Cellphone9 » _Phones http://www.everyjoe.com/cellphone9 Mobile Phones - Wireless Life - Cellular Phones Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:13:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Peter Kennedy and the iPhone? http://www.everyjoe.com/cellphone9/peter-kennedy-and-the-iphone/ http://www.everyjoe.com/cellphone9/peter-kennedy-and-the-iphone/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2006 18:00:23 +0000 Jayvee Fernandez http://www.cellphone9.com/?p=239 Post from: Cellphone9

]]> Peter Kennedy, formerly of Sony Ericsson, may be doing a silent but deadly over at Apple with the release of a patent that may very well be the first iPhone. From a consumer point of view, the Zen of Apple can only be unified with the Tao of Sony Ericsson. Couple this with Palm’s hakuna-matata and you get the triumvirate of gadget nirvana. So with a Sony Ericsson guy working on some human interface designs for Apple – for phones, we may soon see something quite interesting this 2006.

Peter Kennedy leaves a very small footprint on the internet- probably because the people he works for value his silence and reticence. There are a number of Patent applications floating out in the ether with his name on them. Prior to working for Apple it seems Kennedy worked on projects for both IBM and SONY ERICSSON. What could Apple want with someone with an interest in User interfaces for phones? cough iPhone… new video iPod?

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]]> http://www.everyjoe.com/cellphone9/peter-kennedy-and-the-iphone/feed/ 1 BenQ-Siemens S88 http://www.everyjoe.com/cellphone9/benq-siemens-s88/ http://www.everyjoe.com/cellphone9/benq-siemens-s88/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2006 03:43:52 +0000 Jayvee Fernandez http://www.cellphone9.com/?p=227 Post from: Cellphone9

]]> The recent merger of BenQ and Siemens mobile has given birth to at least 30 new handsets to be unveiled this year. The first quarter of 2006 will see the launch of three new phones. Among the three, the BenQ-Siemens S88 seems to be the most promising because it is feature-packed with all the goodies we love.

Form Factor
I had a chance to hold the new S88, albeit it was only a half-baked experience since it was a demo unit. But the unit weighs a decent 105 grams with bar dimensions of 99.5 x 47 x 17mm. That’s rouughly the size and weight of the Sony Ericsson K750i. In fact, it looks like a cross between the k750i with a Nokia front. It comes in two colors – Michael Jackson white and Michael Jackson black.

Screen
The S88 comes with a fantastic high-contrast 262k color OLED screen, a fast-adopting technology that makes screens brighter at less cost to the manufacturer. What’s so good about OLED is that the screen edges are just as bright as the center, compared to LCDs.

Camera
The S88 has, surprisingly, a Sony 2.0MP autofocus lens capable of 16x digital zoom. It also comes with a Citizen high brightness LED flashlight, having wide screen capability for capturing. The S88 holds like aa k750i, where the shutter button is located at the side of the unit. It will feel very familiar to current SE owners.

Multimedia
The S88 is stressed to have unlimited video recording time courtesy of its expandable microSD slot. Internal memory is bumped to 20MB, which is still pretty decent for pictures and other data.

It also comes with a built-in music player that supports MP3, AAC(+) and AMR. Holy cow!

Connectivity
The S88 is a triband GSM phone that also supports Bluetooth 1.1 connectivity.

What I still don’t know
The S88 comes with a proprietary sync software which I’m very unsure of. In the same way, I do not know how smoooth the Bluetooth syncing with PDAs and computers will become. Overall though, this phone promises to be a great addition to 2006’s line of multimedia mobiles. I really think BenQ-Siemens did a great job with this flagship unit.

I just hope the sync software is just as good.

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