Category: Cellphones

Verzio Releases World’s First 3G Dual SIM Mobile Phone

December 12, 2007

Verzio, a Singapore-based computing, communications and consumer electronics brand, released Verzio Duplii, world’s first 3G dual-SIM tri-band mobile phone. Besides offering 3G and tri-band capabilities, it can use two SIM cards simultaneously, meaning users can make calls from any of the SIM cards with ease.

Measuring 105 x 50 x 18 millimeters and weighing 110 grams, Duplii offers a nice 2.2 inch 262k TFT display with a 240 x 320 pixel resolution, a 2.0 Megapixel camera, microSD card support, WAP, Bluetooth, music player and FM radio. The phone uses a Qualcomm and Philips platform, enabling minimal power consumption, and its PC Sync capability allows full data synchronization. Verzio Duplii can provide a talk time of up to 3 hours, a video conference time of up to 2 hours and a stand-by time of 195 hours.

Verzio Duplii is currently available only in Philippines for about $350 (Duplii) and $280 (Twinn). Maybe it will be released in other Asian countries at the beginning of 2008.

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Cellphones / LG

LG Launches Rhapsody LB3300

December 6, 2007

LG Electronics launched its latest music phone, the LB3300 Rhapsody model, created in collaboration with Mark Levinson, founder of the high-end audio manufacturing company now owned by Harman International.

LG and Mark Levinson worked together to develop this new handset, presented by the South Korean manufacturer as a real music phone, hence being in the same league as Samsung U470 Juke or BenQ E61. Rhapsody LB3300 comes in a slider form and provides 8 preset equalizer positions optimized by Mark Levinson to play any music genre, for any listener: from pop to jazz or from classical to rock. The phone comes with a 1GB built-in memory and microSD card support for a maximum of 4GB storage space, which is not bad at all. A feature of the Rhapsody phone that many users could find attractive is its music navigation touch wheel with LED lighting.
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Cellphones / News / Nokia

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed(TM) to Come to N-Gage

December 5, 2007

Nokia, THQ Wireless, Lucasfilm, and LucasArts today revealed that Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is coming to N-Gage, Nokia’s next generation mobile gaming platform in 2008.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed casts players as Darth Vader’s “Secret Apprentice” and promises to unveil new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy. The game’s expansive story is set during the largely unexplored era between Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.

The mobile version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is in development by THQ’s Finland-based studio, Universomo. Using Cell Weaver(TM) technology, the game lets the player harness the Force while assisting Darth Vader in his quest to rid the universe of Jedi – and face decisions that could change the course of their destiny.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Mobile game provides players with unique community features, including tournaments, score uploads and downloadable content, through N-Gage Arena services.

“We’re proud to be able to deliver the next chapter in the Star Wars saga on the N-Gage platform,” said Gregg Sauter, Director, Publishing, Nokia. “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Mobile game will take advantage of the N-Gage platform’s robust native development environment to provide the ultimate mobile gaming experience, including powerful graphics, connectivity and community elements.”

“THQ Wireless is dedicated to creating an awesome mobile Star Wars experience that delivers on the concept of unleashing the Force. The N-Gage platform makes it possible for us to release a rich mobile gaming experience to entertain as wide an audience as possible on N-Gage compatible devices,” said Adam Comisky, vice president of THQ Wireless.

“The launch of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will be a major entertainment event in 2008, and bringing the game to the N-Gage mobile gaming platform is a big part of that because it means that millions of people around the world will be able to access the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed world right in the palm of their hand,” said Howard Roffman, President of Lucas Licensing.

Cellphones / News / Nokia

Nokia Releases N82

November 14, 2007

Nokia unveils the Nokia N82, the latest multimedia computer optimized for photography, navigation and internet connectivity. With the tools to discover the places and moments worth capturing, and the capabilities to capture and share them instantaneously, the Nokia N82 offers photography enthusiasts an enhanced camera experience.

The Nokia N82 enables you to explore your surroundings and find your way with navigation and routing; document your adventures with the high quality imaging capabilities; and instantly share your experiences with one click upload to the web.
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Cellphones / HTC / News

HTC Touch Dual is Available in France

November 13, 2007

HTC Touch Dual is available now in France, from Mobilux. The handset looks to be an upgraded version of the highly appreciated HTC Touch. It comes with stronger hardware and also a slider form factor to satisfy those who are less keen on using touchscreen for handling their devices at all times. The device uses the easy-type keypad in order to pack all letters and numbers as well and make it easy to type long text messages on the phone. It should work perfectly especially for those who have smaller thumbs, for more precision, as the buttons are extremely small and might pose a problem at some times.

HTC Touch Dual runs on a 400 MHz processor and uses Windows Mobile 6 Professional as well as the TouchFLO interface that HTC decided to pack in all its future smartphones. The 2.6 inch QVGA touchscreen is one of the most important features on this phone and should manage to appeal to just as many people as the HTC Touch phone managed to do.

The phone’s sizes are rather average, as it will fail to break any slimness records with its 15.8 mm in thickness and 120 grams. Still, HTC Touch Dual is a 3G enabled phone, a technology that came with the evolution to slider form. Other than that, it also packs a 2 megapixel camera and a microSD card slot to store a great amount of personal files.

HTC Touch Dual has just hit France and will come at the price of 540 euros, at online retailer Mobilux. The handset has already been available for some time now, in Japan, under the name of FOMA HT110.