Tuesday 08 August 2006

mylo – a new pocket communicator by Sony    [ 08-08-2006 13:28 ]

Author: Serge Novikov     Translation by:     

Sony has announced its new pocket communicator called the mylo. The company says, this is the product for those who constantly use it in everyday life for instant messaging and work in computer networks. The communicator supports Wi-Fi (802.11b) wireless networks, so the mylo user can in touch with other people anywhere in the world with wireless network coverage.

The mylo is quite a compact pocket sized device with rounded edges. This is a landscape slider with a 2.4” LCD and several control buttons on the top half. The bottom half has a QWERTY-keyboard, which is comfortable at frequent text message input.

There are two color solutions available. The device comes with the following preinstalled message services: Google Talk instant messaging service, Skype and Yahoo! Messenger. These services are free of charge.

Other specs of the mylo:

• Built-in HTML-browser
• Internet telephony via Skype-client
• 1 GB of internal flash ROM
• Playback of MP3, ATRAC or WMA files
• Built-in speaker
• Slot for Memory Stick Duo storage cards
• Video in MPEG-4 format
• Capacious Li-Ion battery for up to 45 hours of music

The mylo communicator will be available in September at some $350.

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Huawei V710: a 3G mobile phone for Vodafone    [ 08-08-2006 09:23 ]

Author: Serge Novikov     Translation by:     

The US Federal Communications Commission has approved the V710 mobile phone by the Chinese company Huawei Technologies. It is packed in the popular clamshell form-factor and supports Bluetooth and WCDMA 2100, GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 MHz.

The short specs of the V710:

• Messages: SMS, MMS, E-Mail
• MP3-player, Java games
• Two cameras: main and for video calls
• Connectivity: USB, Bluetooth, SyncML synchronisation
• Slot for miniSD storage cards
• Support of DRM for phone file system
• Image formats: JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, BCI, WBMP, SVG and SVGZ
• Audio formats: MP3, AAC/AAC+, AMR, MID, WAV (ADPCM), MMF, QCP and XMF/DLS
• Video formats: 3GP, MP4, 3G2 and PMD
• Other functions: alarm clock, calendar, calculator, measure and currency converter, tasks, voice recorder, notes, world time, stopwatch, timer.

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1.5 billion of camera phones by 2010    [ 08-08-2006 09:03 ]

Author: Klimov Oleg   Source: slashphone.com     Translation by:     

Nowadays we can hardly imagine a mobile phone (above the budget class) without a camera module, by the way the latter is being ever improved – well, currently there are cellphones with a 10-megapixel camera and a lens with adjustable focal distance.

According to the forecast by Lyra Research, the number of camera phones will reach 1.5 billion units by 2010, twice as much as we have now. Below you can see a table with the forecast dynamics:

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xD-Picture Card M2GB: a 2GB card by Fujifilm    [ 08-08-2006 08:54 ]

Author: Serge Novikov     Translation by:     

Today Fujifilm Photo Film Co, Ltd. Has announced its xD-Picture Card M2GB capacious of 2 GB. Its name gives us a hint that the card is designed mainly for digital cameras. The sales are scheduled for September.

The xD-Picture Card is compatible with the products used with up to 1 GB xD-Picture cards.

It is made under MLC technology: Multi Level Cell. Such xD-Picture cards will be marked with “M” (for example, M2GB).

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12” notebook based on Core Duo for €830    [ 08-08-2006 08:43 ]

Author: Klimov Oleg   Source: akihabaranews.com     Translation by:     

The release of Core 2 Duo processors on Merom kernel affected the price level for mobile PC based on previous generation CPU. I mean the notebooks based on Core Duo, they are already available for $1000 or less in many countries. For example, in Korea Haseenote introduced its JIVE W205R for €830.

The new model features Intel Core Duo T2050 (1.66 Hz) processor, ATI Radeon Xpress 200M chipset, 1 GB RAM, 12” widescreen LCD (1280x800), 80 GB SATA HDD, multi-format DVD-recorder and 1.2 kg of weight! Quite an interesting offer.

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