Today Samsung announced its latest bada powered smartphone, the S7230E Wave 723.
The Wave 723 offers a 3.2-inch touchscreen display, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash and auto-focus, an FM radio, Dolfin Browser 2.0, aGPS, Bluetooth 3.0 + EDR, 90MB of onboard memory, and a microSD card slot that supports cards with 16GB capacities.
The Wave 723 was developed based on the bada SDK verison 1.1, which offers auto-UI scaling, That means developers can easily port bada apps over to the Wave 723.
The Wave 723, which measures in at a slim 11.8mm x 53.9mm x 109.5mm (.46in x 2.1in x 4.3in ) also has a metallic back cover, and a leather flip cover that protects its front screen.
Samsung expects the Wave 723 to launch in September in Germany. It will then have subsequent launches in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Pricing for the phone was not announced.
The Nokia Kinetic was design student Jeremy Innes-Hopkins’ answer to a Nokia-set brief for a “playful phone for 2012.”
In addition to those curvaceous looks, the Kinetic offers the rather unusual ability of “standing up” when a call or text is received by “converting digital information into kinetic movement.”
Under the hood, the “visual clue” of the phone standing up would be carried out by an electromagnet shifting a weight, while the same position could be employed for a video call or even watching media.
Should you want to dismiss the “spontaneous, magical and undirected” alert, you could just gently push the phone to lie back down again.
Today Boost Mobile announced that it is joining Sprint in offering the Samsung SPH-m350 Seek QWERTY touchscreen phone.
The device is Boost’s first touchscreen phone with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The Seek sports a 2.6-inch display, a 1.3 megapixel camera, wireless web and email access,GPS, a microSD card slot with support for 32GB cards, voice recognition, and more.
The Seek is available now from Boost Mobile retail stores for $149.99, and it will be available online from Boost’s website beginning on August 25th. The Seek will be available in Best Buy and RadioShack stores by the end of the month.
Today Verizon Wireless and Motorola announced the DROID 2, an Android 2.2 “Froyo” smartphone that will be available for pre-sale beginning on August 11th.
The DROID 2, like its predecessor, sports a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard. As part of Android 2.2, it will also pack a 3G Mobile HotSpot feature ($20 per month) and Adobe Flash Player 10.1. It also sports a faster 1GHz processor.
The DROID 2 offers a 3.7-inch touchscreen display, DVD-quality video capture through its 5 megapixel camera, DLNA connectivity, 8GB of preloaded memory and an 8GB microSD card.
The DROID 2 will be available for pre-sale beginning on August 11th for $199.99 with a 2-year Verizon Wireless contract and after a $100 mail-in-rebate. Current Verizon Wireless customers with contracts ending before December 31, 2010 can upgrade to the device early and without penalty.
Today Cricket Wireless announced the Cricket MSGM8 II (pronounced ‘message mate 2′), a feature phone with a full QWERTY keyboard.
The device offers a similar feature set to the original MSGM8, and builds on it with a larger keyboard and dedicated keys for messaging and schedules.
The MSGM8 II offers a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth connectivity, a 220 x 178 resolution display, a web browser, and well as SMS/MMS functions.
The MSGM8 II is available in Cricket stores today and online for $79.99, and there’s currently a $20 discount for the phone if it’s purchased online.
Today LG announced its new Cookie Series of touchscreen feature phones, which includes the LG Cookie, Cookie Style, and the Cookie 3G.
The Cookie Style sports a 2.8-inch touchscreen LCD display, a virtual QWERTY keyboard which works in both portrait and landscape mode, a 3.5mm headphone jack, an FM radio, a microSD card slot, and two-tone design. LG also says that the Cookie Style will have a mix-and-match design, which we assume means it has some parts that can be swapped out for different colors.
LG plans to launch the Cookie Style in the U.K. in September. It will launch in Europe and the Middle East beginning in mid-August under the name “LG Wink Style.” During the third quarter, it plans to release the Wink Style in Latin America, CIS, and some Asian countries, including China.
