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So just how well does the HTC Touch Diamond and Samsung Omnia match up against each other in the mobile GSM arena? GSMArena got hold of the HTC Touch Diamond and the Samsung Omnia mobile phones and compares them to see if one can actually out match the other.

So, firstly let’s take the Omnia over the Diamond: The Samsung Omnia has a better, more solid build and finish, almost double battery life, Better CPU performance, a bigger, though lower-res display (3.2″, 240 x 400 pixels), Quad-band GSM support, 8 or 16 GB of storage memory, microSD card slot, a much better 5 megapixel camera (better processing, higher resolution, face and smile detection, geo-tagging), landscape QWERTY keyboard, auto screen rotation is available in all applications and can be switched off, comes with DivX video support, TV-out, and has pre-installed a custom Alarms app, a Video editor and a unit converter.

Now the reverse, the Diamond over the Omnia: The HTC Touch Diamond has VGA display (2.8-inch, 480 x 640 pixels), TouchFLO 3D Home screen, a more compact body, a nicer design with a lighter weight, Touch-sensitive scroll wheel, better sunlight legibility, Active magnetic stylus, Dedicated graphics chip with 64MB memory, a standard miniUSB slot, pre-installed YouTube client and MP3 Trimmer application for ringtones, better video playback performance, and comes with the amusing Teeter game.

The HTC Touch Diamond and the Samsung Omnia differ slightly but both are top-of-the-range mobile handsets. The Samsung Omnia is still a beta version while the HTC Touch Diamond is a retail version, but apparently dozens of bugs have been reported on the Diamond recently.

Source – gsmarena

An announcement has come from Motorola’s Brazilian department announcing several mobile phones which include the Motorola ZN200 a 3G slider, and the Motorola W231 music orientated entry level handset, along with an as yet unnamed mobile phone.

The Motorola ZN200 is a mid-range mobile handset with a slide design with a standard package consisting of a 2 megapixel camera, 30MB in-built memory, FM radio, memory is expandable via a miscoSD card which a 1GB card is supplied in the box, and brings the user loud and clear audio via CrystalTalk technology. The Motorola ZN200 mobile phone will be available exclusively in Brazin during September for $310.00, in white, pink or black. Asia, Europe and the USA will see the Motorola ZN200 at a later date.

Next is the Motorola W231, an entry level candy-bar configuration that centres round music orientation. The Motorola W231 mobile phone has an MP3 player hardware dedicated key on its front panel, stereo FM radio, FM transmitter, although no word on whether the W231 has a 3.5mm headphones jack. Unfortunately there is no information on pricing or availability at this time.

Other Motorola mobile handsets such as the MotoRazr V9 Special Edition, the Motorola Z10 and Motorola ZN5, the Motorola W396 and the Motorola W180 will also be released in Brazil. Finally, the US FCC website reveals there is also an as yet unnamed Motorola mobile handset that is 3G with built-in GPS receiver.

Source – gsmarena

They say a change is as good as a rest, and maybe you are getting tired of the look of your Apple iPhone keyboard, so how about a change? Steve Jobs has said the best keyboard Apple ever made is the MacBook Air’s keyboard, and you know he’ cares about the detail. So why not have that kind of keyboard on your iPhone handset?

Obviously having a MacBook Air keyboard on your iPhone you won’t get the feel but the visual makes it all worth it. Katak has now made this happen allowing the iPhone user to replace their old default iPhone keyboard with an application that offers up a slicker, nicer, smoother MacBook Air style keyboard.

For you to take advantage of this new sleek and stylish MacBook style virtual keyboard application and install it on your Apple iPhone you will require a jail-broken iPhone, and firstly uninstall any other customised virtual keyboard you may already have installed.

The MacBook Air Keyboard application is available now from Installer.app through the Planet-iPhone source, which is part of Community Sources now. So hurry along and grab this great keyboard application and jazz up your iPhone to look like a MacBook Air. Who needs the tired worn out, rather boring old iPhone keyboard when you can easily have a newer stylish sexy looking one?

Source – just another iPhone blog

Flash Lite for the Apple iPhone? Apparently Thomas Joos has successfully managed to place Flash Lite onto the Apple iPhone. This means there is a strong possibility that the real deal with Flash support could happen in the future, although whether it will be officially approved by Apple or a jailbrake based Flash solution remains to be seen.

So Joos porting this pared down Adobe Flash client to the Apple iPhone as a native app makes it possible for the iPhone user to interact with Flash based webpages. So what was the motivation for Joos to work on bringing Adobe Flash Lite to the iconic iPhone? Apparently he wanted to make sure his “Rock Werchter Mobile Guide”; a mobile phone based music festival handbook had the ability to reach a wider audience.

Joos’s guide requires a Flash Lite-enabled device, and since he wanted to reach the iPhone and iPod touch audience, he ported the environment to Mobile OS X.

After much technical wrangling back and forth, Joos managed to bring the native Flash Lite client passes code to the Apple iPhone via eyeGT for rendering. eyeGT allows definition of buttons, animations, hierarchical containers, colour and special effects, and the like. It works on the iPhone/iPod touch as well as several other mobile devices.

So, hopes for a full Flash for the Apple iPhone is looking somewhat better for the future. Video demo below so you can see what the Flash Lite is like.

Source – iphoneatlas

AT&T has released the pricing plan details for the Apple iPhone 3G, for which you can eagerly throw your cash at the shop assistant on July 11th who will then hand over your brand new highly loved iPhone 3G so you can suitably drool all the way back home.

With the AT&T Apple iPhone pricing structure there isn’t a great deal that is surprising, fairly much what everyone has been expecting and what has been floating all over the net for god knows how long.

New iPhone 3G customers and those who are eligible for upgrade will be able to acquire an Apple iPhone 3G for $199.00 for the 8GB and $299.00 for the 16GB version, while “early upgraders” will have to hand over $399.00 or $499.00, and all on a two year contract and of course an $18.00 upgrade fee.

Apparently the telco says there is a no commitment version of the Apple iPhone 3G available for $599.00 and $699.00, although that will probably come after the launch. As expected AT&T seem to be leaning towards the unlimited packages, however there are other option should you not wish the unlimited.

The basics of the AT&T structure is, iPhone 3G will be available for $199 (8GB) and $299 (16GB) for iPhone customers who purchased an iPhone prior to 7/11, customers activating a new line with AT&T and current AT&T customers who are eligible for an upgrade. Existing AT&T customers who are not currently eligible for an upgrade discount can purchase iPhone 3G for $399 for the 8GB model or $499 for the 16GB model. Both options require a new two-year service agreement. Up to 3 additional iPhone lines can be purchased for $39.99 apiece or $129.99 each on the unlimited plan.

Oh, and to finish off we have thrown in the AT&T “iReady” video, so enjoy.

Source – engadgetmobile

Yes folks it finally looks as if Sony Ericsson is getting round to manufacturing an ultra-thin candy-bar mobile phone that surprisingly lacks the famous Walkman branding, which no doubt will be music to the ears to those any music under the sun hating people, only joking, well about the music haters anyway.

We recognise that the Walkman brand mobile phone isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, so this new Sony Ericsson Walkman-less mobile, called the “Remi” may just suit those down to the ground. So if not Walkman, what can we expect from the Sony Ericsson Remi?

Well there is a 3.2 megapixel camera, HSDPA, with a slim 10mm thick casing, 105mm in length and 47mm in width, but other than that it is much along the lines of its cousin the W890. The mobile phone next to the Remi is the T610, a mobile phone that holds a very special place in the Sony Ericsson history as the mobile phone that marks a turning point for Sony Ericsson.

It is fairly obvious that the Sony Ericsson “Remi” is trying to evoke memories of the T610’s era, and maybe bringing out a new Sony Ericsson with the Walkman branding is marking another turning point in Sony Ericsson’s mobile phone history. Either way, we will bring you any further information as we get it.

Source – se-nse

Apple has worked extremely hard to bring so many countries into the world roll out of the Apple iPhone 3G, but as yet the biggest obstacle has been cracking China. China for the most part wants no deal with the Apple revenue sharing scheme, thus keeping Apple out of a huge chunk of mobile revenue.

However, there is good news on the horizon as the new IPhone 3G will not be sold under the same terms as the original iPhone, so that will be minus the revenue sharing agreement, and without that hurdle Apple may well be able to get Telos, China’s top mobile operator to sign up to the iPhone 3G shooting star.

China Mobile spokeswoman, Rainie Lei, says: “Apple is no longer insisting on a revenue-sharing policy, so the biggest hurdle for China Mobile to bring in the iPhone has been cleared, but there are practical issues still to be resolved.”

As for those “practical” reasons, maybe it’s because China doesn’t have any WCDMA networks, which will raise the question no doubt, just how is the Apple iPhone 3G going to be marketed in China?

At the present though China Mobile are still saying there is no schedule to bring the Apple iPhone 3G to the Chinese market, and we know from experience that Apple won’t say anything until they are ready, so for now we wait to see if Apple can actually crack the China nut.

Source – unwiredview

Not many days to go until the floodgate open and a tsunami of hot and sweaty Apple iPhone 3G hungry bodies assault the doors of every supplier throughout the world, eager to get their grubby hands of the latest most exciting mobile phone to hit the mobile world.

A matter of days before people in their millions pitch tents, camp out in sleeping bags and line the streets waiting patiently for the first signs of life, the shop assistant with the keys that will unleash a tirade of fevered beings upon the mobile phone shop assistants, and all in a pandemonium for their new sparkling Apple iPhone 3G handset.

Streets will become deserted as the masses all happily play with their new iPhone hugging it lovingly to their breasts, knowing they are the proud owner, and have lined Apple’s bank account willingly for the latest in technological marvels.

Convinced?

Well if you have made your mind up to give an Apple iPhone 3G a loving home, or if you are still pondering whether to do so, we have a little Apple iPhone 3G walkthrough/tour video for you. I’m guessing Apple put out this final video in a last attempt to convince you to part with that hard earned $199.00 they are asking.

So if you are still undecided, how dare you be, take a gander at the video, it may help you make up your mind.

Source – mobilewhack

Slipping out of hiding for the first time is the second mobile phone in Motorola’s new ZINE range, the Motorola ZN200 slider mobile phone. We say slipping out of hiding because Motorola hasn’t afforded this new mobile handset much fanfare at its arrival.

And well there is a reason at the lack of Motorola fanfare, the Motorola ZN200 is far from a spellbinding highly attractive design that has been created to draw the mobile consumer in, in fact it’s rather unremarkable for a mobile phone.

The only two standout specs are its somewhat low 2 megapixel camera and without any Kodak branding, and the onboard 30MB storage. That is about all the Motorola ZN200 has going for it, oh Motorola do throw in a 1GB memory card if you purchase the ZN200 for 499 reais which is roughly $311.00.

The Motorola ZN200 should be available in pink or black and launching in Brazil alongside the Motorola Z10. That is it, the announcement of the Motorola ZN200 mobile phone is so low-key it is almost nonexistent from Motorola. It is almost as if they are ashamed to be associated with their own designs, one would have thought with all the problems Motorola are facing in the mobile arena they would start pulling their socks up and begin getting back in the game as a major mobile fighter.

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Well, well, apparently, if DigiTimes sources are right about this, Samsung, the world’s major supplier of flash memory, has just sort of put the boot in to their non-Apple cliental telling them tough luck basically, as they have received a large batch of orders from Apple.

This “large batch of orders” is said to be in the area of 50 million “8GB equivalent” NAND chips and mainly for use in Apple’s iPhone 3G. This new order follows a June procurement of 25 million NAND chips of the same type.

Samsung’s response, it has been reported, has told their other less substantial order customers that they would “sharply cut supply” of the NAND chips while the Apple iPhone 3G order is being filled. The problem is compounded further by Samsung lowering its output during April and May in an attempt to reduce over supply.

So, if these order figures are true, they seem a little high to me but we’ll go with it, the world is about to see a huge amount of Apple iPhone 3G’s hitting the streets. However, on the other hand; If said demand for the Apple iPhone 3G simply does appear, what then? Does Samsung then go cap in hand to their lesser suppliers and say sorry we ditched you in our greed, please take us back?

To be honest, and in all fairness, Samsung should have still fulfilled their supply obligations to their customers, and just told Apple they can have what is ready when it’s ready. I mean it’s not like 75 million Apple iPhone 3G handsets are going to shift in one day is it?

Source – digitimes