Pantech comes back with their latest mobile phone designed for women. Available in pink, black, and silver models, the Crystal IM-S500K features a 2.4-inch QVGA LCD screen, a 2MP shooter, a music player, and a dictionary. What makes this handset interesting is that it comes equipped with a biorhythm calculator that will display user’s actual mood on its unique crystal lid. Pricing info is still unknown.
Microsoft today confirmed the launch date for the latest Windows Mobile 6.5 or “Windows Phones”. The new software will be released on October 6th, 2009. Here is the official list of carriers and manufacturers around the world who will launch new smartphone using Windows Mobile 6.5 OS.
Nokia has finally announced the release date of its Nokia N86 NAM for the US market. This dual-slider phone will start shipping to US retailers on August 22nd for $499 unlocked. In case you’ve forgotten, the handset offers a 2.6-inch QVGA AMOLED display, an 8MP camera with autofocus, an 8GB of internal memory, a digital compass, GPS, WiFi, a 3.5mm audio jack and supports HSDPA connectivity.
MoGo Talk is the Bluetooth headset for iPhone that is capable of delivering superior audio quality in an ultra-thin design. Measuring 24mm x 50mm x 5mm, the Mogo Talk comes with a flat folding earpiece that enables it to store and charge on the laptop using PC Card or ExpressCard/54 slot. Its battery provides up to 4 hours of talk time or more than a week of standby time. Other features include Echo Suppression and Active Noise compensation. If you are interested, you can pre-order the MoGo TALK for $99. It will be released in early August 2009.
SeaBright has unveiled the SB6309, which is the world’s first cigarette lighter phone. The phone might be released only in Japan, where about 30 percent of adults can’t get through the day without cigarette. The cigarette lighter is located at the back with the protective cover. You just need to slide back its cover, and press your cigarette onto the glowing part. No info on pricing or availability at this time.
Remember the Philips Xenium X830 that we mentioned back in June? Now Philips has released two official photos including official specs of this upcoming candybar phone. So here are the specs, a 3-inch TFT touchscreen display with 320 x 240 pixels and 262k colors, a 5MP camera with autofocus, a music and video players, an FM-radio with RDS, a 47MB of internal memory, a microSDHC card slot (up to 8GB), a mini USB port, Stereo Bluetooth and supports quad-band GSM connectivity with GPRS and EDGE. What’s more, the phone also comes with an impressive battery lifetime that lasts up to 10 hours in talk-time, or up to 1.5 months in stand-by-time. Sadly, there’s no word on pricing and availability yet.
Samsung’s first Android smartphone ‘Galaxy i7500‘ is finally available in France via Bouygues Telecom. There are two options available, either for €89 ($125) with a 2-year contract agreement and after an exclusive 50 Web discount or for €429 ($605) with free of contract. In case you’ve forgotten, the i7500 offers a 3.2-inch AMOLED display with 320 x 480 resolution, a 5MP autofocus camera, an 8GB of internal memory, WiFi, 3G, GPS and supports 7.2Mbps HSDPA connectivity.
DoCoMo has announced that they will release the SH-08A Solar Hybrid phone in September 2009. This solar-powered phone is also rugged enough to be waterproof. Its body is resistant to water sprays from all directions and submergible to depths up to one meter. The DoCoMo SH-08A can be recharged with sunlight as well as electricity. Even if the battery has completely lost its charge, just 10 minutes of solar recharging via a solar panel on the phone’s body provides approximately one minute of talk time. The phone comes with an 8-megapixel CCD camera that takes excellent photographs in low light environment. The DoCoMo SH-08A Solar Hybrid Phone will be exhibited at the DoCoMo booth at Wireless Japan 2009
