Well it's good news for all those waiting for the release of Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1. Earlier rumors were flowing saying that the launch of the product was delayed and it was expected to arrive in February 2009. But now as said by the Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog, the device is coming in the second half of 2008. The blog quoted Sony Ericsson's Corporate Vice President saying "I can confirm that we will be launching the X1 product in 2nd Half of 2008, as per our announcement of 10th February". Now its party time for all those waiting to lay their hands on the phone. :)
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Showing posts with label Mobile. Show all posts
Mar 3, 2008
Breaking All Rumors Xperia X1 Is Coming This Year
Well it's good news for all those waiting for the release of Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1. Earlier rumors were flowing saying that the launch of the product was delayed and it was expected to arrive in February 2009. But now as said by the Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog, the device is coming in the second half of 2008. The blog quoted Sony Ericsson's Corporate Vice President saying "I can confirm that we will be launching the X1 product in 2nd Half of 2008, as per our announcement of 10th February". Now its party time for all those waiting to lay their hands on the phone. :)
A Lamborghini Phone By Asus
Recently, I got a chance to have a sneek peek at the Asus ZX1 Lamborghini Phone! The device is a showman's dream! It crunches on Windows Mobile 6.1 with some performance increasing tweaks by Asus. The expected price tag of this gizmo is around $1500 when its gonna be released in May in Europe.Some people claim that it's just a copy of iPhone! Lets see what this phone has in store for us when it releases. I am eagerly waiting to get my hands on this one. ;)
Feb 7, 2008
The Sony Ericsson T270 and T280
The Sony Ericsson T270 and T280 are the new phones introduced by the Sony Ericsson group which is targeted for the common ma. The price range is not too high for anyone to get worried these phones are of around 82 grams. With an advantageous talk time of up to 7 hours so it seems good deal for a simple accessory as this phone is. A TFT pane of 128 x 160 pixels, both the phones the T270 and T280 comes with a good quality of FM player along with the feature of MP3 ringtones, a WAP browser and a clear speakerphone so it seems an edge over other phones of this segment. The surprising element that popped up is the feature of Bluetooth that is enabled in both the phones.These phones target the common customer with not so high pricing. The T270a and T280a are available only in North America with two distinct colors and the T270i and the T280i are available for the rest of the world in the same two colors the silver black and copper silver.
These phones are different from their sport version that comes with the 1.3 mega pixel camera. These phones have proved that being slim is not the only thing to be a hit but the features in this segment do matter a lot. Hence these phones give look of economical and smart phones.
Oct 25, 2007
HTC Touch
Trying To Be An iPhone:This handset isn't the iPhone, but HTC the manufacturer behind Sprint's version of the Touch certainly does what it can to introduce iPhone-esque swipes and glides to the Touch's Windows Mobile 6 interface. The company does so with hardware tweaks and its own software, written to integrate with Windows Mobile yet provide a very different, more simplified experience. The result includes screens such as this one: a home screen that's easy to read and navigate compared with a typical Windows Mobile home screen. Other screens include a weather shortcut and a customizable quick-launcher. The TouchFLO interface is single-touch, as opposed to Apple's multitouch design, and you can't pinch and squeeze. What it does do, though, it does well: Swipe your finger from the Sprint logo on up, and you'll activate the cube interface; swipe your finger again from left to right (or the reverse) to rotate through "faces" of the three-dimensional cube. The interface has a dialing-shortcuts screen (up to nine contacts with images); a screen with six large square shortcut buttons to Sprint's software store, instant messaging, Internet Explorer, SMS messaging, the device's Comm Manager, and e-mail; and a Sprint shortcuts screen leading to Sprint Music and TV shopping services, plus Sprint On-Demand for current news, weather, sports, and finance information (customized by zip code). You can use touch to scroll or page through options in many of the Windows Mobile applications, including contacts, calendar, and e-mail.
Design and Storage:
The Touch has an elegant, streamlined design that makes it stand out from the crush of new phones that have crossed my desk. It's slim and easy to hold, in part because of its contoured shape and in part because of the textured paint on the removable back plate. The phone has few buttons: Rectangular talk and send buttons flank the five-way navigation pad, a power button sits up top, and a camera shutter button resides at lower right, shown here to the left of the flip-open door that conceals the microSD card slot (a 512MB card comes with the device). The door cleverly melds into the mirrored trim of the phone--unless you know it's there, you wouldn't see it.
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Sep 4, 2007
Google Phone (Still Not Officially Confirmed)
Evidence for the existence of the Google phone keeps piling up. It's pretty much confirmed though not officially official, between a fairly solid Boston Globe piece and Om Malik's five facts "from a reliable source." The down and dirty:It's Linux-based, runs Java apps (the entire UI is in Java, as well as possibly the browser), plays multimedia files, and the OS is running on "3-to-5 devices, most of them likely made by HTC." Slightly disappointing is that the UI is "typical of mobiles phones," meaning it's not groundbreaking. But, the browser might be based on the same engine that's in Safari the iPhone (WebKit), and Google's supposedly been tweaking it to make it speedier, which sounds kind of hot.
What do you guys want in a Google Phone?
Sep 2, 2007
Nokia Secret Codes/Hacks
These codes for the Nokia series of phones provide some interesting information for users, they also unlock some hidden functions. These codes are often reffered to as "Nokia Secret Codes" or "Nokia Hacks". Use the codes at your own risk, not all Nokia phones support all codes, I have tried to split them into these groups.
These 3 codes work on 90% of Nokia phones;
The following codes are specific to older series 40 phones; (Entering the following codes will restart the phone)
The following codes are phone specific or phase related;
This only works on the 3310 and 3330;
The following codes work on newer series 40 & series 60/80 phones;
These 3 codes work on 90% of Nokia phones;| *#06# | n/a | Display the IMEI (Standard GSM command, works on all phones) |
| *#0000# | n/a | Display the firmware version and date |
| *#92702689# | *#war0anty# | Here you can view the S/N and the IMEI as well as the life timer (newer models). The date the phone left the factory and the date it was purchased. If your phone has been repaired the date of the repair is also visible. You will need to turn the phone off to exit this menu. Newer phones simply require you to press ok. |
The following codes are specific to older series 40 phones; (Entering the following codes will restart the phone)
| *4720# | (*hra0#) | Cctivates Half Rate, Half Rate is 5.6kbit/s and uses half the bandwidth at the cost of call quality. Network operators often activate half rate on overloaded towers during peak times to save costs. |
| #4720# | (#hra0#) | Deactivates Half Rate |
| *3370# | (*efr0#) | Activates Enhanced Full Rate, EFT attempts to match wire quality. The calls are 12.2kbit/s and are not supported by all operators. It is compatibale with the hightest AMR mode. |
| #3370# | (#efr0#) | Deactivates Enhanced Full Rate |
| *#746085685# | (*#sim0clock#) | Display the SIM clock status |
The following codes are phone specific or phase related;
| *#7220# | (*#pca0#) | Activate the GPRS PCCCH support (Packet Common Control Channel) |
| *#7230# | (*#pcd0#) | Deactivate the GPRS PCCCH support |
| *#7760# | (*#ssn0#) | Display the manufacturing serial number |
This only works on the 3310 and 3330;
| *#67705646# | (*#opr0logo#) | Clear the operator logo, the logo will be reset to the default network operator logo. |
The following codes work on newer series 40 & series 60/80 phones;
| *#2820# | (*#bta0#) | Display the Bluetooth MAC address (Phone must have a built in bluetooth adapter) |
| *#7370925538# | (*#res0wallet#) | Reset the mobile wallet (Phone must have the mobile wallet feature) |
| *#7370# | (*#res0#) | Soft-format the memory (Symbian) |
| *#7780# | (*#rst0#) | Reset to factory defaults, confirmation required (also known has a Hard-format), all phone contents will be wiped clean including contacts and smses if they are stored on the phone |
If you have any other codes or tips please do not hesitate to forward them to me and I will add them here.
Source - Tutorials, Tips n Tricks
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@shish {Cool Wizard}
Aug 16, 2007
Skype Comes To iPhone
Shape Services on Monday announced IM+ for Skype for iPhone, a Web application that enables iPhone users to access the Skype messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) network.IM+ for Skype for iPhone follows the release of similar software for other mobile platforms like BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Palm OS, Symbian and J2ME devices. The software taps in to your Skype account, enabling you to make voice calls using SkypeOut credits.
The application works on any network, according to Shape, and doesn't specifically require Wi-Fi.
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@shish {Cool Wizard}
Apr 3, 2007
Things You Never Knew Your Cellphone Could Do
There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it: -
1) EMERGENCY
* The Emergency Number worldwide for **Mobile** is 112 .* If you find yourself out of coverage area of your mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. **Try it out**
2) HAVE U LOCKED UR KEYS IN THE CAR? DOES UR CAR HAVE REMOTE KEYS?
This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).
Editor's Note: *It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!"*
3) HIDDEN BATTERY POWER
Imagine your cell battery is very low, you are expecting an important call and you don't have a charger. Nokia instrument comes with a reserve battery. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your cell will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your cell next time. (but mujhe nahi lagta ki yeh naye phones par kaam karta hai)
4) HOW TO DISABLE A STOLEN MOBILE PHONE ?
To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: * # 0 6 # .A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. when your phone get stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.
Note: Please spread this useful information around.
1) EMERGENCY
* The Emergency Number worldwide for **Mobile** is 112 .* If you find yourself out of coverage area of your mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. **Try it out**
2) HAVE U LOCKED UR KEYS IN THE CAR? DOES UR CAR HAVE REMOTE KEYS?
This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).
Editor's Note: *It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!"*
3) HIDDEN BATTERY POWER
Imagine your cell battery is very low, you are expecting an important call and you don't have a charger. Nokia instrument comes with a reserve battery. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your cell will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your cell next time. (but mujhe nahi lagta ki yeh naye phones par kaam karta hai)
4) HOW TO DISABLE A STOLEN MOBILE PHONE ?
To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: * # 0 6 # .A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. when your phone get stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.
Note: Please spread this useful information around.
Feb 21, 2007
Metro For Mobile
I came across this amazing phone-based application today. If you have a smartphone or pocket PC, this application is one of those must-haves.
It's called Metro and as the name suggests, it lists details pertaining to transport (rail), places of interest and route maps of about 360-odd cities around the globe. Running the client application from your phone, you can install city packs as and when you need them. These city packs can even be updated if your phone has Internet connectivity.
If found it to be overwhelmingly complete and entirely useful. Check it out here: http://metro.nanika.net/
If you travel often or just need to know transport information about your city, this is a tool you won't be able to live without.
Cheers,
@shish
It's called Metro and as the name suggests, it lists details pertaining to transport (rail), places of interest and route maps of about 360-odd cities around the globe. Running the client application from your phone, you can install city packs as and when you need them. These city packs can even be updated if your phone has Internet connectivity.
If found it to be overwhelmingly complete and entirely useful. Check it out here: http://metro.nanika.net/
If you travel often or just need to know transport information about your city, this is a tool you won't be able to live without.
Cheers,
@shish
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