Fujitsu DoCoMo PRIME F-01A: 3.5″ Mobile Phone

Fujitsu DoCoMo PRIME F-01A Specifications
Display (Main): 3.5″ Touch Wide TFT LCD
Pixel Format (Main): 854 x 480
Display (External): 1.4″ Monochrome OLED
Pixel Format (External): 174 x 64
Camera: 5.2MP with Auto Focus, Face Detection, CMOS
Video: 640 x 480 MPEG4 at 30fps
Connectivity: W-CDMA, HDSPA, GSM, GPS, 1-Seg
Other: IPx5 and IPx7 (water resistant to 1m for 30min), Fingerprint Reader
OS: Symbian
Dimensions: [...]

Japanese iPhone 3G Customers Get 1-Seg WiFi Tuner from SoftBank

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 [...]

Casio 2″ Quarter Full HD (960 x 540) LCD

Casio developed a 2″ LCD with a pixel format of 960 x 540 resulting in a pixels per inch resolution of 546ppi. The 960 x 540 pixel format is being called Quarter High Definition or QHD. It would be more accurate to call it Quarter Full High Definition or QFHD. The reason being that the [...]

T-Mobile G1: Sharp LCD, Synaptics Touch

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 [...]

iPhone 2.0 Prices: $250, $350, $450 with Subsidies

Update 2008.06.09 11:57AM PST
Prices are even cheaper than I thought! Check it out.
Original Post
Apple’s iPhone 2.0 is getting a lot of press leading up to a possible unveiling next Monday during the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). The Financial Times is setting some high (or low) expectations for the iPhone.

FT has stated that US and [...]

Apple iPhone in Japan via Softbank

On June 4, 2008, Softbank Mobile announced that it has inked a deal with Apple. Softbank will be bringing the black market iPhone above ground in Japan. When? Later this year is all that Impress is reporting. The interesting thing about this development is that Japan doesn’t have a GSM voice network, as far as [...]

iPhone 2.0 UI Video: Fake but Great

Umang Dokey entered iLounge’s “Design the Next iPhone” contest by entering the video below. The video shows a really cool possible UI of the iPhone 2.0. I hope the real iPhone 2.0 is as good. I really like how the icons realign themselves when tilted from portrait to landscape mode. The balloon menus popping out [...]

Honlai Technology QingBar MP100 and MP101: Mini LED Projector

Honlai Technology QingBar MP100 and MP101
Display Technology: 0.44″ LCoS
Pixel Format: 640 x 480 (VGA)
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Color: 16.7 million
Projected Display Size: 15″ - 27″
Light Source: 5W LED
Lamp Life: >20,000 hours
Brightness: 10 - 15 ANSI Lumens
Contrast Ratio: 200:1
Input:
MP100: Mini AV, Composite, VGA
MP101: Mini AV, Composite, iPod and iPhone Connector
Dimension: 102 x 76 x 54mm (MP101)

Honlai Technology’s QingBar [...]

Apple Patents Solar Cell Embedded LCD

Engadget is reporting that Apple has filed a patent. The patent involves incorporating solar cells into a LCD geared for mobile devices. The concept is very smart. Of course, the question of whether it is currently manufacturable using today’s technologies and available at reasonable prices needs to answered. But just as a concept, having self [...]

LG Display 4.3″ WVGA Multitouch LCD at SID 2008

LG Display 4.3″ WVGA Multitouch LCD
Size: 4.3″
Pixel Format: 800 x 480
Pixel Density: 217.1ppi
Color: 16.7M (8 bit)
Brightness: 420 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio: 500:1
Viewing Angle: 60/50/70/70 (U/D/L/R, CR>10:1)
LCD Technology: TN
Touch: Yes, Multitouch

LG Display showcased many LCD innovations including this 4.3″ multitouch LCD sporting a pixel format of 800 x 480. I am scratching my head and wondering if this [...]