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Entries from June 2004

Sharp V602SH ships

June 30th, 2004 · No Comments

Vodafone K.K. announced that the Sharp V602SH will begin shipping on July 2nd. We first mentioned this phone in May, along with four other phones in Vodafone K.K.’s summer lineup. The Sharp V602SH is the first mobile phone with a optical zoom. Other camera phones with a zoom feature use a technology called “digital zoom”. […]

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Tags: Vodafone · Sharp

Motorola A630 announced

June 30th, 2004 · No Comments

You can buy the Motorola A630 with T-Mobile service for just $99.99 through WireFly.
Motorola today introduced the Motorola A630 at an exclusive party in New York City on the rooftop of Hotel Gansevoort (pictures from the party). It’s a camera phone that the company hopes will help boost the Motorola brand image, analyst are upbeat […]

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Review Alcatel 756

June 30th, 2004 · No Comments

Alcatel OT 756, live pictures
Standard delivery kit:

Phone
The battery charger
Manual

Alcatel Company gained more recognition among the mobile phones’ […]

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Review Sony Ericsson K500

June 29th, 2004 · No Comments

Live […]

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Nokia N-Gage QD review

June 29th, 2004 · No Comments

Matt Slagle, an AP technology writer, has written a review of the Nokia N-Gage QD. The original N-Gage was met with poor reviews thanks to a awkward design. Having a $299 pricetag didn’t help. This time around some things have changed: no more side talking, hot-swappable MMC and a smaller design. But in the eyes […]

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Tags: Review · Nokia

Motorola MPx220 announced

June 29th, 2004 · No Comments

Not that it was a secret, but Motorola has finally posted some information on the Motorola MPx220. It’s the successor to the MPx200, and has been rumored for well over 6 months. A rough draft press release was leaked a few weeks ago, leading to even more speculation. Here are some of the bigger features:

64MB […]

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Tags: Smartphone · Motorola

Mobile phones could hurt sperm count

June 28th, 2004 · No Comments

Hungarian scientists are saying that mobile phones may damage men’s sperm. Fertility experts don’t buy into the research which says that carrying a mobile in hip pockets or a holster on the waist could cut sperm count by nearly 30 percent.
Fejes and his team analyzed sperm from 221 men and questioned them about […]

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Sony Ericsson Z1010 launches on Vodafone

June 28th, 2004 · No Comments

The Sony Ericsson Z1010, a UTMS (3G) handset, is now shipping from Vodafone. We heard back in November 2003 that it was “close to launch”. It is the first 3G phone from Sony Ericsson. Here are the core features:

Videotelephony
exchangeable 32MB memory card
Bluetooth and IR
Media player for MP3 and video
Digital camera

The Sony Ericsson Z1010 is available […]

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Tags: Vodafone · Sony Ericsson · 3G

MDA III details released

June 28th, 2004 · No Comments

T-Mobile quietly released information about the upcoming MDA III on its website. It’s an upgrade to the MDA II, and adds features like WiFi and a slide down thumb board. Here are some of the other features:

Bluetooth
Increased battery life (up 25%)
BlackBerry push email

In Germany, the MDA II has a 40% market share of “PDA Phone” […]

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Tags: T-Mobile · PDA Phone

Macromedia Flash Lite 1.1 announced

June 28th, 2004 · No Comments

Macromedia has announced a new version of Flash Lite, its Flash Player software for mobile phones. NTT DoCoMo was the only carrier that shipped phones using Flash Lite 1.0 (in its 505i series). Version 1.1 adds SVG Tiny (SVG-T) support, improved audio support, APIs to tie Flash applications into mobile phones and network connectivity.
Flash Lite […]

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Tags: Smartphone