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LG GS290 aka LG Cookie Fresh Announced

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LG has just officially announced LG GS290 (LG Cookie Fresh GS290).

Last week we have covered about LG Cookie Pep GD510 launch in India, LG has announced another Cookie phone, called LG Cookie Fresh aka LG GS290.LG announced about this in their Korean official website.

LG Cookie fresh is touchscreen phone, with 2 megapixel camera, 3 inch WQVGA touchscreen display,the phone also boasts of a 3.5 mm audio-out earphone jack, “cartoon UI”, Push e-mail service, inbuilt social networking direct access applications (Facebook, Twitter etc.).

The phone lacks 3G and only sports a 2 MP camera compared to LG Cookie Pep and LG Cookie Plus.

LG Cookie Fresh GS290 picture

Brief list of specifications*:

Brand Name LG GS290
aka
LG Cookie Fresh
Camera 2 Megapixels
Max res:1600×1200 pixels
Audio Playback formats eAAC, MP3, WAV
Network EDGE, GSM
3G ? No
Connectivity Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
MicroUSB
Colors Red, blue, pink, purple, light green, silver

The LG Coolie fresh (& Cookie Plus) will be launched in Europe from this month in lots of color variations (mentioned in the above table).LG is also planning to sell these two models in more than 50 countries by the end of this year.

Price*:

No official word yet.But expect Cookie fresh to be cheaper than LG Cookie Plus/Cookie Pep phone.

[*] The specifications list and price list will be updated as soon as the phone gets launched officially.

New LG GD510 Cookie Pep Phone, A Corby Killer ?

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LG Logo

LG launches Corby killer in India:

LG has finally decided to launch its globally popular model LG GD510 in India, six months after it’s global release.It will be known as the LG Cookie Pep in India.

LG GD510 is a 3-inch full touchscreen phone,with 3.15 MP camera (sadly no flash !), Bluetooth 2.0, multimedia player, social networking app for Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace (like Samsung Corby).

Cookie Pep supports 3G but lacks Wi-Fi.Check out the full specifications from the following table.

LG GD510 Cookie Pep

LG GD510 Cookie Pep Specifications:

Brand Name LG GD510
aka
LG COOKIE PEP
Physical Details Weight: 3.2 oz.
Dimensions: 4×1.9×0.6 in.
Display 3″ WQVGA full touchscreen
256k colors
240 x 400 pixels(resolution)
Memory 42MB internal memory
Expandable up to 8GB (using memory card)
Talk time 4.1 Hours
300 Hours standby time
Camera 3.15 Megapixels
Max res: 2048×1536 pixels
Audio Playback formats eAAC, MP3, WAV
Video Playback formats H263, H264, MP4
Network EDGE, GSM, UMTS (3G)
Connectivity Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
MicroUSB
Colors Silver

LG GD510 Cookie Pep Pictures:

LG-GD510-Pop-1

Price:

The phone is priced at Rs. 7,799 in India.

At this price (below Rs 8,000), the phone is truly a competitor to Samsung Corby.

Nokia 5230 Nuron: Affordable 3G Smartphone With Touchscreen, Ovi Maps And More

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Nokia has announced the availability of Nokia 5230 Nuron in USA through T-Mobile 3G.

The phone comes with great features like 3.2” inch touchscreen, pre-loaded Ovi Maps that offers free turn-by-turn navigation.In fact, Nokia Nuron is the first carrier-supported phone to be released with pre-loaded with free Ovi maps.

Review: Of course, like many of the recent phones from Nokia, this one also is modeled after Nokia 5800.The differences are , no Wi-Fi and just a 2 Megapixel camera in case of Nuron.No inclusion of these features mean a heavy price drop for Nokia Nuron, priced at $180.The 3G phone is worth a buy for it’s affordable price with 3G, touchscreen, A-GPS etc.

Nokia 5230 Nuron Picture:

Nokia 5230 Nuron_front_view_Tmobile

Nokia 5230 Nuron Full Specifications/Features

Display Size: 3.2 inch,
Up to 16.7 million colours,
Full touchscreen display
Camera 2 megapixel
3x digital zoom
CMOS sensor
Dedicated camera key
Video Recording – U to 640 x 480 pixels and up to 30 fps (TV high quality),

up to 640 x 352 pixels and up to 30 fps (widescreen quality),

up to 320 x 240 pixels and up to 30 fps/15 fps (email high/normal quality),

up to 176 x 144 and up to 15 fps (sharing quality)
– Up to 4x digital zoom

Formats: MP4, 3GP, MPEG4-SP & AVC, WMV9
Music 3.5 mm stereo headphone plug, Dedicated music keys, Nokia Music, formats: MP3, MP4, AAC, eAAC+, WMA
Video Playback Supported file formats:
MPEG4-SP playback 30fps VGA, MPEG4-AVC playback 30fps QVGA, WMV9 playback 30fps QVGA, MPEG4-SP playback 30 fps nHD
Memory 4GB microSD memory card in-box, expandable up to 16 GB

70 MB internal dynamic memory
Connectors Micro-USB connector, USB 2.0 high speed, 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector
Messaging MMS, SMS, Email, Nokia Xpress audio messaging
Browsing/ Network GPRS/EGPRS/EDGE 177/296 kbps (DL/UL), WCDMA 384/384 kbps (UL/DL)
3G: HSDPA Cat 6, Upto 3.6 Mbps
Software S60, 5th Edition, Symbian OS version 9.4, FOTA (Firmware update Over The Air)
Applications JavaTM MIDP 2.0
Flash Lite 3.0
Ovi Maps 3.0
Nokia Music
Navigation Integrated A-GPS, Ovi Maps 3.0 application

Price:

The price of Nokia 5230 Nuron is : $179.99 (U.S)

Price in India : Rs. 8,200 Approx.

You may also checkout our coverage of Nokia’s recent phones:

Nokia 5530 XpressMusic,

Nokia 2730 Classic 3G,

Nokia X6 16 GB Phone ,

Nokia 5233,

Nokia 6303i classic,

 

The phone would be available from end of March 2010 according to Nokia online store.

What do you feel about this phone? Let’s know through comments..

Motorola QUENCH/CLIQ XT With MOTOBLUR Android Smart Phone

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Motorola QUENCH with MOTOBLUR Smart Phone features with a full virtual QWERTY and front navigation touch pad. It has a 3.1 inch display and SWYPE technology for easy text input.

MOTOBLUR is Motorola’s  new service created to make phones more personal and socially smart using Android. With MOTOBLUR you can sync contacts, posts, messages, photos and much more from Facebook®, MySpace, Twitter®, Gmail™ and many more.

Motorola quench social networking

Motorola QUENCH with MOTOBLUR will be known as CLIQ XT with MOTOBLUR in the United States(US). A detailed description of the specifications are given below.

Full Specs:

Feature Description
Operating System Android™ 1.5
Camera 5 MP DIGITAL ZOOM LED Flash and Auto Focus
Network WCDMA 850/1900/2100 (for Global) WCDMA 900/1700/2100 (for US), GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps (Category 7/8), EDGE Class 12, GPRS Class 12
Battery and Life 1420 mAh Li Ion, 6.5 hours Talk time , 13.5 days Standby time
Connectivity Bluetooth 2.0, 3.5mm Audio Jack, Micro USB 2.0,  Wi-Fi
Display 3.1 inch display 320 x 480 pixels (w x h), 65k TFT
Music AAC, AAC+,  AAC+ Enhanced,  AMR NB,  MIDI,  MP3,  WAV,  WMA v9
Video Playback – H.264, H.263, MPEG at 24fps at HVGA resolution; Capture – H.263, MPEG at 24fps at HVGA resolution
Memory Removable Micro SD card (included); Supports Up To 32GB MicroSD
Additional Feature MOTOBLUR (content delivery service) aggregates Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and Gmail; Syncs your work contacts, email and calendar
Location Service aGPS, Turn by Turn directions, Google Maps, E-Compass
Input Type Touch Screen, Virtual Keyboard, Android and SWYPE keyboards, Voice Commands
Weight and Dimension 123.5g, 59.4mm x 116.7mm x 12.3mm
Noise Reduction Dual microphones and noise cancellation technology

Motorola quench virtual qwerty

Motorola quench Motorola quench

Motorola QUENCH is also equipped with the new noise cancellation technology using dual microphone and mute call button facility.

Motorola QUENCH is expected to be released in the market next month.Price is not yet revealed. But the expected price is around $129 USD.

Dell Mini 5 Tablet – The New Android Smart Phone

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Dell is one of the leading computer manufacturers. It is planning to release its new tablet Dell Mini 5. The prototype of the tablet looks stylish, slim and is expected to be released later this year.

Dell Mini 5 is powered by a 1 GHz Snapdragon ARM microprocessor.The display is a full touchscreen which is 5 inches. It is equipped with two 5 megapixel dual-flash cameras.  It  supports 3G, Wifi, EDGE. This is a hybrid of tablet PC and a Smart phone. Some of the Known Main features are given below.

Dell Mini 5 Android Tablet

Specification:

Feature Description
Processor 1Ghz Snapdragon ARM processor
Operating System Software Android 1.6 Donut
RAM Memory 256 MB RAM, Extensible with micro SD Cards
Display 5 inches (13 cm), 480×854 Screen resolution
Touch Screen Multi touch, touch buttons, pressure sensitive and extremely sensitive touch.
Camera Two 5 megapixel dual-flash cameras
Network 3G, GSM, HSPA on WCDMA with EDGE
Connectivity WiFi ,Bluetooth
GPS Yes

Dell Mini_5 Tablet and iPhone Compare the size with iPhone

Dell Mini 5 Android Tablet Hands On

This is just the preview. A lot of features are hidden and we will come to know soon. This Hybrid concepts of Dell mini 5 will be released later this year and it is expected to cost at least $1000 (US Dollars) or Rs 46,000 (INR)

Update: Read about the leaked Dell Lightning

Samsung Jet 2 Mobile Phone Specification

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Samsung Electronics has announced Jet series in India with the launch of Samsung Jet 2.  It’s the same as original Jet but apparently with an “easy-to-use user interface of a conventional mobile phone” and provides consumers the benefits of advanced features of a smart phone.

The Jet 2 feature set remains the same with 800MHz applications processor, 3.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen display (WVGA), Dolfin browser, DLNA compatibility, Media browser, one-finger zoom, FM Radio, SNS widgets and Smart Unlock. The phone runs on TouchWiz UI 2.0 but also features Motion UI and Media Gate 3D.

samsung jet2

The full specifications and features has been described below.

Feature Description
Network 2G Network    GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network    HSDPA 900 / 2100
Display AMOLED resistive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 3.1 inches, TouchWiz v2.0 UI, Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate and Motion UI, Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
Memory Internal    2GB / 8GB
External microSD, up to 16GB
Connectivity Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth    v2.1 with A2DP
microUSB 2.0
Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Geo-tagging, face, smile and blink detection, wide dynamic range
Video 720×48 30fps, QVGA
Processor Qualcomm MSM6246, 800Mhz processor
Music MP3/WMA/eAAC+/WAV player, Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM recording
Battery Li-Ion 1100 mAh
Stand-by    Up to 422 h (2G) / Up to 406 h (3G)
Talk time    Up 8 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G)
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
GPS A-GPS support, Route 66
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, IM, Push Email
Colors   Available Black, Mystic Purple

samsung jet 2

It has some more Smartphone features like Multi-tasking Manager,  Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync®, Continuous Shot, Panorama Shot, Mosaic Shot, Frame Shot, Fast 3D Touch and Motion-Response Interface.

The price in India will be Rs 19500 (INR) according to Samsung Retailer.

Puma Launches Eco Friendly Phone With Live Sports Feed

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PUMA and Sagem Wireless has unveiled the PUMA Phone at the ongoing Mobile World Congress 2010 (MWC). This is an eco-friendly phone that can be charged from the energy of the Sun. Above this, another exciting feature is that it will deliver Live Sports feed through the LIVE SPORT NEWS service from Agence France Presse (AFP) .

Puma Phone

Some of the attractive features include GPS bike speedometer and run tracker, a pedometer, an analogue stopwatch and a yachting compass, along with the back solar panel for Earth-friendly battery charging.

Puma Phones with Solar Charging feature

The back side is a Solar Panel For eco friendly charging

This 3G phone has featured new stuffs which are kind of sporty and attractive.  Some of the exciting features are given below:

Feature Description
Eco-Friendly Integrated solar cell with charge indicator in the back of the phone
Sporty Features – Analogue stopwatch
– GPS run tracker
– GPS bike speedo
– Pedometer
– Yachting compass
– Location on map
– Geotagging
– AGPS
Display 2.8” full touch screen tablet, Resolution 240 x 320 TFT Screen, wide viewing angle
Battery Li-Ion 880 mAh, Standby time 350 hours Talk time:
3G mode: 4 hours
2G mode: 5 hours
Camera Dual Camera.
Main: 3.2 megapixel camera with LED flash
Video chat with front camera
Music Music player which supports wide range of formats, FM radio
Connectivity W-CDMA/EDGE/GPRS/GSM connectivity, Bluetooth 2.1 and USB 2.0,
3.5 mm audio jack,
HSUPA Cat. 4 (up to 2.9 Mbps)
HSDPA Cat. 8 (up to 7.2 Mbps)
Memory card microSD
Accessories Eco friendly Box with which the phone and its accessories can be carried

The LIVE SPORT NEWS content from AFP will be available through the PUMA WORLD portal from May 2010. The PUMA PHONE will be available through mobile network operators across greater Europe and on PUMA online store from April 2010, following the international markets like India, Japan, China, USA, Canada.

If you want to see the detailed features of the phone, please see the document from the official website pumaphone.com given below:

Click Here PUMA PHONE TECH SHEET.PDF

The price of this phone has not been announced yet. Once the price is announced, we will update it as soon as possible.

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro Announced

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Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro has been announced. Both are smart phones with 5-megapixel Autofocus Camera, full touchscreen and a lot more. Both of the smart phones runs on a 600 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor and Android 1.6 operating system. The Pro Version comes with full Qwerty keypad.

XPERIA X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro

Both of the sister models are almost of same specification and design. let us see the specification and features of the phones.

Xperia X10 mini pro Xperia X10 mini

XPERIA X10 Mini Pro                                                      XPERIA X10 Mini

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro Features:

Features Description
Camera 5 megapixel,Flash, Auto focus, Geo tagging, Video recording
Connectivity 3.5 mm audio jack, aGPS, Bluetooth™ Technology, Synchronisation, USB mass storage, WiFi™
Design Touchscreen, Auto rotate, QWERTY keyboard(in Pro Only)
Messaging Conversations, Email, Exchange ActiveSync®, Instant messaging, Predictive text input, Text messaging (SMS), Picture messaging (MMS)
Memory Phone memory Up to128MB, SanDisk microSD™ (up to 16GB)
Entertainment Radio – FM radio with RDS, 3D games, Facebook™ application, Walk Mate, Video streaming, YouTube™
Music MP3, AAC, Album art, PlayNow™, Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
Processor 600 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor
Operating System Google Android 1.6™
Screen 16,777,216 color TFT touchscreen, 2.55 inches, 240 x 320 pixels (QVGA), Scratch-resistant
Available Colors Xperia™ X10 Mini: 

Black, Pearl White, Lime, Pink, Red, Silver

Xperia™ X10 mini pro:

Black, Red
Battery Talk time GSM/GPRS: Up to 4 hours 

Standby time: GSM/GPRS: Up to 285hrs

This phone will be available in almost all continents. It will be released early in certain countries like USA, Canada, UK, France, India, China, Japan etc. due to high demand of the model.

The official price of both the models has not been announced. We will update the price as soon as it is known.

But Wall Street Journal Reported on NOVEMBER 18, 2009 that it may cost $879 or 6,000 Swedish kronor or around Rs 40000 INR . But it may cost lesser than this expected price.

Update on Price: Sony Ericcson Xperia X10 Mini is available in India @ Rs. 15,000 INR.