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Around the world, people are compelled to be content with their 5-megapixel camera phones, which seem to be the best camera phones the market can offer. It won’t be too long before the 5-MP phones are eclipsed by this new Samsung technology. Samsung unveiled their new 8.5mm 8-megapixel camera phone module. The new camera module features Low Light Trio for shooting at dark places, “smile recognition” instead of the old face recognition which means the picture will only be taken when smiles of all the faces are recognized, an “eye flicker” recognition which would prevent a picture from being taken when you have your eyes closed. If and when this Samsung technology is fully-developed, it could mean the revolution of high-megapixel cameras for ultra-slip phones, but we’ll just have to wait and see.

Now a days mobile phones are used for not only for the purpose of calling, today its a multi media world in your hand with game console, messaging terminals, music players, digital cameras, credit cards, alarm clocks, and even TV.

So its more vulnerable to viruses and worms like in a personal computer. A mobile phone virus is quite like a computer virus. Once you receive and install the virus, it starts looking for other Bluetooth phones to infect.

The viruses send infected MMS messages to every phone number in your address list. Since sending MMS messages is not free, you’re actually paying money to send a viruses to your friends, family members and business associates. The virus e can tamper or delete all the contact details and calendar entries in the phone; delete or lock up certain phone applications or crash; show up as games, pornographic material or free download; a text messages camouflaged with a stolen the subject line from a friends’ message, etc. In all these transfer methods, the user install it knowingly or otherwise. But clever virus open and install the bug by disguising it as a desirable application. Mobile viruses can cause trouble as well as financial losses.

Here is some tips which you can reduce the risk of being infected by a mobile virus

Enable Bluetooth only when you need it.
Learn to say ‘no’ If your Bluetooth is on accept only a file that you are expecting.
Never accept an unknown file.
Avoid downloading unscanned material from sharing networks.
Never install any application you are not sure.

Use Mobile AntiVirus like F-Secure. F-Secure Mobile Antivirus and Trend Micro Mobile Security both shield Windows Mobile, Pocket PC, Symbian, and smart phone users. There’s also Airscanner AntiVirus, which defends against Trojans and viruses for Windows Mobile devices and the Pocket PC. Symbian smart phones can get extra muscle power with Commander Mobile Anti-Virus

Enabling the password lock found in your PDA’s native system settings is an important line of defense. Don’t put this off–spend some time setting up a strong. Protect privacy and data by enabling Password managers and data encryption.Encryption apps like Ilium Software’s eWallet Professional for Windows Mobile, Smartphone, and Palm uses 256-bit RC4 encryption to keep your personal files personal. Similar lockbox programs require a password each time you access information–including credit card, bank account, and car details. CryptMagic performs a similar service for BlackBerry owners. Privacy Guardian for Palm and Compact Cleaner for Windows Mobile Phone Edition and Pocket PC erase cookies and other Internet tracks

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Throw your digital camera, and buy a Samsung G600 phone which offers a 5 mega pixel camera. It is a slim slide model with wide and big screen, bluetooth and micro SD. It delivers 262K color with 2.3-inch TFT QVGA display and standard USB port. This model will available in India soon, and the price is not yet known here.

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SensME technology and ‘Shake it!’ should keep music lovers busy, while other features certainly haven’t been overlooked - the Sony Ericsson W910i boasts HSDPA connectivity, a large 2.4in display and an all-new multimedia menu.

The slider Sony Ericsson W910i is thin and smooth, and its construction feels very solid. A handy battery cover lock makes it easy to remove and despite the flat buttons.A five-way navigation pad and selection buttons do the grunt work, while the Sony Ericsson W910i’s keypad has small, soft buttons.

For calls, the Sony Ericsson W910i has a reasonable voice quality, but volume could have been louder - it is sometimes difficult to hear when there is background noise. The Walkman and general media interface of this handset has been completely redesigned and is similar to the K850i

an accelerometer auto-rotates between portrait or landscape modes. You can access and edit photos, music, videos and adjust settings, and the Sony Ericsson W910i uses a standard 3.5mm headphone jack, while the relatively large display is crisp and clear for watching video.W910i also allows you to skip tracks with the flick of your wrist using ‘Shake it!’; simply hold down the Walkman button and flick your wrist left for the previous track and right for the next track.

W910i also offers access to PlayNow, a music download service, and Track ID.A 2Mp camera with 2.5x digital zoom is included in the Sony Ericsson W910i, but its quality is poor with no auto focus or flash. There is also video recording, but this suffers from the same issues as still photography.

SMS, MMS and email messaging - all with T9 predictive text input, an FM radio, voice recorder, Java games as well as Bluetooth with A2DP and USB connectivity are all included. 35MB of internal memory comes standard, but a 1GB M2 card is included.

The Sony Ericsson W910i’s battery life is very reasonable, rated at up to three-and-a-half hours of talk time and up to 350 hours standby time.

Click here to visit the official site of W910i

Google’s announcement in the fall that it would release free software for mobile devices fired the imagination of thousands of developers around the world anxious to build the next billion-dollar technology business. Now they are grumpily asking: “Where’s the code?”  Google admits that the software development kit it released in November is a work in progress and does not include all the software needed for a phone. The kit also does not include any source code,though Google had promised that Android’s code would be available for developers to examine and modify.

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EyeMobile Engine takes mobile gaming and navigation to new heights. This software-only solution uses the existing camera on a mobile device to deliver a gesture-based interface to mobile applications. An entertaining and intuitive alternative to conventional button interfaces, EyeMobile allows users to do anything they would normally do with their mobile device, such as play games, answer calls, make menu selections or scroll, pan and zoom in on photos, simply by shaking, rocking or rolling their device. With the EyeMobile Engine, handset manufacturers can offer all the benefits of gesture recognition technology, without the expense and real estate of adding specialized hardware. The EyeMobile Engine Application Programming Interface (API) also provides application developers with the means to integrate motion control into their applications, much as they do with current conventional controls such as keys and buttons

Get more information about GestureTek and its technologies at http://www.gesturetek.com  and http://www.gesturetekmobile.com.

Near Field Communication (NFC) standard number one tag type, Topaz, has announced the winners of its NFC Innovation Awards, It was a UK based competition to find the most innovative applications of NFC tags for the everyday mobile handset user.

The top innovations are :

Health Buddy - Health Buddy tracks the activity and progress of a user on a set exercise course, triggered each time the user scans an NFC tag at specific locations with an NFC-enabled phone. The location information provided by the NFC tags is linked to pre-calculated calorie-burning, timing and effort data for various physical activities, which could include walking, running and cycling. As well as providing an instant motivator during exercise, Health Buddy provides a historical view of activity, including distances covered and energy consumed
Vehicle identification - This enables traffic officers to use an NFC handset to scan a Topaz tag affixed to the inside of a car windscreen, either as a complement to or replacement of the current tax disc. When scanned, the tag provides a unique reference which the phone uses to retrieve information from a central database. This would enable officers to confirm the vehicle’s tax, insurance and MoT, for example, in a matter of seconds rather than the 20 minutes or so it takes today
Healthcare application - This uses an NFC-enabled phone as a way of automating the process of collecting prescriptions from a pharmacy and reminding patients when it is time to take their drugs

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The 4.8-ounce sliver of glass and aluminum is an explosive device that has forever changed the mobile-phone business, wresting power from carriers and giving it to manufacturers, developers, and consumers.

It is very interesting and an Inspiring story on wired regarding Apple’s iPhone which has shaken up the entire mobile industry, the challenges faced by Apple which had started work on the same four years ag..

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Nokia is known as ordinary man’s mobile phone. because they have a wide range of phones in the very entry level. their new models are aiming the phone sharing market. According to a recent Nokia survey of consumers in emerging markets, a new trend appears to be emerging: phone sharing. More than 50% of respondents in India, Pakistan and nearly 30% in Vietnam indicate that they share, or would share, their mobile phone with family or friends – a figure which contrasts consumer behaviour in more mature markets.

The Nokia 1209 and Nokia 2600 - the newly announced phones aimed at users with basic needs but where phone sharing, cost management and multiple phonebook.

Nokia 1209 Key Features

• Networks: EGSM900/1800
• Dimensions: 102 x 44.1 x 17.5 mm
• Weight: 78.95g
• Standby time: Up to 365 hours
• Talk time: Up to 7 hours
• Display: 98 x 68 pixels, 65K colours
• One key press to light up the Flash light
• Phone sharing with multi phonebook and call duration to mange call cost

Nokia 2600 Features

• Networks: EGSM900/1800 and GSM850/1900
• Dimensions: 109.6 x 46.7 x 12mm
• Weight: 73.2g
• Standby time Up to 580 hours
• Talk time: Up to 6 hours
• Display: 128 x 160 pixels, 65K colours
• Camera: VGA (640 x 480 pixels)
• Video capture: H.263 and MPEG-4
• MP3 ringtones
• Bluetooth
• GPRS
• Email
• FM Radio
• MMS

The audio specialists Bang & Olufsen and samsung jointly developed Serenata which can be a rival for Apple’s iPhone. Apple released iPhone after a lot of hypes. and still it is not available in many countrie. but very recently i’d seen one unlocked model with my friend, he bought it from US.

Have a look at the new Serenata, The phone is HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and 3.5G enabled, and supports Bluetooth and USB 2.0