Mobile Bloggo - All the latest Mobile CellPhone news! 2009

After knowing it by the codename Faith, now the Sony Ericsson Aspen was officially announced. It’s a new smartphone with a physical QWERTY keyboard, and Windows Mobile 6.5.3.

It features a 2.4″ display with the resolution of 240 x 320 pixels, a 3.2 Megapixel photocamera, support to HSPA protocols, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, expandable memory (with microSD cards), jack for headphones and bluetooth. It’ll be available on the second trimester of the year, the price hasn’t yet been announced.

Samsung has launched the M100S, the first smartphone from Samsung to feature Android 2.1. Unfortunately, it seems that the launch is restricted to the South Korean market, from March on.

Hoping it’ll approach our markets as well, we’ll list the main features. It has a 3.7″ AMOLED display with WVGA resolution, a 800Mhz processor, Wi-Fi and GPS. Also featured are the 3.5mm jack, 5 megapixel photocamera capable of recording 720p HD Ready videos and with DivX Support. Together with that, the TouchWiz interface and integrated TV, it really makes us hope it’ll be available for other markets as well.

Google has finally released one of the most required updates from all Nexus One users. We’re talking about the Multi Touch, that now is also available on Google’s smartphone with an update that was made available last night. The update is available with USB or Over The Air, and it also corrects a few known bugs and introduces interesting features. Here’s what:
Google Goggles: this mobile application will now be available directly on your device by launching it from your All Apps menu. Just use your Nexus One camera to start searching the web

Google Maps: the Maps application with be updated to a new version, Google Maps 3.4, which will include:

* Starred items synchronized with maps.google.com - access your favorite places from your phone or computer
* Search suggestions from your personal maps.google.com history - makes it easy to search for places you’ve searched for before
* Night mode in Google Maps Navigation - automatically changes your screen at night for easier viewing and driving

Pinch-to-zoom functionality: devices will now include a new pinch-to-zoom mechanism in the phone’s Browser, Gallery and Maps applications

3G connectivity: we will provide a general fix to help improve 3G connectivity on some Nexus One phones

In order to receive the update, users will simply need to download it when the receiving a message on the phone’s notification bar. The OTA notifications will arrive little by little, so it’s possible that for some the message won’t arrive until the end of this week.

The alternative sources of energy are obviously part of any recent research and getting more and more integrated in new technologies. In that sense, Sharp has decided to take a step forward and launch the Solar Hybrid SH6230C, another model with solar panels.

The Solar Hybrid SH6230C is currently only sold in China, and it has a clamshell design, a 2.9″ touchscreen LCD display and a 5 Megapixel photocamera with autofocus. The main feature on the phone is the solar panel that recharges the cellphone, of course.

The design isn’t the most interesting out there, but it is however a step forward towards the alternative sources of energy. We’ll have to wait and see if it’ll be launched in the Western markets.

Microsoft has officially announced that they’ll present the Windows Mobile 7 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which will take place from February 15th to 18th. Peter clain has confirmed and made the news official, and he also speaks of a revolutionary OS.

We already know that it’ll have integration with Zune, multi-touch, and according to some rumors, also a system integration with XBox Live, Facebook and Twitter. And now the list of the minimum technical specifications for a smartphone to feature WM7 is bigger: rumors say Wi-Fi and GPS are now added to the list.

At this point, all we can do is wait for the presentation at the MWC, and see if the new Microsoft mobile OS is capable of competing with Android and all others.

Another image for the HTC Bravo smartphone: it’s a hands-on image, that shows the user interface for the new HTC device. The HTC Bravo seems to be very similar to the Google Nexus One, even though it has more keys and an optical trackpad instead of the trackball.

The HTC Bravo also features a 3.7″ AMOLED WVGA multi-touch screen, 3G Connectivity, Wi-Fi, GPS, 512 MB RAM, 5 Megapixel photocamera with HD video recording, Qualcomm Snapdragon 1 GHz processor and the Android 2.1 OS.

Acer will present their second phone based on the Android platform soon. The new model should arrive on the market during the first half of this year. It was Jim Wong, Acer’s IT Division’s president, to announce the news.

Obviously no further information was released. We don’t know how it will be called, or even the basic technical specifications. Of course, we’ll have to wait.

Do you all remember the Sony Ericsson Kurara U5? Well, forget that name, as from now on, it’s called Sony Ericsson Vivaz. It was officially announced by Sony yesterday, and the Vivaz doesn’t look any different from what had been seen when it was called Kurara U5.

THe smartphone has Symbian as its OS, a WVGA touchscreen display, HSDPA module, Wi-Fi, GPS and 3.5mm jack, common features on the high-level smartphones. But the Vivaz has also a 8.1 Megapixel photocamera with autofocus and LED flash, capable of recording HD videos in the 720p format.

The Vivaz will be available in four colors: Cosmic Black, Silver Moon, Venus Ruby and Galaxy Blue. After the post, some pictures and a product tour video. Enjoy!

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As it commonly happens on the mobile phone world, the LG GW620, the first LG model featuring Android, changes name. It’s now called LG InTouch Max GW620 and it was launched last Tuesday in England, opening the official launch in Europe. The technical specifications are also available, including a physical QWERTY keyboard, touchscreen display and Linkbook, an application that puts all social networks together.

As for the rest of software specifications, the phone features a automatic tag on pictures and the Face-to-Action that allows users to contact their friends (through call, SMS, MMS or social network message) by simply touching their face in a picture. The hardware also has a 5 Megapixel photocamera, 3″ touchscreen display with the resolution of 480×320 pixels, HSDPA connectivity, microSD support, 3.5mm jack, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 1500 mAh battery.

Gigabyte has been trying to get a space in the smartphone market, and in order to compete with the rest, they’ve launched the first smartphone featuring Android. The device measures 103 x 54 x 13.4 mm and has a 2.6″ touchscreen display with the resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. The photocamera has the resolution of 2 Megapixels.

The smartphone is made for the medium-low market, supports EDGE and Wi-Fi connectivity. The internal memory features 512 MB and is expandable with microSD cards. Also featured are the accelerometer and the GPS. The availability is set for next month for the price of €212.