Polymer Vision Readius... Coming Soon...

Most gadget freaks will know that the disadvantage of a handheld device with a large screen is that the device ends up being rather bulky. Which is all fairly obvious.

However, the Polymer Vision Readius demonstrates a radically different approach. Based around a rollable display, the Readius comes with a 5" screen in a device not much bigger than a standard mobile phone when the display is retracted (the Readius measures 100 x 56 x 21mm and weighs 150 grams).

At its heart, the Polymer Vision Readius uses a TFT controlled Electronic Ink technology on a flexible substrate to create a monochrome display that is quite flexible. We've seen Electronic Ink before, but there has been nothing similar to the Readius before. This type of display has very low power requirements and can be used easily in direct sunlight (because it relies purely on reflected light). The low power consumption on the Readius means that it can last for up to 10 days of usage between charges.

The Readius isn't a phone - although it does comes with EDGE and UMTS data support. The display is a large 5" 320x240 pixel display capable of displaying 16 greyscales. The inbuilt software includes an email client, RSS newsreader, document viewer and audio playback capabilities. The Readius is actually controlled by something Polymer Vision describe as a "touch sensitive LED user interface" which consists of a number of soft keys along the side of the keyboard (pictured at the top of the page).

It looks great, and there's no doubt that the Readius is a very clever device.. but there are some obvious shortcomings. The main problem is inherent in the design of the display itself. Currently the Electronic Ink technology used in the Readius gives a very slow update speed that effectively limits the device to displaying a page of text at a time, without any moving images or scrolling.

Significantly, there does not appear to be a web browser on the Readius, and it cannot make voice calls. Again, these are due to limitations in display technology and weight. On the other hand, the Readius should ship with at least 4GB of internal memory, which allows plenty of space for downloaded documents, email and audio files. One other novel feature is the use of DVB-H IP datacasting which potentially allows free-to-air data transmissions to be picked up from the same transmitters used for DVB-H broadcasts. The display on the Readius simply won't handle TV pictures though.

This is very much a first generation device - future versions of the display technology should allow moving video and colour image. With a couple more years development, this type of flexible display could make the like of the Apple iPhone appear obsolete.

Polymer Vision Readius
Available:	2009
Network:	GSM + UMTS
Data:	GPRS + EDGE + UMTS (3G)
Screen:	320x240 pixels, monochrome
Camera:	No
Size:	Rollable display device 100 x 56 x 21 mm /  150 grams
Bluetooth:	No
Memory card:	No
Infra-red:	No
Polyphonic:	No
Java:	No
Battery life:	Up to 10 days

LG GD910 wristwatch phone ... Coming Sooooon...

Taking a completely different approach is the LG GD910 wristwatch phone due to be shown next month. This tiny device has a 1.4" touchscreen display, an MP3 player, Bluetooth, speakerphone and HSDPA support so that it can enjoy 3.5G downloads.

Video calling is supported through a camera on the front, and the GD910 also has speech dialling and a text-to-speech function to read back text on the tiny display.

LG haven't given full details of the phone, but it will be interesting to see just how much it weighs and what the battery life is like when full details are known in a few weeks time.

LG's first dual-SIM phone, the LG KS660... Coming Soon

LG's first dual-SIM phone, the LG KS660 comes with a large 3" 400 x 240 pixel touchscreen and a 5 megapixel camera.

LG are only the second major manufacturer to launch a dual-SIM device such as this, and the closest competitor to the KS660 is going to be the Samsung which has a smaller screen.

One obvious major drawback we can see with the KS660 is that it is a GSM-only device. Neither LG nor Samsung have been able to create a dual-SIM handset that does 3G, and this is a shame because a phone like the KS660 would lend itself to high-speed downloads and uploads quite well.

As with the Samsung DuoS range, the KS660 seems to be aimed at Russia and surrounding countries as LG say that the handwriting recognition supports English, Ukrainian, Russian, Kazakh, Lithuanian and Estonian languages. 

There's no word on exact specifications, pricing or availability at present. 

Nokia N86 8MP ( Nokia's first 8 megapixel camera phone) Coming Soon...

The Nokia N86 8MP is Nokia's first 8 megapixel camera phone, representing a step up from the Nokia N85 and sharing many features with the Nokia N96.

Clearly, the camera is the main feature here. As well as having an 8 megapixel sensor, the N86 8MP has a Carl Zeiss Tessar lens, autofocus, and a dual LED flash. The lens features wide angle optics, and the N86 also has a very high shutter speed of 1/1000 sec. Video capture resolution is 640 x 480 pixels at 30 frames per second, which is good.. although some of the competition are now coming up with HD video recording.

Like the N85 and N96, this is a two-way slider and it shares the N96's "kick step" which allows it to be placed on a desk. The display is a fairly standard 2.6" 240 x 320 pixel OLED panel that we have seen on high-end Nokia phones before. Sadly, this is not a touchscreen device.

The N86 8MP is quite heavy, weighing in at 149 grams, more than 20 grams heavier than the N85 and N96. It's hard to see why this should be the case, although the N86 8MP does come with scratch-resistant glass. The battery is the same large 1200 mAh BL-5K unit found in the N85, and this gives the N86 8MP up to 4 hours talktime and 11 days standby time on 3G.

Internal memory is an impressive 8GB and this can be expanded by a further 16GB using a hot-swappable microSD card.

All the usual N-Series features are here, including a multimedia player capable of supporting MPEG4, 3PG, H.263, H.264, MP3, WMA and AAC file types. There is also an FM radio plus an FM transmitter, allowing you to play back over a car or home stereo wirelessly. There is a standard 3.5mm audio socket, or alternatively you can use a stereo Bluetooth connection or the built-in stereo speakers.

This is a 3.5G phone with dual-band HSDPA support, quad-band GSM and WiFi. GPS is a pretty standard feature on Nokia's high-end phones, and it is included in the N86 8MP along with Nokia Maps, it also has a built-in digital compass in case you need to do some "old school" navigation. Photographs can be automatically geotagged with the location that they were taken.

This is a Symbian S60 smartphone, and it comes with a wide array of built-in applications including a web browser, document viewer, ZIP manager and email client. New applications can be added through the upcoming Ovi Store. The N86 8MP supports N-Gage gaming.

This is quite a nice device, though more of an evolution of previous designs than a revolution. Apart from a few minor enhancements, the main improvement here is the camera rather than anything else.

Nokia 888 Concepts.....

Sony-Ericsson & Benq-Siemens (Future)...

Sony Erission "Sory future time phone"


BenQ-Siemens Concept Phone

Denim giant Levi’s launches new mobile phone

Future Asus (Aaura) Mobile Series

Future Nokia (Aeon)

The First Ever Cell Phone Launched in 1973.. by Motorola

Dr Martin Cooper, a former general manager for the systems division at Motorola, is considered the inventor of the first portable handset and the first person to make a call on a portable cell phone in April 1973. The first call he made was to his rival, Joel Engel, Bell Labs head of research.

AT&T's research arm, Bell Laboratories, introduced the idea of cellular communications in 1947. But Motorola and Bell Labs in the sixties and early seventies were in a race to incorporate the technology into portable devices. 

Cooper, now 70, wanted people to be able to carry their phones with them anywhere.

While he was a project manager at Motorola in 1973, Cooper set up a base station in New York with the first working prototype of a cellular telephone, the Motorola Dyna-Tac. After some initial testing in Washington for the F.C.C., Mr. Cooper and Motorola took the phone technology to New York to show the public.

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The First Cellphone (1973) Name: Motorola Dyna-Tac Size: 9 x 5 x 1.75 inches Weight: 2.5 pounds Display: None Number of Circuit Boards: 30 Talk time: 35 minutes Recharge Time: 10 hours Features: Talk, listen, dial

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In 1973, when the company installed the base station to handle the first public demonstration of a phone call over the cellular network, Motorola was trying to persuade the Federal Communications Commission to allocate frequency space to private companies for use in the emerging technology of cellular communications. After some initial testing in Washington for the F.C.C., Mr. Cooper and Motorola took the phone technology to New York to show the public.

On April 3, 1973, standing on a street near the Manhattan Hilton, Mr. Cooper decided to attempt a private call before going to a press conference upstairs in the hotel. He picked up the 2-pound Motorola handset called the Dyna-Tac and pushed the "off hook" button. 

The phone came alive, connecting Mr. Cooper with the base station on the roof of the Burlington Consolidated Tower (now the Alliance Capital Building) and into the land-line system. To the bewilderment of some passers-by, he dialed the number and held the phone to his ear.

Who is he?
Cooper grew up in Chicago and earned a degree in electrical engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology. After four years in the navy serving on destroyers and a submarine, he worked for a year at a telecommunications company. 

Hired by Motorola in 1954, Mr. Cooper worked on developing portable products, including the first portable handheld police radios, made for the Chicago police department in 1967. He then led Motorola's cellular research.

LG Launches New Flagship Cell Phone with 3D Graphics, LG Arena (LG-KM900)

LG has announced the launch of its new flagship mobile phone for 2009, LG Arena (LG-KM900). This fully loaded multimedia phone with LG’s innovative and dynamic 3D S-Class User Interface will be on hand at the Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona.

LG ARENA’s groundbreaking 3D S-Class UI was specifically designed to be a more fun and engaging gateway to an amazing multimedia environment. A cube-based layout provides four customizable home screens for direct access to all features. Music, movies, pictures and more are within reach, thanks to intuitive, touch-based 3D menus. The rich 3D graphics give S-Class a life-like look that makes it natural and easy to navigate.

“The direct, intuitive and dynamic S-Class UI will be unlike anything that has appeared on a mobile phone before. With rich 3D graphics, touch sensitivity and exciting multimedia capabilities, it will truly make ARENA a fully loaded multimedia phone,” said Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. LG ARENA will feature audio and video technologies never before seen on a mobile phone. LG took great effort to ensure that its 2009 flagship delivers an exhilarating multimedia experience, including features aided by Dolby and DivX technologies. LG ARENA will also include enhanced internet connectivity with HSDPA 7.2 networks, Wi-Fi, A-GPS and far more. LG will announce more specifics about ARENA and its features a long with some surprises during a press conference at the Mobile World Congress.

New 2009 - Sony Ericsson G-700 Price | Rate ( Rs: 21500 / 350$ )

Sony-Ericsson-G700 Specifications & Features ::.
New Sony Ericsson G700 Mobile Phone You can Touch the future: The Sony Ericsson G700 is all about simplicity & ease-of use. Enjoy touchscreen text input, dedicated keys for messaging. A simple touch is all it takes to communicate with friends & family. The large touchscreen of Sony Ericsson G700 & the one-touch panel user interface is right under your fingertips. Communicate the natural way with the new Sony Ericsson G700 and ENOY.
	Dimension	106 x 49 x 13 mm
	Connectivity	Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP, USB, GPRS Class 10 (48 kbps), 3G (384 kbps)
	Weight	99 g - OS Symbian OS, UIQ
	Battery	Talk time Up to 12 h, Stand-by Up to 380 h
	Memory	160 MB Built-in + Memory Stick
	Display Size	240 x 320 pixels, 2.4 inches
	Display Colour	TFT touchscreen, 256K colors
	Band	GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 (UMTS 2100)
	Entertainment	Picture editor/blogging, StickyNotes, Handwriting recognition, Document reader/editor, Built-in handsfree - FM radio with RDS, MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player, TrackID music recognition, Games (builtin + downloadable)
	Camera	3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, image stabiliser, video, flash; 2ndary videocall camera
	Tones	Polyphonic, MP3
	Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, Instant Messaging

Nokia-3610-Fold Price | Rate ( Rs: 10700 / 176$ )

Nokia-3610-Fold Specifications & Features ::.
New Nokia 3610 Fold Mobile Phone A smooth, stylish, & easy-to-use Mobile device that helps you to organize your busy life, stay entertained, & share your experiences. The Nokia 3610 Fold is all about Styling, express yourself with a unique style, progressive & contemporary design, & elegant analog clock. The Nokia 3610 Fold is a pleasure to hold & to use. Its a Spurb Phone
	Dimension	99.6 x 44.3 x 19.6 mm, 67 cc
	Connectivity	Bluetooth v2.0, USB, GPRS Class 10 (48 kbps), EDGE Class 32 (236 kbits)
	Weight	97 g (OS : Series 40 Platform)
	Battery	Talk time Up to 4 h 38 min, Stand-by Up to 457 h
	Memory	30 MB Built-in + microSD Card
	Display Size	240 x 320 pixels, 2.0 inches (2nd external 128 x 160 pixels, 1.36 inches)
	Display Colour	TFT, 256K colors (2nd external TFT, 256K colors)
	Band	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	Entertainment	Video player mp4/3gpp, MP3/AAC/eAAC+/WMA player, Games (4 + downloadable) - Built-in handsfree, Voice memo/commands, Stopwatch
	Camera	1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels, video(QCIF)
	Tones	Polyphonic (64 channels), MP3, Video, AAC, eAAC+
	Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email

Sharp 9225H Mobile Phone...Coming soon......

Sharp’s latest handset, the 9225H, has been unveiled at CEATEC 2009. It is actually the Softbank-destined mobile phone that comes jam packed with a 3.5-inch VGA screen, a built-in 1seg TV tuner, multimedia player, e-mail functionality,

2MP shooter and a microSDHC slot. No word on pricing at that date. 

LG KF900 Prada II Mobile Phone release now...

LG has announced the full specification of their latest high-end mobile phone. The LG KF900 Prada II features Quad-band GSM, WCDMA 900/2100, and 7.2 Mbps HSDPA connectivity with 3 inch WQVGA (400×240) TFT touchscreen display, 5MP digital camera, front camera for video calls, Wi-Fi b/g connectivity, Bluetooth connectivity, an integrated FM radio, TV-out, microSDHC memory card slot (up to 8GB) and a

slide-out QWERTY keyboard. I don’t know why that high-end mobile phone lacks of GPS feature. The LG KF900 Prada II will be released in U.K., France, Germany and Italy in the end of that month for 600 Euros.

Exploding mobile phone kills man : Police

A burnt mobile phone (right) is seen in this picture released by the Cheongju Heungdeok Police Station. The front image of the phone is courtesy of The Korea Times.

"It is presumed that pressure caused by the explosion damaged his heart and lungs, leading to his death"

November 29, 2007

An exploding mobile phone battery is thought to have killed a South Korean worker, although the phone's manufacturer said this was highly unlikely.

The 33-year-old man, identified only as Seo, was found lying on the ground and bleeding from the nose by a fellow worker, South Korean newspaper, Chosun, reported.

The man's mobile phone was on fire at the time, the worker told police. The worker put out the fire and then called emergency services.

The Korea Times reported the dead South Korean man worked with an excavator at a stone quarry.

"We presume that the cell phone battery exploded," the police official said on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still under way.

Kim Hoon, a doctor who examined the body, agreed.

"He sustained an injury that is similar to a burn in the left chest and his ribs and spine were broken," Yonhap news agency quoted Kim as saying. "It is presumed that pressure caused by the explosion damaged his heart and lungs, leading to his death."

Police said the phone was made by South Korea's LG Electronics, the world's fifth-biggest handset maker.

An LG official confirmed its product was involved in the accident but said the company would not comment on the incident because the cause was not confirmed.

However, the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to company policy, said such a fatal explosion would be virtually impossible.

The death comes after Chinese state media reported a 22-year-old welder was killed at a steel mill in China’s Gansu Province after the mobile phone in his chest pocket exploded in July.

New Zealand mobile phone explosion

Meanwhile, a New Zealand man said the battery in his Nokia mobile phone exploded while he was recharging it last night, tvnz.co.nz reported.

The New Zealand man said the battery in his Nokia mobile phone exploded while he was recharging it last night, tvnz.co.nz reported.

A loud bang woke Norman Sievewright, from Auckland, in the middle of the night, the website said. He found that his Nokia mobile phone, which had been charging next to his bed, had exploded.

"Huge fright. It was very scary ... especially with the fumes," Sievewright said.

The phone had broken into pieces and the explosion had singed the carpet.

"The battery flew out and then maybe there was a secondary little explosion of some sort and it bounced I guess ... that's my suspicion that it just jumped with the force of an explosion," Sievewright said.

Nokia issued a statement saying the matter was under investigation.

It said until this was complete it could not comment on the cause of the explosion.

In August Nokia issued a worldwide recall for certain models of the BL-5C battery. The company had found that, in rare cases, the batteries could explode while being charged.

The company said more than 300 million BL-5C batteries had been produced.

"This advisory applies only to the 46 million batteries manufactured by Matsushita between December 2005 and November 2006," it said in the statement.

"There have been approximately 100 incidents of overheating reported globally. No serious injuries or property damage have been reported."

Samsung F700, the latest Ultra mobile phone

Samsung have announced a new addition to their Ultra range of mobile phones, with the Ultra Smart F700. The phone, which they're calling 'revolutionary' (doesn't every manufacturer?), will be showcased at next week's 3GSM World Congress, so we're sure to hear more about it, and get our mitts on it then.

The phone features a full touch screen user interface on its 2.78 inch colour display (440x240 pixel resolution), has a slide-out full QWERTY keypad, andVibeTonz technology that provides tactile feedback to the user.

They've utilised a 'drag and drop' interface allowing easier menu navigation, music play list control, and other functions. Is this sounding like the iPhone to you? Touch screens certainly seem to be the 'in thing' right now; I wonder how many more manufacturers will beat Apple to it...

Anyway, back to the Samsung. The Ultra Smart F700 features HSDPA giving a maximum data transfer speed of 7.2Mbps. This means a 4MB song could be downloaded in around 4 seconds.

The phone has a full HTML web browser, a whopping 5-megapixel camera with auto focus, Bluetooth, WAP, Java, and USB. It features microSD expansion, and measures up at 104 x 50 x 16.4mm.

No exact word on availability yet, and price will depend on who you get it with. Looks very nice though - anyone want one?

New Style of Mobile Phone .... how about that...!

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