Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 - The True iPhone Contender

Finally, a phone that is better than iPhone in features and performance. Sony just introduced their newest phone with Touch screen called XPERIA X1. The X1 would be the first product in the XPERIA series that Sony plan to introduce in coming months.

A New Experience

I believe that is what meant by XPERIA. A new experience in smart phones that all started with the iPhone. The standard feature of such phones is a touch screen with loads of features. This phone also has such a screen and it is believed that Sony developed a new user interface called “panel” for the Windows Mobile OS 6 exclusively for this particular phone.

This interface shows nine tiny tiles that represent individual application windows. When touched, they open up to display the application using a smooth animated style. The new experience also comes with a full QWERTY keyboard, 3-inch widescreen display capable of producing a resolution of 800 * 480 pixels. This phone also feature a 3.2 Mega Pixel camera that iPhone really lacked.

XPERIA also feature the brand new arc slider design that easily slides the display part over the QWERTY keyboard. The other features are: full multimedia capability, full internet capability with wi-fi, an internal memory of 400MB, a MicroSD slot, Bluetooth, A2DP and aGPS.

Sony expects to start selling this phone from second half of this year.

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 full feature list below.

Camera

* Auto focus
* 3.2 megapixel camera
* Photo light
* Video recording

Music

* Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
* Media player
* Music tones
* PlayNow™
* Windows Media Player Mobile
* 3D games
* FM radio
* Java
* Video streaming
* Video viewing

Internet

* Internet Explorer® Mobile
* RSS feeds

Communication and Messaging

* Polyphonic ringtones
* Speakerphone
* Vibrating alert
* Video calling
* Email
* Picture messaging (MMS)
* Predictive text input
* Text messaging (SMS)

Design

* XPERIA™ panels
* Optical joystick navigation
* Navigation key
* Picture wallpaper
* Touch navigation

Organiser

* Alarm clock
* Calculator
* Calendar
* Document editors
* Document readers
* Flight mode
* Handwriting recognition
* Notes
* Phone book
* Tasks
* Touchscreen

Connectivity

* aGPS
* Bluetooth™ technology
* Modem
* Synchronization
* USB support
* WLAN

Windows® Mobile® Operating System

* Microsoft® Outlook Mobile: email, contacts, calendar, tasks
* Microsoft® Office Mobile: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
* Internet Explorer® Mobile
* Windows Media™ Player Mobile
* Windows Live™
* Exchange ActiveSync®
* Voice control
* Utility Applications: file explorer, calculator, pictures & video, notes

Facts and Figures

* Size: 110 x 53 x 16.7 mm
* Weight: 145 grams

Available colours

* Black
* Silver
* Main screen: 65,536 color TFT
* Resolution: 800 X 480 pixels
* Size: 3 inches

Memory

* Phone memory: up to 400 MB
* microSD™ memory card support

Networks

* GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
* UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA 900/1700/1900/2100 MHz
* UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA 850/1700/1900/2100 MHz

Bluetooth Pillow Phone

PerCushion is a Bluetooth enabled pillow that connects to your cellphone wirelessly. Now you can enjoy all telephonic conversations from the comfort of your bed.

The technology has so advanced to extend the hands free to your bed. If you are tired of searching for your cell phone in the middle of the sleep to attend an urgent call, PerCushion may be a huge relief for you. The phone pillow shortens the search to the button on the pillow.

This spectacular pillow phone is made of foam core with cotton and velvet covering. The integrated fabric interface has an activating/standby button, indicating LEDs, a Bluetooth pairing button and another one for answering calls.

Integrated inside the pillow are a microphone and a pair of loudspeakers. The entire unit is powered by a lithium ionic battery that can be charged with the enclosed charger.

The dimension of this soft pillow comes as 66×30x13 cm. Though now in the concept phase you can soon expect the launch of PerCushion pillow from Urban Tool.

Do You Have a Cell Phone With Fold Out Screen?

Readius! Yeah! That is the name of the mobile phone that features a fold out screen. This phone is the first one in the world to incorporate so many functionalities together in one device.

This brilliant handset is designed in such a way to club two gadgets into one- the e-book reader and the cell phone itself. This mobile phone features a screen that could be folded in or out as your require. The extended screen lets you read blogs, news and check mails more comfortably.

Having the size of two business cards put together, the Readius slides smoothly into your pocket. Readius also features

• 5-inches display
• 3G connectivity
• Bluetooth enabled
• 30 hours reading time off a single charge

The integrated e-book reader is built on a better e-reading technology making e-reading further enjoyable. The 3G network connectivity offers high speed internet, enabling faster communication. You can even set up user accounts for e-based social network or mails and sign in through this mobile.

The USB 2.0 connectivity enables exchange of data from computer. The microSD slot provided lets you have the provision of more memory when needed. Moreover, weighing just 115 grams; this phone is quite handy.

The Readius is the new comer from Polymer Vision

Text Spy – Read Deleted SMS Instantly

Quite often you may delete an important message accidentally. Those who can’t recollect the message content, here is a deleted sms reader to your rescue.

The text spy consists of a USB SIM card reader and a reader software. What you have to do is just insert your GSM SIM in the reader and plug it into the USB port of your pc after installing the reader software.

The reader program is simple and easily understandable. The program will present you with reports that will show the recently deleted messages in your sim. This gadget can retrieve 10-20 of the recently deleted messages depending on the properties of service network.

You can own this text spy for £99.99.

Diamond Edition Motorola RAZR2 V8

Amosu, the world leader in creating customized, luxurious cell phones and other electronic equipments just unveiled their new diamond edition of Motorola RAZR2 V8 mobile phone.

This handset features 412 diamonds of 5.9 carats. Like many other special edition cell phones created by Amosu, this phone will be a limited special edition phone. It is in fact highly limited that only 5 of these has been manufactured and all 5 has been already pre-ordered.

Amosu’s other creations include Diamond iPhone, Golden iPods, Golden Mac Book Pro and Diamond studded Nokia N95.

SimKey – Back up Your Sim Card Anytime Anywhere

If you happened to read about the USB Sim card Reader you may wonder it is the same thing. Not exactly, this one is a portable independent device and you don’t need any pc to back up the data.

This personal gadget can do data transfer in and out of your sim card. With this amazing gadget you can store up to 3 sim card directories. This will be extremely useful if you have more than one phone for your personal and official purposes.

Other exciting features of SimKey includes

• Backs up from your SIM card to PDA and vice versa
• Local and world time 42 cities
• Business and Personal phone book
• Scheduler & Memo
• 12 digit calculator
• Metric and currency converter
• Daily alarm
• Password lock
• Available in seven languages (English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, and Portuguese)
• Has a key ring and touch-pad pen attached.
• 2 x CR2025 batteries included
• 7 x 4 x 1.5cm

It can surely be your companion if you have lots of official tours in and out the state. Simply stick your sim at the back of the PDA to start the transfer. You can buy Simkey sim card reader for $23.31. Now you don’t need to postpone your business deals due to a missing phone number.

Earphone Microphone from Sanyo and NS-ELEX

Haven’t you often experienced how strenuous is to speak out loud over phone when the surrounding noise is just too huge? You may feel it would be better to hang up the phone and make a call later. But what if that was an urgent call and you can’t miss it. Nothing can be more annoying can this situation. For those folks who are striving for a better two way communication medium here is a piece of exciting news exclusively for your bunch.

Sanyo with NW-ELEX has unleashed in Japan world’s first earphone microphone. This new technology eliminates the surrounding noise and sends a clear voice to the speaker end. Apart from extracting your voice from the noisy murmur, the earpiece allows you to listen to the conversation without any discomfort.

This brand new earpiece microphone is expected to make a remarkable wave in the communication industry as well as entertainment sector. The earphone could be very well be used in radios or any other electronic stuff where a microphone fits in.

Of course good stuff will also cost good. The introductory prices are speculated to be around 40,000 yen for wired version. A commercial launch will shoe off in April 2007, though it may take more time for a wireless launch at 60,000 yen.

F801i – Mobile Phone for kids from DoCoMo

DoCoMo is far ahead in the race of setting up a better lifestyle for the future generation. This time they have worked on a child friendly mobile phone that has lots of in-built security features.

The new F801i is an improved version of the popular FOMA SA800i model that DoCoMo released in March 2006. This new model can be easily held by kids in their palms. The waterproof phone never restricts the kids from playing in water fountains or beach.
You will surely be surprised to know the security features of this cute little phone. The F801i has an emergency alarm that yells out a big “HELP” (approx 100 dB). The LED blinks up with a bright light once the alarm is activated. This helps anybody nearby to identify the kid’s position.

Moreover the alarm ON state (means your kid is in danger)can be automatically notified to loved ones. By pre-setting this, it can even send the current position of phone to them. Just by clicking the button on the side, the phone will send the location message to the registered i-mode subscribers as well.

When the mobile gets switched off due to zero power, a pre-setting can bring the power back atleast to message a registered DoCoMo phone about the incident and location.

The bracelet that comes along will help you to find out the phone in case it is misplaced. A presetting can even switch off the phone from a distance as well as send a lost phone message to registered DoCoMo phone user.

The design of F801i mobile phone symbolizes safety, peace of mind, creativity and the future. This phone is all set to go on sale by December 20th. Surely if you care very much for your kid, can you find a better Christmas gift for your little one?

Portable Bluetooth Speakers for your Cell Phone

Portable speakers for an avid traveler. This device can connect to your cell phone wirelessly using Bluetooth and play your favorite music from your phone.

This pair of speakers takes the advantage of Bluetooth connectivity and uses it to transfer voice/music signals from your phone. It also allows you to record through the line-in socket and transmit to your phone.

Once you have activated Bluetooth and connected this device, you can use these portable hi-def speakers as speaker phone, hands free (It has an inbuilt microphone) or for just listening to music.

These speakers have a power rating of 1.5 W each. It is powered by re-chargeable batteries and can work for about 8hrs in single re-charge. In standby mode, these speakers can stand as long as 300hrs.

Here are the specs :

• Bluetooth Version: v2.0
• Profiles: Headset, Handsfree, A2DP, AVRCP
• Operation Range: 10M
• Talk Time: 8 Hours
• Listen Time: 8 Hours
• Standby Time: 300 Hours
• Compatibility/Pairing: All Bluetooth devices V2.0and under
• Stereo Output: 2 x 1.5W (8Ohm)
• Power Source: Built in Rechargeable Li-ion Batteries or DC 5V
• Dimension: 45×146x45 (LxWxD)

These speakers are priced at $49 / set and are available from ChinaVasion website.

New Cell Phone Charging Station to Remove Power Cord Clutter

Are you among the typical nuclear families that have more cell phones than human beings? Then this innovative cell phone charging/docking station can at least save some cord clutter from your home.

EZ Mount cell phone charging station is a docking stand that can be placed on your normal power plug. It serves as a phone stand and a key chain holder. This key chain holder mysteriously hides the wires of your charger and hence removing any cord clutter.

The cell phones can easily be placed on the non-skidding shelf during re-charge.

This phone-charging stand is on sale at EZ Mount website for $13.

Hitachi W53H or Woo – Stylish GPS phone

W53H is the latest GPS enabled cellphone from Hitachi. The real beauty of this in-phone GPS system is that it accepts voice input.

Most of today’s GPS phones accepts location name in the text format. Unlike conventional GPS tracking phones, this cool innovative mobile phone from Hitachi can respond to your vocal command. Just say where you want to go and the details pops up in the clear OLED screen.

Woo’s surprisingly sleek look is overpowered by its functionality. You can even watch tv in this amazing cell phone via the special receiver. The contrast ratio of the 2.8 inch OLED screen (QVGA) is 10000:1.

Like any other premium camera phones, the gorgeous Woo features 2 mega pixel camera. The support for microSD card should surely bring smile on your face. Measuring just 14.2mm Woo is the best among 1Seg based phones.

The outstanding design and crystal clear finish makes it a best buy for those who love a blend of perfection and technology. The batteries have a drain out limit of 4-5 hours. This mind blowing GPS phone from Hitachi is available this season only at the domestic market, Japan.

Water Powered Cellphones

Samsung has come up with a brilliant fuel cell that can be powered by water. The company claims that the battery life of this hydrogen generator fuel cell exceeds conventional ones.

Water powered batteries could be best suited for cell phones and other mobile devices. Since water is readily available everywhere this technological invention can extend your mobility further.

According to Samsung, the concept uses some mystic alloy that reacts with water to produce hydrogen. The hydrogen further reacts with oxygen in the air to generate power.

This micro-fuel cell can generate 3 watts of electricity. Your mobile phone can run for 10 hours with this battery. This is twice as long as your rechargeable batteries.

The conventional fuel cells need methanol to generate hydrogen. The new technology cuts down the requirement to water which is quite cheap and easily available.

Samsung says that you can expect handsets using these long life water powered batteries in 2010.

Diamond Studded iPhone

Surely it is human to add glitter to your stuffs to make it beautiful. Now Diamond iPhones are to follow iPhones in Gold. Owning one of this gorgeous iPhone makes you stand out among the rest.

The sleekly designed edges of iPhone are made up with 420 diamonds totalling 5.65 carats. This customised iPhone has an 18 carat white or yellow gold lining. To give it a royal feel you can choose to adorn it with white, black or pink sapphires. The breath taking looks of Diamond studded Apple iPhone surely projects it as a symbol of luxury.

The Diamond iPhone from Amosu is priced at $41,225.