Nokia to expand its Nseries lineup

Recent news reports have confirmed that the Finnish phone maker will be unveiling new Nseries multimedia handsets in Berlin this week that are lighter and more stylish. Among these will be an update to the popular N70, to be called the N73, which is rumored to offer enhanced features such as a 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus and Carl Zeiss lens, Bluetooth 2.0 and stereo speakers.

Earlier this year, several Web sites posted a picture of what they claimed was the N93 handset, an update to the upcoming TV-enabled N92 handset (left picture) which will be available globally only later this year. According to the reports, the N93 will come with a 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus, 3x optical zoom lens (a rare feature on camera-phones) and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity.

Dopod's RAZR-like smart phone set to debut

Come May, handheld maker Dopod will be launching the S300 (aka HTC Star Trek) smart phone in Singapore. Details of the S300 have so far been sketchy but the company has confirmed that quadband handset will come with a 1.3-megapixel camera, 2.2-inch QVGA display and Bluetooth. It will be running on Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone Edition.

The main feature of the phone, however, is its thin form factor. Possibly one of the slimmest smart phones currently available, the S300's footprint at 98.5 x 51.4 x 15.8mm is just a tad bigger than the RAZR V3 (98 x 53 x 13.9mm). The Dopod smart phone will also be equipped with 64MB ROM and 64MB RAM, with memory expansion in the form of a microSD slot.

Palm Treo Hollywood images sighted

While the Web has been buzzing with news of the upcoming Treo 700p, images of another Palm device have started circulating on the Internet. Pictures of the Treo Hollywood (codename), announced earlier by Palm's CEO as one of the new smart phones for 2006, have appeared on several forums and blogs, including the Treonauts site.

From the circulated photos, the Treo Hollywood would appear to sport a thinner form factor and antenna-less design. Speculations are rife that the Hollywood will run Windows Mobile 5.0 and feature a 300MHz processor, 128MB flash memory, 64MB of RAM, a 240 x 240-pixel display, and a 1.3-megapixel camera. So far, Palm has not breathed a word on whether the Treo 700p or Hollywood will be making its way to Asia anytime soon.

Motorola to launch another 3G phone

The E1070, due to reach Singapore retail shelves from April 21, will be the latest 3G-enabled camera-phone from the world's no. 2 mobile maker. The clamshell, coming shortly after the RAZR V3x, will feature a 1.3-megapixel camera, music and video playback, a 2-inch QVGA display and an expandable microSD slot.

The E1070 has been priced to go at S$428 (US$308.25) with operator contract and S$528 (US$380.27) without.

SingTel scores a first with Treo 650 BlackBerry support

Singapore carrier SingTel today secured a coup as the world's first mobile operator to offer BlackBerry Connect for Palm's Treo 650 PDA-phone. According to the press release, the BlackBerry service will be immediately available for new and existing Treo 650 customers. Corporate customers can also purchase the Treo 650 at S$299 (US$215.34) with every subscription of the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution Unlimited Local Data Usage plan at S$61.95 (US$44.62) per month.

Ms Vicki Brady, SingTel's vice president for Consumer Marketing, believes "the compact and feature-rich Treo 650 with Blackberry Connect will appeal to many of our corporate customers". Some of the features supported by BlackBerry Connect for the Treo 650 include push corporate email, wireless calendar synchronization, attachment viewing of Office and PDF documents, and Remote Address Lookup (RAL).

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