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”. […]
Entries from June 2004
Sharp V602SH ships
June 30th, 2004 · No Comments
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’ […]
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 […]
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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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 […]
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” […]
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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