Samsung Propel Pro Now Available from AT&T

The latest QWERTY contender from Samsung is now officially available from AT&T. The Propel Pro though sharing attention with five other new AT&T flagships will certainly hold its own. Looking good as an upgraded version of the original Propel, there could be no stopping this pro from hooking every imaginable WinMo smartphone-using segment.



Samsung's Propel Pro AT&T offering is at $149.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate on a two-year contract. For those on a tight-crunching economic-slowdown budget, the original Propel can still be had at $49.99 while supply lasts.

Specs at a glance:
* Slider form factor with QWERTY keypad
* 2.5-inch TFT display, 320 x 320 pixels, 65K colors
* Quad band GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)/GPRS/EDGE connectivity
* Tri-band UMTS/HSDPA connectivity (850/1900/2100 MHz)
* Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard OS
* 3 megapixel camera with autofocus
* Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth 2.0
* MicroSDHC support
* 4 x 2.5 x 0.6 inches, 4.8 ounces
* Talk time: up to 6 hours, Standby time: up to 12 days

More of the AT&T Samsung Propel Pro offering here.

Sony's X1000 OLED Walkman Officially Out on April 25 starting at $400

We featured the new Sony NWZ-X1000 series last month and now it's official, Sony X1000 is really crashing the iPod touch party on April 25 with an opening price of 40,000 yen (US$400) for the 16GB NWZ-X1050 and 50,000 yen (US$503) for the 32GB NWZ-X1060. Those prices may be a little steep for a touchscreen PMP but they might be priced differently in other places outside Japan sans the TV tuner and other softwares specific to Japanese network.



Here an introductory video in Japanese.


More about Sony NWZ-X1000 series here.

Source: PMP Today

Nokia 5630 XpressMusic Wants to Play

it's a phone. It's got N-Gage... and now for the good stuff. For starters, there are the dedicated music keys, and the excellent audio quality. Then there's the 3,000-song 4GB memory card (upgradeable to 16GB or whopping 12,000 tracks), multi-format support, and a universal 3.5mm audio jack.

But the best feature of all is "Say and Play" voice activation, which lets you play a song simply by saying the artist name or song title. It's like having a pocket-sized DJ slave.



Specs at a glance:
* 2.2 inches, 240×320 pixels
* 150MB shared memory
* up to 16GB via microSD (4GB included in package)
* ARM 11 600 MHz CPU
* 3G/HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps
* Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
* Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
* 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, autofocus, video, flash
* front-facing camera for video calls
* Stereo FM radio with RDS
* 3.5mm AV jack

Samsung Show W7900 Projector Phone: Show and Tell

It's almost as if when Samsung launched the cellphone-compatible MBP200 projector, someone said, "Why not put a phone inside?" and Samsung hastily whipped up the Show W7900. With an integrated ten-lumen micro-projector, the W7900 projects 40-inch, 480x320-pixel images. A five-megapixel camera ensures that any pictures you take can handle the enlargement, and an Omnia-like user interface makes it easy to get the hang of the W7900. Did we mention that it's also a phone?



Specs at a glance:
* 3.2-inch OLED display screen (240×400 pixels)
* 3G HSDPA up to 7.2Mbps, global roaming (900/1800/1900 MHz)
* 5-megapixel camera
* secondary front-facing camera for video calls

Sony DSC-H20: Nice Shot Cyber-shot

Sporting an impressive Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar wide-angle lens with 10x optical zoom, a 3-inch touchscreen display, and a bundle of impressive features, the Cyber-shot DSC-H20 aims to capture your precious moments with flawless detail. The 10.1 megapixel camera features Sony's BIONZ image processor and has the ability to shoot videos in 720p HD resolution.




The now standard face detection, scene recognition, anti-blink technology, and red-eye detection are present, along with a more unique feature of selected face memory that allows the camera to remember settings for particular faces when it encounters them again.

Specs at a glance:
Resolution: 10.1 megapixels, 3648 x 2736
Lens: 38mm - 380mm
Zoom: 10x optical zoom
Display: 3.0" LCD
Memory/storage: 11MB internal, MS Duo (pro) (HS)
NP-BG1 Li-ion
4.2x2.7x1.9 8.8oz.
Street price: $279