up and rolls over the Qwerty. Also the 5 way navigational joystick is on the left now. The front looks is much like the Sony Ericsson Xperia.
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Categories: First look, Tech Industry News, nokia |
Tags: launch, n97, nokia, nokia n97, surprise, touchscreen | 1 Comment
November 25th, 2008
Nokia today announced the 5800 touchscreen in India along with their music service Ovi. The much awaited touchscreen from Nokia comes as a competition to the iPhone. The pricing is what excited us the most; Rs 21839 only! While the iPhone is backed by the popular iTunes and the Appstore; Nokia still banks majorly on the Symbian OS and mass market approach.
Ovi is the name for Nokia’s “umbrella concept” Internet services. Centered on ovi.com, it will market as “personal dashboard” where users can share photos with friends, buy music and access third-party services like Yahoo’s Flickr photo site.
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Categories: Launch Pad, Tech Industry News |
Tags: nokia, nokia 5800, nokia tube, ovi, touchscreen, tube | 3 Comments
October 25th, 2008
A1200 and ROKR were disappointing for me, and nothing matches up to the class of the good old A760. But something that looks a little promising to me is this new Krave ZN4. Though ZN5 was no touchscreen, this one is more on the lines of the A series.
Zn4 features 130MB internal memory with MicroSDHC slot, 2MP camera with video recording, 3G, GPS, Voice recorder, Bluetooth with Stereo and more.
The most catching point of the ZN4 is the flip, even when closed, the interactive clear flip provides fast, one-touch access to the camera, picture gallery, live TV, music, VZ Navigator, and viewing of pictures and text messages so it’s easy to access your favorite features. With the flip open, you can access the full range of menu options.
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Categories: First look, Launch Pad |
Tags: krave, krave zn4, moto zn4, mototola, touchscreen, zn4 | No Comments
October 21st, 2008
The iPhone killer, Nokia’s best touchscreen till date – Nokia 5800 is releasing on december 5th. And the lucky Nokia Fans in Russia would be the first one to get it! 5800 is expected to cost 16,000 rubles ($600 US) in Russia. The news also reveals that it would be launched shortly in India, Spain, UAE, Hong Kong and Indonesia.
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Categories: Launch Pad |
Tags: nokia, nokia 5800, nokia tube, russia, touchscreen, tube | No Comments
August 2nd, 2008
Imagine a PenPhone, not too difficult to visualize? Then consider a Pen Phone with a touchscreen, Still easy? Then imagine a Pen phone with a rollable touch screen! If this concept phone that we are looking at is to be believed, it would even feature a camera and off course it works as a normal pen as well. Also on offer is a mini bluetooth headset to make the phone part of the ‘concept’ easier.
More images downstairs
So do you mind speaking on a ‘ball pen’?
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Tags: concept, penphone, touchscreen, weird | 1 Comment
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