First Shots of Google Android and few Updates on the phone features

Here is first pic of Android Phone showing. I really like the buttons. Rizzn got the shots through a friend-of-a-friend-of-a-spy, and passed’em on for the world to see.

FEW UPDATES

1. Google Android phones will be able to act as remote controls.
2. Android phone is much faster in loading web pages, because it’s built on a “clean slate.
3. The phone will let users send content such as video, photos, and even TV shows between their computers, TV’s and game consoles. Read More First Shots of Google Android and few Updates on the phone features

Palm introduces Treo Pro Smartphone

FEW days back Palm launched its first high-end 2in1 Treo Headset Pro Smart phone pioneer Palm  announced the latest device in its Treo product line, a Treo Pro model that runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional instead of the company’s own

Treo Pro runs Windows Mobile 6.1 (it has a touchscreen) and a digital camera in the back, which is pretty standard. the specifications are not public yet, but I suspect that it might be a (somewhat) low-cost windows mobile phone. What’s your take? Read more Palm introduces Treo Pro Smartphone

Asus’ Lamborghini phone takes iF Communication Design Award

Ferrari may preen for the most attention, but Lamborghini is the auto house that gets the bragging rights for now. The Asus-Lamborghini ZX1 has won the prestigious iF Communication Design Award for “uncompromising quality in style and materials.”

It’s not the first co-branded Lamborghini phone–Nokia offers its own version–but the ZX1 will definitely turn heads for its original design. Beyond just slapping a logo on its cover, the 3.5G handset sports a “beehive textured air intake” pattern and a “chassis-inspired aerodynamic flow,” according to Fareastgizmos. Read More

Apple, Moto and Sony Ericsson losing handset market share

Although global mobile handset shipments grew a healthy 14 per cent year on year, to reach 282 million units the first quarter, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and Apple all lost market share to stronger competitors.

According to figures released by research house Strategy Analytics on Monday, emerging markets in Asia and Africa drove the surge in growth, compensating for sluggish demand in developed regions of North America and Western Europe.

Neil Mawston, director at Strategy Analytics, said, “Motorola, Sony Ericsson and Apple suffered downturns. Motorola and Sony Ericsson lost marketshare to rivals with stronger handset portfolios, such as LG and Samsung, while Apple has been hit by stock outs in North America and lackluster demand for its overpriced iPhone in Western Europe.”

Still a newcomer to the mobile handset market, Apple saw global handset shipments fall sharply, from 2.3 million units in the fourth quarter of last year to 1.7 million units in the first quarter of 2008. This resulted in the first decline in the company’s market share, which dropped from 0.7 per cent to 0.6 per cent. Read More

Sony Ericsson G502 and Z780 unveiled

After quite a number of photos leaked all around the place for the past few days, Sony Ericsson G502 and Sony Ericsson Z780 were officially announced today. They are meant to be web-oriented handsets and the specs are there just to back that up.

Sony Ericsson G502 is an HSDPA-enabled handset that comes in the bar form factor. It sports a 2-inch 262K color display with QVGA resolution and up to 32MB of internal memory. The memory can also be expanded through the Memory Stick Micro card slot. Among the other Sony Ericsson G502 specifications are FM radio, Bluetooth with A2DP profile support and a 2 megapixel camera (sorry, no auto focus).

Sony Ericsson G520 will come in the rather modest dimension of 109 x 46 x 13.5 mm and weighs only 89.5 grams. It will be available in two color versions: Champagne Black and Brilliant Hazel from Q2 2008. Read More About It

New Samsung M110:Claimed as the toughest mobile phone on the market

Rugged handsets are hard to find these days as most manufacturers hardly make those. Samsung M110 is a brand new exception to this rule as it offers splash, dust and shock resistance. Claimed as the “toughest mobile phone on the market” by the South Korean manufacturer, we were more than interested to have a look at its specs.

Turned out that beneath the warrior’s armor, there’s a rather humble low-end handset hiding. But its protection is enough to make the news.

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Targeted at the outdoor enthusiasts, the Samsung M110 has a color 1.5″ CSTN display with a resolution of 128 x 128 pixels, a VGA camera with LED flash, FM radio, Bluetooth and 2MB of internal memory (it does have MP3 ringtones support though). The Samsung M110 is almost 18 mm thick and weighs under 100 g.

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Traditional Media vs Internet

These days there was a little war on the Internet in Spain when the leading TV chain in Spain, TVE, ran a show in which they showed how easy it was to vandalize Wikipedia. And what´s worse, after vandalizing some articles, the producers of the show did not even bother to correct the changes. As Microsoft likes to point out that Open Source is not safe to use traditional media´s attack on the Internet generally centers around proving that the Internet is not a trustworthy source of information. In the meantime the value of “reliable” traditional media companies keeps shrinking. Personally I think that the world needs both, professional journalists with great integrity and the user generated content of blogs and Wikipedia. But I can understand why as journalists start feeling that their jobs are being taken by bloggers who compete with their readers attention and do not demand payment other than the occasional Google Ad would react violently and attack the Internet. In the end, this is a foolish strategy. The internet is more reliable than traditional media not because it can´t be wrong (it frequently is) but because it is self correcting. Needless to say the articles that were vandalized have by now been fixed.

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The ultimate anti-theft system

If you’ve ever had your car stolen, you’ll love this video. If you haven’t, you’ll like it anyway.

All I can say is I wish cars really did have trunk monkeys (even though I think this one’s technically a chimp).

Skype’s Back, Now With More Ads

Accoring to CentralNetworks  Skype was out of service for ~36 hours last week. Well it’s back now and we just received a tip that the newest release now contains heavy product ads. There have been small ads for a while now, but these new ads are bigger and bolder than before. It might be worth waiting to download for now. It this just the first step? Will we start to see eBay ads and others inside the Skype window? This is ultra-valuable real estate!

Here is an example:

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