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Cowon’s all singing all dancing A3: May 16th

Rumored forever before its CES debut in January, Cowon is finally releasing their A3 personal media player. So tell us oh gentle reader, was the DaVinci chipset; 4-inch, 16M color, 480×272 800 x 480 (!!) pixel display; USB host; FM radio and recorder; MPEG-4 video recorder; 1280 x 720 HD output; and vast codec support including DivX, FLAC, OGG, and wide variety of lossless audio worth the wait? Available November 14th in 30GB and 60GB flavors for ₩349,000 (about $387) and ₩419,000 (about $465), respectively.
[Source:engadget]

O2 announces O2 Xda orbit 2, aka HTC Polaris and HTC Touch Cruise

Featuring 128 MB / 256 MB of RAM and ROM, a 400 MHz Qualcomm CPU, GPS, quad-band GSM, HSDPA (we’ve heard tri-band and also only 2100), and a 3 megapixel camera with typical Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity thrown in for good measure. Availability is slated for early December from a rock bottom €99 (roughly $140) on contract. If you’re in the know and can provide frequency clarity for us, please do.
[Source:engadgetmobile]

Sony Ericsson intros K660, W380 and W890 handsets

The W380 clamshell phone, on the other hand, drops the 3G, but provides plenty of the usual Walkman-related features, including gesture control, and SE’s trademark Track ID, while the W890 ups things considerably with HSDPA connectivity and a better-than-the-norm 3.2 megapixel camera. Hit up the read link below for complete specs on each handset, and look for them all to be available in the first quarter of next year.
[Source:engadget]

Nokia N95 8 GB gets reviewed, declared best smartphone ever

MicroSD slot is gone, replaced by 8GB dedicated storage, system RAM bumped to 128 MB, better battery life — this was a major issue in the past — larger and brighter screen, and a pile of other things. So if you have the original N95, give it away now and get yourself upgraded.
[Source:engadgetmobile]

Sony Ericsson W380

Finally it has arrived. Sony Ericsson has officially announced their new walkman phone, the W380. This phone comes with a feature that you never seen before and that’s the Gesture control which allows users to mute calls with a wave of their hands.Specifications and pictures available after the jump. The external display only shown up when there’s incoming calls or when you are listening to your music. W380 also has the TrackID feature that allows you to find out the title and album of the song that you are hearing from the radio. The Sony Ericsson W380 will be available in selected by Q1 2008.

[Source:2dayblog]

Specifications:
• Size: 92 x 49 x 16 mm
• Weight: 100 grams
• Colours: Electric Purple / Magnetic Grey
• Screen: 262,144 colour TFT
• Resolution: 176 x 220 pixels
• Size: 1.9 inches
• External screen: OLED
• Resolution: 36 x 128
• Phone memory: Up to 14 MB
• Memory Stick Micro (M2) support
• 1.3 megapixel camera
• 512 MB M2 memory stick
• Walkman player
• FM radio with RDS
• Bluetooth stereo (A2DP)
• Java
• RSS feeds
• WAP 2.0 XHTML
• Talk time: Up to 7 hrs
• Standby time: Up to 300 hrs
• Networks: W380a: GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/1800/1900
• W380c/i: GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800/190

d-JAYS LE Micro Armature Earphones

“d-JAYS LE comes in four limited colors and combine Swedish design and patented in-ear technology for a perfectly balanced sound, with detailed highs, natural mids and extended bass. This without compromising on functionality, look and feel.”
Jays d-JAYS LE Micro Armature Earphones ($143.00)
[Source:freshpilot]

Amex debuts G-Plus

The G-Plus packs-in full GPS software, GPS Viewer software, a photo GPS option, an e-map browser with a GPS indicator LED, and 5-way navigational keys, pretty whacky! It has all the goodness of tri-band (900/1800/1900MHz) GSM with its GPRS function, offers up to 200 hours of standby time and 2.5 hours of straight talk. This GPS enhanced, phone also slots in a 1.3 MP camera with flash LED and video recording at 30 fps.
[Source:cellphonebeat]

LG Venus, Voyager details aplenty ahead of May releases

Trying to wrap your noodle around the concept of a pink LG Venus? Us too, and naturally, visuals help — the more, the better. On that note, we’re pleased to present a handful of pictures of the pink Venus with a couple of its darker, statelier cousin thrown in for good measure. The black will launch first — November 19, if you recall — with the pink following on December 11 for $199 after a $50 rebate has been applied. QWERTY more to your liking? Fret not, as we’re hearing the Voyager follows up on the 21st of November for $299 with the same $50 rebate.
[Source:engadgetmobile]

Pen Phone Concept

Here is the cool Pen Phone concept that features a monochrome LCD screen to display all the necessary information including phone numbers, etc. The mobile phone is integrated nicely with a pen. Users will have to connect the phone via Bluetooth headset in order to make or receive phone calls.
[Source:techfresh]

Pantech C510

Pantech is launching the C510, their new music phone in the Mexico market via TELCEL. The phone will be preloaded with the RBD’s (Latin Grammy nominated Mexican pop group) latest three songs and their music video.

[Source:2dayblog]