Mobile phones

Samsung is adopting a hard disk drive into mobile phones and has launched three models equipped with a hard disk drive; a 1.5GB HDD embedded phone (model: SPH-V5400) a 3GB HDD embedded phone (model: SCH-V7900) anda 3GB HDD Music smartphone (model: SGH-i300). The i310 works as a perfect platform for users by combining a phone a digital camera and an MP3 player with its immense storage capacity.

Mar 15 2006 (TELECOMWORLDWIRE via COMTEX) Biometrics face recognition software from Neven Vision a developer of mobile machine vision technology has been selected by mobile operator NTT DoCoMo in Japan to improve the security of personal data and transactions on mobile phones. The software compares registered facial images of mobile phone users with the face captured by the handset's camera providing automated authorisation of users.

HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) - Visions of a nation of soccer fans glued to broadcasts via mobile phones of this summer's World Cup are unlikely to come true, industry players said at this year's CeBIT trade fair.