Sunday 18 March 2007

Samsung F200 - a music-minded slider    [ 18-03-2007 23:27 ]

Author: Klimov Oleg   Source: slashphone.com     Translation by: Oleg Kononosov     

The Web has got another portion of info to hype - first snaps of a music-heavy slider, Samsung F200, which is fact the inheritor to the X830. There is still a little known about the new offering, but thankfully there are a number of tidy photos giving the idea of the handset's looks.

When closed, the F200 is managed with a five-way joystick. The handset comes equipped only with 5 Mb of built-in memory (against 1 Gb found on the X830), but boasts microSD memory expansion slot. Support for the following formats has been announced: MP3, WMA, OGG, DCF, SMP. We are eagerly waiting for more information on this fetching slider.

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LG Electronics Sweeps Design Award in 2007 again    [ 18-03-2007 23:08 ]

Author: Klimov Oleg   Source: http://www.engadget.com     Translation by: Saliquincer     

LG Electronics received kudos again this year after winning in 29 categories at the Red Dot Design Awards, the prestigious international industrial design competition.

LG said its Prada Phone was named as the ``Best of the Best'' by the Red Dot award committee. The company said that it won the second most awards next to Siemens of Germany, which had 31 awards including its medical and light equipment.

``LG has proven our design expertise through recognition from this prestigious design organization for the past several years,'' Shin Sang-young, head of LG's corporate design center, said in a release. ``With this, we will solidify our commitment to emotive product design.''

The grand prize-winning Prada Phone was co-developed by LG and Italian fashion brand Prada. Only 12 millimeters thick, the new handset is extremely popular especially in Europe as it makes use of a touch-sensitive screen instead of buttons, just like Apple's iPhone.

According to the firms, the graphic user interface of the Prada Phone was designed by Miuccia Prada, the granddaughter and inheritor of founder Mario Prada, and ring tones were also composed by Prada sound engineers.

It is the second consecutive year that LG has taken the top prize home. Last year, its wide-screen laptop PC T1 and a world-first wall-mounted digital projector were honored as the ``Best of Best.''

Other award-winning products of LG included the Shine phone, a microwave oven, side-by-side refrigerator, LCD TV, plasma TV, PC Monitors, touch screen MP3 player and a portable navigation device.

The Red Dot Design Awards are considered one of the most prestigious industrial design awards in Europe along with iF Design Awards. Over 2,500 submissions from 43 countries were received this year.

Last year, LG broke industry records by winning in 20 categories at the Red Dot and 11 categories at the iF Design Awards. It also won Red Dot's ``Design Team of the Year 2006'' award for its focus on design management for only the second time for an Asian company.

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ASUS T83 – a UMPC with rotating display    [ 18-03-2007 17:13 ]

Author: Klimov Oleg   Source: engadget.com     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

At currently running CeBIT 2007 show in Hanover computer equipment makers are offering the visitors various products. At the exhibition the Taiwanese company ASUS has occupied the largest booth with plenty of new devices. One of them is an ultra mobile PC with rotating display – ASUS T83.

The product looks more like a sub-notebook than a classical UMPC. It features a 7” 800x480 pixels touchscreen display, Via C7-M 1 GHz CPU, 512 MB RAM, 30 GB HDD. Other specs include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a digital keyboard, a QWERTY-keyboard, 6 hours of offline work and less 1 kg of weight. We expect to see a $900 price tag on it.

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Teclast C280 – a Chinese low-end PMP    [ 18-03-2007 16:29 ]

Author: Klimov Oleg   Source: dapreview.net     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

Lately the Chinese manufacturers have been strengthening their position in all computer market segments, including portable audio solutions. One of the main advantages is the low price for a good set of functional opportunities.

Teclast C280 is a compact and universal media player good for listening to the music and watching video. The PMP is equipped with a 2.4” QVGA-display, 2 GB flash ROM, an FM-tuner, an expansion slot for microSD cards, built-in games, a battery ensuring 12 hours of work. The C280 is quite compact – 80x47x9.8 mm and low-priced - $65.

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