The retro mobile phone

No cell phones did not look this a few years ago, but this is a mobile phone with Bluetooth and lithium polymer battery, which is capable of lasting the same amount of time as normal mobile phone battery. Yet putting this one in your jeans pocket is going to take some doing, but it would look really cool in the car!



Phone Includes:
Main controller board
Ringer module
Bluetooth Module
6000mAh Lithium-Polymer battery
Built-in fast battery charger (2 hour max charge time)
Wall adapter (US spades but is 110-240V rated)
Dimensions: About the size of a rotary phone…
Weight: ~2lbs
Priced at $249

Source [Techna Bob]

Mobile Phone Applications

Mobile phones are not just the means to call and send text messages; they are fast becoming technocrats. The mobile phones have various applications that allow the user to communicate, gather information, entertain and organize them.

Mobile phone applications for various operating systems are very popular these days. They are available in many different categories like, Business and Professional, Entertainment, Security, Lifestyle, Health, Travel and many others.

Mobile phones are a good source of entertainment and are hence referred to as ‘handheld entertainers’. Every mobile phone ranging from the cheapest one to the high-end gadget has games installed in it, which are wholesome entertainers. Similarly ‘music’ is one such application that attracts many users. Today’s mobile phones are hi-fi music systems. Mobile phones also act as recording gadgets. Mobile phone cameras are very common. Some of the mobile phones have a very high-resolution camera hat gives excellent results.

The entertainment applications are a big success as they are user friendly and entertain you anywhere, anytime may it be your long journey, airports, railway station and bus stops. You can download your games or music from the Internet or use the Bluetooth and the infrared technologies for the transfer.

GPRS technology is another important application of the mobile phones and is responsible for the mobile Internet application. GPRS technology offers Internet connection and allows you to browse different websites, as you use the Internet on your PC. When the GPRS is on you get Internet connection and there is no need for modem or dial-up connection.

The mobile phones also find application in learning. This is relatively new side of cell phone application that can help you for your exam preparation, without wasting time as you can study anywhere, and at any time.
The mobile applications have opened up a new world of possibilities in every sphere of life and have managed to keep things at our fingertips.

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Mobile World Congress: your next mobile will be smarter and greener

We have a look at the year’s top trends in mobile technology - and the phones that embody them

By Claudine Beaumont and Matt Warman

Sony Ericsson Idou Built-in camera has 12 megapixel sensor ? that's semi-pro quality

Today marks the final day of Mobile World Congress, a huge technology show devoted to mobile phones, products and services, and over the past four days, mobile phone makers have tried their hardest to out-do each other with an increasingly high-technology range of handsets and software. Each of their devices is now less like a mobile phone and more a mobile computer.
Although Apple is not at the show, its hugely popular iPhone continues to have a big impact on the way other mobile phone companies conduct their business. Like it or loathe it, the innovative design and intuitive user interface of Apple’s flagship device has raised consumer expectations and thrown a gauntlet down to competitors.

Microsoft, whose Windows Mobile operating system is used on millions of mobile phones worldwide, has been candid about the threat posed by Apple, and used Mobile World Congress as a platform to launch an agressive new strategy that aims to take the fight directly to Apple. The company’s chief executive, Steve Ballmer, heralded the new Windows platform that would bring together “the best of the web, the PC and the phone” so users can connect instantly to “the experiences they care about”.

He unveiled a new-look operating system that incorporates some of the simplified design features and touch controls usually associated with the iPhone, as well as MyPhone, a data synchronisation service that will allow “Windows Phone” users to back-up all the photos, music, contacts and text messages stored on their handset to an online storage area for easy retrieval.
But Microsoft wasn’t the only company making waves at the show. Many other established mobile phone makers showed a new willingness to embrace the latest platforms and technologies to win over consumers, and to keep Apple and other competitors at arms’ length.
Here, we look at some of the key trends to emerge from Mobile World Congress 2009.

Magic Touch

Last year, all the talk at Mobile World Congress was about Android, the open-source, Google-backed operating system that aims to bring the desktop computing experience to mobile devices.

So far, theT-Mobile G1 is the only phone on sale running Android, and although no official figures have been released, analysts believe it has sold more modestly than hoped. So Google needs the HTC Magic, the successor to the G1 that was unveiled at the show, to be a success. Exclusive to Vodafone in the UK, the Magic is a well-designed touch-screen only device, with a built-in music player and three-megapixel camera. Vodafone seems to be pitching the Magic as an “entry level” smartphone, rather than a device for geeks, which could persuade more mobile users to give Android a chance.

Moreover, it adds more momentum to the Android Marketplace, an online shop from which Android users can download extra software for their handset.

Software rules

“Application stores” were another key feature of the show. In the six months since Apple launched its “App Store” for the iPhone and iPod touch, which lets users buy games, tools and software on their handsets, more than half a billion programs have been downloaded via iTunes. Mobile makers and network operators, always keen to find new ways to make money, view stores as the perfect solution: they offer revenue for businesses and the developers who write the games and software, and enable users to quickly, cheaply and easily tailor phones to suit their specific needs. Microsoft, Nokia, O2 and Orange all unveiled application stores at the Mobile World Congress, perhaps going to show that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Platform wars

To run any downloaded applications on a phone, you need an operating system, and another big story from the show was the rivalry between some of the platforms. Windows Mobile, revitalised by Steve Ballmer’s new strategy, was the operating system of choice for many manufacturers at the show, including HTC, Toshiba and LG, which pledged to launch 50 Windows-based phones in the next three years. Symbian, the operating system favoured by Nokia, also consolidated its strong market position, and will drive Sony Ericsson’s Idou phone (see below), the Samsung Omnia HD (see below) and Nokia’s flagship N97. And we mustn’t forget Palm. The company, which was once famous for its PDAs but which failed to keep up with challengers like Motorola and BlackBerry, has created a new operating system, Palm OS, to run on the impressive touch-screen Palm Pre, which will be coming to the UK later this year.

Covergence is king

Thanks to the growing sophistication of phones’ operating systems, handsets can do more, and do it better. Several of the phones at the show could render digital cameras and camcorders obsolete. Sony Ericsson’s Idou has a 12-megapixel image sensor built in, which puts it on a par with some semi-professional cameras. Samsung’s Omnia HD, meanwhile, can use its built-in eight-megapixel camera to shoot high-definition footage, and stream it wirelessly to compatible televisions and computers. This is crucial if phone makers are going to realise their ambition of turning handsets into “home media hubs”.

Green is the new black

“Green” technology featured heavily at the show. Both LG and Samsung showed off mobile phones that could be powered by sunlight, while a coalition of all the major manufacturers announced that they had agreed on a type of universal phone charger – eliminating the waste of a new charger in every box, while making life easier and much less full of cables.

European Commission plans to cut routing costs have been stymied by governments.

By Huw Jones, Reuters,

The European Commission has failed to win governments' support for draft guidelines to cut the cost of mobile phone call routing fees failed to win a clear endorsement from EU governments, suggesting changes must be made before adoption.

EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding authored the guidelines for national regulators in the bloc's 27 countries to cut wholesale call termination fees by up to 70 per cent to spur competition and give customers a better deal.

An operator will pay a termination fee, currently around €9 cents (eight pence) a minute, for using another operator's network to complete a call.

The fees represent up to 20 per cent of revenues for large operators with big networks and are a big cost for small networks trying to compete. The guidelines will bring fees down to €1.5 cents to €3 cents a minute.

The EU's communications committee (Cocom) of national government officials and the Commission met to give a non-binding opinion and most countries either abstained or voted against some aspects.

Germany and Spain voted to scrap the guidelines altogether. Their biggest domestic operators say the measure will leave less money for important investment.

The Commission said there was enough support for the guidelines to be fully phased in by February 2012 but about eight countries want other ways to cut fees such as "benchmarking" or tracking average rates in other EU states.

"The Commission welcomes the positive signal at the vote today and there is support for the objective to lower by the first of February 2012 mobile termination rates to the level of the cost of an efficient operator," Reding's spokesman said.

"The Commission will now carefully analyse the view of member states who expressed the need for more flexibility," the spokesman said, adding adoption was scheduled for April.

An official close to one of the big Continental European operators said Reding will be obliged to review the guidelines.

"Without the consent of member states they cannot adopt the text. Will states be ready to apply the recommendation if their governments have voted against it?" the official said on condition of anonymity.

The European Regulators Group of national telecoms supervisors has said termination rates were already falling and would come down by 40 per cent over the next three years anyway.

Mobile - Cell phone tracking using Google maps

Posted in Trace it by admin

Did you know that your mobile phone sends out details on your whereabouts every second to the world? If you haven’t heard of it, then its high time to realize that the cell phone in your pocket is tracking every move of yours and sharing the data with third party apps. Just like a GPS system or any other much powerful and better system, it is tracking your every move. S60 (Symbian 60) based mobile phones report location using cell tower based location tracking system and it is possible to trace the location on Google maps.

Install ‘Google maps’ on any S60 based mobile phone (like Nokia E51, E71, N73, N96) and press the option “My Location” from the “Options” menu. It will show you the location within 100 meters to 2 km depending on the cell tower and network availability. In places where there is good connectivity, it will track you down more efficiently than any GPS device, which won’t work indoor.

“Google maps” is distributed free by Google and you can install it without any hassle by visiting http://m.google.com. All you need is an active GPRS/ EDGE /3G connection to make it work. Nokia maps and other mapping software do not have this feature and it works only via a GPS device at the moment.

Give it a try.

What does it mean to Google? Why they want to track mobile users?

Google, as always, wants to sell its advertisements through all mediums practically possible. The multi billion giant needs to know your area of interests in order to sell their so-called targeted ads. They find their answers through various mediums - ‘what you want’ from “Google search”; ‘what you do’ from Gmail, Calendar, Docs etc”; what you see from “You Tube”. Imagine the possibility of displaying the ads about your local coffee shop on your mobile; imagine the reach and relevance of the advts you will be seeing. They simply enhance their ‘free’ software and track you even without GPS.

“The My Location technology is available on most smartphones, including all color BlackBerry devices, all Symbian Series 60 3rd Edition devices, most Windows Mobile devices, newer Sony Ericsson devices, and some Motorola devices.”

Web Browsing via your Mobile Phone

Web browsing on your mobile phoneAccessing the internet from a mobile phone is becoming ever more popular. With most mid-range phones now sporting a QVGA screen, browsing the web has never looked better or been easier. Of course, a nice size screen is only one step needed for a good browsing experience, it all means nothing if the web browser is lacking, our recommendation for a good mobile browsing experience is to use Opera Mini.

Opera Mini is a free download; you can download the application directly onto your handset, or download it to a PC and transfer it across. The browser will work on most phones that support java and offers a supreme web browsing experience. The web traffic is taken through Opera’s own servers before being delivered onto your handset, stripping out any un-needed coding, and ensuring web pages are optimised best for your phone.

So, with the web browser sorted, here are our 5 top websites to enjoy on the move.

Facebook, it seems the whole world is on Facebook. As it continues to dominate the social networking market, more and more people are accessing Facebook on the move. The mobile version of the site can be found at m.facebook.com and offers a simple fresh layout, where you can update your status, add new friends and keep up to date with all your groups.

The BBC, a stalwart of mobile technology, the BBC have embraced the mobile web since the early days of WAP. Back in the day there was a simple text based site, offering news, sport and weather updates. Always seeming to keep up to date with the latest developments, the BBC Mobile website is still one of the best around. When you initially browse to the site you will be offered a stripped down simplified version optimised for viewing on a mobile phone; however you can access the full BBC site if you wish by following the links at the bottom of their main page. For keeping up to date on the move, the BBC is hard to beat.

Google, the king of the online search engines, Google also offer a wide variety of services optimised for access on a mobile phone. Go to Google Mobile and you will find links to the mobile version of Gmail, download options for Google Maps, access to iGoogle, YouTube, Google Calendar, Google Reader, Blogger and more.

Ents24, we all like a good night out, but trying to plan things at the last minute can often leave us in a spin – Where shall we go, what is on? With ents24 everything you need to arrange your night out is accessible from your mobile phone. Just go to wap.ents24.com and you will find local listings for cinema, live music gigs, clubbing, nights out at the theatre, a trip to the ballet or a good laugh down at the local comedy club. Put in your local post code, select the entertainment of your choice, and you can read reviews, check ticket information, get the address of where you need to go, all from one easy to navigate site.

Like the BBC, Yahoo has had a mobile optimised site available since the earliest days of WAP. It just never seemed to be as popular as it deserved to be. From the beginning it has been possible to access Yahoo Messenger on your mobile, to read your Yahoo Mail, read the news headlines, access the Yahoo calendar and address book, and of course take advantage of the Yahoo search facility. Upgrades to the site have been made to keep in line with improving screen and web browsing technology, and Yahoo Mobile continues to be one of the best mobile sites available.

So, there you have it. Five of our favourite mobile websites. If you have a particular favourite, tell us about it in the comments box.Web Browsing via your Mobile Phone

Web browsing on your mobile phoneAccessing the internet from a mobile phone is becoming ever more popular. With most mid-range phones now sporting a QVGA screen, browsing the web has never looked better or been easier. Of course, a nice size screen is only one step needed for a good browsing experience, it all means nothing if the web browser is lacking, our recommendation for a good mobile browsing experience is to use Opera Mini.

Opera Mini is a free download; you can download the application directly onto your handset, or download it to a PC and transfer it across. The browser will work on most phones that support java and offers a supreme web browsing experience. The web traffic is taken through Opera’s own servers before being delivered onto your handset, stripping out any un-needed coding, and ensuring web pages are optimised best for your phone.

So, with the web browser sorted, here are our 5 top websites to enjoy on the move.

Facebook, it seems the whole world is on Facebook. As it continues to dominate the social networking market, more and more people are accessing Facebook on the move. The mobile version of the site can be found at m.facebook.com and offers a simple fresh layout, where you can update your status, add new friends and keep up to date with all your groups.

The BBC, a stalwart of mobile technology, the BBC have embraced the mobile web since the early days of WAP. Back in the day there was a simple text based site, offering news, sport and weather updates. Always seeming to keep up to date with the latest developments, the BBC Mobile website is still one of the best around. When you initially browse to the site you will be offered a stripped down simplified version optimised for viewing on a mobile phone; however you can access the full BBC site if you wish by following the links at the bottom of their main page. For keeping up to date on the move, the BBC is hard to beat.

Google, the king of the online search engines, Google also offer a wide variety of services optimised for access on a mobile phone. Go to Google Mobile and you will find links to the mobile version of Gmail, download options for Google Maps, access to iGoogle, YouTube, Google Calendar, Google Reader, Blogger and more.

Ents24, we all like a good night out, but trying to plan things at the last minute can often leave us in a spin – Where shall we go, what is on? With ents24 everything you need to arrange your night out is accessible from your mobile phone. Just go to wap.ents24.com and you will find local listings for cinema, live music gigs, clubbing, nights out at the theatre, a trip to the ballet or a good laugh down at the local comedy club. Put in your local post code, select the entertainment of your choice, and you can read reviews, check ticket information, get the address of where you need to go, all from one easy to navigate site.

Like the BBC, Yahoo has had a mobile optimised site available since the earliest days of WAP. It just never seemed to be as popular as it deserved to be. From the beginning it has been possible to access Yahoo Messenger on your mobile, to read your Yahoo Mail, read the news headlines, access the Yahoo calendar and address book, and of course take advantage of the Yahoo search facility. Upgrades to the site have been made to keep in line with improving screen and web browsing technology, and Yahoo Mobile continues to be one of the best mobile sites available.

So, there you have it. Five of our favourite mobile websites. If you have a particular favourite, tell us about it in the comments box.

by blog.rightmobilephone.co.uk

Motorola A3100

General
Form Factor Bar
Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Size 110 x 59.7 x 13.7 mm
Weight 119 g
Battery Type Li-Ion 1170 mAh
Talk Time 6 h
Standby Time 300 h
Display Display Type TFT Touchscreen
Display Size 2.8 inches (240 x 320 pixels)
Display Colors 65
External display No
Memory Internal Memory 256 MB
Card Slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 16 GB
Camera Type 3.15 megapixel (2048 x 1536 pixels) with autofocus
Zoom No
Flash No
Video Yes
Secondary Camera Yes, VGA camera
Messaging SMS Yes
MMS Yes
EMS No
IM Yes
Email Yes
Connectivity GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
3G Yes
Wi-Fi Yes
Infrared No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
USB Yes, miniUSB
Features OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Browser Yes
Games Yes
Other Qualcomm MSM7201A 528 Mhz processor
128 MB DDR SDRAM
Java MIDP 2.0
Built-in GPS receiver
A-GPS
MP3/WMA/MP4/WMV player
HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g
Pocket Office
Voice memo
Built-in handsfree
Price Check Prices

Battle Of Smart Phone's OS

Written by Ameya

SMART PHONE's OS Comparison:

Today the performance of the smartphones is determined by the software they run.Todays smartphones are really smart.The Os of smartphones plays very vital role in functionality of phone.

In this article we are gonna compare the OS of following five leading phones.

1.Apples I-phone

2.Goolges G-1

3.HTC Touch Diamond



4.Nokia N96



5.Blackberry Bold



Winners:

The most impressive OS among all was Apples iphone OS and Googles Android.Both are built for internet users and gives great multimedia experience to its users.Right now Apples i-phones OS is leading the race with its most popular phone ever,i-phone.But the main disadvantage of Apples OS is its not open source OS.While the Googl’s OS,Android has edge over Apple i-phones OS as it is open sourced and there are no restrictions on third party developers.

Blackberry OS is also doing well as it is becoming more popular in business class users day by day.

But the both windows Mobile and S60 3rd edition are doing very badly.Windows mobiles are the biggest losers as far as OS competition is concerned.

NOKIA N-97 unveiled....

Written by Ameya

Barcelona, Spain - Nokia unveiled the Nokia N97, the world's most advanced mobile computer, which will transform the way people connect to the Internet and to each other. Designed for the needs of Internet-savvy consumers, the Nokia N97 combines a large 3.5" touch display with a full QWERTY keyboard, providing an 'always open' window to favorite social networking sites and Internet destinations. Nokia's flagship Nseries device introduces leading technology - including multiple sensors, memory, processing power and connection speeds - for people to create a personal Internet and share their 'social location.'
"From the desktop to the laptop and now to your pocket, the Nokia N97 is the most powerful, multi-sensory mobile computer in existence," said Jonas Geust, Vice President, heading Nokia Nseries.

Sensing your 'So-Lo'
The Nokia N97 introduces the concept of 'social location'. With integrated A-GPS sensors and an electronic compass, the Nokia N97 mobile computer intuitively understands where it is. The Nokia N97 makes it easy to update social networks automatically with real-time information, giving approved friends the ability to update their 'status' and share their 'social location' as well as related pictures or videos.
Widescreen - Internet and entertainment
The home screen of the Nokia N97 mobile computer features the people, content and media that matter the most. Friends, social networks and news are available by simply touching the home screen. The 16:9 widescreen display can be fully personalized with frequently updated widgets of favorite web services and social networking sites. The Nokia N97 is also perfectly suited for browsing the web, streaming Flash videos or playing games. Both the physical QWERTY and virtual touch input ensure efficiency in blogging, chatting, posting, sending texts or emailing.


The Nokia N97 supports up to 48 GB of storage, including 32 GB of on-board memory, expandable with a 16 GB microSD card for music, media and more. This is complemented by excellent music capabilities, full support for the Nokia Music Store and continuous playback time of up to 1.5 days. The Nokia N97 also has a 5-Megapixel camera with high-quality Carl Zeiss optics, 16:9 and DVD quality video capture, and support for services like Share on Ovi for immediate sharing over HSDPA and WLAN.
The Nokia N97 is expected to begin shipping in the first half of 2009 at an estimated retail price of EUR 550 before taxes or subsidies.

SOURCE:NOKIA

SONY F-305

Written by Ameya

Sony Launched its new F-305 phone in India.This phone has built in motion sensor which takes the mobile gaming to a new level.Just hold the phone in your hands and just shake them to play the games.

• This phone is loaded with many features like Stereo loudspeakers,media player,camera phone,FM radio,Bluetooth and many more.
• Media player:F-305 has default media player which enables you to N-joy music and videos.
• FM radio:This phone has built in FM radio so you can N-joy your favourite radio stations.Just tune in and N-joy.
• E-mail:Built in email client helps you to access your emails anywhere and anytime in world
• Bluetooth™:Bluetooth is the most common feature these days which is very popular in india for sharing files with other devices.
• Its 2Megapixel Integrated Camera helps you to capture all happy moments on your phone and also this phone has facility of Digital zoom upto 2.5x
• Music recognition: Just record a few seconds of music and Use TrackID™ (powered by Gracenote Mobile MusicID) which gives you the info about name of song,artist and album name etc

General
Size :96.0 x 47.0 x 14.6 mm
Weight :97.5 g
Screen :262,144-colour TFT / 176x220 pixel
Memory (*Actual free memory may vary due to phone pre-configuration) Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) support / Phone memory 10MB*
Networks :
• EDGE / GSM 850 / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900
*Performance
GSM 850: Talk time / Standby time / Video call
8 hours / 400 hours / -
GSM 900: Talk time / Standby time / Video call
8 hours / 400 hours / -
GSM 1800: Talk time / Standby time / Video call
8 hours / 400 hours / -
GSM 1900: Talk time / Standby time / Video call
8 hours / 400 hours / -
Features
Camera
Camera 2-megapixel / Digital zoom 2.5x / Photo fix / Picture blogging / Video record
Entertainment
3D games / Java / Motion gaming / Radio - FM radio with RDS / Video Clip / Video streaming
Communication
Polyphonic ringtones / Speaker phone / Vibrating Alert
Music
Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP) / Media Player / Music Player / Music tones / PlayNow™ / Stereo speakers / TrackID™
Connectivity
Bluetooth™ wireless technology / Modem / PictBridge / USB mass storage / USB support
Design
Dedicated gaming keys / Navigation key / Picture wallpaper / Wallpaper animation
Internet
RSS feeds / WAP 2.0 / Web browser
Messaging
Email / MMS (Multimedia Messaging) / Predictive text input / SMS long (Text Messaging) / Sound recorder
Organiser
Alarm clock / Calculator / Calendar / Contacts / Flight mode / Phone book / Stopwatch / Task / Timer


CONCLUSION:
This Phone is really very powerful as it is loaded with all features that user wants in his phone.And also motion sensors really gives you ultimate gaming experience.

Nokia XpressMusic 5800 Tube

There it is:
A promising first attempt at a Nokia touchscreen Symbian smartie, but the iPhone can breathe easy...whew!!

Pros: Strong feature set.
Very hi-res screen.
8GB memory card in the box.

Cons:Touchscreen occasionally unresponsive.
Not worth internal memory(140mb).
Web browsing experience not as smooth as iPhone.


PREVIEW:

Since Nokia's 'Tube' was announced last year, its hype machine had us cradling our hands eagerly waiting for an iPhone rival. In fact, the 5800 XpressMusic turned out to be a 5th generation Series 60 smartphone with limited internal memory and a taste for music.

But nokia users needn't be disappointed. Nokia's first touchscreen phone has some clever interface touches too, such as a shortcuts menu bar, and a very hi-res 640x360 screen. There are also some pretty impressive specs: HSDPA(offers wireless broadband connectivity) going out to be next generation cellular activity,as well as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP and AVRCP support,3.2MP camera with dual LED flash snapper with Carl Zeiss lens, GPS,geotagging an 8GB memory card in the box, support for flash video and a 3.5mm headphone jack.


What especially caught my attention in this, was the fact that this is the first time that Nokia 5800 is branded as ExpressMusic instead of the ExpressMedia!? Phone that I've test..

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