Isaiah's Tech

"AU KDDI, a Japanese company, recently unveiled a new brand called iida that is intended to bring in consumers that care about making a fashion statement. Their latest offering is the G9 from Sony Ericsson, a slider that's gotten the fancy treatment." Personally, I'm liking the design of this phone, I just don't like how thick the phone is. It has a nice looking 3-inch touchscreen display with an 854 x 480 resolution, a microSD slot, a 3.2MP camera, Bluetooth, GPS, and a 1Seg TV tuner. The phone has a stainless steel body with a coat of a titanium compound, so it really makes the phone look superb. "You can record content using this device and you can use a mobile pico projector to display content received from the 1Seg tuner on your wall or a screen." The phone also has 3.5-hours of talk time and has 230 hours of standby. The phone will be available in 3 colours: black with green accents, a titanium finish with silver accents (pictured) or a mirror finish with pink accents. This phone looks amazing and I'm curious to know how much it is going for; I'm also not sure whether it's already available or not.

Update: As of right now, it looks like there is no official release date or pricing on the Sony Ericsson G9.

[Slash Gear, Hot Cellular Phone]

The Samsung B5702 is one of the only two phones capable of rocking quad-band with dual-SIM cards. The other phone is the Acer DX600 which was released a couple of days ago. Anyways, the B5702 has a 2.4-inch QVGA display, FM radio, a 3MP camera with autofocus, and Bluetooth - just to name a few. The feature that stands out the most is the ability to use two different SIM cards and being able to switch between them without even rebooting the phone. It has two LED lights on the side which will indicate which SIM card is being used and will have a button that will allow you to switch between the two SIM cards. Expect the B5702 to be released in a number of places - in Russia first - starting in May 2009 for around $420 USD. For more pictures of the Samsung B5702 click on the link below.

[GSM Arena]