Samsung Pixon 12: The First 12-Megapixel Cameraphone You Can Actually Buy

Fortunately, the Pixon's 12-megapixel claim to greatness, which guarantees you nothing at all except for the industry's largest file sizes, is complemented by some decent specs, starting with a 3.1" AMOLED touchscreen, 3G and FM radio.

Obviously, though, the flash-equipped camera is the star of the show here, and while relentless megapixel one-upmanship is fruitless and annoying, the Pixon looks like it'll be a decent pocket shooter despite its narrow obsession. Touch autofocus lets you choose a focal point with a finger tap, after which the camera will automatically keep focus on its subject. Shooting speed is quicker than average, clocking in at about two seconds per shot. A bevy of online photo services are supported out of the box, and video recording, though not HD, records at a respectable 720 x 480.

The 150MB internal storage is glaringly weak for a camera-centric phone, though I suspect, as is usually the case, that carriers will bundle SD cards when the Pixon finally goes on sale, which will be in June in Europe, and August elsewhere—though not necessarily here. Sorry, Idou!

Triple SIM mobile phone

Dual SIM phones are a passe.

Introducing, a very rare Triple SIM handset! Ok I'm not sure if this is the first one but this one's got to be rare! The unnamed handset from UAE based manufacturer QiiQ can devour three SIMs at one go. Thats correct, this one can hold three separate SIM cards if you found dual slots insufficient. Well, while some might think this is more if an overkill, there seems to be a sizable amount of people who would love to have three numbers instead of having to lug around three different phones.

The catch is that at a time, only two lines will be active. As for the spec sheet, this might not sound impressive. The phone is enabled with (900/1800/1900) and dual (900/1800) GSM connectivity, a 2 megapixel camera, 2.4 QVGA display (2.6 touch panel) and a rather huge 2000 mAh battery.

Motorola Launches 'Aura' in India

It looks like Motorola thinks there are many people here in India who have been untouched by the current global economic recession. Why else would it announce its high-end, premium handset in the country that costs over a lakh?

The company recently unveiled the new Aura at a function in Mumbai. Abhishek Bachchan, the brand ambassador for the brand in India was present at the occasion as well.

This one is targeted at the extremely niche, high-end consumer, who would not mind spending over a lakh on a cellphone. That's correct! The Aura will be sold in the country at an outrageous price of Rs. 1,11,492.

What do you get for just over a lakh? How does an aluminum keypad, circular 1.55 inch display protected by 62-carat sapphire crystal sound? Thanks to the Grade I crystal, the screen is virtually scratch proof. Then there is the stainless steel body, which has been chemically etched to give a premium feel. At this price, it's funny to see the attention of detail that goes into these phones. For example, the swivel key-guard has almost 130 ball bearings that work in tandem to offer a great "opening" effect. These are rated for 1,00,000 times of opening and closing. That should take some time to reach.

As for the phone-like features, this ones got 2GB of memory, support for GPRS and EDGE, a 2-megapixel camera and of course, Motorola's Crystal Talk technology found on "normal" cheap phones. There's Bluetooth with A2DP support as well. That almost winds up the feature list.

The phone will be available from mid-March at select stores in the cities of Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Hyberabad, Kolkata, Ludhiana, Mumbai and Surat.

~~~ Sony Ericsson Idou ~~~

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
Announced 2009, February
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2009, Q3
Size Dimensions 111 x 54 x 15 mm
Weight
Display Type TFT touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 360 x 640 pixels, 3.5 inches
- Accelerometer sensor
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records 30 received, dialed and missed calls
Card slot microSD (TransFlash)
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0
Camera Primary 12 MP, 4000 x 3000 pixels, autofocus, xenon flash, video LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, face and smile detection
Video Yes
Secondary VGA videocall camera
Features OS Symbian OS
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, IM
Browser WAP 2.0/HTML, RSS reader
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors Black
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- Google maps
- MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player
- Organizer
- Voice memo/dial

Vertu Boucheron Worlds Hottest New Phone

This is probably the world's hottest new phone and Vertu's most beautiful ever made! It is the creation of Vertu for Parisian jewellry house Boucheron, with the occasion of the 150th Anniversary.

“The essence of the single edition Vertu Boucheron 150 was to create something unique with signals of both brands,” said Frank Nuovo, Vertu Principal Designer. “Using the Vertu Signature platform, but taking it away from the core design and creating a visibly stunning statement that breaks all expectations of mobile phone design, resulting in a true piece of sculpture. The constantly changing angled surfaces allow a cut stone appearance, inspired by the clearly faceted stones which are a significant part of Boucheron’s core craft. The recognisable Vertu V shape has seemingly morphed into random proportioned patterns and directions of the three sided surfaces creating a perfect blend of Vertu and Boucheron elements. The challenge was to gain visual sparkle not from precious stones but instead through pure form and line achieved with precious faceted metal.”

Mobile Phone Deals New Phones

Transparent Crystal phone Concept

Here is something new that we haven’t seen before, a concept phone which is completely transparent and see through.

This concept phone by BloodRabbit which he thought of while driving home from work.
This mobile phone comes in a see-through body and a basic LCD display, sharing the same dimensions as a credit card.

Although you’re probably scratching your head and wondering how the electronics and other stuff like a battery and camera fits in.
we have to go by the assumption that technology in the future will be able to compress electronics to such a size.

G1 Phone Design for Google by Mike and Maaike

This is a G1 phone designed for Google by two San Francisco designers, Mike and Maaike. This is a unique phone using the Google’s open source operating system called as Android. The handset is quite stylish and has a 3.2 inch touch screen and a slide out QWERTY keyboard. This phone also incorporates a compass that helps you to navigate Google maps by turning the phone. G1 is produced by Taiwanese manufacturers HTC and is also available on T-mobile. The only advantage or unique thing that this device has is the ease of Google into a mobile phone.