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Sharp expects to launch its new mobile phone named 922SH in Japan market. It is equipped with a full qwerty keyboard, a 3.5-inch 260,000 pixel display with 480 x 854 resolution, and a 2M camera.
Supporting 1-Seg, international roaming service, HSDPA and Bluetooth connectivity, the 922HS comes with four different colors including pearl white, metallic black, bronze gold and pearl pink.
It is expected to be available in the end of March.
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Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) has been selected by TELE Greenland as Core IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) supplier to deliver integrated fixed and mobile convergent services. Ericsson’s Core IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) will be employed to develop TELE Greenland next-generation offering.
IMS-based services enable communication through various media – such as voice, text, pictures and video, or a combination of them – adapted to each individual’s preference. Ericsson’s IMS solution supports a common service environment and allows TELE Greenland to implement flexible and scalable advanced services.
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Casio, today announced the release of Casio W61CA. The W61CA clamshell measures 106 x 50 x 18.9 millimeters (when closed), weighs 132 grams, packs lots of high-end features and meets both IPX5 and IPX7 waterproof standards. We recently had news about another waterproof handset made in Japan, Fujitsu F750i, that came as the “world’s slimmest waterproof 3G mobile phone”. Although the Casio device isn’t that slim, it compensates with the rest of its features.
The new phone has a 5.1 Megapixel camera with self-timer, Auto focus, 8x digital zoom, 35mm wide-angle lens, blur reduction and video recording in QVGA mode. Furthermore, the device comes with a wide 2.7 inch LCD display at a 240 x 400 pixel resolution that, together with the DMB-TV feature, makes Casio W61CA a good phone for watching TV transmissions.
Casio W61CA is available in 4 colors (Mode Green, Couture Gold, Robe White and Esprit Yellow) and has some features that make it a perfect jogging or walking companion: timer, calorie counter and distance measurement. Plus, being waterproof, the phone can be taken basically anywhere, on any weather. Other cool specs include office document viewer, voice input, bi-directional English-Japanese dictionary and microSD card slot for up to 2GB of extended memory. The handset’s battery can provide a talk-time of about 220 minutes and a stand-by time of up to 320 hours.
Currently the phone is only available in Japan.
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Nokia and Trolltech ASA today announced that they have entered into an agreement that Nokia will make a public voluntary tender offer to acquire Trolltech, a company headquartered in Oslo, Norway and publicly listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Trolltech is a recognized software provider with world-class software development platforms and frameworks. In addition to the key software assets, its talented team will play an important role in accelerating the implementation of Nokia’s software strategy.
Nokia will offer NOK 16 per share in cash. The board of directors of Trolltech has unanimously recommended that its shareholders accept Nokia’s Offer. Holders of 35,024,830 shares, representing approximately 66,43 % of Trolltech’s issued shares and votes have as of January 27, 2008 irrevocably undertaken to accept the Offer. Haavard Nord, Vuonislahti Invest AS (controlled by Eirik Chambe-Eng), Teknoinvest and certain funds managed by Index Ventures are among the shareholders who have agreed to tender their shares to Nokia.
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Samsung Electronics announced today the release of two new fashion mobile phones targeted for girls and women. The new handsets are Samsung L310 and Samsung L320 (or Samsung SGH-L310 and Samsung SGH-L320). They come in stylish clamshell forms specially designed to suit women’s fashion needs. Samsung L310 measures 93 x 44 x 17.9 millimeters and comes in black and gold with fancy patterns that offer a refined look, while Samsung L320 is a bit thicker, at 89 x 45.5 x 23.5 millimeters, has a smoothly curved design and comes dressed in vivid nuances of blue. The L320 model also has a 176 x 16 pixels hidden OLED display.
Both Samsung L310 and Samsung L320 are packed with unique applications: a shopping list that allows you to add and edit items you bought or want to buy, a calories consumption calculator, and a fragrance type feature that can suggest your suitable fragrance based on your favorite food or drinks. Both handsets offer tri-band GSM connectivity, EDGE, GPRS, 2 Megapixel camera, Music Player, Bluetooth 2.0 and microSD card support.
Samsung L310 will be available in Russia and Hungary for a retail price about 240 Euro ($350), while Samsung L320 for around 220 Euro ($320). After February 2008, other European markets will follow.
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