Friday 28 April 2006

New details on Samsung D840 slider at the FCC site    [ 28-04-2006 17:33 ]

Author: Serge Novikov     Translation by:     

The site of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has published new details on a new slim slider by Samsung – the SGH- D840.

Samsung SGH-D840 is a tri-band (GSM900/1800/1900 MHz) mobile phone supporting EDGE networks. There was no official announcement of this model, and the FCC site hasn’t provided full details. The available info is as follows:

• Bluetooth, including the support of stereo headsets
• TransFlash storage cards
• MP3-player
• 2-megapixel camera with backlight and video capture opportunity
• Voice dial and control without training
• Printing to compatible printers
• E-mail client, WAP-browser, SMS/MMS messages
• Video-out
• MS Word, Excel documents
• JAVA games
• World time, alarm clock, calculator, converter, timer, stopwatch, calendar

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IXI Mobile released the Ogo CT-17 communicator    [ 28-04-2006 10:59 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova     Translation by:     

IXI Mobile, a solution maker for Ogo mobile communication, has announced the release of a new model – the Ogo CT-17. Initially the device was released in German at a big Internet provider 1&1 and Vodafone Germany, now it comes to the world market.

The communicator is made in a landscape oriented clamshell form, there is a QWERTY-keyboard inside. It is focused on the user, who seeks for communication opportunities in a mobile device first of all. So the Ogo CT-17 doesn’t have a camera. It supports WAP and HTML (to view Web-pages), e-mail (POP3 and IMAP), RSS, SMS and IM messages.

With Bluetooth interface it’s possible to plug a wireless headset. I’d mark, like other Ogo devices the new one is powered by IXI-Connect OS.

The specs of the Ogo CT-17:

• GSM (900/1800 MHz) and GPRS
• Color CSTN LCD, 240x160 pixels
• QWERTY-keyboard
• 16 MB RAM and 32 MB flash-memory
• 16-tones polyphony
• Bluetooth 1.1
• Li-Ion battery
• Talk time – 2.5 hours
• Standby time - 120 hours
• Dimensions – 114x75x25 mm
• Weight - 159 g

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Nintendo renamed its Revolution to Wii    [ 28-04-2006 09:45 ]

Author: Klimov Oleg     Translation by:     

Nintendo has announced its new generation game console, which was renamed to Wii – earlier it was mentioned in the news as Revolution.

That’s how it looks with its controller:

And its new logo:

The Wii console is expected to be shown at E3 2006, as for the technical specs, we know not much: IBM processor, ATI graphical accelerator, 12 MB RAM.

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Sony PlayStation 3 – new info    [ 28-04-2006 09:28 ]

Author: Klimov Oleg   Source: news.teamxbox.com     Translation by:     

The E3 2006 show is approaching, in the Internet emerge more and more info on the new game console by Sony – PlayStation 3, which is long-awaited by many users. Meanwhile some sources claim they know the retail price, though Sony doesn’t intend to reveal the price at E3 2006.

The PS3 is said to be offered for $400 in the US, ¥45965 ($425) in Japan and €322 in Europe. Besides games for the PS1 and PS2 will be compatible with the new console and work in 720, 1080i and 1080p resolution.

As for the PS3 games, they will be supplied on Blu-ray disks, so you can imagine the price. The console in refreshed design with the controller will be shown at E3 2006 next month, it will become available in November.

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LG-U900: the first commercially available UMTS-phone supporting DVB-H    [ 28-04-2006 09:00 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova     Translation by:     

LG Electronics has announced the release of its LG-U900 mobile phone. According to the company, this is the first commercially available UMTS-phone supporting DVB-H broadcasting. Initially the handset will be offered by Hutchison Italy operator (the trademark 3), the device was introduced yesterday in Rome.

The phone is equipped with a 2.2” LCD, which can be rotated for a more comfortable TV watching. It has a 1.3-megapixel camera and a VGA-camera, 58 MB of internal memory. Its battery provides 3 hours in the TV mode, the result is quite good. The sales start in May.

Hutchison Italy, the largest 3G operator in Italy, has got exclusive rights to DVB-H broadcasting during the World Championship. The operator plans to provide video of all the matches starting from June 6 on its “La3” channels.

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