HTC Touch Diamond

taking aim directly at the iPhone. The device has some pretty nice interface technology that they’re calling TouchFLO 3D that emphasizes one-touch browsing and single-finger dialing.

They emphasized web accessibility, zoom-in navigation with “just one hand” and not too many fingers. The quad-band smartphone runs Windows Mobile 6.1 and has integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, GPS, and HSDPA support.

Featuring a sharp 2.8-inch, 680×480 VGA touch screen housed within a stunning formation of brushed steel and flawless faceted edges, the HTC Touch Diamond is as beautiful to behold as it is to use. It does include a front-mounted camera for video conferencing, which has been a rumored feature of the next generation iPhone.With HTC vibrant touch-responsive user interface, TouchFLOâ„¢ 3D, and ultra-fast HSDPA internet connectivity, the HTC Touch Diamond offers a rich online experience to rival a notebook computer, allowing you to interact with Google, YouTube, and Wikipedia as freely as you would with a broadband connection.

A 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera will help you capture the perfect moment in style and with a massive 4GB of internal storage you can keep all the files you need. The integrated ultra-sensitive GPS will help you find your destination as quickly and efficiently as a dedicated satellite navigation unit. Other goodies include a 256MB flash memory, and 192MB RAM.

Written by martin on May 11th, 2008 with no comments.
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specifications:

HTC Diamond 100 platform. Full HTC platforms guide
General 2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 1800 / 1900 - American version
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version
Announced 2008, May
Status Available. Released 2008, May
Size Dimensions 102 x 51 x 11.5 mm
Weight 110 g
Display Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 480 x 640 pixels, 2.8 inches
- TouchFLO 3D finger swipe navigation
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Touch-sensitive navigation controls
- Handwriting recognition
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, WAV, WMA ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 4 GB storage, 192 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
Card slot No
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD No
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, miniUSB
Camera Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus
Video Yes, CIF@30fps
Secondary VGA videocall camera
Features OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
CPU Qualcomm MSM 7201A 528 MHz processor
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games 1, motion-based + downloadable
Colors Black
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, PDF viewer)
- Voice memo
- MP3 player
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 900 mAh
Stand-by Up to 285 h
Talk time Up to 5 h 30 min Read More...

Sony Ericsson Z780

Sony Ericsson Z780 is the new HSDPA phone, packs tri-band 3G into its stylish clamshell frame. In addition to supporting high speed networks such as HSDPA and 3G the Z780 is also equipped with A-GPS.

The Sony Ericsson Z780 is almost identical to the Z770 announced a couple of months ago, but this time it comes with aGPS (Advanced GPS) and Google maps. Thanks to the latest version of Google Maps for Mobile that comes pre-installed, you’ll have direct access high quality maps as well as satellite images.

The built-in aGPS functionality of the Z780 allows you to find the address of your friend's party or the quickest route to your next meeting. Google Maps for Mobile then enables you to receive turn-by-turn directions that help you to find your way.The Z780 features as a large 2.2″ 240 x 320 pixel internal display, a 2.0 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, an FM radio, multimedia player, RSS reader, email client, web browser and a blogging tool. The Z780 comes with Memory Stick Micro cards to expand the internal 35MB of memory.

What’s in Z780?

* Easy Web Get a PC-like Web experience with your phone. Browse the Web using the mouse pointer, access your Web history or Google quickly and easily.

* Fast Web The power of turbo 3G gives you speed - Web sites are on your screen in no time, files are downloaded in a snap. For fast access, your phone also has a dedicated Web browser key and an email setup wizard.

* Video blog You get your own personal blog site with your phone. So why not add some moving pictures to it? Shoot a video clip, and all it takes to upload it is a few clicks.

* In sync - ActiveSyncâ„¢ Your phone keeps you in touch and in sync. Email setup is automatic, synchronisation is quick and easy with Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync


specifications:

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Announced 2008, April
Status Available
Size Dimensions 92 x 49 x 16 mm
Weight 100 g
Display Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches
- Second external monochrome display (36 x 128 pixels)
- Wallpapers, screensavers
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, AAC ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
Memory Phonebook 1000 entries, Photocall
Call records 30 received, dialed and missed calls
Internal 35 MB
Card slot Memory Stick Micro (M2), up to 8GB
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD No
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0
Camera Primary 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Features Videocalling
Video Yes
Secondary No
Features Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser WAP 2.0/HTML (NetFront 3.4), RSS reader
Radio FM radio
Games 3D games + downloadable
Colors Grand Onyx, Amethyst Silver
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- MP3/MPEG4 player
- TrackID music recognition
- Picture editor/blogging
- Organizer
- Voice memo/dial
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion
Stand-by Up to 350 h
Talk time Up to 9 h 30 min Read More...

Chanel Choco Concept Phone

Chanel is jumping onto the fashionable cell phone bandwagon with their new concept dreamed up by Fred de Garihe - Chanel Choco Concept Phone. Fred de GARILHE, the designer of this concept phone wanted the global aspect not to look like a phone, more like a make up package. We guess Chanel wants to follow the footsteps of Prada by unveiling a cell phone in the near future.

On the first glance this doesn’t look like a phone at all! When the phone is closed, it looks like a chocolate piece, but made from white, black, or yellow gold surface.When the phone is closed, it looks like a chocolate piece, but made from white, black, or yellow gold surface, always the same goal on presenting popular objects in a luxury style.

It is specially designed to function with an optical fiber system and display image between two glass parts. There are 12 micro lighter fibers, that throw image components to the glass, that offer a quite good luminosity, and keep the mobile phone concept as light as possible.All lights only appear when you open the phone, by pushing removable part on the side of it.


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