Wireless News

Verizon Wireless is offerings this week the HTC Imagio. The device has global roaming capability and supports the V CAST mobile TV offering for Verizon. The Iamgio is the first smartphone to support the TV service.

The handset supports 3G connectivity and has integrated Wi-Fi. The screen is a 3.6-inch touch-sensitive unit with a resolution of 480 x 800. A 3.5mm headphone jack is built-in for headphones and the device has an on-screen QWERTY keyboard.

Power for the handset comes from a 1500 mAh battery. In addition to the Verizon V CAST service, the Imagio also supports video on demand, music with Rhapsody, and it runs Windows Mobile 6.5. The home screen is fully customizable. The phone also has a 5MP camera built-in. The handset will hit stores on October 6 at $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate.

Custumers from Verizon who are text addict had a new handset the Dazzle. The Dazzle was developed by Personal Communications Devices, LLC and has a unique tilt and swivel design for comfortable text messaging.

The handset is built to support the wide array of Verizon services like V CAST Music and it will ship with a 1GB microSD card. The Razzle will be in stores on October 6.

The main features of the device are a large QWERTY keyboard, a 2.2-inch TFT display, a 1.3MP camera, and dual-band CDMA support. Bluetooth is integrated and the device can access the Internet. The Razzle supports both Spanish and English interfaces and will sell for $69.99 with a new customer agreement.

Research firm Juniper Research has released the results of a study that claims shipments of Handsets running Symbian are set to soar over the next few years. The study predicts that by 2014 there will be 180 million Symbian handsets shipped each year.

The findings suggest that the smartphone market is moving towards open source operating systems. This is despite the fact that some of the most popular devices on the market run proprietary OS’ including the iPhone and Windows Mobile devices.

Engadget is reporting that the Samsung SCH-W880 camera phone has been leaked ahead of the devices official launch. The handset has one interested feature — a 12MP camera with 3x optical zoom.

Usually, camera phones have low resolution sensors and no optical zoom, so it’s good to see another camera phone that is actually focused on taking pictures. Other features of the phone include a 3.3-inch AMOLED touchscreen and HSDPA data support.

The camera phone also has Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, and a microSD card slot. One feature is disheartening for American’s though, the cam has an integrated DMB TV tuner meaning it will probably never come outside of Korea.

VTech has a full line of cordless phones for landlines with all sorts of interesting features. If you use your mobile phone more than you use your home landline, you may have wished that you had your mobile phone address book on your home phone more than once.

VTech has unveiled a new cordless home phone called the DS6321-3 that is the first cordless home phone to be able to download cellular phone contact lists over Bluetooth. The VTech device can be synced with up to four Bluetooth devices including smartphones and headsets.

Two mobile phones can be connected to the system at once and the device supports landline, and cellular phone calls simultaneously. The home phone sells for $99.95 and will support up to 12 cordless handsets costing $19.99 each.