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Nokia 7500 Prism

Posted by: Dennis Hissink Tuesday 7th, August 2007

Nokia unveiled the Prism collection, its latest range of mobile phones aimed at style-conscious consumers. The Prism collection consists the Nokia 7500 Prism, a handset which combines individual style and state-of-the-art technology. The Nokia Prism collection is highlighted by cutting-edge colors, materials and graphics. The Nokia 7500 Prism is the Nokia 7900 Prism's quirky sibling. The Nokia 7500 Prism's slick black exterior is spliced with bright, interchangeable color accents. The Nokia 7500 Prism camera phone has a 2 Mpx camera and it can record high quality movies. The Nokia 7500 Prism mobile phone can play music for nine hours and hold up to 1500 songs on an optional 2 GB microSD card.

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Apple iPhone mobile widgets service

Posted by: Dennis Hissink Monday 6th, August 2007

Plusmo announced the availability of its free and customizable mobile widgets service to users of Apple's new iPhone. A custom interface gives Apple iPhone users access to more than 20,000 Plusmo widgets - most of them created by users. Plusmo enables people to extend social networking through mobile devices. Content providers, media houses and bloggers can now extend their services to the Apple iPhone through Plusmo widgets for free within minutes. Plusmo also enables users to create personalized widgets out of useful web services, XML/RSS based sources including news feeds as well as professional media, and user generated content such as blogs, photos and videos, and other Web 2.0 content.

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Samsung SGH-U600 review

Posted by: Dennis Hissink Sunday 5th, August 2007

LetsGoMobile reviewed the Samsung U600 mobile phone. At the start of this year Samsung introduced a new mobile in their Ultra Edition line at the 3GSM in Barcelona. One of the phones introduced was the Samsung SGH-U600, also known as the Samsun Ultra Edition 10.9. The Samsung U600 is a mobile phone that appears at first glance to fulfil all the wishes of the average mobile phone user. Approximately 8% of the profits return to R&D so that Samsung can continually put new, innovative phones on the market. The Samsung U600 is a slider phone equipped with a 3.2 Megapixel autofocus digital camera with flash, an MP3 player and a microSD card with extendable memory and some touch sensitive keys.

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Samsung G600

Posted by: Dennis Hissink Monday 30th, July 2007

Samsung Mobile has announced a sleek new camera phone, the Samsung G600, at an exclusive global launch event today. Housed in a fashionable black two-toned slider shell and equipped with a 5 mega-pixel camera, the Samsung G600 is a fusion of design, photography and the ultimate in phone functionality. A design icon and high performance camera in one, the Samsung G600 is the latest member of Samsung’s range of handsets and is made to capture quality pictures of priceless moments. At work or at play, consumers can now get creative with various modes such as panorama or mosaic settings and enjoy the quality of built-in Power LED flash.

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Sony Ericsson W660

Posted by: Ralf Jurrien Wednesday 14th, March 2007

Sony Ericsson announces the W660 - a Walkman phone which places an emphasis on style and feel. With a tactile finish that just begs to be touched, it's a classic-design 3G phone available in two distinctive colours, Record Black and Rose Red. Also introduced is a compact new music accessory, the Snap-on Speakers MPS-75, which let you play the tracks stored on your Walkman phone out loud. "The Sony Ericsson W660 has a finish that stands out among its peers," explains Steve Walker, Head of Product Marketing at Sony Ericsson. "Although the Sony- Ericsson W660 places the emphasis firmly on design, it is also a full member of our Walkman phone family, able to store several hundred full-length songs.

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Archos 704 WiFi portable media player

Posted by: Ralf Jurrien Wednesday 7th, March 2007

Archos, Inc. introduced the industry’s most advanced Portable Media Player with the Archos 704 WiFi, the only PMP with a 7-inch touch-screen and full wireless capabilities. The new 704 WiFi presents the highest quality screen with 800x480 resolution and 5x7 dimensions - making it similar in size to a standard photograph. The Archos 704 WiFi is the latest in the company’s Generation 4 line-up, priced at $549.99, and is available for pre-order today from the Archos web site. The Archos 704 WiFi joins the company’s 604-WiFi in offering complete PMP features - video, music and photo playback - with full Internet access for surfing the Web and sending email.

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DXG 521 Roadster media center

Posted by: Ralf Jurrien Monday 5th, March 2007

DXG USA, one of the fastest growing digital camera manufacturers, announced today the new DXG-Roadster all-in-one Personal Media Center that lets you take your entertainment on the road wherever you go. The DXG-Roadster (Model DXG-521) is the only device you’ll ever need to capture precious memories and keep you entertained while traveling. The Roadster is a combination 5 Megapixel digital and video camera, video game and music player with FM radio, voice recorder and storage device, with 32MB of internal storage and an SD slot for additional memory. The DXG-Roadster has a suggested retail price of $199 and is available immediately through leading retailers and the DXG internet website.

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Motorola K1 Camera Phone review

Posted by: Mark Peters Monday 5th, March 2007

LetsGoMobile published the Motorola K1 review. The Motorola K1 mobile cell phone is a rather striking blue colour and it shines and glistens. You can flip open the Motorola KRZR K1. When the phone is closed, the time, date, status indicators and announcements about incoming calls and other matters are given on the external screen. On the one hand, the Motorola KRZR K1 looks professional, but on the other, its shiny appearance makes a rather kitsch impression.

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If there is anything that is booming business, it is the mobile imaging market. The market for mobile phones, whether they are a camera phone, clamshell, smartphone or slide phone, is huge and it is continuously moving. The success of the mobile phone is as easy as it sounds, it is mobile. Of course the ability of taking photos, recording video clips, surfing the Internet, listening to your favourite MP song or being used as a mobile office is an enormous advantage of this electronic device. The mobile imaging industry is growing very quick and gets a larger market share of the camera device market. The capability of taking pictures in high resolution is already reality, however techniques are improving by the day and for sure it will have an impact on the photo industry or on the traditional photo manufacturer. We will keep track on the developments within this industry!

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