It's raining phones in the desert. Mobile phone makers from around the globe are using the CTIA Wireless trade show in Las
Vegas this week to deliver a downpour of new handsets with an almost endless stream of new features.
Manufacturers continue to find ways to pack more storage, more entertainment, more pixels and more radio technologies such
as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi into tiny handsets. Suffice to say, the many new phones being launched in Las Vegas boast a little
more of everything.
Here are a few highlights:
Nokia, the world's largest handset maker, showed its new ultra-slim, clamshell-style 6126. The phone is 17 millimeters thick
(0.67 inches) and 48 millimeters (1.9 inches) wide, and weighs 112 grams (3.9 ounces). That's a size that fits nicely into
tight pockets.
The 6126 operates in four bands using GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) or EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution)
technologies: 850, 900, 1800, and 1900. It includes a multi-format music player, a mircoSD slot for cards up to 1GB, 1.3-megapixel
camera with 8x zoom and support for streaming audio and video.
Nokia also launched three new handsets using CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) technology, which is widely used in the
U.S. One of them is the new 6175i, a slim, clamshell-style phone with a 1.3 megapixel camera and large color display. The
handset is expected to ship in the second quarter of 2006.
Motorola unveiled its Razr V3m, a music-enhanced CDMA version of the iconic ultra-slim Razr V3c. The new model has a 1.3 megapixel
camera and video-capture and playback capabilities, among other features. The handset is expected to ship in the second quarter.
Motorola is also demonstrating a new technology at CTIA that can move recorded shows from a Motorola digital video recorder
(DVR) set-top directly to one of the company's mobile devices, such as the Razr V3x.
The U.S. mobile phone arm of LG Electronics introduced its CG300, a quad-band GSM phone that features two-way push-to-talk
(PTT) with a one-touch speakerphone capability. The phone, which supports the PTT service of Verizon Wireless, also offers
mobile IM (instant messaging). Details about availably were not available.
Samsung Electronics showed a range of new handsets: the zx20, which supports the new high-speed technology HSPDA (High Speed
Packet Download Access); the t719, which incorporates the Blackberry Connect Email client from Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM);
and the t709, which features both Wi-FI and UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access) radio technologies.
The wireless subsidiary of Kyocera tried to made a splash with the launch of several new handsets, including its K822 with
a multi-format music player, FM radio and built-in stereo speakers. The South Korean manufacturer also showed a prototype
of its a dual-mode Wi-Fi/CDMA handset with integrated public Wi-Fi roaming from Boingo Wireless.
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