Samsung J400 (SGH-J400)
March 29, 2010 by admin
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A familiar looking handset from Samsung, the SGH-J400 is based closely on a design that Samsung have used all the way back to the Samsung E700, and cropping up again last year in the Samsung M300. This particular Samsung clamshell is a pretty basic 3G phone which is presumably being aimed at the value end of the market. There’s a 1.3 megapixel primary camera, a secondary video calling camera, a 176×220 pixel internal display in 262,000 colours plus a small 96×96 pixel monochrome display on the outside, Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, microSD expandable memory and the SGH-J400 also has a multimedia player, web browser and email client.
There’s nothing really special about this phone, in fact it has been a long time since we’ve seen anything quite this basic in the 3G market. The specification is not much different from the three-year-old Samsung Z500, so we can assume that the key selling point of the Samsung J400 is going to be cheapness. It is a nice looking phone though, although if you only have a 1.3 megapixel camera, it’s probably not worth mentioning it on the case as some of the publicity shots show.
At 101 grams, the SGH-J400 is pretty typical for a 3G device, although we have seen better specified phones that are much lighter. Talktime is quoted as 3 hours with up to 10 days standby time.
Samsung say that there are two colour schemes – “Luxury Brown” (which has sand coloured highlights) and Noble Black (which is actually grey). We have seen a third colour, an attractive black/steel blue combination (left) that may also be available in some regions.
There’s no word on pricing or availability, but from the looks of things, the Samsung J400 should be in the shops during Q1 2008.
Samsung J400 (SGH-J400) at a glance
Available: Q1 2008
Network: GSM 900/1800/1900 + UMTS 2100
Data: GPRS + EDGE + UMTS (3G)
Screen: 176×220 pixels, 262k colours
Camera: 1.3 megapixels
Size: Medium clamshell
99 x 50 x 16mm / 101 grams
Bluetooth: Yes
Memory card:
microSD
Infra-red: No
Polyphonic: Yes
Java: Yes
Battery life: 3 hours talk / 10 days standby
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ROAD S101
February 27, 2010 by admin
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the ROAD S101 looks like a new version of the Nokia 9500, but it isn’t. In fact, the S101 is a Linux powered device from a German startup called ROAD GmbH (ROAD stands for Remote Office Access Devices). ROAD are marketing the 210 gram S101 as a tiny pocket based PC rather than a phone, and it certainly has impressive credentials.
Inside the S101 is a 620×240 pixel display, which (unlike the Nokia 9500) is touch sensitive. There’s a full keyboard which looks a little more usable that the 9500, plus it comes with WiFi, quad-band GSM, GPRS and EDGE support (but not 3G).
The interface on the S101 is Qtopia, which is specifically designed for handheld Linux devices (there’s a development environment called Qtopia Greenphone to help developers create and port applications). Out of the box, the ROAD S101 is bundled with a web browser, email client, Microsoft Office viewer, drawing application, MP3 player and a set of PIM functions.
The ROAD S101 is based around the pretty standard Intel Xscale PXA 263 processor running at 400MHz. It has 64Mb of RAM, plus 64MB Flash and the internal storage can be expanded with SD cards. The S101 scores well in connectivity too, with Bluetooth, infra-red and USB 2.0 connections. Talktime is quoted as 4 hours when in use as a phone, with up to 10 days standby. In “PC mode”, the S101 has 5 hours of operation plus up to 30 days standby time. We understand that there’s an optional 2 megapixel camera too. The S101K adds added “encryption” to the standard S101.
Inevitably, the ROAD S101 will be compared with the Nokia 9500 Communicator. In many ways, the S101 is pretty similar to the 9500 – both pitched at a mobile computing market rather than a mobile phone market. The S101 has an edge in hardware terms over the 9500, but then the 9500 was announced back in February 2004.
Crucially though, the Nokia 9500 (and the 9300 and 9300i) were never huge successes for Nokia, and as a result Nokia ceased development of the Symbian Series 80 platform on which those phones are based. But then, out of the blue, Nokia produced the Linux based Nokia 770 device. It’s not hard to image that the next generation 9000 series Communicator would be something very similar the the ROAD S101.
So, this is an interesting and capable device that’s pitching to what it currently a pretty small market. Perhaps the ROAD S101 will be good enough to persuade people to ditch their laptops and go with an ultra-portable Linux device. If not, then ROAD have a larger version of the S101 called the L101 under development which might appeal more to notebook users.
No pricing or availability details are known at present.
ROAD HandyPC S101 / S101K at a glance
Available:
Soon
Network:
Quad-band GSM
Data:
GPRS + EDGE + WiFi
Screen:
640×240 pixels
Camera:
2 megapixels (option)
Size:
Large PDA-style device
128×60x25mm / 210 grams
Bluetooth:
Yes
SD
Infra-red:
Yes
Polyphonic:
Yes
Java:
Yes
Battery life:
4 hours talk / 10 days standby
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Samsung Memoir (SGH-T929)
February 16, 2010 by admin
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The Samsung Memoir (also called the SGH-T929) is a handset aimed exclusively at the T-Mobile network in the US. Right at the moment, there are frustratingly few hard specifications for this device. Clearly, this is a touchscreen phone with a wide display, plus an 8 megapixel camera with a Xenon flash. The rumours are that this is a 1700 MHz UMTS (3G) device with GPS, but we don’t know this for sure.
Samsung Memoir (SGH-T929)
We can tell you that it measures 106 x 54 x 14mm and the Memoir weighs in at 125 grams. Maximum talktime is about 8 hours (presumably on GSM), and standby time is up to 9 days.
Broadly speaking, the Memoir appears to be a US take on the Samsung M8800 Pixon, although it is clearly cosmetically different. It’s clearly not a Windows Mobile device like the Omnia.
We don’t have any definite word on pricing or availability, but the Memoir looks like it should be an effective competitor to AT&T’s iPhone.
Samsung Memoir (SGH-T929) provisional specifications
Available:
Q1 / Q2 2009
Network:
GSM + UMTS
Data:
GPRS + EDGE + UMTS
Screen:
240 x 400 pixels (not verified)
Camera:
8 megapixels
Size:
PDA style device
106 x 54 x 14mm / 125 grams
Bluetooth:
Yes
Yes
Infra-red:
No
Polyphonic:
Yes
Java:
Yes
GPS:
Yes (not verified)
Battery life:
8 hours talk / 9 days standby (GSM)
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Sony Ericsson W302
February 15, 2010 by admin
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It has been three years since the launch of the first Sony Ericsson Walkman phone, the W800. Since then there have been almost 30 different Walkman branded handsets, usually adding new and exciting features as technology progresses. But the original W800 was a pretty good phone, and quite a lot of them are still around today. Certainly, compared to a modern handset the original W800 looks fairly modest, but it certainly still does what it was designed to do. So perhaps it is unsurprising to see the new Sony Ericsson W302, a device that matches the old W800 very closely in terms of basic specifications.
This is a quad-band GSM phone with GPRS and EDGE data, a 2″ 176 x 220 pixel display, a basic 2 megapixel camera, Memory Stick Micro expandable memory (with 512MB in the standard sales package) and an FM radio. It is much more compact than the original W800 – measuring 100 x 46 x 10.5 mm and weighing 78 grams – which means that the W302 is about half the thickness of the W800 and is 21 grams lighter. The W302 also supports stereo Bluetooth, track identification, comes with a web browser and email client and a USB cable so that it can be connected to a PC. Sony Ericsson gave no guidance on price, but the W302 is likely to be very inexpensive when it hits the shops in Q4 2008. Two colour combinations will be available: Midnight Black and Sparkling White.
Sony Ericsson W302 at a glance
Available:
Q4 2008
Network:
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Data:
GPRS + EDGE
Screen:
176 x 220 pixels, 262k colours
Camera:
2 megpixels
Size:
Lightweight monoblock
100 x 46 x 11mm / 78 grams
Bluetooth:
Yes
Infra-red:
No
Polyphonic:
Yes
Java:
Yes
GPS:
No
Battery life:
7 hours talk / 12 days standby
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Samsung F520
February 11, 2010 by admin
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In Samsung’s naming convention “i” stands for smartphone – and the Samsung SGH-i400 is just that. In this case, the i400 is a Symbian S60 slider, roughly similar to the Motorola RIZR Z8 in terms of specification. Samsung are promoting the SGH-i400 as both a smartphone with expandable software capabilities and a multimedia device with stereo speakers and an inbuilt music player. There’s a 2.3″ 240×320 pixel display, a 2 megapixel camera and the SGH-i400 also supports microSD cards up to a maximum of 4GB.
Unlike the Z8, the SGH-i400 isn’t a 3G device, only supporting tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz.. but on the plus side, the Samsung i400 weighs just 92 grams which is very light for a Symbian smartphone.
In Samsung’s press release for the i400 they tout the phone as being a “Web 2.0″ device. That sounds impressive, although in reality it probably just means that the browser supports things like Java and Flash. Despite the clever tricks that manufacturers use in their mobile phones, any kind of web browsing on a 240×320 pixel display is always going to be a bit limited.
We don’t have a full set of specifications for the Samsung SGH-i400 yet, and only a single publicity shot that shows it to be an elegant looking device. Samsung say that the i400 will be available in Russia from July 2007 with other countries coming after that.
Samsung i400 (SGH-i400) Provisional Specifications
Available:
Q3 2007
Network:
GSM 900/1800/1900
Data:
GPRS
Screen:
240×320 pixels
Camera:
2 megapixels
Size:
Medium slider
101×50x16mm / 92 grams
Bluetooth:
Yes
microSD
Infra-red:
Not specified
Polyphonic:
Yes
Java:
Yes
Battery life:
Not specified
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