The Sony Ericsson W910 is not only a high-end music handset with a great shake interface and SenseME technolgy, it is also the GSM Association’s Best Handset 2008 at the Mobile World Congress Barcelona.
Judges concluded the W910i was “… a superb all-rounder. A compelling, easy to use design that has captured the imagination of consumers around the world in 2007.”
“We are very proud to receive such a prestigious award for what has proved to be a very popular product,” says Dick Komiyama, Sony Ericsson President.
Blackberry users can be forgiven for relaxing into a smile today after announcements that Alcatel-Lucent will bring prepaid service to the RIM devices and also improvements to mail accessibility in the “push” email service.
While no word has yet been released on the pricing of the customized real-time volume exchange prepaid option it may prove popular with smartphone users wishing to avoid the hefty pricing structures currently available.
In addition a “unite server” feature will use an always-on home computer base for push email, allowing RIM users improved accessibility to email and acting as a drop-off point for important information.
It is all welcome news for beleaguered users left high-and-dry by outages last week.
Combining a tiny backup battery and handy solar charger into a compact body the unlikely looking Strap-Ya acts as a backup when your cell is out of power.
With the ability to be charged up to 500 times and used as a spare battery for all those plagued by miniscule talktimes or those with power hungry machines like the Nokia N95 and Apple iPhone.
Available from February 9, this Japanese gadget may be just the thing for enviromentally conscious consumers or frequent travellers.
The already popular freeware Fring has announced additional features today which enable compatible users to chat, talk, interact and transfer files.
The enhanced version adds an improved chat client, local language options and file transfer functionality.
Add this to the VoIP functionality and range of IM services (Skype, Messenger, Google Talk, Twittter, ICQ, MSN, fringTM and Yahoo! AIM) and this becomes a pretty useful freeware application for any S60 handset such as the Nokia N95 and N82.
Mircosoft have released MSN Direct for Window Mobile Devices such as HTC TyTN II and the O2 XDA Trion.
The ‘glanceable’ client supports weather and stock updates, entertainment, sports and business news information and includes direct links to the web, all from the smartphone’s homescreen.
The beta client is available for free download today. Download here
With every manufacturer clamoring over the next in the tech wars of the MWC in Barcelona you would be forgiven for thinking that consumers cared for little else than 5 megapixel camera phones, the latest smartphones and touch screen UI’s.Nokia, fresh from winning Greenpeace’s praise for its contributions to greener initiatives, has heeded the public thirst for green initiatives with a concept phone made entirely of recycled materials.
The Finnish manufacturer created the entirely recycled phone from items such as plastic bottles, car tyres and metal cans and the results, though only a concept, are impressive to say the least.
