mobile phones

Korean technology leader LG Electronics today announced the launch of its new, "attractively priced" LG KP500 touchscreen phone. The phone is intended to bring the features found in high-end touchscreen phones to a more affordable phone accessible to the masses.

According to Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company, "The feedback we receive from consumers around the world indicate that there’s more people who wish to try the latest touch screen phones...We want to reach out to this group and LG KP500 is our answer to deliver a high quality full touch screen phone that is easy to use and much easier to afford. Within reach of many consumers, we hope that more people will experience the joy of using the latest

T-Mobile, in partnership with Google, has announced the launch of the world's first Android powered phone, the G1(the phone is not called the Android, as I have already seen a few news stations refer to it as such, Android is the OS). The G1 will officially be available on Wednesday, October 22nd.

The G1 is made by the Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC and is similar in design to the Sidekick series. It is a dual-band UMTS HSPA and quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE phone that also has Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth connectivity. It has a 3.2-inch 320 x 480 (HVGA) resolution capacitive touchscreen and

In addition to the LG Lotus and Samsung Highnote and Rant phones, Sprint today announced that it would soon be adding the HTC Touch Diamond and the HTC Touch Pro smartphones to its portfolio. Sprint will be the first U.S. carrier to offer both phones. Both phones operate on Windows Mobile 6.1 and both will feature TouchFlo 3D, a touch based interface that, according to Sprint, is "an unparalleled touch experience that puts live television, weather, email, photos, contacts, music and more at your fingertips."

Both phones allow you to zoom and pan with your fingertip and both offer landscape view simply by tilting the device, like the iPhone. The Diamond features a 2.8 inch VGA display and uses Opera for web browsing. It has a 3.2 megapixel camera with video capability. The Touch Pro is basically the same

Sprint today introduced One Click, its new, simple and customizable interface. Three new devices that will use the One Click interface were also announced - the LG Lotus, the Samsung Highnote and the Samsung Rant.

The One Click interface allows customers to quickly access their favorite features on a carousel style menu, bringing the simplicity of navigation commonly found on high-end phones to the mid-range level. Customers will be able to personalize their device by selecting the features they want on their home screen and thus making the application accesible by a single click. One Click also allows the user to add shortcuts to favorite Internet sites to the home screen. One Click will soon be available on more Sprint phones, including Sanyo's Katana Eclipse later this Fall.

The LG Lotus is a flip phone that features a full QWERTY keypad. It has a unique square shape and features a 2 megapixel camera. It will come with the typical Sprint features including texting, Web access, email, Sprint Navigation, Sprint TV, Sprint Music Store. The Lotus will be available exclusively

Sony Ericsson today revealed their newest phone, the G705. Featuring a 2.4" screen and 3G connectivity, the G705 offers the ideal internet experience. It has an illuminated zoom button and you can enter landscape view simply by tilting the phone. According to Catherine Cherry, Global product marketing manager at Sony Ericsson, “This life-enhancing phone has everything you need to keep track of your daily activities and is perfect for keeping in touch with friends. It also allows you to stay fully up-to-date thanks to the full HTML browser, email support, and desktop RSS feeds - all delivered at turbo 3G speeds.”

Other features of the G705 include a 3.2 megapixel camera wtih video capabilities. The phone also features built in GPS combined with Google Maps and Wayfinder navigation. The G705 features a built

One of the leading manufacturers of amplifiers and antennas for mobile phones and data cards, Wilson Electronics, today unveiled its newest product. Designed to amplify cellular signal, the SignalBoost Mobile Professional amplifier kit is ideal for use in areas where signal strength fluctuates or is spotty at best. Take it on business trips when signal reliability is uncertain or use at home to improve call or data transmission quality. COO of Wilson Electronics, Joe Banos, acknowledges that "it is extremely common, and equally frustrating, for business travelers to find themselves in places without adequate cellular signals to do what needs to be done to remain productive and successful," and offers Wilson's amplifier as a solution - "the SignalBoost Mobile Professional is designed to help business professionals stay within reach, ready to take that important call or essential e-mail. And, with Wilson Electronics, users know they are getting the highest quality product available to significantly reduce cellular connection concerns."

The SignalBoost Mobile Professional is a plug-and-play kit that is easily set up within minutes. It can be powered by a computer via USB port, a vehicle's power point or any standard AC wall outlet. A magnet based antenna can be mounted on a vehicle roof or on a window suction cup bracket. The amplifier unit takes the signal picked up by this antenna, amplifies it then broadcasts it via an internal antenna. It

Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC today announced the S740, a follow up to the S730 but with the design of the Diamond, minus the touch screen.

The S740 has the back of the Diamond, with many angles that make shapes that appear reminiscent of, well, diamonds. It features a slide out QWERTY keyboard for quick messaging. It sports a 2.4 inch TFT-LCD screen with backlight LEDs and QVGA resolution. It runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard and has a 528 MHz processor and 256 MB RAM. It operates on HSDPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz and

Nokia today unveiled their new N85 which will replace the N81. The N79, an upgrade from the N78, was also introduced.

Like its predecessor, the N85 is a slider. Its camera has been upgraded to 5 megapixels (N81 had a 2 megapixel camera). The N85 is also equipped with GPS for directions, mapping and geotagging photos. The screen has been upgraded from a 2.4" LCD (color TFT) to a 2.6" AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode). A big advantage of OLED displays is that they require no backlighting element and thus use far less power. That being said, the N85 will be capable of as much as 28 hours

After accidentally releasing some photos and videos of its new Treo Pro smartphone yesterday, Palm officially unveiled its new device today. So now that more details are known...

The Treo Pro was designed with the needs of both business professionals and personal users in mind. According to Ed Colligan, president and chief executive officer, Palm, Inc., "Businesses want the control and savings that Windows Mobile affords, in an innovative and elegant package that keeps their

AT&T and LG today announced the availability of their new multimedia device, the LG Invision. The Invision will be the third device to offer AT&T Mobile TV, and at about just 4" x 2" x .5", will be the smallest to do so.

The Invision runs on AT&T's 3G network, which allows it to reach speeds of up to 1.4 megabits per second. The phone has a 1.3 megapixel camera and is capable of Video Share calling. It includes AT&T Music, which gives the user access to downloadable music from eMusic, Napster To Go and