Archive for August, 2006

Digital Photography Do’s

During the summer months, the temperature is not the only thing on the rise. So too is the use of digital cameras, specifically for trips to the beach, picnics, barbeques, vacations and sporting events.
With so many flashbulbs popping, here are a few ways to make your summer digital photos sparkle.
Summer Can be a […]

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

LG AX490

PCMag reviews the LG AX490 and writes, “The VGA camera takes soft-ish stills with hideous compression artifacts, and it doesn’t record video. There’s no memory card or MP3 music player, though there’s an impressive 40MB of space for pictures, MP3-quality ringtones, and games. … There’s nothing wrong with designing a race-car–themed phone, but it’s a […]

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

VoIP World: A special show at the IFA 2006

The VoIP World is the first time the IFA 2006 will be presenting a special show that focuses on Voice over IP for companies and households. In doing so it is following a technology trend that has long since established itself as a growth market with businesses and which increasingly is now capturing the market […]

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

Samsung Z400 Review

3G reviews the Samsung Z400 and writes, “Unfortunately, the two-megapixel camera is unsophisticated compared to fellow competitors. There is no auto-focus or flash on the Z400 but considering the restrictions, the pictures appear respectable for this level, displaying true colour representation and strong focus. Understandably, without the flash, it does struggle in low light but […]

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

Mobiles may come `bundled’ with anti-virus software

With the increasing use of the mobile to access the Internet — check e-mail, surfing WAP (wireless application protocol - Web sites designed for mobile Internet) portals, downloading legal music or even working, owners are asking for trouble by ignoring security, say experts.
By the end of this year, the Indian cellular subscriber base is forecast […]

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

GREATER ICON THAN iPOD?

Remember the Knack? A monster hit called “My Sharona” catapulted the band to fame in the late 1970s - briefly. The Knack couldn’t follow up, quickly descending to trivia fodder.
The flubbed follow-up: The business world is littered with them.
Motorola Inc. knows this only too well: Its StarTAC mobile phone in the late 1990s was a […]

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

Sony Ericsson W810i Music Phone

Where the K800i uses Sony’s Cyber-shot capabilities for photography, ‘W’ series handsets use Sony’s experience with mobile music via its Walkman brand. Now, the ability for a mobile phone to play music is not exactly ground-breaking these days, so we have a right to expect something pretty special from handset in the ‘W’ range.
The W810i […]

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

Nokia 6136 Joins Samsung For T-Mobile UMA Launch

It’s all but certain T-Mobile will launch a dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi fixed-mobile convergence service based on the Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) standard as soon as next month. Initial rumors placed Samsung’s SGH-T709 slider as the exclusive handset to be offered at launch. Not much of a choice for consumers.
Now comes a report that America’s fourth largest […]

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

Verizon Wireless, Samsung Unveil Value-Inspired Camera Phone

Verizon Wireless and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung) have announced the availability of the SCH-a870, a new value-inspired camera phone designed with the mobile family in mind.
The phone combines Samsung’s clamshell design with a host of capabilities such as Bluetooth wireless technology, speakerphone, location-based services such as VZ Navigator, VoiceSignal’s speech recognition, web browsing and camera […]

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

Samsung SGH-i320 GSM Communicator

Samsung starts its active operations on the smartphone market with launching original and unusual products — to all appearances, the company wants to make sure that its trademark produces a positive impression in this segment and to create a “passageway” to promote more traditional products. A compact and relatively inexpensive Series 60 slider, Windows smartphone […]

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006