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According to Slashphone, Toshiba is presenting their 3″ TFT wide display screen during the ITU communication trade show. The new wide screen display has been already integrated into some mobile phones.

The WVGA display has a higher contrast image archived by using low temperature poly-silicon. Toshiba’s product has a resolution of 800 x 480, pixels beats the resolution of the similar product announced by Sony Ericsson earlier this year.

3 inch WVGA Display Screen by Toshiba [Slashphone]

France Telecom, the parent company of mobile phone operator Orange, announced Tuesday a new service allowing mobile users access their PC’s content from their mobile phones.

The service is called Mon PC a distance. The service requires a free software client that needs to be installed onto the PC. Once the client software is installed, users can access all of the content stored on the PC in all media formats: videos, music, photos, or documents using any mobile device with standard browsing capability.

The Mon PC a distance service was designed by France Telecom and Nokia, and Nokia will host it and maintaine it.

France Telecom is planning to introduce the service in other mobile markets like Switzerland , the Netherlands , Romania , Slovakia and the U.K.

Orange Mobile Users Get Access to PC Content [CIO]

OZ Communications, a maker of wireless messaging technologies, announced today a new mobile social networking product. The new product will allow users to access social networking sites directly from their mobile devices.

The solution will provide end-users with easy access to any social networking service on any mass-market device. Users can perform the same functions as if they were sitting at their desktop, browse, post comments, upload photos and videos, participate in discussions and be alerted when their friends update their profiles or blogs.

“Wireless operators would be remiss to ignore the movement of social networking to the mobile device, a trend that could have positive implications on both messaging and data traffic revenues,” said Jill Aldort, Senior Wireless Analyst at Yankee. “It will only become truly successful if the most relevant applications are widely available to the masses. OZ has espertise in this space, ensuring that mobile applications can be distributed on millions of phones.”

Oz is based in Montreal and it employs 230 emploees. The company recently closed a $34 million round of financing.

Samsung and Microsoft launched a new mobile device Ultra Messaging i600. The new smartphone is being labled as the thinnest 3G phone in the world. The Ultra Messaging i600 has many high end desktop like and media features. The phone operats whitin the Windows Mobile 5.0 environment.

Some of the Ultra Messaging i600 features:

• QWERTY keyboard with wheel key
• PIM / MS Push Email
• The HSDPA network support to allow user to explore faster data transfer speeds
• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0 EDR
• Two integrated digital cameras (1.3 megapixels in the back and VGA in the front)
• Support for 3G video calls from the phone
• microSDâ„¢ External Memory Slot (64MB RAM / 128MB ROM)

This new Ultra Messaging i600 smartphone supports also web media applications like podcasting and RSS Feeder.

“I am proud to introduce the Ultra Messaging i600 Windows Mobile smartphone with Microsoft. It represents the best innovation from both Samsung and Microsoft and makes it a perfect solution for today’s mobile professional,” said Kitae Lee, President, Samsung Telecommunication Network Business. “Samsung will continue to explore new market opportunities with Microsoft and we look forward to collaborating together to bring more innovative products to market.”

The Samsung ‘s Ultra Messaging i600 should be available in Asia-Pacific and Europe in Q1, 2007.

Press Release [Samsung]

The Sanyo M1 was launched by Sprint. The music phone by Sanyo is outfitted with 1GB of internal memory. This will make it easier for music lovers, since they do not need to rely on a memory card slot and user upgrades. The downside of this new configuration is the lack of a memory card, so the user is bound to 1GB memory.

The Sanyo M1 features:

• QVGA display with 262k colors
• EV-DO data (PowerVision)
• Bluetooth with A2DP stereo support
• SMS Voice and Text Messaging Enabled
• 2.0 megapixel camera
• T9 Text Input
• Sprint TVSM Enabled
• Music player with external controls (MP3, AAC, AAC+) and stereo speakers
• Stereo Headset Jack
• Customizable Favorites Menu
• Speakerphone

The Sanyo M1 can be purchased at Sprint for $199 with a new 2-year contract and $150 in instant savings.

The Sanyo SCP-7000 was launched by Sprint Nextel.

Features of the Sanyo SCP-2400 include:

• Dura-Grip anti-slip coating on outside of handset
• Push-to-talk (ReadyLink)
• Speakerphone
• 128×160 pixel screen with 65k colors
• Optional parental controls

Sprint is selling the SCP-7000 for $29.99 with a new 2-year contract and $150 in instant savings.