Samsung together with AT&T today introduced new rugged phone, the Samsung SGH-a837 Rugby, which is the first handset supporting Video Share calling and Push to Talk network available through AT&T. The clamshell device comes with a 1.3 megapixel camera with video capture, Bluetooth support, microSD memory card slot, and a-GPS function. The SGH-a837 has a military standard MIL-STD-810F to withstand dust, shock, vibration, rain, humidity, solar radiation, altitude and temperature extremes.
The Rugby measures 101.6 x 53.3 x 22.9 mm, weighs 133 g and also features a 2 inches 65k color TFT display with 128×160 pixels. The phone allows users to access to web, use messaging services of the AT&T and play music files via a MP3 player. Including dual-band 3G connectivity and quad-band GSM technology it’s available for $129.99 with a 2-year service agreement and after a $50 mail-in rebate. Customers may choose from yellow, burgundy or black color.
Samsung SGH-a837 Rugby
Sony Ericsson HCB-108 is a new addition to its Bluetooth car speakerphone range featuring a sleek design. The speakerphone provides up to 25 hours of talk time and up to 1 month of standby time. The HCB-108 brings clear sound and superior audio quality with echo reduction, noise cancellation and Digital Signal Processing (DSP).
It measures 119 x 61 x 14 mm and weighs 93 g. With Bluetooth 2.0 support it will be available in early Q4 of 2008 in black or silver color for selected markets. The price is still unknown.
Sony Ericsson HCB-108
HTC is one of the fastest growing companies in the mobile device market and today’s unveiled devices shows the strength it is bearing in market. In addition to the Touch HD, HTC Corporation has also unveiled the HTC Touch 3G and HTC Touch Viva. The Touch 3G and Touch Viva utilize TouchFLO which is HTC’s finger-touch optimized navigation experience by which you can have a one-touch access to messages and information.
The Touch 3G offers great touch phone experience with powerful Internet capabilities with wireless download speeds up to 18 times faster than standard 3G. With 3.2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, AGPS, Wi-Fi and a 2.8-inch QVGA screen the phone has immense potential to be this years hit. With this users can zoom and pan Websites with one-hand. Touch 3G gives the facility to watch streaming video from YouTube. Forget old GPS systems now you can get directions and mapping with Google Maps for mobile and stay updated on the latest news with the integrated RSS reader. The handset also features Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, Qualcomm MSM7225 CPU at 528 MHz, microSD and 256 MB ROM / 192 MB RAM.
The second model, HTC Touch Viva supports much of the HTC Touch’s original feature-set. With Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional HTC Touch Viva will be rocking the same 2.8-inch QVGA display. It has a 2 megapixel camera, aGPS, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, and microSD card slot ensure that the HTC Touch Viva will still be able to bring a full-featured multimedia smart phone to the mid-range market. It measures 104.5 x 59 x 15.75 mm and weighs about 110g. It supports GSM/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz and GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz.
Both devices will be available in early October 2008. Although not known about their release in the geographical markets, HTC says it will be released in a variety of markets.
HTC Touch 3G
FCC has released a few details on the new Vertu Signature S Design which will be a luxury device. The handset measures 130 x 42 x 13 mm and supports quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz) and dual-band 3G (850/2100MHz).
The Signature S Design will also support Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. With an OLED display it will feature sapphire and solid gold materials on its candybar body.
Vertu Signature S Design
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