CES 2006: Verizon Wireless has announced the availability of the XV6700, which features the Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 platform Operating System. With EvDO and Wiireless Fidelity capabilities, the Verizon XV6700 will enable Verizon Wireless customers to be productive and have always on online connectivity.

XV6700 Availability:
The XV6700 will be available on January 19 for $399.99 with a $100 rebate with a two-year customer agreement.

XV6700 applications:
Microsoft Office for Windows Mobile
OutlookR Mobile
Office ExcelR Mobile
Office PowerPointR Mobile
Office WordR Mobile
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSyncR

This is the perfect road warrior for professionals who need to work on email, presentations, documents, and spreadsheets while on the run.

Handset features of the XV6700 include:
Dual Band (800MHz CDMA/1900MHz PCS)
1xEV-DO / 1xRTT
64MB RAM / 128 MB Flash ROM
Mobile Web 2.0-capable
MiniSD Card expansion slot
Built-in BluetoothR
Built-In Wi-Fi TM
Main Display: 2.8"TFT 65K Color (240 x 320)
Slide out QWERTY keyboard
5-Way Navigational Pad
1.3 megapixel Camera/Camcorder
Built-in Flash and Macro Functions
Hearing Aid Compatibility
Dimensions: (H) 5.2"x (W) 2.32"x (D) 0.93"
Weight: 6.5 ounces
Battery: 1350 mAh Lithium Ion
Usage Time: Up to 5 hours or
Standby Time: Up to 200 + hours
8X digital zoom control
Resolution Adjustment: 1600 x 1280, 1280 x 1024, 640 x 480, 320 x 240, 180 x 160
Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
TXT Messaging with EMS (Enhanced Messaging Services)
Windows Media Player 10
Polyphonic ringer and sound capability
Built-in two-way speakerphone
TTY enabled for the hearing impaired
416 MHz IntelR PXA270 processor.

Posted by mobilemodo at 08:47 AM | Permalink Posted to CES | News | Verizon

As expected, the Samsung i830 will become available to Verizon Wireless customers on January 12. The mobile handset has nearly the same features as its predecessor, the SCH-i730. It does add dual-band CDMA and is also a dual-band GSM phone. The Samsung SCH-i830 PDA is based on Microsoft Mobile for Pocket PC Phone Edition 2003.

i830 features include:
65k color TFT touchscreen display
Bluetooth
QWERTY sliding keyboard
SD memory expansion slot
520 MHz Intel Bulverde processor

Posted by mobilemodo at 12:01 AM | Permalink Posted to CES | News | Samsung | Verizon

The new Samsung SGH-T609 is quad-band GSM/EDGE clamshell phone with dual-screens.

T609 features include:
262k color screen
1.3 megapixel camera/camcorder
Bluetooth
FOTA (remote upgrade of software on phone)
SyncML DM (remotely configure the phone).
32MB of built-in memory
T-flash cards
MP3 music media player
Instant messenger.

The SGH-T609 is expected in the third quarter of the 2006.

Posted by mobilemodo at 12:00 AM | Permalink Posted to CES | News | Samsung

The SGH-T709 is a new slider phone to be launched on mobile wirless provider T-Mobile on 2Q 2006.

Samsung T709 features:
GSM/EDGE 850/1800/1900 frequencies support
262k color display
1.3-megapixel camera
Video recording
Instant Messaging - AOL, ICQ, Yahoo
Speaker-independent voice recognition.
Wi-Fi for wireless connection (a rare feature)
MP3 player and ringtones

Posted by mobilemodo at 11:25 PM | Permalink Posted to CES | News | Samsung

The new Samsung SCH-A930 is a slim multimedia phone expected to be for Verizon wireless. It has characteristics that share some of the Blade (SPH-A900) features.

Samsung SCH-A930 features:
Music dedicated keys
MP3 music player
Memory expansion thru T-Flash cards
Dual displays
1.3 megapixel camera with swivel
Video recording
Stereo Speakers
Video on Demand (VOD) and Music on Demand (MOD)
Bluetooth
VibeTonz™-enhanced ringtones

Samsung A930 is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2006 on Verizon Wireless.

Posted by mobilemodo at 11:16 PM | Permalink Posted to CES | News | Samsung | Verizon

This is Samsung's first HSDPA capable phone, which is also anticipated to be the world's first.

Samsung zx20 features:
GSM/GPRS/EDGE: Quad-band 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
HSDPA/UMTS: Dual-band 850/1900 MHz
1.3 megapixel camera with flash
Main display: 262K-color TFT
Video streaming
Audio streaming
Media player (MPEG4, RealOne, H.263, MP3, AAC)
Bluetooth® 2.0 wireless technology
Speakerphone
MicroSD™ memory card slot

The zx20 is expected to be available Q2, 2006 and is expected to be launched by Cingular Wireless.

Posted by mobilemodo at 11:12 PM | Permalink Posted to CES | News | Samsung

CES 2006 - Samsung announces a 7 round bout of great new mobile phones at CES. The shear number of phones released is no doubt rather impressive, but this just proves the rapid development taking place over at Samsung to get ahead of the market as it shifts to 3rd Generation high speed data networks consisting of EvDO and HSDPA that are being rolled out in the U.S.

Recap of the 7 new phones:

SGH-zx10 - Available January, 2006
SGH-zx20 - 2Q, 2006 - Cingular Wireless
SCH-A930 - 1Q, 2006
SGH-T609 - 3Q, 2006
SGH-T709 - 2Q, 2006 - T-Mobile
Samsung i830 - January, 2006 - Verizon Wireless
D807 - 2Q, 2006

Posted by mobilemodo at 08:54 PM | Permalink | TrackBacks (4) Posted to CES | Samsung

Nokia introduced two new mobile handsets, the
6102i/6103 with Bluetooth wireless technology.
These are updates to the popular 6101/6102 models
respectively.

Handset hardware features include:
VGA camera with camera keys
Dual color screens
Clamshell design
Speakerphone
FM radio integrated

Handset Application features include:
Audio messaging for sending audio clips
Animated wallpapers and screensavers
Contact synchronization and calendar information
Voice-dialing and recording
MP3 ringtones

Both phones are scheduled to ship during 1Q, 2006.

6102i and 6103 will ship in 2 different versions:
GSM 900/1800/1900 version mainly for Europe,
Africa and Asia; and GSM 850/1800/1900 variant
for the U.S. mobile service.

WIth the addition of Bluetooth to this base model,
the easy to use interface, modern compact
folding design, strong list of mobile handset features,
and easy to use interface, we expect these great
phones to be very popular and in strong demand.

Posted by mobilemodo at 10:52 PM | Permalink Posted to CES | News | Nokia

Yahoo, Inc. is expanding its technology presence
beyond the PC, moving onto mobile phones.
Yahoo Go Mobile, a mobile version of Yahoo's search
and content services was launched today at CES
in Las Vegas. This is the latest in a flurry of internet
applications moving onto mobile cell phones and smartphones.

Yahoo Go Mobile will feature:
Built-in e-mail
Messaging
Search
Address book
Photo
Calendar applications
News applications

Yahoo will not be alone with this venture, they are
working with Motorola to bring Yahoo Go Mobile, to
its handheld devices. Consumers with Nokia 6630,
6680, 6681 and N70 devices, also know as Series
60 smartphones will receive the Yahoo Go Mobile
service preinstalled.

These services will launch on mobile carriers AT&T
and Cingular Wireless in certain U.S. Markets and in
select countries across Europe and Asia.

Posted by mobilemodo at 04:47 PM | Permalink | TrackBacks (9) Posted to CES | Mobile Applications | Motorola | News

The new Samsung ZX20 cell phone is the world's first
High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSPDA) mobile.
HSDPA is the successor to UMTS/WCDMA on the GSM
evolutionary tree, offering up to seven times the maximum
transfer rate of current 3G handsets based on UMTS/WCDMA.

ZX20 handset features:
1.3 Megapixel Camera
262k color display
Bluetooth 2.0
Micro SD card slot
Speakerphone

ZX20 mobile application features:
Audio / Video streaming
AOL, ICQ and Yahoo IM

Posted by mobilemodo at 11:00 PM | Permalink | TrackBacks (1) Posted to CES | News | Samsung

CES 2006 - Yes, another prodigious announcement from the electronics
gala in Las Vegas. LG, the nation's #2 mobile phone company,
announced Verizon's first music on demand phone.

Verizon's full track download music service will come on LG's
VX8100 EVDO phone, a five month old mobile phone that was
slated to be Verizon's first music downloading phone when it
debuted in August 2005, but Verizon's service was held up until now.

"The werd" at mobilemodo is that we'll learn more about
Verizon's new download service at their press conference later today.
Keep posted as this story develops.

Posted by mobilemodo at 04:52 PM | Permalink Posted to CES | News | Verizon

Another new slider from Samsung is being shown off, this time
it's the sleek super-thin d807. It comes in slightly thinner at
14.9mm to the t809's 15.2mm, which has already been released
on T-Mobile.

A quicklist of features for the Samsung d807 mobile phone are:

14.9mm thick
1.3 megapixel camera
Bluetooth
MicroSD card slot
262K color display
Speakerphone
MP3 player

The d807 is a GSM mobile phone, but could show up on
either Cingular or T-Mobile by this summer.

Posted by mobilemodo at 04:09 PM | Permalink Posted to CES | News

CES 2006 - After much anticipation, Verizon Wireless has officially
announced the successor to the Treo 650, the Windows Mobile Treo 700w.
Verizon Wireless will be selling the Treo 700w for $499.99 with a $100
mail-in rebate if purchased with a 2-year service contract agreement.

The handset features include:
EvDO high-speed data
Windows Mobile 5.0 OS
312 MHz Intel XScale CPU
128mb memory
1.3 megapixel camera
Bluetooth 1.2
240×240 screen

It is rumored that this phone will be available on
other CDMA carriers like Sprint within a few months.

New features added to Windows Mobile 5.0 by Palm

Today Screen enhancements, which feature the ability to "dial by name"
with a few keystrokes on the keyboard, perform a web search directly
from the Today Screen and perform one-touch dialing with personalized
photo speed dials.

Ability to manage a call directly from the Today Screen and stay on top
of voicemail with on-screen, VCR-like icons, such as rewind, delete and
fast-forward controls for easy navigation.

The ability to ignore a call and quickly compose a text message such as
"In a meeting" or "Can't talk right now" by selecting the "Ignore with text"
option from the incoming-call screen.

Posted by mobilemodo at 03:00 PM | Permalink Posted to CES | News | Verizon

CES 2006 - Samsung flexed a little technology muscle today by demonstrating first hand at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas the new HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) mobile phone technology that can reach speeds up to 3.6 Mbps. Although there have been many demonstrations of speeds peaking up to 1.8 Mbps in the recent past, Samsung's demo of HSDPA handset speeds of 3.6 Mbps is a mobile phone industry first. The HSDPA handset will allow users to download content much faster than WCDMA or GSM/GPRS networks.

"As a global telecommunications leader committed to developing handsets that serve as the most advanced personal multimedia devices on the market, Samsung is proud to showcase HSDPA as the future of mobile broadband," said Kitae Lee, president of Samsung's Telecommunications Network Business.

"The first over-the-air 3.6 Mbps calls on an HSDPA handset by Samsung mark an exceptionally important milestone in driving the commercialization and deployment of this technology worldwide," said Dr. Sanjay K. Jha, president of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies.

Posted by mobilemodo at 11:58 PM | Permalink Posted to CES | Samsung