August 2010 ~ MOBILES

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Anycall Haptic Cell Phone Sports Samsung’s New Mobile Software

9:06 AM

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Samsung has announced the release of two new phones featuring the companies latest mobile software. The SCH-W420 and the SPH-W4200 will be released in Korea under Samsung’s Anycall mobile brand. The new software looks to be leaps and bounds ahead of the companies previous user interfaces. The software is equipped with a widget function that allows users to customize their menu and screens appearance. The cell phones also features a wide range of haptic and acoustic feedback.

On top of the much improved user interface the cell phone screens include a 16:9 ratio 3.2″ touch screen with full drag and drop functionality. A 2 mega pixel camera, Bluetooth, and DMB come standard. Premium phones come with premium prices the phones will cost W700,000 - 800,000 ($705-806 USD).

The video of Samsungs new UI in action is worth a peak. Some are people are already saying the new UI may be stiff competition for the iPhone’s software. While Apple fans scream blasphemy an easy to use UI similar to the iPhone delivered on a 3G phone with a renewable battery is an attractive product.

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Sunday, August 8, 2010

Mobile User Interface Design with Emotions

9:44 PM

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Mood rings were popular in the 1970s. Mobile devices may be the modern day mood ring. Fast Company posted a story about new emotion-detecting software launched at TechCrunch50. Affective Interfaces claims that it has developed an ultra-accurate system that can detect emotions correctly over 85% of the time.

Emotional Mobile User Interface Design

The Affective Interfaces website welcome message reads: “Knowing what your customers are doing is great, but wouldn’t you like to know why?” Harvesting information from consumers is a great use of the program. Focus groups these days cover everything from new product perception to jury trial preparation and they are labor intensive to arrange and costly to run. Fast Company notes that Affective Interfaces could potentially remove human monitors from the equation, saving a ton of money. Additionally, hundreds of users could be part of a group eliminating the need for companies to conduct expensive testing on small numbers.

Taking this a step further, it would be amazing if advertisements could be presented at an opportune emotional moment based on a user’s personality and demographic profile. For example, at the end of the day, a tired mom might see a vacation commercial or a mattress sale announcement. The same mom on a treadmill in the morning might see a commercial for a sports drink or athletic shoes.

Intelligent interfaces on a consumer device could detect frustration on a user’s face and adjust themselves accordingly. A frustrated user would could get more of a stripped down simple user interface and then get more options later as frustrations went away. This could be a great benefit for new users or those that aren’t technologically savvy.

Additionally, the entertainment industry could tweak content choices based on your current emotional state. Music, movies, games and applications could be matched to a particular mood.

What about using emotion detection to monitor a loved one turning it into a potentially an important relationship tool. Let’s say you have the ability to check the emotions of your spouse before you leave the office. Confrontational or angry? Stay at work longer or hit happy hour before you pull into the driveway.

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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

wellcome 03 smartphone

8:10 AM

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Willcom 03 aka Sharp WS020SH is a smartphone which runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Classic. It comes with an LCD WVGA (800×480) 3′’ touchscreen, a QWERTY keyboard and a multidirectional pad, 1Seg tuner, 256MB memory, microSD and W-SIM slots, and a 2.0-megapixel camera with auto focus. More pictures available after the break.

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The latest 2010 Nokia C3

5:57 AM

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Nokia's C3 is a companion to the recently launched, and well-received, C5 and a lookalike for the perennial favourite E72. But don't, for a single moment, labour under the illusion that it is a direct competitor for, or update of, the E72.
With an asking price of £119 direct from Nokia and as little as £80 elsewhere SIM free it's obviously a budget buy.
Our review sample came from Vodafone, where it costs £80 on PAYG. The E72 still costs over £250 SIM free by comparison.
The E series is definitely aimed primarily at the business community, though E handsets have found favour elsewhere. The C series is aimed at people who want a budget handset and also want good communications features, hence the mini QWERTY keyboard that adorns the front and built-in Ovi Maps and Ovi Chat.

Facebook and Twitter feeds can be delivered live to the main screen, and Wi-Fi helps you keep a handle on data usage. You'll need that, actually, because this handset lacks 3G. You'll be relying on GPRS and EDGE for all your network based data comms.
The Nokia C3 comes in three colours. Our review sample was the slate grey option, which is really more blue than grey and a nice enough shade. There are also hot pink (eek!) and golden white versions.
The outer shell is shiny and we found it rather attractive to greasy fingermarks. The back has a matt finish, which is easier to grip and less prone to smears.

The dominant feature of the Nokia C3 is its QWERTY keyboard, which occupies the bottom section of the front fascia. There is a good array of nicely-spaced buttons sitting above this.

The D-pad is large and easy to use and there are two raised silver buttons. On our Vodafone-provided Nokia C3, the right-hand one can be customised immediately – you are walked through the process the first time you hit it.
The left-hand one takes you to Communities – a collective noun for Facebook and Twitter. More on that shortly.
Sitting inside these buttons on the flat fascia of the handset are two icons. You'll need to be precise, but pressing the one marked with the Messages icon took us to MyWeb (Vodafone's 360 service), while the other dropped us into Contacts.
There are also soft menu buttons and the Call and End buttons in this area, the latter doubling up as the on/off switch.
As is often the case, Nokia has made a very good job of the key quality and layout. We really find it difficult to fault.
The sides are fairly minimal in terms of buttons and connectors, though the elements present are where you'd expect to find them. The 3.5mm headset connector sits happily on the top edge alongside the main power connector.

On the left side are mains power and PC connectors (micro-USB) and microSD card slot, both of which are protected by hinged covers. Towards the bottom of this edge is a quick release catch for the backplate.

The right side is black apart from a second quick-release catch, and the bottom edge, which is rather more curved than the top edge, is also blank.

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Mobile Collection

5:50 AM

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Nokia 5233				Nokia C5
14300				Rs. 15,500

Nokia 7230				Nokia 900
Rs. 11,300				Rs. 46,000

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Sunday, August 1, 2010

Mobile phone using activity

7:57 AM

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Mobile phone become most popular source of communication among the people of Pakistan. A study tells that in Pakistan cell phones are mostly being used by every member of the family. Even children can be seen having their personal cells. Some parents justify this issue by saying that they allow their child to keep mobile phone, so that they can stay intouch with family, ignoring the fact that they might waste their time in chatting with friends through mobile phones. Still the benefits of the technology cannot be denied.
Girls are also enjoying this facility. Through mobile phones they can stay intouch with friends and family, and even staying at home they dont feel bored. So, the cell phone is a good companion for every Pakistani girl.

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