SE PXi from Bogar Bence – concept phone for lefties

Bogar Bence designer has introduced a concept of SE PXi mobile phone. The developer designed it for convenient use by both lefties and righties. The device is equipped with a 3.3” touchscreen display, which supports automatic screen orientation when rotating. You can control it with the stylus and fingers. In addition the SE PXi features a dual slot, a 5-megapixel Cybershot camera and stereo speakers. For now we have just a concept phone under the Sony Ericsson brand for left-handed users. It’s not clear whether the company plans to launch the device.

Finger-friendly interface for UIQ?

We’ve got out hands on an interesting photo from a presentation. Supposedly, it shows a new user’s interface for UIQ platform codenamed Maria. It seems to be finger-oriented beyond the stylus control. However there is no official info on Maria, so we can judge from the picture.

When the new UIQ version (if exists) will be announced or SE devices based on it will come out is anyone’s guess. The info might be true and the presentation revealed a finger-friendly UIQ interface. At least the company should think over to work in this direction to increase competitiveness of its products: the finger control is already implemented in iPhone and TouchFLO for WM-communicators, let alone upcoming S60 Touch.

Diamond iPhone for the Christmas

Alexander Amosu Luxury Phones has introduced the world first (as it says) diamond iPhone. The device is coated with 420 white, black or rose diamonds – a total of 5.65 carats. There are 3 shell solutions available: steel, 18-carat white or yellow gold.

Apple iPhone Diamond version will be released in limited edition on November 9. The price for the precious device will start from $41000. The iPhone will come with one year free international concierge service. According to Amosu, Apple iPhone in gold and diamonds might be the best Christmas present.

AT&T released Pantech Duo two-way slider

AT&T has reported it started shipments of Pantech Duo communicator in the US. It is equipped with two keyboards: numeric slide down and side slide QWERTY. Powered by Windows Mobile 6 it works in UMTS/HSDPA networks, has a 240x320 pixels display, Bluetooth interface and measures 102x50x21 mm.

The US sales of Pantech Duo have already started, the price being $199.99 on a service plan.

Live pics of Sony Ericsson W890

The SE-center.pl has posted more live pics of Sony Ericsson W890 phone, which is not yet officially introduced. This is a Walkman series product following the W880. According to the source, the W890 comes with a 2” QVGA display, a 3.2-megapixel camera and a frontal camera for video calls (3G support), Bluetooth (A2DP) wireless module and an FM-radio with RDS. There is the support of Memory Stick Micro (M2) cards. These are non-official details, not yet confirmed by the vendor.

iPhone in Canada on December 7?

The info on Apple iPhone coming to Canada via Rogers operator has already popped up in web sources. And now we can come across the following picture:

As you can see, the device is available for preorder, so you can get it on December 7, the official announcement date. The price tag makes up 499 Canadian dollars equivalent to 520 US dollars, on a 3-year service plan. However there is a chance we deal with another fake.

Spy pics of Nokia N82 smartphone

Some spy pics of Nokia N82 smartphone are roaming in the Internet. Rumors about have been circulating the web for a long time, however the official announcement hasn’t taken place so far. It is likely to be set for November 2 (given a vague teaser page at Nokia’s site). There is enough info on the specs, however preliminary one. Nokia N82 is speculated to work in GSM/EDGE and WCDMA/HSDPA networks and be based on S60 3rd Edition FP1 platform. The smartphone is equipped with a QVGA-display, a 5-megapixel camera with xenon flash and Carl Zeiss lens, an integrated GPS-receiver, an FM-radio, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi support.

Pics of Treo 800w communicator

Some Internet source has posted the picture of an upcoming Treo 800w communicator. However this isn’t either a live pic or an official photo, just an image (not clear enough) giving us the idea of the device. It is powered by Windows Mobile 6 Professional OS. Rumors suggest that it will be the first Treo with integrated Wi-Fi. Besides Treo 800w features a 320x320 pixels touchscreen and an integrated GPS-receiver. Reportedly, Sprint operator will release the communicator in 1Q 2008 or later.

RIM to release 3 new series of Blackberry smartphones?

Research In Motion (RIM) is likely to launch 3 new series of Blackberry smartphones 9900, 9300 (9310, 9320, 9330) and 9100 (9110, 9120, 9130). At least the company has registered the following domains in the world wide web:

• blackberry9900.com
• blackberry9100.com
• blackberry9110.com
• blackberry9120.com
• blackberry9130.com
• blackberry9310.com
• blackberry9320.com
• blackberry9330.com

Most of them were registered in October, others somewhat earlier. Currently there are no details on the models specs. However some rumors leak and suggest that the company has an upcoming Blackberry device with a big touchscreen and without the keyboard, which might be one of these smartphones. However we can’t say anything for sure, let’s wait for more details.

Pantech IM-S240K new stylish slider with HSDPA and DMB

Today the South Korean company Pantech announced the sales of its stylish cell phone IM-S240K from SKY operator. This is a slider model supporting high speed data transfer technology HSDPA (up to 7.2 Mbps) and DMB broadcasting.

I’d also note a 2.1” 240x320 pixels LCD, an integrated MP3-player, a 1.3-megapixel camera, e-dictionary, document viewer and the support of WCDMA networking outside Korea.

Pantech IM-S240K will cost about $435 at the start.