We’ll soon know if the TG01 Snapdragon phone will live up to its billing as Toshiba has released it for consumers redubbed T-01A, at the for NTT DoCoMo. Of course, the success of the T-O1A will set up the upcoming TG02 and TG03 quite nicely. The 4.1 touchscreen will give a decent WinMo 6.1 albeit a customized one. There’s WiFi, 3G and GPS and probably plenty of processing power with the 1GHz Snapdragon chip inside.

[via engadget]

Just when we thought HiPhone is winning the cloning wars by a huge margin, SciPhone suddenly made its biggest leap yet in cloning terms. First, the SciPhone N12 is the first SciPhone Nseries phone we’ve ever heard of and, second, it runs a genuine Android OS. Not only that, it’s got crazy specs like WiFi, GPS and CMMB TV support, powered by a 624MHz processor. Yes, it’s also 3G WCDMA. Wow. Price tag must be worth at least a Meizu M8, right? Well, no, because you can have this baby for 1600 yuan ($234). It should be out late this June. Apparently, M8cool is saying there’s a virtual keyboard but a trackball is also provided for navigation. Well, aren’t you aching to see one in a demo video?

[via m8cool]

Specs of the SciPhone N12

• 3.2-inch touchscreen
• Marvell Monahands (624MHz) + Qualcomm MSM6246
• quadband GSM + WCDMA (3G)
• 3.2 MP camera
  
• WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth
• CMMB TV
• Available June 25
  

The new user interface dubbed “Magazine” by iRiver will have another hardware showcasing it. The iRiver NV Classic seems unperturbed by the new iPhone 3G S, which features a built-in compass and turn-by-turn navigation. Theoretically, an all-in-one computer like the iPhone can drive a device like the iRiver Classic out of business, but perhaps drivers will prefer the 7-inch (800 x 480) screen and a DMB TV tuner built-in (no idea if iRiver will support DVB-T in the U.S. and European territories).

The iRiver NV Classic is a great PMP supporting MPEG1/4, WMV9 and Xvid and MP3, WAV, OGG and WMA.  The $264 price tag includes a 4GB SD card and a mapping card.

[via slashgear]

Yes, the much-anticipated Garmin Nuvifone will be out on U.S. streets is a very short while. The carrier is at its second phase of testing but no one knows which carrier is releasing the touchscreen Linux GPS phone. We also have yet to hear the final and official word on the name. Is it Nuvifone or Nuviphone?

[via electronista, engadget]

It comes as no surprise when Meizume reported we’ll have to wait till 2010 for the Meizu M8 3G. As earlier reported, the 3G version of the best-known iPhone clone will have improved specs like GPS and a 5 MP camera. It will use the same Mymobile Meizu M8 OS which is a customized Windows CE 6.0.

Read the specs of the 3G Meizu M8:

[via meizume]

Networks: TD-SCDMA (M8-G3) and WCDMA (M8-W) - both 3G networks

Dimensions: 112mm x 59mm x 10,5mm (H x W x T)

Processor: Samsung C100 or C110 (800 Mhz or 1 Ghz)

Display: 3.54″ (50×75 mm, 2:3 ratio), 16600K colors, 720×480 pixel resolution

PC Interface: USB 2.0 Ultra Fast Data Transfer

Flash Memory: 8 or 16 GB of flash NAND

System Memory: More than 256 MB memory (not yet specified)

Operating System: Meizu OS aka Mymobile (Based on Windows CE 6.0)

Video Playback: AVI, FLV, MPEG-2, RM(VB), WMV, MPEG-4/H.263/H.264 at 30FPS

Camera: 5 megapixel with LED flash

Battery: not yet specified

Support For:

• Bluetooth 2.0
• Line-out
• Built-in GPS
• Multi-touch

Additional Features:

• Light sensor
• Tilt and movement sensor

We’ve been wondering when Chuwi will come out with its UMPC. If Aigo can do it, why not Chwui, maker of the T8 PMP? The Chuwi W3000 has WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS and the tastiest optional applications: instant messaging, navigation software, among others probably related to multimedia. It plays AVI and RMVB and perhaps other unmentioned codecs, as the most ubiquitous music files. There’s a 3 megapixel camera at the back, too. No pricing yet.

[via slashgear]

The new navigators from Mio will sport their brandnew Spirit UI that features kinetic scrolling. How’s that for an enticement? Mio has three non-TV GPS devices, namely the Navman Spirit S300, S500 and Navman Flat. They all have the Spirit touchscreen UI and text-to-speech. We’re more interested, however, in the unnamed 7-inch PND + TV tuner and its smaller sister a 4.7-inch PND and TV, which will have a zero profile flat bezel. They will also have kinetic scrolling, which is dubbed “Slide Touch.” Priced at $534 for the 7 inch and about $380 forthe 4.7-inch.

[via slashgear] Demo of the Spirit UI after the break.

We just learned that some Acer Tempos have already been made available in Europe and Asia. The DX900 and X960 are both Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphones. Both have WiFi, GPS and VGA screens. They shouldn’t come too cheap without a contract, and with that said I wonder why Acer hasn’t announced prices for the phone yet.

The Acer DX900 is a WiFi, HSDPA phone with dual SIM and a 3 MP camera. The 2.8-inch screen boasts a VGA resolution (go to page)

The Acer X960 is everything the DX900 is except faster HSUPA connectivity. The 3.2 MP camera is also better and the 3D UI looks amazing in the rendered photos (gallery).

[via engadget]

Reuters is reporting that the GPS smartphone announced by Garmin early last year will be delayed again. If you remember Garmin has partnered with Asus for the launching of the freshly dubbed Nuviphone G60. A June release was estimated and it appears that the estimate overestimated Garmin and Asustek’s capability.

Probable details about the Nuviphone G60: We’re expecting the same touchscreen hardware we’ve seen in the past for Nuviphone with a price range that should be around $500. Asus and Garmin has apparently finalized the OS, which would be a Linux variant.

We’ve been waiting for a long time. Even this second iteration (M20) of the GPS smartphone from both companies seem very old news now. In the Asus-Garmin partnership, the netbook maker seems to be the most aggressive party. If Asus will be joining Acer into the mobile phone business, may I humbly suggest that it applies the same haste we know Asus? I mean, how many Eee PC’s has it announced and released already this year?

[via navigadget]

Here’s a new feature that’s now more or less confirmed in the new iPhone, a magnetometer and built-in compass. I’ve seen this feature in some Nokia phones already, and the inclusion of this feature into the new iPhone will undoubtedly raise its overall value making it even more appealing for those who love to rough it out in the great outdoors. We all know that the iPhone already has built-in GPS, but a tried-and-tested compass is always a welcome addition. As June is fast approaching, we’re expecting more details to surface as far as the other features of the new iPhone are concerned on the coming weeks.

[via bgr]