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If you want a trendy but cheap Smartphone, this cell phone has been designed for you. And this is the case, even for those who have a prepaid card or a top-up card. We already know that if you want a prepaid card, we can’t afford the brand new Apple, Motorola or Smasung. Generallyk, there are too expensive!

Not anymore! Huawei, the chineese manufacturer runs in the Smartphones trend but enter in the cheap tendency too.

Its technical characteristics:

-      1.3 Mpixels

-      Wap Browser

-      MicroSD extension

-      A touch screen

This is not in the same league as Apple iPhone or the last Google Android Phone but, at least, it is a Smartphone.

Source : www.mobinaute.com

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That’s it, Motorola launches into the Smartphone Android run: we already know the Calgari: now, Motorola suggests the Heron. Its coming out is for November 2009.

By means of this, Motorola try to increase its sales. Indeed, it has a loss of 509 Million dollars for the first quarter.

This mobile phone is nicknamed “Iron Man”, here its characteristics:

-      A large 2.8” touch screen display for browsing and viewing media

-      A confortable Qwerty keypad slider

-      A 3 megapixels camera + flash

-      A micro USB 2.0 HS

-      Memoru : 256 Mo, 128 MB RAM

-      GPS support

-      Dimension : 57.5×104x15.9 mm

-      Internet Explorer 6

Some characteristics which would please the Motorola users. The price is not available yet.

Reference: www.mobinaute.com

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Nokia try to increase his turnover with the opening of its downloading platform: OVI Store.

This downloading platform is a real competitor for Apple. Indeed, it will not only have applications but also a multimedia platform which allows downloading film and music. Moreover, Nokia adds a geolocation platform which gives details about the environment the user is located.

Nokia’s objective is to compensate the decrease of its phone sales. Indeed, since the beginning of the year 2009, Nokia like the other telco has a high fall of its sales.

This platform would be available at the end of the week for Nokia US users but French ones should wait a bit longer, it will be available during summer time.

Reference: www.businessmobile.fr

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The first Onyx Blackberry test is on hand at least. This test was made by “Crackberry”, a English website for Blackberry users.

The Onyx Blackberry is the first Blackberry without any compromise. To resume this phone, we could say that it is the Bold with the Blackberry 8900’s size.

Its characteristics:

-      An as good as the Bold pad

-      A 480×360 resolution screen

-      Connectivity : 3G, WiFi and Bluetooth

-      A 3.2 Mpixels camera with the flash

-      256 mo random access memory

-      A battery with a 1550mAh capacity

This mobile Smartphone is a trendy combination of Blackberry technology.

But this test is not the official one, so, many modifications and evolutions are to be predicted.

Reference : www.mobinaute.com

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Planet’s defenders and protectors, this new Orange mobile battery has been designing for you!

100% ecological, it will allow you to recharge your mobile battery without using electricity power!

How could we do that? With the air forcefulness!

As every camper, we all have a foot pump in our luggage.

The Pump Power from Orange is a foot pump with a turbine which converts the air on electricity. The time to blow up a camping pillow will allow you to have 5 minutes call!

Its size is small: 154×129 mm.

This strange invention is the idea of both Orange and Gotwind, A company specialized in sustainable energy.

The 1^st demonstration will be at the Glastonbury’s show. Its price has been defined yet but we stay tuned! As soon as we get the information, we know our stuff!

Reference : www.mobinaute.com

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Garmin and Asus have joined their forces to offer us a new Smartphone which is completely typical of the new era: The G60 Nuvifone.

This Smartphone has such good advantages such as:

-      GPS

-      A 3G connectivity

-      Wi-Fi

-      Bluetooth

-      A 3.2 inch touch screen

-      A 3.2 megapixels numeric camera

-      A music and video player

This G60 Nuvifone is a high tech Smartphone and a real gem.

Its price has not been revealed yet.

Promoted on 2008, this Smartphone should have been in the shop since the 2009 1^st quarter. However, the last news say that you could find it only for the 3^rd quarter of 2009…so wait a little bit longer!

Reference : www.generation-nt.com

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You can also share photos with your friends who have or haven’t a Pleex account.

When you backup your photos, a new request “Do you want to share this photo” appears.

You select one or more people.

A text message with the link to access to your photos will be sent to contacts you chose.

Everyone (only the person you selected) can access to your content, even if they do not have a Pleex account.

Then, your friend can share your photos too via the internet mobile or the net.

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Buy Nokia if you need a good value for money mobile!
Nokia’s sales decreased a lot for the 2009 1st quarter. But Nokia doesn’t let itself drift and want to commercialize cheap mobile phones but great quality. By this mean, Nokia want to increase the market share it lose for the 1st quarter.
The first mobile is the Classic 2730 Nokia: this mobile phone looks like a Smartphone. It is a small size (109,6 x 46,9 x 14,4 mm) and very light (87,7 g). It has a QVGA screen, a place for a memory card (1Go memory), a 2 megapixels numeric camera and a TV log out. It has a 2.0 Bluetooth technology and 16.5 days battery when you don’t use it and a 3h20 communication. It will be sold for the last quarter 2009 at 109€.
The second one is the Fold 2720 Nokia: it is very light and has the Bluetooth technology, a recorder and a 1.3 megapixels camera. It lasts long (18h when you don’t use it and 5h communication). It will be sold at 79€.
The last one is the 7020 Nokia: It is the phone for girls! When you click twice on the screen, it lights up and a twighling appears when you’ve got a phone call or a text message. This phone is a girly pink, girls will buy it at 129€.

Reference: www.mobinaute.com

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Samsung group announced a few days ago, the arrival of its new baby Samsung A 117 for next month.
It has a QWERTY pad, a non touch LCD screen which has a high resolution with 65 536 colors for a resolution of 220 * 176 pixels. This mobile would be practical for the use of the e-mail service.
It has lots of characteristics such as:
-  A sound recorder
-  A complete multimedia reader
-  A Bluetooth 2.0 and USB connectivity
-  A 64M internet memory  (which is extendible with a memory card)
-  It’s compatible with GSM, EDGE, WAP 2.0 and GPRS 10
-  A Lithium Ion 800 mAh Battery which has a 5h communication autonomy and 240h sleep mode autonomy
It has also almost Blackberry Curve 8900 similar dimensions.
This mobile has all characteristics to do as well as the Blackberry did.
Is this mobile about to be the new big success?

Reference : www.generation-nt.com

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At last, the SFR telco market the first Google Android Smartphone in their shop: The HTC Magic Phone.
Since its presentation in the last Barcelona World Congress in February 2009; French was keen to see it real. After a few months of Google Android 1.5 CupCake experimentations and developments (What is it? It’s a technology which brings lots of news and improvements such as the virtual keyboard, the welcoming screen with more gadgets, support of the A2DP and AVRCP versions for the Bluetooth connection or for videos records), here is the state of art technology:
-  a GSM / HSPA Smartphone
-  dimensions : 133 x 55 x 13 mm
-  weight : 110 g
-  tactile read out : 3,2″
-  320 x 480 pixels
-  connectivities : WiFi et Bluetooth
-  module : GPS
-  APN : 3,2 MP.
Moreover, this Smartphone has 192 RAM Mo and 512 ROM Mo and includes an extension lead with its 8 Go microSD memory card.
Take notes enthusiasts ! SFR sells it without subscription at 469€

Reference: www.generation-nt.com