Category: Cellphones

LG Viewty Offers Dark Silver Color

LG announced today a new dark silver color option for its popular camera phone, LG Viewty. It has now sold over 550,000 units.

LG choose this new color to further the LG Viewty’s polished, premium image, after researching colour preferences in countries where the phone is sold and colour trend forecasts for 2008. Another improvement to the LG Viewty is a redesigned jog wheel that makes scrolling through menus even easier.

The LG Viewty, which includes a 5M camera and a 3inch touchscreen has now topped 550,000 units in sales. This comes only two and half months after the phone’s November 2007 release in Europe.

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Gameloft Announces Grey’s Anatomy: The Mobile Game

Gameloft recently announced that it intends to bring Grey’s Anatomy: The Mobile Game to casual gamers and fans alike. Based on the first three seasons of the award-winning television drama from ABC Studios, the game gives players and fans the chance to experience intense emotions and drama unique to their favorite show in unlimited different skill-based surgery mini-games taken from actual episodes of the show.

“Grey’s Anatomy: The Mobile Game is a perfect balance of gameplay and content, as the challenging mini-games will resonate with the male audience, while women will be engaged with the game’s unfolding drama and character interaction,” said Gonzague de Vallois, senior vice president of publishing, Gameloft.

Grey’s Anatomy: The Mobile Game is soon to be available on most U.S. Carriers.

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Nokia N95 8GB Became the First DLNA Certified Mobile

n95Nokia today announced that the Nokia N95 8GB had the distinction of being the first ever mobile phone to receive Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) certification. The DLNA is a body advocating the interoperability of wired and wireless consumer devices. For the consumer, this accolade translates into convenient and intuitive connectivity between your DLNA Certified home electronics devices, personal computers, and your Nokia N95 8GB.

DLNA technology enables multi-vendor home ecosystems of consumer devices by building a common connectivity platform for a variety of multimedia experiences. This vision is fully in line with the Nokia’s aspiration for openness and seamless interoperability between devices and services from different brands.
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ASUS Announces M930 Smartphone

ASUS has officially unveiled M930 smartphone. ASUS plans to start shipping it in March.

The specs are listed below.

* Operating System: Windows Mobile 6 Standard;
* CPU: TI TI2431 at 450MHz;
* Network: 3G HSDPA;
* Display: 2″ QVGA display (external) + 2.6″ WQVGA screen (internal) – 400×240;
* Internal QWERTY, external 12 key keypad;
* Memory: 256MB ROM/64MB RAM + microSD slot;
* Connectivity: Wi-Fi/Bluetooth 2.0;
* Camera: 2Mpix AF camera;
* Weight: 158g;
* Dimensions: 113mm x 54mm x 18.7mm.

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Alcatel OT-E227 Available for Orange Subscribers

This is a good news for Orange subscribers. They now can get the new low-end Alcatel OT-E227 Clamshell Phone on a pre-pay basis for only USD$19.61.

The phone looks fashionable and offers a choice of three colors including metallic rose, glossy black and fuchsia with flower pattern. Alcatel OT-E227 has a 1.5″ TFT touch screen and provides 10 hours of talk time and 325 hours of standby time.

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