Nokia today introduced their latest Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition that comes jam packed with a 2.4-inch QVGA (320 x 240) screen, a 3.2-megapixel camera, and a built-in DVB-H technology to take advantage of mobile TV. This slider phone provides Nokia’s Comes with Music service allowing users to enjoy a free and unlimited access to millions of music tracks. The Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition is also perfect for social networking software addicts because the phone comes equipped with all the latest social networking software including Ovi Contacts, Facebook, MySpace and YouTube. The Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition will be available soon in Europe for 155 Euros or about $230 before taxes and subsidies. [Nokia]
The Palm Pixi is now available via Sprint. As a reminder, the phone comes jam packed with a 2.63-inch (320×400) touchscreen display, a 2MP fixed-focus camera with LED flash, a full QWERTY keypad, and access to the Palm Beta App Catalog, which includes entertainment and social networking applications like Yelp and Local Concerts by iLike. Sprint sells this cell phone for $99.99 on a 2-year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate. [BoyGenius]
If you like wooden gadgets, then you might like the “Finest Woods” luxurious cell phone from Bellperre. The phone is made out of “the very finest authentic materials” including hand-crafted Walnut, Elm, Zebrano or Wenge woods. Each Bellperre’s handset can also be customized with hand-polished steel color (gold or platinum), 110 types of genuine exotic leathers (shark, lizard, alligator, buffalo, etc), and diamonds/gemstones.
Measuring 100mm x 44mm x 15.3mm and weights 120grams, the Bellperre’s ‘Finest Woods’ is a non-3G cell phone that supports connectivity over 900/1800/1900 MHz GSM bands and features a 2-inch Sapphire crystal scratch-resistant display screen, Bluetooth, and Microsoft Windows Mobile OS. There is no word on pricing at this time, but we are sure it won’t be cheap. More
LCD monitors manufacturer ViewSonic has entered the cell phones market by releasing the VPC08. Powered by an Intel ULV processor, this new clamshell phone sports a 4.3-inch touchscreen display with a QWERTY keyboard, a 8GB of internal memory and a 512MB RAM. Other specs including a 2-inch secondary display and a 2-megapixel shooter. According to rumors, the ViewSonic VPC08 will retail for around $800 a pop. The release date is unavailable so far. More
Casio has unveiled a new industrial PDA for the mass market in the form of the IT-800 RGC-35. The phone features a 3.7-inch VGA display with a low-reflection touch panel, which is capable of offering power-saving performance and superior visibility both indoors and outdoors. The handset delivers a high speed 3G wireless WAN (HSDPA) capability as standard feature. What makes the Casio IT-800 RGC-35 more interesting is that it supports IP54-rated dust/splash proof and can withstand being dropped on concrete from a height of 1.5 meters. The Casio IT-800 RGC-35 will be available at the end of January next year onwards. More
Garmin-Asus will launch the nuvifone M20 smartphone with Windows Mobile 6.5 as its operating system. The smartphone will be released later this year in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Turkey Russia, Ukraine, Poland, and Czech Republic. If you have the M20 with Windows Mobile 6.1, you can upgrade your handset to Windows Mobile 6.5 on Garmin-Asus’ website free of charge. In case you didn’t know, the Garmin-Asus nuvifone M20 comes jam packed with a VGA touchscreen display, HSDPA, GPS navigation, Wi-Fi and a 3.2MP camera. [Asus]
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