Friday 01 September 2006

Nokia adds navigation to its smartphones    [ 01-09-2006 16:42 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

Nokia and gate5 (a leading supplier of mapping, navigation software and services) announced that an agreement has been signed for Nokia to acquire gate5. By acquiring gate5, Nokia will offer consumers routing and navigation applications on its mobile devices.

According to Nokia, the personal navigation device market is in a rapid growth phase with the global market size expected to reach 15 million units in 2006 compared with 8 million units in 2005. By integrating the maps and navigation capabilities into its devices, Nokia will participate in this growth. Navigation functions and maps are expected to extend the opportunities of Nokia N-series smartphones.

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Two new GPS-navigators by Sony    [ 01-09-2006 13:53 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

The European unit of Sony has announced two new car GPS-navigators of the nav-u series – NV-U81T and NV-U80. They will involve Sony’s brand technology POSITION PLUS, the company says. It ensures accurate positioning and provides info on the route, even if the GPS-signal might be inaccurate, for example, when the car passes through the tunnel, under the bridge or among high buildings.

The effect is achieved due to acceleration and pressure sensors, which interpret car movement, ensuring higher calculation accuracy, when the GPS-signal is weak or temporarily unavailable.

The navigators are equipped with a 4.3” widescreen sensor color LCD. The NV-U81T stores maps of Europe (37 countries) on an integrated 4 GB HDD, protected from blow and vibration, and the NV-U80 stores just one map on 512 MB flash-memory. Besides the NV-U81T supports TMC-services, which is optional on the NV-U80. The navigators will come out in Europe in November.

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Samsung YP-K5: an MP3 player with sliding stereo speakers    [ 01-09-2006 11:29 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

Today at IFA 2006 in Berlin Samsung Electronics has introduced its MP3-player YP-K5 equipped with sensor buttons, an FM-tuner and built-in stereo speakers. When the speakers are idle, they are hidden inside the player, but they can slide out and make a mini stereo-system.

With the file-manager you can sort music tracks by folders, so they are easy to search for. When the stereo speakers panel is out, the K5 is automatically switched from portrait to landscape menu mode.

The specs of Samsung YP-K5:

• 1.71” full color OLED-LCD
• Memory - 1 GB, 2 GB or 4 GB
• Battery life – up to 30 hours of continuous work
• Charge time - (AC) 3 hours / (USB) 3.5 hours
• Interface - USB 2.0
• Formats - MP3, WMA, (Audio) ASF
• FM-tuner – pre-settings, manual
• Misc - Music Management System (CDDB), ROM update
• Standard kit - headphones, USB card, CD with the PC software
• Dimensions – 98x47.5x18.1 mm
• Weight - 106 g

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Samsung SGH-P310: a new credit-card-sized phone, preliminary info    [ 01-09-2006 08:51 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova   Source: NewMobile     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

There appeared preliminary info on the upcoming mobile phone Samsung SGH-P310. It’s an heir of Samsung SGH-P300, a slim calculator-phone with the dimensions of a credit card. Unlike its extravagant predecessor the P310 will have design more customary to mobile phones.

The new phone is expected to have a 2-megapixel camera (the P300 has a 1.3-megapixel camera), an expansion slot for microSD cards (the P300 lacks it) and Bluetooth interface with the support of stereo sound (A2DP). The model might be announced very soon, and the release is expected in October.

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Nokia N80 Internet Edition: a smartphone tuner for the Internet access    [ 01-09-2006 08:48 ]

Author: Verа Kozlova     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

Nokia has announced the release of the Nokia N80 series equipped with preinstalled programs and applications for easier Internet access. It is called Nokia N80 Internet Edition. The list of programs includes Yahoo! Go (the access to many Yahoo services), Flicker (photo blog), WLAN Wizard (Wi-Fi connection), Download! client, Mobile Search and Mobipocket (to read e-books).

The hardware of the smartphone remained the same – quad-band GSM networking, 3G WCDMA, 3-megapixel camera, IrDA, USB, Bluetooth and WLAN. Nokia N80 Internet Edition will be released in two color solutions in mid September.

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