Phils Mobile (ect) Blog

New 16GB and 32GB MicroSD cards to arrive soon

2008-07-31T14:18:00.002+01:00

It would seem that these two massive sized cards are on their way soon. 16GB is due this summer at some point while the 32GB is more towards the end of the year. There is already a list of devices that have been tested and work (this is the list taken from over at Mobile-Review Forums)

Symbian S60

Nokia E51
Nokia E65
Nokia E66
Nokia E71
Nokia E90
Nokia N81
Nokia N82
Nokia N95
Nokia N96
Nokia 5800 XpressMedia Tube (eary fw 1.0.0.2701)
Not listed S60 devices with SDHC slot (like Nokia 6120c, Samsung G810) should work too.

PC

Asus EEE PC (with SD-adaptor)
HTC Shift (with SD-adaptor)
SDHC-compatible card readers (USB)

Windows Mobile

Samsung SGH-i900
Samsung SGH-i780
Samsung SGH-i550
Samsung SGH-G810
Toshiba G910
Toshiba G710
HP iPAQ 614 en 914
HP iPAQ 114 en 214 (with SD-adapter)

HTC Touch Diamond
HTC Touch Diamond / Pro
HTC S620 (with Windows Mobile 6 update)
HTC S710
HTC S730
HTC P6500 (with SD-adaptor)
HTC Touch
HTC Touch Dual
HTC Touch Cruise
HTC TyTN II
HTC X7500 (with MiniSD-adaptor)
HTC X7510 (with MiniSD-adaptor)

Asus M930
Asus M536

Obviously more will be added to that list as time goes on up untill release date. For your pleasure here are the pictures posted over at Mobile-Review (with a credit to 'Jeremy' for the pictures at the list)

Sony Ericsson G705 LEAKED!

2008-07-29T16:50:00.002+01:00

It seems that over at se4m.com the new sony ericsson G705 has been leaked. All we can make out at the moment is that its a slider phone, it has a 3.2MP camera (can see this from the pictures) with a LED flash. But thats about all we can see at the moment. Anyway enough of the talk, here is some pictures (source is se4m.com)

Click on this link to bring up all the pictures:- http://www.se4m.com/forums/t20258.html

Sony Ericsson C905

2008-07-28T18:14:00.003+01:00

I have found a nice little preview of the Sony Ericsson C905 and the XPERIA-X1 over at smape.com HERE.

The c905 seems to remind me of a 6280. but with a 8MP camera and GPS. But we will see for sure as soon as we see some more in-deph reviews. At the moment rumours are that this will be released around the end of August start of September. Lets hope its not rushed out and turns into another k850i!

Rumored Specs for the Nokia 5800 Expressmusic

2008-07-28T09:10:00.004+01:00

Specs have started to apear for the Nokia 5800 Expressmusic.

3.2 inches 16.7 million TFT 640x360 screen, heaptic feedback

S60 5th edition, with accelerometer

3.2 mpx camera, with AF, dual LED flash, carl zeiss optics, geo-tagging

GPS integrated, 3.5mm AV and TV output

GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/HSDPA/WLAN connectivity

140MB internal RAM (not memory), support 8GB microSD memory card, unknown processor speed

battery is new BL-5J

115×52×14.5 mm 104g

These are specs from HERE and is translated by 'blueskies' over at Mobile-Review. This again looks rather good to me. The 5800 expressmusic is rumored to be annouced some time over the next month or so. Here is a pictures for your plessure :D (again taken from the preview on digi.tech.qq.com)

Nokia E71 - I WANT

2008-07-28T08:51:00.002+01:00

Recently i have been looking at updating my phone, and i have desided i really want is a nokia e71. Now i have owned both of its older siblings the e61 and the e61i and i miss the series. The Qwerty keyboard looks great, yes its a bit smaller but i should be able to adapt my small fingers (i have long thin fingers :p). anyone who does have larger fingers will proberly find it a bit harder. It has a 3.2MP autofocus camera, which is more then enough for me as i use a standalone camera. Has a nice bright 2.4" screen, which ok isnt the biggest but is more then enough. Although i may find this a problem comming from a Viewty. It will take my microSD card that has all my files on it, so i wont need to worry about a new memory card. The only thing i need to do now is to find the money to buy one....Anyone want to make a donation?...

For a Review of this fantastic device (until i get mine to review) you can go over to Mobile-Review and read their review here

Now for a quick picture to droll over:-

Samsung INNOV8 (i8510) - 8 megapixel S60 slider

2008-07-27T22:06:00.005+01:00

On the 24th, Samsung announced the high-end, feature packed Samsung INNOV8 ( i8510). It is an S60 slider with a 8 megapixel, autofocus camera with dual LED flash. The phone runs S60 3rd Edition FP2 and will also include a 2.8 inch screen, WiFi, 16GB of on board flash memory, integrated GPS, accelerometer sensor, and DNSe audio technology.

This looks rather interesting if you ask me!

(this part is C&P from AAS, just to give you an idea what your getting!

8 megapixel auto focus camera with dual LED flash. Camera functions / modes include Smart Reader, Image Stabilizer, Auto-Panor ama Shot, Smile Shot, Blink Shot, Wide Dynamic Range (WDR), and Face Detection. The camera can also capture video at VGA (30 frames per second) and QVGA (120 frames per second) resolutions. There's also on board software for editing images and videos (Movie Maker and Storyboard applications).

Dimensions of 106.5 x 53.9 x 17.2 mm. This compares quite favourably with the 103 x 55 x 20 mm dimensions of the N96.

2.8 inch, QVGA screen with 16 million colours.

Integrated GP S with support for A-GPS via S60.

Integrated accelerometer sensor, which will be used for automatic screen rotation.

Optical sensor, this takes the form of a touch pad (as on laptops) like control in the centre of the D-pad. It can be used to move around the UI or as for 'mouse-like' functionality in the S60 browser. It has been used on a number of previous Samsung products such as the i870.

16GB of internal flash memory and a microSD card slot support cards up to 16GB in size (SDHC).

Support for HSDPA at 7.2 bps (3.5G) connectivity on 900 and 2100 Mhz WCDMA bands, quad band GSM, Bluetooth 2.0 (including A2DP support), WiFi and USB 2 (Full-speed). WiFi will enable DNLA (UPnP) support for audio and video.

3.55 mm audio out jack, support for MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA (including DRM), AMR and RealAudio audio formats, stereo FM radio (with RDS) and DNSe audio technology. Digital Natural Sound engine (DNSe) is an audio enhancement technology used across a portfolio of Samsung products and helps to produce higher quality surround sound. On the phone it will likely make an appearance via Music player presets.

In video playback supported formats include DivX, H.263, H.264, WMV, and MP4. Videos will also tke advantage of DNSe where applicable.

Runs S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2

Will ship with 2 embedded games: FIFA 08 (EA) and Asphalt (Gameloft).

1200 mAH battery with quoted talk time of up to 300/510 min (3G/2.5G) and stand-by time up to 330 / 310 hrs (3G/2.5G). That should mean it should last 24 hours easily with moderate to heavy usage.

The phone will be released in Europe during August and in the rest of the world during Septmeber.

I myself cant wait for this, and i think this is going to make the market alot more interesting. But i dont think this will beat the n82/n95 offering from nokia. Some people seem to get caught up in the MP race. They always forget that more pixels does not mean better picture quality!