For those of you who get tired of pressing your phone’s keys frantically during mobile games, Sony Ericsson has heard your plea by releasing the F305 with Motion Gaming.
Basically the premise is pretty simple. Instead of pressing buttons, players now can control games with the flick of a wrist or the swing of an arm. The result will be immediately shown on the screen. The real game example will be imitate bowling movement or casting a fishing line. In fact, F305 comes with three preloaded motion games, “Bowling”, “Bass fishing”, and “Jockey”. There is no news about how many motion games already in the market, but I think it’s not much.

Other gaming features cover horizontal game play and dedicated gaming keys. To complement the F305, Sony Ericsson has provide a handy new accessory to boost the battery life. Attach Power Pack CPP-100 to your keyring and when the phone is low on juice, simply plug it into the phone to receive an instant battery power boost.

Of course, it a multimedia phones with these standard features:
• 2.0 megapixel camera and Bluetooth™
• Expandable memory via Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) slot.
• Loud stereo speakers
• Exchangeable Style-Up covers
• Comes in two different colors; polar white and mystic black

Source: Sony Ericsson Press Release

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Fujifilm seems to be all over the pocket digital camera market. Boasting superior ISO performance, it’s no wonder their compacts are selling like hot cakes!! Here’s the follow-up to the popular FinePix Z100fd.

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Finally, non-threatening-looking robot toys that’s safe for everyone in the family. Ultimate WALL-E and iDance are inspired by WALL-E, animated movie by Disney that will hit theaters this summer. Okay, it may not be as advanced as i-Robot, but at least you got something that can be enjoyed by the whole family - and maybe some neighbors and your office colleagues.

The iDance is basically a dancing boombox that can “sing” and “dance”, maybe similar to Sony Rolly. However the cream of the crop is the Ultimate WALL-E. This sophisticated toy features 10 motors to provide advanced movement and animation. You can program it using a remote that’s very easy to use, even by a kid. In addition, it has follow-me and voice activated mode. Ultimate WALL-E is also equipped with emotion states and sensors to allow him to detect people and navigate around obstacles. You can bring it home for $189.99 later this fall.

If you don’t like the Martian robot explorer idea, you can pick up flying TInker Bell toy later. In the mean time, I’ll find a new “planet” that needs exploring.

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Samsung finally gets serious with digital imaging business, by releasing some innovative products at an affordable price. Okay, I admit that I’m not keen on using “unproven” name in digital products. Yes, Samsung is a very big company and all, but digital camera? Come on..

However, that kind of opinion were a thing in the past. One of the big decisive factor is that Samsung is developing the sensor for Pentax DSLR camera. Of course, it’s still unknown how good it is but at least it’s a big step in the right direction.

The flagship DSLR model, dubbed GX-20, is identical to Pentax K20D, except for the kit lens, interface, and the shape of the function buttons. Samsung uses the Schneider Kreuznach, while Pentax uses its own lens, albeit the specification is also the same. It will retail around US$1299 body only.

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Game developers, Nokia has something in store for you. Nokia launched the Worldwide Mobile Games Innovation Challenge, a unique global competition with 70,000 Eur in prizes, designed to encourage development of innovative game concepts with the power to positively disrupt the global mobile gaming industry and to help propel mobile gaming with handheld devices into a new and exciting future.

Sponsored by Nokia Publishing, the Mobile Games Innovation Challenge invites developers to submit mobile gaming concepts to help drive mobile gaming to the next level, specifically for N-Gage compatible devices, and Java- or Symbian-based Series 40 or S60 devices from Nokia.

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It’s good to know that someone’s working very hard (and fast) to quench our thirst of mobile gaming. Nokia finally launched Nokia N-gage mobile games service with more games, additional compatible devices, and expanded online offering. Well actually it’s not that fast, since the service itself had been delayed since December 2007. Anyhow, now (some) Nokia device owners can find, try and buy high-quality made-for-mobile games directly from their mobile device. Players can also connect with one another through the N-Gage Arena community. They can meet friends, find others to play multiplayer games, discuss topics on the message boards and via live chat, and participate in tournaments and hosted events.

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Ushering in the next generation of wireless broadband devices, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today unveiled its newest Nseries device, the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet - WiMAX Edition, Nokia’s first device engineered to take advantage of new wide-area high-speed mobile WiMAX networks. The Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition is the latest iteration of Nokia’s popular line of Internet Tablet products and is expected to be available in the United States during the summer of 2008 in areas where WiMAX connectivity is available.

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