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Even if companies don’t spare an effort in their attempt to make a buck on the expense on crazy people that feel like spending money just like they used to, before the economic crisis, it seems that more and more manufacturers and carriers are interested in releasing affordable handsets.

Therefore, if you’re a budget-conscious type of guy, you’d probably appreciate the idea Orange came up with, to introduce a brand new affordable device, equipped with a touchscreen. Called Orange Vegas, the cell phone is a dual band GSM/GPRS and comes with a 2.4 inch TFT touchscreen display, which most probably has a QVGA resolution.

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After seeing how the phone looks like, here you have the features list: 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth connectivity, MP3 player, FM radio, an internal memory of 64MB and a microSD card slot for expanding the memory with no more than 1GB. Weighing approximately 84 grams, the Orange Vegas provides up to 3 hours of talk time and up to 7 days of stand-by time.



For the moment the Orange phone can be seen on the official website of the carrier, in two different colors, black and pink, but you can’t buy it. Not yet. And even we don’t know it for sure, we can only assume that the Orange Vegas will become available in several European markets. As for the price, you can have the device on Pay as You G for only 69 Euros (meaning $92), which means this is one of the cheapest phones of its type.

(Source: unwiredview.com)

Maybe most of you are familiar with Ulysse Nardin in the position of a watch manufacturer, and you wouldn’t be wrong, because this is what the company has done since 1846, when it was founded, in Le Locle, Switzerland. Even if Ulysse Nardin was pre-eminently known during the history for its marine chronometers, the company is currently producing watches with very complicated mechanisms.

You will have the chance to see another face of the Swiss watch maker, as it decided to focus its attention on the introduction of its first cell phone, which is to be released under the name of Ulysse Nardin Chairman. This is a luxury cell phone that is said to be a “hybrid smart phone”.

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Compared to the luxury handsets that are available in the market these days, the Chairman is quite different when it comes to the features list, which is pretty impressive. The phone is equipped with a 2.8 inch multi-touch display, the possibility to unlock the screen with a sensor based on finger print recognition, Wi-Fi, a 5 megapixel camera, e-mail and Internet application.



“A first for the mobile phone industry, the Chairman features a functioning mechanical watch rotor that is also incorporated into its aesthetic design. This crucial component was specially designed by Ulysse Nardin for the Chairman smart phone”. This way, the integrated battery is being charged using the moving rotor, or, to be more precise,its kinetic energy.

For fashion conscious people, here you have the colors you’ll be able to choose from: Rose Gold (simple), then Rose Gold with either Steel or Blue, Steel & Blue and Stealth Black. Details about pricing and availability are not known for the moment, but, what we know for sure is that “only a limited number of Chairman smart phones will be produced this year”.

(Source: unwiredview.com)

According to Wikipedia, “mobile payment is new and rapidly-adopting alternative payment method – especially in Asia and Europe. Instead of paying with cash, check or credit cards, a consumer can use a mobile phone to pay for a wide range of services and digital or hard goods”, from games, music, ringtones, videos or wallpapers, transportation fare, to all sorts of books, magazines or tickets.

Mobile payment is still unknown to the large public, but chances are very high for it to grow in the next couple of years to become the payment method pre-eminently used by more and more people. And Nokia seems to understand very well where things are heading to, as they usually do, so they decided to invest in a mobile payment solution called Obopay.

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Obopay is a company headquartered in the United States and gives its customers the possibility to use any handset in order to pay or transfer money. The only condition is for people to use the service provided by Obopay.

In order to celebrate somehow the participation and interest of Nokia in the company, Obopay decided to name Teppo Paavola, who is the vice president and head of Corporate Business Development at Nokia, to the board of directors. What we don’t know for sure is the amount of money Nokia was willing to invest in this company.

“This investment reflects our belief in the global potential for mobile payments. Obopay has consistently demonstrated its ability to redefine how people spend and send money and has established itself as the leader in a competitive landscape”, said Teppo Paavola.

The money will be used in an attempt to make this mobile payment solution better known to the public and to extend Obopay’s product suite. In addition, another purpose will be the increase of the company’s global presence.

(Source: unwiredview.com)

I said once that the iPhone resembles a very rare and captivating mystery of this world we live in, as it creates sensation and dependence wherever it is willing to show its face. People are crazy about the Apple device and carriers from all over the place are trying their best in order to have the iPhone in their line of products.

But it seems that I was wrong. In a way. It seems that there’s an exception to the rule. Or at least this is what rumors are telling us. Fido, a Canada based carrier, has decided to gives us all the biggest surprise ever, announcing everyone that they are not interested (not anymore) in the 16GB iPhone 3G. More than that, the carrier is preparing to get rid of the Apple handset, being eager to deplete the stocks during the next month. And the surprise is that they won’t restock.

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Now, we’re all curious why in earth Fido decided to do such thing, as it looks like suicide, when looking from outside. Same rumors say that Fido’s plans to discontinue the sales of the iPhone 3G is based on the fact that the device is too expensive for their tastes, especially now, when they’re trying to focus on entry-level consumers. After all, the iPhone 3G 16GB can be purchased from Fido for $299, if signing a 3-year contract agreement, which is, of course, quite a lot.

However, Fido doesn’t give up on the 8GB version, which is a little bit confusing. Anyway, if you live in Canada you might want to give Fido a helping hand. Buy iPhone 3G!

(Source: phonesreview.co.uk)

I must be sincere and confess that I have never heard about Emgeton before reading about their attempt to release a candybar aimed at the European market. After making a little bit of research, I found that Emgeton is a Czech-based company, very well known for the digital music players they manufacture. But it seems that these guys are involved in the mobile phones story also.

Their brand new mobile phone is called Emgeton Enzo, being a 3G dual SIM phone that is very similar to another phone you all know very well, the Sony Ericsson C902, the main difference consisting of the fact that this one isn’t equipped with an advanced photo camera.

Nevertheless, the Enzo comes with a Qualcomm/Philips chipset that is designed to help you use the two SIM cards you own in the same time and entirely independently one of the other.

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When it comes to what the Enzo comes on board, the phone is equipped with the following features: tri band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity (900/1800/1900 MHz), HSDPA connectivity (2100 MHz) which can be used only for the first SIM card, a 2.2 inch TFT display with a resolution of 240x320 pixels and 260k colors, a 2 megapixel camera, VGA camera which can be used for video calls, Bluetooth connectivity, MP3 player and video player, email, an internal memory of only 50MB and a microSD card slot for external memory of no more than 4GB.



The 3G dual SIM phone measures 117 x 49 x 16.5 millimeters and weighs approximately 109 grams. Its battery provides up to 5 hours of talk time and approximately 10 days of stand-by time.

The Emgeton Enzo is expected to become available starting the next month (in the Czech Republic), with a retail price of 7,990 CZK (meaning $388).

(Source: unwiredview.com)