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Looks like Samsung will be unveiling two new handsets for the US market at CES next week – on the 8th at 10:30am, to be exact. Both devices will feature stereo Bluetooth, a microSD memory card slot, a 2.0 megapixel camera, and will be slim devices (as is a regular occurrence with Samsung), though one will be tooled for video and one for music. I have a feeling that they will be a version of the SGH-F500 and SGH-F300 announced back at ITU Telecom World for the US market, but I’m not willing to place money on that.
I also know all about Nokia and Sony Ericsson’s releases for CES, but I have to keep hush-hush about that. Watch the CES page on MobileBurn for live coverage from CES for all things mobile.
I’ve seen some of the mobile technology related releases for CES, and I have to say that apart from one or two things, it is shaping up to be rather dull. There are probably going to be some nice things in other areas of the technology world, but for the areas that I cover I’m not all that excited. There is something nice coming on Monday though, so keep your eyes peeled…
Having not seen the Motorola announcements before they happened at CTIA, I still held a glimmer of hope that the manufacturer would release something decent from the show, after a string of nothing but new colors, and missing 3GSM totally. What did I get?
New colors.
The only announcements from Motorola were three new colors for the RAZR V3i, the V3m (which is just a V3c with a memory card slot), and a new low-end handset that takes queues from the PEBL.
I’m sick of Motorola.
The handset business of Motorola is getting by on the success of the RAZR, so the company is getting lazy. There is a lack of innovation coming from the manufacturer, and eventually the RAZR is going to fade away – if the company wants to keep its position in the market, it is going to have to show some interesting devices, or it will be caught with its pants down.
We can’t go on forever waiting for the Q.
While I wasn’t expecting HUGE things from the handset manufacturers from CTIA in Las Vegas this year, I was hoping for something to get me excited.
I have seen most (if not all, you can never be too sure) of the announcements that Sony Ericsson and Nokia will be making (still under embargo though, so I can’t reveal anything), and I’m not impressed. I have not yet seen anything that makes me excited.
I have not been privileged to anything from Motorola yet though, and despite rumors of the opposite, I’m still hopeful that they will announce shipping of the Q smartphone at least – though even that doesn’t get me excited anymore.
It’s slowing down a lot for mobile handset type news at CES, so I thought I would summarize my opinions on some of the major handset product announcements. Check it out after the jump.
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The first day of CES gave us a whole slew of new Bluetooth headsets from Nokia and Motorola – and I’m starting to believe the 2006 might be the year of the headset. Not that wireless headsets aren’t already popular, just that I think companies might step it up a notch this year.
My personal favourite is the Motorola H5 MINIBLUE (why the capitols Moto? At least it isn’t the MNIBLU or something like that I guess) with its ear canal microphone and tiny size. It comes with a charging dock to give you more battery life, which may be a turn-off for some people, but with my main use of a headset being around the office I think it is perfect for me.
Well, the proverbial mango has hit the fan, with product announcements coming left and right from the International CES. Motorola was first up to bat, with its ROKR E2, TXTR D7, and assorted Bluetooth accessories.
Coming as a suprise to me, the ROKR E2 actually looks like it may be an alright device. It drops the iTunes software, but adds Motorola’s tasty new UI (based on Linux), as well as a QVGA screen, SD card storage, and – shock – no song limit (except for the limit of the SD card size).
Expect Samsung to return fire tomorrow though, and that is all I can say right now.
