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Philips has rolled a new addition to their new Philips Xenium lineup. The Philips Xenium X600 is apparently intended for mobile phone customers looking for little more than a handset that they can use for days on end without needing a recharge, literally.
The Xenium X600 boasts some of the longest battery life estimates that we’ve ever laid eyes on. With 2 full months worth of stand-by power and enough juice to keep you jabbering for 16 hours, the Philips Xenium X600 blows the competition out of the water.
But, the price of all that battery uptime is that other features that we’ve come to anticipate from mobile phones have been squeezed out. What you’re left with is a tri-band GSM/GPRS clamshell with external and internal displays, microSD card slot and music player. Like we stated, the Xenium X600 is aimed at those that prioritize mouth-exercise over standard handset features.
[Via: Engadget Mobile]
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 Motorola’s only got a few more product cycles to get it right or fold their cards and declare their handset business defunct. Time is running out, and the pressure is on for CEO Greg Brown to get things into high gear.
Moto’s last stand in the handset business has been talked about as being an 8 megapixel cameraphone worthy of high-end smartphone praise. While we might not see a monstrous 8 megapixel shooter from the ailing handset manufacturer, there’s tiny doubt that Motorola is looking to get a high-end feature-set to market before it’s too late to make a difference. The Motorola ZN5 isn’t going to cut it without a 3G radio on board. But, the MotoZINE ZN5 does prove that Motorola can hang with the imaging giants like the Nokia N95 (soon to be N96) and Samsung G800.
In that light, we bring you the first live photos of the Motorola Alexander - the smartphone that Motorola hopes will help bring their mobile phone manufacturing arm back in to the black. The interesting form-factor aside, the Motorola Alexander could do well with the list of features that have reportedly been confirmed. It’s destined to be released later this year and will be a member of the Windows Mobile camp.
We’re expecting the Motorola Alexander (aka Motorola’s last stand) to sport a 5-8 megapixel camera, NVIDIA 3D graphics hardware, aGPS and Windows Mobile 6.1! Look for the Motorola Alexander to go live in Q4 2008.
Will you be picking up a Motorola handset that looks like this? Sound off in the comments.
Note: The more we look at the Motorola Alexander, the more attractive it looks. With the slider shut, it looks care about it could give the iPhone a run for its money. Anyone else find this thing pretty?
Of course, we’ll have to reserve final judgment until we have the ability to see the handset in person, or at least in photos with more detail and depth.
[Via: BGR]
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There are a host of new ways to interact with the new S60 Touch OS. With the addition of a touch-input interface, the S60 Touch UI will obviously accommodate finger-taps on the screen. But, the most important aspect of S60 Touch will be the web-browsing interface.
The iPhone Safari browser has the touchscreen market dominated in terms of user experience and intuitive use. And, with the new iPhone 2.0 OS, web browsing is faster and more full-featured. So, how will S60 Touch fare against Cupertino’s entrenched competition? We have no idea, but a few screenshot of the touch-based web browser have hit the ‘tubes and give us at least a cursory idea of what to anticipate.
What you’re seeing is a Nokia 5800 Tube running the S60 Touch OS. The handset’s display is beautifully high-res, and supports haptic-feedback enabled finger-inputs!
For now, we’ll have to make do with searching the web for S60 Touch/Nokia Tube pictures and the brief cameo in Dark Knight.
[Via: SymbianFreak]
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 It’s finally here! The good folks at HTC have been good enough to send over an HTC Touch Diamond for consideration. I’ve been playing with this handsome little phone for the past few days, and let me just say, it’s the slickest Windows Mobile handset that I’ve ever had the pleasure of using - which is saying a lot.
Compared to my iPhone 3G (a comparison that is inevitable in today’s market), the HTC Touch Diamond is just soo much smaller and compact that I’m inclined to refer to it as “cute.” But, don’t let its svelte profile fool you, the Touch Diamond is about as good as it gets in the touchscreen smartphone world.
TouchFLO 3D is as easy on the eyes as it is on your fingers. Swiping the interface slides the homescreen to different sets of functions - web, programs, weather, etc. The touchscreen is pressure sensitive but seems to have been calibrated to feel like a capacitance display. The lightest of screen-presses is all that’s required to register a touch-input.
GPS locks on relatively swiftly, and is accurate enough to navigate my way around Old Town Pasadena by foot. Google Maps integration allows you to cross-reference search results and even call the business that you just  looked up.
The on-screen virtual keyboard looks like it’s too small to use at first, but has proven to be quite usable. I may have an unfair advantage from my year of training on the iPhone’s industry-leading virtual keyboard, but that doesn’t detract from how well HTC has managed to design their compact keyboard (although, stubby-fingered users may have more difficulty using the keyboard).
And, let’s not forget the beautiful VGA display. There’s nothing like a side-by-side image comparison with the iPhone’s 3.5″ display to really highlight how much more crisp images look on the HTC Touch Diamond’s screen. Check the gallery below for some comparison shots.
For now, enjoy the pics. Full review to follow.
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Apple is known as one of the most secretive tech companies in the world. They rarely disclose product plans and never let the public know just what’s going on inside the Cupertino headquarters’ buildings. That is, until the MobileMe launch-fiasco drew the ire of email-less customers and Apple shills David Pogue and Walt Mossberg.
 In a rare acceptance of accountability for their blundered MobileMe launch, Apple launched a MobileMe status blog that outlined exactly what was causing the email outages and what Apple was doing to correct the problems. And, that was just the tip of the culpability-iceberg.
Apple-leader Steve Jobs has gone on record as saying that his company had taken on too big a task in simultaneously launching both the iPhone 3G and MobileMe push data service worldwide on July 11. The combination of iPhone 3G activations, iPhone 2.0 OS update downloads, AppStore downloads and MobileMe usage was apparently too much for Apple to handle. The pressure caused Apple’s MobileMe servers to crash, dumping some users’ emails in the process.
Jobs’s confessed to a botched MobileMe launch that was “not up to Apple’s standards” in an internal email sent out to employees on Monday. He says that Apple was not prepared for the MobileMe launch and that adequate testing had not been performed.
“It was a mistake to launch MobileMe at the same time as iPhone 3G, iPhone 2.0 software and the App Store,” Jobs said in the email. “We all had more than enough to do, and MobileMe could have been delayed without consequence.”
“The MobileMe launch clearly demonstrates that we’ve more to learn about World wide web services,” Jobs told employees. “And learn we will. The vision of MobileMe is both exciting and ambitious, and we’ll press on to make it a service we’re all proud of by the end of this year.”
Steve Jobs isn’t exactly known as the most forthcoming tech-CEO, and doesn’t ever make apologies for his products. But, with the flood of bad-press surrounding the MobileMe launch, it’s understandable that Stevie bite the bullet and own up to his mistakes.
[Via: ArsTechnica]
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Think of it as a user-friendly LoJack for just about anything that could possible get up and walk away (or get stolen). Zoombak is a GPS tracker that keeps tabs on the location of your dog, cat, automobile, or wayward teenager upset over being grounded for text message overages. The Zoombak’s location can be monitored through an on the internet map, giving you almost real-time updates on the whereabouts of your most prized possessions and loved ones.
This day, Zoombak has expanded its feature set with the Mobile Location Request. By sending an SMS text message containing the word “FIND” to 96225, you can get mobile updates on the location of the Zoombak via a text message reply. The Mobile Location Request service grants the user to track down the location of the Zoombak while on the road, without access to a computer or the internet.
The Car & Family version of Zoombak costs $249.99, and both the Dog Locator and Universal Locator cost $199.99. Zoombak requires a monthly service fee ranging from $9.99 to $34.89 for the peace of mind that comes with knowing exactly where your stuff is.
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[Via: ComputerWorld]
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 With the iPhone 2.0.1 OS firmware update already being pushed to millions of iPhones and iPhone 3Gs worldwide, it’s clear that keyboard lag has been reduced and overall system speed has been improved. But, are the benefits of iPhone 2.0.1 OS worth the drawbacks?
The iPhone Dev Team just recently released their PwnageTool 2.0 (and the subsequent PwnageTool 2.0.1) jailbreak solution for iPhone 3G and iPhone hardware. Unfortunately, the PwnageTool 2.0.1 was only intended for iPhone 2.0 OS. That means an upgrade from iPhone 2.0 to iPhone 2.0.1 OS will render your jailbreak solution useless - no more jailbreak apps, no more free activations, no more unlocked iPhones.
That last bit is what concerns us. The DevTeam will no doubt bring their PwnageTool utility up to speed with the iPhone 2.0.1 OS and bring back the jailbreak for users looking for free iPhone jailbreak applications - so, the jailbreak isn’t really something we’re worried about. But, the new iPhone 2.0.1 OS brings with it a new version of the baseband firmware, and that’s worrisome. The DevTeam isn’t yet done hacking the previous baseband bundled with iPhone 2.0 OS in their effort to unlock the iPhone 3G, and this updated baseband throws another wrench in the works. Upgrading to iPhone 2.0.1 OS before the DevTeam has had time to sort out the finer-details of the new baseband could leave you with an iPhone 3G that can’t be unlocked.
“… be warned that there is a baseband update that occurs during this [iPhone 2.0.1] update that could impact the capability to unlock the device (if and when an unlock becomes available), we’ve not fully tested this baseband update as yet, but we think it is better to be safe than sorry…”
Of course, the iPhone DevTeam is working to release an iPhone 3G unlock solution soon (fingers crossed), and the updated PwnageTool will likely support iPhone 2.0.1 in the process. And, we’ve heard all these “iPhone can’t be unlocked after upgrade” concerns before - only to find out that the DevTeam managed to crack the baseband and unlock what was feared un-unlockable.
So, is the prospect of immediate performance gains worth potentially never being able to unlock that iPhone 3G?
Take this piece of advice from the DevTeam:
“…Remember, from a jailbreaking point of view the update process is always reversible, but this isn’t the case for the 3G baseband, so your intended long term future use for the phone should help you decide what you do. If you always going to use the 3G phone with the original carrier then baseband updates are fine, if you are not then hold off. …”
[Via: iPhoneDevTeam]
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 France’s industrial conglomerate Safran recently announced that it is selling its loss-making mobile handset business, Sagem Mobiles, to French venture capital firm Sofinnova. The disposal would cost Safran 220 million EUR, but it would retain a 10% stake in the new company, which will be known as Sagem Wireless.
Apparently, Safran — which was formed in 2004 via a merger between Sagem and engineering company Snecma — has been looking to spin off Sagem’s handset business for years to refocus on its core aerospace and defense security activities.
Also as part of the agreement, provider of Java in-device engines and mobile services platforms Esmertec will acquire the mobile software platform activities of Sagem Mobiles. Furthermore, they (Esmertec) will provide Sagem Wireless with a mobile software platform and related services for a three-year period — a deal valued at 51 million EUR.
Finally, Purple Labs (where Sofinnova is also an investor), is also involved in the deal. The mobile Linux developer will provide the new company with all the software for its future 3G Linux devices based on LiMo Foundation stipulations.
In a conclusion, guess this means we might finally see some decent Sagem mobile phones. Amen to that!
[Via: Reuters]
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 IKEA is known in the US and Europe for their cheap, assembly-required furniture with a tendency to wear out after a year or so of use. Anybody that has logged time in a college dorm room will likely be all too familiar with the particleboard planks that make up a majority of IKEA’s living space hardware. What they aren’t known for, however, is their wireless service.
That’s right. Brits with a taste for all things IKEA will be happy to hear that the Swedish furniture maker is trying its hand at being a wireless carrier. IKEA has leased network time from T-Mobile, adding “MVNO” to its product offerings.
The IDEA behind the IKEA MVNO is that the same people that flock to their affordable wares will be more apt to purchase cheap wireless service while they’re picking out their Sultan bed. Just £10 (~$20) worth of airtime kicks off IKEA’s MVNO pre-paid service.
Let’s hope the IKEA MVNO doesn’t break down after a year of use…
[Via: PocketLint]
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