iriver wave Specifications
Display: 3″ (76.2mm) Touch TFT LCD
Pixel Format: 480 x 272
Number of Colors: 260,000
Storage: 4GB Flash
Connectivity: WiFi (802.11b/g), USB 2.0
Audio Support: MPEG 1/2/2.5 Layer 3, WMA, OGG
Video Support: WMA9, MPEG4 (SP, H.264)
Other: Flash Lite 2.0.2, JPEG, TXT
Dimensions: 110.5 x 52.5 x 15.5mm

iriver is getting into the “smartphone” market. The company’s ‘wave’ looks fantastic. The [...]

I don’t talk much about cases because I usually don’t use one. It’s not that I don’t want to take care of my precious iPhone 3G but I do like the way it feels and a case would just ruin that whole touchy-feely-thingy. But I think I might have to get a case. Not just [...]

Samsung T*OMNIA Specifications
Display: 3.3″ Touch TFT LCD
Pixel Format: 480 x 800 (portrait)
Camera: 5MP with Auto Focus, Flash, Image Stabilization
Video: DivX, XviD, MP4, MOV, SKM, K3G, 3GP, 3GP2
Connectivity: DMB, A-GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, USB 2.0, HSDPA (7.2Mbps), Quad Band CDMA (850, 900, 1800, 1900MHz)

Samsung’s T*OMNIA is an improved version of the original Omnia. The improvements include [...]

Japanese iPhone 3G customers will get a treat: a little gadget that receives the 1-Seg mobile terrestrial digital audio/video and data broadcasting service and sends it out in WiFi signals. The 1-Seg gadget also works as a battery extender when connected via the iPhone 3G’s dock connector. Very nice. Mobile TV is quite popular in [...]

Simple as can be. And quite sexy too. Mac Funamizu’s Nanokia smartphone concept is based on E Ink display technology. Makes sense as E Ink’s electronic paper display consumes very little power, especially when the content is not changing. So the keyboard and keypad would consume close to zero power.

Samsung’s I7110 is a smartphone sporting a 2.6″ active matrix OLED (AMOLED) display. The pixel format is 240 x 320 (portrait). The display should look quite nice indeed.
The I7110 has a 5MP camera with a CMOS image sensor. CMOS technology is generally found in expensive DSLRs and it is somewhat surprising to see it being [...]

HP iPAQ Data Messenger Specifications
Display: 2.81″ TFT LCD with Touch
Pixel Format: 240 x 320 (portrait)
Camera: 3.1MP (2048 x 1536) with Autofocus, LED Flash

HP’s iPAQ Data Messenger looks quite nice. I like the simple lines. I’m glad HP kept shiny things to a minimum. The 2.81″ transmissive TFT LCD incorporates touch capabilities; you can use your [...]

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Phone Specifications
Display: 3.2″ TFT LCD with Resistive Touch
Pixel Format: 640 x 360 (landscape)
Camera: 3.2MP, Carl Zeiss Lens, LED Flash (x2)
Connectivity: GPS, WiFi, HSDPA, GSM
Storage: microSD (up to 16GB)
Colors: Black, Red, Blue
Price: €279

Nokia’s 5800 XpressMusic smartphone is the company’s late entrance to the touch smartphone party that Apple started a while ago. The [...]

The Edelweiss, one of the most popular European mountain flower, is the name of a touch smartphone that will begin shipping in about a month. Emblaze Mobile is on to something. The large screen, which I would guess to be around the 3.5″ range, sports a pixel format of 854 x 480 (landscape). 854 x [...]

Fujitsu and Docomo showcased a very interesting concept smartphone during CEATEC 2008. The smartphone has two parts. Both parts have displays. One is used as the main display while the other is used as the keypad or keyboard. The two parts are physically stuck to each other via magnets and communication duties between the two [...]