Mobile Reviews

Engadget reports of leakage of information about the new product for the operator Verizon – the entry-level smartphone Motorola WX445, running on OS Android 2.1. There are photos as well as data that the device has a camera, but lacks a flash, is equipped with a touchscreen diagonal which is not entirely clear, but certainly in the range of 2.6-3.2, and a battery to 1170 mAh.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the operator Sprint has already managed to sell 300,000 smartphones HTC EVO 4G. And this is good news. The bad is that the machine operator over, and offer as an alternative to thirsty, he has nothing – the device is unique.

We’ll have to wait.

In many countries, mobile phones have long been used to help local residents engaged in agriculture. Philippine farmers now also be able to assess how useful SMS-tips on their rice fields, says Sify.

By answering a few questions about what it is rice cultivation, farmers in the Philippines can now receive automatic SMS with the recommendations of the quantity and type of fertilizer at what time you want to use to increase yields.

In today’s cellphones, especially smart phones, stored far more information than the suspected users, says USA Today. These data can be used against the owners if they are suspected of committing any crime.

Using records of phone calls or SMS in the investigation of crimes has become a routine. And now in judicial practice begin studying data GPS, browsing history and other information.

“Very few people know how to really remove the data from your mobile phone”, – said Sam Brothers (Sam Brothers), dealing with precisely this issue. Former hacker Jonathan Zdziarski (Jonathan Zdziarski) wrote on this subject a book, “iPhone Forensics”. They both treated the police with a request to obtain evidence in several court cases in state and federal level, although the details regarding these cases, neither one nor the other did not go.

The company Research in Motion (RIM) plans to launch its own app store – App World – in China, reports Reuters. RIM will work with Chinese content providers to deliver services to customers who use the country’s popularity, for example, applications that allow easy access to a mobile phone to the search engine Baidu, or download the mobile versions of games from the company Tencent. Greg Shea (Greg Shea), the head of RIM in China, also told Reuters, that Research in Motion prepares to release phones BlackBerry, which will work with the Chinese standard for third generation networks TD-SCDMA. However, no details about when these devays go on sale, yet.

The network already available information about the smartphone Motorola XT502 (Greco). This model of operating system Android, made in a form factor besklaviaturnogo monoblock. And now one of the Chinese forums have posted pictures of this unit. And regarding his performance already have some data. It is known to support cellular networks GSM (quadband) and UMTS (tri-band). Diagonal Touch Screen Motorola XT502 is 3.2 inches.

Also, a smartphone equipped with a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, wireless modules Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, GPS-receiver and the port microUSB. There will slot for memory cards format microSD, and 3.5-mm headphone jack, and battery capacity of 1230 mAh. It is not known when Motorola XT502 goes on sale, nothing about reported. It is also difficult to say whether the device is intended only for the Chinese market (based on the index) or it will appear in other regions.

After Taiwan’s HTC record profits last quarter said the Korean company Samsung. Asia’s largest producer of semiconductors, flat-screen televisions and mobile phones reported that operating income rose 87% to 5 trillion won ($ 4.1 billion). In the past year in the same quarter revenues were only 2.67 trillion won. The period from April to June this year was the second consecutive quarter of record profits for the company. “The profit is extremely high, although we expect similar results. However, at present, investors fear that with the fourth quarter growth could slow “, – said director of investments for Korea Investment Trust Management, Mr. Kang Shin Woo (Kang Shin-woo).

We have already reported that Samsung is on a home for themselves the Korean market, plans to release a separate modification bada-smartphone Samsung Wave. The model has index SHW-M120S and will be sold by the operator SK Telecom. At the moment of release has not yet announced, but before the resource Samsung Hub is information that loud launch will take place shortly, and is present picture of the device.

Recall that in addition to the operating system bada Samsung Wave in a version for the South Korean market has a 3.3-inch touch-Super AMOLED screen, 1 GHz processor, module Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, slot for memory cards microSD format, as well as T-DMB tuner which will distinguish it from the European version.

Ever wonder why other people’s conversations on a cell phone so annoying others? American scientists are confident that you have found the answer, says Stuff.

It turns out, because we heard only half of the conversation, it attracts more attention and more distracted from their own affairs than ordinary conversation, when audible cues both interlocutors. At least, the conclusion made by scientists from Cornell University in the USA.

What proves once again – there is a will, and only a topic for research can be done from almost any fact.

The fashion house Versace and the company LG announced the launch of a joint luxury phone Versace Unique. The front panel is made of steel and covered with 18-karat yellow gold. The rear panel is decorated with hand-made leather embossed head of Medusa – a symbol of the house Versace.

Versace Unique will also have a touch screen, made of sapphire crystal (according to representatives of Versace, this material is not prone to scratches). The phone can also find a 5 megapixel camera with video recording, media player with sound Dolby Mobile surround sound, support for 3G-network and e-mail.

Versace Unique Versace will be in stores worldwide in the first half of this year. As for prices yet no information, but also so you can guess that the model, in whose name contains words such as “Versace” and “Unique”, a cheap can not be in principle.