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TIM Brazil – Motorola Quench announced

Officially unveiled during MWC 2010, the Motorola Quench / Cliq XT will be available soon in Brazil, via TIM (the country?s third largest mobile carrier, with more than 40 million subscribers). Running Android 1.5, the Quench is the only phone with MotoBlur that doesn?t have a hardware QWERTY keyboard. Its features include: 3.1 inch HVGA touchscreen display, accelerometer, HSPA, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, Swype,...

5 billion mobile phone subscriptions in 2010

By the end of 2009 there were 4.6 billion mobile subscriptions globally, corresponding to a penetration rate of 67 percent, the ITU’s annual report on developments in the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector showed. A recent report from the ITU (International Telecommunication Union) indicates that mobile phone subscriptions will probably top 5 billion subscribers by the end...

A multiuse headset for your mobile (cell) and softphone – Jabra GO 6430

Hands-free communication is never more important than when you are on the road. You need to coordinate with business contacts, hotels and the office all while walking through airport terminals, queueing for cabs and riding to your appointments. The Jabra GOTM 6430 makes all this easy. Providing a fullfeatured Bluetooth® solution that unites your mobile and laptopbased voice channels, it makes your...

Canada’s first Android 2.1 phone Rogers – the Acer Liquid e.

Rogers will be the first Canadian mobile carrier to launch an Android 2.1 handset – the Acer Liquid e. Showcased at MWC 2010 alongside the beTouch E400, beTouch E110, neoTouch P300 and neoTouch P400, the Acer Liquid e is basically an Acer Liquid, but with Android 2.1 OS instead of Android 1.6 OS. The smartphone features a 3.5 inch WVGA touchscreen display, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.5mm headset jack, 5MP...

3x times faster USB drives now called USB 3.0

USB 3.0 is supposed to be 10 times faster than USB 2.0. We’ll see about that. We’re not going to believe it until we run some real-world benchmarks. We hooked up the new Seagate BlackArmor PS 110 USB 3.0 external drive to our desktop PC, comparing its USB 3.0 performance to the same drive plugged into a USB 2.0 port. Let’s see how they compare. At first glance, the BlackArmor PS 110...

HP cool point-and-shoot cameras and camcorders

If you’re a HP fan then stop ruing about the lack of interest by the company to bring out digital imaging devices. They have made it clear that their newest offering will comprise of some cool point-and-shoot cameras and camcorders. There will be something to look forward in these cameras, mainly because they aren’t any new trial pieces but fully equipped with LCD screens, 5x optical zoom and an...

LG Pop GD510 an ultimate mobile phone sold in more than 1 million units

Launched in Europe in October last year, the LG Pop GD510 has been sold in more than 1 million units until now, becoming one of LG’s most popular phones (it might even reach Cookie’s success). The Pop GD510 is one of the smallest 3-inch touchscreen phones on the market. It has a simple design and features quad-band GSM connectivity, 3.2MP camera, social networking integration (Facebook, MySpace,...

A mobile phone with a netbook features – Alcatel OT-808

Most (if not all) of the phones released lately under the Alcatel brand are entry-level devices, and the new Alcatel OT-808 makes no exception. However, the OT-808 is not your everyday entry-level phone – at least not when it comes to design. The OT-808 is a clamshell with a “netbook look and feel” – it features a full QWERTY keypad, a 2.4 inch QVGA internal display, and a 1.1 inch external...

An update of the existing B3410 Corby Plus

The Samsung Ch@t comes with a 2.6″ 240 x 320 pixel touchscreen display, a slide-out QWERTY keypad, 2 megapixel camera, microSD expandable memory, Bluetooth and USB connectivity. This is a GSM-only device, but the inclusion of WiFi should partly compensate for this. Social networking support includes Facebook, Flickr, MySpace and others, and usefully the Ch@t’s built-in WiFi means that these...

LG GS500 “Cookie Plus” replacing LG KP500 Cookie[Touch screen phone]

An intriguing glimpse at the replacement for the Cookie touchscreen phone, the LG GS500 Cookie Plus adds plenty of features while still remaining fun. As is often the case, LG haven’t shared the full details about this new phone, but we do know that the GS500 Cookie Plus has a 240 x 400 pixel touchscreen display, a 3 megapixel class camera, 3G support and an FM radio. Social networking support...

BlackBerry-style messaging devices – MessagePhone QS150 and QS200

The MessagePhone QS150 and QS200 are two BlackBerry-style messaging devices aimed at emerging markets, pitched to sell at less than $100 for the cheapest version of the handset. The S5620 Monte does look quite stylish and interesting, but some of the other features can best be regarded as being mundane but useful. The 3″ 240 x 400 pixel touchscreen display is a fairly standard TFT panel that...

Quite stylish and interesting – Samsung Monte S5620

A glossy touchscreen phone with GPS, WiFi and a very reasonable price tag, the Samsung Monte S5620 also manages to look just a little bit different from the competition. The S5620 Monte does look quite stylish and interesting, but some of the other features can best be regarded as being mundane but useful. The 3″ 240 x 400 pixel touchscreen display is a fairly standard TFT panel that is similar...

Samsung released low cost touchscreen mobile – Genoa C3510

The Samsung Genoa C3510 is a touchscreen phone with an attractively low price-tag, but is there really a gap in the market for this handset? Carrying a suggest retail price of about €110 (or £95), the Genoa comes with a decent enough 2.8″ 240 x 320 pixel display, a multimedia player, expandable memory, an FM radio, Bluetooth, USB connectivity and the all-important 3.5mm audio socket that seems...

CMOS image sensors now in Mobile Phones – Samsung

The S5K4E2 image sensor is a 1/4-inch 1.4 micron 5 megapixel chip that’s designed for ultra slim smartphones. It has advanced noise removal technology built-in and offers extended depth of field (EDoF) that can be used for reading business cards, bar codes, or other up-close targets that are now used in popular price comparison applications on Android and other platforms. The S5K4E2 sensor is...