What happens if you take a Nokia phone and an iPhone, mix them together, and then top it off projector? Well, you would probably end up with this tri-band smartphone.

Tri band multimedia cellphone with interactive touchscreen, WAP, bluetooth, and big 1800mAh battery for extra long talk time and phone usage between charges.

Among the multimedia features included in this phone are MP3 and MP4 player, 1.3mp Digital Camera, Image Viewer, Video Recorder, and rich media environment messaging options.

With the internal micro SD card slot already containing a 1GB card, the phone comes out of the box ready to start talking, listening to music, taking pictures, and watching videos.

Features:

• Main Functions: Cellphone, text and multimedia messaging, MP3 and MP4 player
• Additional Functions: Robust message manager, digital camera, digital video, e-book reader, productivity tools
• GSM Compatibility: Tri-Band 900MHz, 1800MHz, 1900MHz
• Screen: 2.4 inch TFT LCD Touchscreen
• Screen Resolution: 240×320
• Screen Type: Tactile touch sensitive
• Resolution of projector : 640×480
• Bluetooth Profiles: Handsfree, Headset, A2DP
• Dimensions: 122mm x 50mm x 27mm (L x W x H)

The projector can be used from a distance of up to 5 feet (150cm) and will project an image about 32 x 40 inches (80cm x 100cm). This is said to be an “actual use photo”:

Chinavision says that the Tri-Band Touchscreen Mobile Phone with Projector will be “available soon”. It’s probably not an Apple or Nokia approval that they’re waiting for.

Reader comment: Chinavasion says,

Due to realizing that this cool gadget phone is actually *tri band* not dual band, the title changed and it can now be found here.

PS. it is not a knock-off of anything – it is an original “outrageous” Chinese gadget mashup, aka Chinavasion’s speciality ;)

HTC has announced a new model in their Touch line of mobile phones. The beautiful HTC Touch Pro slide-out smartphone brings together touch screen response with the direct precision of a QWERTY keyboard.

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.

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.

Highlights

• 2.8-inch touch screen, with four times the resolution of most phones.
• Vibrant TouchFLOTM 3D user interface.
• Five-row QWERTY keyboard for quick and easy text entry.
• Surf and download at broadband speed with HSDPA and Wi-Fi.
• 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.

More photos and information about the HTC Touch Pro over at htc.com.

(Via Gizmodo and Prylfeber)

The Nüvifone smartphone from Garmin won’t be available until Q3 2008, but here are a couple of videos to give you an idea of what to expect.

Nüvifone Intro

Nüvifone Scenario

About the Garmin Nüvifone

The nüvifone is an innovative mobile phone that has a wide range of advanced yet easy-to-use features. The all touchscreen device is the first of its kind to integrate premium 3.5G mobile phone capability with an internet browser, data connectivity, personal messaging, and personal navigation functions in one device. When powered on, the 3.5-inch touchscreen display reveals three primary icons — “Call,” “Search,” and “View Map” which allow the user to effortlessly master the nüvifone’s functions.

The nüvifone also includes numerous mobile entertainment applications. The built-in camera allows individuals to take a picture that will automatically be tagged with the exact latitude and longitude reference of where the image was taken. The user may then save the image so they can navigate back to the location, or email the image to a recipient who can navigate directly to the location. The nüvifone also provides direct access to millions of geo-located landmark and sightseeing photographs available through Google’s Panoramio picture sharing site. The Panoramio photo search feature enhances the enjoyment and adventure of sightseeing in an otherwise unfamiliar location. Other multimedia functions of the nüvifone include a built-in video camera, MP3 and MPEG4/AAC.

Visit the official Garmin Nüvifone website for more information and photos.

(Via Prylfeber)