Wednesday 26 July 2006

BenQ Mobile introduced stereo Bluetooth-accessories    [ 26-07-2006 16:59 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova     Translation by:     

BenQ Mobile has announced today some Bluetooth-accessories – BenQ-Siemens Mobile Sound Set Bluetooth IMS-100 and BenQ-Siemens Headset Bluetooth Stereo HHB-180. The IMS-100 is an active stereo system, which can be plugged to phones and players via Bluetooth interface (A2DP) profile. Dimensions are 180x80x40 mm and weight 120 g.

The HHB-180 measures 60.5x21x12 mm and weighs 35 g. It works with the devices compatible with Bluetooth Headset-, Hands-free-, A2D- and AVRC profiles. It can be also plugged to stereo devices via a 3.5-mm jack. The stereo system will be available in August, and the stereo headset – in July.

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BenQ-Siemens E71: a candy bar phone of “liquid” metal    [ 26-07-2006 15:28 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova     Translation by:     

The next new phone by BenQ Mobile is a candy bar phone BenQ-Siemens E71. The peculiar thing about it is that the shell is made as liquid metal. The Dark Silver version has special coating, which minimizes the number of fingerprints left on the shell. It also features multimedia functionality, but is slightly simpler than BenQ-Siemens SL91.

The phone is designed for GSM-networks and supports EDGE data transfer standard. It is equipped with a 1.3-megapixel camera (5x digital zoom), a stereo FM-radio and an MP3-player. The E71 will be available in shops in September in Europe and Latin America and in November in Asia. There are two color versions – Dark Silver and Onyx Black.

The specs of BenQ-Siemens E71:

• GSM/EDGE/GPRS (900/1800/1900 MHz or 850/1800/1900 MHz)
• 2” TFT LCD, QVGA (240x320 pixels), 262K colors
• 1.3-megapixel camera
• MP3-player
• Stereo FM-radio
• 72-tones polyphony
• 16 MB of internal memory
• Slot for microSD cards
• Bluetooth and USB 2.0 interfaces
• Li-Ion battery 730 mAh
• Talk time – approx. 380 minutes
• Standby time – approx. 390 hours
• Dimensions – 104x46x15 mm
• Weight -80 g

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BenQ-Siemens SL91: a fashion UMTS-slider    [ 26-07-2006 14:59 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova     Translation by:     

BenQ Mobile has announced today 3 new mobile phones. The first one is BenQ-Siemens SL91 positioned as the luxury slider with attractive design. However the company hasn’t offered something brand new in it. Design attracts attention with sensor buttons similar to those of LG Chocolate phone. At the same time we have a multimedia device supporting UMTS networks.

The SL91 is equipped with an MP3-player, a stereo FM-radio with RDS, a 3.2-megapixel camera and an additional VGA camera for video telephony. The main camera features 8x digital zoom, auto focus and video capture opportunity. The LCD has a 2” diagonal, QVGA resolution and up to 16M colors. The new phone will emerge in Europe in 4Q 2006.

The specs of BenQ-Siemens SL91:

• GSM/GPRS (900/1800/1900 MHz), UMTS (2100 MHz)
• 2” TFT LCD, QVGA (240x320 pixels), 16М colors
• 3.2-megapixel and VGA cameras
• MP3-player (MP3, AAC++) and video player (MPEG4, RealVideo 8/9, h.263, 3GPP)
• 72-tones polyphony
• MMS, e-mail client, IMPS
• Stereo FM-radio with RDS
• 64 MB of internal memory
• Slot for microSD cards
• Bluetooth and USB interfaces
• Li-Ion 950 mAh battery
• Talk time – approx. 195 minutes (GSM), 210 minutes (UMTS)
• Standby time – up to 310 hours (GSM), 250 hours (UMTS)
• Dimensions – 89x47x23 mm
• Weight -109 g

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Picture Porter Elite: a digital photo album with HDD and card-reader    [ 26-07-2006 14:15 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova     Translation by:     

Digital Foci has announced the shipments start of a compact digital photo album Picture Porter Elite, which was unveiled early in 2006. The device is equipped with a 3.6” LCD, 40 or 80 GB HDD and a card-reader for CF I, II, MD, MMC, SD, MS, MS PRO (xD, RS-MMC, miniSD, MS Duo and MS PRO Duo via adapter).

It is meant to view video, digital photos and play music. It’s possible to magnify, rotate photos, view EXIF info and histograms and create slideshows. You can plug it to the TV set (it can record programs) and print photos directly (PictBridge technology). With the built-in microphone the Picture Porter Elite can be used as a voice recorder.

The device is fed via a Li-Ion battery, which ensures up to 4 hours of video playback or 12 hours of music playback. The Picture Porter Elite will become available early in August. The recommended price makes up $499 (for the junior version).

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IDC: mobile TV and video services have rosy prospects    [ 26-07-2006 11:25 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova     Translation by:     

The analytical company IDC predicts that in 2010 the US subscriber’s base of mobile video and TV- content and services would reach 24 million from the current 7 million.

Such growth implies new income opportunities for operators, mobile phone developers and content providers. Despite the share of subscribers using such services won’t exceed 10% in 2010, the analysts expect the commercial services related to TV and video content would become the main component for the service providers in the US.

The share of wideband services in operator’s income will rise to 85% in 2010, while the share was less than 50% last year.

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