Eclectic Electronics

HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2 gets prices and release dates for Singapore

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 12:30 PM PDT

HTC has been following in the footsteps of the Apple iPhone with their intuitive and finger-based navigation system called the TouchFLO 3D.

The HTC Touch Diamond2 is already available from Expansys UK.

According to the press release for Singapore, the HTC Touch Diamond2 becomes available starting mid May 2009, while the HTC Touch Pro2 will arrive at the end of June 2009.

The HTC Touch Pro2 will be selling for $1,328 SGD (roughhy $885 USD), while the HTC Touch Diamond2 will be selling for $1,088 SGD (roughly $727 USD).

The pricing will pretty much remain close all over the world. So expect your wallet to thin down after purchasing one of these beautiful phones.

The T-Mobile Sidekick gets an update, the Sidekick LX 2009

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 11:45 AM PDT

T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009

The Sidekick LX from 2007 is getting an update this year, with a bigger and higher resolution screen, better camera, GPS, 3G and a larger capacity battery.

It has a 3.2-inch WVGA 852 x 480 resolution screen (a BIG upgrade from the previous Sidekick LX’s 3-inch 240 x 400 screen), which I can only assume, would definitely look amazing!

The main thing about the Sidekick is the QWERTY keyboard underneath the slide-out screen. The device, now sporting 3G connectivity, is for instant messaging nuts, those all-day texting marathons and of course, the fad nowadays… Twitter! It also has a built-in GPS receiver along with a 3.2 megapixel shooter.

A previous Sidekick phone was called the Sidekick LX. This new one just has a “2009″ affixed at the end. I wonder why they didn’t make up a new name for it. Sidekick LXi would certainly be easier to remember.

Based on the countdown clock on the T-Mobile website, the Sidekick LX 2009 becomes available on May 13, 2009. It is priced at $199.99 (after a $50 mail-in rebate) with a 2-year contract.

[via nitro:licious and Neowin.net]

Nokia has already sold 13 million 5800 XpressMusic units?! Not quite…

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 11:00 AM PDT

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic (Multiple Colors)

Most of the worldwide web was reporting a few days ago that Nokia has already sold 13 million units of the 5800 XpressMusic, which was just released during the last quarter of 2008.

Any mobile phone selling that much within such a short span of time would certainly be considered a feat. But Nokia actually meant to say, 13 million units of the 5310 XpressMusic, which started shipping during the last quarter of 2007.

[via IntoMobile]

Nokia’s profit down by 90% (1Q of 2009)

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 10:30 AM PDT

Nokia, although not quite popular in the United States as compared to the Philippines, is a major player in the mobile phone industry. In fact, it is largest mobile phone maker in the world.

Net profits went down 90% from $1.573-billion USD to a dismal $160-million USD. As many of you very well know, the world is in a terrible financial crisis right now. When I left the United States, people were getting their homes foreclosed left and right. It’s not just us consumers who are taking a hit, but also major companies as well.

Nokia has reported a decline in sales figures, by almost a third. The company even had to cut 1,700 jobs worldwide as a result. Comparing this years 1st quarter to last year’s; sales were down 27%, from $16.65-billion USD to $12.17-billion USD. 93 million phones were sold during the 1st quarter of 2009.

Although other brands have more advanced features than Nokia phones, many tend to still stick with the brand. This is particularly true, even in the Philippines. If you see the malls around here, you’d be pretty amazed how many mobile phones actually enter the country.

[via IXPLORA]