Camera Phones Plaza

As I told you earlier, international events, recognized all over the world and highly anticipated by each an every company, are chosen by those who want to unveil the latest results of their work. A relevant example is Huawei, a Taiwan-based company that decided to unveil the U8230, the company’s first smartphone running on Android, the Google platform, and the C8000, which runs on the Windows Mobile, during CommunicAsia 2009.

If you’re familiar with everything that happens in the mobile phones world, then you probably know that back in February Huawei presented an Android prototype. If you remember that handset, then it’s not difficult for you to realize that the U8230 looks a little bit different from that cell phone.

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As for the features, it is equipped with a 3.5 inch touch sensitive display (the resolution is not known for the moment), an on-screen QWERTY keyboard, a 3.2 megapixel camera, trackball, several Google applications, of course, such as Google Map, Google Search or Google Talk, and a 1,500 mAh battery.



The other cell phone, based on Windows Mobile, comes with features such as a 2.8 inch touch sensitive display, a 3D user interface, and, as the company said, “a unique independent display adapter which enables the smooth presentation of video files and DV-quality pictures”.

“Having joined the Open Handset Alliance in 2008, Huawei is rapidly moving forward with the development of cutting-edge high-end handsets, especially smartphones powered by Android and Windows Mobile operating systems”, said Glory Chueng, the spokesperson of Huawei Terminals. “The U8230 and the C8000 handsets on display here at CommunicAsia take the interactivity experience of smartphones to a whole new level and Huawei is looking forward to working with our customers to bring them to market later this year.”

(Source: Press Release)

Huawei Technologies, the largest Chinese supplier of networking and telecommunications equipment, has just released a third generation of an old device, called Huawei U121. The first two generations of the mobile phone are the Playset, which is commercialized by Play, a Polish network, and the Vodafone 716, sold in UK.

The new Huawei mobile phone is aimed at people who are more interested in a simple wireless mobile experience, without neglecting the style features. The device is made from high-quality materials such as stainless steel, which might be used for its durability.

When it comes to the specifications, the Huawei U121 include 1 1.8 inches TFT display (with 262K color), a 1.3 megapixel CMOS camera, video capabilities, video streaming, 3.5 millimeters standard earphone jack, the possibility for expandable memory with microSD card support, support EQ, an integrated FM radio, Bluetooth 1.2, email/MMS/WAP2.0, miniUSB support and 3G connectivity.

As far as the music experience is concerned, the phone supports various formats such as MP3, AAC, AAC+ and eAAC+, while video formats it is compatible with include MP4, 3GP and 3G2. In addition, there’s a shortcut key that makes a whole lot easier the access to your favorite music.

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The operating frequencies of the handset are UMTS 2100 MHz and GPRS/GSM 900/1800/1900MHZ. Measuring 103 x 45 x 14.5 millimeters and measuring 90 grams (with battery included), the 800 mAh Li-ion battery provides up to 270 hours of stand-by time (WCDMA/GSM), up to 175 minutes (GSM) and 145 minutes (WCDMA) of talk time for voice calls and up to 105 minutes of talk time for video calls.

For now, this new Huawei mobile phone is said to be available only in the Russian market. However, there are good chances for it to start selling within the United States and the rest of European countries in the near future.

(Source: phonearea.net)

Three more cool looking cell phones from Red Dot Design Awards 2008!
PP3400 is a personal digital assistant with a honorable mention at this year’s Red Dot edition, which was received for the overall smart design allowing the user to operate the phone’s applications and to navigate using just the thumb. It has large keys and convex-shaped with transparent backlight for low light conditions.



It’s a creation of Wang-Hung Yeh, Cheng-Chi Cheng, Yi-Hsi Chiu and Chung-Yu Liu from Mobinnova Interactive Design Center from Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
We can’t provide you more information about the model because the company’s website is under construction, but in the mean time we could take a look at the second cell phone i want to show you today.

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LG’s LH5000 aka LG Ice Cream is a clamshell with simple design lines, 3D patterns and a white-metallic finish, measuring 100.9 x 50.9 x 13.6 mm at a weight of 101 grams. Inside it has a built-in 2MP camera, 3G, secondary video call camera, sporting a 2.2-inch TFT display of 262K colors and a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. Users can send emails, browse the Internet, check dictionaries, or talk on the phone for up to 2.5 hours until they’ll have to recharge the battery.

It is available in South Korea at around $450 together with the cool blue and cool pink versions.

U8600 is a personal digital assistant optimized for Internet navigation, made by Huawei Technologies from Shenzhen, China. It measures just 13 mm thick but features high-speed HDSPA transfer rates and a large 3-inch WVGA display with touchscreen. The input methods are finger touch or stylus.



In addition it comes with accelerometer technology so that when you rotate it you can see and scroll full web pages in the landscape mode.
The built-in 3MP camera with autofocus capture sharp images at high-resolutions and you can send them wirelessly through Bluetooth.

Here are the first 3 cool looking cell phones from the German Red Dot Awards 2008. I will leave aside the other models that are already popular, as i prefer to show you only the new devices, which are not well known by most of us.



At this year’s Red Dot Designs Awards edition, Qisda’s design concept received a honorable mention for its QCM-131 PDA phone model, optimized for easiest surfing, with a large 2.6-inch touch-sensitive display, an intuitive user interface, and 3.5G high data transfer speeds.
Qisda Corporation from Taipei, Taiwan, is one of the top 5 of manufacturers in LCD monitors, projectors, and multi functional printers, using advanced technologies like surface-mount technology , metal stamping, plastic injection, and LCD module assembling.

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Another design that has received a honorable mention is SoftBank 814T, a cool cell phone model with metallic finish, lightweight at 97 grams and made of stable titanium. It sports a 2.4-inch QVGA LCD display preventing diffuse reflexions. The 12.9mm flip handset was developed by Toshiba Japan and designed by Setsu Hirokawa and Ai Matsui, featuring a built-in 1.96MP camera with autofocus, full web browsing, large and highly responsive keys, and security functions such as face recognition.



Other characteristics include built-in electronic dictionary, microSD memory expansion slot, quick news access, QR Code Reader, graphic email support, video calling, and multimedia player.
It provides 160 minutes of talk time and 420 hours of standby.

Huawei Technologies from Shenzhen, China, received the honorable mention at Red Dot Product Design 2008 for the U1310 cell phone, a bar handset model coming in silver, sporting a 3D compact keypad, a 2.2-inch QVGA TFT display, and instant access keys for music functions.



The U1310 is a UMTS 2100MHz model supporting GPRS/GSM 900/1800/1900MHz bands, and featuring dual cameras for 2MP pictures and 0.3MP video calls, multimedia player, microSD memory expansion slot, 3.5 mm earphone jack, video streaming, RSS reader, chat capability, Bluetooth with A2DP profile, USB 2.0 full speed modem, Plug and Play capability, as well as support for email and web browsing via WAP. Users can compose text messages while listening to the music in the background.