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LG Prada Phone: Unboxed, not stripped
Damian Koh | May 16, 2007
We've hounded LG Singapore for the longest time about the availability of the Prada Phone. Now it's here, we're presenting shots of the fashion phone being unboxed.
At a recent launch for its Shine handsets, LG Singapore told CNET Asia that there will be only 1,000 Prada units available in the island-state. Each of these is expected to cost S$1,288 (US$847.37). For now, here's a glimpse of what you can expect from the LG-Prada collaboration.
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Teaser alert: Nokia N81 and N82 pictures surface
Bonnie Cha | May 14, 2007
Just when you got your hands on the Nokia N95 and the Nokia N75, it seems like there's something cooler on the horizon (as usual).
Images and specs have surfaced on two new Nokia N series phones: The Nokia N81 and the Nokia N82. The N81 looks to be a sleek quad-band (EDGE; 2100MHz HSDPA-lovin') slider phone with 8GB internal memory, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0. It's said to be replacing the music-centric Nokia N91 and comes equipped with a 3.5mm headphone jack.
On the other hand, the Nokia N82 seems to be going the camera route with a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and a Xenon flash. It's also a GSM smart phone (candybar style) and has built-in GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, an FM tuner, and a microSD expansion slot. No details on pricing or US availability, but they're rumored to come out in Q4.
Via CNET Crave
Source: Ring Nokia via Engadget Mobile (picture credit)
Moto to unveil "media monster" cell phone
Kent German | May 11, 2007
For several months now we've been begging Motorola to give us a new cell phone beyond yet another version of the RAZR. Well now it appears our wishes may be answered very soon.
Just today we received an email invitation for a Moto press event next week in New York City. The invite didn't tell us much but it did promise that Motorola would present "The Mobile Experience" and that CEO Ed Zander and other company execs would talk about "what's next."
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CNET Asia will be attending a Motorola press conference on the May 17 at 1000 hours in Bangkok. We'll bring you the latest news about Moto's new phone(s) then.
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We can only hope that "what's next" is something other than a thin phone. And according to the latest cell phone dish that will be the case. At a tech conference in San Jose yesterday Zander said Moto would use next week's event to unveil a "media monster" cell phone. The unnamed handset will be able to play full-length moves from SD cards and the video will show video at 30 frames-per-second (the same as on a standard TV).
Admittedly, that sounds petty cool but I'm not so thrilled with watching an entire movie on a tiny cell phone display. And of course I hope the phone can make good calls too.
But before you get too excited Zander said Moto will target the device at the European market to start due to the widely available 3G networks there. The device will come to North America as well but we have no idea when. Stay tuned next Tuesday as Crave will attend the event in force.
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Japan masses to get satellite love in 2015
Damian Koh | May 07, 2007
There are no two ways about it. To enable satellite calls, either the size of the antenna on our cell phones or those on the orbiting crafts has to grow. And it seems like the Japanese Government is gunning for the latter.
According to The Daily Yomiuri, Japan's Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry plans to launch a satellite that will have an antenna 50m in diameter (twice the size of any existing satellite antenna) to create an emergency cell phone relay station in space.
The ministry plans to embark on this project in 2008 and have the bird up in geosynchronous orbit 36,000km above the planet by 2015.
Initial costs are estimated at 2 billion yen and that's only for research and development in 2008. The ministry also plans to engage relevant bodies and manufacturers to start technical studies into the system.
As to when the average cell phones on the streets can dial up to the satellites? That's anyone guess. But it won't likely be before 2015.
Picture credit: Satellite Phones
Prada Phone price announced
Damian Koh | May 03, 2007
According to a press release issued from Hong Kong, the Prada Phone by LG is making a debut in Asia today. The handset will cost HK$6,200 in Hong Kong, NT$29,000 in Taiwan (with Bluetooth headset included) and S$1,288 (US$847.37) in Singapore, though it doesn't mean stocks are available yet.
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May 4, 2007--LG Electronics Singapore has clarified that the Prada Phone will cost S$1,288 (US$847.37) (without contract) instead of S$1,188 (US$781.58) as was given earlier. The article has been amended to reflect the changes.
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At a local press launch for its Shine handsets, Howard Lee, managing director for LG Electronics Singapore, said there will be only 1,000 units available on the island-state and it will not be bundled with a Bluetooth headset.
The phone can be purchased from Prada boutiques for the first few weeks from the time it is released and is expected to be available around mid-May in Singapore.
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