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Last week has been full of rumors and news about the mobile world.
The first big announcement was the introduction of a touch interface for Series60. Then, first as a rumor and then as a reality, the Darwin SDK for the iPhone has been revealed. Not too long thereafter, Steve Jobs made us understand that all future iPhone applications will require certificates, and will be fully controlled via iTunes. Add the new patent filing for Microsoft’s new touch WM interface, and you get news from all important mobile device camps.
Read on for debates, suppositions and suggestions.
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Both Boost and cellphone manufacturer Motorola have joined forces to release the Motorola i425t and i425e cellphones, and these two handsets are dubbed to be the slimmest iDEN network Walkie-Talkie phones in the market at the moment. To get an idea of just how slim these are, they measure 0.5″ in thickness and weigh a mere 3.88 ounces. No fancy clamshell or slider form factors here as Motorola has stuck to the basics, bringing both in the tried and true candybar format. They will be Boost-branded and available exclusively via Boost Mobile as part of their prepaid phone service. Both i425 lightweight walkie-talkies will come in a couple of colors, with the i425t being clothed in titanium gray with a black slate trim while the i425e can be found in white with an espresso trim.
I love visiting sushi bars, where I get to pick and choose the kinds of dishes that I like from a conveyor belt. The Seoul Anycall Studio works just like that, letting all the snazziest and latest cellphones move around on a conveyor belt. These handsets are not meant for purchase but caters instead to satisfy the curiosity of those who want to see what each cellphone is capable of, offering a rather interesting hands-on experience. There is even a claw machine there that lets you win free including a chance to rack up customer loyalty points that could be translated to services like battery reconditioning or free photo printing.
Sony Ericsson in Japan has just released the DoCoMo SO703i handset that not only comes with some pretty high end features, it smells great too. Some of the specifications include GPS navigation, a built-in TV, and music player functions, and are available in nine colors including Romantic Gold, Exotic, Twilight, Flow and Gorgeous. The question is - where does the fragrance come from? You can place a scented strip near the central hinge, which can work up to three months before a replacement is required. Guess this will be a Japan only handset like any other DoCoMo offerings. Would be nice to see this make its way across the Pacific though.
Projectors used to be large, bulky items that were extremely expensive to purchase and maintain, but thanks to the advent of technology, projectors could be shrunk down in size with the possibility of including them in cellphones sometime down the road. This concept by Stefano Casanova (must be a charmer, eh) sees a Windows-based handset projecting its screen onto a flat surface courtesy of the micro light projector that has been integrated into the LCD. All you need to do to activate it is flip the display downwards.
Broadcom has just announced that it has successfully developed a brand new processor that is capable of integrating all key 3G cellular and mobile technologies not on a single device, but onto a single chip instead. It is said that this new chip will operate at ridiculously low power, hence enabling cellphone manufacturers to construct new 3G handsets that will be more compact than those available in the market today, endowed with extremely long battery lives. Not only that, this new 3G chip will be extremely cheap , costing a fraction of today’s price, which means 3G handsets no longer need to be in the domain of the well-heeled as even entry level handsets by then would be able to incorporate this chip at very little cost to the end user.
