After Google announced the Froyo earlier this year, which is a consecutive update of the well known open source mobile platform Android, there has been a number of rumors as well as a few official hesitations whether the flagship Android devices like sonyericsson’s XPeria X10 and Motorola Milestone. Since there was no response from the mobile phone manufacturers there were doubt among the Android users whether those devices were going to get the Froyo (Android 2.2) update since the update includes some crucial features for the smartphone users.

After the German telecom operator O2 gave some words that they will roll out updates for Motorola Milestone, the official confirmation of the update came a little bit later. Last week, Motorola has finally gave a schedule to update their Android lineup. Even though all the devices are not going the get the update for Hardware Limitations, the most anticipated update is finally coming to Milestone. It is sad to know that the update will not be available in all regions. But those who will be able to update their Android experience, I can say that, will be happy. Lets hope that everything that Moto announced, comes to be true as per the schedule.

Apple’s iPhone is a very successful phone and is really a popular gadget of the time. Alongside the hardware features what makes is special is it’s powerful user interface, the iPhone platform. Google’s android, however, has been trying to overdo and compete the iPhone and it’s first attempt has received much admiration from the tech savvy people around the world.

Google, the internet giant, has been working to make Android a success and has been working in partnership with well known operators. Along with their present venture with T-Mobile and Sprint, recently they have came into partnership with Verizon which was considered to be a ‘unusual’ partnership; yet earlier this month, after working for 18 months, they are about to bring two mobile phones in Verizon USA network running Google’s Android mobile operating system and announces to continue the venture to make Android a more mature mobile operating system and expect to equip the platform in more smartphones. The company spokesmen, however, kept a secret about their partnership with the actual hardware manufacturer. But there is a rumor around that Motorola and HTC may work on the Android phone’s.

Smartphone industry has grown in a large proportion and may be Google has chosen Verizon keeping the huge number of subscriber, even though Verizon do not have a good history of feature-rich phones for their subscribers.

Google will be glad to continue it’s efforts in making Android a better mobile platform. Let’s see if Android could put a deep imprint in the smartphone market in these recession days.

Touchscreen phones are just popular now a days. While there are a number of handsets that are equipped with touchscreen technology, Palm, O2 and several other PDA brands lead the consumer market. However, Samsung and very recently Nokia had boomed their presence in the touchscreen market. I came across the Stylish 8-Mega Camera Phone with Full Touch Screen

Seoul, Korea, October 2, 2008 – Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading provider of telecom systems and mobile phones, today unveiled a very slim full touch 8-megapixel cameral phone Samsung Pixon. The phone will available in October to consumers who want to easily capture and share life’s unexpected moments anytime, anywhere they desire.

Ever seen something and thought, “if only I had my camera with me”? Many people experience those perfect moments that cry out to be captured – a beautiful, astonishing, indescribable or unexpected moment that should be kept and be shared with friends and loved ones. Capturing those moments has never been easy simply because people don’t walk around with their cameras on all the time.

Missing those perfect moments will become a thing of the past thanks to the new Samsung Pixon.

Photos featuring friends and family doing funny things or having funny things done to them, bumping unexpectedly into a celebrity or a pet doing something hilarious were all moments which were difficult to capture before because getting a camera out and switched on always took so long. Now all of these will be wonderfully easy to capture because the Samsung Pixon is as good a camera as a standalone camera.

Being the world’s slimmest full-touch 8-megapixel camera phone, the Samsung Pixon boasts a 13.8mm slim design as well as many other great features. Not only does the outside look just like an actual camera, the Samsung Pixon also takes pictures like one with its x16 digital zoom, auto-focus, fast-shutter, face detection and geo-tagging.

Yet, the Samsung Pixon is even better than an actual camera as it also comes with a 3.2 inch full-touch screen and integrated Photo Browser which allows fantastically easy photo sharing and viewing.

The Samsung Pixon will completely satisfy those who are tired of camera-phones which look like cameras but have only a passing resemblance to a camera’s functions.

Geesung Choi, President of the Samsung Telecommunications Business, said Samsung is a company which constantly tries to innovate to improve consumers’ lives, to make things easier and more fun.

“Now everyone will be able to ‘get their pics on’ so much more quickly and easily. For the first time you will have a camera on your phone capable of delivering the quality of image of a regular camera. The big benefit is not just the ease with which people will now be able to capture and share camera-phone shots, but the quality of those shots when taken,” President Choi added.,

The Samsung Pixon will be available first in France in mid-October and soon to be available in most of European countries and Asian countries.

Please visit www.thephotographicadventuresofnickturpin.com for further information.

About Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2007 consolidated sales of US$103.4 billion. Employing approximately 150,000 people in 134 offices in 62 countries, the company consists of four main business units: Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business, and Telecommunication Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.

Samsung Pixon

Product Factsheet

Network

GSM/GPRS/ EDGE Quad Band (850/ 900/1800/1900 MHz)

HSDPA 7.2 Mbps (2100 MHz)

Display

3.2” 240×400 262K WQVGA TFT LCD

Camera

8-megapixel camera with Auto focus

Digital zoom (X16)

Dual Power LED Flash

ASR (Advanced Shake Reduction)

WDR (Wide Dynamic Range)

Face Detection, Smile Shot, Face Link (face tagging),

Geo-tagging, Auto Panorama Shot, Photo memo

Photo Browser (Accelerometer Sensor, Tilt and flip,

Sorting by Face/Time/Color/Folder)

Value-added Feature

Online Widget (News, weather, stock, etc)

Video

Video recording & playing (MPEG4, WMV, DivX, XviD)

30 fps D1 (720 x 480) & 120 fps(QGVA) high quality video recording

Slow motion video playing

SRS (Surround Sound System) Virtual 5.1CH

Audio

Music Player (MP3, AAC, e-AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA)

FM Radio with RDS

DNSe™ (Digital Natural Sound engine)

Connectivity

Bluetooth v.2.0 / USB 2.0 HS

TV Out connection

Memory

Internal Memory: 200MB External Memory: Micro SD

Size

107.9 x 54.6 x 13.8 mm, 121g

Battery

1000 mAh

- Talk time: 3h 40min

- Standby time: 290h

Earlier this year, nokia has launched the already very popular 5800 XpressMusic. Nokia has introduced the touchscreen technology for the first time wheras Sony Erricsson and many other competitors had touch screen from ages ago.

So, why is such a long delay in delivering the technology? Did Nokia had a master plan? Over the year Nokia has enhanced the Symbian Operating System. And now it seems that it has grown as a giant competitor of other mobile operating platforms. Since the launching of Nokia’s nSeries smartphones, Symbian OS is becoming increasingly popular among the mobile users for its easy usability and great features. Now, when all the already known features are in a great package like the 5800 xpressmusic, it has become the craze.

Currently, I am reviewing one of them and will write about the whole shortly.

Sense is already implemented in mobile devices to recognize shakes and get various information like counting your footstep or determine the speed of your bicycle. Touch screen are also not too recent invention while many devices already incorporate the touch technology to provide user a better user interface. Some PDA’s like Sony Ericsson’s P990i or O²’s or Palms. But for a smartphone it’s.

The waiting is over. On October the 2nd this year Nokia Announced their cross generation mobile platform S60 5th Edition that will let you touch the screen of your cellphone to perform all actions on your favourite S60 V5 platform. Recently, s60 platform has been made open source and now introduction of the s60 V5’s advanced set of features will definitely secure the s60 platform to a higher position in the mobile market and put it’s competitors behind the race. This will enable new innovations and consumers will have better experiences from their devices.

According to Nokia, “With S60 5th Edition, the user interface is extended by the introduction of touch and with full support for tactile feedback. Enhanced display resolution support and a new Widescreen mode further compliments the touch UI and enables engaging visual experiences. Also, for the first time, the platform includes a framework for the use of advanced sensor technology. This all allows S60 device manufacturers to create innovative new device concepts for a wider range of user segments, while preserving the rich capabilities of the existing software platform.”

The first of the device, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is designed for music lovers. So, what comes with the Touches? As S60 web browser is the 2nd best (PC World) mobile web browser after iPhone’s Safari, it continues to support the use of internet technologies and with it’s web browsing capabilites, it may lead the mobile internet world with desktop-quality browsing with Adobe Flash Lite 3; scrolling web pages and interacting directly with Web content has become easier by touching with a finger or the use of keys or stylus.

Sensors will enable the consumers to take the advantages to a integrated sensing feature that will lead to more exciting application expereinces. With an integrated multimedia experience of image and video editing makes it simple simple to edit pics and vids directly on a the device.

Still there are loads of features that are integrated and more SDK’s are there for the developers to add more to the platform.

Please visit www.s60.com for more information about the s60 Platform and Nokia’s website for information about 5800 XpressMusic

Well, It’s really difficult to understand the ‘HTC’ behaviour. While HTC has kept their track on the ever-expanding mobile internet industry with its devices, they are at the same time, re-defining the text. Without communication what is a smartphone? Other than talking or surfing, HTC S740 offers a highly appreciable key-control to provide an comfortable experience with writing on mobile phones.

S740, which has been available in the market since the end of August this year, has been designed to meet the text messaging needs (like short-messages or email) of the consumers. Like all other HTC products, the device is designed for beauty and never forgetting the function. It’s slide-out keyboard makes typing-intensive tasks more enjoyable.

The hardware is not all. The built in quick messaging tools for writing documents, texts, emailing and instant messaging conversations gives it a choice for users to take the freedom to communicate. It also comes with a built-in RSS hub to keep you updated.

HTC S740 - Released in August 2008

HTC S740 inhibits a Qualcomm 528MHz processor that operates on Windows Mobile platform with its 256 MB RAM. Other features are just good. I just wish that the display could be a little more larger rather than the 2.4 inch with only a QVGA resolution. Also, a better Camera could make it more attractive to those who also love multimedia and web.

HTC has announced thier latest HTC TOUCH HD, the smart computer with a Large, 3.8 inch wide-screen VGA touch display of 480 x 800 resolution which is designed to perform the extensive multimedia display with its Qualcomm® MSM7201a™ 528 MHz processor and 288 MB RAM. For the lovers of multimedia, there is a standard 3.5mm audio jack to reach the music fans and a 5 megapixel auto-focus camera to enhance the photography.

HTC

Not only multimedia is the target of HTC’s TOUCH HD. Taking over the handheld internet market is always HTC’s part of the big dream and the handset the unveiled, comes with a desktop-class broadband browsing in a Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:850/900/1800/1900MHz, WCDMA/HSPA:900/2100MHz and/or HSDPA 7.2 Mbps network capabilities.

Being one of the global leader in mobile computing, HTC attempts to combine a high performance device with a stylish design to make it both a design and innovation. The graphic comes with stunning clarity, the colours are very vibrant. According to HTC, they have tried to implement the best of mobile computing to reach the users who love to watch TV in a widescreen mode or browse the internet at the speed without compromising the performance.

The HTC Touch HD is scheduled to be available in the European market through major carriers in Q4 2008. And their promise to let the world know their innovation would follow shortly.

HTC HD at a glance:
Size: 115 x 62.8 x 12 mm
Weight: 146.4 grams/5.164 oz with battery
Connectivity: Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:850/900/1800/1900
MHzWCDMA / HSPA: 900/2100MHz. HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
Software/Operating system: HTC TouchFLO 3D with Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
Display: 3.8 inch Wide Screen VGA screen (480 x 800 WVGA) 288 MB RAM
Camera: 5.0 megapixel with auto focus – Second Camera: VGA
Internal memory: 512 MB flash; 288 MB RAM
Memory card: microSD™ memory card (SDHC™ capable)
WLAN: 802.11b/g
Bluetooth®: 2.0 with EDR
GPS: GPS/AGPS
Interface: HTC ExtUSB™ (mini-USB and audio jack in one; USB 2.0 High-Speed)
Battery: 1350 mAh
Talk time*: WCDMA: Up to 390 minutes / GSM: Up to 310 minutes
Standby time*: WCDMA: Up to 450 hours / GSM: Up to 390 hours
Chipset: Qualcomm® MSM7201a™ 528 MHz

*conditions apply

Lets see how big the dream comes out to be. We still have to wait to see the full.

Environment is one of biggest concern of the technology innovators and more manufactureres are now offering envoironment friendly devices that is said to reduce adverse impact on nature by it’s uses. In continual effort of bringing eco-friendly devices. Today (14th Sep, 2008) Samsung has announced it’s new range of environemnt friendly mobile phones. The phones, E-200 Eco, W510 and F268 will be available in the Eurpean, Korean and Chinese market accordingly.

Samsung Eco Friendly Mobiles

The eco-friendly feature of the E-200 Eco includes of being made with bio-plastic and having a BFR Free circuit board as well as Pb, Hg, Cd, Cr6+, PBB, PBDE are not used. The phone is also RoHS Compliant in EU and China.

But the W510 model seem to have more features like better multimedia and network options than the E200 Eco though it incorporates all the eco-features of E-200 Eco. Unfortunately, this model will only be available in Korea. In fact, all three handset will be released in three different locations. Maybe, Samsung is planning to expand its market later on.

Today, Sonyericsson has finally announced the launch of the fascinating mobile computer XPERIA X1 on 30th September this year. Disappointing the consumer around the world this entertainment and web technology powerhouse will be initially launched in Germany, Sweden and only. So, the people in the other parts of the world is scheduled to launch by the fourth quarter of 2008.

The New Xperia™ X1

After launching in the select european countries, XPERIA X1 will be launched in the following countries in a short schedule.

Asia and Pacific :
Bangladesh, Indonesia, Singapore, Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam

Middle East:
UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait

Western Europe:
Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal

Central Europe:
Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic

Africa:
South Africa

Latin America:
Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia

For Australia and other select countries, the schedule has not yet set and will be announced soon.

Samsung introduced B2700 which is a new mobile that features performace and robust durability for outdoor usage. With a body made of anti-shock urethane material, the B2700 is built to save itself from the bumps, bangs, scrapes, scuffs and will also prevent dust and water in line with IP54.

But the outdoor features of this phone are more attractive than any other phones in the market. With a built-in altimeter, compass, pedometer, and torch light, outdoor activities will be just more fun whether you are in a camping or climbing or hiking. In fact, the phone’s features will be effective on many other kind of outdoor activites.

The B2700 is set to launch in major GSM market including Germany, UK, and Netherlands in September this year though there is no fixed schedule for the release.

The device incorporates a 1.9” TFT LCD display and 2-megapixel camera; the Audio Player supports a wide variety of formats, MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, AMR, MIDI, WAV. It is one of the few handsets that supports FM Radio in Speaker out mode.

The product sounds promising for the outdoor activites. Lets see how much it can prove its potentials.