Nokia will released their first TD-SCDMA cell phone for China Mobile in December 2009. Dubbed as the Nokia 6788, the handset was inspired by traditional Chinese furniture and architecture. It comes with Chinese design elements that comprise of traditional Chinese patterns on the back of the slide and the battery cover. The Nokia 6788 uses Symbian’s Series 60 OS and supports a 2.8 inch display (QVGA), a 5MP camera with Autofocus and a microSD expansion. Stay tuned for more updates. [Coolest Gadgets]
Cricket today announced another clamshell phone from LG namely the LG HELiX. This compact and stylish handset features a 2.0-inch TFT internal color display, an external display, a 1.3-megapixel camera, Voice Clarity, Bluetooth, a speakerphone, speaker-independent voice commands and supports for AWS CDMA connectivity. Coming in either silver or pink color option, the HELiX will go on sale starting tomorrow at Cricket retail stores, dealers and online for $139.99. [Product Page via Press Release]
Google has released a new free application for Google Android-enabled smartphones, called Google Maps Navigation. The application works like any navigation system that you may have used. It features turn by turn directions which are powered by Google Maps, Google Voice recognition and Google Street View. However, Google is not sure whether Google Maps Navigation will work on older Android phones or not. [Geeky Gadgets]
Verizon has recently confirmed the availability of its new Motorola Droid. The Google Android 2.0-powered phone will be released on November 6th, 2009 for $199 with a new two-year customer agreement after a $100 mail-in rebate. In case you didn’t know, the Droid uses a Cortex A8 processor with a 16GB of memory, a 3.7-inch LCD display, a 5MP shooter, Bluetooth, and a QWERTY keyboard. [Verizon]
Samsung is gearing up to release another touchscreen phone namely the Samsung S5560. This slim handset (11.9mm) will feature a 3-inch WQVGA display, a 5MP camera with autofocus and flash, a 78MB of internal memory, a microSD card slot (up to 16GB), a music/video player, an FM radio with RDS, WiFi, Bluetooth, a 3.5mm headset jack and support quad-band GSM/EDGE connectivity. The Samsung S5560 will go on sale in Europe starting next month for a retail price of 300 Euro (about $445). [Les mobiles]
Allerta has launched the inPulse wristwatch for BlackBerry that uses Bluetooth v2.0+EDR connectivity to monitor your Blackberry and alert you for incoming emails, SMS and phone calls. You should install a BlackBerry application in order to use the inPulse. The application will keep track of your recently received messages, caller ID, text messages, email titles, calendar alerts and displays it on a 1.3-inch full color organic OLED display. Other features include a 150 mAh lithium-ion polymer battery, a 22mm interchangeable wrist band, and a micro-USB port for charging its battery. Measuring 51mm x 38mm x 12mm, the inPulse smartwatch will be released in February 2010 for $149. [Slashgear]
