Despite the fact that the iPhone 5 has been long rumored to be a CDMA/GSM world phone, Verizon’s iPhone all the time had this capacity, though it’s not activated. Teardowns of the device unveiled that it features the Qualcomm MDM6600 chip; the similar chip that is used in the Droid Pro world phone. On the other hand, the Sources which grabbed the info concluded that a dual-mode phone would suggest that the iPhone 5 would not support LTE. Yet, according to other sources which are familiar with Apple notes that Apple’s most recent developer builds for iOS 5 include a snippet of code that refers to LTE, prompting conjecture that Apple may perhaps be testing 4G internally. The long-anticipated next edition of Apple’s smartphone is predictable to be released in October.

The details

1 KEYBOARD – Each key has survived over 300,000 presses. It’s an extremely robust keypad

2 IP67 – It’s rated IP67 – that’s completely dust-proof and waterproof to ametre down

3 SCREEN – There’s a touchscreen, so you have the choice of using it with a stylus – the one supplied has a biro on the other end – or the buttons

4 PRESSURE DROP – The screen has survived 0.5N of pressure so don’t worry about sitting on it

5 HUMIDITY – It can survive being kept at 90 degrees relative humidity for 48 hours and can operate at between 75 and -30 degrees Celsius

6 COMMUNICATIONS – As well as a mobile with Dual SIM – so you can have two numbers on the same handset – it’s also an eight-channel, two-way radio, so you can call another TP851 for free

7 CAMERA – This is the fi rst JCB phone with a camera. It’s only a two-megapixel one, so results aren’t fantastic, but it’s better than nowt

8 GUARANTEE – If you do somehow manage to damage the TP851, it comes with a three-year warranty, so you’re covered

9 DROPTEST – It has been dropped from a height of 50cm over 1,000 times and from two metres on all four corners, so sturdiness is assured

10 CHARGER – It comes with a wind-up charger, so you can get juiced up even if you’re miles froma power socket

Xperia Play

This concept phone is definitely real and it looks like this PlayStation handset will be introduced in a few weeks at the Mobile World Congress show. The hardware looks nice sufficient but there are still many questions about the software and how the gaming feature will work. The actual test of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play which is powered by Android 2.3 lies in the expectations of performance in 3D gaming environment which is the core feature of this device. The main competition with Windows phones will depend on how well the Xperia Play syncs with PlayStation consoles as the former does pretty well with Xbox systems.

Though it is very expensive Lamborghini smartphone is a little light on high end specs. The 2.2 inch display is a real minnow compared to the four inch plus devices regularly showcased by mobile providers such as HTC and Samsung. The smartphone’s three megapixel camera and four gigs of onboard storage mean that the specs are roughly on par with a mid range Nokia agdget.

There is an option to have crocodile skin stitched onto the rear of the phone, which is definitely a step up from the plastic and metal usually found on various mobile devices. The display case in which the concept phone is shipped is another work of boutique opulence – it is finished in steel and has pneumatic arms to hold the lid.

Notably, it took the company three years to produce the smartphone and after much effort, the company got everything right for the gadjet. Meanwhile, Hutch Hutchison, head of concept creation and design of Vertu said  that Constellation Quest is an amalgam of looks and practicality. Mr Hutchison also added that Vertu will further improve the quality of its phone by undertaking constant R&D activities.

The social networking aspect reminds me of the BlackBerry Enterprise’s Server free/busy lookup– except as opposed to seeing if your contacts obtainable for a meeting, you can see if they’re in the right mood for a call. Some Android phones already do this by showing social network status updates on incoming calls from contacts, but the idea of that data being gathered submissively is very latest. There’s also a latest navigation mechanism based on a radial wheel surrounding contacts, and pinch-zooming to finding bundled people within certain subgroups, which you can see in action in the video below. A neat idea, so long as a more straightforward border was also obtainable. The handset looks like it has a screen on both sides (one with a stud-style keyboard), which would likely be a massive battery hog, but hey, we can skip logic for a cool idea.

The phone has a 3.5″ WVGA AMOLED touch-screen display, digital zoom and a FM Radio along with a 3.5 mm audio jack and two micro USB cable. It supports WAP 2.0 browser, 3G connectivity and the 12 mega-pixel camera equipped with Quad LED flash, lets you click sharp and clear pictures.  The phone also has 720p HD video recording facility and will be available in black and white colors. Nokia X9 will be released some time in coming December. However, Nokia is yet to reveal the cost of the handset.

Violight’s germicidal UV light technology lowers the amount of strep, E. coli, salmonella, listeria, and H1N1 virus germs and bacteria in about three minutes. Powered with a battery, the portable gadget puts forth an comprehensible interface.

“Our goal is to help make people’s lives healthier with every product we develop,” mentioned Joel Pinsky, co-developer and founder of Violight. “Consumers can now utilize the same UV technology used to clean their toothbrushes for their cell phones and other small electronics devices they use every day.”

Customers need to place the handset into the cradle and close the lid in order to activate. The solution alerts clients about the sanitizing process with a handy blue-violet indicator. Subsequently, the twin UV bulbs spontaneously turn off once the process is complete and the gadget is ready to be used.

The offering can be picked up for $49.99 from Brookstone, Hammacher Schlemmer and the official website.

It seems like Facebook isn’t the only company with ambitious mobile phone ideas…

Mozilla, developer of the popular Firefox web browser, has put together an incredibly compelling concept video for an Open Web handset dubbed ‘Seabird’.

It looks every part the ‘concept phone’ – all glass, curves and detachable bits like a space-age shaver – but it hides some pretty phenomenal dream features including an edgeless touchscreen, a Bluetooth dongle that doubles as a free-roaming remote, as well as the ability to dock and become a fully-fledged browsing device thanks to dual-Pico projectors displaying a 900 x 600 screen and spacious virtual keyboard onto surfaces.

Naturally, Firefox looks pretty snazzy on it too, with the ability to play HTML 5, Flash video and the like with aplomb.

Lofty flight of fancy? Yes. Awesome? Also, yes.

The brainchild of community member Billy May as part of a Mozilla Labs Concept Series last year, it seems destined to remain vapourware but is a great indication of how much further mobiles can go than bigger displays and more megapixels…

AT&T announced the TerreStar GENUS, a dual-mode cellular/satellite smartphone for enterprise, government, and small business users.

The TerreStar networks provides communications in remote areas, making it an ideal mobile device for government, energy, utility, transportation, and maritime users. The handset  runs Windows Mobile 6.5 and offers WiFi, Bluetooth,a 2.6-inch touchscreen display, camera,GPS and GSM / GPRS / EDGE / UMTS / HSDPA radios as well.

The TerreStar GENUS is available today to enterprise, government, and small business customers. It requires AT&T voice, data, and satellite subscriptions. The smartphone is priced at $799.

Orange has launched new cheap smartphone running Andoid OS in Europe, called the Orange San Francisco. The phone is the Project JAL device and hardware is based on ZTE Blade.

The Orange San Francisco smartphone comes with Android 2.1 OS (Eclair) and has brings a 3 megapixel camera with video capture, 150 MB onboard memory, a microSD card slot, 3.5 mm headset jack.

The concept phone (ZTE Blade) is packs 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth 2.0, and Orange Maps with turn-by-turn navigation support.

Dimensions of Orange San Francisco are 116 x 56.5 x 11.8 mm and weight 130g.

The Salute had a 2.4-inch touch-screen display (240×320 pixels; 65,000 colors), Bluetooth, speakerphone, a camera (1.3-megapixel) and a QWERTY keyboard. Also, the battery will last up to four hours of talk time and up to nine days of standby time. You can gets free ZTE Salute on Wirefly.com if you sign a new two years contract with Verizon.

This type of mobile phone is about exclusivity, style, engineering and craftsmanship. But too often we see beautiful handsets that underneath are incredibly basic.. and if you’ve just spent thousands on a phone, then you don’t want it to be bested by a bargain basement Nokia.

So although we liked the original BELLPERRE a lot, we would be the first to agree that it was a bit too basic as a phone. BELLPERRE’s 2010 model addresses this by making sure that the handset’s internals are much improved.

We will look at the insides in a moment, but the main selling point about a BELLPERRE handset is what’s on the outside. These are handmade, bespoke handsets that feature a variety of metal and leather finishes. There are 125 different leather options, and you can have your BELLPERRE with a steel case or a rose or yellow gold finish if you like. You can add gemstones and diamonds to the finished design, allowing you to create whatever tasteful or over-the-top design you wish.

BELLPERRE seem to be reluctant to give out pricing, but their old model started at just €1200 for the basic specification, up to €21,000 for a solid gold model with diamonds. We should imagine that a couple of thousand euro should get you something quite nice, and surprisingly BELLPERRE do call themselves “affordable”, which is true when you consider the overpriced madness of Vertu and Mobiado, and that the new Versace Unique comes in at over €5000.

The phone itself is a slim device, measuring 111 x 45 x 11.2mm and weighing 135 grams. This model of BELLPERRE is a tri-band 3.5G handset with maximum download speeds of up to 10 Mbps. It comes with GPS navigation, a multimedia player, FM radio and stereo Bluetooth. On the back is a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash that can record VGA resolution video at up to 30 frames per second. The display is a 2.2″ 240 x 320 pixel panel covered by a sapphire crystal to prevent scratching. Software includes a web browser and the ability to synchronise with Microsoft Outlook.

What we have here is a beautifully crafted device, if you were to buy one you would very rarely meet another owner.. and if you did, then the handset’s unique design would still leave you both feeling special. Underneath is a phone that can do most of the things that you will want of a mobile device. And as for the price.. well, it’s likely to be expensive but not insanely so.