deCarta, a player in the Location-Based Services (LBS) arena, announced its new, real-time, two-way (RTTW) connected navigation service aimed at next-gen personal navigation devices and smartphones. This service will be offered to carriers, handset manufacturers, consumer brands and even automative OEMs starting in Q3 2008. If you
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Realizing it couldn’t stop at being pink, the Sony Ericsson W580i Walkman phone is now available in a new and fresher color — jungle green. It looks a bit tacky in my eyes — like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle in the guise of a cellular phone. But then again, tastes vary, and I’m sure many would find this color scheme preferable. If you’re forgotten, the original Sony Ericsson W580i is a simple white music phone with 2-megapixel camera.

In Japan, Panasonic has unveiled the new KX-WP800, a WLAN phone with Skyper functionality. equipped with a 1.8-inch TFT LCD, the Panasonic KX-WP800 could be used to make voice calls over the internet using Skype without the need for a computer. This is possible because the handset itself comes with WLAN router. Moreover, you could also use the Panasonic KX-WP800 on any of Japan’s 32,000 FON
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Along with the new Nokia 6650, CeBIT also saw the launch of the Nokia 6124 Classic, this time for Vodafone. The Nokia 6124 Classic phone is a candybar type handset with 3G broadband connection that’s, according to Vodafone, 10 times faster than other 3G networks. This multimedia Nokia handset features a 2-inch color display, 2 megapixel
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At CeBIT 2008, Samsung has launched the clamshell version of the Samsung Soul called the G400. This handset was was first made known to the public last February, and was surmised to be among the phones Samsung will showcase during the Mobile World Congress. Samsung G400′s selling point is its dual touch screen feature. By dual touch
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Intel’s been on a roll since early March and has officially announced the Atom, the Centrino Atom, and Centrino 2. The Intel Atom processor is specifically designed for small, low-powered devices. Despite it
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Nokia Research Center in association with the University of Cambridge has showcased the Nokia Morph, a nanotech concept phone. True to its name, the Nokia Morph is a phone which the developers envisage to be able to morph, depending upon the user’s needs. The Nokia Morph was presented in the “Design and the Elastic Mind” exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. The Nokia Morph aims
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What’s life without a bit of color? Ever since the release of Neonode N2 phone last year, there were demands to give the sullen black phone a bit of a color treatment. Neonode finally realizes the market they can conquer if they choose to sprinkle a bit of rainbow into their models. Neonode has just announced that they’re releasing
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Sony has announced the new line of stick music players — the Walkman NW-E020F series — in Japan. The Walkman NW-E020F model is a thin, compact, stick-like music player with an integrated USB terminal at the tip. Think thumb drive music player. The series currently has three lined products:

The NW-E026F (4 GB flash memory,
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