Cell Phone Beat

AT&T and the iPhone 3G have inspired many rival carriers to dream about upstaging them, and not many have been successful in coming up with an iPhone killer yet. The best bet would be, if rumors were to be believed, Verizon’s venture to release BlackBerry 9530 Storm, which was formerly known as BlackBerry Thunder. It also will take 3/4 weeks for the touchscreen BlackBerry handset to get Technical Acceptance, and may be launched in mid November. The real attraction of this phone could be the touchscreen, which probably is the first BlackBerry handset to have so. Moreover, Verizon may have to clear many bugs and improve the look before the handset is launched to kill the iPhone.

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There is always scope for improvement even for the most advanced technological wonder. Although the touchscreen of the iPhone had revolutionized the digital world, but even this multi-touch display lacks complete perfection. Not every action on the iPhone could be accomplished by manipulating the Multi-Touch interface. To make this Apple device more versatile, developers at Apple are trying to integrate secondary inputs with the Multi-Touch interface. A new Apple patent application – Multitouch Data Fusion gives some glimpses of the fantastic ideas hidden inside Apple’s sleeves.

We aren’t great fans of light-flashing phones. So, when KDDI and Kyocera decided to release the W64SA with embedded LEDs for ‘color therapy’, we couldn’t help but say ‘duh!’. The LEDs, when switched on, display their resplendence through the translucent cover at the back. A reflection plate behind the lights adds to the effect. If you love a hippie thing, the W64SA isn’t a bad choice though.

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For the users who go for simple phones with some striking features and an even better appearance, the Centro Palm Smartphone is an ideal choice. The developer of the phone hasn’t done much to improve upon its best offering, the Palm, but it has started thinking about bringing some changes. The first change is the offering of two new colours which is the Pistachio Green and a Rose coloured variant. The official website of the phone has started displaying the new variants. At least the pink variant is there for sure! Nonetheless, enjoy the new hues!

Striking a balance between looks and functionality is an art that very few manufacturers have been able to master. We have come across some stunning phones with functionality suited for children. And at the same time, there have been phones with every single feature under the sun. Since specs are not readily available, we may want to adopt a diplomatic stance with the avant-garde Neo Ellipse. Elliptically shaped phones aren’t common and this is one reason why the Ellipse would score high on appeal. It has a 10 x 44 x 15 mm body finished with semi-reflective dark exterior and a molded chrome center spine. As a result of the conspicuous taper, the phone is thickest in the middle at 15mm and thinnest at the edges at 3mm. If you’re just looking to set a style trend, the Neo Ellipse does guarantee ooh’s and aah’s.

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What happens when the best-equipped browser meets the most efficient mobile phone operating system? I think that will be Google’s Chrome for Android. Although, Chrome and Android have been developed separately but Google’s co-founder Sergey Brin assures us that it might soon be possible to see a new version of Android incorporating Chrome. It needs to be mentioned that both Chrome and Android’s current browser employ WebKit, an open-source project for interpreting HTML code.

Talking on your mobile phone in a busy street or a food corner is like battling for life. For someone who is exchanging love notes or in an effort to a crack a business deal, noisy surroundings can eat into one’s phone conversations. I have often come across annoyingly loud people with no sensibility, that sitting next to them for a brief span of time can turn you conditionally deaf.
Peace-loving guys, have no worry. The Cell Zone is a revolutionary cellphone booth to shoo away noise disturbances as well as agony of hearing insanely loud guys on the phone.

Beauty is skin deep. Or so we have to assume in the case of the Nokia s7 Experience Navigator. Since detailed specs aren’t available, the only suggestive feature is its GPS system (it is a navigator, remember!). In addition to that, the images reveal its touchscreen nature as well. Slim, stylish, and unbelievably gorgeous, the s7 Experience Navigator will certainly be a top selection for those with sartorial tastes.

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We can stay connected to the world through our cell phones, buy all kinds of stuff, pay our bills and do loads of other things then why can’t we have them used as a key to lock/unlock the house doors. Schalge, a company that does more than its bit to ensure house security has thought about this and has thus introduced LiNK deadbolts that enable your cell phones to lock, unlock and check your house lock irrespective of you being around. All that you need to get the job done is the internet connectivity and thereon, each of your family member can assign a different access code to lock unlock the house using the programmable LiNK deadbolt of course. Entering the house apart, you can even track every member entering the house at different times.

Men love jewels, too. However, they need to have an electronic chip inside and some features to keep us entertained. Hence, dubbing the Motorola MOTOJEWEL a ‘girl’s phone’ would perhaps be an overstatement. We do love this stunner of a mobile phone that comes with one-touch music player access and in-built stereo Bluetooth. We aren’t too keen on the choice of colors, since the black looks quite edible anyway. The MOTOJEWEL will retail through the Carphone Warehouse for £99. Check out the video after the jump for a hands-on experience.

Close to the heels of the launch of iPhone 3G, we are seeing the launch of a range of iPhone compatible accessories. Shure is the latest company to join the fray with its $99.99 SE102MPA Sound Isolating Stereo Headset. Bundled with the earphone comes Shure’s Music Phone Adapter. The specialty of SE102MPA is its ability to provide clear sound even in the noisiest environment. The sound-isolating sleeves of the Shure headset block over 90% of ambient noise and the one-touch call-answering button allows users to switch over from music to call and vice versa by the touch of a single button. The inbuilt Dynamic MicroSpeakers and the VoicePort technology of the microphone filters out background noise and minimize wind noise. Moreover, SE102MPA comes wrapped in a pouch with three pairs of soft flex sleeves. SE102MPA is compatible not only with the iPhone but other smartphone users could use it as well.

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Nokia is going to launch the 5310 XpressMusic in United Kingdom first and is being called as the ‘Comes With Music’ edition. The model gives customers a year’s worth of unlimited access to Nokia Music Store and retains the ones that are downloaded. Carphone Warehouse has already begun to take orders and is specially directed at those who love music a lot. The choice of launching the product in UK and that too with Carphone Warehouse is definitely a great idea for UK has lately been a very flourishing market and Carphone Warehouse is one of the largest retailers pf cellphones in the world.

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Sony Ericsson has been facing a lot of competition from various sources. However, the people at Sony Ericsson are rather confident that they would be able to meet the planned schedule for their first Windows Mobile cellphone and release it in the fourth quarterly of this year. Though many blogs have reported otherwise, Sony’s Merran Wrigley quashed the rumors saying Xperia 1 was going to be released on schedule. Now that Sony Ericsson is joining the bandwagon of cellphones running on Microsoft, only Nokia seems to be the major brand that has restrained itself from using Windows Mobile. However, Windows Mobile has remained unattractive to most cellphone users perhaps due to the better interface provided by other operating systems such as Symbian and the one that is provided on the iPhone. However, many companies such as HTC, Samsung and now Sony Ericsson have tried a lot to push the Windows Mobile phones and present the phones in a more attractive fashion.

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More options have been added to Sprint’s lineup of push-to-talk phones. Starting Tuesday Motorola Renegade V950 and Motorola i365 have become part of the offerings by the popular carrier. The V950 will be made available for $129.99 and the i365 for $89.99. Both the handsets are being sold on a 2 year contract. Among the two phones, the costlier Moto Renegade is definitely the better choice. This rugged flip-phone has military-grade specs and this essentially means it is dust and water proof. The QChat-enabled phone has an interoperability function and thus functions on both, CDMA and iDEN networks. The Nextel Direct Connect phone also supports connection to Sprint’s online services like Sprint TV and Sprint Radio. Renegade is also quite good on multimedia front with a 2MP camera (video recording), mobile email and media player application.

We all know how fun and fresh ColorWare designs are. Now it might be good news to people who like ColorWare to hear that they have added BlackBerry Bold to their devices, computers and gadgets. However, not much is known at the moment and BlackBerry Bold isn’t available in the US. However, some people have been using the unlocked Rogers units in order to enjoy BlackBerry Bold. ColorWare too comes with the issue of not shipping its products to Canada, which leaves the Canadians in the lurch. However, we might just for a while till ColorWare reveals more information about its new products equipped with BlackBerry Bold.

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