New built-to last concept from Nokia, plus more

Today, Nokia showed off a trio of concepts, set to change the way consumers think about mobile phones.

First up – the cleverly named Wears In, Not Out concept – which basically aims for a phone to last five to ten years, as opposed to eighteen months, akin to a television, or a laptop.

Next – the Peoples First concept, this scraps the usual way we navigate through phone menus, instead it will work with what's known as Human Universals, allowing anyone, regardless of their native language, to use the phone. This is achieved by the menu consisting of one big list, which shows the phones history, so the user can navigate up, and down to call people, or activate features. Keeping the trend with Nokia's Eco Green philosiphy, the phone will be able to switch from colour, to mono screen, to save battery life.

Lastly, Nokia showed off a new charger – called Zero Waste, which aims to save electricity in the home. The charger will sport an on/off button,and it may offer a one hour charging time, and, the user's phone may tell the charger that it's full, and turn itself off.

Sony Ericsson P5 spotted once again

We've reported sightings of Sony Ericsson's unannounced P5 smartphone before, and can now show you more images of the device. From the images below, we can see a forward-facing camera, for video calling, a fast port connector on the side, M2 memory card slot, and five megapixel camera on the rear of the device.

The screen looks to be around 2.6”, and as you know, the P5 has the P1/M600-style rocker keyboard, although t looks a tad cramped, owing to the fact that it is not as wide as the M600, or the P1

Yahoo Go version 3.0 launched

Yahoo has released version 3.0 of its Go software, for windows-Mobile-powered smartphones. The User Interface has apparently been improved, to some degree, and their oneSearh feature has seen an improvement too. Version 3.0 now has support for widgets, and a Yahoo screen. Yahoo Go lets users connect to various Yahoo services, such as News, Mail, Maps and Weather. You can get the new Yahoo! Go 3.0 beta here.

Motorola A1800 – new MING smartphone

The BGR site has posted photos of a new Linux-powered smartphone – MING A1800. Like its predecessor Motorola MING A1200 the new phone is packed in a pseudo clamshell phone with the flip and touchscreen display. This is a dual mode device for CDMA and GSM networks and with dual SIM slot, says the source. The A1800 comes with a 3-megapixel camera and Bluetooth interface, all this in a compact and lightweight shell. However the source hasn’t provided any more details, such as the release date and the price. Next week we’ll probably hear an official announcement of the product at CTIA Wireless.

XV6900 HTC Touch in CDMA.

The Verizon XV6900 is a sleek wireless broadband Windows Mobile phone with an intuitive touch interface. Designed by HTC, the lightweight XV6900 is only 3.95 oz, and sports a 2.0 megapixel digital camera.

Sure to stand out, this attractive mobile phone comes in pearl white with chrome accents. The touchscreen interace allowed the phone's designers to minimize the number of buttons and create an elegant design with only start and end call buttons and a directional pad on the face of the phone.

32GB SDHC storage media to come out in Apri

Panasonic has reported it will launch a 32GB SDHC storage card in April 08. The card complies with Class 6 standard and is marked SDV32GU1K. This is the world first card with such capacity, which can store up to 12 hours of high-quality HD video. The recommended price jumped to $699.

The short specs of the SDV32GU1K:

• Capacity: 32 GB
• Available capacity: 30.979 MB
• Physical specifications comply with SD 2.0 version
• Data transfer speed - 20 Mbps.

LG introduces pioneer 3G handsets for WCDMA roaming

LG Electronics has announced today that GSM Association (GSMA) selected LG-KM560 and LG-KP330 phones to lead GSMA’s Horizon Phone Campaign. The initiative aims to provide a range of multi-band Mobile Broadband handsets and meet the needs of customers around the world. Many manufacturers do often implement the support of a single or dual WCDMA band. While LG’s new handsets boast of tri-band 3G support – 850, 1900 and 2100 MHz in addition to GSM bands, thus they enable automatic roaming in over 220 countries.

Initially LG-KM560 and LG-KP330 will be available through operators in Europe, Asia and Latin America in 2H 08.

GSmart MS800 and MS820 – a pair of GPS-enabled communicators

GIGA-BYTE has come to the Mobile World Congress 2008 with some new products, including GSmart MS800 and GSmart MS820. The first one was announced right before the show.

Both models feature slim housing, HSDPA support and an integrated GPS. Besides the MS820 incorporates a user friendly interface and a g-sensor to operate the device by motion. Unfortunately the company hasn’t shared more details about it so far.

Toshiba Portege G810 – a GPS-enabled communicator

Toshiba has unveiled its Portege G810 communicator at Mobile World Congress 2008. This is a compact Windows Mobile-powered candy bar with a touchscreen and no hardware keyboard. It boasts of the support for 2G/3G networks, HSDPA and HSUPA standards. The company expects to ship the Portege G810 to Europe in 2Q 08, but it hasn’t unveiled the pricing details.

The specs of Toshiba Portege G810:

• OS - Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
• CPU - Qualcomm MSM7200 (400 MHz)
• Networks - GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS/HSDPA (3.6 Mbps)/HSUPA (2 Mbps) 850/1900/2100
• Display – 2.83” touchscreen (QVGA, 65K colors)
• Memory - 256 MB ROM, 128 MB RAM
• microSD-slot (up to 4 GB storage)
• Built-in GPS-receiver, A-GPS support
• 3-megapixel camera
• Interface - Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
• FM-radio with RDS
• Dimensions – 110x58x14 mm
• Weight - 120 g
• Battery - 1530 mAh
• Standby time – up to 200 hours
• Talk time – up to 4 hours

HTC P3470 – an entry-level GPS-enabled communicator

HTC has officially announced a new communicator, which popped up in news under the codename Pharos – it’s HTC P3470. Taking into account its specs, we see an entry level device lacking the support of both 3G and Wi-Fi, but carrying a GPS-receiver onboard. The price tag doesn’t seem to fit an entry-level communicator. Late in February HTC P3470 will become available in some European countries from Orange operator at €449.

The specs of HTC P3470:

Cell networks - GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

• Chipset - TI OMAP 850, 200 MHz
• OS - Windows Mobile 6 Professional
• Display – 2.8” touchscreen QVGA
• 2-megapixel camera
• 256 MB ROM, 128 MB RAM
• microSD-slot
• Bluetooth: 2.0 EDR
• GPS-receiver
• Interface - HTC ExtUSB (miniUSB and audio jack), USB 2.0 Full-Speed
• Battery - 1100 mAh
• Talk time – up to 350 minutes
• Standby time – up to 240 hours
• Dimensions – 108x58.3x15.7 mm
• Weight - 122 g