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Thursday 14 December 2006

Philips VP6500 – a new IP video phone [ 14-12-2006 21:32 ]

Author: Serge Novikov Translation by: Rytchkova Anja

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved a wireless WiFi phone Philips VP6500. It is equipped with an integrated camera, so you can run a video connection with compatible phones. With the special cable the users of the VP6500 can plug the phone to the TV set and watch the conference on a large screen.

The technical specs of the VP6500:

Display: 2.2” TFT, 176x220 pixels, 65K colors
Camera: rotating, VGA, CMOS
Video out: playback of remote or local video
Opportunity to make only voice calls
Built-in polyphonic ring tones
Wireless: IEEE802.11b/g/e/i, WEP-WAP-WAP2
Power: two AA batteries (NiMh)
Dimensions: 134x24x49 mm
Weight: 168 g.

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Neo-phones: concepts come to life [ 14-12-2006 13:55 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova Source: Mobile Mentalism Translation by: Rytchkova Anja

Neo Products, a newbie in mobile phones world, has developed a lineup of interesting phones. It positions them as the new generation of mobile phones combining attractive design and technology. Neo-phones are expected to be available in shops in March 2007 in Middle and Near East and in April in Europe. According to the photos below, Neo-phones look like concepts of future phones, which came to life at once.

The first phone to be released will be Neo 808i. It features small size, 65x40x13 mm and unusual design with non-standard location of buttons and the display. The device weighs 90 g and has a 1.3-megapixel camera, a player supporting MP3 and MPEG4, Bluetooth and a microSD slot (up to 2 GB).

The company says each phone will carry 128 MB of memory onboard and a 128 MB microSD card in the kit. Neo Products scheduled the lineup of phones with Wi-Fi and 3G for 2Q 2007. Below you can see the images of Neo Flip and Neo Curve, which might be the final products.

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Final release of a VoIP-client Skype 3.0 [ 14-12-2006 12:27 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova Translation by: Rytchkova Anja

In November Skype released a new beta-version of its VoIP-client for Windows – Skype 3.0 Beta. Now the final release has taken place. The new version offers changes in user’s interface and new opportunities.

New functions include Extras and Public Chats. The first one consists of small programs expanding Skype opportunities, for example, it allows playing with friends. Public Chats expands chat creating opportunities.

System requirements list windows 2000 or XP OS, Internet connection (GPRS won’t be able to provide video calls), a speaker and a microphone, CPU from 1 GHz for video calls, 256 MB RAM and a Web-camera. Here you can learn details and download the program.

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HTC Vox smartphone with the sliding QWERTY-keyboard, details [ 14-12-2006 09:02 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova Source: Boy Genius Report Translation by: Rytchkova Anja

There emerged additional details on the upcoming smartphone HTC Vox. The model is rumored to have a side sliding QWERTY-keyboard and an ordinary digital one under the display. Now Boy Genius Report site has published images looking like official (HTC has been making images to new products this style) and some info about the device.

The commercial name of the smartphone is supposed to be HTC S710. The specs known at the moment:

Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone
GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), GPRS, EDGE
2.4” QVGA (240x320 pixels)
2-megapixel camera
TI OMAP 850 200 MHz
64 MB RAM and 128 MB flash ROM
Slot for microSD cards
Bluetooth and Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g), miniUSB
Dimensions – 100x50x18 mm

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Photos of Sony Ericsson AI slim phone [ 14-12-2006 08:36 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova Source: Esato.com Translation by: Rytchkova Anja

In the Internet you can come across a spy photo of a new Sony Ericsson phone. The phone is known under the codename AI and supposed to have the commercial name: Sony Ericsson W880.

Under the preliminary info, the AI is a 3G-phone 9.4 mm thick with a 2-megapixel camera and auto focus, an FM-radio with RDS, Bluetooth and an expansion slot for Memory Stick Micro (M2) cards.