Uh huh. You heard right this is another post on the iPhone price. This time the iPhone 3G comes software unlocked. It comes from the States and the price is unbelievable.

Check this out! The price for an unlocked iPhone 3G 8GB is RM1900!

What about the 16GB version you ask? Well the iPhone 3G 16GB version sells at RM2050.

Why is the price so cheap you ask again. The iPhone is software unlocked and it comes from the States. For any warranty claims, the phone will be sent back to the states for repair. Also, there is no guarantee that the iPhone will lock in the future with firmware updates.

Good point is you get to own an iPhone for dirt cheap prices. Currently there in no stock for these phones. It comes in batches and the next batch is on March.

Will keep you updated. Cheers!

HTC Touch Viva T2223

Feel the exhilaration of your first touch all over again… the HTC Touch Viva™ comprises the best elements of the touch screen experience in a device that’s designed to put this latest, intuitive mobile phone technology in the hands of everyone with a passion for communication.

Highlights

	2.8-inch touch screen.
	Next generation TouchFLO™ user interface, responding perfectly to your finger gestures.
	Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity.
	2 megapixel camera for quality stills and video.
	microSD™ slot for expandable storage.

Specifications:

Prices for the HTC T7223 in Malaysia:-

HTC T7223 priced at RM825.00

HTC Touch Pro T7272 Raphael

The HTC Touch Pro™ brings together elegant touch screen response with the direct precision of keyboard entry… leaving out nothing to deliver a powerhouse communication tool in a beautiful, compact design.

The 2.8-inch VGA touch screen provides four times the resolution of most smart devices, making email, documents and web pages sharper and easier to work with than ever before.

HTC’s rich, touch-responsive interface, TouchFLO™ 3D, provides a stunningly intuitive way to zip through common tasks like messaging, calendar checks or making calls. Delve a little deeper to find that playing media files, searching for contacts and surfing the web are also responsive to your touch.

The web browser puts the full Internet in the palm of your hand. Websites look just like they do on a PC, and TouchFLO™ 3D makes it easy to pan around and zoom in on exactly the information you’re looking for. If you need a wide screen, simply tilt the Touch Pro sideways and the page switches to landscape view.

Slide out the 5-row QWERTY keyboard to make light work of typing-intensive tasks like composing email or working on Microsoft Office® documents… perfect for when your day takes a serious turn.

High speed connectivity will keep you in touch with colleagues and contacts wherever you are. Integrated GPS can be used with maps software for a full turn-by-turn satellite navigation experience.

Built-in Wi-Fi and TV-out functionality* mean you can hook up to the local wireless hot spot to surf, then deliver the perfect PowerPoint® presentation without a laptop in sight.

A beautiful angle on business, the HTC Touch Pro introduces effortless presence to enterprise-standard communications.

Key Features:

• Mobile Internet features - surf and download at broadband speed with HSPA and Wi-Fi®.
• 2.8-inch touch screen, with four times the resolution of most phones.
• Vibrant TouchFLO™ 3D user interface.
• Five-row QWERTY keyboard for quick and easy text entry.
• 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera with flash light for quality stills and video.
• microSD slot for expandable storage.
• Integrated GPS can be used with maps software for a full turn-by-turn navigation experience.

Prices for the HTC Pro T7272 in Malaysia:-

HTC Pro T7272 priced at RM1645.00

Nokia N82

The latest Finnish handset features A-GPS, 5-megapixel camera with Xenon flash, Carl Zeiss optics and Wi-Fi. It seems like it’s a pretty good camera phone and Nokia certainly wants you snap pics and take video with the inclusion of a 2GB microSD card.

Specifications of the N82

Operating Frequency

· WCDMA2100 (HSDPA), EGSM900, GSM850/1800/1900 MHz (EGPRS)

· Automatic switching between bands and modes

Dimensions

· Volume: 90 cc

· Weight: 114 g

· Length (max): 112 mm

· Width (max): 50.2 mm

· Thickness (max): 17.3 mm

Memory Functions

· Up to 100MB internal dynamic memory* for messages, ringing tones, images, video clips, calendar notes, to-do list and applications

· Hot swappable microSD memory card slot

Power Management

· Battery: Nokia Battery (BP-6MT) 1050mAh

· Talk time: up to 190 min (WCDMA), up to 260 min (GSM)

· Stand-by time: up to 210 hours (WCDMA), up to 225 hours (GSM)

· Still images: up to 290 pictures (with flash)

· Video capture: up to 110 minutes (VGA, 30 fps)

· Video call: up to 120 minutes

· Video playback: up to 200 minutes (VGA, 30 fps)

· Music playback: up to 10 hours (offline mode)

Display

· 2.4″ LCD QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) TFT color display with up to 16.7 million colors

User Interface

· Operating system:Symbian OS

· User Interface: S60 3rd edition

· Automatic screen rotation .

Call Management

· Logs: keeps lists of your dialed, received, and missed calls

· Voice dialing (with Speaker independent name dialing (SIND)) and voice commands

· Nokia Push to talk (PoC)

Messaging

· E-mail (SMTP, IMAP4, POP3), MMS, SMS

Data Transfer

· WCDMA HSDPA 2100 MHz with simultaneous voice and packet data (PS max speed DL/UL= 3.6Mbps/384kbps, CS max speed 64kbps)

· Dual Transfer Mode (DTM) support for simultaneous voice and packet data connection in GSM/EDGE networks. Simple class A, multi slot class 11, max speed DL/UL: 177.6/118.4 kbits/s

· EGPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 296 / 177.6 kbits/s

· GPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 107 / 64.2 kbits/s

Imaging and Video

· Up to 5 megapixel (2592 x 1944 pixels) camera, Carl Zeiss Optics: Tessar™ lens, MPEG-4 VGA video capture of up to 30 fps

· Direct connection to compatible TV via TV-out or wireless LAN/UPnP

· Front camera, CIF (352 x 288 pixels) sensor for video telephony

· Video call and video sharing support (WCDMA network services)

· Integrated xenon flash

· Slideshow from gallery

· One-click upload of photos & videos to web

· Nokia XpressPrint: direct printing via USB (PictBridge), Bluetooth connectivity (BPP), and WLAN (UPnP) or via online printing

Mobile Video

· Video resolutions: up to VGA (640 x 480 pixels) at 30 fps

· Recording indicator

· Audio recording: AAC (AMR for MMS)

· Digital video stabilization

· Video file format .mp4 (default), .3gp (for MMS)

· White balance, scene and color tone setting

· Zoom: Digital up to 10x (VGA up to 4x)

· Front camera: CIF (352 x 288 pixels) sensor for video telephony

· On-device video editing

Mobile Photography

· Image resolution: up to 5 megapixels (2592 x 1944 pixels)

· Auto focus

· Amber colored auto focus assist light and recording indicator

· Still image file format: JPEG/EXIF

· Auto exposure - center weighted

· Exposure compensation: +2 ~ -2EV at 0.5 step

· White balance: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent

· Scene: automatic, user, close-up, portrait, landscape, sports, night, night portrait

· Color tone: normal, sepia, black & white, negative, vivid

· Zoom: digital up to 20x (5 megapixel up to 6x)

· Xenon flash

· On-device photo editing

Music Features

· Digital music player - supports MP3/AAC/eAAC/eAAC+/WMA/M4A with playlists

· OMA DRM 2.0/1.0 & WMDRM support for music

· Integrated stereo hands-free speaker

· Stereo FM radio (87.5-108MHz) with Visual Radio support

· Nokia Stereo Headset HS-43 in-box

· Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0 with A2DP Stereo audio

Navigation

· Integrated Assisted Global Positioning System (A-GPS)

· Pre-installed Nokia Maps application and free downloadable maps

E-mail

· Easy-to-use e-mail client with attachment support for images, videos, music and documents

· Compatible with Nokia Wireless Keyboard SU-8W (sold separately)

Browsing

· Full web browser support (HTML)

Digital home

· Play video, music and photos on home media network - compatible TV, stereo and PC over WLAN/UPnP

Java Applications

· Java MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1 (Connected Limited Device Configuration (J2ME))

· Over-the-air download of Java-based applications and games

Other Applications

· Personal Information Management (PIM)

· Advanced S60 PIM features including calendar, contacts, to-do list, and PIM printing

· Settings wizard for easy configuration of e-mail, push to talk and video sharing

· Data transfer application for transfer of PIM information from other compatible Nokia devices

· WLAN wizard

Connectivity

· Integrated WLAN (802.11 b/g) and UPnP

· Bluetooth wireless technology with A2DP stereo audio

· USB 2.0 via Micro USB interface and mass storage class support to support drag and drop functionality

· 3.5 mm stereo headphone plug (Nokia AV Connector) and TV out support (PAL/NTSC)

· Nokia Nseries PC Suite connectivity with USB, and Bluetooth wireless technology

· Local synchronization of contacts and calendar to a compatible PC using compatible connection

· Remote over-the-air synchronization

· Send and receive images, video clips, graphics, and business cards via Bluetooth wireless technology

Video Features

· Video player - supports MPEG4, AVC/H.264, H.264, H.263, RV

· OMA DRM 2.0/1.0 & WMDRM support for video

· Resolution: MPEG4 VGA @ up to 30 fps scaled to QVGA on device or VGA in TV-out mode

· Transfer your videos from compatible PC: Windows Media Player, USB mass-storage file transfer or Nokia Nseries PC Suite using full-speed USB 2.0 connectivity

Video Center

· Pre-configured video services and dynamic expansion with new services

· Video podcasting: find, subscribe, download, view with mobile device

RealPlayer media player

· Full-screen video playback to view downloaded, streamed or recorded video clips

· Supported video formats: MPEG-4, H.264/AVC, H.263/3GPP, RealVideo 8/9/10

Prices for the Nokia N82 in Malaysia:-

Nokia 82 priced at RM1350.00

Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte c/w BH803 Bluetooth headset

Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte is the third Nokia handset that comes to fill the gaping chasm between regular fashion phones (LG Black Label series, Samsung co-branded offerings) and out-of-this-world-expensive handsets (read: Vertu and the likes). Dressed to kill and priced to draw blood, Arte is so impressive it’s intimidating.

Key features

• Yells expensive (and it does cost an arm and a leg)
• Body made of the highest quality materials
• 2-inch 16M-color OLED display of QVGA resolution
• 3G support
• 3 megapixel camera with autofocus
• Full-house retail package
• Decent battery life
• Fingerprint resistant surface on the back
• Turn-to-mute
• Tap-for-time
• 4GB internal memory
• Series 40 5th edition user interface

Main disadvantages

• Smallish display with poor sunlight legibility
• Tri-band only
• No memory expansion
• Costs an arm and a leg
• Below-par camera performance
• No video calls

Prices for the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte in Malaysia:-

Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte priced at RM4500.00

Nokia N81 8Gb

With 8GB of memory built in, the quad-band, 3G, N81 8GB might sound like the music fan’s ideal mobile phone. Certainly the presence of Nokia’s podcasting application, an FM radio, a two-piece headset with 3.5mm connector beyond the hands-free and music controls section and a 3.5mm connector to the phone itself, and good playback quality all help, though we can’t help thinking that stereo speakers on the handset itself are overkill.

Key features:

• Massive storage space (8GB version)
• Symbian OS 9.2 S60 3.1 UI
• Wi-Fi support
• Unique gaming experience with the new N-Gage platform and dedicated gaming keys above the display
• Brilliant 2.4″ 16M-color QVGA display
• 2 megapixel camera
• 3.5 mm audio jack
• Touch sensitive Navi wheel
• Dedicated music keys and hardware keypad lock switch
• 3G with video calls
• Nice multimedia menu

Main disadvantages:

• Mediocre camera
• Awkward D-pad
• Hefty weight
• Uncomfortable keypad
• No HSDPA

Prices for the Nokia N81 8gb in Malaysia:-

Nokia N81 priced at RM1400.00

Nokia N85

Harness the power behind this sleek, compact design. Capture your memories with the 5 megapixel camera and bring them to life in vibrant, natural colours on the stunning OLED display. Try the preloaded games and choose one to activate for free. Discover more games on-line and try before you buy. Assisted GPS shows where you are, the Internet helps you choose your destination, and Nokia Maps guides you along the way. A voice-guided navigation trial is included with your device. With a long battery life and plenty of memory, you can stay entertained longer during your trip and keep your friends at your fingertips with instant messaging, internet calls, widgets, and social networking. The Nokia N85 multimedia computer puts the power to share, explore, and entertain in your hands.

Key features:

• 2.6″ 16M-color OLED display of QVGA resolution
• 5 megapixel autofocus camera with dual-LED flash and AF assist light
• Camera lens cover
• Symbian OS 9.3 with S60 3.2 UI
• ARM 11 369 MHz CPU
• 3G with HSDPA support
• Quad-band GSM support
• Wi-Fi with UPnP technology
• Built-in GPS with A-GPS functionality and 3 months of free voice-guided navigation
• FM transmitter
• Dual slide design with dedicated gaming/audio keys
• microSD card slot with microSDHC support
• 8GB memory card included in the retail package
• Built-in accelerometer for UI auto-rotation
• 3.5 mm audio jack
• TV out
• Stereo FM Radio with RDS
• Navi wheel navigation
• VGA video recording at 30fps
• USB and Bluetooth v2.0
• One free N-gage game
• Keylock switch

Main disadvantages:

• No office document editing out of the box
• Not the best sunlight legibility
• Unconvincing camera performance
• Poor Navi wheel performance
• Zooming in on a picture takes bloody ages

Prices for the Nokia N85 in Malaysia:-

Nokia N85 priced at RM1660.00

Nokia N79

Colourful and powerful. The Nokia N79 intuitively matches the colour of your screen with three smart cover combinations, and orientates the screen to match your point of view. Keep your music close to hand with a 4GB microSD card and 24 hours+ playback. Live in your online neighbourhood, with fast connections to your friends, feeds, and favourites. Capture faces and places with the Carl Zeiss 5 megapixel autofocus camera and geotagging. Find and share your passions and map your discoveries with A-GPS and Nokia Maps.

iPhone updated Price release

is the iPhone 3G really that expensive to own? Well IMHO the iPhone is competitively priced as there are other phones in the market with same pricing such as the HTC Touch HD at RM2750.

*Updated price list on 3/02/09 in Malaysia.*

Iphone 3G 8GB Black officially unlocked priced at RM2500.00

Iphone 3G 16GB Black officially unlocked priced at RM2700.00

Download the the current price list by clicking apple-price-list

Google maps, safari web and saving power on  the iPhone

Some cool thing on the iPhone that covers the above topic. Learn how to save the iPhone battery by using the ambient light sensor. Fast scrolling on the google maps on the iPhone 3g. There are tons of stuff that you can do with your iPhone to make it work quicker. So enjoy the video to get the most out of your iPhone experience.