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LG KC 780 leaks, slimmest 8 Mega Pixel Camera Phone

GSM Arena is reporting that LG will announce KC 780 tomorrow. The KC 780 is the slimmest 8 Mega Pixel Phone & has Quad Band GSM, 30 FPS Video Recording & limited Touch Screen capability like the LG Secret KC 750. The KC 780 will be slimmer than the 13.8 thickness of the Samsung M8800 Pixon to become the slimmest 8 Mega Pixel Phone. LG is also supposed to launch a Touch Screen Phone which is affordable to the masses. Watch this space for LG's offical launches.

Update : GSM Arena has got 3 live pics of the LG KS 780 with the LG KC 910 Renoir.

Source : GSM Arena

Unlocked 3G iPhone on sale in Hong Kong

Unlocked 3G iPhones have started to sell in Hong Kong. This is the first time that unlocked 3G iPhones are being sold anywhere. The unlocked phones can work on any network in the world and cost HK$ 5,400 (£376) and HK$ 6,200 (£432) respectively for the 8GB & 16GB versions. When converted to US Dollars this turns out to be around $ 700 US for 8GB version & around $ 800 US for the 16GB versions. In euros this turns out to be around € 475 & € 550 respectively.

The Apple HK website mentions to interested customers -

iPhone 3G purchased at the Apple Online Store can be activated with any wireless carrier. Simply insert the SIM from your current phone into iPhone 3G and connect to iTunes 8 to complete activation.

The thing to note here is that when converted to Indian Rupees, the unlocked 3G iPhone will cost Rs.32000 & Rs. 37000 for the 8GB & the 16GB versions respectively, which is not much more than the Rs.31000 & Rs.36100 price of the 3G iPhone in India, however the 3G iPhones selling in India are locked either to Vodafone or Bharti Airtel. Aren't Indians being unfairly treated by these companies that despite paying similar amount as their counterparts in Hong Kong, they are getting locked 3G iPhones instead of unlocked ones ?

Source : Apple Hong Kong Store

Blackberry 9500 Storm appears on German Vodafone Site

The numerous time leaked Blackberry 9500 Storm made an appearance on German Vodafone site. It has been leaked a number of times but it hasn't been officially announced by RIM, though Verizon & now Vodafone have put them on their respective sites. The 9500 Storm is the first Touch Screen Phone from RIM & features a 3.3 inch Touch Screen having a resolution of 360 x 480. It has tri-band 3G with HSDPA and Quad-band GSM support making it capable of global roaming. The 9500 Storm is running on a 624 MHz CPU and has 192 MB of RAM. It utilizes a new version of the BlackBerry OS, optimized for touchscreen input.

Some of the other extras include a built-in GPS (with A-GPS functionality), Wi-fi, microSD card slot with support for up to 8GB cards and a 3.5mm standard audio jack for plugging your own custom headphones. The 9500 Storm measures 112.5 x 62.2 x 13.9 mm and is also quite thin.

Storm's Touch Screen features True Haptics which offers physical response to user's input on the screen. It feels just like pressing a physical button and the screen actually pushes in when pressing. Along with that, the phone also vibrates a little to tell the user that the input has been recorded. As this stage there is no information about the pricing or the expected availability of the BlackBerry 9500 Storm. Still it appearing on Verizon & Vodafone sites almost simultaneously indicates that it's not too far from being officially launched. Watch out this space.

Detailed Specs of Blackberry 9500 Storm :

3 Mega Pixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash
3.3 inch Touch Screen with resolution of 360 x 480 pixels
True Haptics
3.5 mm headphone jack
624 Mhz CPU
192 MB Ram
3G, HSDPA, Wi-fi & GPS
Quad Band GSM
Bluetooth 2.0
Video player DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp
Media player MP3/WMA/AAC+
DataViz Document Viewer/Editor
Micro SD card slot
Blackberry Maps
Landscape virtual QWERTY keyboard
BlackBerry OS
112.5 x 62.2 x 13.9 mm

Blackberry 9500 Storm

Blackberry 9500 Storm User Interface

Image Source : Storm Reviews

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Samsung launches M8800 Pixon

Samsung today officially announced the M8800 Pixon. The phone is the second 8 Mega Pixel shooter from Samsung after the i8510 Innov8. Smape had yesterday posted a hands on of the device & Mobile Review even posted a detailed review of the phone. The M8800 Pixon has Quad-band GSM support and Tri-band 3G with HSDPA and is fully capable of global roaming. It stands at 107.9 x 54.6 x 13.8mm and weighs mere 109 grams. Featuring a 3.2-inch display with a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels the Samsung M8800 Pixon comes as a direct rival of LG KC910 Renoir.

The Samsung M8800 Pixon also include a GPS receiver, built-in accelerometer, FM radio with RDS and microSD memory card slot. In addition to taking exiting 8 megapixel photos its camera is capable of recording WVGA(740 x 480 pixels) videos at 30fps, which is a benchmark in mobile phones till now as Nokia N-Series phones shoot at VGA(640 x 480) resolution only. The Pixon will even have DivX playback and SRS Virtual 5.1 Channel Surround Sound to compete with Dolby Mobile Technology found in LG KC 910 Renoir.

The glaring omission in the Samsung M8800 Pixon specs sheet is the Wi-Fi connectivity which would have made it a complete mobile phone. It is expected to start shipping in mid-October and will retail at 550 euro (880 US dollars).

Detailed Specs of Samsung Pixon M8800 :

8 Mega Pixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash
720 x 480 & 640 x 480 30 FPS Video Capture
Face recognition with smile detection and blink detection, WDR (wide dynamic range), ASR (advanced shake reduction), GPS geotagging, ISO 1600
3.2 inch WQVGA Touch Screen with resolution of 240 x 400 pixels
Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
DivX playback
SRS Surround Sound
3G, HSDPA, & GPS
Quad Band GSM
Bluetooth 2.0
Video & Audio Player
FM Radio with RDS
Document Viewer
Micro SD card slot
ShoZu integration - direct image and video upload
Landscape virtual QWERTY keyboard
Handwriting recognition
107.9 x 54. 6x 14.9 mm dimensions & 110 gm weight

Source : Samsung

Samsung Pixon M8800 Review by Mobile Review

Mobile Review has posted a detailed review of the Samsung Pixon M8800.

Much like the INNOV8, the M8800 is an imaging-centric phone, and this time around, to put a special emphasis on its focus, Samsung have come up with a new prefix for this type of phones - PIXON. Nevertheless, the first 8 Mpix cameraphone in their range, the i8510 INNOV8 won’t have its name changed, but all phones to come will feature the “PIXON” part in their names. Curiously, though, non imaging-savvy handsets (even with 8 Mpix cameras) won’t have this prefix either.

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Samsung Pixon M8800 leaks, has 8 Mega Pixel Cam

A new 8 Mega Pixel Cameraphone after the i8510 Innov8 from Samsung called the Pixon M8800 has leaked. The M8800 is the successor of the Samsung F480. The Pixon along with the 8 Mega Pixel Cam, has other goodies like GPS, Touch Screen, WVGA Video Recording, Accelerometer & DivX playback support. The only thing which can hurt the Pixon is the lack of the Wi-fi support in it which models like LG KC 910 have.The Samsung M8800 is set to start shipping as early as 10 November 2008 at a starting price of 550 euro (800 US dollars).

Smape has published a hands on of the Samsung Pixon M8800 with pics.

Detailed Specs of Samsung Pixon M8800 :

8 Mega Pixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash
720 x 480 & 640 x 480 30 FPS Video Capture
Face recognition with smile detection and blink detection, WDR (wide dynamic range), ASR (advanced shake reduction), GPS geotagging, ISO 1600
3.2 inch WQVGA Touch Screen with resolution of 240 x 400 pixels
Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
DivX playback
3G, HSDPA, & GPS
Quad Band GSM
Bluetooth 2.0
Video & Audio Player
FM Radio with RDS
Document Viewer
Micro SD card slot
ShoZu integration - direct image and video upload
Landscape virtual QWERTY keyboard
Handwriting recognition
107.9x54.6x14.9mm dimensions & 110 gm weight

Samsung Pixon M8800

Samsung Pixon M8800 Front

Samsung Pixon M8800 Back

Samsung Pixon M8800 Top

Samsung Pixon M8800 Bottom

Samsung Pixon M8800 Left Side

Samsung Pixon M8800 Right Side

Comparison shots of Samsung Pixon M8800 & Samsung i900 Omnia

Source : Smape

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Nokia 5800 Express Music leakes, specs also known

One more pic of the Nokia 5800 Express Music has leaked. The 5800 is the iPhone rival from Nokia running on S60 5th Edition, sporting a 3.2 inch Touch Screen with a resolution of 640 x 360. Along with this the 5800 will also have a 3.2 mega pixel Auto Focus Camera with Carl Zeiss Optics, Video capturing at VGA 30 FPS, GPS, Wi-fi, 3.5 mm standard audio jack, TV-out capability and a microSD card slot. The 5800 will also have an 8GB card included in the retail package. The Nokia 5800 will measure 111 x 52 x 15.5mm and will have Quad-band GSM support and 3G with HSDPA. The 5800 is supposed to be announced on 2nd October.

Source : Mobil.cz

T-Mobile launches G1, has no file transfer, A2DP & Video Recording

T-Mobile today launched the T-Mobile G1. The G1 is the first mobile phone to run on Google's Android OS & is made by HTC. It was leaked here & here. The T-Mobile G1 features a 3.2 inch Touch Screen sporting a HVGA resolution along with Wi-Fi, GPS, 3G, HSDPA, Quadband GSM, Qwerty Keypad & Bluetooth 2.0. The G1 (also like the iPhone) doesn't have the A2DP mode nor does it allow for File Transfers vi Bluetooth. Video Recording is also missing from the G1.

The device will start shipping in US stores as of 22nd October and will be selling for 179 US dollars with two-year voice and data contract. The T-Mobile G1 will also be available in the UK beginning in November, and across T-Mobile's European markets (Germany, Austria, Czech Republic and the Netherlands) in Q1 2009. European pricing is not yet known but we guess it has to be competitive to the one of the iPhone 3G.

Detailed Specs of T-Mobile G1 :

3.2 Mega Pixel Auto Focus Camera, no flash
3.2 inch HVGA Screen with 480 x 320 resolution
Qualcomm MSM 7201A™ 528 Mhz CPU
192 MB RAM & 256 MB ROM
3G, HSDPA, Wi-Fi & GPS
Quad Band GSM
Accelerometer sensor
Bluetooth 2.0
Trackball
FM Radio
Video & Audio Player
Document Viewer
Digital Compass
Mini USB port & Micro SD card slot
QWERTY Keypad
Android OS
117 x 55.7 x 17.1 mm dimensions & 158 gm weight
1150 mAh Battery

T-Mobile G1

Nokia E75 leakes, Live Pics also out

Nokia E75 has been leaked from a video. The Nokia E75 is supposed to be the new qwerty mobile from Nokia which will have the same form factor as HTC S740. The mobile in this case has T9 Keypad as well as a Qwerty Kepyad under the slider. The E75 is also rumored to have a 5 mega pixel camera. The E75 shown in the video is red and black in color & the video since then has been taken down.

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