Sony Ericsson W910i MOBO Edition Mobile Phone

Sony Ericsson - a key sponsor of this year’s MOBO Awards Show, has announced the latest limited edition phone, termed as W910i MOBO Edition.

Being the MOBO version of the W910i walkman phone, it will also include MOBO content.

“Mobile is now de facto one of the preferred channels for music consumption amongst young people all over the world and we are absolutely delighted to have Sony Ericsson as a partner to help provide exciting MOBO content for their discerning customers as well as drive development of the mobile channel in supporting urban music in the UK,” commented Kanya King MBE, MOBO founder.

Supporting a Walkman Player (version 3.0), the W910i MOBO edition come equipped with TrackID, motion sensor, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, FM radio with RDS, quad-band GSM connectivity with GPRS and EDGE, HSDPA 2100 MHz connectivity. It also bundles a 2.4-inch TFT display with 256K colors and a QVGA resolution, NetFront browser, JAVA MIDP 2.0, a 2.0 meapixel camera with video recording, 40 MB of internal memory and support for Memory Stick Micro cards.

David Hilton, head of marketing at Sony Ericsson UK & Ireland, said “We’ve been heavily involved in the music industry since we launched our first Walkman handset back in 2005. The MOBO Awards Show is a fantastic property for us to align our market leading handsets with and we are confident that, with The Carphone Warehouse support, we can make the W910i is ‘must have’ stocking filler this Christmas.”

The new special MOBO edition of W910i Walkman handset shines in the white and gold color shade and is expected to be available during Christmas exclusively through the Carphone Warehouse. No word on pricing.

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Sony Ericsson G705. 3G and Wifi Phone

Sony Ericsson has announced the G705 - a 3G mobile phone complete with Wi-Fi connectivity to offer high-speed web browsing.

The slim slider Sony Ericsson G705, which measures 95×47x14mm and comes in glossy black or gold finish, features a 2.4in screen with automatic rotation capabilities, ensuring that if users tilt the phone the orientation of the web page is automatically changed.

Users will also benefit from built-in GPS, which can be used with Google Maps and Wayfinder software (both bundled with the phone), for turn-by-turn navigation. The 3.2Mp camera also features a video capture functionality and the ability to directly upload videos from the phone direct to Google’s YouTube as well as PictBridge and basic photo editing capability.

The phone also offer a built-in music player complete with TrackID that identifies the name and artist of a track and access to Sony Ericsson’s PlayNow service to download paid-for music tracks, mobile games and wallpapers to the handset, as well as an FM radio.

The integral 120MB memory can be expanded with a memory stick up to 1GB and the phone also features Bluetooth connectivity and a Google shortcut key.

Sony Ericsson is also launching the G705u, a handset that allows Orange broadband subscribers to seamlessly roam between the mobile network and local area networks. It automatically detects if a user has returned to their area covered by their Orange broadband subscription and switches to WiFi connectivity. When the device is removed from the home network area, the handset then automatically transfers back to the mobile network.

The G705 and G705u, which is exclusive to Orange, will be available from quarter four of 2008 (October). No prices have been announced.

via: Allsymbian, PC Advisor

Nokia Released Nokia N96 Smartphone

Nokia’s highly-anticipated N96 smartphone started shipping today, the phone manufacturer said Wednesday.

The N96 is the company’s new flagship model and it is now available in select countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, and China. The handset will retail for about $795 before taxes and carrier subsidies. A version for North America is expected in the fourth quarter, for about $895.

The smartphone is powered by Symbian OS v9.6 S60, a version of the OS that has been optimized for multimedia applications as well as security. The handset measures in at about 4.1 by 2.1 by 0.7 inches, and it weighs 125 grams.

The handset has many features for the mobile professional. It’s capable of push email and instant messaging, and there’s an Office document viewer built-in. Users can also surf the Web with the HTML browser and check the news on the RSS reader.

Workers on the go also have multiple ways to connect, as the N96 has integrated Wi-Fi, EDGE, and 3G support up to 3.6-Mbps downlink speed. There’s also built-in GPS that can use cellular data for location-based services like search and navigation.

But this smartphone is not just for work, as Nokia is emphasizing the handset’s multimedia functions. The N96 is capable of playing multiple codecs of music and video, has a stereo FM radio, and is capable of receiving DVB-H mobile television. Users will be able to store the media on the 16 GB of internal memory, and that can be expanded up to 8 GB via the microUSB slot.

The handset also has a dual slider design and it sports a 2.8-inch screen that can automatically adjust depending on how the user is holding it. There also a 5-megapixel camera that has Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, video recording capability, and a flash.

via: All Symbian, photo: Information Week