JBL modu is a hybrid of phone and also mini boombox

While 'traditional' walkman phones or multimedia phones like Nokia sports regular tin-canny speakers, JBL has Modu. Modu is basically a portable speaker with cellphone attached. Yep you are right.

JBL tries to install a cellphone into its portable. The result is Modu. It is very thick, though, but the promise of kicking bass from a JBL speaker might make you drool over it.

There are no details about the phone spec. But it is must for a music phone like this to have an external memory and also big internal memory to store hundreds of song. We just wonder about the battery. How many mAH will it carry. As surely those speakers will need a lot of power to kick the bass and treble nicely.

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Nokia N86 8 mp camera phone from Nokia

Within the megapixel camera race, Nokia is surely lagging behind. Sony Ericsson C905 8 mp has been launched several months ago. While Sony Ericsson Idou is already teasing with 12 mp. Nevertheless, here we go, the late upgrade of N85, the 8 megapixel cam multimedia slider phone from Nokia.



While sporting no major upgrades other than 8 mp cam and dual LED, the Nokia N86 sticks its design to standard N-series. Roundish. Black. With rather minimalists buttons. Being a slider, the keypads are no-nonsense oval shaped.

Featured in a Nokia's Far East showcase in Singapore, Nokia N86 gathers not so good response in blogosphere. Most Nokia enthusiasts are not very interested with the proposition. Being positioned as a member of N-series family, Nokia N86 only uses regular LED. Although there are two LEDs, but everybody who has been using camera phones know that Xenon flashlight is way way stronger and brighter than ordinary LEDs.

One positive feature is that it includes standard 3.5 mm earphone jack, so yes you can plug in your favourite Sennheiser earphones directly. It is also pre-installed with Ovi, an application store service by Nokia.

Compared to other offerings in the market, this Nokia N86 does not offer much. Samsung Innov8 with strong imaging features, or the latest Samsung OmniaHD surely packs more. Samsung OmniaHD even gets High definition video recording and playback ability. A far far better valued phone compared to N86.

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Sony Ericsson W995 Walkman with 8 mp camera announced!

Sony Ericsson W995 Walkman with 8 mp camera announced!
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by Beta Ismawan

Sony Ericsson W995 has been officially announced by Sony Ericsson. W995 is a high end sliding Walkman phone with 8 mp camera. W995 has 118 mb internal memory, and ships with 8 GB memory stick.


The display is 2.6" which supports 262k colors. Sony Ericsson W995 will be available in three colors : progressive black, cosmic silver, and energetic red.


Additional great features also on board W995 : aGPS, Google Maps™, Wayfinder Navigator™, Wi-Fi™, DLNA Certified™ and full PlayStation3 compatibility. With these features, you can adventure and go anywhere carrying W995.

Minor but useful feature of W995 is the phone stand, that enable you watch video on your with phone standing on the table.

Full specs here. And more images here.

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Sony Ericsson 12 mp camera officially codenamed Idou

Sony Ericsson 12 mp cameraphone officially codenamed Idou
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by Beta Ismawan

While the 12 mp cameraphone from Sony Ericsson is still under development, Sony Ericsson 12 MP Idou has been officially announced. It is a 12.1 megapixel cameraphone with 3.5 inch touchscreen display. The resolution of the display is 640x320.

The phone has been codenamed "Idou", but it will not be the official name when released. Below are some images captured from its official website.


Front looks convincing with generous near-edge display. There are three thin buttons in the lower part. Apparently no physical keypad whatsoever, so we'd better pray it comes with regular virtual keypad to enable single handed SMS-ing just like common phones.


The rear part is simple, Cybershot-ish style of layout. Wew, that's 12 mp camera we are looking at!

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Samsung OmniaHD is powered with 720P HD-video recording

Samsung OmniaHD is powered with 720P HD-video recording
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by Beta Ismawan

Samsung does not have reputation for strong imaging phones. Often this trait goes to Nokia N-series or Sony Ericsson Cybershot series. However, this will surely change with the SamsungOmniaHD. This super imaging gadget is able to record 720P HD video recording, and able to play HD video, with 3.7 inches AMOLED display.

720p in HD, by the way, means the amount of lines embedded within the signal. As a comparison, standard DVD quality is 480p. Currently the highest resolution is 1080p. So, we can expect that 720p from Samsung OmniaHD produces higher quality image than ordinary DVD.

While AMOLED, is a kind of advanced LED display technology, with following advantages:

• Very thin and lighter weight
• Greatly minimized propensity for breakage
• Lower-power, highly rugged with superior image quality, and low cost compared to the current LCD displays
• Due to their inherent ruggedness, allow a unique form factor of conformability and rollability during use, transportation and storage.

Based on above AMOLED features, then Samsung OmniaHD should have better than average battery life.

With 8 mp onboard, SamsungOmniaHD is still behind compared to Sony Ericsson Idou's 12 mp camera. But like we often hear, bigger is not always better!

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Microsoft Recite Voice Technology for Windows Mobile 6.5 Revealed

Microsoft Recite Voice Technology for Windows Mobile 6.5 Revealed
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by Beta Ismawan


Microsoft releases Microsoft Recite, a search-enabled voice note for Windows Mobile 6.0 and above. The application enables you to search for a query within your voice notes, by providing a search ability.

Though does not seem to be a very special feature, this voice searching ability can become quite handy for you who are too busy to type on your PDA to recall notes.

Microsoft provides a download link here, for you Windows mobile 6.0 to download and try it.

Source : Endgadget

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Samsung Flower shaped Bluetooth Speaker BSP 600 Revealed

Samsung Flower shaped Bluetooth Speaker BSP 600 Revealed
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by Beta Ismawan

Samsung has got passed its flower-shaped bluetooth speaker through FCC. While commonly phone accessories is cooked into ordinary and easy-to-use shapes, the flower bluetooth definitely has a very artistic and retro look, which easily reminds you of 1960s.

The Samsung flower bluetooth is capable of music streaming from your phone or any other bluetooth enabled device. It can also handle receiving calls just like common bluetooth handsfree, and it works within standard bluetooth range, the radius of 10 m or 30 feet.

This thing surely can spice up your bedroom or living room. It is already approved by FCC and we can expect you can see it in your favorite cellphone stores nearby soon.

Source : Engadget

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Samsung and Texas Instruments To Offer Projector Phone

Samsung and Texas Instruments To Offer Projector Phone
by Beta Ismawan (http://cellfreakz.blogspot.com)

Samsung Mobile and Texas Intruments announced today the first Samsung mobile phones with Embedded Projection based on the DLP(R) Pico(TM) Chipset. In plain English, it is a new Samsung Mobile phone with projector ability. This device will enable you to do presentation without carrying a laptop and plugging it into an LCD projector.

Prnewswire reports that

"image of up to 50 inches is possible depending on ambient light conditions."

Furthermore, the DLP Pico (TM) chipset is said to produce stellar image quality and enables projecting the image in any kinds of surface. It is quite hard to believe. But let's wait some more feedback from early adopters people.

DLP technology itself is a proprietary technology of Texas Instruments, and used in projectors and video projectors, and was originally developed back then in 1987.

With the expertise of DLP technology from Texas Instruments, Samsung can steal significant market share in mobile professionals, as this device projecting capability can become a very handy feature for the road warriors.

Though the pic shows that the phone is a little bit on bulky side, but it is justifiable for the extra projector that requires some space in the unit. If the phone can realistically project bright, 50 inch image, then it should be equipped with Windows Mobile to accomodate Office documents necessity for the busy executives.

Handset will be marketed in Korean market with code w9700, and in Europe it will be marketed as I7410.

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Sony Ericsson W395 : new basic Walkman phone

Okay. Didn't I mention there are already too many Walkman models launched by Sony Ericsson? Now the Japan-Swedish duet throws again another so-so Walkman phone, the basic Sony Ericsson W395. It's basic because it is a no-3G phone, and with no-GPS.

Entitled with the sacred "W" title, the Sony Ericsson W395 offers high quality walkman engine, decent display, 2 megapixel camera, and sliding form. It ships with 1 GB memory stick micro card. Roughly it can contains about 400 mp3 songs. It comes up in two options of color, titanium or grey. The picture I think shows the titanium example.

It is a great looker, but beyond that there is nothing really special. But Sony Ericsson seems target youth and first time user with this Walkman. Not the hard core like you and me. If that is the case, then Sony Ericsson W395 can succeed with its great look and quite generous memory capacity.

If it is launched last December, Sony Ericsson W395 could have been a cool Xmas gift for your kid or nephew.

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T Mobile G1 with Moxier Mail now supports push email with Microsoft Exchange

Akibahara reports that G1 now supports Microsoft Exchange with Moxier Mail. This is so far the first solution I've ever heard for email syncing for Android OS. Push email is a very popular feature, this feature alone makes Blackberry got the nickname "Crackberry", since the ability to receive and reply emails in real time hooked so many people addicted. There are even stories people replying emails via Blackberry when they are in the toilet at their home (!). Even Barack Obama got addicted. Sure it's crack, hence Crackberry.

Now Nokia Communicator range, Sony Ericsson G series, and TMobile G1 all supports push email. Research In Motion, Blackberry manufacturer, should be very careful watching this trend, as it relies heavily on the popularity of push email to sell Blackberries handset.

Though we should wait and hear more hands-on reviews by users on Moxier Mail implementation, nevertheless this is a very welcome development. This will make RIM and Nokia work hard to figure out how they can excel above TMobile G1.

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