Available in Luminous Green or Velvet Blue, the Sony Ericsson K850 sports a 5.0-megapixel camera, HSDPA, 2.2-inch display, and a host of multimedia applications. Phonescoop provides us with a hands-on look after the break.

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Well we’re sold. T-Mobile looks to be prepping the Shadow as a launch-off point for a whole line of consumer-friendly fancyphones that can finally give the Sidekick some competition in T-Mobile’s lineup, and this first Shadow certainly doesn’t miss its mark. The HTC hardware itself is pretty much spot on in every aspect, with a bright screen, solid slider action, thumb-friendly tactile keypad, smooth scroll wheel and a pocket-friendly form factor. We can’t say we’re crazy about this copper color, but it’s subtle enough, and it’s really a question of taste. Typing was a breeze on the SureType-esque keyboard, and while we wish the soft keys were a bit bigger, that’s about our only caveat. It is a bit of a chore to slide open the phone and close it without resting your thumb on the screen, so smudgephobia types might have some difficulty, but we’re basically resigned to that fate with any phone this glossy. Unfortunately, while T-Mobile has done its best at wrapping up Windows Mobile 6 with a glossy interface, it’s still Windows Mobile, and we found the whole interface a bit sluggish. The main screen is also a bit short on data, since T-Mobile has monopolized it with those fave five. WiFi was a snap to set up, but that doesn’t mean we’re entirely OK with EDGE data as 2007 is coming to a close, and the slow processor wasn’t helping our browsing experience either. If those few foibles can be overlooked, this could be your ticket out of smartphone monotony when it hits on October 31st for $149.99.

Source : EngadgetMobile

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You’ve waited oh-so-patiently for LG’s Viewty to land, and you’ve even tried to subdue your anxiety by combing over a glowing review, so feel free to cut loose now that the KU990 is finally available. Yep, starting today users can snatch up the mobile in “major European countries” for a still unannounced price, but we’re willing to bet you’ll pony up for all the joy that touchscreen, five-megapixel camera, DivX support, TV out and HSDPA will bring. Unfortunately, LG fails to mention any specific carriers in its release, but we’d assume Vodafone (and potentially Orange in the not-too-distant future) will be picking it up in their respective regions.

Source : EngadgetMobile

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The New IM+ for Skype Software for Symbian S60v2 and UIQ devices, is released in its Beta..Now you can chat with Skype friends or call any PC, mobile or landline phone from Symbian S60 from anywhere regardless of the WiFi zones. The quality of calls is awesome just like GSM. They are launching commercial version of it on 28th June 2007.

Download it here.

Requirements:
- Any Java powered, Symbian S60v2 or UIQ mobile device connected to Internet;
- SkypeOut credits for voice communications.

SkypeOut is your personal account where you can add Skype credit to make and receive calls in IM+ for Skype Software.

Skype credit is necessary for any incoming or outgoing calls. You can get SkypeOut on the official Skype website.

This application have been endorsed or certified by Skype in any way, even though the blue clouds are so familiar, but they don’t seem to be giving any identity crisis to Skype.

IM+ is All-in-One mobile messenger which is a complete messaging solution that allows users to exchange instant messages within the most popular IM systems (MSN /Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo , AIM, ICQ , Jabber and Google Talk) between mobile devices and PCs in real-time.

Compatible with Java phones, Symbian S60, Symbian Series 80 (Nokia 9300/9500 communicators), Symbian UIQ, Pocket PC, Windows Mobile Smartphones, Palm OS And BlackBerry RIM.

Source : Realgeek 

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Nokia has announced E51, a small, compact phone designed for business needs.

The Nokia E51 is a quad-band GSM handset with EDGE support, dual band 3G and it has a mini USB port for PC connectivity. The phone allows user to make voice calls via the built in WLAN and send files or listen to music via Bluetooth 2.0.

It has a user configurable screen that allows users to place icons to their most-frequently used applications such as email, contact, calendar and more allowing one touch access.

This camera phone has a 2 megapixel camera with 4x zoom that takes high quality still picture and video.

The 2″ screen has 240 x 320 pixels, active-matrix color display that supports up to 16 million colors. For storage, it has 130 MB of user data memory expandable up to 4 GB with a hot swappable microSD card.

Other features include MP3 player, FM Visual Radio, Push To Talk, VoIP, Voice recorder and more.

Nokia will bundle application such as Nokia Office Tools 2.0 for easy viewing and organizing of documents such as Office, PDF and more.

The Nokia E51 is expected to be available during the fourth quarter of 2007.

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When it comes to choosing a mobile phone deal you need to make sure that you explore all the available options. There are new phones and deals coming out every day and one can often feel bamboozled by the array of options available.
Let’s say you are interested in Sony Ericsson W960i deals. You can visit Best Mobile Contracts and they will search the largest online retailers to find you the cheapest deals to suit your needs. Another handset that is proving very popular is the W910i. The Sony Ericsson W910i on Contract are due to be released later this year so watch this space.

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The biggest shock about these two pieces of news is the amount of time that it actually took (well, and continues to take, really) for two of the largest entertainments sites on the Web to launch mobile initiatives.

YouTube finally launched a mobile version of their site, back in June, which, after prompting users to upgrade their data plan to unlimited, finally offered the ability to watch videos from mobile devices (uploading to the site via mobile has actually been available for some time). The site launched to little fanfare on YouTube’s end–in fact, efforts to discover a press release on the subject proved fruitless.

After spending a bit of time on the site, it’s not really difficult to see why. On launching, the site took a fairly minimalist approach with regards to content. Recently, the spread has certainly improved, though it still can’t touch what’s offered on YouTube’s main site–though we’re probably a long way and a lot of unlimited data plans away from that kind of content offering on a mobile platform.

For their part, Myspace, one of the Web’s other major proprietors of streaming user-generated video content, has just announced their intentions to throw their News Corp-owned hat into the ring. The site intends to let users send messages, blog, find friends, comment on pictures, and update their mood via their handsets–in effect Twitterizing the process.

A more complete version, available to AT&T, Helio, and other unnamed service providers will get more access to Myspace features. Fox is also planning mobile versions of IGN, Rotten Tomatoes, and FoxSports.com. There was no mention of plans to offering a Mypace Video equivalent YouTube Mobile, however.

Looks like that limited YouTube spread is still the best bet.

Source : Appscout

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