Posts published September 2008

HTC Touch Diamond and Touch Pro are ready for Sprint’s customers

Those people who were waiting for these handsets don’t must anymore. Touch Diamond and Touch Pro by HTC will be available this month and in October. Both are running Windows Mobile 6.1 and work in the largest mobile broadband network in the US. We have already introduced these smartphones more times but we can remember their basic specifications: both include TouchFLO 3D user interface, weather, email, photos, contacts, and music features.

The Touch Diamond has a big 2.8″ VGA display with high resolution, 3.2 megapixel camera with camcorder, and stereo Bluetooth. Sprint will start to sell it this month for $249.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate.

Slide-out Touch Pro sports QWERTY keyboard, microSD card slot, 3.2 megapixel camera with a business card scanner application. Users also may use the Microsoft’s System Center Mobile Device Manager to have access to security and device management capabilities. The Touch Pro will be launched on October 19 for $299.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate.

For more informations about specifications have a look at the related entries or search on the PhoneArea.

HTC Touch Pro

Ultra-rugged Motorola i576 for Sprint

LG LX600 Lotus, Samsung HighNote and Rang aren’t only the ones which joined the Sprint’s portfolio today. Motorola also comes with stylish clamshell with rich feature. The i576 is one of the iDEN lineup which will Motorola debut soon on Sprint’s network. Motorola i576 has Bluetooth, GPS, and push-to-talk technology. Sprint will launch this handset on October 19 at price $69.99 for business accounts with a 2-year service contract.

Motorola i576

Sprint to increase its lineup with Samsung HighNote and Rant, and LG LX600 Lotus

Samsung and LG today announced three new multimedia phones exclusively for Sprint including flip phone and two slider handsets. The phones come equipped with One Click user interface which allows users to easily access the features which they use most on these devices. Let’s introduce the flip phone first.

The LG LX600 Lotus is a stylish flip phone featuring full QWERTY keyboard, a 2 megapixel camera with camcorder, and stereo Bluetooth. The phone also provides email, instant messaging, Web access, Sprint Navigation, Sprint TV, and Sprint Music Store. With built-in GPS, microSD slot for up to 12GB and a media player, the Lotus will be available in October for $149.99 with a 2-year contract.

The second model, the HighNote by Samsung has a dual-slider form factor. If you slide up it will reveal dial pad and if you slide down it will show its powerful stereo speakers. Like the LG Lotus, The HighNote also features a 2 megapixel camera with camcorder, stereo Bluetooth, expandable memory up to 16GB, Sprint Music Store, Sprint Navigation, Web surfing, and email. It also has a GPS function and Sprint will sell this phone on October 19 for $99.99 with a 2-year contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate in red or blue variants.

The last announced model by Samsung, the Rant is also a slider but only in horizontal side. With a full QWERTY keyboard has the same specifications like the previous model: 2 megapixel camera with camcorder, expandable memory up to 16GB, stereo Bluetooth, Sprint Navigation, Sprint Music Store and Sprint TV. This handset will be available also in October for just $49.99 with a 2-year contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate and in red or black, but also in an exclusive purple color at Best Buy.

LG LX600 Lotus

Sling Media launches SlingPlayer for smartphones

Sling Media has been releasing one after other the mobile compatible versions of their award winning  SlingPlayer. As for today  Sling Media has today unveiled that its award-winning SlingPlayer Mobile software for smart phones which runs over UIQ user interface on Symbian OS including popular smart phones from Motorola and Sony Ericsson.

This new smart phone player will join the  existing SlingPlayer Mobile clients for Palm OS, Windows Mobile smart phone, Windows Mobile Professional, and Symbian S60. And amazingly there would be newer version  for BlackBerry and iPhone/iPod Touch which are currently in development. Sling Player Mobile gives Sling box owners the ability to watch and control their home TV from a network-connected mobile phone.

The UIQ handsets that will support Sling Player Mobile at launch include: Sony Ericsson P1i, Sony Ericsson P990i, Sony Ericsson W960i, Sony Ericsson W950i, Sony Ericsson M600i, Sony Ericsson G700, Sony Ericsson G900, Motorola Z8, and Motorola Z10. The application costs 19.99 GBP, including VAT. For a list of supported handsets and the application download, please visit http://downloads.slingmedia.com/go/mobile-uk.

Sling Media SlingPlayer

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