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GPS Features on Apple iphone With LocoGPS

km — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:40:44 +0000

Apple iphone was consider as smart mobile phone. However, some advances features like GPS Navigation doesn’t bundle on Apple iphone and almost other newly smart phone already integrated with GPS features. Without the GPS features has make the apple iphone to compete with other new GPS smart phone devices. Plus more GPS navigation consider as popular features that allows user to connects to a GPS satellite and tells about the current position coordinates of a person using a GPS device on smart phone.

However, GPS features on Apple iphone become reality which PartFoundry have created a GPS hardware module call as LocoGPS. LocoGPS is a GPS module that integrate with Apple iPhone that allows you to use your iPhone just like any other GPS device.

To activate GPS features on Apple iphone using LocoGPS, your apple iphone must have installed with hacked (jail broken) iphone system in order to install locoGPS software on iphone. Meanwhile, the LocoGPS software has been tested on the iPhone. But the completed software is expected soon as mentioned on the developerâ€™s official website FAQ.

The LocoGPS module for Apple iphone will be sell at 89USD and start shipping in February 2008.

Take a look at the LocoGPS module action on a Hacked iPhone:

WCDMA/GSM Dual Mode Cellphone on TechFaith Twins

km — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:11:06 +0000

TechFaith has announced Twins WCDMA / GSM dual mode pocket cellphone with dual SIM Slots . This dual mode pocket cellphone allows the users to load both Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) and Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) SIM cards simultaneously, this dual mode cellphone seems perfect for international travelers and people who wish to have both a business and a personal number in only one cellphone.

Beside that, TechFaith Twins WCDMA / GSM dual mode pocket cellphone has a sleek design and looks highly usable, even in todays fashion-conscious mobile crowd. Plus more, Techfaith Twins features an 2.0 megapixel camera, an 2.8 inch touch sensitive 65,000 colors TFT-LCD display screen, MP3 and MPEG4 player, WCDMA modem, 3G along with both video call and dual A2DP Bluetooth capabilities.

The new Twins Dual Mode mobile phone that available in two configurations including Dragonfly and OMAP are use Windows Mobile 6 Pocket PC OS from Microsoft.

However, The TechFaith Twins WCDMA / GSM dual mode pocket cellphone pricing still remain unannounced, but for sure the China product is much more cheaper than Western brands of similar features.

Samsung SGH-i570 – Samsung S60 QWERTY Slider with Symbian 9.1

km — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 06:30:56 +0000

Samsung SGH-i570, Samsung slider mobile phone that powered by Symbian 9.1. Samsung SGH-i570 can consider as a upgrade version of Samsung i620 with newer version of symbian operating system and more stylish.

Their only difference is that Samsung i570 is even more boxy with dimensions of 96 Ã— 60 Ã— 16 mm and weight of 123g, compared to 113 x 59 x 11.8 mm, 95g of Samsung i620.

Samsung SGH-i570 features includes GSM, UMTS and HSDPA connectivity, QVGA 320Ã—240 screen, 2-megapixel camera, VGA cam, WiFI, Bluetooth, 160 MB of storage, and microSD.

Samsung i570 boxy slider with Symbian OS [Unwired View]

Samsung i620 SmartPhone With QWERTY keyboard and Slider

km — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:15:16 +0000

Samsung i620 SmartPhone , A unique smartphone design that come with slider and qwerty keyboard features. This Samsung i620 QWERTY slider smartphone has been the most compact and lightest phones amonf there class compare Samsung i600 series.

There is no official announcement yet from Samsung but for sure this QWERTY slider smart phone with come with below specification:-

GSM 900/1800/1900, UMTS, and HSDPA support
QVGA 320 x 240 display
2 megapixel digital camera
VGA front camera
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth support
microSD card slot
Measures 113 x 59 x 11.8 and weighs 95 grams

Plus more, The Samsung i620 SmartPhone with be running on Windows Mobile 6 OS as the core operating system.

Via Unwired

Motorola ROKR E6 – Linux based Smart Phone

km — Tue, 15 May 2007 16:43:13 +0000

Motorola ROKR E6 Smart phone, Another version of Motorola Linux-based phone. This smart phone features a 2.4-inch QVGA touchscreen display, 2.0-megapixel camera (8x digital zoom), 8MB memory, SD/MMC card slot, two speakers, Bluetooth, FM radio, and USB. Currently Motorola ROKR E6 is available in China and India for around $545. You can watch below video clip to explain more about Motorola ROKR E6.

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Modeo Mobile TV Smart Phone

km — Wed, 02 May 2007 10:25:23 +0000

Modeo Mobile TV Smart Phone combines the latest Digital Video Broadcasting ( DVB ) and GSM technology together allow you viewing TV broadcasting online and mobile phone usage. Modeo use DVB-H using a 200MHz Texas Instruments OMAP 850 processor as the core processor on the devices. Meanwhile, The TV smart phone also features 1.3-megapixel camera, 128MB Flash ROM, 64MB SDRAM, 2.2-inch LCD, Bluetooth, and microSD. For graphical, Modeo Mobile TV smart phone has an integrated NVIDIA GoForce 5500 graphics chip as the graphical processor.

O2 XDA Terra – First Windows Mobile 6 Smart Phone on market

km — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:24:08 +0000

O2 XDA Terra, the first window mobile smart phone that shipped with Window Mobile 6 (WM6) professional. With Windows Mobile 6, XDA has really make a lot of improvements compare Windows Mobile 5 on their forerunner, the Xda Mini S.

O2 XDA Terra features include quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, W-LAN, Bluetooth, slide-out keyboard, and 2-megapixel camera. Meanwhile , Hardware includes Texas Instruments OMAP 850 201 MHz processor, 128 MB ROM, 64 MB RAM, and a 2.8-inch 65k color 240—320 TFT LCD touchscreen.

Currently, You can start O2 XDA Terra from o2 Germany for 279.99 ($382) with contract, or 519.99 ($710) with no contract.

Via The Unwired