NTT DOMOCO today launched Sharp’s newest handset, the SH706ie in Japan. The SH706ie is a 1-Seg phone featuring a 3.2 megapixel CMOS camera with autofocus, 2.8″ 262k QVGA ASV LCD internal display with 240 × 400 pixels and 0.8″ organic EL external one with 39 × 96 pixel resolution.
The device also includes microSD support up to 2GB and 3G support, which brings about 175 minutes of talk time. Measuring 106 x 16.1 x 48 mm and weighing 106 g it provides approximately 580 hours of standby time and 120 minutes of TV. The new Sharp SH706ie is available today in 3 colors variants: Formal Pink, Formal White, and Formal Black.
If you live in Japan and also own the new iPhone 3G, the Princeton offers you a way how to protect your device. There are two versions of the cases which each one is available in 3 color variants. The PIP-HC1CB, PIP-HC1CR and PIP-HC1SB are hard acrylic cases featuring a protective film on the front for display. This range will be available in September at price 1,680 yen.
The second series is made from a metal and also comes with a mirror protector on the front side. The PIP-HC1MS, PIP-HC1MP and PIP-HC1MB will be available also in September in Japan market but of course for higher price than the previous series – 2,480 yen.
The new Motorola MOTORAZR VE20 is equipped with a 2.2” 262K-color TFT internal display with 240 x 320 pixels and 1.6” 65K-color CSTN one with 120 x 60 pixels, 2.0 megapixel camera, built-in media player, Sprint Navigation with GPS-enabled audio. It measures 2.0 x 3.9 x 0.6 inches and weighs 3.5 oz. The handset provides up to approximately 4.0 hours of talk time.
With in just few weeks of releasing iPhone OS 2.0.1 Apple has released iPhone Software 2.0.2, to update iPhone and iPod touch software. The new iPhone version which “weighs” at 249MB can be download through iTunes.
There have been numerous bugs in the previous versions related from reception to browsing features and its still unclear whether this update will address the reception problems currently being experienced by some iPhone 3G users. However there is not much this new version is about and Apple only describes this update as “bug fix”.
