Camera Phones Plaza

Mobinnova, a Taiwan-based company that teamed up with Sony Ericsson in order to produce a new version of the Xperia, has just announced a brand new handset which is said to be their flagship smartphone. Maybe this is a surprise for some of you, but Mobinnova is indeed a company that has its own mobile phones as well.

Released under the name of Mobinnova ICE, the Windows Mobile-based smartphone works with the Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 professional and is provided with a 528 Mhz Qualcomm MSM7201ATM chipset. But this isn’t everything about this device, so pay a little bit of attention to what I’ve got to say.

The features of the Mobinnova ICE include: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz and WCDMA/HSPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHZ, a 3 inch WQVGA TFT-LCD touchscreen, a 3 megapixel camera with autofocus and a dedicated shutter control and a second camera which is especially designed for video calling, memory of 256 MB ROM and 128 RAM with the possibility of expanding it with microSD card (with SDHC support), an integrated FM radio with RDS and RBDS function, Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity with EDR / A2DP and an integrated GPS and aGPS.

<-300x250 Medium Rectangle - center->

In addition, the user interface comes with innovative controls like mobiToday and mobiShift, which are touch sensitive and allow users to experience a better mobile experience.

Measuring 114 x 53.5 x 13 millimeters and weighing 120 grams (with the 1080 mAh rechargeable Lithium-polymer battery included), the Mobinnova ICE provides up to 6 hours of talk time and up to 160 hours of stand-by time.

“Today we are proud to announce the Mobinnova ICE, a new sensation in touch-screen mobile phones, as once again, feel becomes more important than simple touch”, said KC Kuo, chairman of Mobinnova. In addition, he said that “users of the Mobinnova ICE feel a tactile response through their fingertips, whenever they touch the 3-inch screen, through our unique mobiFeel technology.

As far as the pricing and the availability are concerned, this information is still unavailable, unfortunately for those who are already interested in the Mobinnova ICE.

(Source: unwiredview.com)

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.

<-300x250 Medium Rectangle - center->

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.