Updated 14 Feb, 2012, 6:01 pm IST

Upcoming Mobiles to Look Out For - The List Will Never End

16 Sep, 2009, 12:00 pm IST | Shayne Rana

The mobile world is booming right now with new launches and releases, here are a few we can look forward to.

There’s a lot that going on right now in the Mobile world. I said it before and I’ll say it again, Recession... my a**! Nokia World and IFA had some pretty interesting things to showcase in terms of future technology and what to expect. So here’s the latest list on what we can hope to see soon in terms of mobile tech.

Nokia N900
At the top of the list is Nokia’s new mobile computing solution - the N900. This is not like the N800 Series tablets that we’ve seen before. The N900 somehow manages to take things in a new direction. The company has decided to go with an open source Linux-based platform called Maemo. Its ARM Cortex-A8 processor should make it quite a speedy device and OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics acceleration should really make the visual experience pop.

The Nokia N900 will feature –
- a 3.5-inch touch-sensitive widescreen display with an 800 � 480 pixel resolution
- Slide-out QWERTY keyboard and on-screen virtual keyboard as well
- 3G (HSDPA, HSUPA), EDGE/GPRS
- Wi-Fi
- Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, USB 2.0 (Micro)
- Integrated GPS with A-GPS support (Ovi Maps preloaded)
- Maemo browser powered by Mozilla technology and Adobe Flash9.4 support
- 32GB of storage, which is expandable up to 48GB via a microSD card
- 3.5mm earphone and handsfree socket (AV out)
- 5 megapixel autofocus camera (Carl Zeiss optics and a Tessar lens) with a Dual LED flash
- Video playback includes XviD support (FINALLY)
- Built-in FM transmitter and radio

LG BL40 Chocolate
LG’s latest in their previous popular chocolate series is the new uber sleek BL40. It’s a large handset with extreme widescreen capabilities. LG has gone with a slightly varied version of their S-Class UI that features multitouch. It appears to be quite a feature rich fashion phone that has a lot to offer users looking for multimedia provisions as well as good looks.

The long and slim (sorry, but there’s no other way to describe it) BL40 comes with -
- a 4.01-inch touchscreen with a widescreen resolution of 345 x 800 pixels
- 3G (HSDPA), EDGE/GPRS
- Wi-Fi
- Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, USB 2.0 (Micro)
- Integrated GPS with A-GPS support
- 1GB of storage, which is expandable via a microSD cards
- 3.5mm earphone and handsfree socket (AV out)
- 5 megapixel autofocus camera (Schneider-Kreuznach optics) with an LED flash
- DivX and XviD video support
- Built-in FM transmitter and radio
- Dolby Mobile sound engine

Sony Ericsson Xperia X2
SE’s Xperia 2 or X2, is definitely a better looking version that the previous. It has a slightly more refined and sleeker look, especially draped in black. Hopefully the QWERTY keypad will prove to be a little more comfortable as well. The layout of the handset does seem a little better as well especially with the larger optical trackpad for navigation. This upgrade will be released with Windows Mobile 6.5 (Professional) so we’re looking at a better looking UI as well.

Other features that the X2 will have will include -
- a 3.2-inch touchscreen with resolution of 800 x 480 pixels
- Slide out QWERTY keyboard and Optical trackpad
- 3G (HSDPA, HSUPA), EDGE/GPRS
- Wi-Fi
- Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, USB 2.0 (Micro)
- Integrated GPS with A-GPS support
- microSD card support
- 3.5mm earphone and handsfree socket (AV out)
- 8 megapixel autofocus camera with an LED flash
- XviD video support

Tags: 5 Megapixel , 3 Megapixel , 8 Megapixel , QWERTY , Touchscreen , Android , Xperia 2 , Windows 6.5 Mobile