Lenovo Ophone: rivalul lui iPhone

via Realitatea .NET - IT & Stiinta

Gigantului chinez Lenovo a scos pe modelul Ophone, un telefon mobil multimedia de ultima generatie.

Prezentarea noului produs a avut loc ieri, la Beijing. Conducerea China Mobile spera ca Ophone sa acopere celor putin 50 la suta din piata chineza de smartphone, �n maximum 5 ani. Asta �nseamna cel putin 700 de milioane de abonati, cifra care va propulsa Lenovo pe locul �nt�i pe piata mondiala a telefoniei mobile. Costul de productie este de 200 de dolari, dar pretul final va varia �n functie de valoarea tarifelor stabilite pentru abonatii China Mobile.

Vertu Void Concept Mobile Phone

via Designboom - Weblog on 8/7/09

The Vertu Void Concept by Norihiko Inoue sees the mobile phone stripped down to an almost entirely hollow criss-cross shell.



'Thanks to the advances in technology mobile phones are getting smaller and thinner each year, however phones have to be a certain size for us to hold them and look at the screen properly. In my concept most of the electronic components are incorporated into the phone's outer shell, but the size of the Vertu phone remains the same size as it is now with empty space inside.' NI



The design was created in response to the brief 'Design a Vertu Concept Product for 2015'.

Samsung's Galaxy i7500 Android Haptic Smartphone

via Gizmodo by Andi Wang on 6/16/09

The Galaxy i7500�Samsung's Android handset�is one of the first major, advanced smartphones to feature haptic feedback. PCWorld managed to get their hands on one and report back with their first impressions.

Samsung's Galaxy is a 11.9 millimeter-slim handset that features a 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen and 5-megapixel camera, and also comes equipped with GPS, Wi-Fi and and WCDMA support. Even more, the phone calls attention to the haptic feedback on its virtual keyboard, which is a first for a major touchscreen smartphone.

Because the AMOLED screen reportedly draws less power than the iPhone's TFT-LCD screens do, the Galaxy apparently has a longer battery life, making this�coupled with the haptic feedback�more mainstream-consumer friendly for those who have yet to purchase a smartphone. Although pricing and release dates are not finalized, the Galaxy will supposedly be available in Europe by the end of this month, and the rest of the world in the second half of 2009.