Arne from the::unwired got a glimpse of Samsung’s SGH-i200 smartphone on display at the Microsoft booth. Rumored to be unveiled today, it has 3G connectivity with Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard, and is supposedly aiming at the cheap-ish smartphone market by costing around $320. Nicely grabbed photo there, Arne. Expect more details soon. [the::unwired, Mobile review]
Behold the latest offering from Samsung and B&O: the 3G, dual-slider F400. Slide the front upwards and you get your keypad, slide it down and your B&O speakers heave into view. As well as the 2.2-inch QVGA display, there’s an RDS-enabled FM radio and MicroSD card slot. Price is expected to be around the 380€ mark, which is around 600 of your buckeroonies, when it launches in March. [Tech Digest]
The new G400 gets its “Dual-Touch Chic” surname thanks to a touchscreen on the inside and outside of its skinny metal frame. We do, however, wonder what what the hell it’s for—controlling its music-playing functions perhaps? Measuring in at 4.1 x 2.0 x 0.6 inches, this is Samsung’s first go at an all-metal flip-phone but, other than shiny looks and those “chic” touchscreens, it’s pretty similar to other top-of-the-line Samsung cells. The G400 has a 5-megapixel autofocus camera, 2.2-inch inner display, RDS FM radio, 100MB of memory and expansion via microSD. Available in April/May for around $490. [Mobile review]
Mobile Review is reporting that Samsung has as many as 17 new mobiles to drop at MWC 2008, including the G810. We’ll bring you the best and most interesting here on the Giz.
Dear Readers, Well, two out of three ain’t bad, I guess. I was meant to be joining Blam and the guy in the red hat, Captain Zissou oh yeah, Jesus, I think his name is, for a couple of days in Barcelona, but I have been struck down by a nasty, virulent, ectoplasm-producing cold, so I’m staying home. Never mind, while they go out and fondle sexy new phones in Spain’s second city and keep you informed about the hottest mobiles and smartphones on offer this year, I shall see if I can break the world record for continuous sneezing. UPDATE: Oh, and to anyone who is speculating that J will play fast and loose with booth babes, I can categorically say that it won’t happen—unless the booths are furnished with chicks who look like this.
The third in the trio of “new” phones being shown off by Motorola at WMC 2008 in Barcelona this week is not really a new phone. Instead, the Z6w is just a Wi-Fi version of the Z6c but with a cradle added for good measure. Another pic and full specs after the jump.
The N96 is pretty similar to the Symbian 60-powered N95 we’ve all come to recognize as Nokia’s 5MP GPS finest, but with 16GB of internal memory and a 2.8-inch screen. This model also has a built-in DVB-H receiver for digital TV signals in Europe and Asia, and a kickstand for desktop viewing. Also new are the backlit touchbuttons on the face, dialpad and top slider section of the phone. When playing media, they show the typical play/pause/ff/rr functions; when gaming on the N-Gage gaming platform, they show control pad buttons. Approx $900.
The new Nokia N78 candybar mobilecomes absolutely loaded: HSPDA 3G support, Wi-Fi connectivity, FM music transmitter and integrated Assisted GPS. The later has obligatory Nokia Maps support and automatic geotagging of photos taken by its 3.2-megapixel sensor with Carl Zeiss optics. Unlike the previous N73, the $562 (350 euros) pianoblacktabulous N78 gets rid of real keys in favour of touch surfaces, with raised lines on the front to give you tactile feedback. Full details after the jump.
If you thought the iPhone’s accelerometers trick was cool, wait until you see the new Nokia 6210 Navigator GPS in action. Using the GPS, an integrated compass and accelerometers, the 6210 will always show you the map in the right orientation, no matter how you turn the mobile around. This is great especially when you are walking around the city. The phone, which also comes with a 3.2-megapixel camera, MP3 player, videoconferencing front camera and stereo FM radio, will grab additional points of interest information using its HSDPA 3G connectivity. The $482 (300 euros) Nokia 6210 includes local maps with future updates included in the price. Full details and high resolution photo after the jump.
The 6220 Classic seems to be Nokia’s answer to the latest Sony Ericsson Cybershots: a compact candybar with 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens that gets all its photos tagged thanks to its built-in Assisted GPS, a feature that is the norm in the latest Nokia lineup. The only bad thing: the candybar 6220 doesn’t use its GPS to provide full navigation like the Nokia 6210 Navigator however, although this can be enabled later with a software upgrade, probably for a price. At $522 (325 euros) it also comes loaded with Nokia Maps and a set of Widsets which, like Apple’s iPhone widgets, are small specialized applications that show the Internet content loaded through its 3G connection.
