Looking at the current crop of new Windows Mobile phone, I dare say that the Samsung Omnia II aka Samsung Omnia 2 aka Samsug i8000 is the best around. It has what every Windows Mobile fans want these days. You will be stunned by its AMOLED display, high-performance graphics that allows for fast gaming and fluid video playback and a very solid construction.
Watch the video and judge for yourself how good it is.
The following specs are from Samsung and should be the actual specs of the Omnia2 :
- Network: HSDPA 7.2 Mbps / HSUPA 5.76Mbps
EDGE/GPRS 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900MHz
UMTS 900 / 1900 / 2100MHz
- Display: 65K WVGA AMOLED Display (3.7”, 480 x 800)
- Advanced R-type Touch Screen
- OS: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional (updatable 6.5) [OFFICIALLY UPDATEABLE TO 6.5! Samsung says so!!!]
- Camera: 5 Megapixel CMOS / Auto-Focus / Dual Power LED
- Face Detection / Smile Shot
- Mobile Blogging / Geo Tagging / Photo Editor
- Audio: Audio Format Support (MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA)
- WMDRM, OMA DRM 2.1 / Find Music (Music Recognition)
- Bluetooth Stereo Headset (A2DP)
- FM Radio with RDS / 3.5 earjack
- Video: Video Format Support (DivX, XviD, H.263, H.264, WMV9, MPEG4)
- Video Recording & Playing (30fps@ D1(720×480)
- Video Editing (Trim video, Audio dubbing, Live dubbing, Add subtitle)
Features:
- A-GPS with Navigation (3D Map) / LBS
- TouchWiz 2.0 UI with Mobile Widget / 3D Media Gate
- Multi-task manager / 3D Interactive Games
- Bluetooth v 2.0 / USB 2.0 / Wi-Fi
- memory: Internal Memory : 2GB/8GB/16GB
- External Memory : microSDHC (up to 32GB)
- size: 118 x 60 x 11.9 mm
- Battery:
- Talk time : Up to 10 hours (3G)
- Standby time : Up to 430 hours (3G)
The Toshiba’s TG01 is set for a July 9th launch in London. Everyone is excited as this is the world’s first and only Snapdragon phone and it comes with a 9.9-mm slate running Windows Mobile on a 4.1″ 800 x 480 pixel display.
I love gadgets and had always been fascinated with James Bond 007 gadgets. One of the gadgets was the minature Minolta Spy camera but it is big by today standards when you compare with the THANKO SPY BUTTON CAMERA. I believe the Thanko is the best spy camera available today.
The camera comes with a wireless ring controller which turn on/off the camera, start/stop video recording and capture images. And the button is so real you can actually use it on your shirt. Video capture is at 640×480 (15fps) or 1280×1024 still images. It has built-in 4GB memory.
Information-in-brief:
- Model Thanko Spy Button Camera Pinhole
- Camera Pinhole Lens
- Image Resolution 1280 x 1024 pixel
- Video Resolution 640 x 480 pixel
- FPS 15 frame per second
- Memory Built-in 4GB Memory
- Battery Rechargeable Li-ion
- Other Color Video and Audio
- Price is about US$69.00
So the HTC Touch Pro2 is released today. No special launch for such a good product, I wonder why! Maybe names matter for launches. You have to either shine like a DIAMOND or show off some MAGIC to be priviledged enough to have a formal launch. If you ask me, the HTC Touch Pro2 should have a formal launch as it is a strong contender against the NOKIA N97 or the new iPHONE 3G S. Anyway what is done cannot be undone.
Designed for business professionals, the HTC Touch Pro2 is architected with distinct style and strength while delivering the most powerful productivity experience available on a mobile phone. Leveraging HTC’s TouchFLO 3D, people-centric communication and Push Internet technology, the Touch Pro2 features a high-resolution 3.6-inch widescreen VGA display for an expanded viewing area and large finger-friendly QWERTY keyboard. With improved battery life, expandable memory, a touch-sensitive zoom bar as well as gravity, proximity and ambient light sensors, the Touch Pro2 is optimized for touch as well as heavy email use.
The new HTC Touch Pro2 leverages voice in a new way to create one of the most sophisticated communication experiences found on a mobile phone. HTC’s new Straight Talk technology delivers an integrated email, voice and speakerphone experience. Users can transition seamlessly from email to single or multi-party conference calls* and turn any location into a conference room. Nothing ruins a conference call faster than not being able to hear what is said, or make yourself heard. The HTC Touch Pro2, featuring Straight Talk™ technology, puts crystal-clear sound quality and voice reception at the core of its design. In fact, it is a palm-size professional conference phone with a loudspeaker and dedicated noise-cancelling microphone that delivers superior quality conference calls. Before today, the simple task of multi-party calling required the nimblest of maneuvering around your phone menus. Now, HTC Touch Pro2 introduces a new worry-free interface that makes multi-party calling as easy as tapping on your contacts.
That’s not all, even if you are traveling and need to join a conference bridge back in the home office … the Touch Pro2 will ensure that you connect without delay. Appointment reminders will conveniently cue up the phone number and PIN, ready for you to press … you won’t miss out on the latest strategy changes back in the HQ.
Wow! Such features are what I am looking forward to. Actually I was more keen for the HTC Touch Pro2 than the Touch Diamond2 because the Touch Pro2 is equipped with a spacious keyboard that makes it a breeze to get your message out.
The new HTC Touch Pro2 is now available at all authorized resellers at a suggested retail price of RM3,199 respectively
Let me play with the Touch Pro2 for a while and I promised you a MobileHornet-style review of the device in the coming weeks.
Watch out for the coming Toshiba TG01.
The Toshiba TG01 comes with a big 4.1 inch display (10.4 cm), and the 1 GHz processor of the device is the most powerful processor currently available in all smartphones. Toshiba based the development of the display on the company’s personal experience in LCD TV so you can expect pin sharp pictures in brilliant colours. And one of the special features on this Windows Mobile device is that it can be controlled by gestures. Users, for example, answer calls by easily shaking the mobile phone. And, you can easily navigate between open applications by tilting the phone to the right or the left.
With the just-launched iPhone 3G S, every other manufacturer are trying to up their specs to compete with the ever popular iPhone. Samsung is releasing their OMNIA successor, the OMNIA II aka GT-18000 .
Samsung’s Omnia II is expected to feature the following (watch out for confirmed specs later) :
- 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen with resistive touch,
- Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
- Samsung’s TouchWiz 2.0 UI,
- Ability to playback and record 480p video,
- 8.1 megapixel camera with dual-LEDs and VGA video recording,
- 1500mAh battery,
- HSDPA connectivity,
- 7.2Mbps HSDPA,
- Wi-Fi
- Up to 48GB of storage.
The above image is an idea of how the TOUCH HD will look like.
The new HTC Firestone is similar to the Whitestone. The Firestone is said to have an 8-megapixel camera, a resolution that rivals the forthcoming and still rumored Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2. The device seems to have a multimedia focus as it supports a 3.5 mm headphone jack.
Here are the specs :
- Phone: GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS900, UMTS2100.
- GSM and HSDPA connectivity.
- Windows Mobile 6.5.
- Screen 3.6 inch WVGA touchscreen display transflective TFT, 65536 scales.
- CPU: speed 600Mhz Qualcomm 8250 processor.
- Memory: 256MB RAM and 512 MB ROM.
- Slot: Micro SD.
- Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR.
- Wireless LAN: 802.11b, 802.11g.
- AGPS.
- G Sensor.
- Headphones: 3.5mm.
- Main Camera: 8 million pixels
- Available in August 2009
We are hours away to the iPhone 3G S launch as lines are form in New York and Tokyo. As expected, the hype never simmer down for any iPhone launch and the huge crowd that are forming lines outside Apple’s flagship store on 5th Avenue in New York and Tokyo to be the first to get their hands on iPhone 3G S are proofs that the iPhone is THE phone.
What is so magical about the iPhone that people can queue up overnight just to be the first to get it. It never happens to any HTC phone launch and the recent launches of the HTC MAGIC in Singapore and Malaysia, has no magic at all other than the presence of some magicians. HTC and the others - take a tip from Apple…your fans will love the hype.
When Maxis launched the iPhone 3G, I advised my friends to hold on for a few months to get the new incarnation of the iPhone. The iPhone 3G S is supposed to be a better phone with better features and of course faster speed. It is here at last but I don’t expect it to arrive our shores until August 09, and if we are lucky enough in July.
AWAITING THE LAUNCH OF THE iPHONE 3G S….
The iPhone 3G S will be available for $199 (16GB) and $299 (32GB) for all new AT&T customers and existing AT&T customers who have fulfilled their contract. This pricing applies to iPhone 3G customers who will be eligible for a full upgrade in July, August, or September 2009. So are Malaysians eligible for a full upgrade too when Maxis launch it?
Apple claimed in its ad copy:
”The Fastest iPhone Ever. The first thing you’ll notice about iPhone 3G S is how quickly you can launch applications. Web pages render in a fraction of the time, and you can view e-mail attachments faster. Improved performance and updated 3D graphics deliver an incredible gaming experience, too. In fact, everything you do on iPhone 3G S is up to two times faster and more responsive than iPhone 3G.”
So, where does the Apple iPhone 3G S get its “2x faster” leap in speed? You can bet that the fast speed is due to the new processor. But for now no one will know until someone open it up and reveal all.
iPhone 3G S:
- Brand new 3 megapixel autofocus camera
- 7.2Mbps HSDPA
- voice control
- Built in compass with compass App
- 3-megapixel autofocus camera - video recording
- Up to 5 hours 3G talk time, 9 hours of WiFI internet.
- 16GB of storage: $199
- 32GB version: $299
- shipping on June 19th in the US, over 80 countries will have it by August.
The HTC Magic™ is an Android-powered touch phone for people who strive to explore the bold side of life, designed to turn heads with its chic design, and command attention with its advanced list of capabilities. You’ll know what’s hot and what’s not, when you stay connected and informed by the power of the web. With the list of widget available, you’ll always find more to personalize the home screen of your phone. Further enhanced with video capture and support for tunes via Bluetooth wireless headsets, the HTC Magic is a true entertainment and media powerhouse.
The HTC Magic has a 3.2” HVGA touch screen display and features a trackball for easy access, a 3.2 mega-pixel camera and GPS. It provides full fidelity PC browsing experience, where users can expand and personalize their phone to fit their lifestyle.
“The HTC Magic embodies the compact style and sophistication for which HTC has come to be known, with the powerful and intuitive internet experience for which the Android platform was designed,” says Peter Chou, president and CEO, HTC Corporation.
“The introduction of the HTC Magic is the result of a successful relationship between Celcom and HTC. For the first time, we have come together to offer this new and exciting phone to our customers where they will be the first to feel the magic of the first-Android powered device in Malaysia. With the advent of Android platform, coupled with Celcom undisputed network coverage, this becomes a perfect combination to help those living life on the fast lane to maintain a successful work and an exciting social lifestyle,” added Mr. Chee Pok Jin, Chief Marketing Officer of Celcom (Malaysia) Berhad.
The new HTC Magic will be available from 15 June 2009 at all participating Blue Cubes outlets at a suggested retail price of RM2,699. Standard retail HTC Magic package will come with an 8GB microSD™ card.
The HTC Magic will be available at all authorised resellers from mid July 2009. Standard retail HTC Magic package will come with an 2GB microSD™ card.
