HTC Explorer affordable smartphone made official

HTC, the Taiwanese firm, has official introduced its Android smartphone, the HTC Explorer. This handset is claimed its most affordable smartphone. The Explorer is previously known as the HTC Pico.

New HTC Explorer smartphone is runs Android (probably 2.3 Gingerbread OS) paired with HTC’s Sense UI.

The affordable Explorer handset is comes in three flavors – Active Black, Metallic Black, and Metallic Navy. There are optional back covers in various colors – Metallic Blue, Metallic White, Metallic Orange, and Metallic Purple.

HTC Explorer will bring features including a 600MHz processor, a 3.2-inch touchscreen HVGA display, a 3 megapixel camera, and 512MB of onboard memory.

Nokia 700 Zeta Symbian Belle phone

Reportedly, the newest Symbian version is called the Belle. And the Nokia Belle-powered handset is known as the Nokia 700 aka Zeta. There are press shots of this Nokia Zeta phone on the web and probably become the Nokia’s first Symbian smartphone boasted by a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor.

The upcoming Nokia 700 or Zeta phone will brings a 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen display with 640 x 360 pixel, a 5 megapixel rear-facing camera with LED flash, a front-facing VGA camera, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, and a microSD card slot. The Nokia 700 Zeta is support for HSPA network and NFC capabilities.

Dimensions of Nokia 700 (aka Zeta) are 110 x 51 x 10 mm with weighs 80 grams and come in black/red and white/silver color options.

Nokia 500 entry-level smartphone with Symbian Anna and 1GHz CPU

Nokia has official introduced a new entry-level smartphone, the Nokia 500. The colorful handset is running latest Symbian Anna and packs interchangeable back covers. Reportedly, the Nokia 500 is offering a refreshed UI, split-screen messaging, and a better browser.

The affordable touchscreen handset, Nokia 500 is boasts a 1GHz processor, and 2GB of built-in storage. The 500 phone has a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen display with 640 x 360 resolution, a 5 megapixel camera, A-GPS, HSDPA 14.4 Mbps support, an FM radio, and a microSD card slot.

As connectivity, new Nokia 500 is brings a micro USB, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, and Bluetooth 2.1. Dimensions of upcoming Nokia phone are 111.3 x 53.8 x 14.1 mm and weights 93 grams. Its battery is allowing up to 5-7 hours of talk time, up to 450 hours of standby.

The Nokia 500 will be available on market later this quarter (black version) and in Q4 (white). It will sell for price of €150 without taxes.

Nokia C3-01 Gold Edition budget gold-plated featurephone

Nokia has just announced the release of its budget gold-plated S40 featurephone, dubbed the Nokia C3-01 Gold Edition. New luxury phone is basically the Nokia C3-01 Touch and Type phone but comes with some improves.

Unlike the ‘vanilla’ C3-01 Touch and Type, the Nokia C3-01 Gold Edition phone is boasts a 1GHz processor, ceramic-feel keymat, of course, a matching theme and plated with 18-carat gold. New C3-01 Gold Edition packs a 2.4-inch QVGA touchscreen display, a 5MP camera with flash, and a microSD card slot (up to 32GB). It has also features Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, quad-band GSM, and HSDPA.

Inside of Nokia C3-01 Gold Edition phone is provides new Nokia S40 Browser, the Ovi Store, Nokia Messaging (email and IM), and Nokia Communities (Facebook and Twitter),

Dimensions of C3-01 Gold Edition are 111 x 47.5 x 11 mm and weighs 100grams. Its battery is allowing for up to 5.5 hours talk-time, up to 18 days on standby.

The Nokia C3-01 Gold Edition is already goes on sale in some countries for price of €220 (before taxes and subsidies). Reportedly, the C3-01 Gold Edition phone is intended exclusively for Eastern European and Middle Eastern markets.

Nokia N9 MeeGo-powered smartphone at Amazon

Amazon has offering the Nokia N9 smartphone in the US. This Nokia handset is available in two storage capacities – 16GB and 64GB. Both handsets are scheduled ship on September 23 and come in unlocked version. The Nokia N9 on Amazon should be come in three color options – black, cyan and magenta, which is like in the UK market.

The Nokia N9 smartphone is its first MeeGo-powered handset and comes in ‘no buttons’ design with unibody polycarbonate chassis. The N9 phone is boasts a 1GHz single-core TI OMAP processor, and 1GB of RAM.

New Nokia N9 MeeGo phone packs a 3.9-inch AMOLED Gorilla Glass touchscreen display with a resolution of 854 x 480 pixels, an 8MP Carl Zeiss camera with 720p video recording, NFC capabilities, Wi-Fi hotspot capability, and Dolby Mobile sound.

Nokia 100 and 101 affordable candybar phones

Nokia has just official announced its cheapest phones, the Nokia 101 and the Nokia 100. Both handsets are Series 30 phone and come in attractive designs.

New Nokia 101 phone is a candybar form factor with dual-SIM capabilities. The 101 phone is packs a 1.8-inch TFT color display with a resolution of 160 x 128 pixels, MP3 player, 3.5mm headset jack, a microSD card slot (up to 16GB), and FM radio. It is works in dual-band GSM connectivity,

The Nokia 100 phone has similar features to the Nokia 101. But the 100 phone is comes without a microSD card slot, MP3 player, and dual-SIM card slot.

The Nokia 101 Dual-SIM phone will be available on market the end of September 2011 for costs of 25 Euros (about $36), while Nokia 100 would be hit in Q4 2011 for 20 Euros (about $29).

Nokia 700 Belle smartphone

Virgin Media will release the Nokia 700 phone in the UK. Based on the Nokia UK Facebook account, you can buy a Nokia 700 smartphone from Virgin Media in October, and it will be donate £1 to Jeans for Genes in your name.

Running on Symbian Belle OS, the Nokia 700 is boasts a 1GHz single-core processor, and a microSD card slot (up to 32GB).

Nokia 700 is packs a 3.2-inch ClearBlack touchscreen AMOLED display with 640 x 360 resolutions, a rear-facing 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, built-in NFC technology, and integrated GPS.

In additional, the Nokia 700 smartphone is provides Bluetooth 3.0, HSDPA and WiFi connectivity. Dimensions of Nokia 700 are 110 x 50.7 x 9.7mm that claimed the most compact touch monoblock smartphone in the world.

Nokia 700 and 701 Smartphones

Two Nokia Belle-powered handsets are currently hit stores. According to Nokia’s Twitter account, the Nokia 700 and the Nokia 701 is already available.

Both Nokia handsets are sports a 1GHz ARM 11 CPU, GPS, NFC chip, Wi-Fi, accelerometer, compass, and runs Symbian Belle OS.

The Nokia 701 smartphone is packs a 3.5-inch IPS LCD display with 640 x 360 resolution, 8GB of internal storage, 8MP camera with dual LED flash, and a microSD card slot.

Nokia 700 has features a 3.2-inch ClearBlack AMOLED display with a resolution of 640 x 360 pixel, 2GB of onboard memory, and a 5 megapixel camera.

In the UK, Nokia 701 should be available for pre-order and more expensive than Nokia 700. The 700 will set price of 259 to 279 pounds.

Mobile Rates for Nokia E90

General	Supported Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900  Date Announced: 2007, February
Size	Dimensions: 132 x 57 x 20 mm, 140 cc  Weight: 210 g
Display	Display Colors: TFT, 16M colors  Display Size: 800 x 352 pixels, 4 inches
Ringtones	Type: Polyphonic (64 channels), MP3  Customization: Download  Vibration: Yes
Memory	Phonebook: Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall  Call records: Detailed, max 30 days  Card slot: microSD (TransFlash), hotswap, buy memory
Data	GPRS: Yes  HSCSD: Yes  EDGE: Yes  3G: HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps  WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11b/g  Bluetooth: Yes, v2.0 with A2DP  Infrared Port: Yes  USB: Yes, v2.0, miniUSB
Features	OS: Symbian OS v9.2, S60 rel. 3.1  Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging  Browser: WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML  Games: Yes + Java downloadable  Colors: Red, Mocha  Camera: 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus, video(VGA 30fps), flash; secondary QCIF videocall camera  Others:
Battery	Battery Type: Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh  Stand-by: Up to 330 h  Talk time: Up to 5 h

Mobile Rates for Nokia N97

General	Supported Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900  Date Announced: Available. Released 2009, June
Size	Dimensions: 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm, 88 cc  Weight: 150 g
Display	Display Colors: TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors  Display Size: 360 x 640 pixels, 3.5 inches
Ringtones	Type: MP3 ringtones  Customization: Composer, download  Vibration: Yes
Memory	Phonebook: Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall  Call records: Detailed, max 30 days  Card slot: microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB
Data	GPRS: Class 32  HSCSD: Yes  EDGE: Class 32  3G: HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps  WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology  Bluetooth: Yes, v2.0 with A2DP  Infrared Port: No  USB: Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Features	OS: Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5  Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM  Browser: WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds  Games: Yes + downloadable  Colors: White, Black  Camera: 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, LED flash, video light  Others:
Battery	Battery Type: Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh (BP-4L)  Stand-by: Up to 432 h (2G) / 408 h (3G)  Talk time: Up to 9 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 6 h (3G)

Mobile Rates for Nokia X6

General	Supported Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900  Date Announced: Available. Released 2009, December
Size	Dimensions: 111 x 51 x 13.8 mm  Weight: 122 g
Display	Display Colors: TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors  Display Size: 360 x 640 pixels, 3.2 inches
Ringtones	Type: Polyphonic, MP3 ringtones  Customization: Downloadable  Vibration: Yes  Speakerphone: -
Memory	Phonebook: Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall  Call records: Detailed, max 30 days  Card slot: No
Data	GPRS: Class 32  HSCSD:  EDGE: Class 32  3G: HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps  WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology  Bluetooth: Yes, v2.0 with A2DP  Infrared Port: No  USB: Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Features	CPU: -  OS: Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5  Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging  Browser: WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds  Games: Spore, D Mix Tour, Asphalt4 + downloadable  Colors: Blue on White, Red on Black  Camera: 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, Dual LED flash, video light  Java: -  Radio: -  Others:
Battery	Battery Type: Standard battery, Li-Ion 1320 mAh (BL-5J)  Stand-by: Up to 401 h (2G) / 420 h (3G)  Talk time: Up to 401 h (2G) / 420 h (3G)  Music Play:

Huawei U8520 Android Dual SIM Phone

Huawei will be having a new dual SIM Android phone, the Huawei U8520. This handset has appears on FCC site, and also Chinese and Australian websites. Reportedly, the one of Huawei U8520‘s SIM card slots is support for 3G capabilities, while the other is just GSM network but two slots are works simultaneously.

Running on Android 2.2 OS, the U8520 is sports a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255 processor, 2GB of ROM, 512MB of RAM, and a 1500mAh battery.

The Huawei U8520 Android dual SIM phone is packs a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen display with 320 x 480 resolution, 3G, Bluetooth, WiFi, Email, FM Radio, GPS Navigation, and MP3 Playback.

Weighing 110 grams, new Huawei U8520 is support for WCDMA II and WCDMA V connectivity (1900 / 850 MHz).

LG LU6200 4G LTE smartphone

LG is going prepare release a new flagship Android smartphone in the South Korea, the LG LU6200. The bar-type phone is boasts a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm processor.

The upcoming LG LU6200 smartphone has a 4.5-inch IPS touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, 1GB of RAM, and 4GB of onboard storage. Other features on LU6200 are a front-facing 1.3 megapixel camera, an 8MP front camera with LED flash, DMB, NFC, and a 1,830 mAh battery.

In term of connectivity, the LG LU6200 smartphone is provides 802.11 b/g/n WiFi with DLNA and WiFi Direct, Bluetooth 3.0, and 4G LTE supported

Sprint LG Marquee (Optimus Black) smartphone

Sprint has just official announced new LG Android smartphone that called the LG Marquee (model LS855). This handset is Sprint’s version of the LG Optimus Black smartphone.

Reportedly, the Sprint LG Marquee LS855 is scheduled pre-order starting September 20th. New Marquee is also available on October 2nd, 2011 for price of $99.99 with a 2-year contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate via reward card.

Running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS, the LG Marquee is boasts a 1GHz processor, and 2GB of internal memory.

LG Marquee LS855 smartphone has a 4-inch WVGA Nova display with impressive visibility indoors and outdoors, a rear-facing 5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash, a front-facing 2MP camera, Wi-Fi with mobile hotspot capability (up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices simultaneously), GPS, and 3.5mm headset jack

LG Optimus Link Smartphone in Russia

LG Electronics has announced its new Android smartphone in Russia, the LG Optimus Link. This handset is a candybar form factor and runs Android 2.3 OS.

The LG Optimus Link smartphone is powered by an 800MHz Qualcomm MSM7227T processor paired with Adreno 200 GPU, 512MB of RAM, and a MicroSD card support (a 2GB card included).

Optimus Link Android smartphone is packs a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels, a 3-megapixel autofocus camera, a front-facing camera for video calls, GPS, and FM tuner.

As connectivity, LG Optimus Link smartphone has Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi, and a USB port. Dimensions of LG Link are 113 x 59 x 11.7 mm. It is supports work in GSM and HSDPA mobile networks.

The LG Optimus Link will pre-loaded with Social+ integrated, which combines the popular social networking into a single widget, allowing users to quickly update status, add GPS coordinates, music tracks, photos, etc

HTC Sensation XE smartphone with Beats Audio

HTC, the Taiwanese company, has just introduced its new Android multimedia superphone, the HTC Sensation XE. The new gadget is brings the Beats Audio technology, which has hardware and software-based Beats Audio processing, and comes with a pair of Beats by Dr. Dre in-ear headphones. It is obviously an upgraded the previous HTC Sensation smartphone.

The heart of HTC Sensation XE smartphone is a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8260 dual-core processor paired with Adreno 220 GPU, 768MB of RAM, and 4GB flash storage that expandable through MicroSD card (8GB / 16GB card pre-installed) as well as and a 1,730mAh battery. The Beats-branded Sensation XE smartphone is runs Android Gingerbread 2.3.4 with the Sense 3.0 UI.

Sensation XE is packs a 4.3-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of qHD (540 x 960 pixels) resolution, a front-facing 0.3 megapixel camera, a rear 8MP autofocus camera with dual LED flash and 1080p video recording, GPS, gyroscope, digital compass, proximity and light sensors, and 3.5mm headphone jack.

New HTC Sensation XE Android smartphone has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, and a USB port. Dimensions of Sensation XE are 126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3 mm and weigh about 150 g.

It works in GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz and HSPA/WCDMA 900/2100 MHz networks. The HTC Sensation XE smartphone will be released in the US or Canada later this month.

Motorola Defy+ rugged smartphone

The successor to the rugged Motorola Defy aka the Motorola Defy+ is listed on pre-order in the UK market. BuyMobilePhones is selling the Defy+ smartphone for free on T-Mobile’s contract (£15.32 per month) and gets 300 minutes, 300 texts, and 500MB of data. But you also can choose other operator including Vodafone, O2, or Orange.

Other retailers, Clove has offering this Motorola rugged smartphone for pre-order at cost of £246 no-contract, unlocked Defy+, SIM-free. It is expected to ship later this month.

The Motorola Defy+ is a resistant to dust and water, as well as an IP67 protection rating. Motorola Defy Plus is comes higher capacity battery of 1700mAh and 5MP camera than the original Moto Defy.

Running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS, Moto Defy+ has a 1GHz processor, 2GB of internal memory, a scratch-proof 3.7-inch Corning Gorila Glass touchscreen display, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G, and a MicroSD card support (up to 32GB).

Nokia 700 Belle smartphone

Virgin Media will release the Nokia 700 phone in the UK. Based on the Nokia UK Facebook account, you can buy a Nokia 700 smartphone from Virgin Media in October, and it will be donate £1 to Jeans for Genes in your name.

Running on Symbian Belle OS, the Nokia 700 is boasts a 1GHz single-core processor, and a microSD card slot (up to 32GB).

Nokia 700 is packs a 3.2-inch ClearBlack touchscreen AMOLED display with 640 x 360 resolutions, a rear-facing 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, built-in NFC technology, and integrated GPS.

In additional, the Nokia 700 smartphone is provides Bluetooth 3.0, HSDPA and WiFi connectivity. Dimensions of Nokia 700 are 110 x 50.7 x 9.7mm that claimed the most compact touch monoblock smartphone in the world

Oval iPhone from China

The iPhone takes a different shape, at least as far as China  is concerned. Clearly molded for the ladies, it could pass for a makeup mirror or compact. It is better known as the Lady Apple, bearing the Apple  logo and the word iPhone.

Among the features of this Oval iPhone include games, media playback, a digital camera and FM radio. Something the women are bound to love alternatively from the rectangular shaped iPhone although this one is a clone.

White 4th gen iPhone appears in Hong Kong

 

It seems that Apple just can’t stop the leaks from coming in fast and furious regarding their forthcoming 4th generation iPhone. We’ve already seen the device itself in the flesh in addition to some 3rd party cases effectively confirming the device’s form factor. Today, however, we have something a bit different for you.

All of the leaked iPhones that have come forth have been completely black but if you’ll remember a white front panel leaked not too long ago leading many to believe that Apple would make two different colors of the device. Well now we have a leak of an actual 4th generation iPhone featuring a white front panel, as you can see from the above picture.

ALCATEL VM202 DAZZLE PINK PHONE

The UK Company, Virgin Media has announced the release of Alcatel mobile phone that known as the Alcatel VM202. The handset is made in side slider form factor and has a sliding QWERTY keypad. The Alcatel VM202 is exclusively with Virgin Media and comes with Dazzle Pink color exclusive.

The Virgin Media Alcatel VM202 has a 2.2-inch display with resolution of 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA), 0.3 megapixel camera, 3.5 mm headphone jack, Bluetooth 2.0, FM radio with support for RDS, 2MB of on-board memory, a microSD card slot (up to 8GB), and pre-installed Opera Mini browser apps.

New Alcatel VM202 phone packs a 650 mAh battery that provides up to 7 hours of talk time, up to 450 hours in standby mode. Dimensions of Alcatel VM202 are 109 x 51 x 16.5 mm.

Tata DOCOMO unveils Alcatel OneTouch Net

The ever-innovative Tata DOCOMO unveiled a new device – the Alcatel OneTouch Net, which is touted as the unofficial Yahoo  phone. There are two reasons for getting such a name: First it’s available in White & Lavender which are known as Yahoo colors (though there’s also a Black & Silver version of the device); and second, the phone comes with tons of Yahoo! apps and services pre-loaded, including Yahoo! Mail, Messenger, Search (with Voice), Social Pulse, Flickr and there’s also a one-button access to the Yahoo homepage. Best of all, Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger are lifetime-free for all subscribers!

Specs wise, we’re talking about a QWERTY keyboard-equipped candybar with a 2-megapixel camera, music player, FM radio, Bluetooth, 80 MB of built-in memory that is further expandable with microSD cards.