Coming in a slim bar design, very similar with most Samsung’s Smartphone models, the new Samsung i200 is expected in European stores in June, with several unique characteristics, compared with other phones coming from the same company.

Among the improvements we find the Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, Office Mobile suite with Excel, Word, Powerpoint and Outlook, an intuitive user interface with direct access to the most important section of the menus, HTML email format, editing features such as cut, copy and paste, and pop-up email alerts.

This 11.8 mm thick compact Smartphone sports a 2.3-inch QVGA TFT glossy display of 262K colors, and provides up to 3.6Mbps transfer speeds via HSDPA connectivity. Another new feature is the light sensor which reduces power consumption, adjusting the display brightness and the luminosity of the keypad.
There is also a built-in 2MP camera, a music player, tri-band support, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, 25MB internal memory, microSD card slot, mobile printing support, and a 1100mAh battery providing up to 4 hours of talk time and 360 hours of standby.

In June we expect Samsung to publish other news about Samsung i200 such as the suggested price and we’ll inform you via one of our articles.

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Samsung announced the launch of Samsung i200, slim and compact smartphone.Supporting the Windows Mobile 6.1, Samsung i200 provides functional and practical features in business. Users can operate MS Office programs such as Excel, Word, Powerpoint, and Outlook promptly.The slim bar-type form factor with mere 11.8 mm thinness offers compact and stylish design, which is hardly witnessed in most of smartphones. A large enough 2.3” QVGA TFT screen with glossy coating makes users to fully enjoy multimedia contents and complicated business information.

Furthermore, i200 gears up business efficiency through HSDPA 3.6 Mbps data communications. In addition to that, it’s unique ‘light sensor’ can help users minimize the power consumption to adjust lightness of LCD and keypad automatically. Multimedia features such as a 2-megapixel camera and music player enhance users’ entertainment experience.Samsung i200 will be launched in the European market in June and will enter other market within a month.

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Fujitsu FOMA F1100 is not the first cell phone that adopts AuthenTec’s fingerprint readering technology for securing the data stored in the handset; Asus was the first to use the AES1710 module for the M356 Smartphone, but it is though the first model released by NTT DoCoMo to feature Windows Mobile 6 operating system and the fingerprint sensor.

It is important for a Smartphone to have this protection layer enabled because of the mobile commerce transaction types used by business professionals.
In Japan, FOMA F1100 users will have access to Mobile Office documents, HSDPA high-speed transfers, built-in camera for pictures, microSD expansion slot, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, IP telephony, and a large 2.6-inch QVGA touch-sensitive display.

“Fujitsu has demonstrated its market leadership with the introduction of their first fingerprint-enabled Windows Mobile phone,” declared AuthenTec Chairman and CEO Scott Moody. “We have had a long and successful relationship with Fujitsu because of our ability to consistently provide the latest innovations in fingerprint sensors to enhance the user experience, the reliability of our TruePrint technology, and our proven ability to deliver in very high volumes. The feature-packed FOMA F1100 is another outstanding example of an innovative mobile phone that leverages the Power of Touch features of an AuthenTec sensor.”

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Velocity Mobile has launched a couple of new smartphones at CTIA in Las Vegas, placing a strong emphasis on ease-of-use, sleek and attractive design, and high-end features - points that customers are always looking out for. The two handsets are the Velocity 103 and Velocity 111. The Velocity 103 and 111 will be available unlocked in Q2 and Q3, respectively.Running Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro, the 111 has a 320 x 240 QVGA touchscreen while the 103 has a 640 x 480 VGA touchscreen; both use the Qualcomm Mobile Station Modem MSM7201 chipset, have 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM and microSD expansion.

The 103 has a 2.8-inch touchscreen with 640×480 resolution, Wi-Fi, AGPS, and no keyboard. The 111 has a front-facing keyboard, which cuts the resolution down to 320×240 on a 2.46-inch screen. This also has Wi-Fi and AGPS. Both phones have a 2-megapixel back camera and a 0.3-megapixel front video camera for conferencing.

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