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Sony Ericsson's new designer phone

Reuben Lee | Aug 24, 2007

It looks like the designer bug has finally caught up with Sony Ericsson. Its recently launched T650i takes a leaf out of the books of previous premium offerings such as the Nokia 8800. And like the latter, the T650i features a scratch-resistant mineral glass cover for its display and stainless steel casing. Adding to the uniqueness of the phone is an illumination effect that goes from the display to the keypad.

However, unlike most premium designer handsets out there, the T650i offers quite an extensive feature set. These include a 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus and LED light, 3G connectivity, A2DP Bluetooth stereo, FM radio with RDS, memory card expansion and an onboard media player. What really stands out is the unit's 12.5mm slim profile, which should go well with the fashion set.

As expected of a designer phone, the T650i, which will be available in Glowing Green and Midnight Blue, is premium priced at S$838 (without plan) and S$738 (with a two-year plan). It will start selling in stores across Asia from this weekend. Look out for our the full review soon.

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More time needed for Palm's Foleo

Tom Krazit | Aug 24, 2007

If you were planning to camp out this week for the launch of the Palm Foleo, pick up the tent and go home.

Barron's Tech Trader Daily blog spotted a research note from Deutsche Bank's Jonathan Goldberg saying that Palm has delayed the launch of the Foleo, a Linux-based "mobile companion" that looks like a laptop but doesn't deliver anything close to a laptop experience. The device is now expected to ship in late September or early October, according to Goldberg. When Palm founder Jeff Hawkins unveiled the device in May at the D: All Things Digital conference, the company said it expected to launch it this summer.
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In this case, the devil wears 24k gold

Mike Yamamoto | Aug 24, 2007

Just for the record, iPods aren't the only gadgets that can be covered in diamonds or dipped in gold. GeekSugar says Amosu, which gave us the gold iPod, has veered beyond Apple products and applied its 24k gilding brush to LG's Prada phone for just under US$1,000.

It's not the first time that Amosu has branched out, of course, given that it's promised to customize just about anything for the right price (or the wrong one, depending on your point of view). But don't worry, it still has more than a little ways to go before catching up with the US$1.3 million "Diamond Crypto Smartphone".

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Nokia hearts Microsoft, and vice versa

Damian Koh | Aug 23, 2007

We can almost picture Symbian S60 users doing the ^5 with their Windows Live counterparts (or is it the other way round?) and Rick Astley crooning Together Forever in the background. Ok, that's a bit over the top, but Nokia has announced that selected S60 devices will now support Windows Live services including Live Hotmail, Live Messenger, Live Contacts and Live Spaces.

The Nokia N73, N76, N80 Internet Edition, N93i and N95 are among the first handsets that will support the new suite which can be downloaded if the user is staying in the countries listed below:

Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, the UK, Sweden, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

The service is free for now as a trial, though users in the countries being trialed may be required to pay a monthly subscription in the future. Did they just forget us in Asia again?

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B&O and Samsung to unveil Serene successor

Reuben Lee | Aug 22, 2007

Can you have too much of a good thing? Apparently never, according to Danish designer Bang & Olufsen (B&O) and Korean mobile giant Samsung. Having collaborated to give the world the Serene, a premium phone that's part land line, part mobile, they're now about to lift the lid on… drum rolls… the Serenata. Before you ask what in tarnation does the name mean and who came up with it, you'll have to also imagine what it looks like--since no "official" photo yet exists. A B&O representative in Singapore cannot confirm if the one circulating on the Web (as shown) is the real McCoy.

Part deux is expected to be unveiled in Berlin at the IFA trade fair on October 1, with selected European markets to get it first this year. We do have news that the Serenata will make its way to Asia possibly in 2008, which would probably bring it head-to-head with Apple's iPhone.

Both B&O and Samsung are keeping mum on the specs. But speculation on several gadget sites is that the fashion phone will sport a wheel keypad design similar to the Serene as well as a 262K-color touchscreen display, 4GB onboard memory and 3G/HSDPA support.

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