Motorola’s DH01 mobile TV, above, seen at CES last month, has been updated already. The beleaguered electronics company added a GPS navigation system to the DVR (and an “n” to the model number) and took its DH01n to Barcelona’s MWC to show off. It still uses DVB-H format, though, which ain’t exactly popular over here. [Motorola]
The chaps over at Terminal.hu have just managed to get hold of some very interesting Xperia X1 images. The new pictures show the device will be running the yet-to-be-announced Windows Mobile 6.1 OS, and that explains why we weren’t allowed a thorough hands-on at Mobile World Congress 2008. However, that is not all we have learnt from the new screen shots.
All the talk in Barcelona at this year’s MWC was really about one thing: how Steve’s iPhone has changed the face of phones as we know it, as all the handset manufacturers rush to make everything touchscreen. Dutch mobile phone company Spyker had its own take on the iPhone, but, intriguingly, their version had a keypad squished up on the bottom of its face. So, what do you think—is it more Dutch oven than Dutch iPhone? [Crave at cnet.co.uk]
This week, Samsung has been dishing out a load of new mobiles, so the MBP-100 is a welcome change from all that. This little cigarette box-sized portable projector is a precursor to built-in micro-projectors in devices. The MBP-100 connects up to your phone or MP4 player and can throw any image up to a 20 inches for an impromptu wall show. No price info yet, but expect it to hit the Korean market first, some time next month. [Aving via Engadget]
It’s hard to believe that, just a year ago, the name of the phone on everyone’s lips was LG’s collaboration with Prada, the sexy touchscreen number that let its users believe that their fingers were fashion (or something). And now, post iPhone, what of the Prada phone? Well, a silver version is now available in Europe, complete with new UI (also silver, apparently) and matching silver accessories. It’s available in most of Europe, but don’t expect to see it Stateside anytime soon. A couple more pics after the jump.
LG has just unveiled a neat concept called the Watch Phone. It is pretty self explanatory, but if you are still in the dark; it’s a watch that has mobile capabilities. LG said basic functions such as SMS and calling could be carried out by utilising voice activated commands. Granted, you may feel a bit of an idiot dictating your SMS messages to your wrist watch, but if talking to a dual functioning timepiece was good enough for Dick Tracy, it sure is good enough for us.
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Toshiba’s no stranger to Windows Mobile devices, but their latest G810 touchscreen handset looks more similar to the HTC Touch than their previous HTC-like phones. It’s got Windows Mobile 6 on board, 3g HSDPA, 3-megapixel camera with auto-focus, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM radio 2.8-inch touchscreen display, 256MB internal memory, GPS, and a late Spring European launch. It’s got enough features to be a good phone, but it’s nothing revolutionary. [Toshiba Europe via Tech Digest via The Unwired]
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A new sand-grain-sized chip by Audience being demoed at MWC kills extraneous noise (better than current software-based suppression) so they can, even if it sounds like you’re skydiving at the time.
Basically, this speck of silicon wonderment chills in between the mic and the phone’s circuitry, where it maps sound as a 3-D matrix, scraping away up to 25 decibels of garbage, leaving just your deep baritones or whiny squeal. Besides letting your singing voice come through the way it was meant to be heard, dumping the excess baggage saves bandwidth, giving stingy-ass network providers a reason to push for this thing as well. [NYT]
In addition to the chipmaker ARM, everybody and their mother is showing off their own flavour of the first official prototype Google Android phones at MWC today: ARM, Texas Instruments, Marvell, Qualcomm, NEC and ST Microelectronics, to name a few. Definitely expect some first gropes of Android on real hardware later today—hopefully these are the droids we’re looking for. [Yahoo!/AP]
