SAMSUNG Unveils Wide Touch Screen Multimedia Phone; The SAMSUNG F490

Two upcoming Samsung phones, the F490 and P720, were unveiled at some press event in the Ukraine a little while ago. These two fully touchscreen handset has been announced for release in early 2008.

Samsung F490 is a full touchscreen and slimline smart mobile phone with a silver exterior and 3.2 inches 240×432 pixels display. It has a 5 megapixel digital camera, tactile feedback and HSDPA connectivity. It doesn't seem to have a keyboard and looks like a direct competitor to Apple's iPhone.

The 3.2 inches TFT display will also be able to send you a signal touch on your finger when you select something on the menu at the terminal.

Key Features Of New Samsung F490 Touch Screen Handset:

* 3.2-inch 262K Color
16:9 Wide Full Touch Display with Haptics feedback
* Video recording (MPEG4, QVGA at 15 fps) and video playback at 30 fps
* Tri band GSM (900/1800/1900), UMTS 2100, HSDPA 3.6 Mbps
* Built-in mobile Google apps and Croix interface
* Bluetooth 2.0 (A2DP+AVRCP), USB 2.0

The latest Samsung F490 touchscreen phone which measures 115 x 53.5 x 11.8mm and weights only 102g is expected to be available in coming February for around $780 (530EUR). Read More...

Nokia N95

I have wrote about Nokia N95 last year. 1 year later, Nokia introduces their enhanced version of Nokia N95 with the same name Nokia N95 8GB. The 8GB Nokia N95 brings a plethora of internal memory to an already powerful smartphone.

The new Nokia N95 is an all-black mini storage machine which features a larger, 2.8-inch QVGA non-touch screen. It’s slightly bigger compared to the old N95. It is still a beast of a mobile weighing you down to the tune of 128g and measuring 53mm wide and 21mm thick. It is 99mm tall and when you open the slider to get at the number pad it grows to a staggering 130mm. If you are looking for neatness and slim handphone, this is definately out of your choice.It also comes with camera lens cover to make way for a larger battery. In addition, the Symbian device continues to offer integrated GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a 5-megapixel camera, and dedicated music controls. N95 8GB remains it’s ‘dual slider’ concept. The number pad slides out of one end, and out of the other, a bank of four buttons for controlling music playback.

Thanks to the huge library of built-in software, 8GB of flash memory (plus another 100MB for messages, ringtones, images, video clips, calendar, to do lists and apps), the N95 8GB does come the closest I’ve seen yet to Nokia’s aspiration of putting a real computer in your pocket.
General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version
Announced 2006, September
Status Available. Released 2007, March
Size Dimensions 99 x 53 x 21 mm, 90 cc
Weight 120 g
Display Type TFT, 16M colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.6 inches, 40 x 53 mm
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, monophonic MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes, with stereo speakers
- 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Detailed, max 30 days
Internal 160 MB storage, 64 MB RAM
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 8GB, hot swap, 128 MB card included, buy memory
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 32, 296 kbps; DTM Class 11, 177 kbps
3G HSDPA
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port Yes
USB Yes, v2.0 miniUSB
Camera Primary 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, LED flash
Video Yes, VGA@30fps
Secondary CIF videocall camera
Features OS Symbian OS 9.2, S60 rel. 3.1
CPU Dual ARM 11 332 MHz processor; 3D Graphics HW Accelerator
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio; Visual radio
Games Downloadable
Colors Silver, Plum, Black, Pink, Red
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- Dual slide design
- MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA player
- TV-out
- Organizer
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- T9
- Push to talk
- Voice dial/memo
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 950 mAh (BL-5F)
Stand-by Up to 220 h (2G) / 192 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 6 h 30 min (2G) / 2 h 42 min (3G)


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sony ericsson R300

Sony Ericsson manufactures some pretty nifty audio-heavy handsets. The R300 Radio and R306 Radio are 2 latest addition to their growing stable of cell phones.

The Sony Ericsson R300 Radio is a smart looking and inexpensive candy bar phone that doubles as a very small portable FM/AM radio. The R300 is aimed at those customers who either don’t want a phone with an MP3 player or can’t afford one.

It’s a simple phone and has a basic 128 x 160 pixel display, a 0.3 megapixel resolution (VGA) camera, a WAP browser and Bluetooth. As you can see from the name, the handset have plenty to do with radios, enabling the user to tune-in to their favorite radio show on both AM and FM broadcasts.
The handset support of TrackID which allow user to know what song they’re listening to and by whom was it sung in an instant. They can record a clip of a song from an external source, such as a sound system in a coffee shop or bar, and find out within seconds who sang it, the name of the track and which album it is from.

An Audio Enhancer key allows you to activate volume boost when listening to the radio through the speakers or experience 3D sound enhancement when you groove via the stereo headset. With the R300 Radio you can listen-in via the stereo headphones provided or ‘play it loud’ thanks to the high performance speaker integrated into the phone.

Sony Ericsson say that the R300 should be available during Q2 2008, but did not give any guidance on price.
R300i Radio GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz for Americas
R300a Radio GSM 850/1800/1900 MHz for Americas
General 2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - R300i
GSM 850 / 1800 / 1900 - R300a
Announced 2008, January
Status Available. Released 2008, July
Size Dimensions 101 x 46 x 12 mm
Weight 75 g
Display Type TFT, 65K colors
Size 128 x 160 pixels, 1.8 inches
- Wallpapers, screensavers
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, AAC ringtones, composer
Speakerphone Yes
Memory Phonebook 1000 contacts, Photo call
Call records 30 received, dialed and missed calls
Internal 8 MB
Card slot No
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD No
EDGE No
3G No
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes
Infrared port No
USB Yes
Camera Primary VGA, 640x480 pixels
Video No
Secondary No
Features Messaging SMS, MMS, Email
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML
Radio Stereo AM/FM radio with RDS; broadcast recording
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors Antique Copper, Steel Black
GPS No
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- TrackID
- MP3/AAC player
- T9
- Picture editor
- Voice memo
- Organizer
- Stopwatch
- Timer
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion
Stand-by Up to 400 h
Talk time Up to 9 h


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