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Samsung targeting girls

Samsung have unleash girl power at Mobile World Congress. Two little devices caught my attention for the girlies out there. The first was the Diva, combining a pearly, feminine look with illegible writing it’s a phone for little girls. The Widgets remain and there seems to have been some developments on these as they are pinker and contain things like a wish list for shopping

The second girlie phone is the Diva Folder. A very basic phone but it has a neat display on the quilted over. Personally, I hated it. The D-pad was useless whilst they exterior of the phone was quite attractive the innards looked like someone had torn off a prettier interface.

Alcatel’s budget smartphone

Okay, it’s not quite a smartphone but it will probably be the cheapest alternative on the market. The specs are short and snappy, 2mp camera, Edge (no 3G), Email, Facebook, Twitter and media playback. Comes in two flavours, One Touch Chrome and One touch Carbon, after the break:

Samsung Shark phones

There were two dumb phones amidst the Samsung’s collective. The Shark and Shark Slider. The Shark Slider reminded me a lot of the older D500’s from some years back. A lot of the manufactures are pushing Smart phones so it is nice to see a more traditional dumb phone amongst the biggies. Sitting with a 3mp camera and FM radio the Shark and Shark slider are handy enough. Some pics after the break:

Samsung Monte

The Samsung Monte looked like a nice little device. downscaling the features of the phone this Bada device has a 3.2mp camera, 3G, Wi-fi, GPS and a rather attractive design. a real fashion phone that looks to come in at a fetching price tag for all the kids to enjoy. Couple more pics after the break.

HTC Smart on O2 to get everyone into smartphones

HTC’s second Press conference of Mobile World Congress 2010 showed off the new HTC Smart and now there has been a nice deal created with O2 to get this phone into the hands of the people who do not have the means to get a Smartphone. With new tariffs that they haven;t quite put together this largely pay as you go phone will have a focus on data more so than just the typical minutes and texts most pay as you go deals feature.

HTC went to great lengths to outline that this isn’t simply a low end feature phone but a fully loaded smartphone that has access to the Brew application store. This will allow users without a credit card to have a simple application store experience.

Google gives away FREE Nexus One at Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona

How established mobile industry wants to fight iPhone revolution? With apps! Yes, the main battleground of smartphone wars is moving to apps and the main players are iPhone (of course) and Android…

Nokia X6 16GB official, available 24th Feb

Nokia made official the X6 16GB via its blog today, availability should start on the 24th February and excludes Come With Music.

Today sees the Nokia X6 get its very own baby brother in the form of a new 16GB model. Unlike its 32GB sibling, the 16GB version doesn’t Come with Music but its sizable on board storage still boasts enough space for 5,500 tracks. Outside that substantial storage sits a lush 3.2-inch widescreen capacitive touchscreen and four new finishes: all black, all white, white with pink highlights and white with yellow highlights. 

Typical specifications from a high end Nokia smartphone are all there: 3G, GPS, WiFi, 5 megapixel camera, and TV out, but what’s nice is that the X6 will come bundled with Spore by EA, and Asphalt4 and DJ Mix Tour, both by Gameloft.

Price should range around the £300 mark and will no doubt be free on contract.

New BBC iPlayer, news and sport apps coming

The Beeb is coming to your blower — the BBC has announced three mobile phone apps, to be launched this year. Like Sky, the BBC will offer separate news and sport apps. It will also serve up a dedicated iPlayer app.

The apps will be available on assorted mobile platforms: iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Symbian and Palm’s webOS were all mentioned. More apps will follow the initial three, perhaps offering access to niche BBC content such as its education services, or Bargain Hunt. We reckon big-name brands such as  EastEnders or Doctor Who could even have their own apps.

It’s not yet clear whether these will be paid apps or whether the BBC’s licence fee-funded nature will make them free, or what the international licensing issues will be for overseas users.

Eric Huggers, Auntie’s director of future media and technology, delivered the news in a keynote speech at Mobile World Congress. He shared the stage with Spotify boss Daniel Ek, although there was no comparable announcement from the music-streaming service.

The apps serve up BBC content with thumbnails that are scrolled sideways, rather than the vertical scrolling favoured by most iPhone apps — as in our mockup image above. The first BBC app will be the news, arriving in the iPhone App Store in April. Further apps and versions for other phones won’t be far behind.

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New from Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericcson have pulled out a few devices from their back pockets. Lets take a look at them: