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 [...]
Samsung Pixon Specifications
Display: 3.2″ Touch TFT LCD
Pixel Format: 240 x 400 (portrait)
Colors: 262,144
Camera: 8MP stills with LED flash, auto focus, face detection, geo-tagging
Video: 720 x 480 at 30fps, 320 x 240 at 120fps
Video Playback: MPEG4, WMV, DivX, XviD
Audio Playback: MP3, AAC, eAAC, WMA
Memory: 200 MB (built-in)
Connectivity: GSM, EDGE, HSDPA (7.2Mbps, 2100MHz), Bluetooth 2.0, FM Radio, [...]
Samsung Haptic 2 Specifications
Display: 3.2″ Touch TFT LCD
Camera: 5MP with Flash, Image Stabilization, Macro Mode, Autofocus, Timer
Internal Memory: 4GB (W550, W5500), 16GB (W555)
Connectivity: DMB, Bluetooth 2.0, Mobile Banking
Availability: September 27, 2008
Price: About KRW 70,000 (W550, W5500) and KRW 80,000 (W555)
Samsung’s original Haptic smartphone was unveiled to the world back in March and sold for KRW [...]
T-Mobile G1 Specifications
Display: 3.1″ Sharp TFT LCD
Pixel Format: 320 x 480
Touch: Capacitive technology by Synaptics
High Tech Computer or better known as HTC is the company that manufactured T-Mobile’s G1. The G1 is the first Android smartphone and I must admit HTC as well as T-Mobile did a decent job of putting it all together. The [...]
Sony Ericsson XPERIA Specifications
Display: 3″ Touch TFT LCD
Pixel Format: 800 x 480 (landscape)
Number of Colors: 65,536
Video: 640 x 480 at 30fps recording and playback
Camera: 3.2MP
Other: Handwriting recognition, touch, QWERTY, optical joystick, 4-way key
Availability: September 30, 2008 launch date for UK, Germany, Sweden. Q4′08 for Europe, Asia, Latin America.
I haven’t paid much attention to Sony Ericsson’s [...]
LG KC910 Specifications
Display: 3″ Wide TFT LCD with Touch
Pixel Format: 480 x 272
Camera: 8MP, Schneider-Kreuznach certified optics
Availability: October 2008
LG announced the KC910 on September 4, 2008. Similar to Apple’s iPhone, the KC910’s main interface is the screen itself with just three buttons on the bottom. The touch screen is 3″ in size and has a [...]
If you are in an unfortunate situation where the slippery iPhone fell through your hand and onto the floor cracking the LCD, Brando might have a solution for you. Of course, if you’re like a friend of mine who has broken his mobile phone TWICE by accidentally dropping it in the toilet, you’ll probably have [...]
RIM’s BlackBerry smartphones have always come with a physical QWERTY keyboard. CrackBerry addicts love typing away at the keyboard. The keyboard is one of the main distinctions between it and Apple’s iPhone, which eschews such crude old-school technology for the latest marvel in technology: touch. With a large TFT LCD display coupled with touch technology, [...]
Samsung Black III Specifications
Display: Touch TFT LCD
Pixel Format: 320 x 320
CPU: 528MHz
Camera: 3MP
Connectivity: A-GPS, WiFi, HSDPA
Availability: October, 2008
Samsung’s BlackJack III can be arriving this October, rumor has it. This must be a trend. The BlackJack III will be thicker than the BlackJack II. Just like the iPhone 3G is thicker (in the middle) than the [...]