Wednesday 19 July 2006

Panasonic DMC-LX2: a wide-format 10.2-megapixel camera    [ 19-07-2006 16:55 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova     Translation by:     

Panasonic has announced today its 10.2-megapixel digital still camera – Lumix DMC-LX2. This is the heir of the popular 8.4-megapixel camera DMC-LX1. The new model inherited a wide 16:9 CCD-sensor, lens with 4x optical zoom and Optical Image Stabilizer system (MEGA O.I.S).

It is equipped with a bigger wide-format LCD with a 2.8” diagonal. New opportunities include IIC function (Intelligent ISO Control), which minimizes the possibility of blurry photos while shooting fast moving objects. The highest photosensitivity is ISO 3200.

The camera measures 105.7x55.8x26.3 mm and weighs 187 g. It supports video shooting with 640x480 or 848x480 pixel resolution at 30 fps, and 1280x720 at 15 fps. The recommended price for the DMC-LX2 makes up $499.95. It will be available in shops in September.

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Dopod 595: a version of HTC MTeoR with a frontal camera    [ 19-07-2006 14:59 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova     Translation by:     

The Taiwanese company Dopod, the subsidiary of HTC, which releases its products under Dopod mark in Asia, has introduced Dopod 595 smartphone. It is based on the same platform as HTC MTeoR announced in June – HTC Breeze. Unlike HTC MTeoR the new smartphone has a frontal camera in addition to the main 1.3-megapixel.

Dopod 595 is a quite slim (14.8 mm) 3G-smartphone powered by Windows Mobile 5.0. it supports tri-band GSM, EDGE and UMTS. The smartphone is based on a 300 MHz processor, 64 MB RAM and 128 MB flash-ROM.

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The Korean unit of Motorola releases Motorola Z Silver slider    [ 19-07-2006 12:53 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova   Source: AVing     Translation by:     

While everybody is waiting for the release of a slim slider under the codename Capri, Motorola has made a Korean release of the second RAZR-like slider – Motorola Z Silver.

This isn’t a new version, it differs from the original Motorola Z (mx600) quietly released in March in Korea only in color solution.

I’d note, Motorola Z (also called Z1) was introduced in China. We can witness an interesting trend – today not only Korean LG and Samsung launch interesting new models starting from South Korea, but also the American Motorola.

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Motorola sold 50 million RAZR V3 clamshells    [ 19-07-2006 10:50 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova     Translation by:     

Motorola has reported its impressive achievement – the shipments of the popular Motorola RAZR V3 reached 50 million units. This fashion phone has become the real etalon of slimness (however today, it’s is no longer the slimmest phone – 13.9 mm), and the number of RAZR-style phones by other makers is just enormous.

With the release of Motorola RAZR in 4Q 204 Motorola got the 42% sales growth against the 4Q 2003. In 2Q 2005 the sales of the RAZR V3 exceeded 5 million units, and in 3Q – 12 million.

Now the company is offering several color versions of the RAZR V3, besides there appeared the new RAZR series with advanced specs. Soon we expect the announcement of a new fashion clamshell – Motorola K1, known under the codename Canary.

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Samsung SCH-W569: a dual-mode CDMA/GSM slider    [ 19-07-2006 09:56 ]

Author: Serge Novikov     Translation by:     

At the FCC site you can find the info on the SCH-W569 mobile phone made by the South Korean company Samsung Electronics. It is peculiar for the support of two standards: CDMA 1X (800/1900 MHz) and GSM (900/1800 MHz).

The main specs:

• Dimensions: 52.4x99x17.6 mm
• Weight: 105 g
• LCD: TFT, 240x320 pixels, 262K colors
• Camera: 1.3-megapixel
• Bluetooth v2.0
• JAVA games
• Messages: SMS, MMS, Samsung messenger
• MP3-player, 72-tones polyphony
• Voice functions: voice recognition, voice recorder, voice notes
• Other functions: karaoke, calendar, tasks, alarm clock, notes, calculator, times, world time, stopwatch, dictionary, navigation services.

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