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Nokia E52 introduced – affordable Eseries smartphone
Author: +866.com28 Apr
Without much fanfare, Nokia has just announced its newest Eseries smartphone, the Nokia E52.
If you expect a revolutionary design from the E52, don’t. The new phone is just an E55 without a QWERTY keypad. So, yeah, it’s a slim candybar with a 2.4 inch QVGA display.
Like the E55, Nokia E52 is said to have an “impressive battery life” which should provide a talk-time of up to 8 hours with a single full-charge. It also comes with GPS, a 3.2MP camera, Ovi Services, noise cancellation and “the new email UI from the Nokia E75”.
Moreover, Nokia E52 supports HSDPA for up to 10.2Mbps and HSUPA for up to 2Mbps.
The handset has two color versions, silver and brown (like the 5MP E71i, perhaps):
Nokia said the E52 would be available starting the second half of the year, for a retail price of around €245 ($325).
Here’s a hands-on video with the Nokia E52, from Nokia Conversations:
Source: Nokia
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Nokia E52 introduced – affordable Eseries smartphone
Author: +866.com28 Apr
Without much fanfare, Nokia has just announced its newest Eseries smartphone, the Nokia E52.
If you expect a revolutionary design from the E52, don’t. The new phone is just an E55 without a QWERTY keypad. So, yeah, it’s a slim candybar with a 2.4 inch QVGA display.
Like the E55, Nokia E52 is said to have an “impressive battery life” which should provide a talk-time of up to 8 hours with a single full-charge. It also comes with GPS, a 3.2MP camera, Ovi Services, noise cancellation and “the new email UI from the Nokia E75”.
Moreover, Nokia E52 supports HSDPA for up to 10.2Mbps and HSUPA for up to 2Mbps.
The handset has two color versions, silver and brown (like the 5MP E71i, perhaps):
Nokia said the E52 would be available starting the second half of the year, for a retail price of around €245 ($325).
Here’s a hands-on video with the Nokia E52, from Nokia Conversations:
Source: Nokia
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Orange Vegas Touchscreen Phone
Author: +866.com3 Apr
Orange is gearing up to launch a new and rather affordable touchscreen phone, dubbed the Orange Vegas. This dual-band GSM/GPRS phone features a 2.4-inch TFT touchscreen display, and will most likely sport a QVGA resolution. If you’re on a Pay as You Go plan with Orange, the device will only set you back €69 ($92), which is a very low price for a full touchscreen device. Features of the Orange Vegas include:
Bluetooth
MP3 player
FM radio
1.3MP camera
64MB of internal memory
1GB MicroSD card
Talk time: up to 3 hours
Stand by time: up to 7 days
84 grams
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Sanyo SCP-2700 and LG Lotus in red announced by Sprint
Author: +866.com3 Apr
Today, Sprint has unveiled two new messaging phones that will be launched later this spring: the Sanyo SCP-2700 and a dark red version of the already-available LG Lotus.
The first handset, Sanyo SCP-2700, is a candybar presented by the US carrier as being “stylish and easy-to-use”. It obviously has a full QWERTY keyboard, plus Sprint-exclusive stuff like Sprint Navigator, Sprint Mobile Email Work and Sprint Family Locator.
The phone will be available starting May 10, in two color versions: blue and pink.
The specs of Sanyo SCP-2700 include:
- 1xRTT connectivity
- 2.2 inch TFT display with 320 x 240 pixels and 65K colors
- Bluetooth
- Enhanced messaging features
- 1.3MP camera
- Talk-time: up to 4.8 hours
- 4.3 x 2.4 x 0.6 inches
- 3.4 ounces
So how much will this SCP-2700 cost? Only $29.99 – obviously with a two-year contract agreement and after the usual $50 mail-in rebate.
Available until now in purple and black, LG Lotus will be released in a third color version: the above-mentioned dark red one.
Sprint didn’t say when the new Lotus will hit the shelves, but it should happen pretty soon.
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Orange Vegas touchscreen phone to be launched for only €69 on PAYG
Author: +866.com3 Apr
Orange is getting ready to launch a new and highly affordable touchscreen phone, called Orange Vegas.
The handset is a dual band GSM/GPRS one that features a 2.4 inch TFT touchscreen display, probably with a QVGA resolution.
The price of Orange Vegas (on Pay as You Go) is said to be of only €69 (92 USD), which would make it one of the cheapest full-touch phones ever.
This is what the device looks like:
The rest of its specs include:
- Bluetooth
- MP3 player
- FM radio
- 1.3MP camera
- 64MB of internal memory
- 1GB MicroSD card
- Talk time: up to 3 hours
- Stand by time: up to 7 days
- 84 grams
Orange Vegas is already featured on Orange UK’s website, in black and pink – although it’s not yet available for purchase. Most probably, the carrier will sell the phone in many of its European markets.
Via Xataka
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Motorola Evoke QA4 officially announced
Author: +866.com30 Mar
Motorola Evoke QA4 was first seen more than one month ago, but there was no official announcement to back up the leaked photos and details.
Today, Motorola has fully unveiled the handset and presented it as a “socially-inclined device”.
As you may already know, Evoke QA4 comes with a 2.8 inch, 240 x 400 pixels touchscreen display, as well as with an alphanumeric keypad.
The handset also features an accelerometer, so when you turn it on its side you can easily make use of the on-screen QWERTY keyboard.
The rest of the specs include:
- CDMA and EVDO Rev A connectivity
- A-GPS
- Integrated widgets
- Full HTML browser
- Instant Messaging, Messaging icons
- Bluetooth
- Music player
- 2MP camera
- Talk time: up to 5.5 hours
- Stand by time: up to 450 hours
- 108 x 50.5 x 17.5 mm
- 128 grams
Motorola Evoke QA4 will be available in the US starting the second quarter of the year. No pricing details yet.
Via Motorola
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Motorola i580 launched by Sprint in yellow
Author: +866.com20 Mar
Sprint has just announced that a revamped version of its pretty old Motorola i580 iDEN rugged phone is now available.
The new handset comes in a “highly visible yellow” color, and it also brings a more powerful battery: a 1130 mAh one, which can provide a talk-time of up to 200 minutes.
Other than that, we’re talking about the same old phone. In consequence, you should know the i580 is certified to Military Standard 810 F for shock, vibration, dust, solar radiation, temperature extremes, low pressure, blowing rain, salt fog and humidity.
The specs of Motorola i580 include:
- 1.9 inch TFT internal display with 262K colors and 176 x 220 pixels
- White STN external display with 96 x 32 pixels
- Nextel Direct Connect, iDEN 800/900 MHz
- GPS
- Bluetooth
- MMS
- 1.3MP camera
- MicroSD card support
- 3.8 x 2.2 x 1.1 inches
- 5.1 ounces
The yellow Motorola i580 can be bought from Sprint right away, for $119 with a 2-yr contract agreement.
Via Press release
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Motorola VE465 to be launched by Alltel and Telus
Author: +866.com16 Mar
The VE465 is one of Moto’s new semi-rugged entry-level clamshells that we first saw a few months ago in some leaked images.
Meanwhile, the phone appeared on Motorola’s official website, but with no details about where it will be launched.
Now we’ve spotted the VE465 on Alltel’s website, hence the Verizon-owned carrier will probably start selling it pretty soon – although pricing details are not known for the moment.
Also, Mobile Syrup quotes an inside source from Motorola Canada, saying that the handset will soon land on Telus, the second largest Canadian CDMA carrier. Apparently, Telus will name the phone “Motorola VE465 Active Edition”.
The official specs of VE465 include:
- CDMA 800/1900/1700/2100 connectivity
- 1.9 inch TFT internal display with 176 x 220 pixels and 65k colors
- 1.05 inch CSTN external display with 96 x 80 pixels
- Brew OS
- Stereo Bluetooth
- Music player
- Video player
- MMS, SMS, Instant Messaging, E-mail
- 1.3MP camera
- USB 2.0
- MicroSD card support, up to 4GB
- Talk time: up to 4.5 hours
- Standby time: up to 12 days
- 1.8 x 3.9 x 0.7 inches
- 3.8 ounces
Motorola VE465 may not be as cool as the QA4 Evoke, but it should be a good choice for users who only need a simple and affordable flip phone.
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Philips Xenium X700 shows up
Author: +866.com16 Mar
Only few days after we saw the Philips Xenium X530, we now have info about another new Philips clamshell: the Xenium X700.
Like most (if not all) Philips handsets, the X700 does not have 3G connectivity, so your data transfers will have to rely only on GPRS and EDGE.
However, there’s one big advantage that the phone offers - and that’s obviously the powerful battery, which can last up to 720 hours in stand-by (1 month), or up to 450 minutes in talk-time mode.
Here’s what the handset looks like:
The main specs and features of Xenium X700 include:
- Quad-band GSM connectivity
- 2.4 inch TFT internal display with 240 x 320 pixels and 262K colors
- 2.0 inch TFT external QVGA display
- 3.2MP camera
- Music / video player
- Bluetooth 2.0
- FM radio with RDS
- 103 x 54 x 15 mm
Philips Xenium X700 should be soon available in China and select European countries (like Russia, Romania and Turkey). Its retail price is said to be of around €170 ($220).
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Nokia 5730 XpressMusic Announced
Author: +866.com15 Mar
Nokia’s third phone announcement of the day involves the Nokia 5730 XpressMusic. This is the first music-oriented phone from Nokia to offer a sideways-sliding QWERTY keyboard, which should suit text message junkies just fine. Improvements in this phone include the contacts bar which now houses 20 contacts, N-Gage, applications such as Facebook, Photos, Ovi Contacts, Maps, messaging and more. The Nokia 5730 will be shipping around Q3 of 2009 and will retail for about 280 Euros. Features of the device include:
Network: GSM 850/900/1800/1900,WCDMA 900/1900/2100
User Interface: S60
Dimensions: 112 x 51 x 15,4 mm (L x W x T)
Weight: 135 g
Display: 2.4 inch QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) with up to 16 million colors
Battery: Nokia Battery BL-4U,1000mAh Lion
Memory: up to 100 MB internal memory, support for up to 16GB microSD memory card
Talk time: Up to 5 hours
Standby time: Up to 300 hours
Music playback: Up to 25hours
HSDPA cat6 (max download 3,6 Mbps)
GSM GPRS/EGPRS multi slot class 32, max download 296 kbps; upload 177,6 kbps
WLAN IEEE802.11 b/g with UPnP support
MicroUSB, 3.5 mm AV connector
Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0 with A2DP & AVRCP
FM stereo radio with RDS
3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and 8x digital zoom with flash
Secondary camera, VGA