Galaxy S i9200 Unrealistically Awesome

After talking about the rumored HD3 from HTC, it seems Samsung won’t be out done. 4.3-inch Super AMOLED 2 screen with a 1280×720px resolution (that would be intense), 2 GHz hummingbird, 1 gig of ram and Bluetooth 3.0. To make matters even less realistic, the prototype shot looks unbelievably sexy. The rumored Galaxy S i9200 is also said to run the latest Android 3.0 Gingerbread OS.
What we know is that it is feasible. We know Samsung are working on a new generation of Super AMOLED. We know Cortex A9 (dual core) processors will be damn fast. We also know that Gingerbread is going to come sooner then later.
The Russian site that started the rumor said to expect the Galaxy S (2) i9200 in the first quarter of next year. It sounds impossibly great, and makes the iPhone 4 sound obsolete already. Lets cross our fingers and hope that it is real (and affordable).

Via [Mobility Site]

Windows Mobile 7 Hopes

Once upon a time a company called o2 (not the isp) released the Atom, a Windows smartphone like no other. It was small yet had a processor
that was fast enough to compare to a computer I had only replaced a year before. It was a hackers delight, with hundreds of applications and the ability to customise almost everything. I could say it had flaws, but what could I compare it to at that time?

Going forward, many new Windows smartphones would come ahead of it with only minimal changes. The problem was, other companies were now making better smartphones. Blackberry was superior at data compression, Apple superior at user experience and Android superior at price (can’t beat free).

Microsoft needed something drastic to recover their ever shrinking market. they force out yet another incremential update titled windows mobile 6.5. Reviewers were underwhelded by the same old experience. The face had changed but after a single press you were brought back to the same 10 year old techology.

So skipping forward again we now have word of windows mobile 7. Though still in rumor stage the idea is enough get me excited.

A rewrite of the kernel. A new user interface that is similar thought the whole device. A standard hardware experience across the board and no backwards support for old applications.

Wait what? No backwards support, but that was the whole reason you didn’t go apple years go.

I am glad to hear this. On an apple device, all software has a similar experience. The buttons and fonts are similar. The menus and options are similar. This is because apple knows users want a safe familar experience. My guess is this where microsoft is heading (also they will probably have something similar palm for legacy emulation) in that general direction. With a similar SDK and the ability to quickly add to the Marketplace, it would grow quickly.

With market share being lost hourly, I hope that Microsoft can pull a finger out and release a product that I don’t feel ashamed to carry around in my pocket.

Via [Gizmodo]

Update: Nokia N810 Is Almost Sexual

I want one. It is a gadget to lust for, to dream of, to leave your whining wife for. The Nokia N810 was official non-rumor yesterday, but today we have all the dirty, dirty details of what it hides under its sleek plastic face.
To start, it does definitely have a GPS inbuilt. It also has the same 4.3-inch display as its predecessor (WVGA with 65,000 colours) , expect it is 20% brighter. Other features include a 2GB internal storage, WiFi (802.11b/g), Bluetooth (2.0+ EDR), 400MHz OMAP 2420 CPU, 128MB RAM, 256MB ROM, integrated frontal camera, ambient light sensor, mini USB 2.0, hardware lock switch and did I mention the complete QWERTY keyboard? It natively plays back video: 3GP, AVI, H.263, H.264, MP4, ASF, WMV, MPEG-1/4, Real video; audio: MP3, WMA, AAC, AMR, AWB, M4A, MP2, Real audio, WAV (it is a Symbian, so it can also install 3rd party apps to play other codec’s).
The battery life will hit around 4 hours for movies, internet access, etc; 10 hours music only, up to 2 weeks totally idle time and 5 days active standby (whatever that means). It will weigh 7.97 ounces and measure in at 5 x 2.83 x 0.55-inches. It is supposedly set for a November release and could hit around the $US479 mark. For a GPS, PMP, DAP, PDA and many possible other things, it is a really sweet deal.
On a side note, the guys over at Engadget got a hands on with the N810, and liked the device except for the keyboard. Maybe it is a good time to buy those now obsolete N800′s?

F0r more info, click over to the  Engadget Blog.

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Rumor Comes True: Meet The Nokia N810

Only a couple of weeks ago now I speculated the rumor of a brand spanking new Nokia N800 tablet replacement being around the corner. Seems the new model is coming, and will be titled the N810. What is new you ask? No full specs as yet, but we do know that there will be a full QWERTY keyboard, and what looks like to be GPS (hopefully real not virtual). You will get more info, when I get more info, but from what I can see it will definitely be lust worthy.

For more info, dance over to Engadget Blog.

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