Thursday 10 January 2008

UMPC LimePC on Freescale MPC5121e    [ 10-01-2008 23:05 ]

Author: Irina Turina   Source: I4U     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

China’s Tsinghua Tongfang has unveiled its ultra mobile PC LimePC. It’s a touchscreen device without a hardware keyboard. Powered by Freescale MPC5121e mobileGT processor it is running on Lime OS (based on Debian Linux). As for the connectivity, the LimePC supports USB 2.0 and Bluetooth 2.1 EDR, Wi-Fi 802.11g and 10/100 Ethernet.

The Chinese shipments will start in 2008, then the UMPC would come to the US market.

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Samsung SGH-F490: 5-megapixel camera phone with touch control    [ 10-01-2008 21:28 ]

Author: Irina Turina   Source: Mobileburn     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

Samsung Electronics has introduced a new mobile phone with touch control – the SGH-F490. It features a 3.2” widescreen display (landscape and portrait mode support) occupying the entire front panel and no hardware keyboard. The F490 is equipped with a 5-megapixel camera for snapping pictures and capturing QVGA video at 15 fps (the device can play video of VGA resolution and at 30 fps).

Samsung SGH-F490 works in GSM/EDGE 900/1800/1900 MHz and UMTS/HSDPA 2100 MHz and comes with Samsung Croix user’s interface, 130 MB of internal memory, microSD slot, Bluetooth interface. Measuring 115x53.5x11.8 mm it weighs 102 g. Samsung SGH-F490 will be shipped in February and available at €350 (before taxes and discounts).

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HTC reports financial results of 2007    [ 10-01-2008 18:52 ]

Author: Irina Turina     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

HTC has summed up the results of December 2007, 4Q 2007 and the whole 2007. It reports NT$11379 million of total revenues in December and NT$118592 million over the year (self-assessed by HTC). The year on year growth accounted for 11.73%. According to the company, its net income before taxes exceeded NT$ 32 million and income after taxes made up NT$ 29 million in 2007. In its turn EPS (earnings per share) reached NT$ 56.11 (before taxes) and NT$50.44 (after taxes). Below you can see HTC financial and sales results in 2007:

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Neonode working on the iPhone “killer”?    [ 10-01-2008 17:18 ]

Author: Irina Turina   Source: Engadget     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

Reportedly, Neonode is about to launch a new mobile phone lineup. Keeping pace with other vendors Neonode has prepared its own iPhone-style device codenamed Earth. The handset is equipped with a 2.9” touch-sensitive display with updated interface Neonode N2. That is a startup screen with plenty of vidgets-icons (updated online) and keyboard support. In addition the Earth can work in 3G networks (various bands supported, so the phone can be use din Europe and the US).

Neonode has introduced protos of the upcoming devices at the press conference. However the pictures haven’t leaked to the world web yet, though some specs and design can be changed by the release date.

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CES 2008: Sony showcased NFC system    [ 10-01-2008 12:53 ]

Author: Irina Turina   Source: PC World     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

Sony has showcased Transfer Jet data transfer wireless system at the CES 2008 show in Las Vegas. It is based on NFC technology (near-field communications) and designed for portable devices. The company provided the example with a digital camera. 45 photos were sent from the camera to a special receiver and then displayed on a TV screen.

According to the company, the Transfer Jet features from 375 to 560 Mbps data transfer speed. Thus this is a higher speed technology compared to USB 2.0 and EEE1394 FireWire. The Transfer Jet works in 4.5 GHz band, at the same time there is no data protection system, as the process runs within several cm. Sony has been working on its NFC-system during several years and it plans the commercial launch in a year or so.

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