Samsung

Pixon M8800 offers a 3.2 inches touch screen which complements its 8 megapixel camera and makes it an idle companion for clicking pictures and watching movies on the go. The phone is expected to come in 8 and 16 GB storage space and an additional space of 8 GB can be added using a microSD card.

The camera has auto focus, image stabilization and face recognition which has blink and smile detection. M8800 has an inbuilt GPS which geo-tags the pictures and videos taken using the phone camera.

Samsungs Pixon also offers HSDPA option which lets you play media content on HSDPA compatible TV’s, Computers and any other HSDPA compatible appliances. That’s not all, this phone also offers 3G for hi-speed internet connectivity which lets you stay connected with your e-mail and other online services at all times.

Price of the phone is expected to be around $US 800 and will be available at stores by 2nd of October. If only this phone had a sliding QWERTY keyboard like the one on G1 and a WiFi support, it would have been one of the top 3 phones available in the market.

Here is a quick run-down of the features offered by the phone.

• Built-in GPS receiver
• Quad-band GSM, tri-band HSDPA
• 107.9×54.6×14.9mm, 110 g
• 3.2-inch touch screen display (240 x 400 pixels)
• 8 megapixel camera, auto focus, face recognition with smile detection and blink detection, WDR (wide dynamic range), ASR (advanced shake reduction), GPS geotagging, ISO 1600, WVGA (720×480 pixels) and VGA (640 x 480 pixels) @30fps video recording
• Accelerometer
• DivX playback
• FM radio with RDS
• microSD card slot
• Bluetooth
• Landscape virtual QWERTY keyboard
• Handwriting recognition
• ShoZu integration – direct image and video upload
• Office document viewer

Watch the video to see its functionalities in action.

This software is capable of sending you encrypted information about the phones location, you can also retrieve your phone contacts and disable to the phone remotely. Once the application is installed, it starts working in invisible mode and can be used only using predefined keys+password. After the installation the user needs to add a secondary number which receives all the reports in case the device is stolen.

This application reminds me of the movie “Home Alone 3” in which the miscreants are similarly tortured and harassed. Well this application certainly does not go to the extent of punching them in the face but does pretty odd things.

The moment it detects an unauthorized SIM change it locks/encrypts all the data on the phone which includes SMS, Photos, PhoneBook, etc.. It not only sends information such as new phone number, device id, country code, operator name and location to the secondary number but it also starts sending information about the incoming/outgoing calls, SMS’s received/sent along with the text or any new contacts added to the phone.

That’s not all; I’ve saved the best for last. These two features are my favorite. The phone offers something called “SPY Call”. In case the phone is stolen the owner of the phone can call using the secondary number which will be termed as a SPY Call, in case of spy call the loudspeaker and the MIC will be automatically activated, the incoming call will be received without any notification so that the owner can listen to the conversations happening around the phone. Even if the thief comes to know that the SPY Call is activated, he/she will not be able to terminate the call. Wicked Cool, Right?

Another thing it does is Raises and Alarm and Disables the phone. Just send a preformatted SMS from the reporting/secondary number and it will automatically start making loud sounds and will also flash a customized message with the Owners Name, Address, Alternate Number and Award price.

It is also known that the company has tied up with Nokia to offer this application pre-installed on selectd Nokia phones.

The site has a “Buy” option but is currently inactive. We tried contacting the Maverick Mobile on their official address however according to Gmail, it does not exist.

The application certinly offers greta security and data backup featues, its just a matter of time before we start using it on our phones.

ZYB offers other great features like, backing up data from phone to web, data restoration in easy steps, sending SMS and so on.. we covered ZYB in our article about Online Services for Mobile Data backup a while ago. ZYB currently has close to 3 million active users using its services.

Here are a few features which will make you download and install this piece of software right away!

1) It lets you track your friends on a mapping software in real time, thus calling and saying "Hey Dude, wassup? Where are you at?" stands a thing of the past for ZYB Phonebook users.

If your friends allow you to, you’ll be able to see where they are right this minute. No more texting everyone from the restroom Friday night.

Using location technologies – and your own text input – the ZYB Phonebook quietly and securely transfers your location only to those you allow to see it.

2) Show shouts similar to status msg’s on GTalk, Facebook or Twitter on your ZYB Phonebook which is visible to your friends on the list. It not only shares the shouts with your friends on the ZYB Phonebook but also syncs with services like Twitter and Facebook! Impressed?

Show your ZYB shouts as your status line, let your friends see your Facebook status or Twitter tweets.

Millions of people including some of your friends already tell various services what they’re doing right now. We’ll use that information and combine it with ZYB shouts and your phone’s calendar to show your friends what you’re doing. If you allow them, of course.

3) Another impressive feature lets you set your status to Buys or otherwise, which turns an icon next to your name on ZYB phonebook to read if busy which basically tells people that this is probably not the best time to call you.

A red icon next to the names in the ZYB Phonebook indicates if you’ll be disturbing or welcome.

Other features include Auto-update of new phone numbers in your friends phonebook, posting pictures to online services, "See who is near" (this one lets you see if anyone on your phonebook is just aournd the corner).. If this is not impressive then I don’t know what is!!

The software is currently supported by Sony Ericsson phones only. Nokia (running S60) handsets will be compatible by the end of August.

Click here to register and download ZYB Phonebook

Update Aug-8th: Found this Video on YouTube.. Check it out!