Three New samsung Touchscreen Phones

Korean electronics giant samsung has unleashed three new touch screen handsets in the Indian market with the announcement of the samsung star S5233, Star S5603 and the samsung beat DJ.

The new launches come weeks after Samsung introduced its premium touchscreen handset, the S8300 Ultra Touch, in the country. Additionally this also takes Samung's touchsreen handset tally to a respectable figure of seven.

Lets talk about each phone individually now. The S5233 is quite slim at just 11.9mm. This one features a 3.0-inch WQVGA full-touch screen and samsung TouchWiz User interface with Mobile Widgets and an accelerator sensor. It sports a 3.2 megapixel camera with smile recognition, multi-format playback and Samsung's DNse sound engine along with recognition using Shazam's "Find Music". There is 50MB of internal memory, which is expandable up to 8GB via microSD cards. The phone also comes with Google applications like Google Search, Gmail, Google maps. The S5233 eill retail for Rs. 11,100.

Gigabyte Gsmart MS820 Mobile phone

Unveiling what seems to be their most powerful phone launched in the country - The Gsmart MS820 - Gigabyte the famous gaming motherboard makers, who have been in the phone making business for some time now, hope to thrill audiences with its many features. We used the handset for a period of 8 days and here's what we can tell you.

Features and Performance
Interface

Running on a windows mobile 6.1 platform with a marvell PXA270 520MHZ processor, we presumed the handset would have been quite the speed demon. we were wrong. The UI was a little too sluggish for comfort and hence made it difficult to do too quickly. Although rich with features, it took too long to activate most of them. It even took about 2 seconds after hitting the 'Answer: button for the connection to be made for incoming calls and even longer before it actually disconnected. The default windows UI required the use of the stylus almost all of the time; this is why we preferred the secondary touch sensitive interface, which not only looked good but was well designed and quite funky. The problem is, we figured you'd be able to use just your fingers to access and use most of the features and this UI was designed directly on top of windows to facilitate just that, but that was not the case.

The interface if 'finger frendly' with a smooth gliding feel to it, a little silmilar to TouchFLO. By sliding your finger from the bottom upwards a rolodex type of 'contacts' screen opens up. By sliding side ways multiple options become available. But all short cuts led back to the normal windows UI so out came the stylus. If only it did as quickly as it to be used without the stylus so you're stuck with the default windows mobile, tiny buttoned options , even in landscape and the regular handwriting function as well.

SAMSUNG ULTRA TOUCH "ULTRA TOUCH"

Ultimate Design that lasts

• 12.7 mm slim body
• Sleek curved exterior with an innovative smooth silky-back
• Anti-scratch metal frame
• Scratch resistant screen

Touch and feel the Superb Display

• 2.8"" full touch screen
• New AMOLED screen with Anti-Reflection coating
• Up to 16 million color WQVGA display
• Accelerometer for display rotation
• Support finger touch input with additional 3x4 key

Ultimate Camera and Video Experience

• 8MP Camera with AF and Dua power LED
• Smile shot
• Face-tagging
• Photo Blogging
• 30fps@VGA Video Recording and Editing

Interactive User Interface

• Upgraded Touchwiz UI with interactive 3D effect
• Online Widget for direct link to help keep you connected to mobile browsing experience

Music Play

• MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA
• FM Radio with RDS"

Battery

• Max. Talk time up to 7H
• Max. Standby time up to 340H

Memory

• MicroSDHC memory card slot, max 16GB
• 80MB internal memory
• 1GB microSD memory card in-box
  

WRIST WATCH MOBILE PHONE

This week mobile gadget is a wrist watch mobile phone being offered at Alibaba. It looks really cool and literally comes handy. It supports Bluetooth so need to awkwardly holding your wrist every time you answer a call, you need a bluetooth earpiece though. Just take a look at the specs below this gadget is pretty much loaded with all the stuff that you would see in a typical mobile phone so now I wonder how big is this thing really is. Pricing is not yet available.

Specs:

• Wrist Type: Wrist mobile phone(Watch phone)


• Network: 850/1800/1900, 900/1800/1900 two antennas for choice


• Support SIM card


• Support incoming call vibration and 7 colors light


• Support FM


• Bluetooth wireless data transmission


• 1.3 megapixels CMOS camera


• Display Type: 1.3 inch 260k TFT Touch Screen


• Support handwriting and touch screen


• MP3 & MP4 Player


• With Bluetooth headset


• Support TF card


• Free 1 GB Micro SD card

TECHNOLOGY

Many people see technology as a solution to some of the problems that exist on our planet. It's true that technology can be used for good, but with new developments come new challenges issues. The digital divide is one such issue, one that people are actively trying to overcome. Telecentres aim to bridge the digital divide by providing people access and knowledge about information technologies. A global tele centre movement is growing right now.

Unfortunately, even where computer facilities are readily available, the digital divide persists-even in the world's most wealthy countries, access to the latest and most beneficial technologies is limited for those in rural areas and people with disabilities.