Blackberry 8800

Research In Motion (RIM) has released the Blackberry 8800 smartphone.

Features:
- quad-band cellphone
- Internet access
- organiser: sync up with your PC
- GPS with BlackBerry Maps
- multi-media player
- Bluetooth
- microSD card expandable memory
- comes with USB cable

For more details, see:
http://www.blackberry8800.com

Nokia E90

Nokia has announced a new device, the Nokia E90 Communicator.

• Display:
  - 800 x 352 pixels inner display
  - 240 x 320 pixels outer display

• Voice features:
  - Integrated handsfree speaker
  - Push to talk (PoC)
  - Text-to-speech message reader
  - Voice recording for making notes or recording conversations

• Camera:
  - 3.2 megapixel auto focus camera with flash, supports 3GPP, 3GPP2 and MP4
  - QCIF camera for video calling



• Multimedia:
  - Music player (MP3, AAC)
  - Media player
  - Video calling
  - stereo FM radio



• Connectivity:
  - GSM quad-band (850/900/1800/1900) for international roaming
  - HSDPA up to 3.6Mbit/s enabled
  - 3G WCDMA and WLAN 802.11b, 802.11g
  - GPRS/EGPRS (Class A, MSC 32)
  - comes with a 512MB microSD Memory card (takes cards with up to 2GB)
  - USB 2.0
  - Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0
  - 2.5mm Nokia A/V connector with ECI
  - IrDA Infrared (up to 115 kbps)
  - integrated GPS with Nokia Maps software
  - SMS & MMS, IM, email and web browsing with support for Flash, Java, PFD, ZIP and Quickoffice (documents, spreadsheets and presentations) files

For more details, see:
http://www.nokia.com/A4136001?newsid=1104232
http://europe.nokia.com/A4346176

Helio Drift - a GPS-enabled cellphone

The Drift is a Samsung-made mobile phone for Helio, a cellphone network by California-based Earthlink and Korea-based SK Telecom.




Using the built-in GPS, the Drift gives access to Google Maps™ for mobile. View your location on a map and get detailed step-by-step directions how to reach any destination. Move a map by dragging it across the screen and zoom in and out of a location. View maps and/or satellite images. Check real-time traffic. Find local businesses and their contact information through the integrated search engine.

With Buddy Beacon, you can broadcast your location to up to 25 friends - they'll see it displayed with your nearest address. You can also use the Buddy List to SMS people, e.g. to tell them to activate their Buddy Beacon, so that you can see where they are as well.

Further features:

• text and multimedia messaging, instant messaging, e-mail, Web browser and news-feed aggregator (Helio On Top)



• integration with Myspace through MySpace Mobile



• speed-dialing, wake-up call, alarm clock, stopwatch, vibrate mode



• address book with up to 1000-entries (each entry can hold up to five numbers, an e-mail address, a birth date, a home address, and a memo)



• personalize contacts with one of 20 polyphonic ring tones, organize them into caller groups, assign them a photo or video caller ID



• calendar, to-do list, calculator, world clocks, unit converter, notepad



• games - four games are included (you can download more)



• 128MB internal memory expandable via microSD™



• USB connection for file transfer with Helio's MediaMover application



• 2.0 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom and flash for shooting photos and video, MP3, MPEG-4 and VOD



• built-in speakers, speakerphone, voice-memo recorder
  


• rated talk time: 3 hours, rated standby time: 7 days



• high-speed 3G support



• stereo Bluetooth support



• built-in GPS

For more details, see:

http://www.helio.com/