Thursday 06 March 2008

Samsung miCoach (F110) fitness phone at CeBIT    [ 06-03-2008 20:11 ]

Author: Irina Turina   Source: Pocket-lint     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

Samsung and Adidas have showcased a fitness phone called miCoach (F110) at the CeBIT event. This is a GSM slider equipped with an MP3-player, FM-tuner, 2” display, 2-megapixel camera and 1GB of onboard memory. The miCoach has a dedicated fitness button, which will give you info about your heart beat, distance covered and time running when out on a run. Then you can communicate this data to PC to track the progress. The miCoach will offer over 220 training programs via a fitness website focused at loosing weight or running a marathon and so on.

In addition Samsung has launched a site for users to keep their fitness results. Samsung and Adidas seem to make a competition to Nike + iPod initiative. Samsung miCoach (F110) will hit the UK stores next month.

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Rugged UMPC on Intel Atom    [ 06-03-2008 11:00 ]

Author: Serge Novikov     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

At the current CeBIT 2008 in Hanover Panasonic has unveiled a new ultra mobile PC (UMPC). The model is dressed in an anti-shock housing and will be released under the TOUGHBOOK trademark, which involves company’s rugged PC.

The new UMPC is peculiar for the processor. This is the latest Intel Atom CPU featuring tiny size and low power consumption.

The company hasn’t provided much info on the model except for the above mentioned protection and Intel Atom CPU and also:

• Compatibility with Windows Vista
• Compact size and light weight (about 1 kg)
• Wrist wear
• Battery hot swap
• Optional modules for wireless connectivity, built-in cameras, bar scanners and so on

Panasonic has scheduled the release of the TOUGHBOOK UMPC for this fall in Japan and later on other corporate markets.

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ASUS P560 communicator with animated touch interface    [ 06-03-2008 09:11 ]

Author: Irina Turina     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

ASUS has introduced its P560 communicator at the CeBIT 2008. Like ASUS Lamborghini ZX1 it is based on Windows Mobile 6.1 and own-branded 3D graphical interface, which enables “one-touch” access to multimedia menu. You can adjust Multi-Home animated menu as you like. The specs provided below are taken from the exhibition info and can be somewhat changed by the release of the device.

The specs of ASUS P560:

• Networks - GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS/HSDPA
• OS - Windows Mobile 6.1
• Display – 2.8” touchscreen 240x320 pixels
• 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
• Bluetooth 2.0
• WI-FI 802.11b/g
• GPS-receiver
• 3-megapixel camera
• VGA-camera
• Li-Ion battery
• Dimensions – 116.4x64.2x13.4 mm
• Weight – 120.5 g

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