MOTOROLA ANNOUNCES MOTO Q11 SMARTPHONE

Motorola has announced their new MOTO Q11, an affordable smartphone but without 3G support. However this phone does comes with integrated WiFi connectivity. It is running on Windows Mobile 6.1 and users can personalize their homescreen and synchronize all contacts, calendar items and email. The MOTO Q11 is expected to be available by December 2008. MOTO Q11 Specifications: • Talk Time: Up to approximately 450 minutes; • Standby Time: Up to approximately 195 hours • Bands/Modes: Quad-band GPRS/EDGE Class 10 • Camera: 3 megapixel, LED Flash • Memory: 128MB Flash, 64 MB RAM, optional microSD card up to 32GB • Weight: 115g • Dimensions: 117 x 64 x 11.7 mm • Battery: 1170 mAH • MicroUSB/USB 1.1, Bluetooth Class 1 v2.1 wireless technology • Display: 2.4″ 320 x 240 TFT 262K • GPS, aGPS, WiFi • Windows Mobile 6.1 MOTO Q 11 is expected to be available in December 2008.

BLACKBERRY STORM

The Blackberry Storm is RIM’s latest addition in their 3G smartphone line. It comes with a clickable 3.26-inch (480 x 360) touchscreen, built-in accelerometer, 3.2-megapixel camera, built-in GPS, 1GB onboard storage with microSD/SDHD memory card slot and the phone is preloaded with lots of apps. The Blackberry Storm will be on Verizon first.

HP iPAQ DATA MESSENGER AND VOICE MESSENGER SMARTPHONES

HP has released two smartphones in its iPAQ range, they are the iPAQ DataMessenger and VoiceMessenger. The iPAQ DataMessenger is running on Windows Mobile 6.1 and it comes with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 2.8-inch display, a 3.1-megapixel camera with LED flash, WiFi, Bluetooth, Quadband GSM, Tri-band 7.2 Mbps HSDPA (European bands), HSUPA, A-GPS, 128 MB RAM and 256 MB ROM, microSD expansion, 2.5mm headphone jack and a 1140 mAh battery. It weighs 160g and measures 5.7 x 1.74 x 11.4 cm. The iPAQ Voice Messenger is similar to DataManager, just that it does not have the slide-out keyboard, instead, it has a 20 key suretype-style keyboard. Also running Windows Mobile 6.1, but this one is powered by a larger 1260 mAh Lithium-Polymer battery and it is lighter at 107 g and measures 5.0 x 1.36 x 11.4 cm. Both of them will be available either SIM-free (VoiceMessenger £333; DataMessenger £399) through HP resellers, or with a wireless contract through Vodafone Europe-wide.