As in the title, what new phones are coming out this summer? Are there going to be some higher Megapixel phones (i know there is a 3mp one out at the mo but are there going to be any more). And what about hard drive phones, with the first one having just come out i asume there will be lots more this summer?
This summers new phones
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I suppose thats kinda cool, but its going to have to be seriously good to compete with the iPod. That thing looks pretty rubbish as a phone, I mean just look at the keypad! Id rather have an ipod which is good at music and a phone which isnt trying to be a jack of all trades.
I'll be surprised if hard-drive based phones take off. What's the point when you can now get the same amount of flash RAM in a much smaller space and without the high power demands?
I reckon this year you'll see: More music phones, higher mega-pixel cameras, more WiFi phones, phones with GPS built-in, more mainstream smartphones, possibly the first HSDPA handsets and mobile digital TV in Italy/Finland (but not the UK).
I'm not really sticking my neck out though, since most of the above have already been announced by the likes of Nokia.
I reckon this year you'll see: More music phones, higher mega-pixel cameras, more WiFi phones, phones with GPS built-in, more mainstream smartphones, possibly the first HSDPA handsets and mobile digital TV in Italy/Finland (but not the UK).
I'm not really sticking my neck out though, since most of the above have already been announced by the likes of Nokia.
Im only really interested in hard drive phones as they bridge the gap between mp3 players and phones at the moment. Although as technically i could get a 4GB MS duo in my phone i suppose there is no real point to hard drives. Although i am interested in a better camera.
He's talking about a different sort of Mobile TV though.Pug said:
You're watching TV over IP, basically live video that is streamed to your handset over the W-CDMA network. It's essentially the same as watching a live video stream over a traditional internet connection.
He's talking about the recently developed DVB-H standard, which is basically a variant of the Freeview technology and it will be a genuine "broadcast", i.e. broadcasting to all in range rather than streamed to particular handsets. The biggest advantage is that network load doesn't depend on the number of users. Disadvantage (so far discovered) is that it takes an awful lot of masts to cover large areas.
aaah, ok - so effectively an integrated TV tuner (in simple terms) in the phone?
Based on my experiences with freeview that wont work unless your standing on a big hill in central London not surrounded by buildings.
The qualy of 3G TV is better than i expected tbh...
Based on my experiences with freeview that wont work unless your standing on a big hill in central London not surrounded by buildings.
The qualy of 3G TV is better than i expected tbh...
It's specifically designed for mobile devices and will potentially have greater coverage than the 3G networks since it's cheaper to deploy.
The current mobile TV methods used by Orange and Vodafone are only a short-term solution really since it's so inefficient. Potentially some DVB-H channels could be free too.