Motorola’s been busy these last few days, launching a total of 8 new phones. Two of the new models are stripped-down versions of the Motorola SLVR V8, which was launched less than a month ago. They are the SLVRlite V270 and the SLVRcam V280. Motorola’s clearly been working on their brand strategy and product positioning vis-a-vis market segmentation. These 2 new phones will have a lower price point and will coat-tail on the brand recognition of the RAZR and the SLVR. To arrive at the new models, they took the original SVLR V8 form factor and slimmed it down a bit, both size and weight-wise. They achieved this by throwing away the SLVR’s MP3 player, EDGE capabilities and the Trans Flash card reader. Motorola also removed 47% of the pixels, by going from a resolution of 176×220 to 128×160. Finally, the V280 got to keep the SLVR’s VGA camera, but the V270 did not. Motorola’s reaching for a price of less than $50 for these models. Other new Motorola phones are: . V176 . V235 . V360 . V557 . V1050 . V1150 . Motorola product announcements.
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Siemens’ new CL75 fashion phone was announced at CeBIT 2005 yesterday. The phone is embossed with floral patterns and has a compact lightweight form factor. 
A unique feature is that the screen can be used as a mirror when the phone is on standby. The feature set lacks Bluetooth, but is not bad otherwise :- . 87×44x23 mm . 90 grams . 128×160 pixel display . 11MB of memory . VGA camera with video recording . tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz . Push-to-Talk .
The new Lenovo ThinkPad T43 [ that string of words still does not sound quite right ] continues in the ThinkPad tradition, by being black, understated, and with an outstanding keyboard. The T43 is small and relatively light at about 12 x 10 x 1 inch and just over 5 pounds. It has the new Centrino/Sonoma chipsets, PCI Express, up to 80GB of hdd and a maximum resolution of 1400×1050 pixels. 
This recent sale of the IBM Thinkpad division to 
Samsung unveiled their new model SCH-V770 seven-megapixel camera phone at CeBIT 2005 today. Looking more like a camera than a phone, the SCH-V770 is the first cameraphone at this resolution. Works on CDMA networks. 
Samsung has made a real effort to have the SCH-770 acceptable to semi-serious photographers. The unit has a 3X optical zoom lens and a normal flash. It accepts clip-on lenses for wide-angle or tele-photo. It also supports shutter or aperture priority, manual focus and shooting modes, as well as user-controlled focal length and shutter speed. – CDMA phone – has an MP3 player – 1/1.8 inch type CCD image sensor – 16 million color QVGA 2inch LCD screen – 32MB internal memory – MMC card slot – Business card scanner 
Both versions of the “London” are sliders; one has an integrated antenna and the other has an stub antenna. The specs point to the “London” as being an entertainment-oriented phone:
The video follows 5 cheerful Japanese in the year 201x as they conduct their lives in a virtualized integrated harmonized e-biz’ed environment while wearing their wrist communicators. 
In the world of search engine output, if you’re not in the golden triangle, you’ll likely be ignored. Research on Google search result pages shows that the vast majority of eye tracking activity during a search happens in a triangle at the top of the search results page indicating that the areas of maximum interest create a “golden triangle” … in other words, most people spend most of their time at the upper left of the screen 
Beats the 65-inch LCD from Sharp announced just last October. The TV will not be available for about 18 months. 
There are unconfirmed reports of a successor to the Motorola RAZR V3 floating about, including sightings such as this one. Labelled the Motorola V1150, it may (or may not) have tri-band, TransFlash and a 2.2-inch QVGA screen.
