Samsung Louvre Might Become Omnia Pro At Launch

via Gizmodo by Jack Loftus on 6/14/09

BGR is reporting today that the well-known AMOLED-equipped Samsung Omnia Promight be linked to the recently unearthed "Louvre B7610." By the way, "linked" in this case means "the exact same thing."

Why the subterfuge? No idea, but what today's news does bring us are a slew of updated specs for the Omnia Pro/Louvre, due out sometime in September or October.

* 3.5-inch AMOLED resistive touchscreen display w/ WVGA resolution
* 800MHz processor
* 5.1 megapixel camera with auto-focus and LED flash
* Sliding QWERTY keypad
* 2 UIs (Pro & Media)
* TV-OUT
* 3.5mm headphone jack
* MicroUSB
* Divx/WMV/H.264 accelerations
* GPS/WIFI/HSDPA/HSUPA/Bluetooth
* FM Radio
* DNLA support
* 1GB internal memory with microSDHC up to 32GB
* 1500mAh battery

Louvre? Omnia Pro? Louvre Pro? Who knows. It's a slick phone with a robust set of features and a presumably sharp little touchscreen. We'll definitely know more toward the end of the summer.

Leaked Toshiba K01, K02 and L01 Ultraportables Love Folding and Fuel Cells

via Gizmodo by Mark Wilson on 4/14/09

Techblog.gr claims to have just leaked Toshiba's mobile product line for the next year, and there are threeproducts we found especially exciting—a 7-inch netbookish transformer and a series of touchscreen QWERTY cellphones.

The Toshiba K01 is a 4.1-inch capacitive touchscreen QWERTY slider. It features a 1GHz processor, 3.2MP camera and WM 6.5. The K02 is a clamshell version of the chipset, but it features a 3.5-inch touchscreen with QWERTY on the inside and a 10-button pad with a secondary LCD on the outside.

Toshiba's most exciting plan, however, is the HTC Advantage-like L01. Featuring a 7-inch screen and wireless QWERTY. It would make a heck of a netbook...if the platform weren't built on Windows Mobile 6.5. Engadget points out that when they spotted an L01 prototype earlier in the year, it was loaded with a fuel cell. Interesting...

All devices are planned to come out near the end of 2009 in some market or other. [Techblog via Engadget]