Butterflies and Flowers on Alcatel OTE 227 Clamshell

Here is a new mobile handset from Alcatel that you would appreciate not for its specs but for the floral design on the body of the clamshell. The Alcatel OTE 227 Butterfly has designs of butterflies flying over flowers, something women with an artistic bend of mind would love to possess. Available exclusively on Orange, the OTE 227 Butterfly costs ₤9.99 in UK and comes with a 1.5-inch TFT 65K color screen, 325 hours of standby battery life and 10 hours of talk time. The low cost means you can expect no frills, not stuff for high-end users, but it’s meant for those who are content with possessing only a cell phone.

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Free iPod + iPhone Book 4

The new ROKR E8 from Motorola is set to be available exclusively from T-Mobile USA beginning July 7, 2008. Targetting at music lovers, ROKR E8 features Motorola’s ModeShift technology, which transforms the device from phone to music player with the touch of a button.


When powered off, the surface of ROKR E8 is smooth, with no visible keys. Power on the device and it presents a virtual numbered keypad on the front surface. With one “press” of the virtual music key, the phone keypad disappears and control keys for the music player — play, pause, fast forward
and rewind — appear in its place.

Using vibrating haptics technology, the device provides the tactile feedback consumers expect from a traditional keypad, providing confirmation they have pressed a virtual key.
variable-speed touch control that lets consumers easily scroll through all of the content stored on the device. With a gentle slide of the thumb, the wheel quickly scrolls through your music (music mode), contacts (phone mode), calendar (phone mode), or multimedia (imaging mode) content. Information is easily viewed on the landscape 2.0″ QVGA display. In music mode, ROKR E8 delivers great sound through a three-dimensional stereo feature that enhances two-channel audio and an on-board equalizer. Music can be enjoyed on the built-in speaker, with a compatible Bluetooth(R) enabled stereo headset, or through a wired headset plugged into the 3.5mm jack.
ROKR E8 also helps consumers discover new music with a built-in FM radio and support for Song ID. The 2GB internal memory can store up to 1,500 songs, and the external memory is expandable up to 4GB with an optional microSD card. Music transfers quickly with USB 2.0. The device is compatible
with Windows Media Player 11 on the PC, which also provides access to more than 200 online music stores.

In phone mode, ROKR E8 provides outstanding voice quality using Motorola CrystalTalk technology. The powerful device can receive calls while downloading or playing music, text messaging or surfing the Web.

Summary of key features in ROKR E8:

* Dimensions: 115 x 53 x 10.6mm
* Quad Band; GPRS/EDGE class 12
* Weight: 100 grams
* Battery: 970mAh
* Display: 2.0” QVGA 240×320 262K TFT
* ModeShift technology transforms the device from phone to music player to imaging device with thetouch of a button
* FastScroll navigation wheel allows for scrolling through songs, contact and image library with theslide of a thumb
* haptics technology provides tactile response when a virtual key is pressed
* 2GB internal memory;
* external memory support up to 4GB capacity
* Microsoft music ecosystem support
* 3.5 mm stereo headset jack, stereo Bluetooth wireless technology (A2DP)
* 2.0megapixel camera with 8x zoom, multi-shot feature, video capture and playback
* Airplane mode to play uninterrupted music in the air
* MIDI, MP3, AAC, AAC+, Enhanced AAC+, WMA, WAV, AMR-NB, Real Audio (RA) v10
Crystal Talk technology
* Full HTML browser
* Connectivity: Stereo Bluetooth Class 2, USB 2.0 Hi-speed, GPRS Class 12, EDGE Class 12

ROKR E8 will be available beginning July 7, 2008 at select T-Mobile retail stores and online at http://www.t-mobile.com. For more information on ROKR E8, visit http://direct.motorola.com/hellomoto/rokre8/ or http://www.t-mobile.com

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Next Generation iPhone

The winners of the Design The Next iPhone, Win The Next iPhone Contest were announced in The Free iPod + iPhone Book 4, a magazine designed as a comprehensive resource of the latest iPod and iPhone news including sneak peaks, tutorials, pictures submitted by iLounge’s readers, and special announcements.
The winners of the Next iPhone contest who submitted cool concepts representing their vision of how the future iPhone model will look like and what would be its best functionalities, are:

iPhone twist designed by Christopher Doan from Toronto, Canada. He won the Grand Prize consisting of 1 2008 iPhone. Christopher sees the next iPhone as a handset that transforms into a smart device at a twist of your hand. When flipped open it reveals a touch-sensitive keyboard and a multi-touchpad, while if you twist and close it back, it becomes the full-featured iPhone that you already know. iPhone Twist has 3G support, Bluetooth, fast wireless connectivity, Mobile iChat for video conferences, picture-to-text conversion tool, e-book/PDF reader, native to-do lists, multimedia player, copy-paste function, and VoIP support.

Heir Apparent was created by Robert Davis Cornelius from North Carolina, USA, who the Runner-Up of $100 iTunes Gift Card for the thin, crystal clear handset design, featuring Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system, 3G, 64GB hard drive, a built-in 5MP camera and customizable user interface.
iPhone shuffle designed by Michael Hornbek from Hornslet, Denmark won the Grand Prize, 1 2008 iPhone. The design concept here is simple but amazing. iPhone shuffle has no display and calls random people.
iPhone 3G, the Aaron Besson’s version, a guy from Trinidad + Tobago, received the Grand Prize consisting of 1 2008 iPhone, whileiPhone Mirage from John Mars (Ballston Lake, New York, USA) won the Runner-Up of $100 iTunes Gift Card.
Iphone Mirage has a glossy black exterior and when turned On the logo and home button come to life and change color depending on the iPhone’s status. Mirage would feature also haptics, like the Samsung Instinct for a tactile feedback at fingers’ touch, stylus, handwriting recognition, biometric fingerprint, induction surface for cable-free charging, a built-in 1.3MP camera for video conferences, and a built-in 5MP camera with flash and zooming functionality at a pinch of the screen.
Aaron Besson’s iPhone 3G concept measures 4 x 2.75 x 0.55 inches meaning smaller and lighter than the known model, and sports a black satin housing with chrome buttons. There would be a built-in 3MP camera with LED flash, and a user-configurable sliding QWERTY keyboard featuring haptics.

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First Nokia 7610 SuperNova Live Photos from FCC

The first live photos set of the Nokia 7610 SuperNova appear on FCC documents today. Similar to what we told you last time, the Nokia 7610S support GSM Quadband (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) network. It is not a 3G phone and will be able to connect to GPRS or EDGE data network.



Compare to what we saw in graphic rendering picture, the prototype tested by FCC doesn’t seems to be a good fashion design. It is also confirmed that camera flash LED will be there for you to use with the 3.2 megapixel camera.


Check out the specification below:

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Network: GSM Quadband (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
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GPRS / EDGE
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Camera: 3.2 megapixel with flash LED, autofocus
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microSD card slot, support up to 2GB
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Dimension: 98 x 48 x 15mm
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Weight: 99 grams
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Display: QVGA screen supporting 16 million colors, 240 x 320 pixels
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S40
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64MB internal memory
* Bluetooth
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FM radio with RDS
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330 minutes talk time
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300 hours standby time

Check out more photos. Note that the final retail products might result in different design.

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Rumor: New Palm Treo 800w Smartphone Photos

Following the Palm Treo 800w launch date rumor this week, wmexperts has got another set of leaked photos, although there isn’t any new info together with it.

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LG Chocolate 3 Comes in Blue too

As usual, the chocolate family will be available in different colors. The upcoming LG Chocolate 3 will be in blue color too, according to the additional pictures obtained by engadgetmobile.



The new LG Chocolate 3 is a slider phone comes with a music control wheel on the outside and an FM transmitter to play music through a car stereo. The new Chocolate has dual speakers and Bluetooth for wireless stereo sound, and inside is a 1GB memory to store the latest tunes. The expandable memory card slot can support up to a 8 GB microSD card. The new Chocolate has a 2.0 megapixel camera and supports V CAST Video and ESPN MVP. The LG Chocolate 3 will be in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores and available online in July.

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Music Lovers In For A Treat With Samsung F400

Four months after we first heard about it, the Samsung F400 is finally available.

The F400 is a dual slider phone that prides itself with the integration of Bang & Olufsen (B & O) audio technology for excellent sonic quality. Smart Bass and Smart Limiter are among the standout features of this B & O ICEpower-equipped mobile handset that allows the user to experience almost real, natural sound.

The slider toggles the F400 from making calls through its metallic keypad when slid up, to turning the device into a music station revealing pumping dual stereo speakers when slid down.

The F400 also features a 3-megapixel camera, an FM radio, a 3.5-mm earphone jack, and support for Bluetooth 2.0 and microSD up to 8 GB. Also included is a 1GB SD memory in-box. Worldwide availability is expected, but not confirmed in the U.S.

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