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Nokia N75

Posted by: Mark Peters Tuesday 26th, September 2006

Nokia introduced the Nokia N75, its smallest multimedia computer, offering digital music playback, quality photography, telephony and rich internet communication. The Nokia N75 provides a multimedia experience in a thin and elegant clamshell, while utilizing Nokia's renowned ease of use. "By combining people's entertainment and leisure needs into the Nokia N75, Nokia is affecting the lifestyles of mobile device users in a positive way. With all its features and beautiful design, the Nokia N75 keeps your life connected and it's far easier and more enjoyable to just have one device to carry around, and still keep ahead of the game!" said Nigel Rundstrom, vice president of Multimedia Sales for Nokia in North America.

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Samsung SGH-X820 review

Posted by: Ilse Jurrien Friday 22nd, September 2006

The Samsung P300 was both innovative and successful, but now Samsung has now gone a step further and taken the lead with the Samsung SGH-X820, which at 6.9 mm is the slimmest phone in the world. I wouldn't be surprised if other manufacturers go down this path and manage to spur Samsung on to even greater achievements. You cannot believe how thin the Samsung X820 is until you have held it. Next to the slim design, Samsung has managed to boost the X820 with a 2 Megapixel digital camera, with a maximum photo resolution of 1600 x 1200 pixels. I tried the Samsung SGH-X820 out for a while and will discuss its functions and characteristics in the following mobile phone review.

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SanDisk Sansa Base Station

Posted by: Ilse Jurrien Monday 18th, September 2006

Producing big sound from a small device, the new Sansa Base Station from SanDisk Corporation enables a Sansa MP3 player to become a digital jukebox and play hours of music through a home stereo system or externally-powered PC speaker set. This handy accessory, which also doubles as a docking station for recharging batteries and transferring content to and from a personal computer, was announced at IFA, where SanDisk is demonstrating its products through Sept. 6 at Booth 103 in Hall 2.1 of Messe Berlin. The SanDisk Sansa Base Station supports the SanDisk e200 series of MP3 players, as well as the new c200 series that is being shown here for the first time.

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Sony Walkman NW-S200

Posted by: Ilse Jurrien Monday 18th, September 2006

Perfect for active people who want music wherever they are and whatever they are doing, the Walkman NW-S200 series is compact and lightweight, yet packed with unique features. This includes a durable, water-resistant body; various playback options including “Music Pacer” and “Shuffle Shake” functions, FM tuner and integral sports counters. In sleek and seamless aluminium, it can withstand water splashes from wet hands, perspiration or outdoor use, even in wet or snowy weather conditions. At the same time its stylish “stick & ring” design in silver, pink or black will also appeal to those who just want their digital music player to look good. The NW-S200 series will be available in Europe from September 2006.

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Minox DMP4 Media Player

Posted by: Mark Peters Friday 15th, September 2006

Versatile performance with many spe-cial talents - these are qualities held by the Minox DMP 4 as digital media player / recorder and mobile data depot. This wee movie star is already a strong performer in the recording and playback of MPEG4 films and music. Amateur photographers will particularly appreciate the tool as handy and powerful image tank with which they can store and view data contents of SD memory cards! Smaller than a customary compact camera the DMP 4 has enormous capacities, thanks to a superb, high-speed memory embedded in the heart of the elegant housing, which serves as a data de-pot. Its 2 gigabyte capacity alone, can easily provide an evening full of film viewing.

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Samsung SGH-E500

Posted by: Nic Rossmüller Thursday 14th, September 2006

Samsung today revealed the newest fashion phone, the SGH-E500, targeted for female users. The elegant E500 is especially designed for female consumers who desire style and beauty. The E500 is expected to strengthen Samsung’s premium image and solidify its market leadership in the women’s phone market segment. Samsung’s newest female phone, the SGH-E500, comes in a compact and luxurious clamshell design suitable for fashionable female users. The soft round curves put the finishing touches on the E500's precious image. Influenced by Botticelli's masterpiece 'The Birth of Venus,” the smoothed edges embodies luxury and grace. The distinctive patterns on the external leather cover are sure to charm our female consumers.

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Motorola Razr v3i

Posted by: Nic Rossmüller Wednesday 13th, September 2006

The Motorazr v3i is the latest addition to the award-winning RAZR Family of Products, offering Cingular Wireless customers the ultimate in design and entertainment, including iTunes Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, and Motorola, Inc. continue to raise the bar in mobile music with their latest music device, the Motorazr v3i. Like its predecessors, the Motorokr E1 and the Motoslvr L7, the Motorazr v3i is another Cingular handset featuring iTunes, giving mobile music lovers another great option for enjoying their favorite music collections on one of Cingular's most popular designs. "To date, Cingular remains the first and only carrier in the United States to offer a phone with iTunes."

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Sanyo SCP-8400

Posted by: Nic Rossmüller Wednesday 13th, September 2006

Today Sanyo announced planned availability of the next generation in Sanyo's popular 8000 Series phones, the SCP-8400 by Sanyo Long considered Sanyo's "go-to" camera phone, the latest edition is packed with advanced features for entertainment and productivity including Bluetooth, a 1.3-megapixel camera, high-resolution QVGA internal screen, music player, removable memory card, and the ability to operate on the high-speed Sprint Power Vision(SM) Network. The SCP-8400 by Sanyo is available in three bold color selections, Electric Blue, Powder White and Midnight Black. The SCP-8400 by Sanyo will be available on October 1 through Sprint retail stores, for $279.99 suggested retail price.

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Mobile imaging is hot, but the way the imaging industry looks at mobile imaging products has changed. Whereas some once thought that we needed digital cameras with phones built-in, or imagined doom scenarios where compact cameras disappeared entirely and mobile camera phones take over, the same people have now come to the conclusion that mobile imaging has increased the imaging market and is for most users just another way of taking a snapshot. Today's mobile camera phone has increased in resolution and offers features that were at earlier times only found in digital cameras. We may even see the first 12 Megapixel camera phones at the end of this year, or the beginning of 2009. One thing is for sure, the strength of a multimedia phone is an ultra compact and light weight design so that you can carry it with you, always, whilst also offering a perfect integration of a lot of multimedia features like a digital camera, video capture, GPS, Internet, etc.

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