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LG Viewty is one of the most fashionable cell phones of the moment, released in black last year and in the new eye-catching silver housing made available recently.

LG Viewty is a true camera phone integrating a powerful 5MP camera with autofocus, strobe flash, 30 fps filming capability, maximum picture resolution of 1592 x 1944 pixels, still image capture, manual focus, image stabilizer, and handwriting recognition for picture editing.
There is also a secondary camera for video calling, a VGA type.



If you have read my previous article about this phone model, then you already know it is working on 2G/3G networks, has a 3-inch TFT touch display with Flash UI, 256K colors and 240 x 400 pixels resolution.
In addition it has a microSD card slot for extending the 100MB shared phone memory to store the high-rsolution pictures you capture while on the go, and supports GPRS, EDGE, with up to 3.6Mbps transfer speeds.

There is also Bluetooth 1.2 with A2DP support, USB 2.0 connectivity, HTML browsing, e-mail function, Java, music/video player, FM radio with RDS, Organize, DOC/XLS/PDF files viewer, and a 1000mAh Li-Ion battery power for up to four hours of continuous operation.



The news about LG Viewty is that the producing company and DivX have announced it to be the world’s first mobile phone to support high-quality DivX video format, having a DivX video player and 120 fps 640 x 480 pixels DivX video encoding.

"Our goal is to make it easy for consumers to enjoy a high-quality video experience on any kind of device" declared Kevin Hell, CEO at DivX. "The LG Viewty is a perfect example of this experience. It allows consumers to capture video on its 3-inch screen and then easily transfer that video to a computer or virtually any kind of consumer electronics device."

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At Mobile World Congress this year were announced several cell phone models running on Symbian operating system with Nokia’s S60 software, and besides Nokia phones presented there is also the Samsung G810 Titan Silver slider.

S60 works with Symbian OS is flexible this allowing manufacturers to adopt different hardware constructions and software configurations. The user interface was awarded for its support for the newest Smartphones and mobile services, and you can read more about it on the official website.

Samsung G810 supports 2G and 3G networks, delivering up to 3.6Mbps transfer speeds.

You can expect it to come out on the market this spring, while additional details will be published after the Mobile World Congress 2008.



It is a slider measuring 103 x 52.9 x 17.9 mm, with a 2.6-inch large TFT display of 256K colors and 240 x 320 pixels resolution, coming with a built-in 5MP camera.
You can capture pictures using autofocus, the Xenon flash and 3x optical zooming, and then watch the slideshow on your PC at 2560 x 1920 full picture resolution.
Other characteristics of the phone include GPS, Geo-tagging, Java, stereo FM radio, a 3.5 mm audio jack, face detection, Bluetooth printing support, document viewer, handsfree, voice memo, TV out, and a microSD slot to extend the 130MB shared phone memory.

For connectivity it comes with GPRS Class 10, EDGE, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g for wireless connectivity, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, USB 2.0, while for communication it provides e-mail support, HTML and RSS reader.
The battery powering the phone model is a standard Li-Ion.

Several leading cell phone manufacturers are using Nokia’s S60 software implementing it into their Symbian-based handhelds and we can enumerate LG phones, Nokia’s, Samsung and so on, and at the Mobile World Congress were announced six new models with this software licensed.
These are Nokia N96, Nokia N98, Nokia 6220 classic, Nokia 6210 Navigator, Samsung G810 and the LG KT610 which I will talk about right now.

Running on the S60 mobile platform with integrated widget support to enhance the user experience allowing the creation of personal web experiences, the LG KT610 mobile phone that will be released in May, supports 2G and 3G networks and has a 2.4-inch TFT display of 256K colors and a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels.
It has also a secondary external display in mono color measuring 1.45 inches and a full QWERTY keyboard type.

The cell phone supports MP3 playback, and comes with a built-in 2MP camera with video recording capability and a secondary VGA camera for video calls.
The user can store all the captures images, videos and music on the 64MB shared memory and on a microSD card.

LG KT610 is a cell phone with lots of features and applications running on the Symbian OS v9.2 with the S60 rel. 3.1 software, including GPS receiver, Java, voice command, document viewer, photo editor, handsfree, GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth 2.0, USB, e-mail, instant messaging, Internet browsing via HTML, games, and it is powered by a standard Li-Ion battery.

BenQ will showcase three new mobile devices at Mobile World Congress this year from which two are advanced cell phones and the third product is a Mobile Internet Device.
Now I will describe a bit the stylish T60 cell phone model and if you want to check the T80 Smartphone you can enter here and read the first specs revealed.

The T60 is a candybar mobile phone which will be available soon on the market at an affordable price, sporting the largest display for a less than 10 mm thick model, measuring just 8.9 mm and sporting a 2.2-inch screen.
It also integrates a 2MP camera built-in and audio player, while its battery life is extended as it’s powered by MediaTek creative platform.

The T60 will ne FNC-enabled like the T80, and will come with the rest of standard features equipping any other new phone model on the market.

"BenQ understands that consumers have increasingly sophisticated technology needs and we strive to fulfill them," says Dr. James Lee, Associate Vice President, Mobile Product Management Center, BenQ. "As the first local mobile phone manufacturer to participate in the Proximity Mobile Transaction Service Alliance (PMTSA), driven by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Taiwan, we have continuously sought partners in other industries to co-develop NFC-compatible devices. We hope to extend the uses of NFC technology in more devices to bring convenience to our consumers."

The T80 Smartphone which will be showcased at Mobile Phone Congress 2008 is Near Field Communication-enabled and features access to home security systems as well as electronic ticketing for public transportation and other electronic payment capabilities.

It is the world’s first Windows Mobile 6-based Smartphone NFC-enabled and offers a user experience similar with that of a personal computer, and dual storage options for the NFC data which allows users to store transactions and security information on a microSD card or directly on the SIM.

Its Combi SIM card type developed by Chunghwa Telecom is the first SIM card that offers secure e-wallet services with massive storage for transaction recordings.
On the other hand, BenQ T80 has Flash user interface and a 2.2-inch large display integrating a 3MP camera.

With this model you can time automatic wallpaper changes and as it is Digital Living Network Alliance-compliant you can integrate it into all DLNA home entertainment systems in order to use it as a remote control for your home equipment.

BenQ will soon make public additional information regarding the price and availability of this mobile phone.