Krusell’s Top 10 November

Krusell, the maker of carrying cases for portable electronics, has released its traditional Top 10 of popular cell phones (as it thinks). The list is based on sales in 50 countries over the month. In brackets we see the previous position:

1. (1) Nokia 6300
2. (2) Sony Ericsson K810i
3. (8) Sony Ericsson K850i
4. (3) Nokia N95
5. (5) Apple iPhone
6. (6) Nokia 3109/3110
7. (4) Nokia N73
8. (10) Sony Ericsson K530i
9. (-) Nokia 6500i
10. (-) Nokia 6120

In November the customers paid interest in Nokia and Sony Ericsson handsets. Apple iPhone has kept its position №5. Besides Sony Ericsson K850i soared from 3rd to 8th place, and Nokia 6500i and Nokia 6120 debuted in the Top 10 occupying 9th and 10th places. Krusell marked November as the “megapixel battle” with Nokia N95 yielding to Sony Ericsson K850i.

Nokia to come with an 8-megapixel N-series smarthone?

The materials of the US Patent Office contain the info on a new Nokia slider. It is equipped with a camera module, which is located in an unusual place and can be revolved, and a flash, which can be hidden inside the device. Uncustomary for standard applications Nokia has provided a good image of the phone in addition to the schemes. The product is probably in the process. Under the camera lens we can hardly see an “8 megapixel” mark. Does it mean we are to see an 8-megapixel N-series smartphone next year?

Samsung SGH-P180: new UMA handset

Samsung Electronics has expanded its portfolio with a clamshell phone supporting UMA technology. That is the phone can use operator’s services via Wi-Fi instead of traditional GSM/3G (and so on). Marked the SGH-P180 it will hit the stores in France, the local operator (Orange) has been already providing UMA services under UNIK mark.

The short technical specs of Samsung SGH-P180:

• Networks: GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz (EDGE/GPRS)
• Connectivity: UMA, Bluetooth 2.0 (stereo sound), USB 1.1
• Dimensions: 90x47x19.9 mm
• Weight: 93 g
• Battery: Li-Ion, 880 mAh
• Main display: 2” TFT, 128x160 pixels, 65K colors
• External display: 1” STN, 96x96 pixels, monochrome (4 grey-scale)
• Camera: VGA with video capture (160x120 pixels)
• Messages: SMS, MMS, E-Mail
• Sound: 64-tones polyphony, MP3 player (MP3 / AAC / AAC+ / e-AAC+ / WMA)
• Memory: 15 MB
• WAP browser
• JAVA MIDP 2.0

Sagem my11X stylish and slim candy bar

Sagem Mobiles (SAFRAN Group) has announced the release of an ultra compact mobile phone – Sagem my511X. At first glance the device attracts attention with its technologic design.

Many who like fashion stuff will choose Sagem my511X – it has sleek black surface with soft mirror effect, a TFT 128x160x65K color display and a touch-sensitive keyboard with rounded metallic buttons.

Being ultra compact (106.9x46.3x10.9 mm) and ultra light (81 g) Sagem my511X is easy in use. It features a 1.3-megapixel camera with video capture and 4x digital zoom, a media player supporting MP3 and AAC, WAP 2.0 (for Internet access), SMS and MMS messaging and Bluetooth interface. Sagem my511X carries 13 MB of internal memory onboard extendable with microSD cards. On a single charge it can work for 3 hours in continuous talk mode and 212 hours standby.

The phone is already available, however the price hasn’t been unveiled yet.

LG HBS-250 stereo Bluetooth headset

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved new Bluetooth headphones by LG Electronics. The product got the name HBS-S250.

In addition to several pictures of small resolution we’ve got the info on the supported Bluetooth (v2.0+EDR) profiles:

• Headset (HS)
• Audio/Video Remote Control (AVRCP)
• Generic Audio/Video Distribution (GAVDP)
• Advanced Audio Distribution (A2DP)
• Hands-Free Profile 1.5 (HF)

Glofiish X650 approved by FCC

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved Glofiish X650 communicator. The model is almost the very X600, but with some improvements. It has the same form-factor – a candy bar without a keyboard. The device is equipped with a VGA-display instead of QVGA in the previous model. In addition there is an FM-transmitter to transfer sound to an FM-radio receiver, a more powerful processor 500 MHz and up to 256 MB ROM.

Recently E-Ten has held a presentation showing winter season communicators – Glofiish X60 and X650 and also M800 (a similar model to the X800 with a slide out QWERTY-keyboard).

LG Shine - 5 million handsets sold

Not long ago we’ve written about LG success with 1 millionth LG Shine phone sold. Now we have the info on a 5 millionth LG Shine! I’d remind you that the series debuted in Korea last October and in Europe this February. Besides the company reported it launched LG Shine with HSDPA in the US.

LG Shine series contains several handsets in candy bar and slider form-factors. At our site you can find descriptions of LG KE770 Shine, LG KE970 Shine, LG KU970 Shine, LG Shine CU720.

New multimedia Motorola ZiNE to come out in 2008

Internet sources report that Motorola expects to release a new series of multimedia pones called ZiNE in 2008. The info leaked from Motorola presentation in Spain. The company introduced Motorola V8, Motorola V8 Luxury and Motorola V9.

There is a confirmation of two Motorola ZiNE devices. The first one is an heir of Motorola Z10, equipped with a touchscreen it has bigger size. It kept the kick-slider form and features Wi-Fi and GPS. The second ZiNE phone seems to be more a phone-enabled camera featuring a 8-megapixel camera with optical zoom (the cooperation with Kodak).

During the show in Spain Motorola confirmed it had not plans to release (at least next year) an iPhone-style phone, i.e. with full touch control and without the hardware keyboard.

Nokia PC Suite updated to 6.85.12.0

Nokia site has published a new version of Nokia PC Suite, which enables PC connection and provides a set of applications to control the phone from PC. The new version 6.85.12.0 is dated 28.11.2007.

The key features of 6.85 version:

• Files can be copied to the phone device by dragging them on top of the device image in the main window
• Synchronization of Windows Vista Calendar with the phone calendar
• Bug fixes and improvements to stability

Unlocked and cheaper iPhone in France

As it was expected the iPhone has debuted in France available from Orange operator. Without the contract it costs €749 - €6490 is the price for the phone and €100 for unlocking services. I’d remind you that T-Mobile started sales of an unlocked iPhone in Germany a week ago, however the operator offered it for €999.

At the same time Orange subscribers can buy the iPhone traditionally with a 2-year service plan. In this case the phone will go for €399 and monthly fee will vary from €49 to €119 depending on the service plan. The iPhone is available at Orange stores and online. Currently the site has over 63000 orders.