After numerous rumors and several leaked images from the web, Samsung has officially unveiled its M8800 Pixon 8 Megapixel camera phone. Samsung M8800 Pixon, the thinnest among the current 8 megapixel camera phones, is a full touchscreen handset with a very strong focus on it’s photo functionality. The Samsung Pixon M8800 measures 108 x 54.6 x 13.8 millimeters and features auto focus, flash, face detection, WDR, geotagging, lens cover and video recording at up to 120 frames per second.

Below are the official specs of Samsung Pixon M8800:

• Quad Band GSM (850/900/1800/1900)/GPRS/EDGE, WCDMA 2100/HSDPA 7.2 Mbps connectivity
• 3.2″ 240×400 262K color WQVGA TFT display
• 8 megapixel camera with: 16x digital zoom, Dual Power LED Flash, ASR (Advance Shake Reduction),  WDR (Wide Dynamic Range), Face Detection, Smile Shot, Face Tagging, Geo-Tagging, Auto Panorama Shot, Photo memo, Accelerometer bases Tilt&Flip Photo Browser, Sorting by Face/Time/Color/Folder)
• Video recording: 720×480 px at 30 fps, QVGA at 120 fps, Mpeg4, Divx and Xvid  video support (record&play), slow motion video playback
• Virtual 5.1 CH Surround Sound
• FM Radio with RDS
• High Speed USB 2.0, Bluetooth 2.0, TV-Out
• 200MB of internal memory
• MicroSD memory card slot
• 1000 mAh battery, with 3.5 hrs talk and 290 hrs stand-by time
• Dimensions: 107.9×54.6×13.8 mm
• Weight: 121gr

Priced at around 550 Euros, the Samsung Pixon M8800 will be available in France in mid-October.

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Looks like the month of October is going to be tough for iPhone, T-Mobile has confirmed the arrival of T-Mobile G1 phone powered by Google Android operating system on October 22  and it is now being rumored that the Nokia Tube will be launched globally on October 2.

Nokia Tube which has been featured in the latest Batman film is Nokia’s first touchscreen phone.

Well, lets hope that Nokia will come up with an official statement on this, and let us also hope that the Nokia Tube will have features similar to iPhone or T-Mobile G1 phones.

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T-Mobile G1 (the much-awaited HTC dream), has been announced today. The T-Mobile G1 is the first handset powered by Google’s Android operating system will be coming to T-Mobile on October 22nd.

The 5.6 ounces, 4.60” x 2.16” x 0.62” handset sports a 3-inch touchscreen, 3-megapixel camera, internet navigation buttons and a full QWERTY keypad. Users can have up to 350 minutes talk-time for WCDMA (3G) or up to 406 minutes for GSM. The T-Mobile G1 is available in three colors, white, brown and black and will be priced at $179 (for a two-year contract).

Here are the features of T-Mobile G1:

• Qualcomm MSM7210A running @ 528 MHz
• 256MB ROM / 192MB RAM
• Quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM/GPRS/EDGE
• Dual-band (1700/2100Mhz) UMTS/HSDPA (3G)
• 7.2Mbps HSDPA (downstream) and 2Mbps HSUPA (upstream)
• WiFi 802.11 b/g
• Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
• myFaves-enabled
• GPS capabilities
• 3.2-inch touchscreen display @ 320 x 480 (HVGA) resolution
• Voice recognition, voice dialing and speakerphone
• Full Cut-and-Paste functionality
• 3-megapixel camera with photo-sharing (geo-tagging) capabilities
• Trackball for one-handed navigation
• Chrome Lite Web browser with zoom function that expands any page section by simply tapping on the screen.
• One-click contextual search to instantly find relevant information with a touch of a finger in any application
• Rich HTML email client
• Google Maps
• Music player supports MP3, M4A (iTunes AAC, DRM-free), AMR, WMA, MIDI, WAV, OGG Vorbis
• microSD card slot supports up to 8GB microSD cards

Applications

• ShopSavvy: designed to help people do comparative shopping
• Ecorio: developed to help people keep track of their daily travels and view what their carbon footprint looks like
• BreadCrumbz: enables people to create a step-by-step visual map using photos; customers can create their own routes, share them with friends or with the world
• Pre-installed Amazon MP3 Store.
• Instant messaging application with support for AIM, GTalk, Windows Live Messenger, and Yahoo! Messenger
• YouTube video application

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Sony Ericsson has announced a youtube ready, sexy, shiny, slim slider design cell phone called Sony Ericsson G705.

The  Sony Ericsson G705 has a 2.4-inch display and its 3.2-megapixel camera can capture YouTube-compatible videos. It also offers a lot of features like digital zoom, flash and video light, picture blogging and PictBridge photo printing.

Other features include Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity, music player, FM radio, speakerphone, voice recorder, Java support, messaging and e-mail, USB mass storage, personal organizer features, 3G (UMTS and HSDPA) and an HTML browser.

The G705 will arrive in worldwide markets in the first quarter of 2009.

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Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1, the much awaited Windows Mobile 6 Professional powered smartphone will be released this coming October and its Software Development Kit is now available for free. The SDK is a set of development tools that allows software engineers and enthusiasts to develop custom applications for the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 handset.

The XPERIA X1 features a full alphabetic (QWERTY) keyboard with a unique “arc” slider design, metallic body and a large 3″ display with a WVGA(800 x 480) pixel resolution touchscreen display and built-in GPS receiver.

According to reports from Register Hardware, the handset’s problems with Windows Mobile 6.1 have been resolved.  Germany, UK and the USA will be the first countries to get the handset this coming October while other countries will have to wait until next year.

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28TEL, a leading mobile telecommunications service provider is launching a free international call service in the United States. The new service allows registered users to use their mobile phone to make free calls to over 20 countries without installing any software and without the need to connect to the Internet.

You will need to dial 1-213-3666099 (English), 1-213-3666000 (Chinese), or 1-213-3666090 (Japanese) and enter the number of the person you want to call. Once connected, 28TEL will send you a text message with a number representing the person you want to call. You can dial this local number from your mobile phone and the call will be connected to the destination number you registered.

You can also log onto http://www.28tel.com, enter your friend’s overseas number, and 28TEL will give you the local phone number for that person.

The call, however is not 100% free as you need to pay your telephone provider for the local rates calling the local number provided to you by 28TEL. Well, at least you are just paying the local rates rather than the international rates to call your friends abroad.

Please click here for more details.

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