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According to the hottest sales figures released by market research firm Gartner, after sales demurs during 2009, the mobile device market has enhanced for the first quarter of 2010. Smartphones are replacing trait phones for many users and are blooming each quarter. The major gains were witnessed by iPhone and Android-based phones, as they both controlled to gain market share year-over-year.

In the first quarter, the mobile phone providers sold 314.7 million phones across the world, which showed a 16.9 percent raise from the first quarter of 2009. Most of the marketplace share was grabbed by Nokia, Samsung, and LG. The consequence of smartphones can be seen in the generally mobilegadjet  market.

Apple has protected the seventh position overall. Carolina Milanesi, research Vice President at Gartner supposed, “Growth came partly from new communication service providers in established markets, such as the UK, and stronger sales in new markets such as China and South Korea”.

Global smartphone sold 54.3 million units for a 48.7 percent year-over-year enhance.

Roberta Cozza, principal research analyst at Gartner shared that producers need to securely mingle hardware, punter interface, and cloud and social networking services, so as to vie in such a ruthless antagonism, if they truly want to attract the customers. Cozza further added, “Just adding a QWERTY keyboard will not make a device fit the communication habits of today’s various consumer segments”.

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Considering all the big news since the Motorola i1’s announcement several months ago, you’ll have to forgive us if we’ve sort of forgotten about it. But,  regional carrier SouthernLINC didn’t, and now they’ve officially announced that nowdays you can pick this first of its kind device up. You know, if you like your mobile phone to have military specifications. We will say this about the Motorola i1: it doesn’t look half bad. The i1 is the first military-spec 810F ruggedized Android-based IDEN-capable device available on the market, and it will probably be the only one for a little while longer. It features things like Push to Talk (PTT), WiFi, GPS, a 5MP camera on the back, and a 3.1-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen.We dont know still what version of Android the handset is running, but it does have Exchange support, a MicroSD card slot that can hold up to 32GB of storage, and the Swype keyboard pre-loaded. You can also visit Flash-based websites, as it has Adobe’s Flash Lite already installed. You can pick it up right now on a two-year contract. Check out the video if you need a refresher on what this smartphone looks like in action.

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The Russian company, Rover Computers has presented new smartphone, named RoverPC S8 Lite. It is a lightweight version of RoverPC S8. Unlike older models, the RoverPC S8 Lite does not have an accelerometer and built-in GPS. In addition, it comes without SPB Software collection. RoverPC S8 Lite has a 2.8-inch touchscreen TFT display with resolution of 320×230 pixels (QVGA), a 2MP camera, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 128 MB RAM, 256 MB of internal memory, a microSD card slot, and so on. The RoverPC S8 Lite is boasts 624MHz Marvell PXA300 processor and running on Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional OS. RoverPC S8 Lite concept phone should be available from 18 to 23 May 2010.

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Pantech Wireless said that the Pantech Link is available to AT&T users in stores and online immediately. Link is Pantech’s latest gadjet to AT&T’s portfolio of quick messaging phones (QMPs), a fast-growing category of handsets popular for full keyboards, advanced services and full browsers. By featuring the full keyboard under an ultra thin (under 10 mm) frame, and a suite of AT&T services including AT&T Social Net and the new AT&T Mobile Share, Pantech Link proves that it is the slimmest way to stay connected to your social life.

Pantech Link handset: Pantech Link’s specialty is messaging, and just like the name implies, its contemporary design is ideal for keeping people connected to the most important parts of their personal life. An extra-large LCD screen complements Pantech Link’s slim casing, and a full keyboard helps kick out messages in a snap – sending full texts, multimedia messages, email, and instant messages. Pantech Link brings you into contact with your online world at 3G speeds, allowing for profiles to be effortlessly updated with pictures and videos, and Web pages to be swiftly surfed. Black and blue accenting combines with a high gloss finish to make the most of its sleek shape.

Pantech Link features

• Ultra Thin Design – Measuring under 10mm, Link slides discreetly into the pocket of a favorite pair of jeans or summer button-down.

• Quick Access to Messages – A full QWERTY keyboard helps send a wide range of messages in seconds – stay in touch with friends via text, email, picture mail, video messages, email, and IMs.

• Easy Contact Management – AT&T Address Book is a service that allows users to manage and backup contacts via the Web at no additional cost.

• Web and Social Media @ 3G – Browse the Web at the speed of 3G, while using AT&T Mobile Share to view and upload photos to any number of social networking sites in one place.

• Music: Manage it – Use the onboard song equalizer to adjust the levels of music files, make and manage playlists using Napster and eMusic through AT&T Music.

• Video and Camera – An integrated 1.3MP CMoS camera incorporates a range of customizable resolutions and picture taking controls.

Pantech Link available via AT&T: Quick messaging phone users more frequently look to their mobile phone for advanced services and apps and Pantech Link has some of the best. AT&T Social Net can be used to quickly view and update online profiles with one hub. AT&T Mobile Share makes it easy to store, view, and share pictures and video. Whenever on the move, running errands or hanging with friends, AT&T Navigator is there to guide you with turn-by-turn directions.

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LG has just announced a brand new Android smartphone resently, the LG Optimus Q , that you can see pictured in this post. This mobile device features a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, a pretty large touchscreen and a customized user interface, courtesy of LG. LG Optimus Q should run Android 2.1, it’ll incorporate a large QWERTY keyboard and an unique navigation pad, with an elegant finish. This slider phone will debut in Korea near this month’s end, for a yet unknown price.

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The Yuhua X2 mobile device  is a smartphone that offers dual OS capability, letting you toss between Linux 2.6 as well as the Android operating systems. Of course this concept phone‘s hardware specifications are nothing much to shout about with 256MB ROM and 128MB RAM, which makes us wonder just how fast (or rather, slow) the performance would be like considering the complex and demanding nature of operating systems of today. Apart from that, you get a 3″ WQVGA touchscreen display at 260k colors, although the resolution of 240 x 400 pixels isn’t going to be a deal maker for anybody. Apart from that, you get a  DVB-T mobile TV support, 5-megapixel autofocus camera, GPS navigation capability and Wi-Fi connectivity . A 1,200 mAh battery doesn’t sound like much these days for a smartphone, as a 1,900 mAh battery with push email turned on all day long can barely last more than 24 hours. No gess on pricing still.

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The first GPS-oriented smartphone promised by Garmin is delayed again. After Q3 2008 and Q1 2009, we are now promised to see the Garmin-Asus Nuvifone G60 in the third quarter this year.The Nuvifone G60 packs a huge 3.55-inch touchscreen, a 3.2 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, but on top of all that – Garmin promise full-pack navigation suite with optimized touch-based interface. Unfortunately, the G60 doesn’t run a popular smartphone OS, but a proprietary Linux-based one. You may as well remember that not that long ago, Garmin and Asus announced a strategic partnership for making GPS-oriented mobile phones and they even announced their next device – the Nivifone M20 – this time based on Windows Mobile.

Garmin Asus Nuvifone G60 Specifications

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Samsung B7620 Giorgio Armani is no doubt a classical Smart phone with all the greatest features that Samsung can put into its mobile device. The Samsung Giorgio Armani is a nice looking device that sports a slide-and-tilt screen, which makes a new experience for the user while working. This new concept phone will run on Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, which can be upgradeable to Windows Mobile 6.5 and is powered by Samsung S3C6410 800MHz processor. This phone supports GPRS & EDGE technology, by which the users can experience high speed transfer rates while transferring data from the mobile phones or pc. The fashion gadget comes with a 3.5-inches AMOLED resistive touch screen, a 5 megapixel camera, HSPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, TV-out capabilities, DivX/XviD support, 8 gigs internal storage expandable via microSD card slot and a sliding full QWERTY keyboard. This slider phone is equipped with a work mode and a life mode which allows the user to access a variety of work based features using the work mode and a variety of personal or life features when using the Samsung B7620 Giorgio Armani in its life mode.

Samsung B7620 Specifications

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More powerful than any mobile communications device you’ve seen before, the HTC TyTN II takes global connectivity to the next level. Staying connected means staying ahead. The TyTN II smartphone supports the full spectrum of network standards, guaranteeing that you will stay in touch ANYWHERE in the world. With an internet connection via 3.5G HSDPA that is nine times faster than 3G, using the TyTN II to download files and surf the Web is a breeze. Communicating on the go is easier than ever with an innovative, ergonomic LCD design that positions the touch screen perfectly for reading and creating e-mails, using applications, or even just playing games. Important information is just a glance away with HTC Home™, which displays a big clock and provides live weather updates, access to a quick application launcher and one touch ring settings, easy photo dialing, and more. With a complete suite of Microsoft® Office Mobile applications, including Outlook® Mobile, Word Mobile, Excel® Mobile, and PowerPoint® Mobile, being out of the office doesn’t have to mean you’re out of the loop. Always ready for business – and pleasure – the HTC TyTN II makes sure you are too.

HTC TYTNII Specifications

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The HTC P4350 is a quad-band PDA slider phone that comes in a slim and compact package but gives you everything you need for a mobile phone. Armed with a full QWERTY keyboard that easily slides out, entering information has never been faster and easier. The large 2.8″ screen gives you enough room to read files and browse the Web comfortably. Windows Mobile 5.0 with Direct Push technology lets you get updates to your e-mail, tasks and contacts immediately. With GPRS/EDGE, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, you stay connected at any time, any place. Use the built-in 2.0 megapixel camera to take pictures and record video. Keep yourself entertained by playing back music and video using Windows Media Player. The HTC P4350 smartphone is your mobile office and entertainment center in one.

HTC P4350 Specifications

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The HTC Touch Pro™ brings together elegant touch screen response with the direct precision of keyboard entry… leaving out nothing to deliver a powerhouse   communication tool in a beautiful, compact design. The 2.8-inch VGA touch screen provides four times the resolution of most smart devices, making email, documents and web pages sharper and easier to work with than ever before. HTC’s rich, touch-responsive interface, TouchFLO™ 3D, provides a stunningly intuitive way to zip through common tasks like messaging, calendar checks or making calls. Delve a little deeper to find that playing media files, searching for contacts and surfing the web are also responsive to your touch. The web browser of this slider phone puts the full Internet in the palm of your hand. Websites look just like they do on a PC, and TouchFLO™ 3D makes it easy to pan around and zoom in on exactly the information you’re looking for. If you need a wide screen, simply tilt the Touch Pro sideways and the page switches to landscape view. Slide out the 5-row QWERTY keyboard to make light work of typing-intensive tasks like composing email or working on Microsoft Office® documents… perfect for when your day takes a serious turn. High speed connectivity will keep you in touch with colleagues and contacts wherever you are. Integrated GPS can be used with maps software for a full turn-by-turn satellite navigation experience. Built-in Wi-Fi and TV-out functionality* mean you can hook up to the local wireless hot spot to surf, then deliver the perfect PowerPoint® presentation without a laptop in sight. A beautiful angle on business, the HTC Touch Pro smartphone introduces effortless presence to enterprise-standard communications.

HTC TOUCH PRO Specifications

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The HTC P3350 is slim and compact. The HTC P3350 phone, which runs on Windows mobile operating system, has data connectivity features such as GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth v20 and Wi fi.  HTC hopes that the HTC P3350  would be a huge hit in India, considering its music features.

The HTC P3350 slider phone combines and supports data capabilities along with a platform to provide and support music and entertainment experience for users while on the move.

Another attractive feature of the phone is its 360-degree scroll wheel and 8-way touch pointer, which is a new innovative interface design. Read the rest of this entry »

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The upcoming Samsung i5801 mobile device, which is rumoured to possibly be the Samsung Galaxy 3 has somehow made its way into the mitts of Howard Chui who has given the smartphones some hands-on love and recorded the process on video.

We have recently come across a new Samsung phone which is currently under development, this smartphone  is marked the i5800/i5801 and could perhaps be the Samsung Galaxy 3.

It is hard to say how far away this cell phone is, its hardware specifications are pretty impressive, also what is pretty impressive is that it appears to run Android 2.1 Eclair.

Full specifications are not yet known, however we can pretty much guarantee that it will feature a microSD memory card slot, offer WiFi and 3G connectivity and feature a 3.5mm headset jack, rumors are also suggesting that the display will be an AMOLED HVGA touchscreen panel, however this is currently unconfirmed.

As we hear more about this smartphone we will keep you posted

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Google is working with Verizon to launch a Google tablet, according to the Wall Street Journal. News site Bloomberg confirms, and also says the device will be based on Google’s Android operating system. We already have an idea what a Chrome OS tablet might look like (see video above), and as TechCrunch points out, it’s reasonable to think some of the same ideas could make their way to an Android-based Google Tablet. Google consumers eager to jump to a tablet world who aren’t so keen on the iPad should be excited to see how this pans out.

That rumored Android tablet form Google has been recently confirmed by Verizon’s CEO Lowell McAdam, who said the largest North America carrier is already working with Google to bring the tablet to its network. More exactly, Verizon’s CEO declared to The Wall Street Journal that the company is “looking at all the things Google has in its archives that we could put on a tablet to make it a great experience.” He didn’t disclose further details, like the features, launch date, or the price of the upcoming tablet. Anyway, all this makes perfect sense: AT&T has the iPhone and the iPad, while Verizon gets high-end Android smartphones (like the HTC Incredible) and Android tablets. Lowell McAdam agreed that “Verizon has been handicapped by its CDMA network technology” and that’s why it has some catching up to do when it comes to non-phone devices (like tablets and Amazon’s Kindle – which is available through AT&T).Apple has already proved that a tablet can be quite successful (it already sold 1 million iPads), so both Google and Verizon are probably confident that their tablet won’t be a flop.

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What we are looking at here is not an iPhone, but a Chinese cellular phone known as the Shanshui P72. Believe it or not, it runs on Windows XP.

A true iPhone KIRF running Windows XP may still be the stuff of dreams — crazy, fevered dreams — but it looks like we now have the next best thing: the iPhone-ish Shanshui P72. Boasting a 7-inch WVGA screen, this MID-sized device packs a 1.2GHz VIA C7-M processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB or 32GB of storage, WiFi and 3G connectivity, built-in GPS, and no less than three USB ports, which will let you attach a keyboard and mouse for an authentic Windows XP experience. Sadly, there’s no indication of pricing or availability, but you can check it out in action in the video after the break, and get an extensive look at the device at the source link below

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