Touchpad for iPhone gives remote mousing for your PC

The extent to which your iPhone gets its fingers into the rest of your digital life increases today, as software is released that turns the touchscreen cellphone into a remote trackpad for your PC.

Touchpad for iPhone is the work of coder JS, and uses the basic framework of VNsea to allow full single/double clicking, dragging & dropping, vertical scrolling and more, all on the iPhone. JS suggests the software as an accessory for giving presentations or controlling media, and I can certainly see how this might be handy if you use your system as an HTPC.



This app reminds me of one I used to use back in the days when I regularly had my iPaq 4150 Pocket PC to hand; PPC Tablet did basically the same thing as Touchpad for iPhone, letting you use the touchscreen on the PDA to control what was happening on the PC.

You can install Touchpad for iPhone by following JS’ instructions; you’ll need to have Jailbroken your handset, and I’m assuming this also works on the iPod Touch:

1. Start Installer.app, and go to Sources. Click “Edit”, and then Add this repository: http://cnp.qlnk.net/
2. After the refresh, install Touchpad from the Utilities category.
3. You’ll need to have VNC installed on your desktop.

[via Engadget]

AIRDRIVES interactive headset for iPhone

AIRDRIVES have announced an addition to their range of so-called interactive stereo earphones, introducing a model specifically catering for the iPhone (as well as BlackBerry’s Pearl and Curve). The set adds a microphone and “one-touch music-to-phone capability” to the company’s existing earphones, the InAir Technology of which places the speaker buds outside, just forward of the ear canal rather than inside as normal. This, apparently, allows you to both listen to clear music but also hear environmental sounds (such as the honking bus about to run you over).

The earphones have a 20-20,000Hz frequency range, 95dB at source and 80dB SPL at inner-ear sensitivity, and 16 Ohm impedance. All AirDrives earphones exceed the House Ear Institute and Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) standards for all-day listening based on sound pressure levels detected at the inner ear.

They’re apparently available now for $99.99.

[via Phonemag]

Nokia N78 advert: it’s bigger on the inside

Someone at Nokia has a sense of humour; their latest marketing skit is for the recently-announced N78, which whips together HSDPA, WiFi, GPS and a 3.2-megapixel camera. What you may not have realised - and Vincent certainly didn’t in his hands-on, else he wouldn’t have shaken the phone so much - is that there’s a tiny Nokia engineer inside each handset, patching through calls, sending photos via air-tube to your blog and polishing up your GPS satellite dish.

Check out the video after the cut



It’s interesting to think about which approach other companies take in their advertising; I can’t imagine, say, Apple or Sony making this sort of ad, they’re too busy concentrating on making the product look slick and professional. I’m just glad gadget adverts haven’t gone the same way as car commercials: all long winding deserted roads and gravel voiceovers.

[via NSeries]

BluAlert Vibrating Bluetooth Wristband is your silent call reminder

I’m notorious for leaving my phone on vibrate and missing numerous calls, so while this BluAlert vibrating Bluetooth wristband might look a bit silly, the concept behind it is surprisingly alluring. After pairing it with your cellphone - it shows up as a headset or hands-free device in the Bluetooth pairing menu - whenever you get a call the battery-powered wristband vibrates to let you know. Moreover, walk more than five meters away from your mobile and the band will vibrate to remind you that you’ve left it behind.

It uses Bluetooth v1.2 and is, as you’d expect for something so straightforward, compatible with all other versions of the short-range wireless technology. Battery life is a very reasonable 100hrs, and a full charge takes 3hrs. The strap is made of neoprene rubber, can be resized, and suits wrists between 7.5 and 9.5-inches around.

Best of all, if you’re interested the BluAlert costs £34.95 ($62.91) and is available now.

[via Crave]

Sony Mylo 2 to use On2 video decoder for YouTube compatibility

After looking at On2’s new 1080p HD-capable mobile video chipset yesterday, today there’s word that the company has licenced one of their software decoder solutions to Sony for their latest WiFi communicator. The TrueMotion VP6 video decoder will power the Flash Lite 3 functionality in the new Mylo 2, Sony’s IM, VoIP and internet device, ensuring compatibility with streaming web video such as YouTube and Google Video.

“We continue to improve the quality of our video solutions for leading handheld
device manufacturers, and the mylo communicator is one of the best examples of
mobile video products on the market today. Most of the leading user-generated
content web sites today use our Flix Engine product and VP6 compression scheme
to create and publish video, and we see the market trends moving toward mobile
video sharing and consumption” Bill Joll, president and CEO, On2 Technologies

Apparently the On2 Flix Engine is the video processing application often used to convert video files into streaming Flash-based video, with customers including Adobe, AOL, Skype, VideoEgg and Nokia.

You can read more about the Sony Mylo 2 here.

[via Phonemag]

Pink phones line up for action

To be honest, I do see pink cellphones - in fact pink gadgets in general - as a rather shameless and vapid attempt to cash in on the female market (and in doing so presume in rather a sexist way that all women are interested in is pretty colours rather than what a handset can do), but the damn things continue to sell. Crave have decided to look beyond the dubious intentions and put together a list of the top ten pink handsets around; if anything, I suppose it’s interesting to see the different shades available.

A lot of the time, manufacturers seem to bring out new colours (pink being a common one, now) to refresh flagging sales of an ageing handset (Motorola, I’m particularly looking at you). If you’re looking for a gift for a wife, daughter or mistress, I’d find out exactly what she plans on doing with the cellphone before settling on the one that closest matches her eyeshadow; your gift could backfire if she discovers it lacks a 5-megapixel camera, HSDPA or WiFi!

[via Phonemag]

XPERIA X1 Runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional

We all sort of knew that Windows Mobiles 6.1 powers XPERIA X1, but there wasn’t any proof. Thankfully the Hungarian website Terminal.hu had an opportunity to snap a number of money shots revealing more details.

So since Microsoft hasn’t officially announce Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional yet, it’s still unofficial that XPERIA X1 is running it. It’s also powered by Qualcomm 7200 CPU running at 528 MHz with 128MB of RAM. The screen size and resolution is already known to be 800×480 and the camera is 3.2-megapixel with NO flash. During a separate press conference with Sony Ericsson execs, I learned that XPERIA has a 1500 mAh battery. I’m concerned about the performance due to the measly 128MB of RAM and Sony Ericsson’s decision to leave out the flash and autofocus.

As far s the design go, I’m pretty impressed with the slightly curve slide out QWERTY keyboard, the metal case and large touch screen. Perhaps when CTIA Wireless 2008 rolls around, Sony Ericsson and Microsoft are ready to reveal much more info regarding the device as well as Windows Mobile 6.1.

[via Phonemag]

Samsung TouchWiz GUI video demo

Although the F700 is a nice phone, its Croix OS certainly isn’t as smooth as that of the iPhone. Samsung know that, of course, and they’re pleading a rush to market and asking us to give them another chance with this, their new TouchWiz interface for touchscreen handsets. As of the F480 and F490, all Samsung handsets will use the new system, which has a new widget-enabled homescreen, better use of shortcut buttons and improved labelling. PhoneScoop shot a video walk-through of TouchWiz while at the Mobile World Congress; you can see it after the cut.

The menus and general layout are unchanged, it seems that Samsung have really just learnt from feedback on Croix and tried to give the OS an extra shot of intuitiveness. Personally I think the homescreen is a bit gimmicky, but users will probably love it.

[via Engadget]

PacketVideo streams mobile TV to iPhone via WiFi

Most of the time, if you want a feature your phone or PMP doesn’t have, you buy a new phone or PMP that does have that feature. However, if you’ve fallen in love with an iPhone or iPod Touch, you may be more reluctant to leave that Apple goodness behind, despite the feature lure of other devices. Instead, you get creative with your solutions, and PacketVideo have come up with a stonking idea for those who want mobile TV access but lack a compatible device. Basically, the Mobile Broadcast Receiver (the white matchbox-sized lump in the photo below) picks up mobile TV and then squirts it out as a streaming video over WiFi.

That means rather than needing a specific mobile TV tuner, all your handset has to have is the far more common WiFi connection. PacketVideo are promising versions of the receiver which will be compatible with all major broadcast technologies, including TDtv, DVB-H and MediaFLO as well as WiMAX. The system automatically converts the video into a streaming format the connected device can display, for instance QuickTime for the iPhone.

A secure connection between the phone and the tuner means that premium channels can be purchased, and the hardware itself is relatively straightforward with only one control - for power on/off - surrounded with a colour changing halo that indicates the li-ion battery status. It measures 6.4 cm wide by 1.8 cm high x 4 cm deep and will be available later on in 2008, likely branded through a carrier.

[via TechRadar & Gizmodo]

Nokia S60 Touch MWC demo: Apple lose no sleep

One of the most disappointing announcements at the Mobile World Congress, to my mind, was Nokia’s S60 Touch platform. Having seen the preview videos from several months ago, suggesting an iPhone-rival handset, I was expecting a strong showing intended to cement S60’s position as the most implemented smartphone OS. What Nokia actually demonstrated was a generic touchscreen tablet device attached to a PC emulator, which - from the look of this video by MobileBurn’s Michael Oryl - responded patchily to touch input and failed to create any excitement about the new version.

The problem is, without knowing more about the hardware it’s difficult to say whether it’s that at fault for poor touch response, or the OS itself. What is clear is that Nokia is still lagging considerably behind Apple and even Microsoft in their touchscreen development; gestures, scrolling and panning are all pretty rudimentary, perhaps due to Nokia’s intention to make just one version of the software for both touchscreen and non-touchscreen devices.

I’m not sure what to think, now, really; I want to still be excited about Nokia’s OS, but on the basis of their showing at the MWC it all seems a bit half-assed.

[via Phonemag]

Samsung F490 Hands-on video

In case you’ve missed it, the Samsung F490 is the keyboardless cousin to the Croix or F700v. It has a 5MP camera, a 3.2” touchscreen with some sort of pseudo haptic feedback system, and it has the same UI as the Croix.


It has HSDPA at 3.6Mbps, UMTS, and EDGE. On the same wireless side, it also has Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP+ and AVRCP, but no WiFi.



Other than that it has some fairly respectable media players inside, a nice smooth, shiny finish, and a light weight of 102 grams. Basically, it’s a pretty nice phone, don’t forget to check out the video.

[via intomobile]

Sony Ericsson HCB-150 speakerphone announces callers

Sony Ericsson’s latest hands-free kit sets out to solve one of those annoying in-car problems: knowing who’s calling you without having to pick up the phone itself to glance at the display. Instead of relying solely on a secondary screen, the HCB-150 features text-to-speech, so the Bluetooth unit simply tells you who is interrupting your commute.

Battery life is impressive too, with 700hrs standby and up to 25hrs talktime. The HCB-150 has touch-sensitive controls and does, in case you’re afraid of talking gadgets, feature an OLED display for visual Caller ID. Once paired with your cellphone (in fact, up to 5 different handsets) the speakerphone sucks out all the contacts, and there’s a handy jog dial to scroll through them.

The Sony Ericsson HCB-150 should be available globally from Q2 2008.

[via Phonemag]

Atlas Kinetic cellphone concept trades functionality for eco-friendly

I’d probably be more impressed by Ricardo Baiao’s Atlas Kinetic Cellphone Concept - which describes a system of kinetic rotors the movement of which power the handset - if Epoq weren’t promising that their in-production cellphone watch had it already. It’d also be easier to like the Atlas if it didn’t look like L’il Jon’s Pimp Cup. Still, perhaps I’m getting old and aluminium, glass and sapphire glass is what’s considered fashionable these days.

If it were me, though, I’d want more functionality than Baiao envisages - basic calling and text messaging - or maybe for him to just go talk to Epoq and find out how they manage to fill a handset with Bluetooth and the like despite having a lot less area to play with for fitting in the kinetic recharging components.

[via Phonemag]

Nokia Maps 2.0 anything but pedestrian

Hey, go take a walk, why don't ya?

That is, with Nokia Maps 2.0. Nokia announced at GSMA 2008 that its newest version of the mapping and software application is now available in beta form, and it brings a number of enhancements, including more advanced pedestrian navigation. This makes complete sense to us, given that mobile phones and smartphones make for better handheld navigators than in-car GPS. Of course, we realise not everyone lives in a place where you can walk to your destination, but for those who do, the new features of Nokia Maps 2.0 are pretty awesome.

First, there's the Walk function that gives you visual turn-by-turn directions and also provides information about surrounding streets and buildings. In newer handsets like the just-announced Nokia 6120 Navigator, you'll also get a built-in compass. And we're not talking about a simple digital compass. The map will move with every direction for more accurate orientation. Nokia Maps 2.0 also adds the option to purchase multimedia city guides that give you photos, videos, and audio streams of your destination. And of course, it will continue to offer in-car guidance.

Nokia Maps 2.0 is available for selected devices from the Nokia Beta Labs Web site, and the company hopes to bring the application to the mass market along with a Series 40 version during the first half of the year.

Source: CNet

Motorola H12 Bluetooth Headset

Design

Motorola is making some impressive moves in the Bluetooth headset market. Recently we saw the pricey but well-designed S9 Bluetooth headphones, and the H12 hands-free headset definitely continues in the same vein, with chic design and a heavy price tag.

The H12 is impressively small and uncommonly sexy for a Bluetooth headset. At only 42mm in length the H12 barely extended past our ear lobes when worn and is an extremely light 12g.

Bundled with the H12 are two charging docks; a tiny magnetised stand and a cute enclosed pod.

Motorola promise the H12 will fit comfortably based on their "extensive ergonomic measurement study of the human ear". This sounds like tedious work, but we have to agree that the H12 earbud did have a comfortable fit, although, not any more comfortable than other earbud headphones.

Performance

We had no major complaints about the H12 unit we tested. The unit paired easily with numerous non-Motorola handsets, and the call quality was good with the paired handsets, within a range of approximately two or three metres.

Motorola have been spruiking the "CrystalTalk" ambient noise cancelling technology built-in to the latest of their Bluetooth headphone releases. We made several calls outside in busy city street traffic and found we could hear our conversations clearly, and were told we could be heard clearly as well.

Battery life was also good. Motorola estimate 5.5 hours of talk time. We clocked up about an hour of talk time over a week without recharging.

Overall

With the H12 performing well and looking great, our only gripe is the price. With a local RRP of AU$159.95 the H12 is a mobile phone accessory that costs more than some mobile phones. If price is no obstacle, the H12 is one of the best Bluetooth hands-free devices we've seen lately.

Source: Cnet

The Future of Cell Phones: Nokia Morph Concept (Video)

The future of cell phones is obviously a little unclear, because there are so many directions that the industry can take. If you were to ask someone a few years back about what would become the most popular user interface of 2007, it's unlikely that they would have mentioned anything about an Apple-brand multi-touch display. Even so, Nokia has decided to venture a bold prediction as to what cell phones will look like in the future and what they envision is the Nokia Morph, a handset that uses nanotechnology.

The Nokia Morph, which you can see below, seems to combine the innovation behind e-paper and nanotechnology to produce a phone that can actually change its physical configuration to suit your needs at the end. Fold it out to reveal a full-sized QWERTY keyboard or scrunch it up and wear it like a watch. You can also fold it up like an accordion for a candybar-like form factor. How they will go about doing this, well, that remains to be seen.

Do you think Nokia is getting it right or are they way off the mark? Time will tell.



[via mobilemag]

Nokia Brings New Models: 6220 Classic and 6210 Navigator

Now that the Mobile World Congress is underway in Barcelona, the cell phone announcements are coming fast and furious.

Nokia already unleashed a couple of N-series smartphones, but they've hit up the 6000 series as well, offering a candybar and a slider for the mid-range consumers.

On the left is the Nokia 6220 Classic. As you can tell, it adopts that glossy piano black finish that seems to be all the rage with the Finnish phonemaker these days. In terms of features, the Nokia 6220 comes with quad-band GSM, dual-band HSDPA (900/2100), 2.2-inch QVGA display, 120MB internal memory, microSDHC expansion, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (including A2DP), 5 megapixel camera, and aGPS. Look for it in Q3 for about $475.

On the right is the Nokia 6210 Navigator, a device that has been designed to replace the 6110 Navigator released last year. As its name implies, the flagship feature is the integrated AGPS with Maps 2.0 and built-in geotagging. Other features include quad-band GSM, dual-band HSDPA, Bluetooth, 3.2 megapixel cam, secondardy VGA cam, 120MB internal memory, and microSDHC expansion. This slider will go for $440.

Source

Nokia Morph concept mobile phone

Morph, a joint nanotechnology concept, developed by Nokia Research Center (NRC) and the University of Cambridge (UK) - was launched alongside the "Design and the Elastic Mind" exhibition, on view from February 24 to May 12, 2008, at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Morph features in both the exhibition catalog and on MoMA's official website. Elements of Morph might be available to integrate into handheld devices within 7 years, though initially only at the high-end. However, nanotechnology may one day lead to low cost manufacturing solutions, and offers the possibility of integrating complex functionality at a low price.

Future Nokia mobile phones
Morph is a concept that demonstrates how future mobile devices might be stretchable and flexible, allowing the user to transform their mobile device into radically different shapes. It demonstrates the ultimate functionality that nanotechnology might be capable of delivering: flexible materials, transparent electronics and self-cleaning surfaces. Dr. Bob Iannucci, Chief Technology Officer, Nokia, commented: "Nokia Research Center is looking at ways to reinvent the form and function of mobile devices; the Morph concept shows what might be possible".

Cambridge UK laboratory
Dr. Tapani Ryhanen, Head of the NRC Cambridge UK laboratory, Nokia, commented: "We hope that this combination of art and science will showcase the potential of nanoscience to a wider audience. The research we are carrying out is fundamental to this as we seek a safe and controlled way to develop and use new materials."

Nanotechnology
Professor Mark Welland, Head of the Department of Engineering's Nanoscience Group at the University of Cambridge and University Director of Nokia-Cambridge collaboration added: "Developing the Morph concept with Nokia has provided us with a focus that is both artistically inspirational but, more importantly, sets the technology agenda for our joint nanoscience research that will stimulate our future work together."

Nokia Morph flexible phone concept
The partnership between Nokia and the University of Cambridge was announced in March, 2007 - an agreement to work together on an extensive and long term programme of joint research projects. NRC has established a research facility at the University's West Cambridge site and collaborates with several departments - initially the Nanoscience Center and Electrical Division of the Engineering Department - on projects that, to begin with, are centered on nanotechnology.

Source: LetsGoMobile

ShifD In Beta a Mobile-to-PC c unveiled by New York Times

The New York Times Company has introduced its latest application called ShifD, which has the ability to flawlessly transfer information between computers and mobile phones. The beta launch of ShifD enables users to save important details to both computer and mobile device at the same time, without the need to do it separately.

Owners of mobile phones and computers can also update information from any web browser for instance by text messaging from the handset via a mobile web browser or with the help of the downloadable application on Adobe AIR.

All the information that has been collected through various methods of web surfing can easily be stored into the ShiftD account, which then gets automatically updated on all devices.

There are three different categories available for consumers to add or save their information via the beta launch such as:

• Notes – save everything from your grocery list to the book title your friend recommended.
• Links – save links to news articles or links to sites from around the Web to be viewed later.
• Places – save addresses with corresponding maps.

ShifD is an experiment in giving users the power to bring their content with them by easily shifting it among all of their Web-enabled devices. We see a future for device-independent media, with convergence around the user experience and not any particular delivery platform.

Developing services that allow users to access content wherever they are and on whichever device they choose is an important part of our strategy,” explained Michael Zimbalist, vice president, research and development operations, The New York Times Company.

Nick Bilton, who is the design integration editor and user interface specialist for The New York Times, and Michael Young, creative technologist, research and development for The New York Times Company, have developed ShiftD that will work on most of the mobile phones and BlackBerries in the US.

Samsung MBP-100 micro projector

Although every attention went to the introduction of the large amount of Samsung mobile phones at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, something else attracted my attention; an interesting projection solution that will soon be available (first of all in Korea). The official introduction will still take some time, but we were able to get pre-informed. The Samsung MBP-100 projector will almost certainly be available in Korea in March and in the course of this year there will be a decision made as to whether the Samsung micro-projector will also come available in Europe and / or the United States.

Samsung MBP-100 micro projector preview

The small black box looks a bit like one of the first MiniDisc players that were kind of popular as successor to the traditional Walkman at the time. The Samsung MBP-100 fits in the palm of your hand and is therefore easy to carry around. In the demo-setting a mobile phone was demonstrated in combination with the Samsung micro projector. You can also connect the Samsung MBP-100 to a DVD player, an MP3 player, video player etc. As long as there is an analogue A/V connection available you can connect the Samsung MBP-100 with almost any device.

Samsung mobile projector for cell phones

The built-in battery has a battery life of approximately 3 hours depending for example on the brightness in which the Samsung MBP-100 is projecting. The micro-projector has not been equipped with an extensive menu and as far as it looks like now, the brightness can only be adjusted manually. This should also be considered as an energy saving function. A small dial is placed on the side of the micro-projector to adjust focus. The minimum focus distance is around 20 cm and the maximum projection size is approximately 1.27 meters.

Mobile projection solution on the Samsung MBP100 projector

The Lumens of the Samsung micro-projector is approximately 10 ANSI. Naturally it is not comparable to large projectors. However; that doesn't make the Samsung MBP-100 less interesting. Also the expected price of $200-$300 is interesting but not surprising looking at the target group (young consumer, not the business consumer) for this product. I, myself would love to possess a device like this and I surely hope Samsung will bring the MBP-100 to Europe soon.

Source: LetsGoMobile

Samsung SGH-U900 Soul in Bright Silver

Samsung made no attempt to hide which handset in its current lineup is its most favored son. Images of the U900 Soul were plastered all over Barcelona this year, home of the 2008 Mobile World Congress show. This new slider, which appears to be ushering in the new Ultra III line of slim handsets, features a new OLED backed touchpad for navigation instead of a typical d-pad and softkey cluster. We sat down with Samsung in order to get some one on one time with the new Soul.

Unlike the prior Soul we had access to, this unit was clad in a very bright and attractive silver metal color scheme. The brighter color scheme really works very well, and I am glad to see Samsung going with something other than glossy black for its high-end handsets. In any case, the silver U900 is otherwise exactly the same as the darker version, so be sure to check out our original gallery story for more photos, commentary, and video of the U900 in action.

Source: MobileBurn

Special Preview: Samsung Soul

The Soul Within

The U900 or preferably known as the Soul was heavily promoted as part of a major advertising campaign initiated by none other than its maker, Samsung and unveiled in spectacular fashion at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. As we found out, the Soul is Samsung's flagship model for 2008, so it's quite understandable why the Korean giant has placed so much focus on this handset. If you're intrigued by the origins of the Soul's name, here's a little background information:

• Soul was named to honor the completion of its successful "Ultra Edition" series.


• Soul is an abbreviation of "The Spirit Of Ultra".

With that said, we shan't keep you waiting, so here are our first impressions on our hands-on experience with the Soul:-

Source: HardwareZone

Samsung P9, the Future UMPC? (Video)

Looks like Samsung is taking a step in the right direction with this multi-functional UMPC. It is still a concept at this time, but its sleek design is very appealing. It can be a portable computer, gaming device and media player.

More manufacturers are turning away from the keyboardless UMPCs like the Samsung Q1. Asus, Fujitsu and now even HP are entering this subnotebook/UMPC market. The Eee PC has been a huge success for Asus and with many professionals and students preferring the lightweight, portable tablet notebooks it's a no-brainer that all the other manufacturers would follow suit.

Check out the video of the Samsung P9 concept UMPC in action:



There is no word at this time if we will ever see this concept on the market or even a spec sheet. It looks very interesting though and the innovative split design, is similar to the Gateway One, but on a smaller scale. Being able to prop up the screen and detach the keyboard is a nice feature, imagine if it has a touchscreen too. This could be an Apple killer.

[via TabletPCReview]

Samsung M250: First Slider Power Vision Phone

Aside from the Samsung Ace smartphone, Sprint Nextel also introduced the Samsung M250 into their line. The Samsung M250 is the first ever slider Power Vision Phone. The M250 which measures 4.01" x 2.04" x 0.5" and is less than 2.8 ounces in weight, features a 2.1" TFT display with 176x22 pixels resolution. It has a 1.3 megapixel camera, and supports Sprint Navigation powered by TeleNav, High speed web browsing, SMS voice and text messaging, built-in MP3 player, microSD card slot supporting up to 4GB, and music streaming. It can even be used as a modem for your computer. The Samsung M250 is now available for $49.99 with a $50 mail-in rebate.

[via MobileWhack]

Samsung Demos SGH-F250 Slider

Samsung took the chance at the 2008 Mobile World Congress last week to demo the SGH-F250, a slider handset with a 1.3 megapixel camera and Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP support. This handset also sports dedicated music playback buttons and an enhanced music library with support for ID3 tags.

A speakerphone is built-in on the F250, which measures 103mm x 48mm x 13.5mm (4" x 1.9" x .5") and also offers connectivity via tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900MHz) support. Pricing and availability were not announced.

Source: MobileBurn