Wednesday 30 August 2006

Sigma to release its new SLR camera    [ 30-08-2006 17:57 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova     Translation by:     

Sigma is preparing the release of a new SLR camera – the SD14. It created a special site devoted to the new camera with the teaser info.

The release is scheduled for September 26 (the first day of the Photokina show). According to the info from the site, the camera will have a sensor fixing 3 color components in every matrix cell at once, so we can assume this is the new sensor from Foveon.

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Sprint released a EV-DO Revision A card    [ 30-08-2006 12:33 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova     Translation by:     

The American operator Sprint has announced the sales of Novatel Wireless Merlin S720 cards supporting EV-DO Revision A standard. According to Sprint, this is the first card of this standard in the US commercially available to every subscriber.

The EV-DO Revision standard is introduced by several operators in the world, two of them – Verizon Wireless and Sprint. Sprint says the average download speed will be 400 – 700 kbps, and the peak speed – 2 Mbps. The card will be offered at the recommended price of $249.99 and in case of a 2-years contract - $99.99. Till the end of the year Sprint expects to provide a choice of EV-DO Revision A devices.

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Three 3G Ultra Edition phones by Samsung    [ 30-08-2006 09:32 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova     Translation by:     

Samsung Electronics has announced 3 new phones of the Ultra Edition series. All of them support 3G networking. The company positions these phones as ultra slim models. You can guess how thick the model is from its name, for example, the Ultra Edition 9.9 is 9.9 mm thick.

The Ultra Edition 13.8 (Z720) is positioned as the slimmest slider supporting HSDPA standard (13.8 mm thick). It is equipped with a 3-megapixel camera and a 2.1” QVGA (240x320 pixels) LCD. There is also a frontal camera for video telephony.

The specs of the Ultra Edition 13.8 (Z720):

• GSM (900/1800/1900MHz), GPRS, EDGE and UMTS, HSDPA
• 3-megapixel and VGA-camera
• 2.1” QVGA (240x320 pixels) LCD, 262K colors
• Video (MPEG4 / H.263)
• Music formats - MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+ and WMA
• Bluetooth 1.2 and USB 1.1 interfaces
• Speaker phone
• File viewer, PIM-functions
• Dimensions – 104.5x51.3x13.8 mm
• Weight - 80 g

The Ultra Edition 8.4 (Z370) is positioned as the slimmest 3G candy bar phone. The phone features quite light weight for this class – 71 g. Despite of its small dimensions the functionality isn’t cut – the phone is equipped with a 2-megapixel camera and a VGA camera, a 1.93” landscape-oriented TFT LCD and an expansion slot for microSD cards (the latter point is in doubt – it is stated in the press release, but not in specs).

The specs of the Ultra Edition 8.4 (Z370):

• GSM (900/1800/1900MHz), GPRS, EDGE and UMTS
• 2-megapixel camera and VGA-camera
• 1.9” LCD, 220x176 pixels, 262K colors
• Video (MPEG4 / H.263)
• Music formats - MP3, AAC, AAC+ and e-AAC+
• Bluetooth 1.2 and USB 1.1 interfaces
• Speaker phone
• 20 MB of internal memory
• File viewer, PIM-functions
• Dimensions – 112x50x8.4 mm
• Weight - 71 g

At last, the Ultra Edition 11.8 (Z620) is the slimmest HSDPA clamshell phone, according to Samsung. It is equipped with a 2-megapixel rotating camera with 3x digital zoom, a 2.3” internal TFT QVGA (240x320 pixels) LCD and a small external OLED-LCD.

The specs of the Ultra Edition 11.8 (Z620):

• GSM (900/1800/1900MHz), GPRS, EDGE and UMTS, HSDPA
• 2-megapixel camera
• 2.3” internal TFT LCD, QVGA (240x320 pixels), 262K colors
• External OLED LCD
• Video (MPEG4 / H.263)
• Music formats - MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+
• Bluetooth 1.2 and USB 1.1 interfaces
• Speaker phone
• File viewer
• Dimensions – 103x54x11.8 mm
• Weight – 96.5 g

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i-mate releases the SP JAS and the JASJAM    [ 30-08-2006 09:32 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova     Translation by:     

i-mate has eventually announced the release of its SP JAS smartphone and JASJAM communicator. I’d remind you they are based on HTC Breeze and HTC Hermes platforms respectively.

i-mate is somewhat late with the start of sales – other implementations of these platforms are already available under other brands, including HTC – HTC MTeoR and HTC TyTN.

We’ve already provided the specs of the SP JAS and the JASJAM. As for the price of the new devices, i-mate set the price tag $544 for the SP JAS and $888 for the JASJAM.

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