LG and Sprint are preparing something new for the exhibition CES 2010

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There are more rumors that LG and Sprint are preparing something new for the exhibition CES 2010.

The alleged surprise may be the smartphone LG PRADA 3 – the first representative of the LG PRADA line based on the Android operating system. In addition, it will be the first phone under the brand LG PRADA, implementation of which is made through the cellular network operator. Until today the U.S. PRADA phones were sold through retailers, without a contract with a rather high price.

According to rumors, LG PRADA 3 is equipped with touch screen and QWERTY-keyboard. It is assumed that the smartphone will work in the CDMA networks. Also it is said that the first day of the exhibition LG and Sprint will hold a press conference with the participation of American supermodel Brooke Shields Brooke Shields.

Via Mobile News

Motorola MILESTONE VS Nokia N97

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The Motorola MILESTONE and Nokia N97 are two mini computers to be carried in users’ pockets. Both of these high end smartphones have stretched human imaginations and have been able to put together several outstanding attributes in superbly attractive attires.

Both of these amazing tools carry full QWERTY keypad in their slide out slab. The 3.7 inches TFT capacitive touch screen which supports 16 million colors at 480 x 854 pixels of Motorola Milestone is giving a good competition to Nokia N97’s 3.5 inches TFT widescreen touch screen that comes with 16 million colors as well at 360 x 640 pixels resolution. Proximity sensor for auto turn-off and accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate are mutually available features in them, while the first one has got multi-touch input method and the second one can recognize handwriting. The MILESTONE is of 115.8 x 60 x 13.7 mm in dimensions weighing 165 grams whereas the Nokia N97 is of 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm with 150 grams of weight.

The 5 mega pixel camera of Motorola MILESTONE with functionalities like Dual LED Flash, Auto Focus, Image Stabilizer, Photo Geo Tagging is giving a neck-to-neck competition to Nokia N97’s 5 mega pixel camera loaded with Carl Zeiss Tessar Lens, Dual LED Flash, Auto Focus, Video Streaming facilities. The latter one has got an upper hand here as it carries a secondary video call camera which is absent in the former one. Media playback is an expected feature where the fist gadget gives support to MPEG4, WMV, H263 & H264 video files and MP3, eAAC+, WAV & WMA music files and the second one can play PEG4, H264 & QCIF video files and MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+ & WMA music files on their video players and music players.

Accessing the Internet through these competitors will be a never before experience as the Motorola’s handset has got Google Search feature with its HTML browser and the Nokia’s tool has been able to bag WAP 2.0, X-HTML, HTML browsers along with RSS feeds feature. 3G HSDPA, Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, Micro USB, EDGE, WLAN Wi-Fi with UPnP Support are the commonly available data sharing and connectivity technologies.

Via The Mobile Blog

The iPhone / iPod Touch bed set

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The iPhone / iPod Touch bed set is a must for all the lonely iPhone and iPod Touch owners, i guarantee you that this bed set will hold you warm at night ;) .The price for this bed set is 349 SEK (50$) and it can be bought from Ellos.se ( Swedish site)

Via dailymobile

General Mobile reveals its Android 2.0 COSMOS smartphone

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General Mobile just sent us photos and specs of its second Android device, the COSMOS. It follows the DSTL1 Imaginary that the company released earlier this year and has a much better set of features.

For starters, it runs the Android 2.0 operating system, much like the Motorola Droid on Verizon Wireless. It has a 3.2-inch 320 x 480 HVGA capacitive touchscreen with an accelerometer, a 5 megapixel autofocus camera (sans flash), 256MB flash memory and 128MB SDRAM. Other features include a 1500mAh battery, FM radio, a digital compass, and a Marvell PXA935 processor under the hood.

The COSMOS looks much more attractive than the DSTL1 Imaginary; it has a more streamlined industrial design and a few attractive touches such as the etching on the battery cover.

Via Android Authority

HTC to debut a new touchscreen tablet at CES 2010?

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Forget the iSlate, an unconfirmed rumor suggests that HTC may have multiple models of a new touchscreen tablet, a device that the Taiwanese handset manufacturer has been secretly working on for the last 18 months, ready for debut. One model of the rumored tablet will feature a Qualcomm processor (Snapdragon?), a touchscreen display (multi-touch?), new software from Adobe (Flash?) and will run Android. The tablet will reportedly be shown to a select group of HTC customers at a private showing next week during CES. HTC has been working closely with Google in the development of the tablet and is expected to roll out a second model of the touchscreen tablet with Google’s Chrome OS. Slap some wireless 3G connectivity onto these slates and HTC may win the prize as the manufacturer with the hottest portfolio in 2010.

Via Slashgear

Carphone gives free airline tickets to Palm Pre buyers

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Apparently unhappy with how sales of the Palm Pre are going in the UK, Carphone Warehouse has decided to offer two free airline tickets to customers who will buy Palm’s first WebOS smartphone throughout January 2010.

For the moment, UK users can get the Pre only with an O2 contract – the handset is free if you’re willing to pay £45 or more per month.

According to Guardian.co.uk, O2 may have “mountains” of unsold Palm Pres.

Launched as an iPhone competitor, the Palm Pre is quite far from reaching the success of Apple’s smartphone – which may reach 1 million units sold until the end of the year, via Carphone UK only. The iPhone’s advantage, however, is that it was released earlier than the Pre in the UK, and it’s available both through O2 and Orange (while Vodafone will sell it starting January 14).

UK aside, the Palm Pre might soon debut on the US’s largest network (Verizon), as Palm Pre Plus, together with the Palm Pixi Plus. This will probably lead to some increased sales, but, if you ask me, Palm should quickly launch new smartphones if it wants to continue the moderate success it has with the Pre / Pixi tandem.

Via UV