Samsung Galaxy Gio

Unveiled by Samsung as "intuitive smartphone experience for your day-to-day" Gio Samsung phone is a simple, classic and easy.

Classic Design

Gio has smooth lines and elegant touchscreen HVGA a fall of 3.2 inches. Weighs only 102 grams and measures 12.15 mm (depth), 57.5 mm (width) and 110.5 mm (height).

Performance

In this respect, the brand has focused on two features: Wi-Fi b / g / n internet connection which allows faster and more coverage, and 7.2 Mbps HSDPA rise faster downloads of large files.

In addition, autonomy is surprising: Talk-400 minutes-460 hours standby. Both 3G. Really?

Social Hub and Writing Swype

As we have seen in the latest releases, social networks are privileged. With Gio can see what's new in e-mail, sms, mms and only in a social networking site, as well as having a calendar (online) that contains not only very important personal events such as birthday or Gadgets, events, facebook for example.

Swype about the writing, is a good way to adapt to the touchscreen, because you do not need to load the keys indivudalmente, just slide your finger to write about them.

Chamber

3MP, 3x zoom, video recording, effects (negative, sepia, black and white, auto-focus) and you're ready to write the comic situations with friends.

All Share

The mobile phone became even more: the system can connect the All Share Gio with television, computer, sound system, etc., etc., sharing data and information.

Calendar, Calendar, Alarm, Calculator, Bluetooth, AGPS, SyncML, Radio, VoiceMail, are other features that the operating system Android 2.2 enables.

General Mobile Announced GM500 Mobile Phone at CeBIT

General Mobile announced its GM500 wristwatch-type GSM mobile phone at CeBIT 2008. It Measures only 58.1 x 44.2 x 16.4 mm and weights 142g (battery and metal wristband included), It has 128MB of built-in memory and can store 300 phonebook entries. Its 400 mAh Li-ion battery is capable of providing 120 minutes of talk time and about 80 hours of stand-by time. The GM500 is definitely among the smallest GSM mobile phones ever created. The usability of the phone has been improved by including touchscreen technology with an 1.5 inch OLED display. Phone calls, SMS and MMS, listening to music or watching videos – the cell watch offers them all at the touch of a finger.

The GM500 is also a tri-band GSM device(900, 1800 and 1900 MHz) that comes with GPRS, WAP, internet capabilities, Bluetooth and USB data transfer, mp3 playback, video player (MPEG4 and 3GP) and voice recorder.

The GM500 will be available in 2nd Quarter of 2008, and retail price is expected to be 599(EUR).

General Mobile DSTW1 Dual SIM Card Communicator

General Mobile has announced its Dual SIM Card DSTW1 communicator – the first handset designed for quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) and the second one for Tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz). The DSTW1 Communicator runs on Windows Mobile 6 Professional. It will be available in many European countries in March 08, however the price is not declared.

General Mobile DSTW1 Specifications:

• OS - Windows Mobile 6 Professional
• Networks - GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz (SIM 1) and GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz (SIM 2), GPRS/EDGE
• Display – 2.8” 240×320 pixels, 65K colors
• 2 Mega pixel camera
• Bluetooth 2.0
• 256 MB of onboard memory
• microSD-slot
• Talk time – up to 4 hours
• Standby time – up to 6.25 days
• Dimensions – 117×61x18 mm
• Weight - 144 g