Vodafone K.K. Japan has announced the 803T music player 3G handset by Toshiba. The Vodafone 803T features a Music Console so customers can easily access music tracks while the handset is folded. The handset’s large-size 1.3-inch sub-display also displays artist names, song length and other information so customers can find the music they want to listen to at a glance. The 803T is also capable of playing music while customers use other phone services such as email or the web.

The back of the 803T has a 2.26 megapixel CCD mobile camera capable of taking photos in sizes of up to 1296 x 1728 pixels and stereo twin speakers. The 803T also comes with an electronic dictionary on the bundled miniSD memory card with a total of approximately 116,000 words.

The 803T is a powerful new model that fully supports Vodafone K.K. 3G services.

Tags: Toshiba, Vodafone, Music Phone

Vodafone K.K. Japan announced a new 3G handset which will be available in early October, the new Toshiba 903T. It is very similar to it’s predecessor 902T, with the addition of a GPS funtion which works even while you’re roaming in a foreign country.

The Vodafone 903T is the first Vodafone K.K. handset to support the “Vodafone live! NAVI” GPS navigation service. The handset comes pre-installed with a’ navigation application. In addition to convenient functions like current location, surrounding area information, and best route navigation, the software also features car navigation that references VICS real time traffic congestion information. The VICS (Vehicle Information and Communication System) system receives traffic information from FM multiplex broadcasting and road beacons, and displays this information in text or graphical form.

Features:

• Connectivity: W-CDMA, GSM 900/1800/1900
• Talk Time: 180 Minutes for W-CDMA, 320 Minutes for GSM
• Standby Time: 400 hours for W-CDMA, 270 Hours for GSM
• Main Display: 2.4” QVGA 262K Colors TFT-LCD
• Sub Display: 1.1” 112 x 112 pixels 65K Colors TFCC LCD
• Camera: Effective 1.92 Megapixels CMOS for main camera and 0.3 Megapixels CMOS for sub camera
• External Memory: SD slot (64MB comes with the package)

Tags: Toshiba, Vodafone, GPS, VICS

Soon you will be able to use your 3G phone to show off presentation slides through a portable LED pocket projector.

Toshiba is debuting a portable LED pocket projector at the Internationale Funkaustellung (IFA) 2005 in Berlin, with the company stating the projector can be used to connect to 3G multimedia handsets.

The LED projector weighs 565 grams, features SVGA (800 x 600) resolution using a 0.55-inch digital mirror device (DMD) chip, has a contrast ratio of 1500:1 and uses USB connectivity. The 250-gram battery can run for two hours off-line and recharges fully in three hours, according to the company.

A USB reader enables presentations to be made even without a notebook computer. This new development can also be used together with a Home Cinema system or games console, or for showing photographs. This innovative product is supplied with a folding mini-screen and will be on sale for approximately 999 euros by the end of the year

Via DigiTimes

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LG’s latest QWERTY keyboard phone, the VX 9800 has been revealed in the FCC database today. The phone has an external numeric keypad with a 128×160 screen, and flips open to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard, stereo speakers and a 320×256 screen. The VX9800 is a CDMA handset and features EV-DO high speed data, a 1.3 megapixel camera with flash, Mini SD and MPEG4 video streaming. It is not a smartphone, but it can handle e-mail, music on demand and video on demand through EV-DO high speed wireless networks.

Verizon has announced the availability of the LG VX9800 by the end of the month.

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Cellphones capable of transmitting data at blistering speeds have been demonstrated by NTT DoCoMo in Japan.

In experiments, prototype phones were used to view 32 high definition video streams, while travelling in an automobile at 20 kilometres per hour. Officials from NTT DoCoMo say the phones could receive data at 100 megabits per second on the move and at up to a gigabit per second while static. At this rate, an entire DVD could be downloaded within a minute. DoCoMo’s current 3G (third generation) phone network offers download speeds of 384 kilobits per second and upload speeds of 129 kilobits per second.

Read more at NewsScientist.com

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Finnish security firm F-Secure has created the security program in reaction to the growing number of viruses that infect handsets.

Outbreaks of these viruses that hop from phone to phone have been recorded at a Live8 concert and at the World Championships in Helsinki.

Many security experts believe that phone bugs will eventually become as big a nuisance as Windows viruses.

The software is designed for Nokia’s Symbian-using smartphones. Once installed the software keeps an eye on what is done with the phone and scans downloaded files and extras such as memory cards to ensure viruses do not sneak through.

Read more at BBC Technology