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“Mio technology has announced the British release of a compact GPS-navigator Mio C210. This is quite simple navigator introduced earlier this year. It is equipped with a 2.7” touchscreen LCD. It is supplied with the maps of the UK and the main roads of Europe. You can install more maps from additional SD and MMC cards (24 European countries). Optionally you can work with a TMC-receiver (not built-in) to track traffic situation.There is a nice present from the software developers – a database of road cameras, which stand for policemen with radars in Europe. The system will notify the driver about the places the cameras are set or supposed to be set, besides once a year there is an opportunity of a free database upgrade.The navigator has a SiRFstar III GPS-receiver, S3C2440 400 MHz processor and 64 MB RAM. The device is fed by 4 AA-type batteries, which provide over 10 hours of navigation with the backlight off and GPS-functions. Dimensions are 85x59x40 mm and weight 110 g. The recommended price for the C210 makes up 199 pounds, i.e. about $370.” via mobile-review.com

“Samsung today unveiled a brand new line-up of slim mobiles at CommunicAsia 2006 that takes ‘mobile communications’ to a whole new level. The ‘Ultra Edition’ demonstrates Samsung’s vision for the future of mobile communications in terms of technology and design. The Ultra Edition 6.9 (X820) leads the handset pack, boast ing the world’s thinnest profile of only 6.9 mm . Also on display is the Ultra Edition 12.9 (D900), the world’s slimmest slider with a depth of only 12.9mm and a picture-perfect 3 megapixel camera. Making its debut at CommunicAsia is the Ultra Edition 9.9 (D830), a brand new clamshell handset that is 9.9 mm thin. “Ergonomically designed to become one with the user, Samsung’s phones move beyond the limitations inherent in slim phones to embody the perfect combination of comfort, simplicity and sophistication to let users do more with less ,” said Mr. Kitae Lee, President of Samsung’s Telecommunication Network Business. “ It is human nature for people to communicate with others, and Samsung’s Ultra Editions are dedicated to bringing people together with functionality and ease of use. With its exceptional sleek and ultra slim design, Samsung’s mobile will effortlessly integrate into the user’s everyday life, connecting them to the rest of the world.”Samsung’s growing collection of ‘Ultra Edition’ phones is part of the company’s aggressive global strategy to take on the leadership position in the mobile phone market . It also illustrates Samsung’s sensitivity to consumer needs by delivering smaller and thinner mobiles phones without c ompromising reliability or premium multimedia capabilitiesThe SPH-N2000, released in 2001, marked Samsung’s first foray into slim mobiles with advanced features. This was the company’s first well-received 9.8mm mobile phone. Motivated by its early success, Samsung will continue to create slim mobiles in various form factors and features to meet the needs of discerning customers around the world.The Ultra Edition 9.9 (D830) – World’s Slimmest Clamshell Samsung’s Ultra Edition 9.9 (D830) raises the bar in slimness and design of clamshell handsets. With its simple ultra slim folder design and the latest cutting-edge technology, this 9.9 mm ultra slim clamshell is the result of Samsung’s constant efforts to go above and beyond the boundaries of form and function. This lightweight mobile comes outfitted with a 2 megapixel camera to capture those special moments wherever you go. Expect no bulges in your pocket when carrying this premium ultra slim clamshell that possess a 2.3” wide display and an external memory slot for extra storage. Navigate effortlessly through functions, thanks to its enhanced user interface with uMenu and uSearch features. The stylish Ultra Edition 9.9’s variety of colors and patterned design will surely please the Southeast Asian mobile market later this year.The Ultra Edition 6.9 (X820) – World’s Slimmest Phone Samsung’s groundbreaking Ultra Edition 6.9 (X820) expresses Samsung’s commitment to create the slimmest and lightest product in the market today. Weighing a mere 66 grams and measuring a slim 6.9mm depth, the lightweight Ultra Edition 6.9 is today’s definitive tool to help users stay connected, take pictures with the 2 megapixel camera, or enjoy their favorite tunes with the music player. The Ultra Edition 6.9 balances slim elegance with a functional keypad and tops off its supreme design with a beautifully beveled cut surface for a natural grip. Fiberglass-infused plastic is also used to increase extraordinary durability to protect the wealth of features that are compressed into the 6.9mm frame using the Smart Surface Mounting Technology (SSMT). The Ultra Edition truly complements the active lifestyle of today’s consumers as its sleek and fashionable design will fit into your pocket invisibly for stylish mobility. You can also express yourself as it comes in a variety of the most fashionable colors.The Ultra Edition 12.9 (D900) – World’s Slimmest 3 Megapixel Slider The Ultra Edition 12.9 offers the latest in multimedia technology with premium slide-up design for business professionals. The 12.9mm slide-up is the thinnest slider ever designed to come equipped with a powerful 3.13 megapixel camera — leading the 3 megapixel camera phone trend in the global market this year. Unique and dynamic user interfaces enhance user’s mobile experience. The main screen will reflect networks and call status by displaying animated graphics to alert users of missed calls or unread messages, and imported documents can be viewed on the vivid 262K color screen. You can also enhance your multimedia experience with the Bluetooth® stereo headset. Whatever your desires may be, the Ultra Edition 12.9 will “slide up” next to you for your next command. The Ultra Edition 9.9 Standard GPRS (900 / 1800 / 1900MHz) + EDGE Camera 2 Megapixel Camera (Auto-Focus / Flash) Display 2.3” 240×320 262K Color TFT / 0.8” 96×16 16Gray (1 Fixed-Line) Features Video Recording & Messaging (MPEG4 / H.263) MP3 / AAC / ACC+ / WMA Bluetooth® / USB / BT Printing Document Viewer / TV-output uMenu / uSearch / uGo / Mobile Flahs Memory 80MB embedded, External memory (microSD) Size 103 x 54 x 9.9 mm Weight 85g * Specifications are subject to change without notice.The Ultra Edition 6.9 Standard GPRS (900 / 1800 / 1900MHz) + EDGE Camera 2 Megapixel Camera Display 1.9” 176×220 262K Color TFT Features Video Recording & Messaging (MPEG4 / H.263) MP3 / AAC / ACC+ / AAC+ (e) / WMA Digital Power Amp Bluetooth® / USB / PictBridge Document Viewer / TV-output / Speakerphone / Off-line mode / uSearch Memory 80MB embedded Size 113 x 50 x 6.9 mm Weight 66g * Specifications are subject to change without notice.The Ultra Edition 12.9 Standard GSM / GPRS (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900MHz) + EDGE Camera 3.13 Megapixel Camera Display 2.1” 240×320 262K Color TFT Features Video Recording & Messaging (MPEG4 / H.263) MP3 / AAC / ACC+ / AAC+ (e) Digital Power Amp Bluetooth® / USB / PictBridge Document Viewer / TV-output uMenu / uGo / uSearch / uTrack Memory 80MB embedded, External memory (microSD) Size 103.5 x 51 x 12.9 mm Weight 85g * Specifications are subject to change without notice.” Here is the press release

“Agendus for Palm OS version 11: The Ultimate Personal Assistant.Do you feel like you just can’t keep up with your busy lifestyle? Do you sometimes sense you’ve forgotten something, but can’t quite pinpoint what it is? Are you looking for a solution that’ll put your mind at ease so that you can focus on what’s really important in your life? Look no further.Introducing Agendus, the ultimate mobile companion that’s designed from the ground up, to help organize your schedule and act like your personal assistant–reminding you of important tasks or upcoming events–24 hours a day. Agendus Professional is the one and only personal information manager you’ll ever need.It works intuitively by design and has the “smarts” to not only integrate your calendar, memos, and To Dos with your contacts, but it also automatically maintains a detailed contact history, which can certainly come in handy.Agendus, with it’s Over-The-Air (OTA) capabilities, and it’s various ways of displaying your tasks and calendar information, will do just about everything you want, exactly how you want. We invite you to discover what thousands of users have been raving about on the Internet and test drive the latest Agendus for Palm OS version on your Palm OS powered handheld or smartphone today.Hassle free setup.Agendus for Palm OS easily integrates with your existing synchronization setup without the need to download and install any additional conduits or data managers. All you need to do is sync to install the application and you’re ready to go. Better yet, this latest release of Agendus provides seamless and complete integration between mobile and desktop environments, so you now have the option of bringing features from Agendus on your handheld, such as icons, hierarchy and contact relationships, to your desktop through Agendus for Windows Outlook Edition and Palm Desktop Edition.” Check this GREAT Program here:

“Meanwhile in this article we shall concentrate on impressions of daily usage of this device for couple of months, with eyes shut on shortcomings of previous firmware, concentrating only on what has not been fixed even today, or still raises some doubts. Our constant forum may have seen my posts regarding fact that Nokia N80 is working unstable, applications crash arbitrarily, often aborting them. This was all related to life before v17 was released, it was just impossible to use handset comfortably (like listening to music and browsing web), which was eliminating all of its advantages.” Read more at mobile-review.com

“Philips has prepared a Korean release of a mobile phone with a touchscreen LCD – the S900. In addition to handwritten text input (very important function for the languages with lots of symbols in the alphabet) Philips S900 is equipped with all modern functions: an integrated MP3-player, storage card support, a 2-megapixel camera, an infrared port and Bluetooth.The technical specs: Band: GSM900/1800/1900 MHz Dimensions: 109x51x13 mm Weight: 93.3 g Battery: Li-Ion, 710 mAh LCD: touchscreen, TFT, 262K colors, 176×220 pixels Camera: 2-megapixel, CMOS Sound: 64-tones polyphony, 3D-sound Memory: 10 MB, miniSD storage cards Connectivity: USB, IrDA, Bluetooth WAP browser, Java games Messages: SMS, MMS, e-mail (Java) Other functions: organizer, calculator, English-Chinese dictionary, work with text documents (create/ read/ edit/ search…), stopwatch, timer, world time.” via mobile-review.com

“Danger and T-Mobile has finally announced SideKick 3 today. Engadget has some nice photo shots on it, while mobileburn has did a first review on the new messaging device. Specifications: Size: 130 x 59 x 21.8mm Weight: 6.7 ounces Display: 64k colors (240 x 160) Tri-band GSM Bluetooth 1.2 (limited to Hands-Fre profile and vCard exchange) 1.3 megapixel digital camera w/LED flash miniSD memory card slot (supports up to 2GB cards) 64MB of SDRAM / 64MB Flash memory GPRS EDGE Trackball / QWERTY keypadYou can see a official flash demo here http://www.sidekick.com/ or see other live report on http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/06/20/t-mobile-sidekick-3-hands-on/ “via slashphone.com

“Cybersaurus is a thrilling new action game from Darxun Games for Palm OS 5.2 and later devices. The game’s storyline is a hodgepodge of elements inspired by Beast Wars-era Transformers and the BattleTech/MechWarrior universe. The game’s tired storyline consists of your Raptor 9000 mech being the Earth’s only hope against a race of evil Robosaurs. The mechanized Robosaurs civilization used Earth’s original Dinosaurs as inspiration for their sleek, metallic instruments of destruction. Now in the year 2513 they have returned to reclaim the planet for themselves. Of course, the primary role here is action-packed gameplay so any storyline shortcomings can be forgiven.” Read this review here:

Third consecutive month on top for Motorola Razr V3/ V3i/ V3c1. (1) Motorola RaZr V3/ V3i /V3c2. (2) Sony Ericsson K750i/D750i/W800i3. (7) Nokia 6230/6230i4. (10) Sony Ericsson W810i5. (8) Nokia 6280/62826. (5) Nokia N707. (4) Qtek 9100/ I-mate K-Jam8. (-) Motorola V1150/Razr V3X9. (3) Motorola SLVR L710. (-) Qtek S200/I-mate Jamin( ) = last month’s position.No big changes at the top of this month’s list; Motorola RaZr V3/V3i/V3c is number one for the third consecutive month, followed by Sony Ericsson K750i/D750i/W800i and Nokia 6230/6230i. – We look forward to the upcoming summer season, comments Ulf Sandberg, Managing Director at Krusell International AB. – The forthcoming months watch out for big sellers such as LG Choclate, Qtek 8500 and, of course, Sony Ericsson K800i. The Swedish manufacturer of carrying cases for portable electronics, Krusell, has released their “Top 10”-list for May 2006. The list is based upon the number of pieces of model specific mobile and smart phone cases that have been ordered from Krusell during May 2006. Krusell’s list is unique due to the fact that it reflects the sales of phones on six continents and in more than 50 countries around the globe.

“K610im is Sony Ericsson’s first GSM/UMTS phone to offer full support for i-mode, the operator service that delivers a richer experience for handling iMail, browsing the Internet and viewing content.The i-mode service delivers a whole new experience in connected mobile applications such as iMail, Web browsing and iMMS. Viewing multimedia is better, faster and easier, thanks to Web pages and content specially formulated for i-mode. Lighter pages give faster download speeds and users are given access to a host of i-mode sites and content. i-mode also helps you get even more from K610im’s impressive functionality. You can shoot great pictures with the phone’s 2 Megapixel camera and send them in high quality as as e-mail as well as iMMS messages. The supplied 64MB Memory Stick (M2) will store up to 175 photos, and can be expanded to 1GB, and K610im has everything you need for fast, responsive video calling. K610im’s highly specified music player is equipped for over-the-air downloads. You can store up to 60 tracks in the new eAAC+ format with the Memory Stick (M2), and a USB cable and music software is also included for transferring tracks to and from your PC.The K610im is a dual mode UMTS (2100MHz) – GPRS 900/1800/1900 handset for i-mode markets in Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East and will ship in Q3.K610im – Features at a glance:
1.9″ QCIF+ (176×220) TFT 260k
2 megapixel camera and VGA Video call
iMail
Push e-mail
16 MB user memory
Video recording/playback
SMS and iMMS
Speakerphone
Up to 1GB Memory Stick Micro
Media player [MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ support]
Support MFi & Mobile MP4
Full streaming Audio & Video
i-mode DRM
Polyphonic 72 voices
UMTS 2100 + GPRS 900/1800/1900
Bluetooth technology
USB 2.0
USB charging
Flight mode
Access NetFront Web Browser ” via slashphone.com

One of THE plagues of the modern world is the vast amount of confidential information that’s required to be remembered, from accounts to PINs, from reference numbers to memorable information, from login details to software reg codes. When this plague started, it was just about possible to survive with a single password that you used for everything, but as time goes on, passwords and PINs get chosen for you and there’s always the security worry that once your password is discovered for one system, everything else will be vulnerable. Then you start buying software and accumulating bank and card accounts, and the amount and variety of ‘secret’ information quickly explodes.I suspect the vast majority of people simply write most of this down somewhere and accept the security risk of it being physically discovered by a thief. As a smartphone owner though, you’ll be very aware that your electronic brain should have the capacity and power to remember all your secret information and only reveal it to you. Some Nokia devices even came with a basic password protected ‘wallet’ application, but the problem was entering your life’s collection of passwords, PINs and handy notes all on the tiny phone keypad. What’s needed is an encrypted database system for both PC and smartphone that’s fully secure and able to be full synchronised, so that you can enter (and paste in) data on the desktop.” Read more here: