Smart Phone Market On the Rise

Though many of the mobile handset makers are facing the adverse effects of recession, Smart phone market worldwide has grown in the past 6 months, says AdMob. The demand of smart phones rose from 26% to 33% in Feb 2009. The tops 5 smart phones were iPhone, Nokia N70, Blackberry 8300, Nokia N80 and Nokia N73. Apple was way ahead of the other 4 in terms of share in Feb 2009.

iPhone OS, Symbian, RIM OS, WinMO and Palm were the tops 5 smart phone OS in Feb 2009. Surprisingly, Symbian's market share went down to 43% in Feb 2009 from 64% in August 2008, where as iPhone OS's share went up to 33% in Feb 2009 from just 4% in August 2008. This clearly shows that Symbian is increasingly facing competition from the iPhone OS in the smart phone OS market. And with the new iPhone OS 3.0, which has a host of enticing features and functionalities launched, Symbian might face more tough times ahead. Head over to DigiTimes to read the full report on the Smart Phone market in Feb 2009.

Samsung Launches Cute and Environmental Friendly Phone, Samsung Tobi

Samsung Taiwan has launched a new cute looking phone, the Samsung S3030 a.k.a Samsung Tobi. The slider phone is made of anti-allergic non toxic environmental friendly acrylic material. The cartoon charecter on the back can be changed. The phone has a SOS alarm, support for Bluetooth chat room, 1.3 mega pixel snapper, built-in FM radio, MP3 playback, built-in mobile phone tracker and 15MB built-in memory expandable up to 8GB. The phone is targeted at 8 year old kids. The phone will be available in Cool Green (green black), Flying Blue (blue), sweet red (red and white) colors. The SOS feature on the phone lets the user activate a very loud alarm when he or she is in trouble, guess that is why its for kids as they can use the phone to protect themselves. Check out the launch pics below. [Via]

Nokia E75 - Email With Ease

Check out this new site that has been launched by Nokia for promoting its E75 phone. This flash based site focuses on how the Nokia E75 mobile phone lets you easily send emails. The site is very catchy and you will remember the flash based site that was launched to promote the E71 that featured Dilbert using his E71 and doing day to day work. The site lets you actually write on the screen of a virtual E75 and if that is not all, you can send this email to your friend using the virtual E75. So even if someone does not have the E75, Nokia has made sure that the site will tell the prospective E75 user that, how easy it is to send an Email using the Nokia E75.

Sony Ericsson Will Ship "Idou" from October 2009

Sony Ericsson's first device based on the Symbian Foundation, the Idou, will start shipping from October 2009. Sony Ericsson showcased a prototype of this device at the start of the Mobile World Congress 2009. Idou is the first phone from Sony Ericsson that belongs to its new range of mobile handset called, "Unlimited Entertainment". Apart from being based on Symbian Foundation, the phone boasts of a 12 mega pixel snapper, turbo 3G (HSDPA or HSUPA), 3.5 inch touch screen with a resolution of 640 x 320 pixels, Bluetooth and Micro M2 Memory slot. Talking about the "Unlimited Entertainment" range of mobile phones from Sony Ericsson, these phones, apart from focusing on imaging and music, will also focus on social networks, gaming and video services. Also, Sony Ericsson's Germany product manager has confirmed that there are many phones that are lined up after the Idou, which will be launching soon. Hopefully these phones revive the lost glory of Sony Ericsson, which is struggling in the mobile phone market worldwide.

Samsung Launches SCH-W740, Haptic Phone With Face Tagging In Korea

Samsung has launched one more mobile phone with a 8 mega pixel snapper, the Samsung SCH-W740. The phone's 8 mega pixel snapper features a Auto Focus and Face Tagging feature. You and me have heard of mobile phone cameras with geo tagging, now what the hell is Face Tagging? When you add a tag to someones picture you have clicked and he is in your phone book, then you can send a SMS or call that person directly from the image, ain't it cool!! You browsing through your personal album and you are looking at your girlfriend's picture, you can send a SMS or call her instantly. The phone's camera has other features like Auto Focus, Face Detection, different scenery modes and a Business Card scanner. As of now, the phone will be available in the Korean market. Other mobile phones from Samsung that feature a 8 mega pixel snapper are the Samsung Pixon and the Samsung INNOVATE.

Samsung Launches Cute and Environmental Friendly Phone, Samsung Tobi

Samsung Taiwan has launched a new cute looking phone, the Samsung S3030 a.k.a Samsung Tobi. The slider phone is made of anti-allergic non toxic environmental friendly acrylic material. The cartoon charecter on the back can be changed. The phone has a SOS alarm, support for Bluetooth chat room, 1.3 mega pixel snapper, built-in FM radio, MP3 playback, built-in mobile phone tracker and 15MB built-in memory expandable up to 8GB. The phone is targeted at 8 year old kids. The phone will be available in Cool Green (green black), Flying Blue (blue), sweet red (red and white) colors. The SOS feature on the phone lets the user activate a very loud alarm when he or she is in trouble, guess that is why its for kids as they can use the phone to protect themselves. Check out the launch pics below. [Via]

White N86 and Other S60 Wannahave Phones

The following photos are from a Flickr Set of S60 Users Meetup uploaded by Flyiance2000. This is some monthly meet up of S60 Users. I found this three photos interesrting, the best is the Nokia N86 in white color.