Mobile Phone: Third screen after TV and computer

There is no doubt that mobile phones are now ruling the whole world as these gizmos have become third screen after TV and computer. Now, mobile phone can be used for every purpose like listening music, video recording, internet etc. And everyday, mobile manufacturers are making new announcements about their latest edition of cell phone.

Recently, Nokia has announced new hardware and software features at the Symbian Smart-phone Show such as an intuitive S60 touch screen user interface, finger motion based sensor technology, vibration based tactile force feedback and Flash video integration. After iPhone/iPod Touch for Mac OSX Mobile from Apple and TouchFLO for Windows Mobile from HTC comes a new sensor and touch screen technology for the S60 platform from Nokia, the S60 Touch. S60 touch user interface comes with support for tactile feedback, which means that there is a physical pulse and feedback when the user taps on the screen.

In another latest tiding, Google just officially announced  the Open Handset Alliance  to create an open platform (to be called Android) for a Linux phone that can run mobile Google apps and others. The 34 partners include T-Mobile, Sprint Nextel, NTT Docomo, China Mobile, Telefonica, Telecom Italia, Motorola, Samsung, HTC, Qualcomm, Intel, and Google itself. No mention of Verizon, AT&T, Vodafone, or Nokia. Apparently the phone is one of roughly five prototypes that Google had built to demonstrate the Open Handset Alliance software to potential members, and HTC's Peter Chou says in the two years it's been working on OHA designs, "this is the best one we have seen."

The device itself, which measures about 3 x 5-inches, sports a touch-screen, navigational controls at the base, and a full swivel out keyboard. When swiveled the screen goes from portrait to landscape mode, but unfortunately that's the limit of info on the actual hardware. The software apparently has “time-sensitive” touch controls that expand your area control the longer you touch. Icons for your most important apps -- which are apparently email, text documents, and YouTube -- are lined up across the top of the screen. There's also some fancy stuff under the hood to keep an ongoing browser session open to speed launch times, and the browser downloads large files in stages to speed delivery. HTC is considering a commercial version of the phone, which we could be seeing as soon as the second half of 2008.

Another much awaited cell phone Glofiish X600 Pocket PC phone has been made official by E-ten. Glofiish X600 will target the budget onscious crowd, running on Windows Mobile 6.0 while holding the distinction of being the smallest handset from E-ten to date. Features on the X600 include GPS navigation, GPRS and WiFi connectivity, all packed into a body that measures a pocket-friendly 107mm × 58mm × 14.7mm while weighing a mere 136 grams. No word on pricing and availability of the Glofiish X600 though.

And it is expected that sale of such  cheap mobile phones with powerful capabilities will grow in near future.

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