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More than 2 million Samsung Jet phones pre-ordered
Author: +866.com21 Jun
Unveiled last week as a handset that’s “smarter than a smartphone”, the Samsung Jet S8000 will apparently be one of the Sammy’s most successful devices of 2009.
The company has announced that it received more than 2 million pre-orders for the Jet.
We’re not sure if this includes the units that can already be purchased from Vodafone UK, but, either way, it’s an impressive number.
The new phone has a set of very nice features, including a 3.1 inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen display, TouchWiz UI 2.0, HSDPA connectivity, Wi-Fi, GPS, 5MP camera, 800 MHz processor and 2GB of internal memory.
Starting this month, Samsung Jet S8000 should be available worldwide, in no less than 50 countries.
Via Telecoms Korea
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2.5G LG Renoir KC910E headed for China
Author: +866.com28 Apr
LG Renoir KC910 has been available in Europe since the end of last year, and now a Chinese version has appeared on LG’s official website.
Called LG Renoir KC910E, the new phone lacks 3G, so it only provides tri-band GSM connectivity (900/1800/1900 MHz) with GPRS and EDGE.
Of course, the rest of its features, as well as its design, are similar to the ones of the 3G Renoir.
So Chinese users will find in the KC910E a 3 inch touchscreen display with 240 x 400 pixels, an 8MP autofocus camera with Xenon flash, A-GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, MicroSD card support and so on.
The retail price of LG Renoir KC910E should be of around 3,200 CNY ($470).
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HTC Snap Introduced
Author: +866.com7 Apr
HTC has lifted the lid on its latest QWERTY smartphone, the HTC Snap. This 12mm slim device will be powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard, and is expected to be available in the second quarter of 2009. An unlocked version of the device supporting HSDPA at 850/1900MHz in the US will be made available under the name HTC S522 during the summer. Features of the HTC Snap include:
528MHz Qualcomm processor
2.0 megapixel camera
256MB ROM, 192MB RAM
GPS and AGPS
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth
2.4-inch display
microSDHC card expansion
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Huawei Coming Up With T-Mobile G3?
Author: +866.com7 Apr
It’s not official yet, but according to the rumor that is going around the Internet, Huawei will be releasing the third Google phone on T-Mobile this year, meaning the supposed T-Mobile G3 could actually be a Huawei device. It’s said that it won’t be released until after July 2009, which makes sense, since they wouldn’t want it competing directly with its T-Mobile G2 (Magic). The rumored details of the T-Mobile G3 are:
Low cost device
5-megapixel camera
3.5mm headphone jack
Wi-Fi
3G
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Samsung Propel Pro, Impression and Magnet announced by AT
Author: +866.com30 Mar
Alongside Nokia E71x, today AT&T has also announced no less than three new Samsung handsets and two from LG (we’ll cover these a bit later).
The Samsung devices are: Samsung Propel Pro, Samsung Impression and Samsung Magnet.
As seen in some images leaked about two months ago, Samsung Propel Pro is a Wi-Fi enabled Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone with a sliding QWERTY keyboard, and it comes as an evolved version of the old Samsung Propel.
The Propel Pro will be available sometime in April, for as low as $149.99.
Samsung Impression is, in fact, that rumored Samsung A877 Jackfrost (Impression sounds better, doesn’t it?).
The handset comes with: “the nation’s first commercially available AMOLED screen” – a 3.2 inch one –, a full QWERTY keyboard, “full browser” and a 3MP camera.
Customers will be able to get the Samsung Impression staring April 7, for $199.99.
Lastly, Samsung Magnet is yet another QWERTY phone, but only a low-cost one. It comes as a candybar with features like “integrated camera” and “WAP browser”.
AT&T didn’t say when Samsung Magnet will be available and neither how much it costs.
Via Press release; some images via Engadget
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Skype 3.0 Beta for Windows Mobile released and available for download
Author: +866.com28 Mar
First mentioned by the folks over at Skype more than one month ago, Skype 3.0 Beta for Windows Mobile is now available for download, coming with two important new features.
The first one is the application’s ability to send and receive files (of up to at least 50MB).
The second new feature of Skype 3.0 Beta for Windows Mobile is the support for SMS: you can now send text messages anywhere in the world, via Wi-Fi, at Skype-like low rates. You can send messages even if you’re not in a Wi-Fi zone, but data charges may apply.
Of course, Skype 3.0 Beta for WM also offers the regular features, including Skype-to-Skype calls and instant messaging.
Here’s a video with the application in action:
To download Skype 3.0 Beta for Windows Mobile, head on over to Skype’s website.
Source: Skype
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HTC Touch 3G With UMA In The UK?
Author: +866.com23 Mar
Coolsmartphone has tipped us on the news that the HTC Touch 3G will be hitting Orange UK, and if that wasn’t good enough, it seems that the phone will be shipping with UMA, enabling the phone to seamlessly transfer between GSM and Wi-Fi, which could amount to some serious savings for the end user. So far the only Windows Mobile device that supports UMA is the T-Mobile Shadow, which is available in the US. Will more Windows Mobile devices sport UMA in the future?
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PDAnet For Android
Author: +866.com23 Mar
Folks who use a lot of data on PalmOS, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry or the iPhone will probably be fairly familiar with the tethering app which is called PDAnet. Basically it allows an Android-powered device which is connected via USB to work as a tethering modem regardless of whether it’s using cellular or Wi-Fi data, all in just a simple click. It’s still under a beta stage, but we’re fairly sure that such an application would be warmly received, and it certainly looks like it has potential. One potential red herring is your terms and conditions with your carrier, as they might not take too kindly to you tethering your phone to your laptop, especially if you’re on an unlimited data package.
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Pantech WPP8000 Offers Wi-Fi
Author: +866.com20 Mar
LG Dacom recently launched the Pantech WPP-8000 Wi-Fi handset in South Korea. The WPP-8000 will be tied up with LG Daco’s myLG070 service that uses a wireless LAN connection known as iHub to access the Internet for additional information without extra charges. The WPP-8000also features caller ID support and text messaging. The small screen might provide a challenge for data display though, which makes us wonder whether users will actually use this phone to browse the web.
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BlackBerry Gemini 8325 appears in a live image
Author: +866.com20 Mar
It looks like that BlackBerry Gemini we saw last month will not be officially called BlackBerry 9300, but BlackBerry 8325.
A live picture with the Gemini 8325 has just been spotted over at BGR.
Unfortunately, it’s not the best shot around (quality wise), so we can’t see the new smartphone in all its glory.
Anyway, the 8325 looks like a mix between the (now old) Curve 8300 and the new and sleek Curve 8900.
Besides the obvious presence of a full QWERTY keyboard, the rumored features of BlackBerry Gemini 8325 include:
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity
- QVGA display
- Wi-Fi
- BlackBerry OS 5.0
- 2.0 MP camera
No details yet on when RIM plans to officially announce this new handset, but let’s hope it won’t happen too late.