LG today announced the successor of the ever popular Prada phone which had leaked earlier. Officially called KF 900, the Prada II bumps up the specs of the original Prada phone to 5 Mega Pixel Camera, Wi-fi, 3G, HSDPA & Qwerty Keypad. The 5 megapixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach certified lens comes to replace the modest 2 megapixel shooter of the original Prada phone. With 3G & HSDPA present, users can use to surf on the go. The handset has become thicker with a thickness of 18 mm against a thickness of 12 mm in the original Prada due to the inclusion of the sliding Qwerty Keyboard. The absence of GPS in Prada II is bound to raise a few eyebrows considering that LG is demanding a price of € 600 euros (£469 & $810). The new Prada mobile will be available though major mobile dealerships in Italy, UK, France, Germany, Spain and Netherlands in the 4Q of 2008.


Detailed Specs of LG Prada II KF 900 :

• 5 Mega Pixel Auto Focus Camera with Flash
• Schneider-Kreuznach optics
• VGA (640 x 480) Video Capture
• 3.0 inch WQVGA Screen with resolution of 400 x 240 pixels
• Quad Band GSM
• 3G HSDPA & Wi-fi
• Physical Qwerty Keypad
• Video player MPEG4/3gp/DivX6
• Media player MP3/AAC+/WAV
• Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
• Micro SD card slot
• Photo & Video Editor
• 104.5 x 54 x 16.8 mm dimensions

LG today announced the KC 780 Camera Phone after it was leaked earlier. The KC 780 contains a 8 Mega Pixel Camera & is just 13.9 mm thick, which is quite a feat considering it contains such a high resolution camera in it. It is the slimmest handset till now to have a 8 Mega Pixel Camera as the Samsung M8000 Pixon is 14.8 mm thick. Apart from being a digital camera, it also doubles up as a camcorder as it can shoot in Wide VGA at a resolution of 720 x 480 at 30 Frames per Second. The KC 780 also has other features like ace and smile detection, beauty shot, image stabilization and ISO 1600.

The KC 780 has a 2.4 inch display with support of 262 colors & QVGA (240 x 320) resolution. It has the latest Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR, 140 MB Storage & MicroSD card slot. However it doesn't have support for 3G or HSDPA so the only choice for data transfers is EDGE. The KC 780 will be also be able to stream video over it's bluetooth connection so it can also double up as a wireless web cam.


The Kc 780 is the second 8 Mega Pixel Shooter from LG after the KC 910 Renoir. It's main competition is from the other 8 Mega Pixel phones like the Sony Ericsson C905, Samsung i8510 Innov8 & Samsung M8000 Pixon. The tri-band (900/1800/1900) handset will start shipping as early as November this year at a price which is yet to be announced.


Detailed Specs of LG KC 780 :

• 8 Mega Pixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash
• Schneider-Kreuznach optics
• 720 x 480 & 640 x 480 30 FPS Video Capture
• Camera face and smile detection, Beauty shot
• 2.4 inch QVGA Screen with resolution of 320 x 240 pixels
• Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
• Tri Band GSM 900/1800/1900 with EDGE
• Video player MPEG4/3gp/DivX6
• Media player MP3/AAC+/WAV
• Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP
• Micro SD card slot
• 140 MB Internal Memory
• Document viewer (DOC, XLS, PDF, PPT)
• Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard
• 107 x 52 x 13.9 mm dimensions & 119 gm weight

Motorola has launched a new Winodws Mobile Smartphone today. It's running on Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard & is the successor of the Motorola Q9. The Q11 has Wi-fi, GPS & the 3.2 Mega Pixel Camera as it's main attraction. However it also suffers in some respect due to only 64 MB RAM & a slow ARM 7 LTE CPU from Freescale. The Q11 also has USB v1.1 and Bluetooth v 2.1 on board and also contains a microSD card slot for expanding the built-in memory. The lack of 3G & HSDPA support however will force users to use EDGE for on-the-go wireless data or Wi-fi when they can find a hotspot.

Also the battery is on the slim side with capacity of just 1170 mAH. The Q11 has a 2.4 Inch QVGA Screen which is not aligned to the center of the phone but is shifted to right. In it's place there are notification LED's. Motorola Q 11 measures the pretty slim 117 x 6 4x 11.7 mm, totaling a volume of 85cc. Its weight is passable 115 g. Motorola Q 11 is expected to be available in December 2008 but there is no information regarding its pricing yet.


Detailed Specs of Motorola Q11 :

• 3.2 Mega Pixel Fixed Focus Camera with LED Flash
• 2.4 inch QVGA Screen with resolution of 320 x 240 pixels
• Full Qwerty Heypad
• Push E-mail & IM
• Freescale ARM 7 LTE processor
• LTE + Intel Bulverde Chipset
• 64 MB Ram
• EDGE, Wi-fi & GPS
• Quad Band GSM
• Bluetooth 2.1
• Video player MPEG4/3gp/WMV/H.264
• Media player MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA
• Micro SD card slot
• Pocket Internet Explorer 6
• microUSB Slot, USB 1.1
• Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard
• 117 x 64 x 11.7 mm dimensions & 115 gm weight

After numerous leaks, Research in Motion (RIM) finally announced the Blackberry 9500. It will be exclusively sold by Verizon in US, Vodafone in Europe & Telus in Canada. After the final specs were released a notable omission is the lack of Wi-fi in the Storm. That seems to be a big mistake on part of Blackberry to make an iPhone rival Touch Screen Smartphone without Wi-fi functionality. In present times, Wi-fi has become a must in High-end Smartphones & RIM's decision to not pack the 9500 with Wi-fi could hurt it in 9500's sales. Especially when Nokia has started to put Wi-fi in all of it's new N-Series & E-Series phones. In Windows Mobile world, almost all phones have Wi-fi in them. The decision is also confusing as the Blackberry 9000 Bold already has Wi-fi in it.

The Blackberry Storm 9500 will be sold through Vodafone networks and will be free on monthly plans of 35 GBP and up with an 18-month contract.The Blackberry Storm 9530 is the variant of the handset that will be sold in North America through Verizon & Telus. Along with the quad-band GSM and 2100Mhz UMTS support that the 9500 model has, it will also offer CDMA2000 1xEV-DO support. The 9500 Storm will be available for purchase soon.


Detailed Specs of Blackberry 9500 Storm :

• 3 Mega Pixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash
• 3.3 inch Touch Screen with resolution of 360 x 480 pixels
• True Haptics
• 3.5 mm headphone jack
• 624 Mhz CPU
• 192 MB Ram
• 3G, HSDPA & GPS
• Quad Band GSM
• Bluetooth 2.0
• Video player DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp
• Media player MP3/WMA/AAC+
• DataViz Document Viewer/Editor
• Micro SD card slot
• Blackberry Maps
• Landscape virtual QWERTY keyboard
• BlackBerry OS
• 112.5 x 62.2 x 13.9 mm

RIM's Blackberry 9500 Storm's slides have leaked. The slides show the Storm's Qwerty Keypad, it's basic features and it's UI/OS in action. The Storm is the Touch Screen Phone from Blackberry & is scheduled to be offically launched this month. It has already appeared on German Vodafone site. The Storm features 3.25-inch display with a resolution of 360 x 480 pixels, quad-band GSM support, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.5 mm headphone jack and a 3 megapixel auto focus camera. It's also running RIM's latest Blackberry OS which has Touch Support.

Detailed Specs of Blackberry 9500 Storm :

• 3 Mega Pixel Fixed Focus Camera with LED Flash
• 3.3 inch Touch Screen with resolution of 360 x 480 pixels
• True Haptics
• 3.5 mm headphone jack
• 624 Mhz CPU
• 192 MB Ram
• 3G, HSDPA, Wi-fi & GPS
• Quad Band GSM
• Bluetooth 2.0
• Video player DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp
• Media player MP3/WMA/AAC+
• DataViz Document Viewer/Editor
• Micro SD card slot
• Blackberry Maps
• Landscape virtual QWERTY keyboard
• BlackBerry OS
• 112.5 x 62.2 x 13.9 mm