Nokia N81 Cell Phone Is First US Phone With N-GAGE Platform

So I got this box in the mail that said N-GAGE on it. But the cell phone inside didn’t look like a taco. I was confused. I tried talking into the side of the slider — it worked just like a cell phone should. What''s this N-GAGE moniker for? Turns out, N-Gage is no longer the name of a specific phone—it’s a platform, meaning that in order to wear the storied (er, buried?) badge a handset must meet certain performance criteria when it comes to mobile gaming. And the phone in question, Nokia’s N81 8GB, is the first so-branded model to be released in the US. This handset has a 3D graphics accelerator, super-bright 16-million-color screen, and physical controls geared toward gaming. There are buttons on opposite ends of the device, mimicking the feel you get when you pick up say, an Xbox 360 controller. In the software department, the N81 runs the graying S60 operating system, and comes with a suite of demo games that cost about $10 to activate. Really? Come on guys, the new N-GAGE is supposed to keep us engaged not enraged.  —Joe Brown

WIRED 3G and Wi-Fi, which should be standard on every phone, thank you very much. Gaming controls work as advertised, with nary a mis-pressed button in several straphanger gaming sessions. 8 gigs is, like, plenty of memory. Sleek design and excellent build quality. Unlocked. Autofocus-free 2-megapizzle camera is paparazzi-fast.

TIRED Paparazzi-fast camera seems like it’s trying especially hard not to focus. Fancy piano-black screen is the opposite of antireflective. Topside button is built around the speaker, and squeaks if you move the phone around during a conversation (= always). Flat, nearly featureless keypad is impossible to use without looking down. Yo Nokia, why can’t you include at least one free game with my $630 phone? And where the @#$! is Snakes?! $629, nokia.com (story Link)

AT&T Mobile TV -- Media Flows Like Greased Lightning

Do we really need another way to rot our brains? Yes, yes we do -- and live TV on our phones is just the ticket. The latest effort to get the boob tube on a mobile device is AT&T's Mobile TV with FLO (Forward Link Only), and it's surprisingly good. Coupled with the LG Vu phone, it's a match made in couch-potato heaven.

The MediaFLO service uses an unusual, nonstandard bit of spectrum to ensure that the streaming of your favorite flicks is uninterrupted. Instead of downloading the data over AT&T's 3-G network, the Qualcomm-developed technology operates primarily on the old UHF television band, though it does tap into the 3-G network in order to get started.

The result is that there's virtually no buffering and programming starts up within a few seconds. On the Vu’s brilliant 3-inch screen we found picture quality to be insanely clear and frame rates to be smooth as the ice cubes in a tumbler of 30-year-old bourbon.

"Mobile TV" is a bit of a misnomer. Only a few channels are simulcast, meaning you can watch them in near-real time: for instance, Comedy Central, breaking news on CNN and and selected sporting events on ESPN. All other programming, like episodes of your favorite Fox shows (Family Guy!), are time-shifted and updated when necessary.

There are three different Mobile TV packages to choose from. Included in the $30 package is unlimited Mobile TV, Web browsing and CV mobile video along with CBS Mobile, CNN Mobile Live, Comedy Central, ESPN Mobile, Fox Mobile, MTV, NBC 2Go, NBC News 2Go, Nickelodeon and PIX (Sony Pictures). The mid-tier package, at $15, gives you unlimited Mobile TV and the CNCRT channel for a limited time. The basic package includes CBS Mobile, FOX Mobile, NBC 2Go and NBC News 2Go for only $13.

Watching live streaming TV or movies like The Karate Kid on the Vu's 3-inch haptic touchscreen is, well, pretty amazing. The user interface is fairly intuitive with straightforward menus. And the mere fact that we can watch clips from 30 Rock while sitting on the bus is satisfying in itself. Hell, it almost makes us want to junk our 52-inch monster HD LCD and watch TV on our phone full time. Almost. —Peter Ha

WIRED Good selection of simulcast and time-shifted programming. No network lag. Live streaming CNN is a must for news junkies. Variety of programming packages should fit just about everyone’s viewing style.

TIRED Unless you're in an area with strong 3-G coverage, the service simply will not work.  Right now the service is only available in 58 locations nationwide.

$30 per month as tested, wireless.att.com (Story Link)

T-Mobile G1 Slam Dunks Software, Airballs Hardware

Between the Youtube videos, fan sites, and ever-cranking rumormills, it’s like we knew all about the first phone running Google's Android OS before we ever got our mitts on one: a boatload of apps available through the Market, built-in Amazon music store, 3G, Wi-Fi, Google Maps with Street View, that crazy shape-driven lock code, and so on. Sure enough, all those message board stars are present and accounted for on the G1, but don’t worry: There are still plenty of surprises to keep you entertained.

Surprise #1: Android is pretty freaking on-point for a first-gen software release. Sure, it has bugs—Web pages don’t automatically re-size and the zoom feature blows—but it’s also remarkably polished, bristling with nifty tricks. Take the long touch: Not unlike the windows-born right-click, it brings up useful contextual menus. Long touch a field of text, for example, and you get the option to select it, copy it, or paste something in (take that, Jobs!). And though Android’s first home is a touchscreen phone, you can tell that the OS was designed to work with hard-buttons as well.

In fact, if you can’t abide fingerprints, you can get around the G1 quite well without ever smearing the glass. There’s a BlackBerry Pearl-esque trackball in the center of the button bank that lets you cruise menus, websites, or any other screen you can bring up. Five other buttons flank the trackball: the ubiquitous green and red phones, “back,” “home,” and “menu.” The keys are useful, but their physical location is a problem that ties into the most noticeable G1 bugaboo: its size. This is a big bitch for us—nearly a half-inch thick—and its problematic girth is made worse by an annoyingly curved-up section that makes the phone frustrating to pocket: that button bank. If you want to rock a G1, be prepared to bust out the manpurse or multi-pocketed raver jeans (sorry, Hipsters).

The phone’s main interface is a 3.2-inch touchscreen that swivels out of the way along an arced path to reveal a QWERTY keyboard. The keyboard is fine, but that frakking curved button bank (which also houses the mechanics of the arced hinge) makes typing uncomfortable. Also, since the screen swings to the right, non-lefties will have to reach across the phone to flip it open with their thumbs—and no amount of soft-touch plastic is going to keep them from dropping the G1 from time to time.

The capacitive touchscreen is fine—neither the best nor the worst we’ve seen in terms of appearance or sensitivity. G-Mobile uses a half-assed haptic feedback mechanism (the phone vibrates) to confirm touches, but you can (and should) turn it off.  —Joe Brown

WIRED Android is legit, and future iterations should get even more impressive. 3G on a T-Mobile phone. Tons of apps that will keep you entertained for the duration of your 2-year contract—and all of them are free until Google decides on a way to charge. Relatively cheap, and data plans include T-Mobile hotspot subscriptions. Snappy processor never seems to get bogged down, even with multiple apps running. Decent battery life: a day of heavy use or three if you have no friends. Mounts on both Mac and PC as an external drive, allowing you to drag-and-drop music or videos.

TIRED Fugly. Bulky. No 3.5mm headphone jack and no adapter that lets you plug your own buds into the HTC mini USB multi-port. T-Mobile’s 3G network not as quick as AT&T’s, and nowhere near as pervasive. We don’t mean to whine about free stuff, but the included 1GB MicroSD card seems a little dinky compared to the 8-gig iPhone you can get for $20 more. Camera is slower than a three-toed sloth to respond.

$180 with 2-year contract, t-mobile.com (story Link)

15 Worst iPhone Concepts - Funny

 

We've finally seen the iPhone and we're all waiting to get our grubby hands on one when they finally become available sometime in June 2007. But until then we have to do something to curb that iPhone urge so we decided, with all the speculation that was going on up until the unveiling last month, to compile a list of the worst iPhone concepts that the denizens of the web came up with.

Here you have it, iPhone concepts from Apple fans who thankfully were NOT on the design team:

Your new iPhone also doubles as a faceplate for your car stereo, in case you want to deter thieves from stealing your sounds by masking your $200 stereo with your $500 iPhone.

This either goes on your wrist, which sorta makes sense, or on on your head, like a headband, which makes less sense. I kinda like this one. If it shot webbing, then it would be perfect.

Apple went back in time to the 80s and stole the design for the Sony Discman, figuring that most iPhone groupies would be too young to recognize the Discman, or even know what a compact disc is. Remember when you could pry open the Discman lid while it was on play and see an actual laser? Ah, good times.

Hmm, this is where the remote control for my massage chair went. Let's see ... setting 2 for camera phone and deep tissue massage, please.

No, it's not mints. It's birth control. These very words were spoken to me by my freshman year girlfriend. She was a swell girl.

"What we cannot speak of we must pass over in silence." - Ludwig Wittgenstein

Call me old fashioned. I actually want one of these. When old tech and new tech combine to give you a zero sum gain, that's innovation!

Where refurbished flat-screen iMacs go to be repurposed as unusable iPhones. Where's the display, where's the keys, where's everything you need in a phone but the handset?

At least the rotary dial will prevent accidental 911 calls.

The design team went to a Nokia store and rummaged through the overstock bin of starter cell phones.

Because I'm getting too good at texting, the designer of this concept decided to up the ante with a circular keypad.

 

 

Ah, when conversation is just too much of a hassle. Phones are getting slimmer but your wrists keep getting weaker. Thank goodness for the lawn-chair design of the new iPhone. Now, my phone and I can relax as I make my necessary connects.

Looks like a glass case but it's not. It's the new iPEZ dispenser.

Texas Instruments and Apple decided to collaborate and build the world's most powerful tip calculator. If you're short on the bill, you can call the 'rents to wire you money fast. Also does square roots to the 8th digit. So nice.

Err...

There you have it, folks. The best of the worst. Most of these were concepted in fun, but there were a few we think were serious concept predictions for the iPhone. I hope those were conjured up in a nice safe padded cell. (story Link)

Nokia N86 : 8 Megapixel Camera Mobile Phone

It’s now as official as it can possibly get. Nokia’s very first 8 Megapixel camera phone, the N86, is a reality. Although it already seemed like that earlier today, we were just hoping that a release and some higher resolution images would hit the Nokia site soon so we could be 110 percent sure. Thankfully that was a short wait.

"People demand mobile cameras that take excellent pictures in all light conditions," says Juha-Pekka Sipponen, Director, Nokia Nseries. "That’s why the aperture of the Nokia N86 8MP is comparable to that of a high-quality, stand-alone digital camera. Whether it’s running with the bulls in Pamplona or capturing the panoramic beauty of a sunrise over Sydney, the Nokia N86 8MP will take brilliantly clear, wide-angle images that are instantly geotagged to be uploaded onto sites like Ovi Share or Flickr."
The Nokia N86 8MP camera includes a wide-angle Carl Zeiss Tessar lens for panoramic pictures, shorter latencies and variable aperture for super sharp photos in challenging bright and low light conditions. A fast mechanical shutter will help ensure pictures with less motion blur. What could be construed as a disappointment would be the presence of  a dual LED camera flash instead of a Xenon.

"When it comes to taking the best digital photos, it’s the quality of the lens and the sensor that count, not just the quantity of pixels. The Nokia N86 8MP is the first mobile device with variable aperture, adding to the Carl Zeiss Tessar lens for excellent results. It has never been easier to capture special moments in such a great quality," says Helmut Heier of Carl Zeiss.

The handset features -

• 2.6 inch OLED, scratch resistant hardened glass display with a 240 x 320 pixel resolution
• Dual Slider
• 8GB of internal memory (microSD card support)
• HSDPA, Wi-Fi, EDGE
• Bluetooth with A2DP, USB 2.0 (micro)
• GPS with A-GPS support (Nokia Maps)
• FM radio with RDS and FM transmitter feature
• 3.5mm AV socket
• Rear kickstand

With full Ovi integration, users can share their location with personal content like geotagged photos. The Nokia N86 8MP comes with a built-in compass, along with an integrated 3-month license for full voice and pedestrian navigation.

The Nokia N86 8MP is expected to begin shipping in the second quarter of 2009 at an estimated retail price of Rs. 23, 331 (EUR 375), before taxes and subsidies. (story Link)

Expensive Gadgets – Gold Cases

 

 

18k gold cases for cell phones and Apple iPhones 3G are shown at the VX booth at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009.

(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Apple iTunes 8 (Winter 2009)

When Apple upgrades its flagship iTunes media application, people take notice. The new version, iTunes 8, adds a tiled album-cover view, a custom playlist-generation feature called Genius, a Visualizer update, and some accessibility enhancements. It also brings high-definition TV episodes to the iTunes Store for the first time, and it marks the return of NBC content after a protracted battle over royalty rates. In addition, at MacWorld on January 6th, 2009, Apple made three key changes to the iTunes Store. First, it announced that it has finally removed DRM from all but two million of the ten million songs in its catalog (the DRM on the rest will disappear by the end of March). It also announced three tiers of pricing for tracks, in a nod to the major record labels' demands; tracks will now cost $0.69, $0.99, or $1.29 each. Finally, iPhone owners will be able to buy music tracks over 3G cellular networks, not just over Wi-Fi—putting Apple in direct competition with Sprint Music, Verizon V CAST Music, and other cellular services. These long-awaited improvements put Apple over the top; it finally takes the Editors' Choice from long-time favorite Rhapsody.

That said, iTunes 8 still doesn't do everything. It still lacks a music-subscription option, and Apple still prefers that you play within its walled-garden ecosystem of iPods, iPhones, Apple TV devices, and iTunes Store purchases—particularly when it comes to video. But there's no denying that iTunes 8 remains a formidable choice in media suites for both Mac and PC computers, even if most of the flaws we noted in our last review of version 7.7 remain.

I tested iTunes 8, using a MacBook Pro 2.2 GHz Merom Core 2 Duo machine with 2GB of RAM. I also put together a test library of 581 tracks, including music purchased from the iTunes Store, music purchased from Amazon's DRM-free MP3 store, and unprotected MP3 and AAC tracks ripped from CDs. Finally, I re-ran tests on a separate 24-inch aluminum iMac and a Core 2 Duo HP Pavilion laptop running Windows Vista, each with a different music library, to check stability. All three were stable in operation, but the iTunes 8 installer crashed the aluminum iMac hard, forcing a reboot and a second attempt before it worked. (full Story)

SlingPlayer for the iPhone 3G

Sling Media has announced the long-awaited iPhone version of SlingPlayer Mobile, the mobile app that lets Slingbox owners watch their cable boxes or DVRs on the go.

The iPhone version offers similar controls to SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry, including its novel ribbon interface. But the new iPhone app takes advantage of that handset's touch screen and larger display. The interface sports many of the same icon designs as the BlackBerry version, albeit larger ones that are more finger-friendly. 

I had a chance to test an alpha version of the app on an iPhone 3G. Slingbox owners can log onto the iPhone version using their online accounts, which store all of the appropriate Slingbox tags for use across multiple platforms. For starters, there's a new Home Channel Set feature that lets you specify what the default channel is whenever you fire up the app on the iPhone, even if the cable box back at home is set to a different channel. You can also set up a separate Mobile Favorites list that downloads straight to the device.

One nice touch: you can surf Favorite channels by flicking right or left with your index finger. The app responded within about one second per "flick;" it seemed quite fast given the remote channel changing that's happening in the background over the Internet. This is great for surfing your favorite channels, without having to return to the Program Guide or clutter up the screen with various UI elements. Flicking up and down, instead of left and right, changes the channel normally (from the entire list of available channels, not just your favorites), again without having to bring up the remote control or guide.

Unfortunately, while the new app fills the iPhone's screen with a nice, smooth picture, it doesn't take full advantage of the increased screen resolution. The app scales up the same 320 x 240 pixel image from the Windows Mobile and BlackBerry versions to fit the iPhone's 320 x 480 pixel screen. Having said that, it still looked sharp when blown up to full screen, with reasonable smoothness over a weak 3G signal and near 30 fps animation over Wi-Fi.

The alpha version I tried had a couple of UI glitches, including a malfunctioning volume slider and a messy icon arrangement. But given Sling Media's excellent software track record, I expect the company to take care of these issues by the time the app is released.

There's no word yet on price, but all previous mobile versions (Windows Mobile, Palm OS, BlackBerry, Symbian) have cost $29.95. And of course you need a Slingbox of some kind. Brian Jaquet, a spokesperson for Sling Media, said that the company plans to submit a final version to Apple by the end of the first quarter 2009. If Apple's quick turnaround on other apps is any indication, and if Apple doesn't find any issues with SlingPlayer Mobile, it could appear for sale within days after that.  (full Story)

Nokia 6212 : "Near Field Communication" Mobile Phone

Nokia 6212 is another newest 3G phone but it is mot very expensive. but this phone is very special one because it has a special feature. that is "Near Field Communication(NFC)". you may never heard this word before because there are very few NFC enabled models. so this is the latest NFC nokia phone.
ok, lets take a look at what is this NFC feature.The NFC allows users to make connections with other NFC-enabled devices by ‘tapping’ the devices together. Over short distances two NFC-enabled devices, say a phone and a headset, will pair faster than with existing Bluetooth protocols. So, for instance, if you hold the 6212 and a NFC-enabled Bluetooth device, such as Nokia’s BH-210 headset, close together they will pair instantly. NFC can also be used to share content between the 6212 and other compatible handsets.
All features
- 2MP camera
- Nokia Xpress Audio messaging
- Push to talk
- Java MIDP 2.0
- FM stereo radio
- Visual radio
- MP3/MPEG4 player
- Voice memo
- Built-in handsfree
- Calendar
- To-do list
- Notes
- Alarm clock
- Stop watch
- Countdown timer
- Calculator
- Converter II
- World Clock II
- Active standby screen

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Battle of the Touch-Screen Smartphones

The iPhone may have started the touch-screen smartphone trend, but these days, there's no shortage of competition. Which handset is right for you?

After years of fiddly devices that required a stylus to operate, the time is finally right to buy a touch-screen smartphone. The tipping point came when Apple shook up the market with the finger-friendly iPhone. Since then, competitors have popped up all over the place.

Several early iPhone clones were nothing more than thinly disguised feature phones. The LG Dare, for example, is a slick and powerful touch option on Verizon, even though it sports a screen with lower resolution than that of the iPhone. Similarly, the Samsung Instinct is a solid, inexpensive choice for Sprint subscribers. And the Instinct is a better deal today for two reasons: It now works with the excellent Opera Mini 4.2 browser, and Sprint added over-the-air calendar sync with Microsoft Outlook and Exchange via the carrier's new Mobile Email WORK service.

The Dare and the Instinct aren't true smartphones, however, so they are of little consequence to someone looking for a handset that can support native third-party applications. If you want a touch-screen smartphone, though, you still have plenty of options. In addition to its touch screen, the T-Mobile G1, the first real Google Android smartphone, sports a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The BlackBerry Storm 9530, meanwhile, is the first touch-screen BlackBerry ever and offers a unique spin on the touch interface with its click-enabled LCD. Other companies have also followed suit, with touch-screen Windows Mobile handsets like the slider HTC Touch Pro and the iPhone-esque Samsung Omnia, both of which put a finger-friendly face on the notoriously finicky WM interface. Even Nokia has entered the fray after years of keyboarded smart devices with the Symbian-based 5800 XPressMusic.

See how the features on these touch-screen smartphones stack up side by side, or click through to the full reviews below.

Smartphones Featured in This Roundup

Apple iPhone 3G (AT&T)

With the advent of the App Store, the iPhone 3G is now a full-fledged handheld computing platform. It's also a great iPod and—finally—a decent-sounding voice phone. This second-gen version adds high-speed data access, a true GPS radio, and an improved 3.5mm headphone jack. (It's also half the price of the original iPhone.)

BlackBerry Storm 9530 (Verizon Wireless)

The Storm's innovative touch screen acts like one giant mouse button that clicks when you press it. That's good for some things, but typing sure feels weird; this one is definitely a try-before-you-buy handset. It's a genuine BlackBerry otherwise, with powerful push e-mail for up to ten accounts. Interface oddities and some bugs aside, the Storm is a gorgeous smartphone.

HTC Touch Pro (Sprint)

The Touch Pro is probably the best example of HTC's TouchFLO-equipped smart devices. Its slick, five-row keyboard and full VGA screen are huge pluses. Unfortunately, its sluggish, obstinate Windows Mobile roots drag it down—even though the Touch Pro offers the same powerful document-editing and synchronization capabilities as other Microsoft-based handsets.

Nokia 5800 XPressMusic (Unlocked)
Nokia's first touch-screen smartphone offers some unique features, but like Research in Motion, Nokia didn't get everything right on its first outing. Still, the 5800 is a capable voice phone that works with Nokia's unique (and free) Comes With Music service. (Note: In the case of the 5800 XPressMusic, we reviewed a prerelease model; the final version is expected to hit stores within a few weeks.)

Samsung Omnia SCH-i910 (Verizon Wireless)

Verizon's version of the Samsung Omnia is much better than the expensive, buggy, unlocked model we first reviewed in early fall. The Omnia's 5-megapixel camera, video-recording capabilities, and strong Opera Web browser mark it as a powerful multimedia phone—even if its interface isn't all that responsive.

T-Mobile G1 (T-Mobile)

Android, Google's long-awaited open-source mobile OS, has finally hit the market in the guise of the T-Mobile G1, a slider smartphone that looks a lot like the carrier's popular Sidekick. The G1 features a solid Web browser, good call quality, and excellent integration with Google's various services. It needs more software on the multimedia side before it will catch the class leaders, though. (full Story)

Windows 7 Beta Damages Some MP3

It is probably fair to say that the Windows 7 builds that have been floating around on the Internet are very stable and that only a handful of minor errors have been reported yet. According to Neowin the latest two builds of Windows 7 that leaked to the Internet may damage mp3 files under certain circumstances.

The problem was first recognized by users who noticed that the first few seconds of their mp3 files had been cut off. Some thought it was related to bad cross fading first but it soon turned out that the data was not there anymore. Many users thought it was caused by Windows Media Player 12 but it turned out to be a global problem. (story Link)

Nokia 7100 - The New Supernova Mobile Phone

Like Nokia’s N-series, XpressMusic and Prism series, Supernova series is now becoming popular. many supernova phones are very easy to handle  and they are user friendly and smart.
Nokia 7100 is the newest phone in this category which is going to be launched in end of the year 2009. actually this is very simple and user friendly phone and there is no special thing in this phone. Nokia 7100 is going to be very cheap because it has only necessary features. it is a 2G phone and the camera is 1.3Mp one. but it has a good media player which supports MPEG4 media format.
it’s a slider design mobile phone and the rounded corner design allows you to easily handle it. it has a HTML web browser and 1000 entries phone book.
all features
- Java MIDP 2.0
- Stereo FM radio with RDS
- FM recording
- MP3 player
- MPEG-4 player
- T9
- Built-in hands free
- Voice memo

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HTC Touch Diamond

Nokia has a famous mobile phone concept named Nokia prism concept. It’s a fashion mobile concept and Nokia has launched series of mobile phones in this category. Mainly all of them have prismatic and triangular shapes and colors. Today our reviewing phone is very similar to this concept phones but it’s a HTC phone.
The latest HTC squad member, HTC Touch Diamond, might as well be starting a new era for Microsoft OS-powered mobiles.
Never before has Windows Mobile looked this sharp, nor has it been as feature-loaded. Gem-inspired design, VGA screen, GPS and a built-in accelerometer might just be enough to get WinMo fans exited but the HTC Touch Diamond reaches beyond. A usable 3 megapixel camera and the latest edition of the TouchFLO UI are running on the brand new 6.1 version of the Windows Mobile Professional OS. And all that is packed into a package that’s as compact as they get.
It’s rather hard to find a Windows mobile device to boast the same extras as the Diamond and be just as pocket-friendly. The compact size of the HTC Touch Diamond and the VGA screen are its best ammo in the market share war.
All features
• 2.8" 65K-color VGA display
• TouchFLO 3D Home screen and gesture controls
• 4 GB of internal storage
• Wi-Fi
• Qualcomm MSM7201A 528 Mhz CPU and 192 MB DDR SDRAM
• Dedicated graphics chip (64MB RAM reserved for graphics)
• HSDPA 7.2Mbps
• Built-in GPS receiver
• Standout design
• Compact and lightweight
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• 3.15 MP auto focus camera
• Active magnetic stylus
• Touch-sensitive scroll wheel
• MS Office Mobile document editor
• Opera 9.5 web browser
• Standard miniUSB slot and Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
• Comes with the amusing Teeter game
• YouTube client
• Excellent video playback performance

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Fake iPhone Nanos Hit Thailand

According to Apple Insider, knockoff iPhone Nanos have surfaced in stores around Thailand, all fitting the description of the rumored Nano which has yet to be confirmed by Apple or any manufacturer.
Many of the devices even include the official Apple logo and iPhone labeling and branding, making some of the fakes very hard to spot.
The OS of the phone also mimics that of official iPhones down to the icons and wallpapers.
A few pictures from the source:

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ePhone: One Letter From Perfection

Do you live in a small village in a backward country? Is your goal in life to own an iPhone? Well sell the cow and buy an ePhone because this quad-band GSM phone is the rockingest $160 phone in the whole wide world.

This hunk of crap looks so close to a real iPhone 3G that only your proctologist will know for sure. It’s available now in bulk for those desiring to fleece the natives.

EPHONE M8
Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Deutsch, Indonesia, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Persian
Display Size: 3.2 inch, 240×320 pixels
Screen: QVGA screen, 260K colors
Ringtones Type: Polyphonic (64 channels); Support mp3 ringtone: Music: Support MP3 background play,support equalizer;Built-in 3D stereo speaker
Video: 3GP / MP4, support to play in full screen, forward and pause
Camera: 1.3 Megapixel camera,support to shoot with sound
FM Radio: FM stereo,play outside without earphone
TV Function: TV supported (does this mean that I can put it on top of my TV or what?)
Internal Memory: Packed with 1GB TF card, support extend card
Data transfer: USB cable / Bluetooth
Connectivity: GPRS / WAP
Phonebook: Can store 500 phonebooks
Messaging: SMS, MMS

(full Story)

IPod Touch Second Gen

Apple has also released the 2nd gen iPod Touch. Yes similar to iPhone 3G. Slimmer, lighter and has a back chrome aluminum case. Wow, that looks nicer than the iPhone 3G back case.

ImprovementBuilt-in speaker ~ lets you hear the music, dialogue, and action without headphones, perfect for casual listening.

Volume controlVolume buttons are built into the left side of iPod touch, giving you easy access to the most frequently used controls.
Longer battery lifeProvides up to 36 hours of audio playback or 6 hours of video playback

Rock ’n’ run with Nike+.iPod touch now includes built-in Nike + iPod support. Just slip the Nike + iPod Sensor (available separately) into your Nike+ shoe and start your run. The sensor communicates wirelessly with your iPod touch, tracking your time, distance, and calories burned. It even gives you voice feedback on your progress.

The new iPod Touch is available in 8GB, 16GB and 32GB and priced at $229, $299 and $399 respectively.
Video and pictures after the break.

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