Samsung announced the GT-I6320C slider phone for China Mobile, the largest mobile carrier in the world. The GT-I6320C supports China’s 3G network, TD-HSDPA and TD-SCDMA. It supports also CMMB, China’s mobile digital broadcasting standard.
Samsung GT-I6320C features a 240×320 color LCD display, a 3 Megapixel camera, Bluetooth, media player and a microSD card slot.
Other than Lenovo’s OPhone and Dell’s Mini 3i, China Mobile will also introduce in China market the Philips V900, the third or forth OMS mobile phone (depends on whether you count the OMS version of Dopod/HTC Magic).
The main selling point of the V900, other than the OMS, is its support for WiFi and WAPI (Chinese version of WiFi, as WiFi is not officially permitted in China) wireless connectivity. The Philips V900 gets a large touchscreen display, a 3.2 Megapixel camera, and a front camera for video calls, a microSD card slot and 3.5mm audio jack. This OMS phone would probably support China Mobile’s TD-SCDMA 3G network.
As said, the phone runs the Android-based OMS and will be able to access China Mobile’s new Mobile Market. No words yet on availability.
Nokia introduces the Nokia 6788 for China Mobile, which is the company’s first TD-SCDMA 3G device. The 6788 features a 2.8-inch QVGA display and a 5 Megapixel camera with dual LED flash.
The Nokia 6788 is a slider phone and is inspired by traditional Chinese furniture and architecture, incorporating Chinese design elements including traditional Chinese patterns on the back of the slide and the battery cover. It run Symbian 60 (S60) platform.
The Nokia 6788 will be released in December 2009. It comes in two colour variants – black with red highlights (traditionally represents something of a premium flavour), and a brown version with a pinch of gold (which represents aristocracy).
Nokia brings a new C5 model, the C5-03. Instead of the candybar form factor with number pad as we found on C5-00 and C5-01, the new C5-03 is a full touchscreen mobile phone with the Call, Home and End Call buttons. It features a 3.2-inch touchscreen, a 5 Megapixel camera and WiFi connectivity.
This new touchscreen C5 also packs a compass and assisted GPS for use with the latest version of the free Ovi Maps hands-free navigation service. It has 40MB internal memory and supports microSD/SDHC up to 16GB. The phone runs Symbian^1 (aka. S60 5th edition touch-edition). The C5-03 offers up to 11.5 hours for GSM use and 4.5 hours using 3G and about 24-25 days of standby time.
Nokia C5-03 measures 105.8 mm x 51.0 mm x 13.8 mm (L x W x H) and weighs 93g – that makes it a similar size to the (imminently) forthcoming C6-01, and quite a bit smaller than the Nokia N8 or C7. It comes in Graphite black/Graphite black, Graphite black/Lime green, Graphite black/Aluminium Silver and Graphite black/Petrol blue two-tone color schemes. Coming at the end of Q3, the C5-03 costs about Euro 170.
Following the Pearl Flip 8220 and Flip 8230, RIM introduces another clamshell style smartphone, the BlackBerry Style 9670, which has been spotted several times before, here and here. The new flip Style smartphone features a full QWERTY keyboard, like most Blackberry phones, that makes email, messaging and real-time chats with BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) easy. It runs BlackBerry OS 6.
The BlackBerry Style sports a 360×400 internal display, a 240×320 external display, 5 Megapixel camera with image stabilization and VGA video recording, built-in GPS, Bluetooth 2.1 and WiFi 802.11b/g/n connectivity. It has 512MB onboard memory and comes with a 8GB microSDHC memory card. The smartphone’s built-in media player supports MP3, AAC-LC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, AMR-NB, QCELP EVRC audio and H.263, MPEG4 Simple Profile 3, H.264, WMV video files. There is 3.5mm stereo headset jack and built-in speakerphone.
BlackBerry Style 9670 supports 800/1900 MHz CDMA/EVDO Rev A networks and offers tethered modem capability. It will be available on 31 October from Sprint for 99.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new line or eligible upgrade and two-year service agreement with activation on a Sprint Business Advantage Messaging and Data plan or Everything plan with data.
Erisson X10, probably due to the three silver buttons.
The REGZA Phone runs Android 2.1. It is powered by 1GHz processor and supports CDMA EVDO WIN HIGH SPEED mobile network. The IS04 features a 4-inch 854×480 touchscreen, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, WiFi 802.11b/g, InfraRed, and a microSDHC memory card slot.
KDDI is going to release the REGZA Phone in Spring 2011.
KDDI au will launch in early 2010 the Cyber‐shot S006 16.2 Megapixel mobile phone by Sony Ericsson. The slider phone packs a 16.2 Megapixel Exmor R image sensor and offers ISO 12800. Should we say it’s a phone with a good camera, or a camera with phone function?
Research In Motion (RIM) officially announced the new Blackberry Bold 9780 smartphone, which has been showed in a video previously. This newest Blackberry Bold phone runs the Blackberry 6 OS. It features full QWERTY keyboard and a optical trackpad for easy navigation.
The Bold 9780 sports a 480×360 LCD display, a 5 Megapixel camera, GPS for location-based applications and geo-tagging and Wi-Fi with support for carrier supported Wi-Fi calling (UMA where available). The phone has 512MB flash memory and supports microSD/SDHC up to 32GB.
The Blackberry Bold 9780 will be available at T-Mobile on 17 November for $129.99 with a new 2-year contract.
Engadget has posted a bunch of photos of Sony Ericsson’s PlayStation Phone (codenamed Zeus). It is said that the device in the shots is still in prototyping mode. The so-called Android-running PlayStation Phone packs a Qualcomm MSM8655 1GHz processor, 512MB RAM, 1GB of ROM.
The PlayStation Phone has a slide-out gamepad with shoulder buttons, like the PSP Go. It’s screen will be of about 3.7-4.1-inch. We can expect the phone to include Sony’s custom marketplace for downloading games. More pictures below:
AT&T is going to release the Samsung Focus (SGH-I917) smartphone on 8 November. The Focus is a phone running the newest Microsoft Windows Phone 7 OS. The price is $199.99, with a 2-year contract after rebate of course. The phone supports tri-band UMTS/HSDPA 3G and quad-band GSM/EDGE networks.
The Samsung Focus comesw ith a 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen, a 5 Megapixel camera with HD video recording, auto focus and flash, GPS support with AT&T Navigator, Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity. The phone has 8GB internal memory and supports up to 32GB microSD/SDHC.
The Samsung Continuum (model SCH-I400) comes with a 3.4-inch Super AMOLED main touchscreen display and a 1.8-inch Interactive Super AMOLED ticker display. It is powered by a 1GHz Samsung Cortex A8 Hummingbird processor. The phone has a 5 Megapixel camera with LED flash, 720p HD video recording, six-axis sensor, Bluetooth and WiFi 802.11b/g/n. Though a newly released phone, the Continuum runs Android 2.1 OS instead of 2.2. Unlike other Android smartphones, the dual-screen phone is pre-loaded with Bing Maps and Bing Search.
Samsung Continuum has a preinstalled 8GB microSD memory card. It supports AllShare for media sharing with DLNA certified devices.It will be for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year contract.
Verizon Wireless launches the Samsung Zeal, a flip-style dual-hinger messaging mobile phone with an E-ink QWERTY keypad. Open the Zeal vertically as a flip phone and it has a traditional numeric keypad and can change to an alpha-only keypad, while in the landscape mode, the Zel has a QWERTY keypad for quick messaging. It has a color main display, an external display and a 2 Megapixel camera with auto focus and camcorder.
The Samsung Zeal supports Bluetooth and microSD memory card. It supports VZ Navigator and Microsoft Office Exchange Corporate Email. The phone has also the Social Beat Widget that offers a single point for accessing social networking sites, allowing customers to stay connected to Facebook, Twitter and MySpace plus more than 50 news, sports and entertainment feeds.
The Samsung Zeal will be available from Verizon Wireless for $79.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year contract.
Motorola officially announced its DROID 2 GLOBAL Android smartphone with support for CDMA 800/1900, CDMA EV-DO Rev. A 800/1900 , WCDMA 850/1900/2100, and quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 networks. The World Edition DROID 2, like the original DROID/Milestone and DROID 2, has a side-slide QWERTY keyboard and a 3.7-inch 480×854 capacitive touchscreen.
As for CPU, the GLOBAL gets a boost from 1GHz to 1.2GHz. It runss Android 2.2 OS with Adobe Flash Player 10, Swype keyboard, Google apps and 3G Mobile Hotspot function built-in. The phone supports Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and WiFi connectivity. It has a 5 Megapixel camera with dual LED flash and video recording, aGPS/GPS with Google Maps Navigation, and 8GB onboard memory and pre-installed 8GB microSD card. The DROID 2 GLOBAL’s 1420mAh offers up to 500 minutes of talk time and up to 230 hours of standby time.
Verizon Wireless releases the Motorola DROID PRO Android smartphone optimized for business use. The bar-type phone comes with built-in QWERTY keyboard. Designed for business users, the DROID PRO is global-ready supporting both GSM/WCDMA and CDMA EVDO networks.
The DROID PRO runs Android 2.2. It has a 3.1-inch 320×480 touchscreen, a 5 Megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash, WiFi, GPS/A-GPS and WiFi. It is powered by 1GHz processor with 512MB RAM and 2GB ROM. Motorola DROID PRO isavailable for $179.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.
Verizon Wireless releases the Motorola CITRUS entry-level Android phone for $49.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. The affordable CITRUS features a 3-inch capacitive touchscreen, a 3 Megapixel camera, GPS, Bluetooth and a microSD/SDHC expansion slot.
The Motorola CITRUS runs Android 2.1 and comes pre-loadedw ith Bing Search and Bing Maps as well as Google services.
AT&T officially releases the LG Optimus (aka Optimus 7) Windows Phone 7 smartphone with side-slide QWERTY keyboard. Powered by 1GHz SnapDragon processor, the Optimus runs the newest Windows Phone 7 OS. It has a 3.5-inch touchscreen, 5 Megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash and 720p HD video recording and 16GB of memory.
The LG Optimus includes support for GPS with AT&T Navigator service, Bluetooth and WIFi connectivity, as well as AT&T’s HSDPA/UMTS network. The phone packs also DLNA support, FM radio, digital compass sensor, microUSB port and 3.5mm jack.
You can get the LG Optimus for as low as $99 at Amazon.com with 2-year contract.
In addition to the PlayStation Phone, it looks like Sony Ericsson is also planning its next flagship that is to replace the XPERIA X10. The leaked phone is known as ANZU or X12 and runs Android 2.1 OS. The phone has a large 4.3-inch touchscreen and HDMI output. It is also said that the ANZU will support 1080p Full HD video recording.
Cricket launches a new touchscreen mobile phone, the Kyocera RIO with a budget price. The phone is available for $129.99 with no contract needed. The RIO features a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen, a 1.3 Megapixel camera, Bluetooth, integrated music player, microSD card slot and 3.5mm headset jack.
The Kyocera RIO offers the new MyHomeScreen with 3 customizable homescreens, quick one touch access icons for messaging, dialer, scrollable menu and contacts. It weighs just over 3oz.
Amazon Wireless is now having a limited-time offer that runs from Friday, November 19, 2010, through Monday, November 22, 2010. Users can get Verizon’s DROID smartphones, including DROID INCREDIBLE, DROID X, DROID 2 and DROID PRO, for a penny with no activation fee. Of course, a 2-year contract is needed. Get one here.
Friday, November 19, 2010, through Monday, November 22, 2010, save on all DROID phones starting at a penny from Verizon when you purchase them from AmazonWireless.com. Plus purchase a new Verizon device and receive an activation-fee credit for up to $35 for each qualifying line of service activated on a new 2-year individual or family plan account purchased from AmazonWireless.com between 12 midnight PDT on November 19, 2010, and 11:59 p.m. PDT November 29, 2010. This offer is sponsored by Verizon and is valid only in the United States. Activation-fee credit will appear on your bill and may take up to several billing cycles to appear. Standard early-termination fee and other one-time and monthly charges and fees may apply.
Coolpad is a brand by China Wireless, the Chinese company that has recently got George Soros’ attention. Coolpad has just launched in China market its N930 Android smartphone. Positioned as a premium phone for business, the N930 has a titianium casing with a ceramic home button. It also gets a 3.5-inch Sharp ASV LCD capacitive touchscreen and a 8 Megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording.
The Coolpad N930 is powered by an TI OMAP3630 Cortex A8 processor and comes with 8GB onboard storage capacity. It runs Android 2.1 with Coolpad’s customized UI. It supports GSM+CDMA dual mode networks and supports dual-SIM with dual-standby. The N930 includes WiFi hotspot functionality and is pre-loaded with Kingsoft’s Office Suite.
The Coolpad N930 will be priced at 5,999 Chinese Yuan (US$905).
