Tuesday 20 June 2006

Five new low-end Motorola handsets with an FM-receiver    [ 20-06-2006 18:15 ]

Author: Serge Novikov     Translation by:     

At the current CommunicAsia 2006 in Singapore Motorola has said it would apply all efforts to connect another billion of users to cell networks and it introduced five low-end models – two clamshells – the W220, W375 and three handsets in classical candy bar form – the W208 (GSM), W170 (GSM) and W210 (CDMA). According to the company these models will enable a cheap mobile start for not well-to-do users. This is very important for developing countries, where a cell phone is a luxury stuff. All the phones feature long battery life and an FM-receiver. They will be available in the second half this year.

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Panasonic CardBus PC card for high-speed SD and SDHC cards    [ 20-06-2006 16:36 ]

Author: Serge Novikov     Translation by:     

Panasonic has offered its new product for notebook users, who suffer from insufficient number of free USB ports. This is CardBus PC card for SD and SDHC cards supporting high speed data transfer and complying with class2 standard.

The main specs:

• Model: BN - SDDBP3
• Interface: CardBus PC Card (PC card TypeII slot)
• Power: DC, 3.3 V (from PC card slot)
• Connectors: slot for SD storage cards
• Supported cards: SD, SDHC, miniSD (adapter not required), MMC
• Dimensions: 54x85.6x5 mm
• Weight: 50 g

The start of sales is set for July 22, 2006.

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The world first 111-megapixel CCD photo sensor    [ 20-06-2006 11:06 ]

Author: Serge Novikov     Translation by:     

DALSA Semiconductor, a unit of DALSA Corporation, has succeeded in making and releasing a CCD photo sensor with the highest number of pixels for today – above 111 megapixel. The new sensor measures some 4x4 inches with 10560x10560 pixel resolution, it has become the first to break through a 100-megapixel mark.

The development was led by Semiconductor Technology Associates (STA) for the United States Navy Observatory (USNO). The new sensor will allow USNO locating positions and movements of stars, objects and formations of the solar system.

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Wixzer WXP350 – a functional PMP based on Windows CE    [ 20-06-2006 09:50 ]

Author: Klimov Oleg   Source: dapreview     Translation by:     

Very often PMP devices (Personal Media Player) feature high functionality, so they can replace many products at once. The new PMP called Wixzer WXP350 is powered by Windows CE 5.0.

A 4” touchscreen LCD, 20 (30) GB HDD, a 1.3-megapixel CMOS-camera, USB-host function, a Li-Pol battery, which ensures 6 hours of video playback and 10 hours of audio – this is not a full list of all supported functions. There is also Bluetooth, FM-radio, video and audio recording, e-book reading, VoIP and GPS. It sounds not bad…

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Samsung SGH-D830: a clamshell 9.9 mm thick    [ 20-06-2006 09:40 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova     Translation by:     

Samsung Electronics goes on releasing ultra slim phones. Today at the CommunicAsia 2006 in Singapore it introduced another ultra slim phone, which is supposed to be record breaking – the SGH-D830 is 9.9 mm thick.

In addition to the SGH-D830 (on the photo to the left) the company will also show other slim phones – the SGH-D900 slider (13 mm thick), the SGH-X820 candy bar (6.9 mm), the SGH-Z150 WCDMA phone (9.8 mm) and the SGH-i320 smartphone (11.5 mm).

Samsung hasn’t provided more details on the new phone. However at CNET Asia site you can find some info and photos similar to the official info. The SGH-D830 is designed for GSM networks and supports EDGE. Dimensions are 103.5x54x9.9 mm. The device is equipped with a 2.3” QVGA (240x320 pixel) 262K color LCD, a 2-megapixel camera with auto focus, music and video players, 80 MB of internal memory, an expansion slot for microSD (TransFlash) cards. Besides there is a file viewer, TV-out, the support of Bluetooth and USB interfaces.

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