Behold! The 1 GB SIM card from Samsung!

Samsung has just announced a huge, 1 GB S-SIM card that is slated to change the mobile phone market. Today’s high-end mobile phones carry two cards—a memory card and the standard SIM card—but now, the extra capacity on the new S-SIM card will replace the need for an extra memory-only card.

Photos, videos, music and other files can now be stored on the SIM card itself. This will remove the need to change a memory card when you switch to a different phone, which is a problem right now with the various memory card formats being adopted by different companies, such as MicroSD/TransFlash, Memory Stick Micro, MiniSD, MMC Micro, etc.

The new 1 GB S-SIM card utilizes System-in-Package (SiP) technology that enables it to carry the high-capacity NAND flash memory module without increasing the size of the standard SIM card. It supports the standard SIM interface, which makes it compatible with existing systems and also supports high-speed MMC and USB interfaces.

Motorola Q Pro 'Norman' Pictures Leaked

The upgrade to the RAZR-berry Motorola Q, the Q Pro a.k.a 'Norman', now has a face. The Windows Mobile Smartphone, rumored to have UMTS, HSDPA and WiFi capabilities, also has a 2-megapixel digital camera. The Q Pro is also supposedly scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2007. Not much to read here, so just go stare at the pictures.

LG Ties up With Schneider-Kreuznach

LG's Shine was the first phone from the Korean manufacturer to offer a great quality camera in conjunction with Schneider-Kreuznach, and LG has decided to take it one step further by teaming up with the German lens manufacturer for more.The 2 megapixel digital camera with the Schneider-Kreuznach lens on the LG Shine has received some good feedback, so this is a good step for LG. This is also the second time such an association has been formed, with the first one being Nokia, of course, tying up with Carl Zeiss for their Nseries multimedia phones.

Sony announces 007 Micro Vault USB drive

Looking to leave no corner of your gadget bag untouched by its license to cash in, Sony is following up its Bond-themed laptop/digital camera bundle with a 007-branded Micro Vault USB drive. Available in only a 1GB model (Q would definitely not approve), the drive sports a sleek piano black finish and comes pre-loaded with the Casio Royale movie trailer, as well as four 1,920 x 1,080 Bond-related wallpaper images. Other than that, however, it's a standard Sony flash drive, with the trademark retractable USB connector and Virtual Expander compression software to squeeze as much data as possible onto the drive. No word on how much of a premium it'll cost you over a regular Micro Vault, if any, but it should be available sometime before the movie's premiere later this month.

Upcoming Motorola L7e

Motorola unveiled the updated version of the popular Motorola L7. The new version is called Motorola L7e and features a number of upgrades. The mobile is to be available in metallic blue finish and offers a 1.3 megapixel camera. The menu interface has also got a face-lift and now it resembles the one used in Motorola KRZR. The new Motorola L7e also benefits from extended data communication capabilities, meaning that now it supports EDGE with video streaming, as well as A2DP Bluetooth profile for listening to music on a stereo Bluetooth headset.

The updated interface brings along the Media Editor application which would allow users rotate, sharpen or blur their images, or even add them frames and background colors. Furthermore, the handset would have up to 20MB of internal user memory as opposed to the 5MB in Motorola L7.

Other features of Motorola L7e are pretty much identical to those of the well-known L7 model. These are quad-band GSM/GPRS support, microSD memory card slot, and a miniUSB slot.

The Motorola L7e should be available by the end of 2006.

World's thinnest combination of a Pocket PC phone

Eten glofiish X500

Being among the world's thinnest combination of a Pocket PC phone, GPS and Wi-Fi all in one, the new Eten glofiish X500 is based on Windows Mobile 5.0 and features a 2 megapixel camera, as well as a fast 400 MHz processor.

The new platform used by the well-known manufacturer of PocketPCs, Eten, allows for far thinner body with no expense in functionality.

The device is further enhanced with a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support, Bluetooth 2.0, FM radio and a large 2.8" 65K colors touchscreen TFT display with a QVGA resolution (240x320 pixels). The available microSD memory card slot allows for the expanding of the integrated 128MB Flash ROM, 64MB SDRAM memory.

The Eten glofiish X500 is powered by 1530 mAh Li-Poly battery and measuring at 113 x 59.5 x 15.5 mm with a weight of 146 g it's only slightly larger than its direct competitor HTC P3300 but features double the power with the Samsung SC3 2442 400 MHz processor.

The Eten glofiish X500 is expected to become commercially available in November, 2006.

LG KE800 Chocolate Platinum

LG KE800 Chocolate Platinum

LG announced a major update to their famous Chocolate phone lineup featuring a serious face-lift and a heavy improvement of the available equipment. The new LGKE800 takes care of some the drawbacks the original LG Chocolate has in terms of functionality. This new baby would come armed with a spanking new 2 megapixel camera complete with auto focus and it Doesn't nearly end here.

The new LG Chocolate Platinum, produced under the designation KE800, would feature tri-band GSM/GPRS support, stereo Bluetooth support, FM radio and a microSD card slot. Moreover, it would have 256MB of integrated memory instead of 128MB, updated music player functionalities and a dedicated Flight mode.

It lacks 3G of course, but if you are into 3G, you might as well pick up , which is the 3G version of the original Chocolate phone that is to available by Christmas from Vodafone.

The Platinum version boasts not only updated equipment but also a total body change. The handset would be a tad larger than the original Chocolate phone but it would most surely compensate for that drawback since it boasts a TFT display with a QVGA resolution (240x320 pixels, as well as a boosted battery life of up to 270 hours stand-by time.

The LG Chocolate Platinum is expected to follow up the success of its predecessor, which has almost 3 millions sold worldwide.

In Europe LG would offer KE800 Platinum only in black and silver color combination, while in Korea the CDMA version of the KE800 would be offered in black with gold trimming.