According to information supposedly found on the database of a major US cellphone distributor, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic outfitted for US-spec 3G will be available for delivery to retailers on February 26th. The touchscreen handset, which runs the latest finger-friendly version of the S60 OS, has already found over one million buyers in Europe.
After the recent cost juggling between AMD and Intel, you’d expect Intel to continue the pressure with some more price-cuts and maybe even a new CPU or two. However according to the latest market reports, the company has in fact told manufacturing partners not to expect any further discounts on notebook chips before the end of May, and is considering delaying the next generation Calpella platform (the next significant alteration to the current Centrino 2 platform) until demand from consumers and OEMs improves.
UK newspaper The Guardian has seemingly confirmed last week’s rumors that Apple will include WiFi triangulation in the Snow Leopard release of Mac OS X. According to the notes accompanying the latest seed of the OS release, 10A261, the system uses the same CoreLocation framework as is found in the iPhone and iPhone 3G.
Sony Ericsson will be announcing a new flagship Walkman cellphone at Mobile World Congress next week, which according to the Unofficial SE Blog will look pretty much like this mockup image. Although exact cosmetic details aren’t known, the new Sony Ericsson Hikaru will have a metal casing, slide-out numeric keypad and 8GB of internal storage
Details of RIM’s replacement to the BlackBerry Curve have leaked, with the handset believed to be called the BlackBerry Gemini 9300. The biggest difference between the Curve and the BlackBerry 9300 will be the inclusion of triband UMTS/HSDPA, but the handset will also include a more powerful CPU, slightly redesigned keyboard and silver casing.
If Samsung thought that confirming the odd handset would staunch the flow of pre-MWC leaks, they’re sadly mistaken. Next up is the Samsung Eltz S7220, a candybar-format mid-range device that continues the company’s apparent trend of switching to AMOLED displays.
A leaked Intel slide seems to clear up some of the netbook chipset confusion from over the past month or so, by setting out a number of scenarios where the newer N280 1.66GHz Atom processor is not necessarily paired with the GN40 chipset. According to the slide, Intel are offering OEMs the choice of either the N280 processor with the existing 945GSE graphics chipset – which they describe as suitable for a “mainstream netbook”, and has a TDP of 8W – or the N280 with the GN40. Intel class that latter pairing as suitable for an “enhanced media netbook”, but it brings with it a significant power-requirement jump to 16.5W TDP.
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What’s believed to be an official spec sheet for the as-yet unannounced Dell XT2 Tablet PC has emerged, confirming the specifications leaked from the convertible notebook’s own service manual. There’s also a promised launch date of this coming Wednesday, February 11th, with Dell expected to announce the 12.1-inch touchscreen ultraportable.
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We’d wager the blood pressure among Samsung execs is riding high this week, as leaks out of the company are springing up everywhere. Latest after the mobile-DJ-friendly M7600 comes action shots of the Samsung Acme i8910, the hardware of which we saw last week but whose Symbian S60 v.5 touch-interface, huge glass-covered AMOLED display and 8-megapixel camera are now being seen for the first time.
Images of the upcoming Samsung M7600 touchscreen music phone have leaked, complete with details regarding the company’s latest cooperation with audio specialists Bang & Olufsen. As you might expect, the M7600 takes a distinctly musical approach to mobility, with its 2.8-inch AMOLED display offering up a virtual DJ turntable for on-device editing of tracks.
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