KDDI iida INFOBAR A01

Japanese KDDI mobile operator has just announced a new line of its devices. One of them is KDDI iida INFOBAR A01. IT is a smartphone running on Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system. It supports both GSM and CDMA networks and is equipped with 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen with 540x960px resolution, 8MP camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS, MicroSD external memory card slot, g-sensor, IR port, 1Seg TV tuner. The body of this phone measures 118х63х11.8mm and weights 113g.

Pantech Crux

Yesterday together with LG Octane Verizon mobile operator announce one more mobile phone. Pantech Crux is an affordable touchphone with a quite simple set of specifications. This entry-level mobile phone is equipped with 3-inch touch screen with 240x400px resolution, 3MP camera, Bluetooth, 3.5mm headphones jack, GPS module, MicroSD external memory card slot. Pantech Crux will become available in next few weeks and will cost $50 with two-year contract.

Samsung Transform QWERTY smartphone

Sprint mobile operator has just announced new smartphone that will become available in its shops in next few weeks. It will cost $150 with two-year contract. Samsung Transform is a typical middle class present-day smartphone. It runs in Google Android 2.1 operating system and supports CDMA EV-DO Rev.A networks. The list of specifications include 800MHz processor 3.5 inch capacitive touch screen with 320x480px resolution, 3.2MP camera with autofocus and flash, frontal 0.3Mp camera for video calls, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, 3.5mm headphones jack, MicroSD external memory card slot (up to 32GB), 1500 mAh battery.

Samsung Eternity II touchphone

AT&T has just announced new mobile phone that will replace the Eternity phone. Samsung Eternity II is nice looking monoblock with not bad set of specifications. It supports GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz and UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900/2100 MHz networks and features 3 inch touch screen with 240x400px resolution and 262K colors, 2 Mp camera, Bluetooth , accelerometer, GPS, 512 MB internal storage, MicroSD external memory card slot. The list of pre-installed apps includes special app that aggregates popular social networks updates. Samsung Eternity II will become available next week and will cost $300 or $50 with two-year contract.

Acer T500 Android smartphone

This mobile device was designed especially for Chinese mobile device market. It is budget-class smartphone running on OMS operating system that is Chinese version of Google’s Android OS. Acer T500 has supports GSM and TD-SCDMA networks and is equipped with 3.6 inch TFT touchscreen with 320x480px resolution, 3.2 Mp camera, 128 MB RAM, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, GPS, 3.5mm headphones jack, microSD external memory card slot. The dimensions of this smartphone is 118.5x58x13.48mm, the weight is 120g. Acer T500 will become available in next few weeks. There is no any information about price.

Airo Wireless A25is rugged smartphone

AT&T has just announced new device that will become available in its shops in next few weeks. Airo Wireless A25is is rugged smartphone running of Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system. Its case meets MIL STD 810-F and IP67 standards requirements. That means that this device is water, dust, shock resistant. It can work at temperature from -20 ° C to 50 ° C. Besides, its dimensions (142.4x68x24.4mm) are comparable with the typical dimensions of other not rugged smartphones. As for other specifications of Airo Wireless A25is it is equipped with 416 MHz Intel XScale PXA270 processor, 2.8 inch TFT touch screen with 240x320 px resolution, 128 Mb RAM, 128 Mb ROM, MiniSD card slot, Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, 3.2mm headphones jack, GPS module, 1570 mAh battery.

Samsung W9500 Clutch

Today Samsung unveiled its new mobile phone designed for ladies which is heir of the Diva phone (GT-S7070). The main feature of Samsung W9500 Clutch is its design. The list of technical characteristics is typical for present-day touchphones and includes 3.2 inch touchscreen display, 3 Mp camera, frontal 1.3 Mp camera for video calls, Bluetooth, GPS, T-DMB TV tuner, and microSD memory card slot (up to 16 Gb). The battery has 960 mAh capacity and provides about 8 hours of talk time. There is also notable that this phone has Lady user interface which is based on TouchWiz 2.0. This phone will become available in next few weeks and will cost $523.

Toshiba TG02 and Toshiba K01

Toshiba announced its two coming devices on Mobile World Congress 2010. Both Toshiba TG02 and Toshiba K01 are based on 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, run on Windows Mobile 6.5.3 operating system with SPB Shell user interface, and have 4.1 inch capacitive touchscreen display with WVGA resolution. The difference between these two communicators is that Toshiba K01 is horizontal slider with full QWERTY keyboard. Other characteristics are 3 Mp camera with autofocus, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, Wi-Fi, microSD card slot, and GPS module. No word about release date and price.

Motorola VE440

Motorola together with MetroPSC mobile operator announced new Motorola VE440. It is budget mobile phone designed for music lovers – it has 3.5 mm audio jack and special buttons to control media player. Other characteristics of this device are 1.9 inch TFT screen with 176x220 px resolution, 1.3 Mp camera, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS module, microSD memory card slot (up to 8 Gb), 940 mAh battery. Motorola VE440 measures 111.8х48.3х15.2 mm and weights 74.8 g. The price of this mobile phone is $130.

Samsung SGH-t659 Scarlet

Samsung together with T-Mobile operator has just announced its new sliding phone – Samsung SGH-t659 which is also known as Samsung Scarlet. It is equipped with 2.2 inch screen with 240x320 px resolution and 256K colors, 2 Mp camera, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, GPS module, microSD memory card slot and 880 mAh battery. This phone measures 103х49х15 mm and weights 93 g. Samsung SGH-t659 Scarlet will cost $70 with two year contract.

Samsung Exclaim M550 QWERTY phone

South Korean Samsung company introduced another mobile phone with QWERTY keyboard. It is Samsung Exclaim M550 which is also known as Samsung Lucello. This mobile phone is double sliding device and is assigned for CDMA/EV-DO Rev. 0 800/1900 MHz networks. The list of characteristics includes 2.6 inch screen with 320x240 px resolution, 2 Mp camera, microSDHC memory card slot (up to 32 Gb), 1000 mAh battery and GPS module. Samsung Exclaim M550 will become available in Sprint mobile operator’s shops by the end of the June.

Samsung Lucido

Recently Samsung announced Ultra B S7220 which was introduced as Samsung Lucido. It has classic shape factor and nice design. The thickness of steel case is only 11.8 mm. 2.2 inch AMOLED screen with 240z320 px resolution is covered with special glass which is scratches resistant. There is also 5 Mp camera with flash and face detection function support, 0.3 Mp camera for video calls, FM radio with RDS, 110 Mb memory, microSD card slot (up to 8 Gb), Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, A-GPS and accelerometer. Supported network standards are GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS/WCDMA/HSDPA 900/2100 MHz. Samsung UltraB S7220 Lucido will become available by the end of the April. Its price is approximately $300.

Acer DX900 Dual SIM communicator

It is said that Acer DX900 communicator will be officially announced during Mobile World Congress 2009. But we have already had some information about this coming device: it will run on Windows Mobile 6.1 and have 2.8 inch touch VGA screen (640x480 pixels), Samsung S3C 6400 533 MHz CPU, 3 Mp camera with autofocus option, TV-out, microSD memory card slot, GPS, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi modules. But the main feature of this coming device is two SIM cards slots so this mobile device will support Dual SIM mode. Supported network standards are 3.5G (UMTS/HSDPA) and 2G (GSM/EDGE).
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Nokia 6260 Slide

Nokia is going to release its new 6260 Slide. Its design resembles Nokia 6210 but it not S60 based smartphone but usual Series 40 mobile phone. It has 2.4 inch screen with 320x480 px resolution, 200 Mb built in memory, microSD card slot (up to 8 Gb), 5 Mp camera with double LED flashgun and video recording function support (640x480 px, 15 fps). There is also 2.5 mm audio jack (it can be used as TV-out), Bluetooth with A2DP and AVRCP, GPS and Wi-Fi modules. In addition Nokia 6260 Slide supports HSDPA and HSPUA standards. Approximate price is $350.

OnPar device for golf-lovers

OnPar GPS navigator is positioned as special device for golf-lovers. It isn’t unique but looks more attractive than other devices for golf. The producer uses “e2e” design. This fact means that OnPar has big touch screen which diagonal is 3.5 inches. This coming navigator shows holes’ location and distance between them and green zone. Built in memory is able to store up to 300 courses. The sale will start in the February.