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As it was expected recently HTC announced its new Android communicator – HTC Hero. IT design and set of technical features looks impressive. It is equipped with Qualcomm MSM7200A 528 MHz CPU, 3.2 inch touch screen with 320x480 px resolution, 5 Mp camera with autofocusing, 288 Mb RAM, 512 Mb ROM, microSD memory card slot, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, 3.5 mm audio jack, GPS module, accelerometer and 1350 mAh battery. Besides the screen of this coming mobile device has oleophobic covering which preserves the screen from finger-prints and scratches. Another interesting feature is new user interface – HTC Sense. Due to it future users of this device will be able to create different UI profiles with different widgets’ combinations. HTC Hero will become available in July and will cost $750.

Huawei Technologies introduced its first Android based smartphone on Mobile World Congress 2009 exhibition in Barcelona. It is expected that this mobile device will become available by the end of the third quarter. Unfortunately the producer of this nice-looking smartphone doesn’t provide any information about its technical features. So we can only hypothesize.

LG VX9600 Versa was approved by FCC in the last September. But only today we have some photos of this coming mobile device. It resembles of LG Dare but has one very interesting feature – pluggable QWERTY keyboard. You can plug it when you need to type something. The list of other features involves 240x480 px touch screen, Bluetooth 2.1 module, microSD memory card slot. Among pluggable keyboard LG VX9600 Versa phone’s default configuration will include removable stereo loud speakers, Wi-Fi module and game keyboard.

Dailymobile source has just published some photos of coming Nokia E75 smartphone which hasn’t been announced officially yet. It is horizontal sliding phone with both usual and QWERTY keyboard. It is also said that E75 will have 2.8 inch screen with 240x320 px resolution, 3.2 Mp camera and Wi-Fi module. This device will support third generation networks and HSDPA. The operating system is S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2. There is still no any information about official release date.

The first T-Mobile Shadow mobile phone was not he most popular Windows Mobile based smartphone but it has some nice original features including its sliding shape factor, SureType keyboard and common functionality. So T-Mobile and HTC companies are going to introduce successor of this remarkable phone and some information about Shadow II has already appeared in the global network. According to Boy Genius Report this smartphone will be named Shadow 2009 and T-Mobile operator is going to release in the near future. It is expected that sale will start at the 29th of January but there are no any ideas about its price. It is also said that this coming device will not support 3G only GSM/GPRS/EDGE. But Shadow 2009 will have another feature which is very remarkable – UMA technology support. This fact means that this device will support “sutureless” roaming between usual mobile networks and Wi-Fi ones. T-Mobile Shadow 2009 will run on Windows Mobile 6.1 and will have 2.6 inch screen, 20 buttons sliding keyboard, Bluetooth 2.0 and etc.

The designer of this mobile phone concept is Andrew Seunghyun Kim who is also author of Samsung Lavender and LG Syntheses concepts. LG Cyon neoCLASSIC is assigned for third generation networks. The list of features of this phone includes 3.5 inch AMOLED screen, 4 Mp main camera and 2 Mp frontal camera for video calls, 8 Gb built in memory plus 16 Gb SSD and GPS module. This future mobile phone also supports such popular protocols as Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi.

The most of conceptual mobile devices are assigned for average statistical users and special devices for other users groups are rare. Here is one of the exceptions – FieldCREW flatbed computer concept. It is assigned for scientists to help them in their researches. It seems to be that this future mobile device will be more useful for psychologists. Due to FieldCREW user can control some web cameras (including by means of wireless connection). There is also voice tags and converting voice to text functions support. The author of this device concept is Rob Tannen.

Pantech Group showed some mobile phones concepts which were designed by members of Pantech Design Community. These concepts were created in accordance with next themes: Synchronization, Co (together) and Creation.

Coralliform Water mobile phone concept displays images of coral reefs at great depths of sea. Special covering of this future device is designed to give a sensation of ribbed surface.

Easter Moai expresses many-sided nature of human beings. To provide intuitively intelligible control be means of side buttons side edges are rather splay. According to description “undulating” LCD touch screen improves user interface.It seems to be that the author of Recy_Q mobile device concept was inspired with edge of tea saucer. Nevertheless this mobile phone has the most usual design. Touch buttons are located on metallic frame. There is also QWERTY keyboard and touch screen.Softy Lofty mobile phone is created to provide the best using convenience. During the charging the cradle gives soft light. It is very hard to guess how to use this phone)

Developers from Microsoft together with colleagues from HTC created SideSight technology which gives an opportunity to control mobile phone without finger touches. It is not easy to control some mobile devices because of small screen. So, developers decided to create special multitouch technology. The core of technology consists in infra-red sensors which are situated along the perimeter of mobile device. This sensors track fingers’ motion at 10 centimeter length. Thus user can control mobile device using gesture without any touch. There are a lot of questions concerning this technology but we have to wait for official announce which will take place next week.

Not long ago the first Android mobile phone – T-Mobile G1 was introduced. But communicator’s admirers have already created concept of T-Mobile G2 mobile device. According to the picture G2 phone is very similar to the first version with the exception of size of touch screen. There is also widgets and Java V8 support.

Meizu M8 is one of the most expected iPhone’s clone. It will become available next month and will cost $350. Meizu M8 mobile phone will have 8 Gb built in memory, 3 Mp camera, EDGE support, 3.2 inch touch screen. It is rumored that 16 Gb version of this phone will come a little bit later and will cost $420. The reason of this fact is using of Samsung moviNAND memory card which is very expensive. As you can see every details of design of this new mobile phone remind of iPhone.

It is some month before 2009 but Sony Ericsson shares its plans on the next year. SE is going not only known Rika, Yao and Kate but also Yue, Flippa, Frances and Athena mobile phones.

Sony Ericsson Frances also belongs to Cyber-shot series. It is sliding phone with GPS module and smile recognition function support.

T-Mobile together with Samsung company announced T919 mobile phone. This nice device will be available beginning from 11th of November. Provided with two-year contract it will cost only $150. It is said that the list of features will include 5 Mp camera, frontal camera for video calls, touch screen technology support, GPS chipset with voice control function, microSD memory card slot and aluminium case.

Designer Alex Ingles Elias created concept of communicator for business-ladies. This future mobile phone resembles HTC Touch Dual but has more refined design. According to description this mobile device has intuitively clear user interface, steel case and minimum of visible buttons. The set of particular qualities also includes big touch screen and QWERTY keyboard.

Mats Lindoff who is technical director of Sony Ericsson shared future company’s prospects. In particular he said that company was developing great number of different devices and some of phones of series of third quarter would not go on sale. Lindoff also noted that SE is going to pay attention to Xperia series. Besides technical director comes out with a suggestion that company will produce Xperia phones which run on Android operating system. He didn’t say anything concrete but stressed the fact that company was interested in Android OS. Moreover he informed that the first Symbian phone from Xperia series would appear next year.

According to SEMCblog the rival for mega pixels is still continuing. For example Sony Ericsson company is going to introduce 12 Mp camera phone at the second half of the 2009. It will be heir of Sony Ericsson C905 which is also known as Shiho, This future phone will have almost the same features as C905 has with the exception of 12 Mp camera. Official announce will take place in the third quarter of 2009.
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First Spy photos of T-Mobile Shadow II communicator appeared in the global network last April. Since that moment there was not any information about this device .Nevertheless preparing for official release took place. The producer of T-Mobile Shadow II is Taiwanese HTC company. This sliding phone runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system and has QWERTY keyboard. Due to Wi-Fi module this phone supports UMA service. Unfortunately our source doesn’t provide other information about set of technical features.

From day to day mobile phones enlarge the list of functions. And become more and more useful. Nokia company is also going to enlarge this list due to Shoot To Translate technology. This technology provides an opportunity to take a photo of the text and to get its translation. The algorithm of text discerning is based on Nokia Multiscanner which is used in E66 and E71 smartphones. Languages such as English, Greek or French will require about 600kb storage on your phone, while more complex languages like Japanese and Chinese will need up to 3MB of storage. Unfortunately there is no any information about release date of Shoot To Translate.

NeuroSky company introduced prototype of the sensor which uses thought commands to control mobile phone. This sensor seems to be fantastic but is based on quite medical technology which gives an opportunity to measure brain relaxation and concentration to relay a corresponding command to a handset. Unfortunately it is unknown how does this sensor work. It is clear that potential of such technology is great. Nevertheless it will take a lot of time to make this sensor ready for serial production.