Motorola Alexander is the codename of a new handset prepared by the Schaumburg-based company and set to bring back its lost glory. How could it do this? Well, recently
appeared rumors say that the so-called Alexander will have a 8 Megapixel camera, an NVIDIA graphics chip, a new UIQ OS (version 4.0, apparently), GPS and lots of other features that are currently kept secret.
Chances are that the new Alexander is a touchscreen phone and, for Moto’s sake, it better be. I say this because the future of high-end mobile devices is touchscreen-only, and this fact is sustained by all the important manufacturers which, after Apple’s iPhone huge success, started to bring lots of new full-touch handsets to the market.
In order to be a great device and attract as many mobile users as possible, Motorola Alexander will need more than just a great list of specs. The phone will have to be easy to use, smartly priced and nicely designed.
For the moment, we can’t possibly imagine how the new Alexander will look, especially since Boy Genius Report (the website that came up with the leaked details) doesn’t have any image of it. But if it’s somehow similar to E10, the thin and fancy music-oriented phone appeared back in April, then Motorola will indeed have a hit in this new 8 Megapixel phone. The E10 looks really unique, even if compared to other touchscreen handset currently on the market, so it wouldn’t be bad at all if Motorola tried to leverage more on this kind of design.
If you remember, another Moto handset with a nice look and an advanced photo camera got recently leaked, a 5 Megapixels slider with Wi-Fi and other nice features. The name of the slider is not known, so it might be a phone that will come together with the new and mysterious Alexander, which should be announced sometime at the beginning of this fall.
The bottom line is that Moto’s really trying to come back and offer awesome handsets. The company already has some pretty cool new phones, like the Z10 and the ZN5, but apparently it’s not enough. Let’s wait then for Alexander and see if it will be as great as the legendary king Alexander the Great, who probably inspired Moto to name its new handset.
Nokia N78, the first of the two new Nseries smartphones announced by Nokia this year, is now available in the US, as the Finnish company itself announced this in a press release appeared a few hours ago on its official website.
Bell Mobility and Samsung seem to be pretty involved in Canada’s participation at this year’s edition of the Olympic Games (celebrated in Beijing, China, between August 8 and August 24), as the companies have announced that they will offer Samsung Ace smartphones for every member of Canada’s Olympic Team. Moreover, Bell and Samsung will also release, on the 4th of July, a Samsung M530 Olympic Edition phone.
Sylvie Bernier, Canada’s Chef de Mission for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, completed: “The Canadian Olympic Team athletes are so excited to receive these phones and service from Samsung and Bell. Being able to connect with their Olympic support network of coaches and trainers from Beijing will also ensure Canada’s athletes have the tools they need to remain focused on their performance.”
Sony Ericsson C902i, the latest Cyber-shot candybar, was released today in the UAE (United Arab Emirates), one of the richest countries in the world. The phone is offered exclusively by Axiom Telecom, a leading mobile retailer from the Middle East.
Motorola’s latest touchscreen handsets, A810 and Ming A1600, are now featured on Moto’s Chinese official website, which means they will both be soon available across China.
Part of the Ming series, especially created for China, Motorola A1600 can be considered the little brother of A1800. The A1600 comes with the same weird clamshell form factor as the A1800 and brings similar features, the main difference being that A1800 has dual-SIM support while the A1600 was not blessed with this capability. At 128 grams and 98.9 x 53.5 x 19.6 millimeters (when closed, A1600 brings the following: a 2.4 inch TFT touchscreen display with 256K colors, 240 x 320 pixels and handwriting recognition, quad-band GSM connectivity (800 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz) with GPRS and EDGE, the same Linux-based OS, built-in GPS, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, a 3.15 Megapixel camera with auto focus and video recording, Music player, FM radio and expandable memory up to 4GB.
After yesterday’s official presentation of the second-generation iPhone, named “iPhone 3G”, Apple also announced that its new handset would be available starting July 11, in no less than 23 markets around the world. Also, iPhone 3G will be released by the end of 2008 in other 50 countries, allowing about all the mobile users on the globe to buy it.
T-Mobile USA has just announced the release of two new handsets for its subscribers: Nokia 6301 and Samsung T339, both being compatible with T-Mo’s HotSpot @Home wireless service.
Samsung T339 (or Samsung SGH-T339) is a fancy clamshell that comes after less than one week from the announcement of another Samsung clamshell, the weird looking T299. The features of T339 include: Wi-Fi, myFaves, a 176 x 220 pixel TFT display with 262K colors, Music player, stereo Bluetooth, Instant Messaging and expandable memory up to only 2GB. The new Samsung weighs 3.3 ounces (93.5 grams) and, when closed, it measures 3.62 x 1.83 x 0.78 inches (92 x 46.5 x 19.8 mm). 
Sony Ericsson W980, one of the latest Walkman handsets from Sony Ericsson, was recently approved by the FCC, hence it’s ready to hit the US market. Of course, FCC’s approval doesn’t mean that the W980 will surely be available across the US. But, since the handset features quad-band GSM connectivity, it’s capable of working on the networks of AT&T and T-Mobile, hence one of these two carriers (or both) will most probably offer the handset in the future.
Samsung’s phones and female users have always had a special relationship, and I say this because the South Korean handset manufacturer is known for coming up with girls-only versions for lots of its mobile devices. Now Samsung has done it again by presenting the U900 Soul
Although it has received a lot of attention from the “mobile world”, Sony Ericsson Paris (or P5) might be canceled and never reach the market. While most of those who have been waiting for it hoped for a presentation of this handset to take place on June 17, when 5 new SE phones were unveiled, not only that Paris was not announced, but Sony Ericsson mentioned absolutely nothing about it.
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