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Wednesday 08 March 2006

BenQ-Siemens P51: a GPS-communicator based on Windows Mobile 5.0, official details [ 08-03-2006 18:39 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova Translation by:

Tomorrow at the CeBIT 2006 show BenQ Mobile will introduce BenQ-Siemens P51. This is a communicator powered by Windows Mobile 5.0, it has an integrated GPS-module and the support of Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) wireless networks.

Its touchscreen features a 2.83” diagonal and QVGA (240x320 pixels) resolution. The P51 is equipped with a QWERTY-keyboard located right under the LCD, a 1.3-megapixel camera with flash and video capture function. With its SDIO slot it’s possible to plug a TV-tuner, for example. There are also Bluetooth and USB interfaces. The sales of BenQ-Siemens P51 are set for July 2006.

The specs of BenQ-Siemens P51:

Standards - GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) and GPRS
2.83” TFT LCD, QVGA (240x320 pixels), 65K colors
1.3-megapixel camera with flash
128 MB RAM and 128 MB flash memory
GPS-module SiRF Star III
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g), Bluetooth and USB
SDIO slot
SMS, MMS and e-mail
Li-Ion 1370 mAh battery
Talk time – up to 240 minutes
Standby time – up to 150 hours
Dimensions – 122x60x20 mm
Weight - 170 g

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BenQ-Siemens CL71 multimedia slider, official details [ 08-03-2006 17:30 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova Translation by:

BenQ-Siemens CL71 is quite a slim slider (17.8 mm) with multimedia functionality. It is packed in metal-looking shell. Its LCD features a 2” diagonal, 262K colors, it doesn’t support QVGA resolution, but involves IPS technology, which ensures a wider viewing angle.

The device is meant for GSM/GPRS networks. It is equipped with a 1.3-megapixel camera with 3x digital zoom, burst shooting opportunity (4 shots in a series) and video capture (clips lasting up to 10 minutes). When the slider is closed, you can’t see the camera lens, to see it you should slide one half against the other. Besides the phone has an MP3-player, a slot for microSD cards (up to 512 MB), Bluetooth interface. The CL71 will become commercially available in 2Q 2006.

The specs of BenQ-Siemens CL71:

Standards - GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz) and GPRS
2” TFT LCD, 176x220 pixels, 262K colors
1.3-megapixel camera with 3x digital zoom
Video format - H.263/AMR
MP3-player
Bluetooth 1.2 and USB 1.1 interfaces
24 MB of internal memory
Slot for microSD (TransFlash) cards
Wap 2.0 and Java MIDP 2.0
SMS, EMS and MMS
Li-Ion 750 mAh battery
Talk time – up to 144 minutes
Standby time – up to 170 hours
Dimensions – 90x46.3x16.5 mm
Weight - 110 g

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LG’s plans for CeBIT [ 08-03-2006 16:31 ]

Author: Klimov Oleg Translation by:

Tomorrow there will be started an annual CeBIT exhibition, so we can expect to see plenty of new device from various manufacturers. Well, LG Electronics plans to show several new models supporting DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) and HSPDA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access).

Besides we’ll see products with DVB-H – the product is likely to be called LG-U900. Its battery provides up to 2 hours in TV mode. There might be also introduced a WCDMA-phone LG-U880, widescreen models LG-F9100 and LG-U8550, and a 5-megapixel camera phone LG-KG920.

For music lovers the company also prepared the KP4700, LP4400 and S5300 phones with wide multimedia opportunities.

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Nokia’s plans for CeBIT [ 08-03-2006 11:50 ]

Author: Kozlov Alexey Translation by:

Nokia has shared its plans for the upcoming CeBIT show. Unfortunately it won’t exhibit new handsets. There will be devices of the N-series, E-series and recent models including Nokia 6131, Nokia 6070 and Nokia 6136.

The company will run some live demonstrations of its solutions for mobile TV and Internet-telephony, and also music solutions. On Nokia N92 it will demonstrate mobile TV service based on DVB-H technology.

We’ll also see new version of Nokia Lifeblog application specially developed for the N-series. Nokia Lifeblog 2.0 is a combination of applications for PC and mobile phones, with it the users could create multimedia logs with photos, video clips, text and multimedia messages chronologically arranged. The new version is based on the previous one, now it supports audio notes and can assign data, time and place to digital photos and video clips.

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UMPC: new category of ultra mobile PC [ 08-03-2006 10:38 ]

Author: Kozlov Alexey Translation by:

During the report by Sean Maloney, vice CEO of Intel, at IDF (Intel Developer Forum) they also discussed upcoming Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC), which are positioned as the new category of mobile devices in small form-factor. The first UMPC-devices are expected to be introduced by main OEM-makers already this quarter.

I’d note that there appeared a new page devoted to UMPC at the Intel website. There you can read that these devices feature full value PC functionality based on Intel architecture, full operating system and permanent access to the Internet.

It will support e-mail, IM, chats and blogs, video, audio and graphical content, games and TV programs and also office applications. Wide communication opportunities include WPAN, WLAN and WWAN.