Twice the hype, half the novelty

It's finally here - the iPhone 3G. No, we mean that literally. It's finally at our office and boy, are we excited! GPS, HSDPA purring under the new iPhone hood with a hefty number of software enhancements.
But all them software goodies are available for the first-gen iPhone too - so is it worth the fuss? It may as well be, but we never know before we take it out for a spin.

Key features

3.5" 16M-color TFT display with a resolution of 480 x 320 pixels
Quad-band GSM support
Tri-band UMTS support with HSDPA
Built-in GPS receiver
Wi-Fi
8 to 16GB of onboard storage
Accelerometer, proximity sensor and ambient light sensor
2 megapixel camera
Silky smooth user interface with multi-touch user support
Unsurpassed web surfing experience
Push email with MS Exchange support
AppStore access for direct application download and installation
Redone rear
TV-out port





Main disadvantages

No video calls over the 3G network
The handset wobbles on hard even surfaces
There are a number of messaging downers
Camera has no auto focus, nor video recording… nor any settings at all
Safari browser doesn't support Flash and Java, doesn't have a download manager
Bluetooth support limited to headset use only (no A2DP or file transfers)
No office document editor
No copy/paste functionality
You cannot sync Notes and TO-DOs
No memory card slot (but knowing Apple there will never be one)

SanDisk introduces 16 GB microSD and M2 memory cards

If you were just running out of space on your memory card - here come some good news for you. SanDisk is going to start shipping 16GB microSD and M2 memory cards as early as next month.
The 16GB of capacity will give the M2 and microSDHC-compatible phones a chance to match the iPhone and the likes' memory capacity. While there is no official information yet which phone models will be compatible with the new standard we can bet any handset supporting the 8GB cards will manage to handle that too. And best of all, the availability of the new 16GB cards will most probably make the 8GB models more affordable.
The 16GB microSD cards are expected to hit the shelves at a price of 70 euro (100 US dollars), while the 16GB M2 cards will sell for about 90 euro (130 US dollars).

TERMS COMMON IN MOBILES



GSM
GSM (Global System for Mobile communications: originally from Groupe Spécial Mobile) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. Its promoter, the GSM Association, estimates that 82% of the global mobile market uses the standard.[1] GSM is used by over 3 billion people across more than 212 countries and territories.Its ubiquity makes international roaming very common between mobile phone operators, enabling subscribers to use their phones in many parts of the world. GSM differs from its predecessors in that both signalling and speech channels are digital, and thus is considered a second generation (2G) mobile phone system. This has also meant that data communication was easy to build into the system.


3G
3G is the third generation of mobile phone standards and technology, superseding 2.5G, and preceding 4G. It is based on the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) family of standards under the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000, IMT-2000
3G networks enable network operators to offer users a wider range of more advanced services while achieving greater network capacity through improved spectral efficiency. Services include wide-area wireless voice telephony, video calls, and broadband wireless data, all in a mobile environment. Additional features also include HSPA(High Speed Packet Access) data transmission capabilities able to deliver speeds up to 14.4Mbit/s on the downlink and 5.8Mbit/s on the uplink.

GPRS
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a packet oriented Mobile Data Service available to users of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and IS-136 mobile phones. It provides data rates from 56 up to 114 kbit/s.
GPRS can be used for services such as Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) access, Short Message Service (SMS), Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), and for Internet communication services such as email and World Wide Web access. GPRS data transfer is typically charged per megabyte of traffic transferred, while data communication via traditional circuit switching is billed per minute of connection time, independent of whether the user actually is using the capacity or is in an idle state. GPRS is a best-effort packet switched service, as opposed to circuit switching, where a certain Quality of Service (QoS) is guaranteed during the connection for non-mobile users.

EDGE
Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution (EDGE), Enhanced GPRS (EGPRS), or IMT Single Carrier (IMT-SC) is a backwards-compatible digital mobile phone technology that allows improved data transmission rates, as an extension on top of standard GSM. EDGE can be considered a 3G radio technology and is part of ITU's 3G definition but is most frequently referred to as 2.75G. EDGE was deployed on GSM networks beginning in 2003— initially by Cingular (now AT&T) in the United States.
EDGE is standardized by 3GPP as part of the GSM family, EDGE is an upgrade that provides a potential three-fold increase in capacity of GSM/GPRS networks. The specification achieves higher data-rates by switching to more sophisticated methods of coding, within existing GSM timeslots. Introducing 8PSK encoding, EDGE is capable of delivering higher bit-rates per radio channel in good conditions

3GP
3GP is a multimedia container format defined by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) for use on 3G mobile phones but can also be played on some 2G and 4G phones.
3GP is a simplified version of the MPEG-4 Part 14 (MP4) container format, designed to decrease storage and bandwidth requirements in order to accommodate mobile phones. It stores video streams as MPEG-4 Part 2 or H.263 or MPEG-4 Part 10 (AVC/H.264), and audio streams as AMR-NB, AMR-WB, AMR-WB+, AAC-LC or HE-AAC. A 3GP file is always big-endian, storing and transferring the most significant bytes first. It also contains descriptions of image sizes and bitrate. There are two different standards for this format:
3GPP (for GSM-based Phones, may have filename extension .3gp)
3GPP2 (for CDMA-based Phones, may have filename extension .3g2)
Both are based on MPEG-4 and H.263 video, and AAC or AMR audio.

PHONES IN STORE NOW

i-mate ultimate 8502

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
TFT touchscreen, 256K colors (65K effective)
320 x 240 pixels, 2.6 inches,QWERTY keyboard
Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Profe2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels, video, flash
Built-in GPS receiver, Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF viewer)

Motorola ZN5

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
TFT, 256K colors, 240 x 320 pixels, 2.4 inches
Touch-sensitive keypad
5 MP, 2560х1920 pixels, autofocus, xenon flash, video (15fps)
MP3/WMA/eAAC+ player,
CrystalTalk Technology





Nokia 7210 Sua

GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
TFT, 256K colors, 240 x 320 pixels, 2.0 inches
microSD (TransFlash), up to 2GB,
2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels, video (QCIF@10fps)
MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA player
Macromedia Flash Lite 2.1, Adobe Flash 3.0

Nokia N96

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
TFT, 16M colors, 240 x 320 pixels, 2.8 inches
microSD (TransFlash), up to 8GB,
Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate,128MB RAM, 256MB storage memory,
Dual ARM 9 264 MHz CPU,Symbian OS 9.3, S60 rel. 3.2
5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus,
video(VGA 30fps), flash; secondary VGA videocall camera
A-GPS function,DVB-H TV broadcast receiver
MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA player


Samsung S7330

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
TFT, 16M colors, microSD (TransFlash)
3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus, flash, secondary CIF videocall camera, MP3/AAC/eACC+/WMA player
MPEG-4/H.263/WMV video player

LATEST MOBILE PHONES ANNOUNCED


LG KB770
GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 ,2008, September
TFT touchscreen, 256K colors
3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus
MP3/MPEG4/DivX/Xvid player




BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220


GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Coming soon. 2008, 4Q
65K colors
QWERTY keyboard, Trackball navigation
BlackBerry OS, 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels, video, flash





HTC Touch Viva

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Coming soon. Exp. release 2008, October
TFT touchscreen, 65K colors, 240 x 320 pixels, 2.8 inches
Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF viewer)
2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels, video

Sony Ericsson G705

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
TFT, 256K colors, 240 x 320 pixels, 2.4 inches,
Memory Stick Micro (M2), 1 GB card included,
3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, video, flash,
FM radio with RDS,MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player

FAMOUS MOBILE BRANDS IN PAKISTAN

NOKIA

SONY ERICSSON

LG

HTC

MOTOROLA

Mobiles Phones in Pakistan

The number of cell phone subscribers' continued to improve in April 08 with overall subscribers growing by 3.0 per cent to 85.0 million as compared to 2.8 per cent in March 08. Net additions for April 08 improved to 2.5 million, a rise of 13.5 per cent over the previous month's 2.2 million.

Mobile Operator in Pakistan

Telecommunication is, perhaps, the only field in Pakistan which has improved and got cheaper at the same time with the passage of time. There are 7 telecom operator in pakistan

1-Mobilink

2-Ufone

3-telenor

4-Warid

5-Zong

Mobile Phone Growth

So is the growth in the mobile hansets sale all over in pakistan. Globally there are morte than 33 mobile phone manufacturer doing business worlwide.

But when we talk about pakistan not all these brands are in demand here. At start it was Nokia which dominated Pakistani market. But with the passage of time SonyEricsson,LG, Samsung Motorola and HTC got their product in markt. with the arrival of these brands in pakistan the sale speed of nokia has got down.