ASUS Z801 Mobile Phone: Communicate in Style
Today ASUS announced the launch of its trendy Z801 mobile phone, which is available only in Taiwan at this time. Without compromising its functionality, the Z801 phone incorporates the la-*test*-('") fashion trends for a truly stylish mobile device. asus801-1.jpg asus801-2.jpg asus801-3.jpg The ASUS Z801 mobile phone is sophisticated and sleek, with clean lines, recessed buttons on the side, and a checkboard style keyboard. The phone is also constructed of high-quality materials, making it both beautiful and durable. The phone's chassis is constructed of stainless steel, while the front of the phone is accented by a genuine leather insert. The Z801 also makes use of fine sapphire crystal for the secondary screen, adding to the classy appeal of this mobile phone. The ASUS Z801 is designed for global use with its Quadband reception, Bluetooth connectivity, voice dialing, and QR code for e-commerce transactions. But the Z801 is not just all work and no play - it also a great entertainment device with a 2 megapixel camera (1600x1200 resolution), a large QVGA screen (240x320), video recording capabilities, as well as MP3, AAC, and MPEG4 playback. The phone has 64MB of internal memory, which can be expanded with use of a microSD memory card. The unique karaoke function brings even more entertainment fun to this device.

Samsung E420 in Black
The phone comes witha stylist design and has a 0.3 megapixel camera, 65k colors screen and simple phone function. The black version looks as good as the white casing design,but it still doesn't have the the bluetooth and IrDA connection. GPRS will be the only wireless means to download ringtones and java games.

Bicycle-powered Cellphone Charger
Targetting at Southeast Asia, rural China and Latin America, Motorola is planning to build a charging system on bicycle which will charge the mobile phone when people travelling around the places. Zander said many overseas countries lack wire-line telephone networks. Cellphones are quickly becoming an important tool for people in these emerging markets.

Sony Ericsson's SO903iTV Bravia mobile gets real
Don't you love it when the rumor mill actually produces some realizable results? While just about everyone had their doubts about the so-called "Bravia phone" that was supposedly coming down the pike, it looks like Sony, er, Sony Ericsson's SO903iTV will be the first handset to get the proper Bravia treatment. Aside from sporting a stylish red shell, landscape orientation, 3-inch widescreen display, and about every Sony-owned logo you can imagine, this mobile also gets a built-in TV tuner with "time-shift video recording." You'll also find a two-megapixel CMOS camera and a microSD card for loading up your media, but unfortunately for most of the world, we'll never get to touch it. Currently, the phone is set to launch solely on Japan's NTT DoCoMo, but given enough time, Sony might warm up to other markets in the future. Click on through for another shot.

First pictures of Tag Heuer Mobile Phone
It has been announced that Tag Heuer will be join the likes of D&G, Prada and launching their own branded mobile phone. The phone will be designed by Paris based ModeLabs and is expected to launch within the next few months. The phone will be a completely new design, unlike the D&G phone, which was just a standard Motorola V3 resprayed gold with a stuck-on D&G logo. The phone is expected to be made of stainless steel and to have many similarities to Tag Heuer watches, so using this information we have mocked-up a few pictures, see below. The likelihood is that the phone will be in the form of “phone” rather than a watch, but you never know! There is no information on price at the moment but it won’t be cheap, the phone may even join our list of the most expensive mobile phones in the world. As soon as we have more information we will let you know.

Nokia N99 Concept phone
8 megapixel camera 16GB HDD 3.2" screen 9 way joystick yeah right...

MOTORAZRmaxx V6 Ferrari Challenge Mobile Phone Limited Editi
Motorola Inc. presents the new MOTORAZRmaxx V6 Ferrari Challenge Mobile Phone Limited Edition, a perfect marriage between the style of Ferrari and the technological innovation of Motorola. Characterized by a modern, elegant design and the ease of use of its technology, the MOTORAZRmaxx V6 Ferrari Challenge Mobile Phone Limited Edition is an unique handset with HSDPA capability and offers a series of exclusive features: the Ferrari emblem on the exterior glass, the roar of the Ferrari F1 eight-cylinder engine accompanies the switching of the handset on or off, images of the Ferrari F430 engine on the mini external display and the image of the Ferrari emblem on a grey Ferrari in the internal display. In order to further enrich the original features, into the phone there are also thirty photographic images showing Ferrari F430 and Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli USA. MOTORAZRmaxx V6 Ferrari Challenge Mobile Phone Limited Edition comes with a soft, hand-made carry case in Ferrari-red leather and delivers the capability to listen to music, browse the Internet and download content at extremely high speed, all within a handset with high-end finishes, in a futuristic mix of metal and tempered glass. External touch controls allow for fast access to the music functions when the phone is closed with great elegance and simplicity. MOTORAZRmaxx V6 Ferrari Challenge Mobile Phone Limited Edition will be available in the five continents starting January 29, 2007, from Ferrari Stores and all major Motorola dealers, at the recommended price of €490.00.

Asus Introduces the P735
Asus has recently launched a pretty impressive 3G Pocket PC phone, the P735, that also comes with built-in GPS and HSPDA. The P735 is one of those devices that enable business users to work while out of the office and packs a pretty large number of business applications. With the Asus P735, scheduling and working on the go will be more simple and efficient than before. The handheld runs on Windows Mobile Operating System platform and comes with all the usual mobile versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint allowing users to view and edit office files. With the Remote Presenter, users will be able to control Powerpoint presentations displayed on a laptop via Bluetooth connection and even read the footnotes on the handheld's screen as they are presenting. The handheld also offers a broad range of network connectivity options including GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz, GPRS, UMTS 2100 Mhz, and Bluetooth 2.0. "As phones become increasingly powerful, consumers are asking for one device that works for all aspects of life, in and out of the office," said Mr. Jason Lim, Regional Director, Asia Pacific and Japan, Mobile and Embedded Devices Division, Microsoft Corp. "With the Windows Mobile-powered P735, ASUS is helping people make the professional and personal connections when and where they need them." Because it is truly important for a device to offer features for both in and out of the office, the Asus P735 also packs a 2.0 megapixel camera with autofocus and music and video capabilities with support for MP3, WMA, AAC and AAC+ file formats. The handheld comes with 256MB of Flash and a MiniSD card slot for memory expansion enabling the user to store a larger number of files.

LG to Sue Apple Over The iPhone as Well?
After many months of rumors, Apple finally revealed the iPhone and, although making many customers happy, the phone's announcement also made quite a few companies sue them. There's no doubt about the fact that Cisco, the one that holds the patent for the iPhone name, has a pretty good reason to sue Apple, but what's interesting, to say the least, is the fact that LG seems to be preparing to sue Apple as well. The Korean manufacturer claims that it submitted patents for a keyless mobile device that relied on a touchscreen interface to control the phone and, to simplify things, it looks like LG is not exactly thrilled with the similarity between its Prada phone and the iPhone. If Apple's phone demonstrates a too close functionality to the LG's soon to be released Prada phone, it looks like Apple's going to get sued again. And looking back, there were few different phone manufacturers that came out with similar looking phones, so is the similarity between these two really a coincidence? When looking at the iPhone and the Prada phone, one can't fail to see the many similarities. It's true that a lot of devices have started to include a touchscreen and lose the keypad, but other manufacturers have also presented such phones, which look nothing like LG and Apple's handsets. We've yet to see if this lawsuit is really going to happen just as we have yet to see what's going to happen in the Apple-Cisco lawsuit. With all the suing and all of the iPhone's recently discovered flaws it will take a lot of time and effort from Apple to keep customers interested in buying this phone.

LG KE850 Prada goes official
LG officially confirmed their upcoming LG Prada phone. Featuring a full touch-control design, the new handset is the result from the collaboration between the Korean manufacturer and the Prada design team. Yesterday at the IF product design awards the LG Prada mobile was first seen designated as the LG KE850. The unique thing about it is the large touchcreen menu interface which eliminates the need for a conventional keypad whatsoever. We cannot help but think about the newly announced iPhone by Apple which though would much larger and would run under the OS X. The LG KE850 Prada phone on the other hand would be only 12 mm run with a Macromedia Flash user interface. The Prada phone by LG (KE850) would feature a large 3" LCD touchscreen display with yet unknown resolution and would also have a 2 megapixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach optics and a microSD memory card slot. The most interesting thing about the display itself is that it's made using the capacitive touchscreen technology. What that means is that the screen uses electroconductivity to sense your touch - much like the touchpad on the popular LG Chocolate. This technology is made to be used with fingers only, so the use of a stylus is out of the question whatsoever. The PRADA Phone by LG will be available with prices starting from 600 EUR in the UK, France, Germany and Italy as of late February, 2007, followed by countries in Asia such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore from late March, 2007. The Korean version of the phone is scheduled to launch in the second quarter of 2007.

New Motorola handsets leaked
As an unexpected information leak confirmed, Motorola has plans for releasing a handful of new handsets in 2007. Those include MOTO RIZR Z8, MOTO KRZR K3, MOTO Q2 HSDPA, MOTO Q GSM/EDGE plus the budget W360, W205, w510, W395 mobiles. The mobiles were included in a presentation that Ron Garriques, Executive Vice President of Motorola, gave to investors. The presentation included several new mobiles, most of which confirm the marketing strategy of Motorola to release updated versions of their already existent platforms. As for now technical specifications for the mobiles are not clear but the information leak source leads us to believe that these models would most definitely be released officially. The Motorola RIZR Z8 is an updated version of the Motorola RIZR Z6 which is already officially announced but isn't yet available. Its front camera most clearly reveals that we are dealing with a 3G handset here. The next mobile, MOTOKRZR Z3, is again an updated version - this time of the Motorola KRZR K1 clamshell. It would also boast 3G functionality with video calls as the pictures reveal. Among the so-called Enterprise line of Motorola the definite highlight is that there will finally be a Motorola Q version with GSM/EDGE support. It was announced long ago and rumors had it that it wouldn't be manufactured at all. Another Enterprise handheld would be a HSDPA version of the Motorola Q2. Another intriguing leak is the somewhat mysterious picture of the future Motorola SCPL which was presented as a platform a year ago on the 3GSM at Barcelona. Last but not least, the Motorola would be adding a number of budget handsets to its mobile portfolio - the bar form factor mobiles Motorola W360 and Motorola W205 and the clamshells Motorola W510 and the Motorola W395.