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Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Runs Windows Mobile 6.1

The chaps over at Terminal.hu have just managed to get hold of some exclusive Xperia X1 images. The new pictures show the device will be running the yet-to-be-announced Windows Mobile 6.1 OS, and that explains why we weren't allowed a thorough hands-on at Mobile World Congress 2008. That may not be a shocker, but the other tidbits of information we have gathered are rather interesting. More »

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9:00 AM on Sun Feb 17 2008
By Haroon Malik
49,315 views, 62 comments

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Notes: Zombie Hotels in Spain

Hello. I'm still in Spain. Between jetlag, posting madness, and some insane hotel reservations, I ended up getting an hour of sleep each of the last two nights, which led to all sorts of vomiting and paranoia in between the blogging. More »

1:50 PM on Wed Feb 13 2008
By Brian Lam
8,855 views, 30 comments

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LG First Off the Blocks with Combo 3G Phones That Do CDMA and GSM

LG has produced two 3G handsets, the KM560 and the KP330, that support all three WCDMA bands and GSM bands, too. The cellphones are compatible in 220 countries, meaning that global roaming just got that bit easier. Both the KM560 and KP330 will be available in the second half of 2008 in selected countries, before they are rolled out throughout the rest of the world. [Korean NewsWire]

9:15 AM on Wed Feb 13 2008
By AddyDugdale
2,401 views, 8 comments

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Hands-On the LG KF600: Color Chocolate Touchpad Still Sucks Cocoa

Despite the high sales of the LG Chocolate*, anyone who's actually used it knows that its touch controller is one of the worst UIs to come out in the last several years. The KF600 is LG's new 3MP cellie with a slider keypad. It has the same electrostatic chocopad the Chocolate has, but with an improved 1.5-inch color display underneath. Reader: Avoid this phone at all costs. More »

12:00 PM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Brian Lam
8,548 views, 16 comments

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Hands-On LG's KF700: Their Top Touch Phone Actually Pretty Good

Samsung's new F480 full faced touchscreen handset meets a good competitor in LG's KF700, their best phone released at Mobile World Congress. The phone has a 3-inch touchscreen, a slide out alphanumeric pad, and a scrollwheel on the back which pulls up a shortcut menu. Jesús liked the swiping action between widgets, which he shockingly described to me as "iPhone like." Folks, the fanboy has spoken. There's google search, maps, blogs, gmail, and youtube support (!). And non-US spec 3G, as well as a 3MP camera, MPEG4 video recorder, too.

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11:00 AM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Brian Lam
14,383 views, 17 comments

Latest by n/a: So basically what I am seeing from WMC is that no one has a damn nice touchscreen phone that will be able to compete with the freakin iPhone. I want a new phone, preferrably touchscreen, but man i didn't more »

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Nokia N-Gage Video Hands-On

We played a bit with the new Nokia N-Gage service, which will be one of the core services on all the new Nokia phones presented here at the Mobile World Congress 2008. As we already knew, it's a very similar philosophy to Xbox Live, a social-oriented game service with N-Gage points, pictures, reviews, scores and rankings, so you don't have to play against a friend live, but you can still compete. The experience was smooth, the games themselves fast and crispy, all of them playable before purchasing them. Could Nokia make it work this time? More »

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8:26 AM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Jesus Diaz
26,156 views, 17 comments

Latest by DJTripleRRR: Told ya so :P more »

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Hands-On Samsung's F480 Prada Phone Knockoff (Verdict: I'll Pass)

Samsung's F700 and F300 are joined by the F480, a pretty clear knockoff of the LG Prada (down to the fake leather case). I find its touchscreen implementation rough, even if it's improved from Samsung's previous handsets. Overall, I'll pass, especially at the proposed European price of 350 to 400 Euros (~$500 to $580 USD.)
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7:37 AM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Brian Lam
24,345 views, 18 comments

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Nokia N96 Hands-On: Basically a Video Oriented N95

The N95 smartphone just does fine with its video playback. But the N96's 16GB of internal memory, slightly bigger 2.8-inch screen, DVB TV tuner, special video browsing UI and kickstand make it better than its pappy.

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6:35 AM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Brian Lam
16,824 views, 18 comments

Latest by The Full English Please!!: @ARRGH406: the phone does have wifi, its practically standerd in Nokia high-end nowdays. Its a brillient product and its going to sell even more than the 7million sold by the N95. Cant waid till opera 9.6 with flash lite 3 is release: more »

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Overheard at MWC 2008: Executive Android Chit Chat

This sort of premature talk will either turn out to be unfounded fear or prescience (or neither!) but we overheard this whispering outside of hall 8:
Android is Dead
—One nameless, faceless, exec to another

4:57 AM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Brian Lam
4,410 views, 36 comments

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What the Samsung Soul's Haptic OLED Touchscreen Soul Patch Is Like

The Samsung Soul tries, and largely succeeds at making a touchscreen 5 way navpad. Like the Maximus Optimus keyboard, the controller is backlit by an OLED screen (this one is a two color deal) that changes icons depending on the context: More »

4:30 PM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By Brian Lam
10,420 views, 9 comments

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Nokia 6210 Navigator First Hands-On: It Works Great

We tried the Nokia 6210 Navigator assisted GPS for pedestrians at Nokia's World Mobile Congress booth today. The device itself feels very good and is extremely compact, but the best of all is that it really works great, using its built-in compass and accelerometers to know exactly where you are facing exactly, changing the orientation of the map in real time. You know, like Ultima Underworld, but with finnish blonde valkyries around instead of fugly monsters drooling around. Or better said, both.

4:25 PM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By Jesus Diaz
6,750 views, 6 comments

Latest by holysocks: so does the n82/n96 have that? more »

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Nokia's Touch UI Hands-On: Officially Way Behind Apple

When we first saw the Nokia Symbian Touch UI over the familiar S60/Symbian OS, we were stoked. Then we found out it was not a working proto but a rendering, and we wondered how far along they really were in their touchscreen UI. Turns out, not as far as we would like. More »

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3:01 PM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By Brian Lam
54,653 views, 47 comments

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Android Hands-On Video: It's Fast, It's Still Not There

We have been playing with the Android prototypes scattered through the Mobile World Congress here in Barcelona. ARM had theirs running on one of their lower-end processors. No fancy graphics demos, no iPhone-style multimedia fizzbang, just a humble ARM9 processor in a plain white prototype "to demonstrate the scalability of Android" and serve as a "development platform." Our verdict: it works, it's fluid, but it's boring. Qualcomm's Android prototype, however, is a real beast.

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9:01 AM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By Jesus Diaz
57,813 views, 41 comments

Latest by n/a: even on the ARM9, it was still pretty fast. (I just played with it today) I got to play around and brought up system settings. The guy quickly grabbed it back from me but it's running Linux kernal 2.6 omap. more »

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Noise-Suppressing Cellphone Chip Will Slay "Can You Hear Me Now?" Guy Forever

A new sand-grain-sized chip by Audience being demoed at MWC kills extraneous noise (better than current software-based suppression) so they can, even if it sounds like you're skydiving at the time. More »

7:44 AM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By matt buchanan
2,855 views, 12 comments

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Samsung and B&O Join Forces for the Dual-Slider F400

Behold the latest offering from Samsung and B&O: the 3G, dual-slider F400. Slide the front upwards and you get your keypad, slide it down and your B&O speakers heave into view. As well as the 2.2-inch QVGA display, there's an RDS-enabled FM radio and MicroSD card slot. Price is expected to be around the 380€ mark, which is around 552 of your buckeroonies, when it launches in March. [Tech Digest]

6:49 AM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By AddyDugdale
2,985 views, 2 comments

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Samsung G400 Flip-Phone has Two Touchscreens, 5MP Camera

The new G400 gets its "Dual-Touch Chic" surname thanks to a touchscreen on the inside and outside of its skinny metal frame. We do, however, wonder what what the hell it's for—controlling its music-playing functions perhaps? Measuring in at 4.1 x 2.0 x 0.6 inches, this is Samsung's first go at an all-metal flip-phone but, other than shiny looks and those "chic" touchscreens, it's pretty similar to other top-of-the-line Samsung cells. The G400 has a 5-megapixel autofocus camera, 2.2-inch inner display, RDS FM radio, 100MB of memory and expansion via microSD. Available in April/May for around $440. [Mobile review]

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6:33 AM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By Kit Eaton
14,347 views, 6 comments

Latest by n/a: wannabe motorola..keeping it real fake samsung like always more »

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Samsung Makes Its Point With 17 New Phones at MWC 2008

Mobile Review is reporting that Samsung has as many as 17 new cellphones to drop at MWC 2008, including the G810 and the F480, Samsung's Prada phone clone. We'll bring you the best and most interesting here on the Giz.

5:53 AM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By AddyDugdale
3,580 views, 1 comment

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Postcard from Barcelona as Jesus and Blam Hit Mobile World Congress

Dear Readers, Well, two out of three ain't bad, I guess. I was meant to be joining Blam and the guy in the red hat, Captain Zissou oh yeah, Jesus, I think his name is, for a couple of days in Barcelona, but I have been struck down by a nasty, virulent, ectoplasm-producing cold, so I'm staying home. Never mind, while they go out and fondle sexy new phones in Spain's second city and keep you informed about the hottest cells and smartphones on offer this year, I shall see if I can break the world record for continuous sneezing. UPDATE: Oh, and to anyone who is speculating that J will play fast and loose with booth babes, I can categorically say that it won't happen—unless the booths are furnished with chicks who look like this.

5:34 AM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By AddyDugdale
6,993 views, 24 comments

Latest by ninjatales: @GOKOR: Sorry. I guess I'm not a "cool dood" in your book but that's jus the way it is. Try watching Zardoz and you'll instantly fall in love with any movie after that. more »

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