Virgin Mobile USA will launche the new Helio Ocean 2 mobile phone, which has been unboxed, on 12 Febuary 2009. The Helio Ocean 2 is a dual-slider QWERTY phone with a 2.6-inch QVGA LCD display, a 2 Megpaixel camera, integrated media player, Bluetooth YouTube support, and GPS-enabled Google Maps.
The Ocean 2 supports 3G connectivity with a HTML browser. It offers one-click access to Facebook, MySpace, YouTube services. You can also find a File Viewer for editing MicrosoftWorks, Excel and PowerPoint files. It supports microSD cards and has a 3.5mm headphone jack.
The phone will be priced at $149.
Nokia has just announced its Nokia N97 at Nokia World 2008 convention at Barcelona, Spain. It is claimed as the world’s most advanced mobile computer, designed for the needs of Internet-savvy consumers. The whole thing looks shiny and it has both touchscreen and QWERTY as some of us are sucks at touchscreen.
Nokia’s flagship Nseries device introduces leading technology - including multiple sensors, memory, processing power and connection speeds - for people to create a personal Internet and share their ’social location.’It has 5.0-megapixel camera with high-quality Carl Zeiss optics, 16:9 and DVD quality video capture, and support for services like Share on Ovi for immediate sharing over HSDPA and WLAN. Well, 5.0-megapixel is kinda common now. The craziest part will be its memory storage, the Nokia N97 can support up to 48GB storage, including its 32GB onboard memory.The Nokia N97 will be available in the first half of 2009 with an estimated retail price of EUR 550 before tax and subsidies.More pictures after the break.The Nokia N97 introduces the concept of ’social location’ also known as the So-Lo. With integrated A-GPS sensors and an electronic compass, the Nokia N97 intuitively understands where it is. The Nokia N97 makes it easy to update social networks automatically with real-time information, giving approved friends the ability to update their ’status’ and share their ’social location’ as well as related pictures or videos.
N85 is the latest Nseries signing and a bulletproof spec sheet sets it right in the thick of all-in-one action. Full-house connectivity and multimedia prowess topped with a massive OLED screen to die for, Nokia N85 gives the lineup a great edge and comes out as the definitive brand-loyal upgrade. No, it will never rule the Nseries but sure has what it takes to make them tick. With the echo of the not so glorious N96 entry still lingering, we are about to see what Nokia N85 can do for the Nseries morale.
Sony Ericsson G705 is only the company’s second feature phone to sport both WLAN and GPS.
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