'Leaked' photos show iPhone 4G

Pictures have appeared online purporting to show the next Apple iPhone, complete with aluminium back

Grainy pictures supposedly showing the next-generation iPhone have appeared online. The images show a sleek-looking iPhone with an aluminium back that is more reminiscent of the first-generation iPhone and new iPad computer than the glossy-backed iPhone 3G and 3GS handsets.

Apple has refused to confirm whether the device in the images is a prototype of its new device. Gadget fans are well known for creating "mock ups" of supposed Apple devices, and then seeding them around the internet.

There are rumours that the new iPhone will be unveiled in June, and will feature an eight megapixel camera with flash, more storage and a front-mounted camera. The iPhone 4.0 software update, which was revealed by Apple last week, will also add multi-touch capabilities to the device.

A return to the aluminium form factor would make sense for Apple. It's very first iPhone, launched in July 2007, had an aluminium back, as does its latest gadget, the iPad, which went on sale in the United States earlier this month. Shoppers in the UK will have to wait until late May to get their hands on the touch-screen, tablet style computer, after Apple pushed back the launch date, citing "overwhelming" demand.

In February, rival phone maker HTC unveiled a handset made from a single piece of aluminium, using a manufacturing technique similar to the one used by Apple to make its unibody Macs. The HTC Legend has been widely praised for its cutting edge design and ease of use, and for the software laid over the Google Android operating system that makes it easier for people to communicate across social-networking sites.

Monte Samsung S5620 announced at affordable price

The renowned Samsung Electronics Company has introduced its latest touch screen phone Samsung Monte S5620 that facilitates social networking as well. The phone supports multiple IM services as it has a WLAN card.

The handset incorporates a GPS navigation system that enables to record the geographic coordinates of a click made with the inbuilt camera of 3.2 mega pixels. Monte S5620 has a 3-inch wide WQVGA 16:9 screen gives a pleasant view. It has an internal memory of 200 MB that can be expanded to16 GB.

Some other features supported by the handset are-

* HSDPA 3.6Mbps UMTS (900/2100)
* EDGE / GPRS (850/900/1800/1900)
* Video: H.263, H.264, MPEG4, QVGA @ 15fps
* Audio: Poly 72, SP-Midi, i-melody, MP3, AAC, AAC +, WMA, 3,5-mm jack; Find Music, DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine) v 1.0, FM-radio with RDS
* A-GPS, Wi-Fi, Google Map 3.0, Native SNS Application, Touch Wiz 2.0 Plus
Connection: Bluetooth 2.1, USB 2.0

This phone has an inbuilt Samsung Monte accelerometer that flips the image on the display on its own when the device is turned.

This phone is available at the price of RS 12,390.00

Palm for sale: Nokia, HTC, RIM to bid for it

The worried US Smart phones company Palm has come up for sale as it competes with the popularity of Apple's iPhone and the Blackberry. Palm has one of the best mobile operating systems with multi-tasking, great application switcher, hi-tech games, and a v

THE WORRIED US Smart phones company Palm has come up for sale as it competes with the popularity of Apple's iPhone and the Blackberry. Palm has one of the best mobile operating systems with multi-tasking, great application switcher, hi-tech games, and a very stable operating system.

The company’s new hope, the Palm Pre, after the heavy publicity last year and its new operating system, web’s, received favorable reviews. Besides Apple and Goggle, Palm is the only company to have tried a modern smart phone operating system. The company has a market capitalization of $1 billion. The company is looking for bids in the next few days. Shares in Palm, which makes the Pre and Pixy phones and has developed the innovative web’s phone software, increased by nearly seventeen per cent yesterday as reported.

Palm's Web’s operating system is considered the company's most valuable asset. Rumored buyers include hardware firms such as Taiwan's HTC and the China's Renovo. Interests could also come from Nokia or RIM, who could view Palm's easy-to-use software as an attractive deal in comparison to the iPhone and Android.