Two New Clamshells for Sprint Fans!

Here's something new for Sprint Fans. The mobile phone network has just announced the release of two new clamshell mobile phones, the Motorola MOTORAZR VE20 and Sanyo Katana Eclipse.

Let's explore the details on these new Sprint mobile phones. Let's begin with the new Sanyo Katana Eclipse from Sprint.

The Sanyo Katana Eclipse is touted as the first Sprint multimedia phone to offer an amazing combination of unique lighting effects and the advanced speeds and features. This is the main selling point for the "Eclipse". It offers customizable exterior illumination which the users can set the handset's exterior from a wide variety of colors and patterns.

These lights are not all for show because they can serve as caller IDs or messaging alerts. Sprint customers can assign lighting effects to specific callers as well as alerts and messages. For example they can assign a certain light combination for a specific person, and the lights will alert them that the person is trying to contact them. That's pretty cool if you like flashy handsets.

Now here are the rest of the features for the Sprint's new Sanyo Katana Eclipse:

• on-demand TV
• over-the-air song downloads
• integrated GPS navigation
• web browsing, and gaming.
• built-in speakerphone,
• stereo Bluetooth® technology,
• external music navigation controls
• internal antenna.
• 1.3 megapixel camera,
• 2.5mm headset jack
• slot for microSD card and microUSB.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Dimensions: 3.6” x 1.9” x 0.7”; Weight: 3.4 oz.
• Internal display: 2.0” 65K color TFT LCD (176x220); External display: 1.0”
• Standard battery: Rechargeable lithium ion (LiIon) battery provides up to 4.6 hours continuous talk time

Now let's look at the new Motorola MOTORAZR VE20 for Sprint. This new Sprint clamshell cell phone has a similar look to Motorola's RAZR line of handsets. The Motorola VE20 has an external display with touch capacitance buttons. Users can use these buttons to access the messaging system, music and other applications. This new Sprint mobile phone supports Sprint TV, which can be watched with the phone closed.

This new Sprint clamshell is being touted as a high-performing, high-value device. It's a multimedia device that promises to provide great experience with it's music player, text inbox and menu controls from its vivid external display.

Here are the major features offered by Sprint's Motorola MOTORAZR VE20:

2 megapixel camera
3.5mm headset jack
microUSB, microSD slot
stereo Bluetooth,
GPS
EVDO data radio
access to Sprint-exclusive content
Sprint Music Store
Sprint TV

SPECIFICATIONS

• Dimensions: 2.0” x 3.9” x 0.6”; 3.5 oz
• Internal Display: 2.2” 262K-color TFT (240 x 320 pixels)
• External Display: 1.6” 65K-color CSTN (120 x 60 pixels)
• Standard battery: Lithium ion battery provides up to approximately 4.0 hours of talk time

Both of these new Sprint phonmes are now available although the pricing info was not yet released. Tune in to this blog for more mobile phone news and information.

Three New Motorola ROKRs!

Here's some great news for Motorola fans. Motorola has just officially announced the arrival of three new ROKR-branded mobile phones .

Let's go though the basic information of these brand new Motorola ROKR mobile phones. Lets begin with the Motorola ROKR EM3.

The Motorola ROKR EM3 is a bar-style music phone that bears a close resemblance to the ROKR E8. However, it has a standard D-pad and soft keys. instead of the E8's scroll wheel.

It can transform into a mobile and music player effortlessly through Motorola's ModeShift.
With ModeShift, a single touch of a button allows the Motorola ROKR EM3 to switch its keypad between standard phone controls and music player controls.

The Motorola ROKR EM30 also offers a 2 megapixel camera, quad-band GSM/EDGE radios, and can support microSD cards up to 8GB.

Now let's talk about the Motorola ROKR EM28. This new ROKR is packed in a clamshell body. This music phone's front display features dedicated touch-sensitive multi-modal music controls. This design offers easy access to a genuine music-player experience to all music loving users.

This new Motorola music centric phone comes in two different tri-band GSM/EDGE configurations 850/1800/1900 and 900/1800/1900. It also packs a 1.3 megapixel camera that also captures video, and it can support microSD cards up to 2GB in it's clamshell body.

Let's discuss the third new handset in Motorola's ROKR music phone brand. The Motorola ROKR EM25 is a slider type handset That will be offered in two different dual-band GSM/EDGE modes.

The highlight feature in this Motorola music phone is FMShare. The is feature allows users to share a radio station with others by sending it in a text message. This handset will offer a1.3 megapixel camera and support microSD cards up to 2GB.

Here are the features the are shared by this new batch of Motorola ROKR's:

• Supports for multiple digital music formats including MP3
• FM radio with RDS4
• Industry-standard connectors, including a universal 3.5mm jack
• Stereo Bluetooth® wireless technology

Watch out for new cell phone ratings and cellphone reviews on these new ROKRs to get hands on information about these music phones. Tune in to this blog for more mobile phone related news and information.

The New Samsung INNOV8 Camera Phone

Here's some thing new and powerful for all camera phone fanatics. Samsung just upped the ante in the camera phone market with the release of the INNOV8 featuring a powerful 8 megapixel camera. Let's go over the details of this phone.

The Samsung INNOV8 or Samsung i8510 is a handsets that's equipped with high-end features and multimedia features such as internet browsing and ergonomics. However it's clear that the highlight feature of this new Samsung Camera phone is the 8 megapixel camera that it sports. Let's discuss that first.

There's no doubt that the Samsung INNOV8 has a powerful camera. It's not only an 8 megapixel camera but it also has autofocus, an image stabilizer, auto-panorama shooting mode, and face detection. This awesome camera can shoot QVGA video at 120fps, and VGA video at 30fps.

The Samsung INNOV8 offers a "cinema in your pocket" experience to users. They can access applications from the S60 library to watch videos, including DivX files. They can also use these applications to view pictures and play two exclusively free embedded 3D games on the 2.8” LCD display.

This new high end handset from Samsung runs on the Symbian OS v9.3. This OS offers one of the best in power efficiency, platform security and phone performance. This system features demand paging a component which enables shorter start-up times for applications and advanced memory management. The result is more responsive applications and phone features.

Users will also quick internet browsing with this new Samsung handset because it offers HSDPA connectivity at 7.2Mbps and seamless connection through Wi-Fi. It also has optical mouse and easy navigation to provide quality web browsing experience.

Here are the key features of the Samsung INNOV8 camera phone:

• 2.8-inch LCD
• built-in accelerometer
• optical mouse
• 16GB of internal memory
• microSD slot supporting cards up to 16GB
• FM Radio with RDS
• A-GPS
• Bluetooth 2.0 / USB 2.0 / Wi-Fi
• Embedded 3D Games

With the release of this powerful camera phone, I think the other makers will come up with devices that will rival the Samsung INNOV8. Tune in to this blog for mote mobile phone news and information.

3G iPhone Hot News

Now that the 3G iPhone has finally landed, I thought that it would be fun to posts the latest news. I have read about various news on the 3G iPhone and not all of them are good.

Let's begin with some hot iPhone news from Apple. Apple has reported that it sold its one millionth iPhone 3G . Steve Jobs proudly announced that, “iPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend. It took 74 days to sell the first one million original iPhones, so the new iPhone 3G is clearly off to a great start around the world.”

Well, I think that this is not a total surprise. With all the hype surrounding it, there's no doubt that the iPhone 3G will sell well. The fact that it's also being offered in more than twenty countries around the world helped Apple to sell one million 3G iPhone units. The success of the original iPhone also paved the way for the next generation device.

Apple has also reported that the iPhone Apps Store is also a big success. More than 10 million applications from the new App Store were down loaded by Phone and iPod touch customers. The App Store now has more than 800 native applications, including over 200 offered for free. Customers also dis the fact that more than 90 percent of the applications are being offered for less than $10. I think the success also relied on the successful Apple hands4eeets and devices.

However, it's not all good news for Apple. The early reviews for the 3G iPhone are less than impressive. There were some complaints about the device's battery life. Apparently, 3G networks uses up a lot of energy and the new iPhone battery couldn't keep up. There were also complaints about the new software, GPS and on the activation process. There were some customers that lamented the lack of some features on the next generation iPhone.

To quell some of the negative rumors being leveled at their product, iPhone marketing head Greg Joswiak released some statements. He revealed that the iPhone maker has an internal priority list of features for the next generation device. Unfortunately, copy/paste support was not included, even though Apple went far down the feature priority list with the 3G version.

The head of iPhone marketing also clarified that there are no technical issues preventing turn-by-turn directions with the 3G iPhone's GPS feature. Joswiak also indicated that he is unaware of any technical reasons why an office suite isn't already in the App Store. He also admitted that the lack of a cross-application file structure could impede development on the device.

That's just a few of the latest iPhone news. Tune in to this blog for more updates.