Worlds smallest mobile handset to revolutionise mobile world

If you thought its the iPhone that has revolutionised the mobile market, well you might not be completely correct. With most of the mobile majors releasing newer models of mobile phone, there is this one company which is all set to change the rules of the game.

An Israel-based company called Modu Mobile recently announced the world’s tiniest handset called the Modu, which is the worlds smallest mobile handset (recently certified as such by the Guinness Book of World Records).

Modu give its users the freedom to create a new phone as often as they like based on their personal preferences and style. Think of it as a Swiss army knife device that can take on different forms and functions.

Mobile users get to choose from different Modu jackets, or phone enclosures, and Modu mates, which are Modu-enabled consumer electronics devices, to dress up their slimmed down standalone phones.

You can access below listed features from the tiny Modu device such as:
A large screen or keyboard
MP4 player
Ability to send/receive SMS
Speaker
Bluetooth
Minimum 1GB of storage
Can act as mass storage USB Flash Drive

The possibilities are endless for branding, as new modu jackets take almost no time to develop and each jacket can even have its own theme that's loaded, translator content, when you pop the modu in. Check out the below video for a live demo of Modu in action. Modu was displayed in the Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona.

More info on Modu available here. Also do post in your views/comments below.

Nokia N96 the king of mobiles redefines high-end

The successor to the Nokia N95, the much talked about high end mobile the "N96" is finally launched at the Mobile World Congress in Germany. Nokia was quite tight lipped on N96 all along but this launch at the MWC was anticipated.

Nokia has built it to be a media powerhouse: The N96 has 16GB of internal memory and can be extended to 24GB with a MicroSD card.

The 5 megapixel autofocus camera with Carl Zeiss Tessar lens is carried from N95, but there are now two LEDs doing flash and video light duty. The 2.8 inch QVGA display will come in handy for the integrated DVB-H mobile TV tuner, while a 3.5mm headphone jack, A2DP, and integrated stereo speakers should handle audio quite decently.

The Nokia Video Center offers one place to discover and access a variety of mobile content ranging from movie trailers and comedy to news from world-leading content brands such as YouTube, Reuters, and Sony Pictures. The catalogue of internet video feeds is continually expanded with more regional and country specific content.

The Nokia N96 naturally supports the Ovi family of Nokia internet services, including maps, music, media sharing and more. Priced at Approx $800

A full list of Nokia N96 features is available here
Related photos in print quality can be found here

Check out the promotional video here.

XPERIA X1 from Sony Ericsson, could this be a N95 Killer ?

Mobile World Congress 2008 marked the launch of XPERIA™ and a new era in mobile communications with the announcement of the XPERIA™ X1, a stand-out, arc slider phone from Sony Ericsson designed to address the growing need for a premium, converged mobile experience.

The XPERIA X1 will be coming in the second half of 2008 and is a slider phone with a 3-inch wide VGA (800×480) display and QWERTY keyboard with a metal shell. Sony Ericsson has long been focused on UIQ mobile devices and it is quite a statement when they decide to partner with Microsoft to bring out a Windows Mobile device.

The X1's specs include: Quad-band EDGE plus quad-band HSDPA 7.2 with HSUPA. Wi-Fi and GPS. A 3.2-megapixel camera with DVD quality video playback and capture. FM radio, Bluetooth stereo, and GPS. It's all powered by a 520-MHz ARM11 processor running Windows Mobile 6.

Well all in all will this be a Nokia N95 killer ?? well only time will tell. Do post in your comments below...
For more info visit SonyEricsson website here

Here is the demo commercial from SonyEricsson

Sony Ericsson XPERIATM X1 – At a Glance

Camera
* Auto focus
* 3.2 megapixel camera
* Photo light
* Video recording

Music
* Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
* Media player
* Music tones
* PlayNow™
* Windows Media Player Mobile
* 3D games
* FM radio
* Java
* Video streaming
* Video viewing

Internet
* Internet Explorer® Mobile
* RSS feeds

Communication and Messaging
* Polyphonic ringtones
* Speakerphone
* Vibrating alert
* Video calling
* Email
* Picture messaging (MMS)
* Predictive text input
* Text messaging (SMS)

Design
* XPERIA™ panels
* Optical joystick navigation
* Navigation key
* Picture wallpaper
* Touch navigation

Organiser
* Alarm clock
* Calculator
* Calendar
* Document editors
* Document readers
* Flight mode
* Handwriting recognition
* Notes
* Phone book
* Tasks
* Touchscreen

Connectivity
* aGPS
* Bluetooth™ technology
* Modem
* Synchronization
* USB support
* WLAN

Windows® Mobile® Operating System
* Microsoft® Outlook Mobile: email, contacts, calendar, tasks
* Microsoft® Office Mobile: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
* Internet Explorer® Mobile
* Windows Media™ Player Mobile
* Windows Live™
* Exchange ActiveSync®
* Voice control
* Utility Applications: file explorer, calculator, pictures & video, notes

Facts and Figures
* Size: 110 x 53 x 16.7 mm
* Weight: 145 grams

Available colours
* Black
* Silver
* Main screen: 65,536 color TFT
* Resolution: 800 X 480 pixels
* Size: 3 inches

Memory
* Phone memory: up to 400 MB
* microSD™ memory card support

Availability and versions
Networks
* GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
* UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA 900/1700/1900/2100 MHz
* UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA 850/1700/1900/2100 MHz

Now get a free virtual radio on your mobile.

VirtualRadio brings Web radio stations to your phone. Listen to Internet radio stations from all over the world on your mobile phone with VirtualRadio software on your phone. VirtualRadio connects to the Internet through your mobile phone operator's network and links to more than 800 radio stations from all over the world.

If you have a modern phone, you can directly connect to the Internet by using Wi-fi (WLAN or hotspots) and you can hear radio without being charged by your mobile phone operator.

Just type www.vradio.org in the browser of your mobile phone and download the software to your phone. Enjoy and tell your friends! Please make sure you have either a S60 3rd edition or a UIQ 3 phone. Some Nokia S60 2nd editon are supported too. For mor information, visit the official website.

Making free calls via a mobile phone is very easy.

"A killer application that would change the way we communicate on mobile" is what i would call it..

An Israel based fringland Ltd. is a privately held mobile application developer company, who recently launched a free application called the "Fring".Its a mobile voice over IP application that allows you to make free mobile calls and send instant messages. To put it the other way, you can make free call via your mobile through Fring. How ?.. well through internet via the 3G/Wifi network. so you see no airtime/talktime required.

Fring also seamlessly integrates with Skype, Google Talk, MSN. To start with.. all you need to do is download the fring mobile software from the website on your mobile. All simple instructions are very well mentioned on the Fring site. Click here for the website http://www.fring.com/

You could check out the below video, where the application is demonstrated LIVE. Enjoy and post in your comments.

True mobile YouTube experience now available on Helio

Helio (Helio, a MVNO joint venture between South Korea’s SK Telecom and Earthlink) has taken the mobile YouTube experience to the next level. This innovative application offers people even more customization and provides them with instant access to interact with the YouTube community whenever and wherever they go..

This new application is much better than Google’s YouTube mobile site at m.youtube.com, as it allows its users to view YouTube videos, rate and comment upon them and upload newly recorded videos as well. Users will be able to share favorite videos with friends in the phone’s contact list or to add a video to their list of Favorites and create new video playlists. Uploaded videos can be given a title, description, tags, category and be set to public or private. Only Helio allows members to also geo-tag video uploads from their mobile device. Using Ocean's built-in GPS capabilities, members can send GPS coordinates with their video to track where they were when everything went down.

The application doesn't cost extra. You just need a Helio Ocean. There aren't that many Helio phones out there overall, about 140,000 as of the third quarter of this year. But with free features like optimized YouTube and MySpace applications and Buddy Beacon, the GPS friend finder, Helio is making good on its promise to turn the mobile phone into something more.

Designed to easily browse, search and view millions of YouTube videos, Helio's YouTube application also offers a simply organized interface where members can access their own video feeds including My Subscriptions, My Favorites, My Playlists, My Videos and Received Videos. Members can also check out YouTube videos in traditional categories like Most Viewed, Most Recent, Top Rated and Recently Featured.

iPhone Interface Runs Faster using Google Application

Google and the iPhone have been togather from the very start, ever since the iPhone launched with Google Maps as one of its main applications. Now Google has created an integrated iPhone Google application that gathers most of its tools into one site.

Google recently updated their iPhone home screen which allows users to launch things such as Gmail, Reader, and Calendar from convenient tabs right on the touch screen. With this revamping, the apps now run faster.

To access the application, iPhone users can point their Web browser to Google's home page, which detects the Apple handset and Safari browser.

Google officials said in a statement that they used AJAX (asynchronous JavaScript and XML), the same technology they used to put their applications on the desktop, for the new application, which lets users switch between different services.

Google has added links to Google Maps and YouTube right on the main menu of the phone,as well as direct links to Gmail, Calendar, and Reader at the top of the screen.

Google is apparently working on making their applications run faster on other phones as well.

Skype now goes mobile, Talk worldwide for Free

Skype have recently partnered with Cellular service provider 3 to promote its skype dedicated phones. So a user will be able to chat or call his Skype contacts for free from this phone.

So You don’t need a computer to make free calls anymore. Use 3 Skypephone instead. It’s a stylish mobile phone that calls, texts and takes pictures like you’d expect it to.

The handset features 3G, 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth with A2DP support and 16MB internal memory with a microSD card expansion slot.

You could also buy this phone online from here.

Nokia launches style conscious phones

Nokia has launched its Prism collection - handsets aimed at 'style-conscious' folks who value looks over specification. The Nokia 7900 Prism and Nokia 7500 Prism are two new style-statement mobiles from Nokia. Both candybar phones adopt an eye-catchingly different keypad design. They use retro 1980s styling twists and a geometric diamond pattern on the surface. The Nokia 7900 Prism and Nokia 7500 Prism are two new style-statement mobiles from Nokia.

Nokia 7900 Prism
Opposite its sleek, liquorice-black front, the Nokia 7900 Prism comes with an anodized aluminium backcover, which is coin-stamped and laser-etched in Nokia Prism's signature diamond-cut design. Its design is amongst the first to feature an Organic LED main display that supports up to 16 million colors and displays light-focused screensaver graphics. In addition, the Nokia 7900 Prism features a "living wallpaper", which subtly changes throughout the day according to time as well as battery and signal strength, so that each screen is unique.

Nokia 7500 Prism
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 has a 2 Mpx camera and it can record high quality movies. The Nokia 7500 Prism can play music for nine hours and hold up to 1500 songs on an optional 2 GB microSD card.

Here is the Nokia 7500 Prism commercial video (Chinese version)


More details available here

Motorola's MOTORIZR Z8 brings mobile broadband to your fingertips

Reinventing the slider phone, the MOTORIZR Z8 brings multimedia, speed, pleasure and mobile broadband¹ to your fingertips. Providing you with the ultimate in entertainment, the MOTORIZR Z8 allows you to watch crystal clear video at 30 frames per second through a large QVGA 16m TFT display.

The device also supports optional expandable memory up to 4GB using microSD, which is enough space for full length movies or hours of music. The Motorola Z8 MOTORIZR runs the Symbian UIQ 9.1 operating system. The Z8 has an impressive feature list, including a 2.0 megapixel camera, a 2.2 inch QVGA screen supporting up to 16 million colours, and support for HSDPA, the mobile broadband service that offers download speeds of up to 3.6mbps. The design of the Z8 is unique among current handsets, when the slide is fully extended the Z8 curves to fit the contours of your face. Inevitably comparisons are drawn to the Nokia ‘banana’ phone of years gone by. Video playback is at 30 fps offering a very smooth and enjoyable viewing experience.

In addition to the video playback options, Motorola have also enhanced the media capabilities on the handset by including the Sky By Mobile service on the phone. This allows SKY subscribers to log into their account from the phone, view the full SKY program guide, access news and sports stories, and you can even set your SKY+ box to record programs whilst you are out and about. And if that is not enough, you can stream SKY channels to the handset over 3G.

Check out this quick first hand video review from CG


SUMMARY OF FEATURES:
• Unique ergonomic slider design
• Up to approximately five hours 3G talk time, up to approximately 16 days standby time³
• 3.6Mbps HSDPA providing mobile broadband¹
• 2 megapixel camera with 8x zoom and lumi LED light, video record and playback capabilities
• Approximately 90 MB free internal user memory4, optional expandable to 4GB with microSD
• Messaging: SMS, EMS, MMS 1.2¹
• Integrated media player
• Redesigned user interface with one-click access to phone functions
• A2DP AVRCP Bluetooth stereo profiles¹

The MOTORIZR Z8 is expected to be available in the first half of 2007.