Sony Ericson K850i Controls your Winamp  ( Bluetooth )

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Control your Winamp with BluetoothWinamp k850 hid Control is a tool for control Winamp with mobile phone, through Bluetooth device.Need Bluetooth Remote Control phone and USP Bluetooth.

*work the same as other 'HID' based interfaces.

Link:               http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details/221919   VERY GOOD
Download:    http://www.winamp.com/plugins/download/221919

Taking into account the plenty of touch-control devices (Apple iPhone, LG Prada, LG Viewty, HTC Touch/Slide, Samsung F700 and so on) Nokia’s idea might come in handy. By the way it might be good with portable players and other touch-sensitive devices. The pictures to the patent show the better way to apply it.

HTC has unveiled HTC S730 smartphone. This is a successor of HTC S710 (Vox): it comes with the number pad on the front and the QWERTY slide-out keyboard. The S730 is powered by Windows Mobile 6 Standard. It will be available in Europe in October.

• Networks - GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800/1900 MHz and WCDMA/HSDPA 2100 MHz
• OS - Windows Mobile 6 Standard
• Chipset - Qualcomm MSM7200, 400 MHz
• Display – 2.4” 240x320 pixels
• 2-megapixel and frontal VGA- cameras
• 256 MB ROM and 64 MB RAM
• microSD-slot
• Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
• Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
• HTC ExtUSB connector
• Li-Pol 1050 mAh battery
• Talk time - 210 minutes (WCDMA), 318 minutes (GSM)
• Standby time - 388 hours (WCDMA), 290 hours (GSM)
• Dimensions – 105.8x51x19.4 mm
• Weight - 150 g

HTC has officially announced HTC Touch Dual slider, an heir of HTC Touch communicator. It’s the second device with TouchFLO screen technology for finger and stylus input. I’d note that its slide-out keyboard contains 12 (traditional numeric) or 20 buttons (two letters for each button) depending on the region and operator’s preferences. The European release of HTC Touch Dual will take place later this month.

• Networks - GSM/EDGE 900/1800/1900 MHz, WCDMA/HSDPA 2100 MHz
• OS - Windows Mobile 6 Professional
• Chipset - Qualcomm MSM7200, 400 MHz
• Display – 2.6” touch sensitive QVGA
• 2-megapixel camera, frontal camera for video calls
• 256 MB ROM, 128 MB RAM
• microSD-slot
• Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
• HTC ExtUSBTM connector
• 1100 mAh battery
• Talk time – up to 240 minutes (WCDMA) and up to 360 minutes (GSM)
• Standby time – up to 150 hours (WCDMA) and up to 250 hours (GSM)
• Dimensions – 107x55x15.8 mm
• Weight - 120 g

Asus has introduced a new ultra mobile PC – the R2E. Unlike it predecessor working on Celeron this UMPC is based on Intel Ultra Mobile Platform 2007 (A110 800 MHz processor and 945GU chipset). The manufacturer says that the shift to the new platform will lower power consumption and increase productivity of the device.

Asus R2E comes with a 7” 800x480 pixels display, 1 GB DDR2, 80 GB HDD, Wi-Fi 802.11g and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR interface. In addition there are HSDPA-adapter, 1.3-megapixel web-camera and built-in GPS (optionally). The sales of Asus R2E will be launched next month at €1119.

Motorola posted pictures of a Symbian-phone on its site – MOTORIZR Z8 is colored completely black without green elements:

The Chinese source PCPOP posted live pics of an upcoming MOTOROKR U9 clamshell. It has been rumored much and now we’ve got a chance to see it.

According to the site the phone has the following specs:

On the whole, this list is confirmed by earlier rumors. However it’s not yet clear when the official announcement will take place. At PCPOP site you can have a look at other pictures of the phone.

In addition, HSDPA offers a sustained download speed of about 3.6Mbps. The LG-KS20 smart phone is expected to hit European market in the fourth quarter 2007.

Samsung Electronics has prepared an inexpensive, but stylish GSM phone for the Latin American market. It’s a folding phone under the Index SGH-C506. It features original design, which somehow differs from company’s traditional solutions. As for the extra functionality, I’d mention a VGA-camera only.

The short technical specs of Samsung SGH-C506:

• Cell networks: GSM 850 / 1800 / 1900 MHz, GPRS Class 10
• Dimensions: 44x86.2x19.7 mm
• Weight: 76 g
• Display: TFT, 128x160 pixels, 65K colors
• Camera: VGA
• Messages: SMS, EMS, MMS, SOS
• WAP browser v1.2
• JAVA MIDP 2.0
• Misc: calendar, tasks, calculator, world time, alarm clock, timer, stopwatch

Today Samsung Telecommunications America officially announced the availability of its SGH-T729 phone codenamed Blast from the American operator T-Mobile. Its main advantage is a QWERTY-keyboard, so the users get the opportunity to enter lots of messages (text and e-mail) with more comfort.

The short technical specs of Samsung Blast (SGH-T729):

• Cell networks: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, GPRS/EDGE Class 10
• Dimensions: 105.7x51.8x12.7 mm
• Weight: 79.4 g
• Display: 2.1” TFT, 176x220 pixels, 262K colors
• Camera: 1.3-megapixel with video capture
• Messages: SMS, MMS, E-Mail (IMAP4, POP3, SMTP), AOL, ICQ, Yahoo!, MSN Live
• Connectivity: Bluetooth Class 2.0 + EDR, A2DP (Стерео Bluetooth), USB, SynchML DS/DM-FOTA, WAP browser
• Memory: 11 MB, microSD cards (up to 2 GB)
• Sound: 64-tones, MP3-player, speakerphone, voice dial, voice independent recognition
• Misc: alarm clock, calculator, calendar, notes, built-in and downloadable games

Nokia has officially announced the release of the Prism handsets: Nokia 7900 and Nokia 7500. Both models are peculiar for their unusual geometry design. They will be available in stores in 3Q 2007 at the approximate price of €400 for Nokia 7900 Prism and €210 for Nokia 7500 Prism (taxes not included).

Nokia 7900 Prism is packed in a glossy black shell with an anodized aluminum back panel and laser-etched signature. The phone works in GSM (quad band) and 3G (dual band) networks, equipped with an OLED 16M color display, a 2-megapixel camera and 1 GB of onboard memory. In addition, the company marks 49 colors of display and keyboard backlight and “living wallpaper”, which changes during the day depending on the battery and signal level.

Valleywag realizes that Google will not likely do phone hardware themselves. Whatever. As long as it supports the software, hopefully some shiny Mobile Google OS, we're interested. Either way, this is what the WSJ and Reuters said today:
•"Now it is drafting specifications for phones that can display all of Google's mobile applications at their best, and it is developing new software to run on them. The company is conducting much of the development work at a facility in Boston, and is working on a sophisticated new Web browser for cellphones."
•Google has invested hundreds of millions on the project.
•Google has also developed prototype phones, with partners like LG Electronics.

• "ads in the mobile phone is that they are twice as profitable or more than the nonmobile phone ads because they're more personal" says Eric Schmidt (from AllthingsD)
•In Europe, T-Mobile and Orange are believed to be partners. Verizon rejected their plans in the US because they wanted to share ad revenue.
•Taiwan's High Tech Computer Corp to design a Linux software-based phone for launch in the first quarter of 2008

If you’re looking for a cell phone that is a bit more personalized this Toshiba fanfun 815T from the firm Softbank in Japan is just the phone. Especially for us girls, thre are a couple I could see some guys dealing with but frankly for the most part the styles are quite feminine.

It features HSDPA and FeliCa. It also has a 2.4 inch clear screen liquid crstal, face recognition and IC card lock security functions. The phone will be coming out August 8th.

The FCC site has posted the documents on a newbie by Motorola and Oakley – O Rokr Pro Bluetooth-glasses. This isn’t a pioneer solution from both companies, earlier there were RAZRWire and O ROKR glasses. The O Rokr Pro sunglasses can be used as a Bluetooth-headset with a cell phone and also as headphones to listen to the music from the phone or a compact player.

ABI Research has held a survey of the market for mobile applications and services for business users, i.e. solutions for e-mail and Internet access, sales automation tools, cartographic services and applications and so on. Analysts foresee that income in the sphere will reach $100 billion by 2012.

The industry is said to be currently on peak. Despite that the major income flows from voice services (business users), the share of data transfer services will take 26% by 2012. ABI Research reports that income from business services of all categories (including voice communication) will amount to $242 billion in 2007 and $389 billion in 2012.

Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has approved the specification of Bluetooth 2.1+EDR. The new version brings about some improvements. First of all, the company has simplified recognition and connection process with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. Thus the connection gets set up through fewer steps, at the same time it is secure.

But the rumor has it that on August 29 we will see a bunch of new smartphones - N95 8Gb edition, N81 and N82, Nokia 5200/5300 XpressMusic feature phones in black and the company's very own new online service that will allow to buy and upload music content. Supposedly, Nokia's music library will feature over a million tracks. Again, no official statement is available as of today - undoubtedly they will be raining down on August 29.

The Glofiish X800, which is a communicator, has made it through the FCC chambers - the device was first showcased earlier this year, in March. Some time later it won the "Best Choice" award at Computex 2007. The Glofiish X800's release was slotted for Q2 2007.

Apple has announced that its online iTunes Store has made it to the 3 billion sold-downloaded tracks watermark. According to the company's data, today the media library of iTunes features over 5 mln tracks, 550 TV shows and 500 movies.

Apart from that, as Apple claims, iTunes has recently outrun Amazon and Target, moving up to the place of the third largest music retailer in the US. The company assumes that podcasts, integration with the iPod and the iPhone, as well as price cuts for album purchases and other amenities have made for such stellar sales.

The GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) survey, published on July 26th, 2007 confirms that 311 HSDPA-capable devices are launched in the market, which is over 6 times the number reported in a similar GSA survey one year ago (50 HSDPA devices, July 31, 2006). The number of suppliers increased from 16 to 71 in the same period.

The range of devices identified in GSA's survey addresses all market segments: 137 mobile phones 64 PC datacards (PC cards and embedded modules) 51 notebooks 32 Wireless Routers 23 USB modems 3 Personal Media Players with HSDPA-connectivity 1 camera with HSDPA-connectivity63 HSDPA devices support, or can be upgraded to, a high-speed downlink capability of 3.6 Mbps peak. 42 devices support, or can be upgraded to, a high-speed downlink capability of 7.2 Mbps peak. And at least 24 devices support, or can be upgraded for, HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access), initially delivering 2.1 Mbps (peak) for the uplink direction.

Also, GSA recently reported that over half of all commercially launched HSDPA networks have also commercially launched GSM/EDGE for service continuity and the best user experience of mobile broadband services. Manufacturers are supporting this requirement, and the GSA survey confirms over 70% of HSDPA devices are multi-mode, supporting the GSM/EDGE functionality.

Justamp has unveiled images of Nokia 5200/5300 XpressMusic in a new color - unlike the original editions, these two are clad in black plastic. No word on the European release date as yet, however if this is a real deal, then Nokia might launched them on August 29, supposedly along with some additions to the N-series: 8-Gb N95, N81, N82 and others.

As you remember, Nokia 5200 and 5300 XpressMusic were inaugurated last fall - these are music-drive slider-type phones, originally offered in white casings with colour-accentuated insets.

The guys over at Ppcreviews have released some bits of information on the upcoming additions to HP's portfolio. The resource reports that new PDA, smartphones and communicators will run Windows Mobile 6, and supposedly arrive in the market in September. Earlier this year, in February, the company introduced its first 500-series offspring - HP iPAQ Voice Messenger smartphone.

As Ppcreviews puts it, the new range of HP-branded offerings includes:

Nevertheless these are only rumors, no official confirmation has followed as of today.

Specifications:

Weight: 13.3 grams

Dimensions: 55 x 14 x 10.7 mm

Interfaces: Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR. Hands-free 1.5 (HFP) and Headset 1.1 (HSP) profiles.

Talk time: Up to 6 hours

Standby time: Up to 160 hours

Battery: 75 mAh, Lithium-Ion Polymer

Future iPhones could utilize technology that converts text to voice messages and do so over voice channels instead of GSM. Such a system is described in a recently-published patent filed by Apple called "Multimedia data transfer for a personal communication device," which would essentially turn the mobile devices into walkie talkies for multimedia data. It could also serve to benefit users who are visually impaired by providing vocalized versions of the data being sent.

The patent specifies that the vocalization of the multimedia data wouldn't be done with the help of a backend server. Instead, it would be done locally on the sending device itself and then transmitted to the receiving device through a voice channel. This means that the devices could "talk" to each other without having to utilize cell minutes, like the walkie-talkie-like functionality (also known as "Push to Talk") already built into some cell phones. Once received, the data can then be converted into an audio signal, which the patent says would then be output through something like a speaker or headphones.

However, for those who prefer sending SMSes instead of making phone calls, a system that translates all text and multimedia data into voice output could be quite the turnoff. That's why Apple has specified that the receiving device can perform processing on the data once it's received, translating it back into a text or multimedia message if that's what the user specifies. The patent also says that the user can choose to receive "simple text messages" that would cause the full, vocalized message to be stored on the voicemail server with a simple notification of having received the data displayed on screen.

Apple notes that adding these options to cell phones or other communication devices would be "particularly well suited for people having visual problems or in those situations where viewing the data on a small display screen (typical of most personal communication devices) is problematic." Although cell phone screen readers already exist for the visually impaired, they are costly (several hundred dollars apiece) and the functionality doesn't come built into the devices themselves. Such a system would, at the very least, streamline the process of receiving text or multimedia data and translating it into vocalized form, and would (hopefully) cost significantly less.

However, the system would prove much more useful for that purpose if it could be utilized on all incoming data—not just data sent and received over the voice channel. Visually impaired people need to read their text messages that come through the cell network too, you know. And for the visually blessed among us, forget visual voicemail: how cool would it be to receive text message or e-mailed transcriptions of voicemail left on the server? Apple's patent opens up lots of possibilities for future iterations of the iPhone, but we're left to speculate on whether or not we will actually see them materialize.

And another reinforcement to Samsung's line-up, rumored to arrive either late in 2007 or early in 2008, is a smartphone - the Samsung i550, running S60 platform and coming with 3G connectivity, as well as HSDPA for faster data. But the best thing about the i550 is its GPS department.

Spec sheet of Samsung i550 (unofficial): Symbian S60 HSDPA support (3.6 Mbit/s) 2,6-inch display 128 Mb RAM, 150 Mb ROM micro SD-slot 3,2 Mpix camera with autofocus and flash FM-radio and 3,5mm audio jack GPS MicroUSB Web 2.0 Scroll-based navigation via Trackball Dedicated keys (internet, navigation, player) 1200 mAh battery Dimensions - 115x53x13,8 mm