In a slick three-inch design of sheer innovativeness, the LG u990 Viewty proves to be a formidable opponent in the touchscreen mobile phone arena.


On top of its array of messaging functions, the LG u990 demotes most phones to antique level with its whopping 5-megapixel camera on a 256k LCD display - and that’s merely at onset. The u990’s hi-end camera advances another step with its Schneider-Kreuznach flash lens framed with a jog wheel that enables users to manually control the zoom lens. This multi-functional jog wheel also doubles as a scroll operating as an alternative to the touchscreen.

The finger-touch-controlled phone is equipped with a 3G HSDPA capacity, MicroSD expansion capability (aside from its 90MB internal memory), and multimedia features of music, video playlist, and FM radio.

Labels: LG

Just a day after Apple announced the new iPhone 3G, HTC Singapore has announced to revise the price of HTC TyTN II, Touch Cruise, Touch Dual, Touch, Shift and P3300. The new HTC Touch Diamond is not included in the list.


New Suggested Retail Prices in Singapore Dollars (inclusive of 7% GST). These price do not require a mobile phone contract plan.

* HTC TyTN II S$998/-
* HTC Touch Cruise S$968/-
* HTC Touch Dual S$848/-
* HTC Touch S$588/-
* HTC Shift S$2,048/-
* HTC P3300 S$588/-

The new suggested retail prices for the HTC TyTN II, HTC Touch Cruise, HTC Touch Dual, HTC Touch, HTC Shift and HTC P3300 are effective from 12 June 2008.

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Several hands-on iPhone 3G reports from after the WWDC 2008 Keynote are out, and as you might expect they’re all saying pretty much the same thing. Despite the few extra millimeters thickness over the old iPhone, Apple’s newly slimmed edges disguise it well and the plastic - which is a concession to the numerous wireless radios packed inside - feels reasonable, though some question how scratch-resistant it will prove. Apple are claiming it’ll disguise wear better than the original. The buttons have been switched to metal for aesthetic, not practical reasons, and are sharper-edged. A few people have suggested that the new, white 16GB handset is particularly feminine, though that’s more personal choice than anything else.


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Labels: 3G, iPhone

You will never know what you can find in the big flickr picture collection. Today talkaboutnseries.com has “accidentally” found a list of unannounced model, including the Nokia N85 we reported earlier on.


These are actually a good and clear leak, although there isn’t any description put together with the photos. The Nokia N79 looks like another 3G phone from Nokia, coms with a Carl Zeiss camera lens (the megapixel wording is too blur for us to determine). 2 flash LEDs will help you in low light photography, the camera lens is protected by a lens cover too.


The next leak is the familiar Nokia “tube”, the new S60 touch UI which is available in year 2009. It should be the first S60 touch UI phone from Nokia and will be featuring a wide screen with 16:9 ratio. It will support quad band network, come with built in bluetooth, GPS, WiFi, HSDPA/UTMS to give you a complete wireless package. The touch UI in this prototype do not support multitouch, but does have haptic feedback when you touch the screen.

This model is called Nokia 5800 XpressMedia according to flickr, you can also see a 3.2 megapixel camera at its back with auto focus capability. It will be on its way to Vodafone customer, probably for users in Europe.

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Qik is now available on the Motorola Q and Samsung BlackJack as well as the Nokia N-Series phones, although it is still in limited availability through an invitation only alpha program.


With Qik’s free live video streaming service, users can stream live video to the Internet in just two clicks from their mobile phone, and join others as they watch online and engage in live interactive chat. Everyone from journalists to politicians use Qik to be transparent in their reporting and campaigning on a global Web platform. With a simple to use interface and site, any user is able to stream what they are seeing and interact with the world.

“We’re thrilled to be working with Microsoft and extending Qik’s live streaming service to Windows Mobile phones,” said Ramu Sunkara, co-founder and CEO of Qik. “We are also excited to partner with the Windows Mobile team to optimize Qik for the Windows Mobile platform.”

Currently in alpha, Motorola Q and Samsung BlackJack users can request an invitation for the service by signing up at http://qik.com/. The company is working closely with the Windows Mobile team to get the product offering into beta in the coming months, as well as expanding to additional Windows Mobile phones.

Someone has sent Engadget an unknown Nokia NSeries slider phone with N00 model number stamped on the phone. It is told to be the Nokia N85, which comes with a 5 megapixel camera, GPS, 2 flash LED behind and a secondary video call camera.


It is still not confirmed that this model to be called N85, it will be better to put it as N00 fo now. check out next page for more photos.

Update: New photo also showing this N85 as a dual slider multimedia computer!

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Zumobi announced its latest release for Windows Mobile. The updated application delivers new features and functionality to improve user experience and give the growing number of Zumobi users greater content from which to choose.

One of the most compelling features of the new release is a Tile Wizard, which allows users to easily create their own Zumobi mobile widgets. Users can choose the look and feel of these widgets, stream data from their choice of RSS feeds, and turn personal blogs and favorite Web content into Zumobi Tiles they can enjoy as well as share with friends. Another new feature accompanying this release is the on-phone Tile Gallery, which enables users to select and upload Tiles directly from their mobile handset, allowing Zumobi users to explore and swap new content in and out while on-the-go. Zumobi also has produced a streamlined client for faster downloads of the application and a smaller on-phone footprint.

With the release, Zumobi will also unveil a series of 12 videos designed to show users everything they need to know to take advantage of the mobile widget platform, from how to navigate, make a Tile, share one and more. To view the Zumobi tour video and to find out 11 things you should know about the mobile widget platform, visit www.Zumobi.com/support.html.

For more information, including Zumobi tour videos, or to download the latest version of the mobile widget platform optimized for Windows Mobile 6 or higher, visit www.Zumobi.com or get.zumobi.com on the mobile Web.

Labels: Software