by Johan on November 30, 2007

Research firm Informa reported that worldwide mobile telephone subscriptions reached 3.3 billion, it is equivalent to half the global population. According to the International Programs Center of the U.S. Census Bureau, the total population of the world reached 6,634,294,193. It’s taken only 26 years for cell phones to conquer half of the globe.
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by Johan on November 27, 2007

Nokia has released a new v20 firmware upgrade for the Nokia N95 phone. Some of changes include a new Welcome application, tweaks to the camera software with faster shot times, the Nokia Music Store client, new My Nokia SMS tips, and a host of other tweaks and new options. Warning: You should save your data before you make the upgrade.
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The Sony Ericsson W880i is now available in 18 carat gold plating. This super slim 3G phone offers 1.8 inch 260k color display, 2MP camera, secondary VGA camera, Bluetooth with A2DP, Memory stick slot and media player. The handset will be available in limited quantity in selected Asian markets. Pricing info is still unknown.
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by Johan on November 23, 2007

PhoneArena provides us with a preview video of the Sony Ericsson W960i phone that has touch-sensitive display and adopts Walkman 3.0 application. The phone runs on Symbian with UIQ interface. Watch the video if you want to know more.
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by Johan on November 23, 2007

Designed by Nils Siegel, the PIN phone is a customizable clamshell phone that allows users to design its case pattern by little metals and gems. Limited edition versions with precious metals and gems could also be created to heighten the sense of personal style and design.
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AT&T and Samsung Telecommunications America have promised to release the Samsung SLM (also known as Samsung A747) in November 23rd, 2007. The clamshell will support Napster Mobile, AT&T Video Share, mobile banking and AT&T Mobile Music services. FYI, Napster Mobile allows AT&T subscribers to preview samples of over 5 million songs, purchasing and downloading them within a minute. The Samsung SLM features stereo Bluetooth, a 2MP shooter, a microSD memory card slot, a 65k color external screen, advanced messaging options and an internal 262k color TFT display. You can purchase the phone for $149.99 after a $50 rebate and signing up for a 2-year contract.
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Asus is working on a new PDA phone that has the same design with the Nokia Communicator. Known as the Asus M930 Communicator, it will have two display screens and full QWERTY keyboard. Asus M930 PDA phone will be powered by Marvel PXA27x 520 MHz CPU, 256MB of Flash ROM and 180MB of RAM, Windows Mobile 6.0 OS and will have GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS and 3.6 Mbps HSDPA connectivity. The gadget also sports 3.2MP camera with autofocus, FM Tuner, WI-Fi and Bluetooth. For your info, the picture above is only the illustration. It is not the actual picture of Asus M930. The Asus M930 Communicator will be released in Europe in Q1, 2008.
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The official pictures of the Nokia N82 phone are finally released. The handset is a quad band GSM, UMTS and HSDPA connectivity that has 5MP camera with Carl Zeiss lens, 2.4inch QVGA (240×320) 16M colors screen, built-in GPS receiver, FM Radio, Micro SD slot, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0. Its camera can capture VGA video at 30fps. Sadly, there is no info on pricing so far.
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by Johan on November 12, 2007

PhoneScoop provides us with a video review of the Sidekick Slide, which features a 1.3MP shooter, QWERTY keypad, and microSD card slot. Watch the video review after the jump.
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by Johan on November 7, 2007

Sony Ericsson has officially announced the Sony Ericsson W890 Walkman phone that comes equipped with 3.2MP camera, Walkman 3.0 software and the new SensMe, a technology that can sort your playlists and music according to your mood. Now that’s cool! Here is the full specs of the phone.
- UMTS/HSDPA 2100, GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 connectivity
- 2″ 240×320 QVGA 262K color display
- 3.2 MP camera with 3.2x digital zoom
- Up to 28 MB of Internal memory
- 2 GB M2â„¢ memory stick
- FM radio with RDS
- Stereo speakers
- Up to 9 hrs 30 min GSM and 4 hrs 30 min UMTS talk time
- Up to 360 hrs GSM and 310 hrs UMTS stand-by time
- Up to 20 hrs music listening and 3hrs Video call time
- Dimensions: 104 x 46.5 x 9.9
- Weight: 78 grams
- Colours: Espresso Black, Mocha Brown, Sparkling Silver
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