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The Korean company Samsung Electronics has often demonstrated in small-scale local events coming new items without the international grand announcement, followed by a press release, at least in English. As a result, there are reports of a network of local journalists c photos of new products and the most basic features that the company is not afraid to reveal. Company can be easy to understand - often lit up at exhibitions such as news and not make it to store shelves, they cancel, for whatever reason, and display models at a local exhibition should not be considered unambiguous promise of the manufacturer to release this new product in the foreseeable future. Last week in the Netherlands hosted an event titled TeleVisie 2008, and Samsung there note immediately six new mobile phones, among which was a Windows Mobile device and one Symbian-smartphones. Rumors about the Samsung i900 communicator excite the network since the beginning of this year. Messages about the mysterious "killer iPhone" appeared punctually, overgrown with more juicy details, but TeleVisie 2008, this model was first shown to the public, before it was impossible to even find live pictures only layout design, images created by the authors of news on the computer. From the technical characteristics of the Samsung i900 blamed the attractive features, including 3.5-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 240x400 pixels, 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, FM-radio, integrated GPS-module and so on. Despite the fact that in 2008 the public TeleVisie reported only some characteristics of Samsung i900, is now clear that not all expectations can come true. Confirmation of the technical characteristics of the note the following: operating system version of Windows Mobile 6.1, 5-megapixel camera, three-band networks, GSM / GPRS, a network of third-generation UMTS, wireless Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 interface and USB 2.0, the size 112h56x13 mm.
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Thus, already confirmed that we are not waiting for another phone on its own platform, Samsung, and this device, which, in contrast to the same Samsung F490, it will be possible to install standard software designed for the operating system Windows Mobile. Influence of positioning is not just a phone "is felt in the specifications, such as phones with proprietary interface Samsung Croix does not have wireless networking Wi-Fi, while the Samsung i900 that option. Then, the Samsung F490 has a non-standard resolution display 240h432 pixels, Samsung i900, it seems, will have standard QVGA (240x320 pixels): despite previous rumors of eyewitnesses have reported such resolution as the most probable. Emphasis on kommunikatornoy entity model gives hope for the support of navigation functions. While the company does not mention GPS-module among the advantages of Samsung i900, but the list of declared characteristics too brief, but almost all of the latest "smart" model, the Korean manufacturer equipped with a GPS-receiver. The issue with memory and has remained not clarified by - previously said about 8 GB of "expandable memory", but it was not clear whether it is a large amount of memory or are already accounted for the possibility of flash cards. At issue is to support high-speed standard HSDPA (up to 7.2 Mbps), FM-radio and TV-out. If Samsung F490 competes mainly with the LG Viewty (LG KU990), a direct competitor to the Samsung i900 so far is difficult to call. Stylish LG KS20 smartphone has a similar ideology in design, but it loses Samsung i900 on the quality of the camera - 2 MP to 5 MP. What about the rest of the functionality will become clear when Samsung officially announce the full specification Samsung i900. The second "smart" novelty from Samsung with TeleVisie 2008 - a smartphone Samsung L870, built on the platform S60 3rd Edition. Smartphone echoes the design of the flagship model G810, aimed at combating Nokia N95, but clearly refers to the middle class and is designed for those who do not need super-functionality. The same slider form factor, metal case, but instead of a 5-megapixel camera provides for a more modest 3-megapixel. Confirmation of the features include four-band networks, GSM / GPRS, third generation network UMTS, a 3-megapixel camera platform Symbian S60, FM-radio and sizes - 102h50h13, 5 mm. Journalists who were on TeleVisie 2008, also reported that the display has a resolution of QVGA, and the interfaces supported by Bluetooth 2.0 and USB 2.0. As is the case with the Samsung i900, here left a lot of mysteries about the characteristics. It is unclear whether sustained high-speed standard HSDPA networks and Wi-Fi, is there a GPS-receiver, what size display and more. Let's wait for the official announcement, which will clarify the situation.
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ASUS P750: tuning with a soldering iron
Not so long ago PDA ASUS P750 learned to reflash to the display resolution VGA, an unofficial firmware for the activation of such a regime was created and published forum visitors Asus Mobile Club Russia. Soon after this momentous event in the same forum, the dispute erupted, whether it is possible to double the memory device to 128 MB. Of course, in the case of memory we are not talking about software apdeyte, and the hardware modifications. Display ASUS P750 was initially able to run in VGA, it does not need to be changed, and the RAM-memory device is really only 64 MB. Increased internal memory - it is even more trivial task, requiring not only mastery of the singer, and pretty much well the circumstances under development and the production model. This trick can be done with very little communicators, including such legends as the HP hx4700 and Qtek S100. Satisfiability problem depends on what platform a model used there a pair of memory chips, and other nuances, such as models with Samsung, it's not real. As it turned out, ASUS P750 is one of the lucky visitors to the forum Asus Mobile Club Russia managed to resolder chip memory, and then activate the software.
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Unlike the software to increase resolution, perepaivanie chip memory forever deprives ASUS P750 warranty, with extremely high risk of failure "upgrade". Bold experiment was put on an instance of the communicator, and so have already lost the warranty. After soldering two chips Quimonda two chip capacity of 512 Mbps was found that the software system is still only recognizes 64 MB of RAM, despite the hardware "capacity" scheme. Then came to the rescue creator VGA-update, managed to make a firmware that will recognize all 128 MB of RAM. The price of memory chips soldering Moscow craftsman was 2000 rubles.
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Of course, increasing the display resolution to quadruple capacity RAM asks itself, as well as an increase in processor performance, battery capacity and physical dimensions of the screen:) It is unlikely that the company ASUSTeK do not understand this, ASUS P750 is not just available with a resolution of only QVGA. Perhaps the producer is already preparing a more advanced model, which implements all these improvements.
T-Mobile + HTC: ghost 2
HTC is not only releases the device under its own brand, from time to time, it is interesting camera model. One such successful models of exclusive carrier in the past year proved to be a smartphone Shadow of the operator T-Mobile. It is a slider with a slide out keyboard hybrid, but, unlike the HTC Touch Dual, display, he did not touch. One of the main highlights of the model began with the same interface myFaves rate plan, which makes it easy to make and communicate with five selected subscribers, despite the limitations of Windows Mobile 6 Standard, in comparison with Windows Mobile 6 Professional. Already at the time of the October announcement of T-Mobile Shadow operator said that it is only the first step in a future line of smartphones.
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Profiling resource TmoNews (The Unofficial T-mobile Blog) published the first spy photos heir T-Mobile Shadow, conventionally called T-Mobile Shadow II. By design, the device is strongly reminiscent of the new communicator HTC P3470 (HTC Pharos), but the image on the screen and hardware buttons confirm that this is a smartphone without a touchscreen, as well as the first generation T-Mobile Shadow. The model clearly has inherited a slider, otherwise it would be very inconvenient to use, but the pictures with a protruding keypad module has not yet been published. What is the difference between T-Mobile Shadow II from T-Mobile Shadow, in addition to the design, also not yet known. According to one of the assumptions, T-Mobile Shadow II will be the first smart phone operator that supports the technology UMA, seamless roaming between cellular networks and networks of Wi-Fi. We'll wait for official announcement and details.
Team mobile halophyte
Company E-TEN Information Systems has announced the release within two to three weeks communicators glofiish M810 and M750. The debut of these models took place in February at the Congress of MWC 2008. Both are full-slider with QWERTY-keyboard and 2.8-inch touchscreen QVGA-display. Like the entire series glofiish, New supports wireless Wi-Fi, equipped with GPS-receivers for navigation functions, FM-radio and so on. The main difference between themselves - in support of glofiish M810 third-generation networks. glofiish M750 will be available in areas where 3G is not true, for example, in Russia. Glofiish M750 is a successor to the M700, and the Glofiish M810 - a budget analogue glofiish M800 with a streamlined design and a display resolution of QVGA.
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Soon begin selling the original chasofona EPOQ EGP-WP98. The model is positioned as the world's first phone-watch based on Windows Mobile (World's First Windows Mobile Wrist Watch Phone), but in reality it's not quite true.The specification stated that the model is based on the platform of Windows CE 5.0, that is, programs designed for Windows Mobile will not work correctly on this device. However, it is in any case would not be comfortable, especially considering the form factor of "Communicator." As well as other phones in the form factor of watches, EPOQ EGP-WP98 is equipped with a very small screen diagonal of 1.45 inches. Interestingly, of the total mass EPOQ EGP-WP98 stands out not only unusual software platform, and communications capabilities - in addition to the traditional chasofonov interface Bluetooth, here is claimed to support wireless networks Wi-Fi. The price issue is $ 630.
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Interesting news for fans of domestic manufacturers published by the newspaper Kommersant. According to a source in the near future the company Sitronics will release under its own brand of 3 models of mobile phones. This is not the first attempt to break into Sitronics phone market. She has already tried to sell mobile phones under the MTS brand in 2004 and under its own brand in 2006, but both projects failed. At this time Sitronics bet on the unusual features of models. It is expected that all three new items will be able to work with two SIM-cards. While such phones on sale is extremely small, but they have already demonstrated its relevance. It is interesting that the photographs submitted by Kommersant two models are definitely running the operating system Windows Mobile. If this is true, and no error occurred, then Sitronics will be one of the first publisher of Windows Mobile device has two slots for SIM-ki. Of course, Sitronics will not itself engage in development and manufacture of handsets, and will complete solutions of Chinese manufacturers, so such devices will also appear under other brands. According to Kommersant, release new products Sitronics is expected within a month.
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