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Nokia today announced the availability of the Nokia N93 Golf Edition, a special package combining the unparalleled mobile video capabilities of the Nokia N93 multimedia computer with a unique golf application that enables you to capture your golf swing, analyze and improve your game by split screen swing comparison and other advanced analysis tools. So, all you golfers out there, go get it.

Click here for the product's official website.

And here's the official Nokia press release:

The Pro Session Golf by Nokia application has a ready to use golf-tailored viewfinder that instantly captures a player's swing from the correct angles and distances. Unlike current video analysis solutions, Pro Session Golf is portable and instantly usable with no additional cameras, cables, or computer needed. Everything you need is already included in the Nokia N93 Golf Edition! Golf teachers and players alike can share ideas, swings, drawings, tips, lessons and opinions, both face-to-face and remotely via e-mail and multimedia messages (MMS).

"The combination of fantastic video quality and the ability to analyze your golf swing with a device that's always with you is going to appeal to golfers who want to use the latest mobile technology to improve their game," said Mads Winblad, vice president, Multimedia Sales and Channel Management, EMEA, Nokia.

Nokia Nseries is an official sponsor of the European PGA Tour for 2006 and 2007. At five of the tour events*, visitors will be able to experience the latest Nokia Nseries multimedia computers first hand as well as have the possibility to purchase the Nokia N93 Golf Edition.

The Nokia N93 is the ultimate mobile device for spontaneous video recording. Offering uncompromised digital camcorder, telephony and rich Internet communication functionalities, the Nokia N93 features a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, DVD-like video capture and 3x optical zoom. You can connect the Nokia N93 directly to your compatible TV for a widescreen movie experience or upload your images and video to online albums or blogs. Moreover, you can create high-quality home movies and burn them to DVD with the included Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 software.

Available online from today at www.nokia.com/N93golf in 15 countries across Europe,,the Nokia N93 Golf Edition will also go on sale through local distributors such as selected golf clubs and regular Nokia Nseries retail channels. The Nokia N93 Golf Edition includes a Nokia N93 multimedia computer, the Pro Session Golf by Nokia application, a 1GB miniSD memory card, a golf instruction DVD as well as a Get Started guide.

* The five events are the Entercard Scandinavian Masters (Malmö, Sweden), the KLM Open (Zandvoort, The Netherlands), the BMW International Open (Munich, Germany), the HSBC World Match Play Championship (Surrey, United Kingdom) and the Volvo Masters (Valderrama, Spain).

Via Nokia.com.

The BenQ-Siemens E81 is aimed at individuals wanting UMTS 3G data connectivity in a small package, and certainly delivers a nice combination of form and function. This mid-range handset not only looks good, but also delivers a specification list beyond what would be expected from such a small handset.

Measuring in at 99.8mm x 46.7mm x 16.7mm (3.93" x 1.84" x 0.65"), the BenQ-Siemens E81 is definitely not the smallest handset in the world, but compared to most other 3G handsets, it is very compact. Limited video conferencing functionality is available, due to the handset featuring only a rearward-facing 1.3 megapixel camera, but a 1.8" 262k color TFT display with a 176x220 pixel resolution is included to clearly see the other party. Storage capacity of the glossy coated BenQ-Siemens E81 can be expanded with microSD cards, and Bluetooth and USB connectivity are available for transferring files on to and off the device.

The attractive BenQ-Siemens E81 will be available in Europe come September 2006, and in Asia starting October.

Via mobileburn.

Samsung Electronics has introduced its SCH-B500 mobile phone, which supports DMB services. This is a slider 13.5 mm thick with multimedia functionality.

The device is equipped with a 2-megapixel camera, an MP3-player, a QVGA (240x320 pixels) LCD and Bluetooth interface. In spite of the fact it is introduced for the Korean market, the phone supports English, Chinese, Korean and Japanese languages.

The last phone announced by BenQ-Siemens in Munich was the BenQ-Siemens SL91 slider phone.

Equipped with a touch-sensitive keypad it resembles a lot the LG Chocolate that we reviewed not while ago. The main difference is the technology used by the two manufacturers. While the Chocolate used touchpad reacting to the electro-conductivity of a person's skin, the new SL91 would use a Force Sensitive Resistance technology which practically means that the BenQ-Siemens touchpad would react to pressure instead of electro-conductivity. This way the SL91 touchpad navigation keys can be used even with gloves - something impossible for the Chocolate.

The fun doesn't end with the touchpad. The BenQ-Siemens SL91 also features a 2" 16M color TFT display with a QVGA (240x320) resolution along with a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus with a maximum picture resolution of 2048x1536 pixels, a microSD memory card slot, tri-band GSM/GPRS/UMTS support with video calls, Bluetooth, USB 2.0, stereo FM radio with RDS and a MP3 player.

The retail package would also include a desk cradle for the phone which would serve the double purpose of charging the battery and connecting the phone to the PC for synchronization. The desk cradle would be fitted with an integrated microphone and stereo speakers and would notify the user of events with color light signals. The BenQ-Siemens SL91 would be available in the last quarter of 2006.

At an event in Cape Town, South Africa last week, Motorola unveiled their new line of flagship handsets for the year. The MotoRIZR ("riser") Z3, formally known as the Capri, is the company's new quad-band GSM/EDGE slider handset. In fact, the MotoRIZR Z3 is Motorola's first slider handset to be available globally.

One of the key features of the MotoRIZR Z3 is a good quality 2 megapixel digital camera. The camera has a dedicated shutter button on the side of the phone and works in a landscape orientation, just like a regular camera does. Image quality seems to be much better than what we have come to expect from past Motorola megapixel cameras. Other highlights on the Z3 include a microSD/TransFlash memory card slot for photos and music, and Bluetooth A2DP stereo support.

The slider mechanism on the Z3 is a doubly sprung, meaning that the handset snaps into both the open and closed position once moved far enough with the user's thumb. The spring action on the units we tested in Cape Town are still somewhat stiffly sprung, but not as much so as the early prototype that we featured last month. But with that said, the units we used in Cape Town were still stamped with a prototype designation. The keypad design is very similar to that found in the RAZR line of handsets, but has a cleaner and more easily used layout. The tactile response of the keypad appears to have been improved a bit as well.

In terms of software and firmware, the MotoRIZR makes use of the latest version of the Motorola UI we've seen in other devices. It has an updated phone book with new search and more supported data fields, pop-up menus, and support for Motorola's new MotoSYNC system for synchronizing with Microsoft Exchange Server. The MotoRIZR phones we had access to were running a very early version of firmware, and as such were not quite ready for prime time. When complete, though, they should work very much like the MotoKRZR K1 phones that we used, which were very quick and stable.

Motorola expects the MotoRIZR Z3 to start shipping in this half of 2006, and has not provided any solid pricing information, though they hinted that it would probably have a similar cost to what the RAZR V3 had when it was first made available.

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