Device Arena

Tomorrow the Consumer Electronics Show will take place in the American Las Vegas, an event that the main manufacturers like to use in order to launch some new devices. Just before the CES is about to start, the employees of The Boy Genius Report have managed to get their hands on Vodafone’s portfolio. This portfolio consists out of a lot of devices, from BlackBerry to Nokia, that are not announced yet. Besides the leaking out of the device themselvers, the specifications of the devices also leaked out, with which a clear view of all new things for 2008 is received.

Nokia E71
With the codename “Nokia Laim”, the Nokia E71 will be placed in the business section of the market. The Nokia E71 is the follower of the Nokia E61i and has been in the news a couple of times recently. The Nokia E71 has a more stylish and discrete appearance than the earlier Nokia E-series had, the device has namely received a black designed outside.

Nokia E71

The Nokia E71 is a quad-band device with UMTS and HSDPA support with which dataconnections are up to its fastest. Besides this, the Nokia E71 will also offer WiFi support, with which wireless networks can also be reached. The full QWERTY keyboard makes sure that messages and e-mails can be typed in a fast way.

With their E71, Nokia has clearly thought about multimedia, relaxation and handy options. The candybar operates on the Symbian system amd with this it can be synchronized with the computer very easily. The Nokia E71 has two cameras; at the front a simple VGA camera can be found the enables the user to make videocalls, at the back we find a good 3.2 megapixel camera for real photos. Information about the amount of internal memory is not available yet, but it is known that it is expandable up to eight gigabyte with MicroSD memorycards. For those who find it hard to navigate their way through the traffic, Nokia has made sure that the E71 can help. An integrated GPS receiver was teh result of this and in combination with maps that can be downloaded the user will be able to find his way everywhere.

The Nokia E71 will come to the market at the second quarter in combination with Vodafone, if the candybar will arrive in the shops earlier without Vodafone brand is not clear yet.

Nokia E66
With the codename “Nokia Dora”, the Nokia E66 will soon be announced. The Nokia E66 is, we cannot expect otherwise, the follower of the Nokia E65. The Nokia E66 will be a semi-business slider, just as her follower, but of course it has received some changes. The leaked image material clearly shows that the Nokia E66 has lost some weight and millimeters, but the functions have not become any less.

Nokia E66

Just as the Nokia E71, the quad-band will offer UMTS and HSDPA support. Furthermore, the slider also has two cameras, the front naturally is a VGA camera for videocalling and the camera at the back is a 3.2 megapixel camera. The amount of memory the Nokia E66 offers is not know yet, we do know that it is expandable with MicroSD and TransFlash memorycards. Dataconnections can also be made with help of the WiFi support.

Those who cannot find their way will be able to use the GPS receiver and download Nokia navigation maps. The Nokia E66 will probably find its way to the telecomshops at the second quarter. It will have a salesprice of about 375.00 euro.

Palm Panda
The follower of the Palm Treo 500v will also end up in the Vodafone portfolio. This candybar is now only known with the name Panda, the product name of the device is not known yet. The first improvement in comparison to the Palm Treo 500 is the system on which the triple-band candybar will operate, this namely is the unannounced Windows Mobile 6.1 system. Concerning appearance, the Palm Panda has not changed a lot.

Palm Panda

On the area of dataconnections, the Palm Panda has become a little faster. The device namely offers more than just UMTS support as the Palm Treo 500 does, it also offers HSDPA support. The camera that is placed at the back has remained the same, this namely is a 2 megapixel camera. An extra addition is that the Palm Panda has received a GPS receiver.

Information about the amount of memory that the device will offer is not available yet, as is information about the standby time and talk time of the device. Nevertheless, it is known that the Palm Panda will reach the shops round September for a salesprice of about 240.00 euro.

Palm Drucker
Another unknown device in the Vodafone portfolio is the Palm Drucker. We do not have any image material of this device yet but we do know some specifications of it. The Palm Drucker will probably be a candybar device that also operates on the Windows Mobile 6.1 system. The device has UMTS, HSDPA and WiFi support and will be a super phone concerning data speeds. Just as with the other current Palm devices, the Palm Drucker will offer a 2 megapixel camera. Furthermore, a GPS receiver and QWERTY keyboard is present.

The Palm Drucker will enter the market round July and will have a salesprice of about 365.00 euro.

HP Silver
The HP SIilver will become a new candybar with a delightful keyboard. The keyboard that is used in the HP Silver is namely produced by RIM, mother company of the well-known BlackBerry devices. This candybar of HP now has the codename Silver, the device will receive its real product name later. The keyboard can be named a half QWERTY keyboard, something that is also used in the BlackBerry Pearl. Every key represents two characters in this case.

HP Silver

Very conspicuous with the HP Silver is that the device is one of the first mobile phones that offers a data speed of 7.2 Mbit, something that is realized by the UMTS and HSDPA support. The HP Silver operates on the Windows Mobile 6 system and also offers WiFi support. GPS support is also on board of the candybar, as far as we know now the device will not have a camera.

The HP Silver will arrive in the shops round July for a salesprice of 335.00 euro.

HP Oak
Next in line is the HP Oak, a very special device for HP standards because the device is a QWERTY slider. Of course, HP launched full QWERTY devices earlier but a slider has never reached HP’s portfolio. The HP Oak also offers WiFi, UMTS and HSDPA support, the latter realizes a speed of 7.2 Mbit. The large display that is used in the HP Oak is an LCD touchscreen that is very clear.

HP Oak

The photo clearly shows the touch ring that is also used in the other HP iPaq devices that were launched recently. As far as we know, the HP Oak does not offer a camera to make some snapshots on the way. Information about the standby time and the talk time of the HP Oak is also available, which will be 360 hours and 210 minutes. A GPS receiver is also on board of the HP Oak.

The HP Oak will reach the shops at September 2008, the salesprice will be about 350.00 euro.

BlackBerry 8110
The BlackBerry 8110 will be, as the name could already reveal, the follower of the BlackBerry 8100 Pearl. The BlackBerry 8100 Pearl turned out to be a successful device, especially for the female business user that wants to use the BlackBerry capacities but does not like the size of a full BlackBerry. The BlackBerry 8110 will not entirily be focussed on the business user but more on the messaging lover.

The BlackBerry 8110 has exactly the same appearance as the BlackBerry 8100 Pearl does and, of course, the ergonomic trackball is still there. The memory of the BlackBerry 8110 will probably be 64 MB with the possibility to expand this with MicroSD and TransFlash memorycards. The biggest change that has been made in the quad-band device is a GPS receiver as an extra function, with which the user can go anywhere without getting lost.

BlackBerry 8110

Further specifications of the BlackBerry 8110 have remained the same when compared to its predecessor. The candybar still offers a 2 megapicel camera and musicplayer and will also offer a mini USB port and bluetooth. The talk time is 210 minutes and the standby time is 360 hours.

The salesprice of the BlackBerry 8110 is not known yet, it is known that the device will end up in the shops very soon, the Vodafone information states that this will already take place in January.

BlackBerry 8xxx
An unknown BlackBerry device of which the first photo leaked out at the beginning of this week was first mentioned as a start of the BlackBerry 9000 series. It now turns out that this BlackBerry is a new addition to the 8000 series. The round shapes of the BlackBerry 8xxx, as we still name the device because it has not received an official productname yet, make the device look a little slimmer and this will appeal to the female user. The quad-band candybar with full QWERTY keyboard will offer WiFi, UMTS and HSDPA support with a speed up to 3.6 Mbit.

BlackBerry 8xxx

The processor that is used in this new BlackBerry device will be a 624 Mhz processor and is very powerful. Furthermore, the 1500 mAh battery will offer enough power in order to stay standby for days and for making countless calls. However, the exact talktime and standbytime is not known yet. Just as the BlackBerry 8800, the BlackBerry 8100 and the BlackBerry 8110, this device will also have a GPS receiver. A 2 megapixel camera is placed at the back of the candybar for some relaxation.

The BlackBerry 8xxx will reach the market round May, the salesprice is not available yet. Naturally, the European providers will still have to accept the device at this time and add it to their own portfolio, but because Vodafone England has already done this the trip to other countries will not be that far.

What can we expect?
The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas will start tomorrow, a big event at which many telecom brands launch new devices. If the Vodafone portfolio will see daylight in Las Vegas tomorrow with the presentation of the seperate brands is unknown. The brands could also decide to show their new portfolio to the world at the Mobile World Congress, this namely is the biggest telecom event of the year, an event at which the media eyes are focussed on even more when it comes to the introduction of new devices.

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