Asus Introduces Mini GPS PDA Phone P320 in Taiwan

With a chic and fashionable outlook, the new Asus P320 is a sure eye-catcher. Made to fit comfortably in the hand, the new Asus P320 operating on Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional platform and packed full with features such as GPS navigation; EDGE/GPRS and WiFi for Internet access from anywhere; Bluetooth and USB.

The P320’s built-in GPS module allows timely, faster satellite pinpoint and download for users and their location. Even locations in vast, open country, the global GPS network will always be able to locate the user, and the navigation software will guide the user to the destination smoothly. With ASUS Today, icons such as time, calendar, messages, weather and the media player can be seen easily in the same window - providing users with easy access to their needed functions.
With Auto Cleaner function, never worry about applications being hidden when you want to close them. The Auto Cleaner Function ensures those intended applications are really closed, thus freeing up space and memory for other functions. Another handy application is the Ur Time, which also allows users to set up to four different countries’ default timing on the phone desktop for quick country-specific time references, convenient for setting meetings worldwide.

The new P320 is now available in Taiwan with a price of around 390 USD and in pink, black or white colors. Asus will be also introducing 2 more GPS pda phone (P560, M536) in Q2 this year.

Specifications

* Networks: EDGE/GPRS/GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
* Operating System: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
* Dimensions: 99 x 54.5 x 13.35 mm
* Weight: 105g (with battery )
* Standby Time: 200 hrs (vary with different networking environment and scenario)
* Talk Time: 4 hrs (vary with different networking environment and scenario)
* Display: 2.6″ TFT, Touch Screen 65K color, 240 x 320 pixels
* Processor: TI OMAP 850 200 MHz
* Memory: 128 MB Flash ROM + 64 MB DDR RAM
* Expansion Slot: MicroSD
* Connectivity: WLAN 802.11b+g, USB v1.1, Bluetooth V2.0+EDR
* WAP Browser
* SMS, MMS 1.2, and Push E-mail
* Battery: 1100mAh Li-Ion
* GPS: SiRF StarIII with internal antenna
* ASUS Business Application: Ur Time, Newstation, ASUS Zip, Backup, Intelligent Voice Control
* Other Features: ASUS Today, Theme Manager, Profile, GPS Catcher
* Camera: 2.0 Mega pixel AF
* Video: MPEG4 / H.263 / .3gp Playback and Record
* Audio/Video Streaming
* J2ME (CLDC 1.1 + MIDP2.0)

Samsung SPH-W4950 Mobile Phone

The new SPH-W4950(similar with D500) packs a lot in its slider form factor with support for CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Rev.A. Although it can’t be called a media powerhouse, the W4950 has covered the bases with an mp3/video player and a 1.3-megapixel camera with a secondary VGA for video calling. In addition to the 40MB of internal memory, the W4950 has a microSD/TransFlash memory slot to store your favorite numbers or the pics of your loved ones. The phone can remain on standby for up to 165 hours and provide up to 4.5 hours of talktime.

There is no word on availability or pricing yet.

Samsung introduced L870

Samsung today introduced Samsung L870.The 13.5-mm thin phone pumps Symbian v9.3 and S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 at its core with a 3 megapixel camera, 2.4-inch QVGA display, FM radio, Stereo Bluetooth, and microSD expansion.

Samsung L870 Specifications:

* Network: HSDPA (2100MHz) 3.6Mbps + EDGE/GPRS 900/1800/1900
* Display: 2.4″ QVGA 16M Color TFT
* Camera: 3-Megapixel Camera
* Operating System: Symbian 9.3
* S60 3.2
* Safari browser (full browsing)
* New Thematic UI
* Quick Office document viewer
* Push Email (Visto, Seven, Intellysync, Good)
* Advanced PIM Applications
* Music Player (MP3, AAC, AAC+, RA, AMR, WMA)
* Video Player (H.263 + AMR, MPEG4, Real One, WMV)
* FM Radio (RDS)
* Bluetooth v.2.0 EDR / USB 2.0 (Full Speed)
* Memory: 100MB internal memory + Micro SD up to 4GB
* Size: 103.5 x 50.5 x 13.5mm

Samsung L870 will first be launched in Europe around August, then will continue to be available in all regions where GSM is available.

Zinio Adds 20 new titles for Zinio iPhone

Zinio announced today that Zinio Labs has made 20 new titles available on the Zinio iPhone and iPod Touch. All titles can be accessed for free at http://www.zinio.com/iphone.


Some of these new titles include:

* Readers Digest
* Elle
* Esquire UK
* Macworld Spain
* Macworld UK
* Outside
* PC Magazine
* Popular Photography
* U.S. News & World Report

“Our initial iPhone application was extremely well received by consumers and ranked number one in Apple’s top ten iPhone applications list,” said Rob Novotny, SVP of Zinio Labs. “With the Mobile Newsstand update, we’ve added more popular titles and introduced international titles to meet the demands of users overseas; and this is just the start of more innovations to come.”

K-Touch 8 Megapixel Camera Phone from Beijing Tianyu

Is these a phone or camera? One of the famous mobile phone maker in China, Beijing Tianyu Communication Equipment has just announced their In-Xiang series (K-Touch) camera phone. First three models of the series has been introduced, which all powered by 7 and 8 megapixel camera module and 3x optical zoom capability. The company claims to have added the phone functionality into the digital camera, but not adding a camera functionality to the mobile phone.


Announced last week in China, the new K-Touch C800 and C280 are powered by a 8 megapixel CCD camera module, the K-Touch C700 is using a 7 megapixel CCD camera module instead. While there is no reviews available to confirm the photo quality yet, the camera phones is just like your digital camera with 3x optical zoom, Xenon flash, image stabilizer, face recognition and support up to 1600 ISO sensitivity.

It looks like the phones are using a seperate processor or software to handle the photo taking. The K-Touch C800 and C280 have 2 microSD card slot, both your camera photos and phones data are stored in seperate memory card. When you want to add your photos to your mms or email, there is no way for you to access the camera memory card. Basically to do that you will have to swap the memory card into the phone memory card slot, pretty troublesome design I would say.

Check out the phone specification and photos below for now before we see the real photo sample from these models.


K-Touch C800 Specification

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Network: GSM Dualband 900/1800 MHz
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GPRS
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Dimension: 123 x 56 x 21 mm
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Display: 2.8-inch 256k colors TFT (240 x 320) Touch Screen
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8 megapixel CCD camera with 3x optical zoom, auto focus, Xenon Flash
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Image stabilizer
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Dual microSD card slot
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MP3, WAV, AMR, WMA, AAC, AAC+ player
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Java
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Bluetooth
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Battery: 1300 mAh
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Up to 10 hours talk time
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Up to 14 days standby time