Four ZTE Android smartphones to be launched
ZTE is all set to change its low-cost handset maker image and enter into the business of higher smartphone market. Android-powered smartphones will supposedly be the next big target of this Chinese company. However, the latest venture to find its way to the market is 4ZTE phones. These phones are expected to circulate even outside China.
ZTE Smooth, the Palm Pre like device has features like Android 1.6, 2.8-inch QVGA display, QWERTY keyboard, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, FM radio, and 3g (UMTS) connectivity. ZTE Blade is another high-end device and has features like Bluetooth, Android 1.6, WiFi, FM radio, GSM/UMTS connectivity and 3.5-inch WVGA touchscreen.
ZTE Racer another Android 1.6 phone will have 3G, WiFi, GPS, and 2.-inch QVGA while ZTE Mercury, which is a look-alike of HTC Hero comes with 3.2-inch HVGA display, GPS and EDGE data.
The only problem these Android phones are expected to come across is the distribution otherwise ZTE is super committed to Android. The ZTE Smartphones will soon be popping on every comer of Europe and US.
T-Mobile to launch HTC HD2
HTC HD2 is expected to be displayed during a T-Mobile event on March 16. The set is supposed to be launched on March 24 for about $199 with a new two-year contract.
The phone has features like 1Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, WiFi, 3G, high-resolution 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen, GPS, a microSD slot and Blockbuster On Demand integration. This handset will however only run Windows Mobile 6.5 and it is most likely that it won’t ever be able to upgrade to the intriguing Windows Phone 7 series as well.
But a the same time if we put aside the negativities then this is expected to be one of the best smartphones ever and also one of the most powerful one an individual can get from a T-Mobile store. The additional advantage the phone will offer its users include pre-loaded Transformers movies.
The uber-classy ‘Ulysse Nardin Chairman Cellphone’
In an attempt to compete with luxury cellphone market leader Vertu, watchmakers Ulysse Nardin have launched a cellphone named the Chairman.
The most appealing feature being; the same way that an automatic watch receives power from the force of a rotor, the Chairman uses the kinetic energy of the moving rotor to supply supplemental power.
Specifications of the Ulysse Nardin include a 2.8-inch multitouch screen, 5-megapixel camera, biometric fingerprint unlocking, WiFi and an extensive mail.
The phone is available in several versions: Rose Gold, Rose Gold & Blue, Rose Gold & Steel, Stealth Black and Steel & Blue trims.
Apple iPhone’s VOIP to use 3G connections
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Apple iPhone users can now use internet calling services over cellular networks. Earlier, VoIP calling has been available on the iPhone, but only over WiFi connections, which don’t have the range of 3G cellular networks. Apple has also vowed to get VoIP applications into its App Store.
Apple’s earlier decision to block a Google had triggered an enquiry into the competition in the wireless industry by the Federal Communications Commission.
It was revealed by AT&T that Apple wasn’t allowed to enable any Internet calling applications that use AT&T’s 3G network without AT&T’s permission.
Free Internet service offered to SMEs by Sasatel
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: In a move to tighten its grip in the highly competitive digital market, Sasatel came up with the cheapest internet connection charges for the small and medium enterprises (SMEs). These SMEs occupies biggest
chunk of the corporate sector.
The mobile operator said that the move aims at enabling companies prove the high speed and reliability of its broadband Internet services. The SMEs will be given free internet connection for a week and the one who will join after the testing period would be offered several digital devices free of charge.
According to Marketing manager Derick Byarugaba, after one week the company will issue excellent internet connection devices for free to all those who sign up for any of Sasatel’s post-paid internet bundles, depending on their average monthly data usage. The kit will include EVDO WiFi Router, the USB Modem and the Fixed Wireless Phone.
In these new internet bundles, without paying any extra money the customers could carry forward the balance of unutilized volume on their internet bundles at the end of any month to the following month. Besides, the purchased data volume can be used for over six month.
