Today LG announced the LG C300 Town, a feature phone with a focus on social networking capabilities.
The LG LG C300 Town sports a 2.4-inch display, as well as a full QWERTY keyboard. The Town offers a few multimedia features, including a 3.5mm headphone jack, an FM radio, an MP3 player, and a 2 megapixel camera. LG says that the device supports push email, and it also provides access to social networking clients, and the ability to post to Facebook and Twitter.
This isn’t the first time LG has announced a Town branded device. LG launched the GT350 Town in June, a device with a sliding QWERTY formfactor.
The LG C300 Town will make its debut on Orange, Phones4U, and Tesco shortly, although LG didn’t specify an exact date or pricing for the phone.
So we know that the entire Star Wars saga is going to come in fill 3D glory from 2012 onwards, and for those whose favorite episodes are in the latter part of the space opera would be disappointed to know that George Lucas will be releasing his movies in sequence – which means you might have to wait until 2017 if Return of the Jedi is your favorite. Having said that, you can get a piece of Star Wars action from tomorrow onwards in the form of the Droid R2-D2 smartphone from Verizon Wireless, where this limited edition smartphone will feature a graphic design that resembles the iconic Astromech Droid from the Star Wars saga. This Motorola-manufactured smartphone will also look great in the box itself, where it will feature a custom box that resembles carbonite while featuring a Star Wars media dock and wired stereo headset. Of course, as with many other limited edition smartphones, this one will also feature exclusive content such as R2-D2 notification sounds and ringtones, a quartet of live wallpapers, a R2-D2 Clock Widget and “The Best of R2-D2″ video with the original Cantina music. Oh yeah, did we mention it will also feature an exclusive Binoculars App as well?
Today Sprint announced that it will begin offering the BlackBerry Curve 3G 9330 beginning on September 26th. The Curve 3G will run the BlackBerry 5 operating system out of the box, but will run BlackBerry 6 when the OS is available in 2011.
The Curve 3G offers WiFi connectivity, a 2 megapixel camera, and dedicated media keys. It also has a comfortable QWERTY keyboard. The Curve 3G offers 512MB of Flash memory and comes with a 2GB microSD card. The device’s microSD card slot supports cards up to 32GB in capacity.
The Curve 3G will retail for $49.99 with a 2-year service agreement and a $100 mail-in-rebate. The device will make its debut online, and will be available through all Sprint retail channels beginning on October 10 2010. It will be available in graphite gray or royal purple.
Today AT&T announced the TerreStar GENUS, a dual-mode cellular/satellite smartphone for enterprise, government, and small business customers.
The TerreStar networks provides communications in remote areas, making it an ideal device for government, energy, utility, transportation, and maritime users. The phone runs Windows Mobile 6.5 and offers WiFi, Bluetooth, and a camera as well.
The TerreStar GENUS is available today to enterprise, government, and small business customers. It requires AT&T voice, data, and satellite subscriptions. The phone is priced at $799.
Today Nokia announced the new C3 Touch and Type feature phone at the Nokia World event in London. The C3-01, as the phone is also known, is the second member of Nokia’s Touch and Type family, which feature both touchscreens and physical keypads for text entry.
The C3-01 is built upon a stainless steel chassis, yet still measures a light 100g (3.5oz) in weight and measures only 11mm (.4in) in profile. The phone’s 5 megapixel camera is equipped with a flash and can record VGA quality video at 15 frames per second, which can, of course, be viewed on the phone’s QVGA resolution touchscreen display. The C3 Touch and Type has 30MB of built-in storage, but can accept cards as large as 32GB in size for storing media. A built-in FM radio and 3.5mm headphone jack are also available.
The C3-01 features quad-band UMTS (850/900/1900/2100MHz) and quad-band GSM (850/1900/1800/1900MHz) support for true world roaming capability, and offers high-speed HSPA 3G data connections as well as WiFi for web browsing, IM, and email messaging. The phone’s battery is rated for up to 3.4 hours of 3G talk time, or 18 days of 3G standby time.
The C3 Touch and Type includes Nokia’s Ovi Store for online application and ringtone/wallpaper purchases and downloads, and features the well known Nokia Series 40 user interface.
The Nokia C3 Touch and Type is expected to go on sale in the fourth quarter of 2010 with an unsubsidized price of roughly 145 EUR ($188). It will be available in 3 colors: silver, warm gray, and khaki.
Today T-Mobile USA introduced the G2, the successor to the very first Android phone launched in the USA, which was known as the G1. The G2, powered by Android 2.2 Froyo, is the first HSPA+ Android smartphone in the world.
The G2 offers a 3.7-inch touchscreen display and a hinge that opens to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. Under its hood, the G2 is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM7230 processor, which powers the HSPA+ capabilities as well as an 800MHz CPU. That clockspeed is a bit slower than today’s high-end phone models which often sport 1GHz processors. When you’re not using the QWERTY keyboard, there’s also the option to use a Swype on-screen keyboard.
The G2 also has dedicated keyboard keys for accessing Google services, and will support Adobe Flash in the web browser.
The G2 also has a 5 megapixel camera that’s capable of recording 720p HD video that can be automatically uploaded to a Photobucket account. There’s also autofocus and LED flash.
For storing music, photos, videos, and more, the device comes with an 8GB microSD card, and it supports up to 32GB of storage. The G2 also has 4GB of internal memory, and sports a 3.5mm headphone jack.
The T-Mobile G2 with Google will be available in the U.S. exclusively with T-Mobile. T-Mobile customers will be able to preorder the device later this month, and can visit http://g2.t-mobile.com for more information. Pricing has not yet been announced.
