Print this articleBenq claim proudly that their X800 is the world's thinnest 8 megapixel, with a thickness of less than ten millimeters. If it is the thinnest of them all, may be unsaid. At the thickest parts it is noticeably thicker than, for example Casio 10 megapixel camera EX-S10.
The material is black plastic, but about half the Front in silver. The display is on the whole three inches and make a really good job with its 230 000 pixels, except that it is something hard in the strong sunshine. The lens sits on the top left side of the front, which unfortunately means that it is easy to have right index finger in the way.
It has long been speculated how well the Radeon HD 4670 and HD 4650 will perform, but it will hopefully become clear, now that AMD finally releases these two middle segment graphiccards. They are also really low-priced.
Reference models of Radeon HD 4670 runs the core at 750 megahertz and will initially be devlivered with 512 megabytes gddr3 memory over a 128-bit memorybus. The card has 320 streamprocessors and will later also show up with 1024 megabytes standard ddr3 memory. Power consumption is about 70 watts and the card has dual-dvi ports, and support for displayport and hdmi. According to AMD it delivers around double the performance compared with a Geforce 9500 GT. Source: IDG
Previously Nokia has given customers the option to download Activesync to some of the company's top phones, but now the product should be supported in all phones based on Symbian OS S60. It is about the 43 different models available in 80 million copies.
In addition the Exchange Activesync will be preloaded in a wide range of models with business as a target group. The initiative is seen as an attempt by Nokia to attract the many U.S. companies now often choosing RIMs Blackberry for handling e-mail.
Among other suppliers who support Activesync is Palm, Apple and Motorola. Microsoft's e-mail manager will also become an important component in Sony Ericsson's first Window based mobile phone, Xperia X1, which will begin to sell October 10.
Xperia X1 is no longer the marvel of technology that it had been if it was released in February. Nokia's N95 had many of the features already a year ago and Apple Iphone have today received both 3G and GPS. In addition, two advanced Windows Mobile phones was released in the summer, Diamond HTC and Samsung Omnia. Yet Sony Ericsson promises that the product will be delivered on October 10.
The market has generally found a balance between not to be late and not to disappoint users with a crippled product. The pressure on Sony Ericsson is to get the phone before Christmas, but the company has to be careful and not release a buggy phone. Source: IDG
From now on, it is possible to download version 8.0 of the Media iTunes from Apple's Web site. Among the news, a further way to browse the library, new visualizations, and support for Voice Over, and a new feature called Genius. On the other hand, create automatic playlists of music in the library that fits well together, get tips on what songs you might like to buy on the iTunes Music Store.
In those countries where you can buy TV series on iTunes, you can also buy sections in HD quality. Worth mentioning is that the television company NBC has chosen to jump on iTunes train again after an absence.
Requirements for iTunes 8, Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later, alternatively, Windows XP / Vista. Source IDG
On today's "Special Event" in the name of 'Let's Rock "was presented, as expected, a new version of its popular iPod model, the iPod Nano.
Rumours leaked and the photographs proved it to be true. The iPod Nano was an elongated, slightly rounded design and is in aluminium. The screen, however, is the same.
It does, however, this time built into an accelerometer, so that you can look at the iPod to watch movies and browse through their music in coverflow. In addition, you can now shake iPod to mix the songs! With headphones that have a mic, you can now also record sound with Nano.
The model with 8Gb of storage will cost around $200 and 16Gb model $270 dollars. Steve Jobs also points out that this so far is Apple's most environmentally friendly iPod.
It has also made some changes to the existing iPod Classic. Source: IDG.
To give added value to those who choose an iPod Touch instead of an iPhone, buyers are offered the Nike +. In addition, the device finally got sensible volume.
Just as expected, Apple launched tonight a upgraded iPod modell. In addition to a whole new round design for the iPod Nano, a thinner iPod Touch of stainless steel.
Happily, Apple has listened to criticisms and speaker and volume controls are placed on the page. Otherwise, the battery life is now 36 hours for music and 6 hours for video.
As an extra bonus is the Nike+ if you buy a Touch. This should contribute to greater balance on the apparatus when engaging in sports activities.
Nokia E71 is doing everything that a sequel should do, and so with bravura. But the more slim format is for the expense of usability.
The predecessor E61 has been a small but loyal popular among people who want to use their mobile phones for a little more advanced than writing SMS.
E71 is a few steps further. Among other things, slimmed down slightly, especially in width. Now, it can almost pass as a regular candybar phone size. But it has unfortunately not been entirely painless. The interface is a variant of Series 60. Comparatively, it can be described as the N-series running Windows Vista with all graphics activated, while the E71 uses a desktop that was deliberately trying to emulate Windows NT, despite the fact that they can more or less the same things. Very disturbing.
The predecessor E61 lack camera, which was corrected in a later versions of the phone. E71 has a powerful 3.2 megapixel camera with built-in auto focus right from the start. Not directly a high end, but quite okay. Just as before, there is also wlan built-in, which this time also been joined by a GPS receiver (approximately the same as all other Nokia phones now).
World sold more than 32.2 million smart mobile devices in the second quarter of this year. There is an increase of 16 percent over the same quarter last year. Smart mobile phones account for 11 percent of the total mobile market.
-- Although sales in the second quarter amounted to 64 million units, an increase of 22 per cent, growth rate is actually lower than 2007, "said Roberta Cozza, analyst at Gartner.
Economic slowdown affects the market by reducing consumer investments and lower demand for electronics products.
The U.S. is growing fastest and has a growth rate of 79 percent in the second quarter. United States accounts for 25 percent of global sales. Growth in Europe is 21 percent. Asia has a decrease of 24 percent, and in Japan sales fell 5 percent.
The largest supplier is Nokia, which has 48 percent of
market. It is a reduction compared with the corresponding period of last year when the figure stood at 51 percent. The company will first of all increase the breadth of its product range, according to Gartner.
Research In Motion, the manufacturer of the Blackberry, took a share of 17 percent, almost a doubling of last year's 9 percent.
There is now a cool bracelet with built in bluetooth. The bracelet will vibrate and a lamp will flash when a call is incomming. It supports bluetooth version 1.2 with 2.4GHz spectrum and has a built in rechargable battery with 100h standby time. Maybe not the worlds useful gadget, but this bluetooth bracelet is a fun, cool and geeky.
Aurvana X-Fi Headphones comes from the world of Creative, takes personal listening to a whole other level. By uniting the Xtreme Fidelity technology, and never before used in headphones with Active Noise Cancellation, opens the doors to a whole new sound. X-Fi Crystalizer restores the details and spark lost in compressed MP3 music. X-Fi CMSS-3D-positioned vocals and instruments around you for lifelike experience. Active Noise Cancellation removes background noise so you can enjoy your music. Components of 40mm neodymium assure high-fidelity results, while extra soft material makes headphones comfortable to use for hours. These world-leading headphones can be folded so they are flat when you travel, and all functions are handled easily with the buttons on the ear pads. Creative Aurvana X-Fi earphones are worth the money.
Creative Zen is nowadays incredibly small. Bring your ZEN in credit-card everywhere for total enjoyment. It can be bought with memory of 4, 8 or 16 GB. SD/SDHC slot allows you to bring in extra storage space at any time. Creative Zen support MP3 and AAC, allows you to play all your ripped music. Access to the largest supply of Music from the Web thanks to the support of the WMA. Enjoy the video in WMV formats or DivX / XviD with resolution 320 x 240. Convert automatically from other formats by using the accompanying software. Show photos of the amazing 2.5-inch screen with up to 16.7 milljoner colors. Creative Zen media player also has
built-in FM radio and microphone. A great media player in a small format!
Samsung is aiming to give the Nokia E-series one match with its new mobile phone with GPS.
Thin smartphones is a niche that Samsung been successful in with products like i600 and i780. The latest addition is called i550, and looks pretty much like an i600, but with standing screen, and common buttons instead of qwerty keyboard.
Inside the shell are more differences. The operating system is Symbian S60, that is to say the same menus, as in countless Nokiamobiles. Samsung i550 feels really solid. The rubbershell from the i700 and i780 has been replaced by plastic leatherstructure. Not quite as attractive, but a practical solution and scratch resistance. The buttons look rather small on the picture, but they work better then expected and both the buttons and the gap is larger than on mobile phones such as Nokia N82 or Sony Ericsson w890. On the Windows Mobile uses a Samsung software from Garmin, while the program in i550 is identical to Navigon MobileNavigator 6. Adjustments and the search is quite the same category as a standalone navigator, but there are shortcomings to zoom is hidden in a submenu, and that the map image shows up only when the GPS receiver managed to find their position.
Hitachi's latest hard drive can hold 60 gigabytes more and draws 25 percent less power compared to previous versions. Travelstar 7K320 is a 2.5-inch hard drive for portable computers, with a capacity of 320 GB. It spins at 7 200 revolutions per minute and can transfer the 3 Gbit / s which means that it is twelve percent faster than the representative Travelstar 7200.
The new generation of disks is available in sizes of 80-320 GB of which the most spacious expected to have a price of $250 when it comes up this summer. According to Hitachi expected a number of PC vendors have the disks in place in portable computers, game controllers and compact desktop computers (type Mac Mini) in this year's third quarter. Source IDG
The new phone with a so-called active lifestyle as a target group has a unusually good camera and is particularly strengthened against splashing water and sand.
The camera capable of 3.2 megapixel and has auto focus. The images can be provided with tags that talk about where they have been taken by information retrieved from the built-in Navigator. C702 Cyber-shot weighs 105 grams, has been operating for five hours and standby time of 300 hours.
C702 Cyber-shot presented at the Mobile World Congress and now goes to buy for about $500. Source IDG.
Samsung deny that they have ported Safari to their new mobile L870 When Samsung sent out a press release on the new cell phone L870, it was claimed that Apple's Safari browser was included. but they are denying this information.
Safari will not end up in Samsung's mobile phones.
Earlier this week, there was a lot of writings on that Samsung was going to include Apple's Safari browser in the new cell phone L870.
But, as many suspect it is not Safari, but the browser that is already being used in Symbian S60. It is now confirmed by a spokesman for Samsung, reports Engadget. The reason for the misleading information is that both browsers are based on the open engine WebKit. Source: IDG
Do anybody really need a Linksys iPhone CIT400? Dunno.. It is a cordless DECT/GAP phone with Skype capability. Pretty nice design with a small LCD display and has 50m reach indoors, 300m outdoors. The battery holds for 600 minutes of talking and 120 hours of standby. Linksys iPhone CIT400 is a good combined DECT and Skype phone, but a bit too expensive in this segment.
HTC Touch Diamond is another one of HTC great mobile phone, now with TouchFLO 3D (scrolling wheel), built in GPS, 3.2 megapixel camera and fast HSDPA internet connectivity. Inspired by Nokia 95, it has a large built in memory of 4GB. The design is nice and slick. HTC Touch Diamond is not a bad mobile phone, not bad at all.
It's really a easy choice to decide which gaming console to buy. Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360 all lack the blueray player, so if you are looking for a cheap blueray player with additional gaming capability, then Sony PS3 is the ultimate choice. Since Blueray won the race agains HD, Blueray will be the next media player standard.
Purcushion from Urban Tool is a pillow with built in bluetooth, speakers and microphone. Purcushion is compatible with bluetooth media players and also works as speakers to your cell phone. Purcushion has buil in controls for volume, remote for your media player and can be used 300 hours without recharging. Urban Tools delivers the perfect beach gadget, but the price is somewhat a bit too high.