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Phone Review: Nokia 6600 Fold

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

The 6600 Fold makes no bones about the fact it’s selling itself primarily on looks rather than stacks of high-end technology. Its regular clamshell design is spruced up by the use of bold colours (two-tone purple and pink or a shiny black for the more conservative) and a botox-smooth mirror finish, complete with hidden screen for added exclusivity.

Basic spec. It’s a 3G handset with standard issue Nokia Series 40 software onboard, including music and video players and a decent sprinkling of web-based applications and organiser functionality. It’s also equipped with a 2-megapixel camera, plus a secondary video call camera beneath the flip. But the 6600 Fold also has incorporated some stand-out design features to grab attention.

Sleek design. Tap the mirrored front twice, for instance, and an external display consisting of a clock (analogue or digital – your choice) along with any missed calls or received messages glows through alluringly. It also serves as a way to mute incoming calls or reject them altogether. Furthering the 6600 Fold’s design credentials, a side button activates an electromagnetic flip so there’s no need to break a nail opening the handset. It’s not exactly new technology, but there’s still something satisfying about it nonetheless. The action is smooth enough, but you get the feeling that it’s not built to last and we regularly got the message “Open fold manually” appearing through the opaque glazed front. Another area of concenrn is the back panel. Achieving a seamless look has its drawbacks, one of which being there’s no discernable way to remove the back so you tend to resort to brute force.

Generous keypad. Open up the handset and it’s a far more standard, conventional clamshell affair. But if it ain’t broke don’t fix it, because the large buttons and generously spaced keypad are a delight to use. Our only criticism would be that the central select button of the D-pad could be a bit bigger – but being a bright metallic purple on our review sample it stands out like an embedded jewel, so is not that easy to miss. The 2.13-inch QVGA screen is similarly eye-catching, with its 16-million colours and OLED technology making for excellent menu legibility. Like most Nokias, the menu itself comes with a choice of views depending on whether you prefer the grid or list layout, as well as the quick-access Active Standby option.

Back to basics. A standard Series 40 interface means the 6600 Fold isn’t graced by the presence of an extensive high-end feature-set – there’s no Wi-Fi or GPS recever, for instance – but getting around the decent standard set of features is nice and speedy. Among the familiar mid-tier menu options ia Nokia’s Maps app, which allows you to find your location by postcode, search for addresses and services, and get route information. But with no built-in GPS it isn’t capable of integrated satellite navigation. Opera Mini is another pre-installed app we’re getting used to on Nokia Series 40 phones, and is likely to be welcomed by fans of mobile web surfing. The browser reduces the size of web pages making them faster to load, and combined with 3G makes the whole process more bearable. It’s no HSDPA, but still quick enough to avoid a frustration-induced meltdown.

Disappointing photos. Multimedia features are rather sparse, with a basic 2-megapixel camera putting in a disappointing showing. Photos are grainy and colours muted, with the added problem of the lens being too close to your supporting finger – which often makes a guest appearance as a result. There’s also no dedicated shutter button. An 8x digital zoom and double LED flash make the specs sound more healthy, but the overall effect is unchanged. The poor quality of the camera is particularly frustrating given Nokia has pre-installed a Flickr app to make uploading images to the site quick and easy. But this handset simply isn’t geared towards imaging, and video fares similarly badly.

Impressive music player. Music is a different story, and Nokia’s adeptness in this field shines through with a decent player and FM radio including RDS. Good all-round functionality is enhanced by comprehensive format compatibility, including MP3, MIDI, AAC, AAC+ and WMA. There’s also a graphic equaliser to tinker with the bass and treble, a stereo expansion feature and A2DP support for Bluetooth stereo headsets. Nokia includes as standard a 512MB MicroSD card, as the 15MB of built-in memory won’t get you far. Naturally, higher capacity cards (up to 4GB) can be slotted in.

Reliable performance. Nokia is a pretty safe banker – even in the current rather chilly economic climate – when it comes to phone performance. Yes, the 6600 Fold may not be bursting at the seams with high-end features, but what it does it does well and ultimately what’s more important? Call quality is great tonally – if occasionally on the quiet side – and gaining a decent 3G signal was never a problem during our time with the phone. Messaging options are plentiful and well laid out, with an email client, Yahoo Instant Messenger, Voice messages and Video messages all on offer. If it’s an eye-catching, reliable handset you’re after and you don’t care about the latest business apps and high-spec functionality, the 6600 Fold is definitely one to add to the list. It’ll get you noticed and won’t let you down when you need it. Job done.

Looks: 8/10
Ease of use: 9/10
Features: 6/10
Call quality: 9/10
Value: 7/10

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Phone Review: Samsung F400

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

After all the hype surrounding the groovily-monikered likes of Samsung’s Soul and Tocco, it’s almost a relief to get back to a more modestly-titled, almost demure little music phone like the Samsung F400. It’s dressed in more restrained fashion than some of those touchy-feely would-be superphones, with a plain if glossy black front surrounded by silver on the sides. Despite the fact that it’s quite thick at 18mm, it feels lighter than it looks.

Around the sides are volume buttons, a power input that doubles as headphone socket, dedicated buttons for quick access to music and camera, plus a MicroSD card slot – essential for allowing you to boost the paltry 20MB of onboard memory to a maximum of 8GB with an optional memory card.

Pop-up speaker. The screen is a decent, if not extravagantly sized, 2.2in (320×240 pixels) with 262,000 colours which looks rather lovely, though not in bright sunlight, thanks to its glossy plastic covering. The slide is a smooth one, and opens perhaps just a little too easily to feel confident in its ability to stay closed in the pocket. The keypad it reveals however is well spaced with nicely responsive buttons – just like a good keypad should be, in other words.

But that slide also feels a little weird. As it closes, there’s a little bit more give than you would normally get. And sure enough, if you push it the other way, you’re rewarded with the F400’s main innovation – the pop-up speaker! This little noise-pumper from hi-fi specialists Bang & Olufsen is designed specifically for use in portable devices, using its ICEpower audio technology.

Music player frustrations. There is actually a brace of stereo speakers hidden behind the grille, and they’re really not bad, so long as you’re not expecting the kind of hi-fi results that Bang & Olufsen can deliver with its conventional range. There’s not a great deal of bass of course, but more than you might expect, and it’s delivered in clear and unfuzzy fashion, even when turned up loud – very unusual in mobile music land. It’s not exactly a party starter, but as a soundtrack to a one-to-one chat or to show off your latest download, it’s really pretty good.

Unfortunately, good as the built-in loudspeaker might be, there are a few niggles with the F400’s music system in general. Switching between speaker and headphones for instance takes you away from the track you’re playing so you have to find it and cue it up again – why?

The dedicated music button on the side takes you to the last track played, but to access the other music controls you’ll need to go through several menus, which makes the experience less than smooth. There is however a numerical equivalent for each of the menu options, so you can find your way around using the keypad rather than relying on the scroll-wheel D-pad (though you unaccountably lose this option in loudspeaker mode).

Quality headphones. After getting frustrated with these minor irritations, it’s a relief to note that the headphones are better than most. They come with a set of three rubberised gromits to ensure a snug fit, whatever size your ears are, and they offer a broad dynamic range and a beefy low end. If you’re still not satisfied however, Samsung has had the good sense to include a 3.5mm jack plug disguised by a flap on the top of the handset. Or you could take advantage of the stereo Bluetooth link to use a wireless pair.

The headphones are essential for the FM radio incidentally, though you can also play it through the loudspeaker. Reception sounded good and if you find a track that you like but don’t know the name of, there’s a Shazam-style track ID service via the phone’s HSDPA 3G internet connection.

Handy camera. There’s a 3 megapixel camera onboard that offers some perfectly decent snaps. We liked the fact that the shutter button on the side gets you into camera mode quickly, in a little over two seconds, which makes it great for those blink-and-you-miss-it moments. The D-pad offers four shortcuts in camera mode so you have quick access to flash, brightness, ten-second timer and a toggle for on-screen icons.

Usefully, if you use the camera with the keypad out, there are also numerical equivalents for each of the menu options, which include some interesting editing options, including adding blur or tone effects to all or just part of a picture. Video, as is often the case with cameraphones, is nowhere near the still pictures’ quality, offering just QVGA (320×240 pixels) resolution, which even looks a bit rubbish on YouTube. Battery life didn’t leave us disappointed but then again we weren’t overly impressed by the three days of average use we got out of it.


Overall, we were pleasantly surprised by the Samsung F400. It’s not much to look at, but it does sound good (despite our irritation with the music player’s peculiarities), the 3 megapixel camera offers a little more than is strictly necessary and it’s got a fast 3.6Mbps 3G internet connection too – a classic case of a modest mobile phone talent.

Looks: 3.5/5
Ease of use: 3.5/5
Features: 3.5/5
Call quality: 4/5
Value: 4/5

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Phone Review: Samsung i8510

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

Raising the bar for cameraphone quality is one thing, but Samsung’s 8-megapixel camera-packing i8510 also combines high-grade imaging work with a top-table set of features that put it firmly among the best in class. The Samsung i8510 is the most ably equipped Samsung phone we’ve yet seen. It doesn’t do touchscreen control, but it has a rollcall of high-end functionality that ticks off many of the latest must-have features.

Multimedia phone. Like Nokia’s Nseries lineup, this is a powerfully-built Symbian S60 smartphone. It’s an HSDPA-enabled 3G handset, offering mobile data rates of up to 7.2Mbps, and complements this high-speed mobile connectivity with Wi-Fi support. Satellite navigation is facilitated by A-GPS (Assisted Global Positioning System) technology inside. Its extensive multimedia facilities – including music and video player – are backed up by large onboard storage capacity too; the phone comes in both 8GB and 16GB versions, while high capacity MicroSDHC cards up to 16GB can be used in the handset. Samsung also makes use of the S60’s smartphone flexibility by stuffing in a decent selection of additional web-based applications, including a package of Google features including Google Maps, a Fring VoIP and IM client, plus content sharing and social networking apps like Shozu and GyPSii.

Chunky design. On top of its S60 smartphone functionality, the Samsung i8510 gives a design nod to the N95 8GB, with similarly chunky bodywork and a larger than average screen. The phone’s 2.8inch QVGA (240×320 pixels) 16 million-colour display provides good screen real estate for inspecting images, viewing video and browsing the web. It has a motion sensor built in, automatically tilting the display between portrait and landscape as the phone’s orientation is switched. The casing measures a stocky 106.5(h) x 53.9(w) x 17.2(d)mm, and it weighs a substantial 136g – it’s no slimline phone, but does have a great build quality about it.

Intuitive interface. Samsung’s implementation of the S60 user interface differs slightly from the Nokia set-up on the home screen, but it soon falls into line as you enter the menu structure; Nokia Nseries phone users will soon feel familiar playing with this device. The i8510’s home screen has a column of function icons (shortcuts, calendar, music player, FM radio and personalisation option) ranged down the left side, and as you scroll down further sub-menu options appear in the main part of the screen. The shortcuts menu provides fast-tracking into a list of key useful functions. Although the i8510 has a powerful set of features, its handy to have these so easy to access. Tap into any of these, or press the main menu buttons, and you’re taken into a conventional Symbian phone environment of extensive menus with multiple options.

Touch sensitive trackpad. The control panel under the display is based around a navigation D-pad, with twin softkeys, call and end buttons, plus chrome main menu and gallery keys. Although this is mostly standard S60 stuff, the central navigation select button also doubles up as touch sensitive trackpad. This enables you to swiftly scroll through menu lists and across web pages using fingertip control. It’s a neat idea, and works well in places. It takes a bit of getting used to, but can be useful for some apps like the browser. Whether you’ll want to use it much or switch it off will depend on individual preference. Some users might find it too sensitive (although this is adjustable), and it’s possible to accidentally flip the cursor and select something you didn’t mean too. But we’d recommend giving it a good try before deciding whether it works for you.

Powerful camera. The camera is certain to be the key feature for many potential i8510 buyers. The 8-megapixel shooter’s lens is protected by an automatic internal sliding cover that flips open or shut when the camera’s active. A switch on the side slides between camera, video or playback mode – a user-friendly standalone camera-like touch – and there’s a typical camera button in place. The camera-like back panel of the phone sports a dual-LED flash rather than a more powerful and precise xenon option, so low-light shooting isn’t the finest possible quality. Samsung doesn’t go for the big-name lens-maker endorsements, or include a optical zoom like its camera-centric G800. Nonetheless, the i8510 is capable of producing top quality pictures with stunning levels of detail and excellent colour rendition.

Impressive video playback. The 8-megapixel image sensor should enable you to print high quality images well above standard photo print sizes, should you wish to, but even on a PC screen you’ll notice the fine level of detail you can get with this camera. We found the overall imaging performance among the best we’ve yet seen from a cameraphone. Moving images are dealt with pretty well too, shooting at maximum VGA (640×480 pixels) resolution, plus the option to shoot at 120 frames per second so images can be played back in smooth slow motion. Both still images and video can be uploaded to a wide range of popular websites, blogs and content sharing services – including YouTube, Facebook, Flickr and many more – thanks to the Shozu application that’s preloaded. Video playback is enhanced by DivX video support, and full screen video playback using the RealPlayer app on the 2.8-inch panel is impressive. You can, of course, copy over video files as well as music to this phone from a PC, as well as downloading or streaming clips over the air (using HSDPA or Wi-Fi). Video calling is also supported – there’s a secondary camera for face-to-face calls sitting just above the display.

Help from Google Maps. A-GPS is another welcome bit of technology crammed in to the i8510. Although it does have Route 66 Sat Nav software pre-loaded, it’s not set up for out of the box satellite navigation – you first have to activate the package by subscribing to the service. You can use the useful Google Maps app to get spot-on positioning, route-planning, satellite views plus location-based searching for services points of interest and addresses. We found that the A-GPS didn’t establish positioning with satellites quite as quickly as on the latest Nokia Sat Nav-enabled phones we’ve tested, but once it got a fix it held on solidly enough. The A-GPS technology can be used with additional applications. Photos can be ‘geotagged’ with positioning metadata, so you can view where they were taken on an onscreen map, while the pre-loaded GyPSii social networking app can incorporate location data into real time friend-finding, geotagged image swapping, and so on. Web-based applications are well catered for, thanks to Wi-Fi and high-speed HSDPA mobile data connectivity. The S60 browser used here puts in a good performance, rendering pages quickly and efficiently, with a variety of page views and pan and zoom options. It’s similar to a Nokia Nseries browser, and supports Flash for a more convincing web experience. Web feeds can also be stored, while the phone’s trackpad control makes scanning through pages quick and mouse-like. In addition to uploading and social networking services like Shozu and GyPSii, the i8510 has a good selection of other web-based apps onboard. A Google folder inclues Google Mail and Search apps to go with Google Maps, while the Yahoo! Go mobile application is pre-loaded – bringing together a number of services, from email to news updates and location services to weather reports, in one application as a kind of alternative widget-alike home page. The pre-loaded Fring application enables cheap VoIP internet voice calling and instant messaging over a range of popular services, using Wi-Fi or mobile data connections. Samsung’s been generous with its spread of pre-loaded third-party applications, and as the i8510 is an S60 smartphone users can easily add more to customise it. Samsung has also included push email, plus a plentiful supply of regular organiser applications – including calendar, notes, convertor, clock functions, calculator and dictionary. Adobe PDF and Quickoffice document viewers are included too, although editing documents requires an optional software upgrade. A couple of decent 3D Java games are included too – FIFA 08 and the Asphalt 3 Street Rules motor racing game.

Performance. Not forgetting that voice calling is still an important feature of any multimedia-driven mobile device, the i8510 checks in with a top class performance. Calls are clear, with high quality audio delivery. Battery performance though is obviously going to be issue with any handset boasting so much high-end gadgetry. It’s difficult to judge exactly how well it will perform for you, as individual usage will vary so much, depending on how much the more power-hungry features (like GPS, Wi-Fi, video playback and so on) are used. Simply, the more juice-sapping features you use, the more often you’ll have to charge it. We found ourselves charging the phone every couple of days with our normal usage, but we occasionally had to charge daily if we used certain features heavily. Samsung estimates that the i8510 can provide talktime of up to 5 hours in 3G coverage or 8.5 hours on other mobile networks, while it can run on standby for up to 330 hours.

Summary. It’s not just the 8-megapixel camera that’s impressive on this device – Samsung has put together a smartphone that’s packed with functionality and is well geared up take on Nokia’s current crop of Nseries handsets. With stacks of internal storage, a great set of features and a top-class performance, this is the finest mobile phone we’ve yet seen from Samsung. Highly recommended.

Looks: 4/5
Ease of use: 4/5
Features: 5/5
Call quality: 5/5
Value: 4/5

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Shopping Point on the Mobile Phones

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

In a world of uncertainty, RFID technology is one of the safest bets to succeed that there is, with news of new deployments coming along almost every day.

The latest RFID scheme with success seemingly nailed on is a trial in Japan that allows shoppers to combine multiple shopping point cards into a single chip in their mobile phones.

The Gyazapo pilot is being run by NTT Communications, a firm with obvious links to NTT DoCoMo, Japan’s largest mobile network.

Participants in the trial, which will run in the first half of next year, use a Gyazapo terminal to first register their various plastic reward cards, then to transfer the data securely to their RFID-equipped phones.

Downloaded software called Key Shuttle then manages the points within the phone, keeping each set separate and available for use or updating when visiting the appropriate store in future.

Aside from being incredibly convenient for users, Gyazapo also promises to save on the tons of plastic that go into making reward cards every year.

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Samsung U800: Review

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

It carries off much of the design and style of the company’s Soul U900 sliderphone, but the Samsung U800 isn’t simply the Soul squeezed into a candybar format.

This elegantly crafted handset may have the brushed metal look and rounded edges of the touchpad-operated U900, but the U800 doesn’t quite match up to its Soul mate when it comes to pure functionality.

Whereas the Soul debuted Samsung’s Magical Touch context-changing touch-sensitive navigation pad control, the U800 steers clear of touch operation, relying on a conventional set of buttonry. It has a solid 3-megapixel camera with LED flash rather than the more elaborate 5-megapixel shooter on the Soul.

Speedy browsing
Still, the understated U800 is aimed more at users after a refined-looking and effective mid tier handset than a do-everything, bleeding-edge phone.

The U800 has high-speed HSDPA 3G capability onboard (offering download data rates of up to 3.6Mbps), and supports full web browsing as well as fast downloading and streaming of video and audio content. Video calling is also present, thanks to a secondary low-res camera above the display.

The U800’s mid-tier features list ticks the usual boxes, with music and video players onboard. There’s decent room for tunes, with 1GB of onboard memory, plus MicroSD memory card support for cards up to 8GB – giving scope for using this phone as a MP3 player substitute.

Comfortable handset
What gives the U800 real eye-grabbing appeal though is its sleek good looks. This Soul-alike nods to its Samsung Ultra series lineage with super slim bodywork – it’s a shade under 10mm thin, measuring 111(h) x 46(w) x 9.9(d)mm.

For its size, at 92g it feels substantial enough,and well-balanced thanks to the weightier than average metal casing and rubber-feel trim. With curvy edges and a smooth, almost-flush keypad, it certainly feels good to hold and pocket.

Soul design touches are evident in the smart brushed metal fascia and numberpad design. It’s responsive enough for quick texting, while the conventionally arranged navigation D-pad, softkeys and control buttons are efficiently designed and easy to use. In general day-to-day use, the U800 is a comfortable to handle handset, with no tricksy stuff to get in the way of functional operation.

Size-wise, its display is more average; it’s a 2-inch QVGA 16-million-colour screen, but it’s bright and clear, if not as large as we’d prefer for media viewing.

Simple music player
Unlike the Soul, the U800 doesn’t go for novel features to grab attention. It delivers a straight, solid run-down of standard 3G mid-tier phone functionality.

The music player is a straightforward, simple to operate application that delivers a reasonable if uninspiring audio experience. Bang & Olufsen ICEpower audio technology is built in, but the advantage isn’t immediately noticeable as the earphones supplied are average quality.

Thankfully, the 2-piece headset does have a standard 3.5mm headphone adaptor socket mid-line, so you can plug in your own better quality headphones if you want to improve sound performance.

The player’s music can be synced with Windows Mobile 11 on a PC, or tracks copied over using Samsung PC Studio software and supplied USB cable. Drag-and-drop with the phone in mass storage mode, and Bluetooth wireless transfer are other options.

Of course, you can also get tracks over the air via the phone’s zippy data connectivity – it takes just a few seconds to download full tracks or videos from network portals.

The built-in FM radio offers another option for free music listening.

Nifty camera
The U800’s camera isn’t one of Samsung’s top-line shooters – it’s a 3-megapixel snapper without any autofocus system, so it’s limited in its shooting capabilities. Within these limits if does a decent enough job, with acceptable levels of detail and colour reproduction in good lighting conditions.

The auto metering system works well too. You can get some pleasant snaps from the camera, and there’ a regular set of effects and shooting options, plus a Shozu online image upload application.

You can upload video clips you’ve taken too, though video shooting quality isn’t up to much. Footage is captured at 176×144 pixels resolution and is typically low quality mobile stuff.

Web browsing options
Online facilities include a NetFront full web browser, which provides quick connections to websites.

The experience is a typical mid-tier mobile one, doing a functional job in rendering pages, giving several viewing options for optimising pages for the display, but without the élan of more sophisticated smartphone devices.

RSS feeds are supported for regular updates from your favourite websites and blogs. Naturally for a mid-tier phone, email is supported, with a document viewer for attachments (or other files copied to the phone).

Organiser tools include the usual rundown of handy apps: voice recorder, calendar, memo, tasks, convertor, world clock, alarms, calculator, timer and stopwatch, plus three unexceptional Java games.

Classy handset
While the Samsung U800 probably isn’t the handset to go for if you’re looking for exciting, cutting edge features, it does have the requisite multimedia gadgetry you’d expect from a good quality mid-tier 3G handset. It’s a reliable phone, too, for making and taking calls, delivering dependably clear sound quality.

Battery life was pleasing in our tests. Samsung’s best-case figures estimate standby time at 290 hours (3G coverage) or 320 hours (on GSM networks), while talktime is quoted at 3.5 hours (3G) or 6 hours (GSM). With our average levels of real-life usage, we managed 3 to 4 days between charges, which is better than many multi-tasking 3G handsets.

But more so than the decent set of features, or its reliable performance, the Samsung U800’s attractive slimline looks are likely to grab the attention of mobile buyers searching for an understated, classy-looking mobile phone.

Network availability: T-Mobile, O2, Orange

Looks: 4/5
Ease of use: 4/5
Features: 3.5/5
Call quality: 4.5/5
Value: 4/5

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High-Fashion Music Phone – Night Effect

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Samsung Electronics and Emporio Armani unveiled their high-fashion music phone Night Effect -model: M7500.

Samsung and Giorgio Armani have come together to develop the mobile device that provides both elegant design and cutting edge technology.

Featuring AMOLED display and blue LED light, this bar-type handset supports various music files such as MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA, FM radio, Bluetooth  2.0 and more.

The Night Effect is expected to be available in Europe market from November. No words on pricing yet.

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The Qrobo-iPhone – World’s First Mobile Visual Search

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Semantic-web search company Semantics,  announced the release of the Qrobo-iPhone version on September .

The Qrobo-iPhone version is an exclusive service to iPhone owners. The Qrobo service has been optimized for the iPhone, according to the demands of netizens and web traders interested in having access to the world’s first public semantic-web search service.

Mobile products like the iPhone have less specifications and smaller screens compared with the standard PC, so existing full-browsing services tend to have a slower performance. With these mobile phone obstacles in mind, the Qrobo-iPhone version was designed with a simple site interface that guarantees a better visual convenience than other existing mobile browser services.

The Qrobo-iPhone version also provides the world’s first mobile visual search service. Ordinary browser searches only show web page subject lines and related text, but Qrobo’s visual search mode allows you to see the entire web page at a glance without having to click on it. All of the search results are shown in an easy-to-navigate visual scroll, allowing for the web user to make quicker choices in a web search.

Qrobo is the only search engine in the Asian market to have successfully created a visual search service. The Qrobo semantic-web search technology is at the highest end of the IT and search engine markets, with just a few companies in the world able to boast to have cultivated a similar semantic-web technology.

The version can be used not only on the iPhone, but on the iPod touch as well. Though the current version has so far been introduced to Korea first, Semantics Inc. is planning to open this service for Japanese users by the end of this month. In Japan more than 200,000 people are using the iPhone but there is no web-search service available to them, so the release of the Qrobo-iPhone version will bring a much needed service for users of these mobile devices.

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MOTOJEWEL Clamshell Phone in UK

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Motorola has just announced the MOTOJEWEL clamshell phone in UK, targetting at ladies who love fashion with its 3D crystal-cut design and mirror finish. The MOTOJEWEL comes complete with a must-have mini clutch designed to hold all the essentials for the perfect girls’ night out: a MOTOJEWEL, credit card and lipstick.

The MOTOJEWEL comes with the following features one-touch access to music library and pauses music as calls come through, Microsoft Windows Media Player aplication, 2.0 megapixel, CrystalTalk technology for better call clarity , Stereo Bluetooth wireless and others.
The MOTOJEWEL is available exclusively at Carphone Warehouse for a limited period from November 2008.

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Next-Generation Business Phone In England

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Touted for its ability to bridgework floating commerce finished the receptacle of metropolis music, Formosa consumer electronics consort High Tech Computer Corporation(HTC) is offering up its new Touch  Pro phone, a hybrid line sound bolstered by the ingathering of easygoing, reciprocal, and writer fun-based mortal elements.

From a strictly commercialism predetermine, the Touch Pro includes TouchFLO 3D technology, HTC’s latest touch-sensitive program premeditated to enable on-the-go professionals to whiz through unremarkable business tasks such as messaging, calendar appointments and business calls with rightful one impinging. TouchPro is for those customers that condition the quality of use and enjoyment of TouchFLO 3D and need the styling of the Touch Diamond but also need the effectual motorized sector live that HTC delivers.

HTC began to outlet its next-generation business phone TouchPro in England ready for £515.

HTC has confiscated a large shift fore in alter obturate creativeness with its 3D jot interface titled TouchFLO 3D. TouchFLO 3D provides a stunningly intuitive way to zip finished vulgar tasks similar messaging, calendar appointments or making calls with upright one suggestion.

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Toshiba New Device 32GB NAND

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Toshiba undraped their new 32GB NAND for PMPs, cellphones, and otherwise devices where tremendous hardware is requisite.

The new winkle storage features 8 4GB NAND display chips built with 43-nanometer appendage technology. The Asiatic producer expressed they give vantage producing the new approach this egress.

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