Samsung Omnia makes pre-CommunicAsia debut

At a regional press event held in Singapore Monday, Korean handset maker Samsung showed off its latest touchscreen mobile, the Omnia (also known as the i900).

Omnia, which means "everything" in Latin and "wish" in Arabic, will be the flagship model in Samsung's Infotainment handset lineup. (The other five key categories Samsung will be focusing on include Style, Multimedia, Connected, Essential and Business.) The iPhone-like handset runs on Microsoft's latest Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system and features Samsung's unique TouchWiz user interface, which allows for more intuitive tap, sweep, drag-and-drop operations.
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CommunicAsia 2008--expect good things

So soon after the madness that was PC Show 2008 last week, it's now time for the annual CommunicAsia technology fair held at the Singapore Expo. Unlike the PC Show, CommunicAsia is a bona fide tradeshow meant for companies to show off their new products and technologies. Though many things like network and enterprise equipment won't really appeal to ordinary consumers, these are the things that eventually determine what kinds of services you will see from your operators in the near future. Short of showing you pictures of servers and network antennae, here's a brief preview of what to expect from CommuniAsia 2008.
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StarHub signs MOU with NTT DoCoMo to bring Osaifu-Keitai to Singapore

What are the odds? We can't change our nationality, but we can finally live like the Japanese.

According to a news release, StarHub has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with NTT DoCoMo to explore the possibility of bringing the Osaifu-Keitai mobile wallet concept to Singapore. The company said the island-state is the first outside of Japan to conduct the pilot test.

Who knows, we may not have too long to wait before we can pay for our KFC with a near-field communication (NFC) phone.

Who needs a separate e-dictionary, anyway?

It's often been unclear to us why anyone would want a standalone dictionary device, which seems like a lot of hardware to carry around just for text. Apparently Maxian agrees, because it recently released an upgraded version of its E900 media player with 60GB of storage to accommodate a built-in pocket dictionary.

The device also has a 4.3-inch display, USB ports, and Windows CE 5.0, according to MobileWhack, as well as support for audio and video. The dictionary combination makes particularly good sense for the Korean manufacturer, because it has already shown a penchant for cramming in as many functions as possible to create its steroidal players.

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PhotoPhone shows you who's calling

Ah, the elusive video phone. We've been hearing about that miraculous invention since we were kids, seeing prototypes displayed at Disneyland's house of the future. But despite an occasional product on the market, visual telephony has yet to take off for the masses.

So the closest thing we may be able to get is something like the new GE PhotoPhone, first seen at CES in January. Although it doesn't stream video, the device does at least display digital images of whomever is ringing based on a visual form of caller ID. And when no one is on the phone, it still serves as a 7-inch picture frame in either black or silver finish.

No, it's not the video phone we've been pining for since childhood, but it does bring some purpose to the otherwise useless concept of digital frames.

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