Samsung Mobile USA has announced the release of a new messaging phone, called Samsung Freeform SCH-R351 and available via Alltel. The Freeform is actually the Samsung Link, released in early August by Bell Canada.
Coming in two color versions (teal and burgundy), the Samsung Freeform features a four-row QWERTY keypad. It also has a 2.2 inch QCIF (176 x 144) display, threaded messaging, GPS with Alltel Navigation, stereo Bluetooth, Music player, Web browser, voice recognition, and MicroSD card support (up to 16GB).
Palm has finally unveiled its second WebOS smartphone, officially called Palm Pixi (previously known as Palm Eos or Palm Pixie). The Pixi is a candybar with a touchscreen display and a full QWERTY keypad. Weighing only 99.5 grams (3.51 ounces) and measuring 111 x 55 x 10.85 mm (4.37 x 2.17 x 0.43 inches), the new Pixi is the thinnest Palm smartphone ever.
Since it runs on WebOS, Palm Pixi comes with Palm Synergy, which links your information from Google, Exchange ActiveSync, Facebook, Yahoo! and LinkedIn. The new smartphone also comes with access to the Palm Beta App Catalog, which includes entertainment and social networking applications like Yelp and Local Concerts by iLike. The back cover of Palm Pixi is rubberized, thus being scratch-resistant and durable.
Here are the main features of Palm Pixi:
2.63 inch multi-touch screen with 320 x 400 pixels
A gesture area below the display, enabling intuitive gestures for navigation
Initially known as BlackBerry Gemini, the BlackBerry Curve 8520 is now finally official, after several months of leaked images and details. As you may already know, BlackBerry Curve 8520 is RIM’s first device to have an optical trackpad instead of a trackball.
The smartphone further features a “highly tactile full-QWERTY keyboard”, Wi-Fi, quad-band GSM/EDGE connectivity, a 320 x 240 pixels display, a 2MP camera, and a 1GB MicroSD card in the box. BlackBerry Curve 8520 will be available from T-Mobile USA starting August 5, in two colors (black and frost). Also in August, the new Curve 8520 will go on sale in the UK. The smartphone’s price was not announced by RIM.
HTC Corporation, a global leader in mobile phone innovation and design debuted its newest QWERTY smartphone, the HTC Snap. Designed with a set of features selected to deliver everything customers need without overwhelming them with things they don’t, the HTC Snap makes it easier than ever to stay in contact with life’s most important people.
Your Inner Circle, your most important people - HTC brings streamlined communication to greater heights with its innovative Inner Circle feature which allows HTC Snap users to press a dedicated Inner Circle key to bring emails from a preselected group of people to the top of their inbox, enabling important messages to be acted upon immediately.
“Recognizing that people are being overwhelmed by an avalanche of email, the HTC Snap introduces Inner Circle, an HTC innovation that makes it easy for people to prioritize messages from the most important people in their lives at the press of a button,” said John Wang, Chief Marketing Officer, HTC Corporation. “The HTC Snap represents the latest step in HTC’s mission to create a range of innovative smartphones, each with specific benefits designed to both surprise and delight our customers.”
A full QWERTY yet with a sleekness that fits in your hand -With a slim, sleek profile designed to fit perfectly in the hand, the HTC Snap measures less than half an inch (12 mm), yet it can deliver up to eight and a half hours of talk time with the standard 1500mAh battery. The full QWERTY keyboard is ergonomically designed with extra-large domed keys and responsive tactile feedback to make typing emails and text messages fast, accurate and comfortable. High-speed 3G HSPA connectivity makes it quick and easy to send pictures to friends, access favorite social networking sites, or download large files while on the go.
Synchronizing all your business or personal needs -nThe HTC Snap is powerful enough for experienced business users looking for an affordable, straightforward choice for remotely synchronizing email, calendar and contacts with their Microsoft Exchange server. However, the flexible Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard platform allows the HTC Snap to also be simple enough for first-time smartphone users wanting to keep their family life organized.
Pricing & Availability - The new HTC Snap is now available at all authorized resellers at a suggested retail price of RM 1,599.
Interface for easy one-hand navigation. The concept of this innovative interface is to offer the flexibility of arranging your desktop the way you want it and to give you direct access to the applications you use most: one-touch phone calls, global weather and time zones with vivid 3D animation, jukebox music, interactive photo albums, and Bookmarks for direct access to the most visit websites.
In addition, Acers exclusive virtual Easy Keyboard makes composing emails and messages easier than everwhile on the move.
Pre-installed Google mobile services: Google Search, Google Maps, and YouTube, F900 provides one-touch access to the web applications. Also equipped with a location solution, you’ll be able to see where you are and find directions, even when you’re not using the GPS. The Acer F900 is currently on show at the Acer booth (L617a) at Computex 2009.
Those residing in the Great White North and would love to wrap their hands around the LG Rumor 2 can do so from Bell when June 9th rolls around, where it will be available in a variety of packages to suit just about any budget as shown below :-
3-year: $69.95
2-year: $119.95
1-year: $219.95
Outright: $269.95
For those who are wondering what the sequel to the Rumor has in terms of improvements, well, the Rumor 2 will be equipped with an additional row of slide-out QWERTY keyboard keys to further increase your efficiency in messaging.
Not only that, you also get directional arrows and a dedicated emotion key. Other features are a 1.3-megapixel camera, a 2″ display at 240 x 320 resolution, Bluetooth connectivity, GPS navigation and funnily enough, a 2.5mm headset jack.
Viettel, Alcatel-Lucent and Research In Motion (RIM) are pleased to launch the new BlackBerry Bold smartphone in Vietnam. Powered by a 624-MHz processor, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone supports tri-band HSDPA high-speed networks around the world and comes with integrated GPS and Wi-Fi. Featuring a lustrous black exterior, satin chrome finished frame and stylish leatherette backplate, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone is a symbol of accomplishment and aspiration.
Among the smartphone’s rich set of multimedia capabilities are a 2 megapixel camera, high quality speakers, and a stunning display with HVGA screen. The newly enhanced browser provides fast download capabilities and support for streaming videos. The BlackBerry Media Sync application makes synchronizing digital music collections from iTunes with the smartphone ever so easy. Along with a newly designed full-QWERTY keyboard, the smartphone’s many powerful communications and multimedia features make the BlackBerry Bold a ‘must have’ for power users and business professionals.
“This partnership with RIM and Alcatel Lucent reflects Viettel’s commitment to delivering the most technologically advanced and innovative products to our customers. The BlackBerry Bold smartphone delivers extensive functionality and premium features in a chic and elegant design. Understanding the value that our customers lay on such features, we continue to work to offer the best products and services, as we have been doing since our foundation,” said Bui Quang Tuyen, Deputy Director of Viettel Telecom.
“Viettel is also pleased to offer an 18 month warranty with all BlackBerry smartphones purchased from Viettel’s distribution channel in Vietnam,” added Bui Quang Tuyen.
Eager to pick up a new BlackBerry device? Well, the folks over at BoyGenius have come up with some possible release dates for the BlackBerry Tour 9630 and Curve 8520.
It seems that the Curve should be available on T-Mobile sometime in Q4, while the 9630 Tour should be available on Verizon on July 13th. These aren’t official dates, but hopefully they’re accurate and will give us a guideline as to when the devices will be available.
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