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Friday 14 July 2006

LG KG112 – a simple GSM phone supporting GPRS [ 14-07-2006 19:35 ]

Author: Serge Novikov Translation by:

Today the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved a cellphone KG112 by LG Electronics. The model is packed in a classical candy bar form and supports, which is customary for modern low-end phones.

The main specs:

Band: GSM 850/1900
Audio profiles
Text messages
Organizer: alarm clock, tasks, notes
Other functions: games, calculator, measure converter, world time
WAP browser

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Xacti HD1A: a new HD-camcorder by Sanyo [ 14-07-2006 11:32 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova Translation by:

Sanyo has introduced one more product – a digital video/photo camera Xacti HD1A. It is successor of the popular Xacti HD1 released in January 2006. The new camera differs in the support of SDHC cards, optional widescreen photo shooting mode 16:9 and video editing opportunities without PC.

According to the company, Xacti HD1A is the tiniest and lightest digital HD-media camera. It is equipped with a 5.1-megapixel CCD-sensor and can shoot video at 720p, 30 fps in MPEF4, and 60 fps with VGA resolution. The device also supports batch shooting – series up to 10 frames at 5 fps.

The specs of the Xacti HD1A:

1/2.5” 5.1-megapixel CCD-sensor
10x optical and 10x digital zoom
Focus range in standard mode - from 10 cm (Wide) or from 100 cm (Tele) to infinity
Focus range in macro mode - from 1 cm to 1 m
Exposure - from 1/2 to 1/2000 seconds
Exposure correction - ±1.8 EV step 0.3 EV
Photosensitivity for photo shooting- auto, ISO 50/100/200/400
Photosensitivity for video shooting - auto, ISO 200/400/800/1600
2.2” a-Si LCD
Slot for SD and SDHC cards
Li-Ion battery (about 170 frames or 75 minutes of video)
Dimensions – 119x80x36 mm
Weight - 210 g

The new camcorder is expected in shops in September. The recommended price makes up $699.99.

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Sanyo Xacti CA6: a new photo/ video camera protected from splashes [ 14-07-2006 10:08 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova Translation by:

Sanyo has introduced its new compact camera – Xacti CA6. It is water-proof – however you can’t dive with it, but snap photos at beach being not afraid of water splashes. The device can shoot both photo and video. It is equipped with a 6-megapixel CCD-sensor, 5x optical zoom and a 2” LCD.

The camera supports video shooting at VGA (640x480 pixels), 30 fps in MPEG4 format. Steady shot function is effective also during video shooting. It possible to record data to SD and SDHC cards (up to 4 GB).

The specs of Xacti CA6:

1/2.5” 6-megapixel CCD-sensor
5x optical and 12x digital zoom
Focus range in standard mode - from 10 cm (Wide) or from 80 cm (Tele) to infinity
Focus range in super macro mode – from 1 cm to 80 cm (Wide)
Exposure – from 1/2 to 1/2000 seconds
Exposure correction - ±1.8 EV step 0.3 EV
Photosensitivity for photo shooting - auto, ISO 50/100/200/400
Photosensitivity for video shooting - auto, ISO 450/900/1800/3600
2” TFT LCD
Slot for SD and SDHC cards
Li-Ion battery (about 170 shots or 80 minutes of video)
Dimensions – 100x77x36 mm
Weight - 155 g

The new camera is expected in August. The recommended price is $399.99.

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Net income of Samsung dropped by 11% [ 14-07-2006 09:31 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova Source: The Associated Press Translation by:

Samsung Electronics has reported its 2Q financial results, which turned to be not that good. Net income dropped by 11% against the same period last year – to 1.51 trillion Won ($1.59 billion). Sales grew slightly from 13.6 trillion Won in 2005 to 14.1 trillion Won ($15.1 billion), and operating profit decreased to 1.4 trillion Won ($1.49 billion) compared to 1.6 trillion Won ($1.7 billion) last year.

Weak performance resulted from forced price decline for Samsung mobile phones. Sales income from fell to 4.04 trillion Won ($4.23 billion), a year-on-year decline of 4% and 8% compared to 1Q 2006. However Samsung has rosy outlook for the future staking on ultra slim handsets released in the end of the quarter. The company didn’t unveil the sales volume in units, probably it will do so later.

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Two Sanyo camcorders supporting SDHC [ 14-07-2006 00:35 ]

Author: Klimov Oleg Translation by:

Sanyo has introduced two camcorders VPC-S7 and VPC-E7. They peculiar for the support of SDHC storage cards capacious of up to 4 GB. Both devices are equipped with a 7.1-megapixel CCD 1/2.5” matrix, a 2.5” LCD and have compact size.