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Motorola's Zeppelin spotted, found to contain Android rather than hydrogen

by Tim Stevens posted Oct 23rd 2009 @ 8:13AM

Motorola's Zepplin spotted, found to contain Android rather than Hydrogen

Last week's blurry little roadmap from Motorola gave us our first glimpse of the codename Zeppelin, and now just a few days later the back half of the thing has floated its way into the hands of someone at DIGI.QQ.com. The Android-powered handset is said to sport a five megapixel camera with flash, WiFi, a 3.1-inch 480 x 320 screen, HDMI output, and, in a first for Android, dual SIM slots marked GSM and CDMA -- technically an R-UIM slot for CDMA, actually, which pretty much limits this thing to China. And indeed, rumor has it release will come behind the Great Wall sometime in the first quarter of next year, with worldwide shipments (of some other variant, we'd imagine) sometime later. Sure, that's a long time to wait if your contract expiration is nigh, but we hear that Droid thing is pretty neat.

[Via AndroidOS.in]

Samsung's dual-SIM B5702, now mega-official

by Chris Ziegler posted Apr 8th 2009 @ 2:16PM

Dual SIM support still isn't a big deal in most of Europe and North America, but in Russia -- where the new B5702 is launching, among other places, in May -- having two lines at your immediate disposal seems to be a headlining feature. The leaked B5702 is now fully official, offering a 3 megapixel camera, quadband EDGE, QVGA display, FM radio with RDS, built-in document viewer including Office and PDF (kinda unique for a dumbphone), and microSD expansion up to 8GB. Unlike some dual-SIM devices, the B5702 utilizes both cards simultaneously; two LEDs indicate which line is being used by incoming calls, and a button on the side allows users to hot-swap active lines without restarting the phone. Just don't mix up "Boss" and "Sweetie" on the speed dials, alright?

Samsung's dual-SIM C5212: for when two numbers are important, style isn't

by Sean Cooper posted Feb 26th 2009 @ 5:17PM

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The Samsung GT-C5212 (sounds fast, doesn't it?) seems to be the candybar twin to the Samsung B5702 we mentioned a little earlier in the month -- but lacks the wowee factor those SIM indicator lights brought. Featuring dual-SIM slots -- also apparently has a button to choose which to use for data, calling, and so on -- a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, 64MB of internal memory expandable to 8GB, and dual-band GSM. So, yeah, no awards for innovation here, but knowing Samsung, it'll likely be a workhorse and at only $194 we suppose that's a fair shake. The C5212 it expected to ship by the end of this month, though, pricing is listed in Rubles so we expect Russia may well be its only home.

[Via UnwiredView]

Samsung set to launch B5702 with worldwide dual-SIM-ability

by Sean Cooper posted Feb 4th 2009 @ 5:35PM

Want more on that B5702 mentioned in the mega-leak yesterday? Of course you do! Okay, sprinkle this with a few grains of salt, people -- the Samsung B5702's existence remains officially unofficial until we hear different from Samsung's lips. The slider apparently features a 3.2 megapixel camera, 2.4-inch QVGA display, FM radio, a microSD slot, and quad-band GSM, making it Samsung's first dual-SIM foray into the North American market (though we wouldn't be surprised if you still had to fish one out of your local importer's stock to actually buy one). As you may have noticed, the phone has a cute little LED that seems to show which SIM is currently in use -- a handy feature -- but is otherwise a very typical Samsung slider. Not that there's anything wrong with that, Samsung, it's just that we usually need a nap after we take a look at these things.

[Via GSMArena]

LG debuts dual-SIM KS660 overseas

by Darren Murph posted Dec 27th 2008 @ 2:18PM

LG's first ever dual-SIM handset will go down as being the completely forgettable KS660, like it or not. The touchscreen-centric mobile includes a 3-inch 400 x 240 resolution display, an integrated multimedia player, 50MB of inbuilt memory, a microSD expansion slot, FM radio, video recorder, Bluetooth 2.0, USB support and tri-band GSM connectivity. Sadly, you'll only find support for EDGE data, and WiFi is casually omitted as well. Chances are you won't find this one outside of China, Russia and a few nations in Europe when it launches in February, but we get the feeling it won't be sorely missed here in America.

Samsung F480 + second SIM = D988 for China

by Chris Ziegler posted Jul 21st 2008 @ 11:38PM

Call it Tocco in the UK, Player Style in France, and now, you can call it dual SIM capable in China. The F480 has been morphed (more or less, anyway) into the D988 for the Chinese market, a place where a good percentage of the mobile populace enjoys having a pair of wireless accounts at the ready. It carries over the 5 megapixel autofocus camera, too; bring back the 3G that's missing here and release it as a Europe-ready DuoS model, Samsung, and you might have a global winner on your hands.

[Via Unwired View]

Motorola's VE75 slider invades China

by Chris Ziegler posted Jul 19th 2008 @ 6:02PM

Nothing says "I love you" like sending every single one of your hot new handset models your way, and that's pretty much the beautiful romance that's going on between Moto and China as of late. The A1600, A1800, and A810 have all induced various levels of lust from outsiders who can't get their paws on 'em (not yet, anyway), and now we've got another little bundle of Linux-powered joy to drool over, the VE75 slider. It'll happily swallow a pair of SIMs (as so many Asian market handsets tend to do) and offers EDGE data, a 2 megapixel camera, WQVGA display, and microSD slot. It'll be available -- and we use the term "available" loosely until a more global announcement is made -- in black and white.

[Via Unwired View]

E-TEN prepping dual-SIM glofiish DX900?

by Chris Ziegler posted May 16th 2008 @ 4:54PM

Rumor has it that E-TEN will be unveiling a new Windows Mobile set at Taiwan's Computex next month that sports -- count 'em, one, two SIMs. The so-called DX900 (pictured) in the glofiish series should be quite a powerhouse, too, with triband HSDPA, quadband GSM, 3 megapixel autofocus cam, FM radio, 256MB of ROM with microSDHC expansion, GPS, motion sensor, and that all-important VGA display that's probably (hopefully) going to come to define high-end WinMo devices from here on out. We don't see any particular reason why this one wouldn't come to fruition; dual-SIM phones are pretty commonplace in Asia, though the presence of triband HSDPA is a pretty rare feat in that bunch. Anyone feeling an itch to import one of these stateside?

[Via the::unwired]

Hands-on with Qool: hip, stylish... qool

by Sean Cooper posted Mar 19th 2007 @ 4:43AM

We saw a few "Qool" (sorry, we were mandated to get that in) products at CeBIT this year: the QDA "Glider," QDA "Icon," and the Qool "Twins." The Twins come in two different flavors; the Twins 168 is a tri-band dual SIM handset that allows both SIMs to be active at all times. Rolling with CDMA? Then the T178 is for you, with tri-band GSM, plus a CDMA 800 / 1900 / 1X radio all in one set. This is top-shelf stuff if you are a business traveller -- no need to swap between SIMs to check your messages at home and throwing in the dual-purpose CDMA / GSM model does the same for CDMA users. The Glider is a quad-band Windows Mobile device with a sliding keypad, a 195MHz OMAP850 core, 2.8 inch touchscreen, Bluetooth 1.2, WiFi, EDGE data, and a 2 megapixel cam. This is a solid device and we absolutely loved the red backlit touch-controls mounted on the face. The QDA Icon is touted as the world's slimmest PDA phone with a 4 megapixel camera, and as such, it was given props with an Innovations honour at CES. The touchscreen QDA Icon is available in either dual-band GSM 900 / 1800 or 900 / 1900 versions, with the grunt delivered by a 200MHz OMAP730. Sadly, the only data options are Class 10 GPRS, Bluetooth 1.2 and USB -- no EDGE or HSDPA here.