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It seems Motorola is all charged up and reviving their mobile department. They will be launching a new smartphone named as “droid” with a 5mpx camera and all other goodies. Also they have already started taking pot shots at iPhone :-D . Well, I am not against constructive criticism but to be honest till now there are negligible no. of phones who actually came near to iPhone stature.

So, lets see what this phone has to offer in real and doesn’t end up like others biting the dust. I would be waiting for this one’s release. In the mean time you can enjoy the video as part of droid promotion.

Although details are pretty sketchy at this point of time, but Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft and Verizon are in talks to release a touchscreen-based multimedia phone which will extend the Windows Mobile OS with some additional software capabilities. And it will have Windows Marketplace integrated as well.

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So can this be a “Zune Phone” finally coming to life after being just a rumor, well not sure as the WSJ report doesn’t mention the Zune device at all. Also the report mentions that the phone will be developed by 3rd party.

With Palm Pre coming releasing pretty soon and now this new mystery “Pink” phone might give the new gen iPhone a good fight after all :-) . We just have to wait and watch.

[via:Engadget]

Meizu M8 is as we all know is one of the most talked about iPhone clone in the market and its being sold in China although there is not much details about the sale numbers.

There were few reviews of M8 which we covered here and here. But now its finally landed on Engadget hands, so expect a pretty detailed review of M8. In mean time do check out the M8 unboxing and hands on on Engadget.

Following our previous post about HTC Diamond 2, today we are covering HTC Touch Pro 2 which is another new offering from HTC having a slider Qwerty keyboard. Specs look pretty impressive too.

HTC Touch Pro 2 Launch Video :

HTC Touch Pro 2 Product Tour Video :

HTC Pro 2 Full Specifications :

Processor Qualcomm® MSM7200A™, 528 MHz
Operating System Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
Memory ROM: 512 MB
RAM: 288 MB
Dimensions 116 X 59.2 X 17.25 mm (4.57 X 2.33 X 0.68 inches)
Weight 175 grams (6.17 ounces) with battery
Display 3.6-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with 480 X 800 WVGA resolution
Adjustable tilt screen
Network HSDPA/WCDMA:

  • Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz
  • Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds

Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:

  • Europe/Asia: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

    (Band frequency, HSUPA availability, and data speed are operator dependent.)

Device Control TouchFLO™ 3D
Zoom bar
Keyboard Slide-out 5-row QWERTY keyboar
GPS Internal GPS antenna
Connectivity Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0, audio jack, and TV Out* in one)
Camera Main camera: 3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus
Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera
Audio supported formats AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, QCP, MP3, WMA, WAV, MIDI, M4A
Video supported formats WMV, ASF, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, M4V, AVI
Battery Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
Capacity: 1500 mAh
Talk time:

  • Up to 270 minutes for WCDMA
  • Up to 419 minutes for GSM

Standby time:

  • Up to 454 hours for WCDMA
  • Up to 348 hours for GSM

Video call time: Up to 150 minutes
(The above are subject to network and phone usage.)

Expansion Slot microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
AC Adapter Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60 Hz
DC output: 5V and 1A
Special Features FM Radio, G-Sensor

HTC Pro 2 Hands On Video :

[via:Phonedog & MTA]

Here are some videos of new offering from HTC named HTC Diamond 2. So if you are having some thoughts about buying the phone, you can take a look at the videos and decide if it clicks for you.

HTC Diamond 2 Launch Video :


HTC Diamond 2 Product Tour Video :

HTC Diamond 2 Full Specs :

  • Processor: Qualcomm MSM7200A, 528 MHz
  • Operating System: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
  • Memory: ROM – 512 MB; RAM: 288 MB
  • Dimensions: 107.85 X 53.1 X 13.7 mm (4.25 X 2.09 X 0.54 inches)
  • Weight: 117.5 grams (4.15 ounces) with battery
  • Display: 3.2-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with 480 X 800 WVGA resolution
  • Network: HSDPA/WCDMA
  • Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz
  • Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds
  • Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
    Europe/Asia: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz (Band frequency, HSUPA availability, and data speed are operator dependent.)
  • Device Control: TouchFLO 3D Zoom bar
  • GPS: Internal GPS antenna
  • Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets; Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g
  • HTC ExtUSB: (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one)
  • Main camera: 5.0 megapixel color camera with auto focus
  • Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera
  • Audio supported formats: AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, QCP, MP3, WMA, WAV, MIDI, M4A
  • Video supported formats: WMV, ASF, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, M4V, AVI
  • Battery: Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery (Capacity is 1100 mAh)
  • Talk time: Up to 300 minutes for WCDMA; Up to 340 minutes for GSM
  • Standby time: Up to 500 hours for WCDMA; Up to 360 hours for GSM
  • Video call time: Up to 150 minutes (The above are subject to network and phone usage.)
  • Expansion Slot: microSD memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
  • AC Adapter: Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60 Hz
  • DC output: 5V and 1A
  • Special Features: FM Radio and G-Sensor

HTC Diamond 2 Hands On Video :

[Via:PhoneDog and MTA]

Please note that we sometimes cover other smart phone news as well, but iPhone remains our first love :-)

Royal Bank of Canada charted and prepared a list of Emerging iPhone Contenders. The chart includes and compares key features, data plans, app store details etc of phones like Palm Pre, G1 , HTC Diamond classified by their OS.

Check out the chart below(click to enlarge) :

rbc_iphone_contender_chart

The list is impressive and it may help people who want to look out for iPhone alternatives and decide what suits them. But is it worth the trouble, go for iPhone and you will be happy every after :-D

[Via: Apple Insider]

mobile_chargers

Major mobile phone company owners declared that by 2012 every mobile will have a same power socket and will be able to use any USB charger, so no more searching and buying separate chargers for different mobiles you have.

Mobile Companies which signed up for the initiative are :

Nokia, LG, Motorola, Samsung and Sony Ericsson

So as you can see, almost all the major mobile phone companies of the world are there except Apple and hence there is no news till now that Apple will be participating in the initiative. Although the initiative will be finished by 2012 and probably by that time Apple will change its mind :-) .

[via:Yahoo]

Palm release a new video of Pre named as “Meet Pre” which shows more funtionalities of the amazing device.

You can check out more posts and videos about Palm Pre we covered earlier.

[via: Palm Pre]

 

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