E-gadgets

The BenQ Siemens SL98 cellphone is truly unique as it takes the slider form factor and turns it upside down by working in the reverse. When closed, the SL98 somewhat resembles the Samsung Upstage, featuring a single-line display on top and a standard numeric keypad at the bottom. The larger display is located near the rear which requires the user to slide it upwards. I’m not sure how much of an impact doing things the opposite way will make, but the SL98 is bound to wow whoever plays with it for at least the first couple of minutes. Specifications are rather mediocre with a 1.3 megapixel camera, a microSD memory card slot, Bluetooth connectivity and a QVGA display.

Ruby Tuesday next week will see Nokia N-Gage portable gaming power unleashed in N81 phones. There will only be a couple of games available at the pre-release version of N-Gage and other smart phones will not be able to join in the fray before 2008. First, the delays and now a disappointing eclusive for the N81. Hope playing Star Wars will reward our patience.

The dual screen mobile designed for users that carry two GSM handsets

• Synchronize personal and business life in one handset
• Use seamlessly across continents
• Built-in 2.0 megapixels camera on each side
• Share data between both sides in a snap

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Sharp is now offering a new mobile phone with a high quality display screen. Known as the Sharp SH-920 Aquos, the phone adopts the same technologies found on Aquos LCD TV’s for crisp and clear image quality. Its 3.2 inch LCD offers a resolution of 480×854 pixels, and provides 26 million colors. If you remember the name “Aquos” then you already know it’s about the technology on those sleek LCD displays they’ve launched with great colors and clear images that is now featured on a mobile phone.

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Samsung’s S60 GPS phone, the SGH-i550 which has been rumoured for some time and was recently spotted at the IFA show in Berlin has now been officially announced. The i550 boasts an impressive specification with a built in GPS, 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera, HSDPA connectivity, and a 3.5mm audio jack which suggests it will be positioned against the N95 as a multimedia all rounder. More information and pictures in the full story.

The i550 runs S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 (Symbian OS 9.2) which includes the second version of the S60 browser, Flash Lite 2.0 support and a variety of UI refinements.

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Dual SIM cards, not so fresh of an idea, dual SIM cards from a major manufacturer, and not an Asia-only handset, that’s a new idea. This time its coming from Samsung and is headed for mainstream Europe. Read More »

Danish home theater designer Bang & Olufsen and its partner Samsung today made the promised release of the Serenata. The new version greatly expands on the almost exclusively calling-oriented Serene with a much stronger emphasis on music: a dedicated music key brings up a music player and an iPod-like, touch-sensitive scroll wheel is used to pick tracks as well as place calls. The phone stores a relatively large 4GB of music through built-in flash and plays AAC, MP3, and the rare WMA Lossless format.

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Samsung and Armani just announced the deal that everyone knew about: Armani will design phones that Samsung will produce. The fruit of their collaboration is called “Armani-Samsung luxury mobile phone”. The phone will be available at Giorgio Armani and phone stores in 2008.

Both parties expect it to “quickly achieve an iconic status.” Well, that’s easier said than done, but the phone is cute and small and could attract customers who need a simple and stylish device. Read More »