Porsche and Sagem Launch New Handset

Another Porsche handset by Sagem has made an appearance and this time the company has decided to go with a more conventional candy bar form factor for the design, but there’s nothing really conventional about the handset on the whole. 

The new Porsche P'9522 handset comes equipped with a plethora of high tech features that include a 2.8 inch mineral glass touch screen. Porsche has again used a single block of aluminum and just like theP'9521, it will also have biometric fingerprint scanner to unlock the phone. Other features will include Wi-Fi connectivity and though it won’t be 3G enabled it will support EDGE and GPRS. The P'9522 will also have microSD memory card support, an integrated GPS chip and a 5MP camera. 
Assembled by hand in Fougeres, France, the P'9522 is expected to be launched at Rs. 39,545 (600 Euros) sometime in the next month, which is relatively lower than what the P'9521 cost at launch. Of course this is not official yet, so stay tuned. 
Considering the price of the previous model and the upgraded features of this one, it looks like the price is short by Rs. 50,000. Let’s hope not.

Samsung Launches INNOV8 In India

Samsung Mobile today strengthened its multimedia phone portfolio by launching its ultimate mobile entertainer, the 8 megapixel camera phone, Samsung INNOV8, in the Indian market. 

"Samsung Innov8 is made for users who want to enjoy the best possible multimedia entertainment with their mobile phone. With the 8-megapixel camera, pre-embedded 3D games, high speed data connections and much more, users can experience the true benefits of mobile entertainment", said Sunil Dutt, Country Head, Samsung Mobile.

Recognized as Samsung's first ever 8-megapixel camera phone, Samsung Innov8 uses the latest in imaging applications such as smile shot, blink shot and face recognition. Users can enjoy personalizing and editing their photos, videos and music with Movie Maker and Story Board applications. The handset also acts as a digital photo frame, allowing users to display their favorite images on its 2.8 inch, 16M color LCD. 
The 32GB memory (16GB Internal and 16GB MicroSD Card) provides sufficient content storage. It also supports a wide range of video player formats including DivX, WMV, Real Player and MPEG4 and the AV experience is enhanced with Samsung's DNSe 2.0 audio engine. The Innov8 is being launched preloaded with two Aamir Khan movies.

The phone comes pre-embedded with two games, Asphalt and FIFA 08. With an optical mouse and 4-way navigation key, users can enjoy a PC-like browsing experience. The handset also offers HSDPA high speed Internet, Wi-Fi and EDGE/GPRS connectivity. It also sports Bluetooth with an A2DP profile. The phone is equipped with A GPStechnology, offering navigation and geo-tagging services and it runs on a Symbian OS V9.3, S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2.
The Samsung Innov8 is priced at Rs. 45,999.