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Motorola Hint QA30 debuts, no plans for APAC

Damian Koh | Nov 26, 2008

(Credit: Motorola)

From the US phone-maker which brought us the AURA, ROKR, MING, ZINE, RAZR, KRZR and SLVR comes the latest Hint. A little less inspiring than its name is the slide-out QWERTY form factor which doesn't seem too comfortable to hold due to its blocky footprint. Aside from that, the CDMA phone packs Bluetooth stereo, a 2.5-inch QVGA LCD, 2-megapixel camera, 3.5mm audio jack, dedicated music keys on the top panel and support for microSD cards of up to 8GB. Moto says there are no plans to bring the Hint to Asia Pacific yet, though the handset will be available in the US this quarter.

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Nokia 6260 slide--first S40 handset with GPS

Damian Koh | Nov 25, 2008

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The Finnish company has just made official its first mass market S40 handset equipped with built-in GPS and support for Assisted-GPS. Other than navigational features with Nokia Maps, the 6260 slider also packs a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens and dual-LED flash, high-speed HSUPA/HSDPA data transfers and Wi-Fi connectivity. Share on Ovi services are also available out of the box. What's interesting is the 320 x 480-pixel 2.4-inch display. That's the same resolution as the screen on the iPhone 3G. Expect the handset to ship in early 2009 with an estimated retail price of 299 euros before taxes and subsidies.

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Sonim's all-weather phone can probably outlast you

Damian Koh | Nov 25, 2008

Sonim XP3
(Credit: Sonim)

How tough can a mobile phone be? Tougher than you if Sonim has anything to say about it. The maker which has brought us the "world's toughest phone"--the XP1--has introduced an even more rugged handset--the XP3. Besides being able to withstand more physical abuse, the XP3 can be fully submerged into a depth of 1m for up to 30 minutes. I can hold my breath underwater for about a minute plus, so I'm convinced that the XP3 will still be working even after I've drowned. The Sonim XP3 is currently available online for about US$640. It also comes with a three-year unconditional warranty and if your XP3 breaks down within this period (unlikely), Sonim will provide you with a replacement.

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Opera Mini 4.2 beta now surfing Google Android

Jessica Dolcourt | Nov 25, 2008

Opera Mini 4.2 is the first browsing alternative for Google's Android mobile operating system.
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Opera Mini 4.2 beta, a test version released for Java phones just two weeks ago, on Monday became the first third-party browser available for Google Android.

Opera Mini for Android, which was previewed in April, includes most of the familiar Mini 4.2 features: Zooming, saving, bookmarking, and searching for in-line text has stayed intact, as has syncing via Opera Link and swapping skins.

We couldn't make the video playback workaround that debuted on other Java phones work in this build, though T-Mobile's USA's G1 phone does support video playback (see our review on TuneWiki). We hear that Opera will address this issue when the mobile browser comes out of beta.

What's distinctive and commendable of the Android-optimized build: Fast speeds over T-Mobile's 3G network, a very crisp display, and quality that approaches the iPhone when it comes to viewing a zoomed-out Web page, thanks to both screen size and image clarity. The G1's two menu keys also enhance the experience, making Opera Mini's controls easy to access and navigate.

Google Android was low-hanging fruit for Opera. It would have been better, of course, if the browser had been available when the G1 began selling, but of all third-party developers, Opera still managed to bring its free browser first to Android's market--and a very able version at that.

We're hoping that Opera will port its more robust Mobile version to Android next, and as always, that Opera will release a version that lets users type directly into a text field without pulling up an intermediary screen.

Via CNET Download

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The stuff that happens in Nokia test centers

Damian Koh | Nov 25, 2008

The keypad pressing test subjects the keypad of up to 1 million presses.
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If you like to see your phone bent, twisted, squeezed, dropped, prodded, twisted, burnt, frozen, drowned and in the name of stress testing your handset, then you'll love what Nokia is treating you to: A glimpse of what goes on behind its test centers. According to Nokia, every product goes through more than 200 different mechanical tests in 11 global test centers. You really have to watch the video to see these tests in actions. The part we like best is where the reliability labs team leader Kevin Smith said 1 minute 50 seconds into the video: "Isn't it great to be breaking phones? Every boy's dream". Pictures and video link after the break.
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