The first Android-powered phone for Verizon Wireless, the 3G-enabled Motorola DROID smartphone offers a full package of powerful mobile connectivity–from easy access to all your social networks and viewing of full Web sites to spoken turn-by-turn directions thanks to the new Google Maps with Navigation Beta app. One of the thinnest full-QWERTY slider phones available, the Motorola DROID also features a high-resolution 3.7-inch touchscreen display and a virtual onscreen keyboard that auto-rotates depending on the phone’s orientation. And you’ll be able to capture high-resolution images and DVD-quality videos on the go with its 5-megapixel camera with flash.
Combining the convenience of a tilting touch screen with the practicality of a slide out full QWERTY keyboard, the HTC Tilt 2 smartphone from AT&T keeps you connected with friends, business partners and world events with its ultra-fast HSDPA 3G cellular connectivity and the revamped Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system. It intelligently arranges your conversations by people, not by the application that you use to communicate with them. So when looking at your contacts, you can now see a history of your conversations in whatever form it took place, quickly and easily–even Facebook updates.
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BlackBerry Bold 9700 Phone (AT&T)
Powerful and refined, the BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone for AT&T includes built-in support for both AT&T’s fast 3G network as well as access to the nation’s largest Wi-Fi network with more than 20,000 U.S. hotspots–including approximately 7,000 Starbucks locations. The Bold 9700 offers fast data delivery and an enhanced Web-browsing experience that lets you connect quickly to social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. And, of course, you’ll enjoy all the communication and connectivity features you’ve come to expect from a BlackBerry phone–including email served up by the BlackBerry Internet Service and a full menu of messaging options (SMS, MMS, and IM).
Powered by the Android OS and featuring the socially minded MOTOBLUR overlay, the Motorola BACKFLIP for AT&T features an original reverse flip design, 3.1-inch touchscreen display, spacious physical keyboard, and unique BACKTRACK touch panel located behind the screen when the device is folded open–providing you hands-free navigation of the phone without having to touch the display. It also boasts super-fast Web browsing on AT&T’s 7.2 HSPA 3G technology as well as Wi-Fi networking with access to more than 20,000 AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots.
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Google iphone killer nexus one smartphone
Google unveils Nexus One smartphone
Google on Tuesday unveiled the Nexus One, the online giant’s leap into the smartphone market.
At a 1 p.m. ET event, the company presented the phone.
“Nexus One is where Web meets phone,” said Google’s Mario Queiroz.
The announcement puts Google, which before relied on other companies to make the phones that ran its Android operating system, head-to-head with the darling of the market, Apple’s iPhone.
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Sony Ericsson Idou Phone
Scheduled release in: Q3 2009
The Sony Ericsson Idou features a 16.7 million color screen in 16:9 widescreen format. It has a full-touch media menu to tap directly into movies, TV-series and video clips. An integrated 12.1-megapixel camera with touch focus and Xenon flash snaps pictures and videos in high-resolution quality. The Idou is packaged with Sony Ericsson’s new subscription-based Entertainment Unlimited movie service. Viewers can download films to a PC and then transfer them over to phones.
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Samsung Ultra Touch S8300 Phone
Scheduled release in: Q3 2009
The Samsung Ultra Touch is a slim touch screen slider with an 8.0-megapixel camera. As the newest flagship phone to the Ultra range, the Ultra Touch has a 2.8-inch AMOLED anti-scratch, anti-smudge touch screen for brighter and more vivid colors. It features an 8.0-megapixel camera with dual power LED flash to snap high-quality photos and capture VGA videos at 30 frames per second. With TouchWiz’s user interface, users can flick through photos, navigate maps and surf the web easily. Additional features include geo-tagging to ‘tag’ photos with geographic information, high-speed HSDPA for fast Internet access, and mobile widgets to quickly access favorite applications.
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Samsung Omnia HD I8910 Phone
Scheduled release in: Q3 2009
The Samsung Omnia HD is an 8.0-megapixel phone is the world’s first handheld capable of recording and decoding high-definition-quality video (720P). With a 16:9 aspect ratio screen and 16.7 million colors, Omnia HD’s bright 3.7-inch AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode) auto-rotating screen offers improved sharpness, more vivid colors and greater clarity in direct sunlight. Users can watch what they record on an HD TVs or share real-time live video via qik.com. It has high-speed HSDPA Internet up to 7.2Mbps. Built-in GPS with compass turns the smartphone into a personal navigation device, for both pedestrians and drivers. Dual stereo speakers offer voice guided directions for navigation.
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Samsung Blue Earth Phone
Scheduled release in: Q3 2009
The Samsung Blue Earth is a touch-screen phone with a solar panel charger located on its back. Its design symbolizes a flat, rounded pebble. Made from recycled plastic that is extracted from water bottles, Blue Earth helps to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions in the manufacturing process. The handset and charger are also free from harmful substances. The packaging is also made from recycled paper. A 5 star energy efficient charger uses standby power lower than 0.03W. Consumers can set Blue Earth to ‘Eco Mode,’ reducing the screen’s brightness, backlight duration and Bluetooth to an energy-efficient mode. In ‘Eco Walk,’ users can count their steps with an in-built pedometer, even calculating how much CO2 emissions have been reduced by walking as opposed to motor transport.
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Samsung Beat DJ M7600 Phone
Scheduled release in: Q3 2009
The Samsung Beat DJ is a music phone with technology from high-end audio maker Bang & Olufsen that lets users ‘scratch’ tracks on its touch screen. The Beat DJ has superior sound quality with SRS Virtual surround sound 5.1. It has with built-in stereo speakers — powered by Bang & Olufsen’s ICEpower amplifier — to pump out deep rich bass and clear treble. A DJ application allows music lovers to add voice and sound effects to songs. With the phone’s 2.8-inch AMOLED touch screen display, they can ‘scratch’ records and create their personal tracks.