Monday 28 August 2006

2.4” AMOLED multimedia player by Samsung    [ 28-08-2006 19:58 ]

Author: Klimov Oleg   Source: aving.net     Translation by:     

Samsung has presented a new multimedia player with a 2.4” AMOLED (active-matrix OLED) at IMID 2006. Unlike traditional TFT LCD, AMOLED features 100% of color gamut and lower power consumption. Also, AMOLED can provide optimal brightness and contrast ratio without any loss of quality at 30-degree viewing angle, which makes it good for portable devices.

You can see the technical specs of it below:

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14.1” e-book    [ 28-08-2006 19:41 ]

Author: Klimov Oleg   Source: aving.net     Translation by:     

There are enough devices on the market, which belong to the so-called e-book class. All of them are mainly made under E-Ink technology and represent protos. Currently there are just few such devices available for sale.

LG Philips LCD presented another proto, a 14.1” WXGA flexible e-book. However due to relatively slow response time (300 ms) it can be good for just making e-book. As for the date of the mass production and expected price, the info isn’t unveiled.

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Acappella Music Phone from LG Electronics available soon    [ 28-08-2006 11:00 ]

Author: Serge Novikov     Translation by:     

Today LG Electronics has officially announced its Acappella Music Phone and soon start of sales. This is a slider phone. Depending on the sales operator the model will have different indices: LG-SV240, KV2400, LV2400.

The new phone stands out for the fact that all preinstalled MP3-files, ring tones and special effects are recorder with the human voice, and the whole music filling of the phone was made in cooperation with the Swedish jazz band “The Real Group” famous for acappella performance.

LG-SV240, KV2400, LV2400 is controlled by a jog-dial like button. It features 512 MB of memory onboard, 128-tones polyphony, Bluetooth and USB 2.0 interface.

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O2 Xda cosmo: a real implementation of HTC Excalibur    [ 28-08-2006 10:07 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova   Source: MSMobiles     Translation by:     

O2 Europe operator is about to release a new smartphone O2 Xda cosmo, an implementation of the much rumored HTC Excalibur platform. The new device will be released by O2 in the UK, Germany and Ireland. The sales of O2 Xda cosmo are expected in September – October 2006.

O2 Xda cosmo will be slim – 14 mm (slightly thicker than Motorola Q and Samsung SGH-i320 – 11.5 mm) and weigh some 135 g. It will support Wi-Fi wireless networks and be powered by Windows Mobile for Smartphone, i.e. it will have no touchscreen LCD.

It is rumored to work under GSM networks and support GPRS and EDGE, except for UMTS or HSDPA. Its processor won’t be that quick featuring 200 MHz.

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Samsung SGH-Z610: a music 3G-phone with the touchscreen and without digital keys    [ 28-08-2006 09:54 ]

Author: Serge Novikov     Translation by:     

The US Federal Communications Commission approved Samsung SGH-Z610 3G phone month ago. Now we have the info about the model. It has the support of storage cards, Bluetooth interface (stereo headset mode), a 2-megapixel camera, a touchscreen LCD and 3 control buttons in addition to On/Off button.

The Z610 will be promoted by the South Korean company as the media device, not the phone. Besides the Z610 looks more like the player without digital keys than the phone. It can be controlled via its touchscreen LCD or wire remote control plugged to the headphones jack. The only thing that is customary to modern phones is photo and video cameras.

The shot specs of the SGH-Z610:

• 2-meapixel camera with video capture opportunity, frontal camera for video calls
• Bluetooth supporting stereo sound in headphones
• Printing to a USB-printer
• SMS/MMS
• Media player (*.3gp, *.mp4, *.rm / *.mp3, *.aac, *.ra, *.wma, *.mp4, *.audio, *.spm)
• Wire remote control
• Documents (*.doc, *.ppt, *.xls, *.pdf, *.txt, *.swf, *.svg, and *.svgz)
• Other functions: alarm clock, JAVA games, calendar, voice recorder, SyncML, WEB browser.

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