Mobile Phone News

Filed under: Handsets, Sony Ericsson, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS, HSUPA

As we already know, Sony Ericsson won’t be unifying all the awesomeness that is its X1 in a single retail model — there’s just too much awesome for any one phone to handle, apparently. Instead, there’ll be an X1a and an X1i, and thanks to a quick post over on Sony Ericsson’s semi-official Xperiancers site, we at this time know precisely where the differences lie. The X1a will be sold exclusively in North America, Latin America, and Australia, featuring a different “networking configuration” (presumably referring to the presence of 850, 1700, and 1900MHz HSPA there) and 24fps video instead of 30 — kind of out of the blue, but whatever. We also at this time know that the North American release Dat. will be declare on November 3, which isn’t nearly as cool as a release on November 3 last time we checked.

[Thanks, Dustan]

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

We’re still trying to figure out precisely how Nokia intends to position the N85 slider in its Nseries lineup, and frankly, the FCC documentation that’s been outed for it isn’t helping much. Seems there are two versions of the thing: one with no 3G — likely for China — and another with WCDMA on the 900, 1900, and 2100MHz frequencies. That little dose of 1900 in there will be enough to give owners partial access to 3G while out ‘n about in the colonies, but by and large, the phone appears destined for europ. where 2100 (and to a lesser extent, 900) is the name of the game. Bot. do quadband EDGE, so at the very least, you’ll be able to roam the better part of the globe and get some semblance of coverage — just don’t expect it to be particularly speedy everywhere you go. To be fair, Espoo’s been getting pretty good about crafting special versions of its hottest handsets that are ripe for North American use, so we’re not giving up hope just yet that there’s a third version floating out there.

[Via Cell Phone Signal]

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

We’re still trying to figure out precisely how Nokia intends to position the N85 slider in its Nseries lineup, and frankly, the FCC documentation that’s been outed for it isn’t helping much. Seems there are two versions of the thing: one with no 3G — likely for China — and another with WCDMA on the 900, 1900, and 2100MHz frequencies. That little dose of 1900 in there will be enough to give owners partial access to 3G while out ‘n about in the colonies, but by and large, the phone appears destined for europ. where 2100 (and to a lesser extent, 900) is the name of the game. Bot. do quadband EDGE, so at the very least, you’ll be able to roam the better part of the globe and get some semblance of coverage — just don’t expect it to be particularly speedy everywhere you go. To be fair, Espoo’s been getting pretty good about crafting special versions of its hottest handsets that are ripe for North American use, so we’re not giving up hope just yet that there’s a third version floating out there.

[Via Cell Phone Signal]

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments