It’s been a long, leak-filled wait, but Apple finally took the wraps off its 3G iPhone. Thinner edges, full plastic back, flush headphone jack, and the iPhone 2.0 firmware — Apple’s taking a lot of the criticisms to heart from the first time around. Obviously 3G is at the forefront, but they’re also making sure it’s available all over internationally, works with enterprises, runs 3rd party apps… and does it all for cheaper. Apple claims its 3G speeds trounce the competition, with pageloads 36% faster than the N95 and Treo 750 — and of course it completely trounces the old EDGE data speeds.

Battery life isn’t getting put out to pasture though, with 300 hours of standby, 8-10 hours of 2G talk, 5 hours of 3G talk, 7 hours of video and 24 hours of audio. GPS is also a go. Apple is using A-GPS, which supplements read more »

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Elektrobit is bringing satellite phones to the masses with its new Satellite/Terrestrial Reference PDA Phone. Gone is the bulky antenna sported by satellite phones of yore, replaced with a sleek, qwerty-keyboard PDA look that’s just a touch thicker than a Blackberry 8800. The concept product runs Windows Mobile 6.1 professional and contains a packed feature set—including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, VoIP, a touch screen, and a 3MP camera.

The phone will run on HSDPA, quad-band GSM/EGPRS and satellite networks. Talk time is 1.3 hours on satellite, 3 hours on read more »

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Picking up a camera with built-in WiFi not good enough for you? How’s about a point-and-shoot with integrated GPS? DigiTimes has it that Altek, a Taiwanese ODM / OEM maker of digicams, has just unveiled a camera with an 8-megapixel sensor, 3-inch touchscreen and GPS. The latter will enable users to “automatically record the longitude and latitude of where a picture is taken,” giving the geotagging crowd one gigantic reason to take notice. read more »

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iRiver has announced the launch of a new portable media player named NV Life in Korea. It is not only an entertainment device but also acts as a GPS navigator during travels.

Moreover, the NV Life is equipped with DMB TV tuner. Users can also watch movies or video clips on 7 inch WVGA (800×480px) screen of the PMP. The player supports MPEG, WMV video formats MP3, OGG and WMA audio formats. Also users can enjoy FM through the NV Life PMP. The NV Life is powered by Windows CE 5.0 and read more »

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Here’s an array of women-centric phones from Samsung. Called Miniskirt Season 2, the new SCH-C225/ SPH-C2005/ SPH-C2255 have been unveiled under the Anycall brand.Samsung claims that the development of handsets has been inspired by the ‘Minimalist’ approach. All models are boasted to be sleek, trendy and add a flashy reflective mirror finish, making it stylish and fashionable. It has just 10.9mm thickness. read more »

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Hot off the heels of yesterday’s press event, PosiMotion is laying claim to the first wireless GPS accessory for the iPhone and iPod touch. I’m sure the built in locator and google maps program will be just fine for most, but the GPS add-on will actually be compatible with any device with a Wi-Fi connection, but will ship with software to allow for proper iPhone/iPod touch integration. The G-FI is said to be in the final stages of production, and it shall be released in the “next few months,” whatever that means. I read more »

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This new Getac PS535E won’t be swiping any work from Jonathan Ive in the near future, it won’t make him cry either, which is certainly a step in the right direction. The internals are decent as well, with GPS, 802.11b/g WiFi and Bluetooth, a 400MHz Samsung processor, 64MB of SDRAM and 2GB of flash storage. There’s a transflective 3.5-inch QVGA touchscreen fronting the device, and Windows Mobile 5.0 Premium is holding it all together. No word on price or availability.

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