The HTC Rhyme is something of a delicate matter, as it is HTC's firstphone that is said to have been designed with a female audience in mind. Yet it comes in dull colours and looks quite a lot like every other HTC handset we’ve seen so far.
Let’s get one thing straight from the start. The Pentax Q is quite an incredible camera to behold. It’s tiny. But not only is it tiny, it also looks great.
Nikon has announced two new compact system cameras: the Nikon 1 V1 and the Nikon 1 J1. We got our hands on both new cameras today, so until we can bring you our Nikon 1 V1 review
"Think of it as a horizontal lift," says Fraser Brown, managing director of ULTra, the company that has built a new way to travel to Heathrow Terminal 5 from the business car park
Three has updated its MiFi range with the new Huawei E586 complete with HSPA+, and we have managed to get our hands on one to test out all its mobile internet goodness
Casio’s Tryx doesn’t need any introduction. Already introduced for the first time at CES this year, then announced in Japan just recently, Casio could not come to DP+ without this very particular camera.
Anyway, if you never had the chance to the see the Tryx in action you are in luck! A nice staff from Casio kindly played with the Tryx for us in front of our camera… Enjoy!
JVC Stunning new little High-Speed Camera GC-PX1 has on display today at CP+ 2011, and after spending some time playing with it I have to admit that I’m deeply in love and need to book a sample to review ASAP! Despite its “cheap” plastic the GC-PX1 is really impressive and its 300fps video mode, even in VGA is stunning! Another great little aspect about this camera is it’s surprisingly light body and easy do handle grip design. Unfortunately only at the “Prototype” stage, JVC displayed a 4K2K version of its GC-PX1 and GY-HM100U that I would love to see made available to the public this year. To be far I don’t give a XXX about 3D but, what I want is to get a real compact 4K2K camera in my pocket… JVC please HURRY-UP!
Panasonic’s latest Voice recorder, the RR-XR800, is a new high-end compact voice recorder featuring 4GB of internal memory and capable to record your voice in MP3 or linear PCM (16bit) quality. Featuring large Stereo microphone this RR-XR800 is also capable to record musical performances or any kind of live events.
The RR-XR800 will be available in Japan staring February seventeen and will be sold at around 16,000 Yen.
We all knew that LG was planning to bring something big at this year MWC but we had any yet confirmation of it until this morning.
LG was kind enough to sent to us all a rather short but explanative email that confirmed the company’s intention to bring the world’s first full 3D Smartphone, a glass-free wonder like we are already having the chance to enjoy here in Japan.
SEOUL, Feb. 1, 2011 – At this year’s Mobile World Congress, LG will unveil the LG Optimus 3D, the world’s first 3D smartphone offering consumers a full 3D experience right in the palm of their hands. The LG Optimus 3D addresses the lack of 3D content issue — one of the biggest problems facing the 3D market — with a complete platform for a one-of-a-kind experience on a mobile device. LG’s most advanced smartphone to date will feature a dual-lens camera for 3D recording, a glasses-free LCD panel for 3D viewing and diverse connectivity options such as HDMI and DLNA for 3D content sharing anytime, anywhere
Here you are the first official pictures and data from LG’s most anticipated Android 3.0 Slate, the G-Slate. Despite the fact this this tablet has been announced for the first time at CES This year we were still waiting LG’s official specs and details of this new little wonder. But finally today, T-Mobile released an official press release revealing many mysteries surrounding this new Android 3.0 Tablet.
LG’s G-Slate will be powered by a dual Core 1GHz CPU (Tegra2) as well as coming with 32GB of storage, an accelerometer and Gyroscope, a front camera and a pair of 5Mpix Camera on the back to shoot 3D pictures and even 1080p 3D Video and a nice 8,9” 3D Display!
· T-Mobile USA, Inc. and LG Mobile Phones today unveiled their Android™ 3.0 (Honeycomb)-powered tablet, the T-Mobile® G-Slate™ with Google™ by LG. With a brilliant, HD 8.9-inch 3D-capable multi-touch display, the T-Mobile G-Slate delivers a groundbreaking mobile entertainment experience, including the ability to record 3D and full HD video. · Expected to be available this spring, the G-Slate is built for speed on America’s Largest 4G Network™ and is the first tablet in T-Mobile’s pioneering G-series of devices, which began with the world’s first Android-powered smartphone just over two years ago. The first 4G tablet from T-Mobile and LG, the G-Slate is powered by Android 3.0 (Honeycomb), the latest version of Google’s Android platform, which is optimized for tablets. · In addition, the G-Slate will be among the first tablets to feature 3D capabilities including built-in support for 3D graphics, enabling consumers to capture and share their own 3D videos and experience 3D HD content right on the device with the aid of 3D glasses. · The sleek, lightweight G-Slate can easily be held upright in one hand for reading an ebook or magazine, watching streaming TV or browsing the web while on the go. Featuring a rear-facing stereoscopic video recorder with 1080p for HD video capture and a five megapixel camera with LED flash, plus a front-facing two megapixel camera. Customers can video chat with friends and family over T-Mobile’s network or Wi-Fi. · The G-Slate asupports 720p HD on-device video playback and HDMI output to show 1080p content on 3D and HD displays. With a dual core 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and Adobe® Flash® support, the G-Slate enables quick and seamless browsing of rich web content, multitasking and gaming. The G-Slate will also provide a superior entertainment experience when streaming live TV or downloading music and videos with lightning-fast speed over T-Mobile’s 4G network. · Additionally, the G-Slate includes 32GB of internal memory and features a built-in gyroscope, accelerometer and adaptive lighting for the latest applications and the ultimate gaming experience.
Underneath this sexy PDA like design hides Canon’s latest electronic dictionary the Wordtank Z. Featuring a full qwerty slide-out keyboard and a 4.3” Touchscreen, the Wordtank Z Series comes in three different flavors with the Z400 designed for college students who’s interested in improving their English skills as well as their knowledge of Japanese while the Z800 targets older users with a set of Different dictionaries in both English and Japanese while the last model the Z900 will add on top of the Z800 basic specs the support of Chinese. Canon is planning to release this new WordtankZ within March 2011 at around 35,000 to 43,000 Yen.
Despite what we love to think about Japan, everybody here is not a true hardcore geek, but at least the ones that didn’t grow-up with a keyboard in their hands try to jump little by little into the 21 Century, and for this people Toshiba has released today a new Blu-Ray, HDD and VHS Combo the D-BW500.
Don’t get confused by the VHS thingy on this new player, and sold at 70,000 yen in Japan this new D-BW500 is a real capable little recorder with 230GB of HDD, Blu-Ray and support of SD/SDHC Card for AVCHD/JPEG playback. Despite what we love to think about Japan, everybody here is not a true hardcore geek, but at least the ones that didn’t grow-up with a keyboard in their hands try to jump little by little into the 21 Century, and for this people Toshiba has released today a new Blu-Ray, HDD and VHS Combo the D-BW500.
Don’t get confused by the VHS thingy on this new player, and sold at 70,000 yen in Japan this new D-BW500 is a real capable little recorder with 230GB of HDD, Blu-Ray and support of SD/SDHC Card for AVCHD/JPEG playback.
DoCoMo and Baccarat may not have much in common, but today they finally find the way to work together with Sharp’s latest phone the SH-09C. Rests assure this new phone has not been designed entirely with Baccarat’s luxury glass but come with he company unique design, color and logo.
Made for a certain class of customers this new SH-09C hides beneath its elegant body your usual DoCoMo dumb phone with a 3.4″ WVGA new Mobile ASV screen, a 14.10Mpix censor, Full HD video and HDMI, WiFi, GPS in a slick body of just 112x50x16.9mm for 138g only.
Finally the SH-09c will be sold in a limited quantity of just 5,000 units this march in Japan.
Being capable to quickly and with any hassle built-up your only little Network on the go has change our life, and today, Planex has introduced a new Wi-Fi Pocket Router in Japan the MZK-MR150.
Going beyond the whole MiFi stuff, the MZK-MR150 is a real but compact Wireless Router with a set of WAN and LAN Port (2x LAN, 1x WAN) as well as an USB port built to for any kind 3G or 4G USB Modem you may own.
Supporting WiFi BGN, this router comes with all features than can be found Wireless Router available on the market but in only 85x24x58mm and for just 58g. Finally the MZK-MR150 will be available within March in Japan and should cost around 5,000 Yen.
Panasonic new 20” BE-ENS033 Electric bicycle has been designed to fit Japanese elderlies needs when it comes to electric bikes.
Thanks to a pair of 20” and a new “low-floor design, the BE-ENS033 comes with two new electric mode made to match most riding configurations. The Automatic mode will first help you to start pedaling and assist you on flat roads, while the Power better assist you when climbing slopes, but will turn back into its original automatic mode once downhill or on flat roads. With a total weight of 22.6kg, the BE-ENS003 comes with a range of 13km in automatic mode or 11km on power mode.
This Sunday and 4 month after its worldwide launch, Samsung unveiled in Korea its latest Bada phone the Wave 2. Known as Wave II or SHW-M210S, this new Bada powered phones comes with a 3.7” LCD Super Clear, a 5Mpix Camera with flash, DMB TV Tuner, WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0 and, DviX, HD Video Recording and support of microSDHC cards.
The Wave II will be sold in Korea at around 700,000 Won ($630 USD).
TGMY has turned Mitsuhoka Himiko, a “tuned” Mazda roadster with unique “retro” style bodywork, into a powerful EV Car capable to reach up to 550km of range on a Single Charge.
The secret here is simple, more the better and TGMY tuner Himiko comes with 168 lithium polymer cells quadrupling the normal amount of cells that we usually find in such car. A nice little achievement but TGMY does not speak of the speed used for this test, we assume that in order to reach such mileage TGMY had to run as smoothly as possible with speeding like a maniac on highways.
We just came back from Canon’s press conference where the company introduced today two new entry level DSRLs with the Kiss X5 (Rebel T3i) and Kiss X50 (Rebel, T3). Both models don’t come with stunning improvements but just enough to keep us interested to get a DSLR instead a Point and Shoot. The Kiss X5 comes with the usual DIGIC 4, a new Automatic Mode, the A+, Video Stamp, SD, SDHC and SDXC support, with a 18Mpix CMOS, a tilt/swivel LCD monitor, ISO 6400 Max, Full HD video mode in H.264 with a 3x or 10x Digital Zoom. The Kiss X5 will cost around 90,000 Yen in Japan (Body only).
The Kiss X50, is an entirely new camera designed for first time users and will be available in two different colors including RED and Black. Announced at 50,000 Yen (Body Only), the Kiss X50 comes with a 12.2Mpix CMOS, a DIGIC 4 image processor, SD, SDHC and SDXC support a 720p video mode and ISO 6400 Max. Both the Kiss X5 and Kiss X50 comes with different Photo and Video mode including like the usual Diorama or Tilt-shfit mode for example.
While these cameras are not really what I am looking for in a DLSR, both models have pleasantly surprised me. The Red Kiss X50 is elegant and will attract a wider range of customers. Both models comes with a new grip and button layout design that giving an easier access to the camera functions and making the transition from a Point and Shoot to a DSLR even easier.
This is my friends the ultimate Document scanner EVER, behold the N1800. Schedule to hit store at the end of this month the N1800, a network document scanner is a must have for every small or big companies dealing with a lot of documents everyday and need to share them easily to as much as people possible connected to a network (LDAP/LDAPS), thanks to a push of a button you will be able to send any documents to any Exchange Account but also Sharepoint, Evernote, Salesforce CRM, Google Docs, Fax, Email or even built your own connector thanks to the N1800 SDK for tailored solution. Finally this N1800 comes with a nice XGA 8.4” touchscreen and should be sold in Japan at around 178,000 Yen, definitively not cheap but the N1800 definitively worth it!
This may come as a surprise to you, but Hitachi is also known in Japan as a Mp3 manufacturer and today they announced two new DAP that will be put on sales in Japan next Monday ready for your Valentine! Both models comes with 4GB of Internal memory as well as support of WMA and MP3 and. The high-end model, the i.μ Type V, comes with a 2” color screen with a 176×220 pixel with support of JPEG and BMP files as well as featuring a Radio FM Tuner. The i.μ Type S however comes without a color screen or a Radio FM Tuner but with a USB Thumb key design allowing you to use it for both listening to music and storing data at the same time
As was expected (thanks rumor mill), Sprint announced their newest Android phone tonight in New York City – the Kyocera Echo. The phone has got a folding design with dual-touch displays, making up a combined 4.7-inch screen. The dual-screens are really the start of this device. Sprint is promising four ways that an app and the user can use the dual screens, and they’re kind of interesting.
As far as the specs, the Echo is running a 1GHz Snapdragon processor with Android 2.2 (No 4G!). Each screen by itself is about 3.5-inches (aka iPhone size), but when you’ve got the second screen popped out – it makes it a total of 4.7-inches, which Sprint is promoting as “the biggest phone display from Sprint yet.” Sort of a technicality, as it’s not just one big screen. Sprint’s webpage is promoting these as the “four modes” of the Echo:
Single-screen Mode: The phone is closed. You’re using just one 3.5-inch screen, like a regular Android phone.
Tablet Mode: The phone is open, and you’re using both screens like one 4.7-inch tablet. Well, one with a hinge in the middle.
Simul-Task Mode: You can run two apps at once. I guess this is like real multitasking (Sprint has trademarked the term “Simul-task”) but the functionality of this mode has already been questioned.
Optimized Mode: This is what I’ll call “Nintendo DS” mode. Apps will use the two screens to their advantage. For example, in the press images released by Sprint, they show a YouTube app. The top screen is showing the video while the bottom screen is showing all the YouTube menus like “next videos” and “related videos”, etc. This could be the most promising from a user’s perspective.
What do you think about the phone? Initial reaction on Twitter and Android fansites by my count seems to be overwhelming negative. The hinge is awful design in the year 2011 (Remember the BlackBerry Style? Yeah, Sprint had that phone too.) Tablet mode, in my opinion (without having tried the device – we’ll ask Sprint for a review unit) is completely useless with the hinge cutting through the screen. How could you play games like Angry Birds like that? Anyway, the phone is coming for $200 on a two-year contract. No exact release date except for “Spring 2011″. Sprint does have a mailing list up on their site, so you can pop in your e-mail if you’d like to be informed as soon as they start pre-orders for this phone
the Samsung SCH-R910 Forte has recently been spotted in an FCC filing, which as many realize, is one required step towards actual availability. Of course, this does not guarantee a release, however according to the latest in the rumor mil — that is coming on February 11th. Unfortunately, nothing all that surprising was revealed in the filing, no photos and no additional specs that we did not already know. Bottom line here, this is just that formality step and the only goodie given was not all that exciting. Then again, MetroPCS users may be excited because the Forte will make for a nice addition in terms of devices that support LTE. Otherwise the Samsung Forte is also expected to arrive sporting a 1GHz processor, 5 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi and a microSD card slot. In terms of the display, we can say that it will be WVGA, however there is nothing in terms of the size. Still, none of these specs have been officially confirmed as of now. And speaking of further speculation — Android. We can tell you that the Forte will be an Android handset but similar to the other missing parts — we are unsure which version of Android to expect. Previous reports have hinted at Android 2.2 or even 2.3, however given the timing (assuming February 11th is accurate) it would be reasonable to expect 2.2 as opposed to 2.3. Bottom line, the Samsung Forte is coming to MetroPCS and it will be an LTE compatible smartphone with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. But aside from the release date, we still need the pricing, which for a pre-paid handset could be make or break.
While the details on this one have yet to be confirmed by Google, it looks like the ViewSonic ViewPad 4 smartphone is going to arrive sporting Android 2.4 in April. As in just a few months from now.
Of course, the real key here is that this could mean that the ViewPad 4, which was originally announced during CES, is going to be one of first to be available with Android 2.4. Or maybe, the first to arrive with Android 2.4. It would also mean that Android 2.4 would be available several months earlier than we first expected. That said, the details are coming by way of Pocket-lint who have stated that;
“Viewsonic has exclusively told Pocket-lint that its recently announced ViewPad 4 smartphone will be packing Android 2.4 when it launches in April.”
As to why the release with Android 2.4, and this is where it gets slightly confusing.
“It’s to ensure compatibility with dual-core apps,” our agent explains before adding that “it will still be called Gingerbread.”
So yes, it will be Android 2.4 and it will still be Gingerbread, which many already know as Android 2.3. Further details stated that this will ensure that dual-core apps designed for Android 3.0 Honeycomb will be able to run on single-core devices using Android 2.4. Bottom line, the ViewPad 4 is expected to arrive in April and it will be running Android 2.4, which will be going by the same Gingerbread codename as Android 2.3. But then one has to wonder what happened to Ice Cream, after all we already saw the Android team over at Google roll out the big statue. Then again, this would not be the first time we had seen confusion with what to expect in terms of Android 3.0 and Android 2.4, though previously it was described as 3.0 coming to tablets while the 2.4 was coming to smartphones. Ah, so confusing, but hopefully we will hear something a bit more official come from Google to clear up some of this confusion
The iPad is surely an intuitive tool to use, especially with its touchscreen and the OS specifically designed for touch computing. However, using your fingers might not necessarily be accurate enough for graphics editing. But a new Apple patent might change that
Apple has recently been granted a patent by the USPTO for a stylus design that can sufficiently manipulate capacitive touchscreens traditionally designed for finger input. Being that fingers are wider than the point of a typical stylus, a capacitive touchscreen will require sensitive points that are far and wide enough. However, when a regular stylus is used, the touchscreen might not register the input properly. Apple’s patent for a stylus will involve a conductive element at the end of the stylus, such that the touchscreen will properly sense where exactly it is on the surface. The design also allows the stylus and touchscreen to sense different levels of pressure and angles. The patent also introduces concepts of using different twisting and turning gestures to control the functionality of the pen (such as selecting brush width, stroke, shading, eraser functionality, and the like. This means that the user–an artist, perhaps–can have better control over the drawing. Apple also claims that the system can be used for other applications, such as gaming, in that the pen can be used similar to a joystick. This development might mean that Apple is targeting getting into the graphics tablet market, in direct competition with tablet makers like Wacom. The additional functionality that a tablet computer in acting as a graphics tablet input is an interesting application for tablets like the iPad and its other contemporaries like Androd-based tablets
The iPad 2 is now said that it will ditch the heavier aluminum casing for a carbon fiber shell. Apple has heard iPad users that said the iPad is too heavy for a mobile device (and it is, in fact, too heavy to hold in certain situations), and the next-gen tablet is apparently going to be slimmer. We already heard the tablet will sport a slimmer, thinner display and that the full tablet will be slimmer than the original. Using a carbon fiber shell can only help make that iPad 2 even lighter. Moving on, we hear that the tablet will come with NFC support. NFC, or Near Field Communications technology, is going to bring new features to the iOS universe as iPhones, iPod touches and iPads could be used for all sorts of interesting features, including e-wallet features. But what’s most interesting today is that Apple, despite dissing the 7-inch tablet format through its official spokesman, acting CEO Steve Jobs, during an earnings conference call is again rumored to work on that particular format. While the iPad 2 will most likely be a 9.7-inch device, sources said that a 7-inch component was manufactured by Apple’s suppliers which means such a tablet could be in testing in Apple’s labs as we speak. We can only expect that those Apple people working on the smaller tablet have sharp enough fingers to deal with such a smaller screen size. If not they could always use some Apple sandpaper to file down their fingers so they could actually use a 7-inch iPad 2. Now these are, until proven otherwise, just rumors so we’ll stack them in the iPad 2 rumor pile that is getting bigger and bigger every minute. And despite all that, we still don’t have a clear release date for Apple’s next-gen tablet.
Myriad Group AG, a global leader in mobile technology having shipped over 3.7 billion software applications on more than 2.2 billion phones, today announced the launch of Myriad Alien Dalvik, enabling Android apps to run on non-Android platforms. The launch opens up the Android experience to new audiences, generating new revenue opportunities for mobile operators, OEMs and app store owners.
Building on the launch of Dalvik Turbo, Alien Dalvik signifies Myriad's latest Android innovation by enabling Android apps to operate on a much wider range of platforms and devices. As a result, operators, OEMs and application store owners can now easily access the Android ecosystem and deploy Android applications across multiple device operating systems, all without compromising performance.
Alien Dalvik enables the majority of Android applications to run unmodified, allowing application store owners to quickly kick start Android application store services by simply repackaging Android Package (APK) files.
From a user perspective, Alien Dalvik is completely transparent. Alien Dalvik applications appear as native and can be seamlessly installed on device without user disruption. All the user sees is that he now has access to a wider range of applications, thus encouraging a higher frequency of downloads and increased ARPU.
"The proliferation of Android has been staggering, but there is still room for growth. By extending Android to other platforms, we are opening up the market even further, creating new audiences and revenue opportunities," said Simon Wilkinson, Chief Executive Officer, Myriad Group.
From application components to complete device integration, Myriad provides best-in-class Android solutions. As a founding member of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), Myriad has been playing a key role in Android solutions since its early days. When partnering with Myriad for Android application development or porting, operators, OEMs and application store owners will benefit from Myriad's rich heritage in Java technology and unique Android expertise.
Myriad Alien Dalvik will be commercially available later this year on the MeeGo platform. Other platform support will be announced in the coming months. Alien Dalvik will be demonstrated for the first time on the Nokia N900 at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from February 14th-17th at the Myriad hospitality suite located at The Avenue, Stand AV91
The Sharp IS01 is already old news in Japan and internationally but since it’s only available in Japan there’s not much video coverage on it, so I thought I’d take a look at it. It is also identical to the slighter newer Lynx SH-10B which has a slightly modified chassis and sells under Docomo rather than AU.
It’s unusual in that it sports a clamshell design with a keyboard and trackball, so it’s just as MID as it is smartphone. It sports a 5-inch capacitive touchscreen with a 960 x 480 resolution which is bright, vivid, sharp and exhibits excellent viewing angles. One major downside (apart from it and all Japanese phones being SIM locked) is that it sports the aging Android 1.6 OS with no plans for an upgrade to newer Android versions. There’s also a 5.3MP auto focus webcam on the lid but it only records 640 x 480 video at 15 FPS, and a front facing 854 x 480 camera. You can grab these off Yahoo Auction (eBay of Japan) for a measly 16,800 yen ($200) but I’ve read that you can’t even use them for Wi-Fi due to the SIM / carrier lock issue. I need to look into this!
Interesting that China Telecom is adding a 7 inch tablet in their mobile technology portfolio. The tablet has a 7 inch, 800 x 600 pixel resistive touchscreen display running a Freescale i.MX515 processor with Google Android 2.1. There are also a few other key specs that make this tablet interesting, the fact taht 720p HD video playback is offered makes this a decent option. Connectivity wise this handheld offers WiFi, 3G, Bluetooth, GPS, SIM Card slot, SD card slot and a USB port. Additions specs include 1.1 pounds and may have 512MB of RAM, 1GB of storage space and a stylus.
Price wise its pretty expensive with a contract you’re looking at about $180 and $700 without a contract! In my opinion it should be free or $30 with contract and $180 without contract, but maybe I’ve been hanging out in the back alley’s of Shenzhen a little too long!
Gigabyte is entering the tablet space with a 10 inch Windows Home Premium Tablet called the S1080. Under the hood of this multitouch capacitive 1024 x 600 resolution display are an Atom N550 N570 (the hands on model was N550, it will be released with N570) dual core CPU, a 320 GB hard drive, SD card slot, a speedy USB 3.0 and a VGA out port. You don’t see many tablets with VGA as most are opting for HDMI, but I guess if you’re looking to hook this up to an external monitor in the business world VGA is still pretty common. This tablet is being pushed forward as a business tablet, something along the lines of the HP Slate, which we know only sold around 6000 units.
Looks at the hardware design we can see that the screen already sports Android navigation buttons. This is a little confusing since the only timelines Gigabyte can hope to follow at this point for Android would be Honeycomb and Android 3.0 is not meant to need these navigation buttons. Similarly for navigating around Windows they have included a mouse pointer as well as a left and right mouse buttons. I hope that they are planning on dropping the profile of the device in the next build as it is a little thick for my liking.
We have no word on pricing but availability for the tablet should be in March just in time for honeycomb.
A lot of folks were excited about Motorola’s Atrix Tegra 2 smartphone showcased at CES last week (us included, see our hands on video) as it came with a dock that can transform the device into a desktop experience, provided you have a monitor and keyboard, and another ‘laptop dock’ that effectively turns the device into a super thin and light 11.6-inch smartbook with 2x USB ports, chiclet keyboard and decent sized trackpad. No release date was mentioned other than it was heading to AT&T. Today, Android Central has been tipped off with leaked internal AT&T documents showing a launch date of March 1 but apparently the telecom launches phones on Sundays so there’s a chance it may be another date.
The OpenTablet 10 is an advanced multi-media tablet device that runs applications for communication, information and entertainment built on a versatile Android platform. Custom extensions make the OpenTablet a fully managed device to be deployed by service providers, utilities, and carriers. Our cloud-based ecosystem enables not only simple device deployment but also provides device management, service deployment, billing, and...technical support tools.
The enormous 10.1” touch screen display provides an engaging, interactive experience with an intuitive navigation menu for easy access to information, and entertainment. Some popular applications include photos, videos, music, movies, calendar, contacts, social networking, and are enabled with password-protected multi-user functionality.
Looks like the rumor mill is hard at work this morning as HTC and Motorola are both rumored to be working on a tablet. DigiTimes reports that both companies have placed orders for NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 chipset.
Last week at Nvidia GPU conference they didn’t have much to say expect that Tegra 3 is coming! Which isn’t very comforting since we are waiting on Tegra 2 devices. So this news steps in line with their marketing ramp up for major announcements at CES. Everyone was skeptical but fingers crossed that this is the Tegra news that Nvidia been hinting about.
According to DigiTimes, Asus will also ship a device with a Tegra processor — which isn’t new news but its nice to hear this rumor again.
The SmartQ V5-II is a nice affordable iPod competitor. It’s a well designed wi-fi only device with very decent video and gaming performance. While Apple’s iPod has the SmartQ V5-II beat in looks and its the Android Marketplace vs Apple’s App Store debate where this 4.8inch beauty stands out is its HDMI out, and with a little application ingenuity the ability to tether your tablet to your 3G phone.
As the device dual boots in Linux as well as Android we’ve also got a video walking us through the Linux Edition:
Detailed Specifications:
4.3 inch touch screen ARM11 processor, 720MHz frequency Support for hardware 3D graphics acceleration 256MB DDRII cache 128MB virtual cache Built-in 2GB flash memory, the user can be part of the 128MB Built-in SD card slot, support 32GB capacity expansion IEEE 802.11 b / g wireless networks Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR Support OTG connectivity Built-in HDMI interface, HD output Standard 3.5mm ear jack, built-in speaker can be loud speaker Built-in microphone; 2000mAh capacity lithium polymer battery. V5 Features: OperatingSystem Ubuntu Linux Android 2.1
Internet
Internet connectivity via WLAN, bluetooth, and USB wireless network card Connectivity to 2G/3G network(GPRS/EDGE/CDMA/EVDO/WCDMA/TE-SCDMA) PPS online video playback Full featured Webbrowser Instant messenger with support for QQ/MSN/Fetion/Google Talk protocalls Receive and sendemail BT download Replay online videofiles from video web sites such as YouTube and Tudou Support Internet radio and Internet Television Office Read and edit document in DOC/OpenOffice/RTF/HTML/TXT formats Edit excel files Personal informationmanagement
Audio
Support all the usual audio formats Support music library, tag search Support online streaming media
Video
1080P video playback Video formats supported: AVI, MKV(XVID/px/H.264), MOV,TS,M2TS,RM/RMVB, FLV, WMV, 3GP, MPEG, DAT, MP4 Read Support documents in TXT,PDF,HTML,CHM,RTF formats Picture Support JPEG/GIF/PNG/BMP files Picture rotating, zooming out Support Painting Game Varieties of puzzle game built-in
Others
English-Chinese/Chinese-English dictonary, support Cursor-Point translation and online translation Compression and decompression of files in usual formats Calculator Notepad Language Simplified Chinese, English V5 Hardware Specs
CPU
ARM11 architecture processor 720MHz Support hardward 3D graphics acceleration
Memory
DDR II RAM 256MB 128MB Virtual Cache
Storage
2GB Nand Flash, 128MB available to users support SD/SDHC card with a maximum capacity of 32GB
Wireless
IEEE 802.11 b/g network Bluetooth2.0+EDR USB USB 2.0 HighSpeed OTG port Video Out HDMI port AV port
Audio
3.5mm earphone port high-quality stereo loudspeaker built-in microphone Maximum output power of earphone 40mW Frequency Response 20Hz-20kHz Signal-to-Noise Ratio 94dB
VIZIO announced its new VIA Phone and VIA Tablet featuring VIA Plus ecosystem that offers a unified and intuitive user experience across multiple CE devices including VIZIO HDTVs, Blu-ray players, smartphones and tablets. The VIA Phone features a 1 GHz processor, 4″ capacitive touch screen, 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, GPS, a MicroSD card slot, and HDMI output with HD video playback, a 5 MP camera for photos and HD video capture, and a front-facing camera for video chat.
The VIA Tablet also boasts a 1 GHz processor and features an 8″ capacitive touch screen, 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, GPS, a MicroSD card slot, HDMI output with HD video playback, a front-facing camera for video chats, and a unique 3 speakers for stereo audio in portrait or landscape mode. Running on the Android™ Platform, both devices also comes with a built-in IR blaster with universal remote control app for quick access to the entire home theater or nearly any other CE device in the home.
Enspert is introducing its new Android-based multimedia tablets – IDENTITY tab E201, IDENTITY E300, and IDENTITY E302. Designed for education and entertainment, the IDENTITY tab offering color LCD e-book reader capabilities along with HD-quality video playback and Web browsing. Highlights include: WiFi, 3G, Wimax, and Android Gingerbread. The new lineup of IDENTITY devices will hit the stores starting in in early 2011.
Polaroid announced the GL10 Instant Mobile Printer. The GL10 produces Polaroid Classic Border, full bleed and contemporary 3×4” photos in less than one minute. Designed by Polaroid and Lady Gaga as both a creative tool and fashion accessory, the GL10 comes with elegant brushed metal and textured surfaces with leather accents. The 15-ounce GL10 printer works from most mobile phones wirelessly via Bluetooth and from most digital cameras, Windows PCs and Macs via a USB cable and provides the classic Polaroid instant experience using the ZINK Technology. This portable photo booth will be available in May 2011 (US, $149.99 MSRP). ZINK 3×4” paper will be available in May 2011 at a price to be announced
The new smartphone from Toshiba, a Portege 900, has been around the net for a few days. It has been posted by some bloggers that he new Portege G900 will hit Europe & Japan right this month (today is 28th, isnt it?). It seem Toshiba afraid of iPhone that will start selling tomorrow night, tell me if i am wrong. If you curious what The Portege 900 has, here they are:3 inches wide screen (800×480), USB host, 2MP camera, WiFi, Bluetoth, 3G, 3G+, GPRS, and 64MB of memory. The suggested price at $807.6, How much does i phone cost?
Coming with sleek and streamline design, the next Vogue CDMA also boasting Windows Mobile 6 Professional. The Vogue has 128MB ram and comes with 2.8-inch touch sensitive screen without QWERTY keypad. Running on the same network as Iris S640 does, the Vogue also support GPS, and Bluetooth, but it leak WiFi suports. 2 megapixel camera also included for users conveniences.
Ok lets to the point, The HTC Nike (P5500) is just another smartphone that i want to write about. The HTC Nike comes with semi automatic sliding phone and like the Kaiser and Vogue, it is also driven by Microsoft WM 6 Professional. The Nike running on 400 MHz Qualcomm MSM7200, WCDMA 2100 or 850/1900 MHz, HSDPA 3.6 Mbps, as well as EDGE/ GSM/GPRS, quad-band 850/900/1800/1900 MHz networks. Bluetooth and WiFi b/g connectivities are also supported. Last but not least, the new Nike sports dual camera (2MP and VGA for video call), miniUSB, USB 1.1 and MicroSD slot. HTC to release GPS enabled phone this year. It powered by 400MHz, 32bit CPU, GPS chip and WM 6 Professional operating system. The phone’s code name is ‘HTC NIKE‘ and will support GSM standard and UMTS. The ‘HTC NIKE’ will come with some features such as built-in 2.8 megapixel camera and 2.8 inch lcd screen. Regarding connectivity, the ‘HTC NIKE’ support both Wi-Fi and bluetooth. It’s also equipped by SDIO, microSD, and Transflash cards
Secheduled to be released in October 2007, the HTC Polaris boasts 3MP camera with auto focus, Digital compass, FM radio, and GPS/AGPS functionality. The screen comes with 3.5-inch of VGA TFT LCD (plus touchscreen functionality) which is driven driven by Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Professional. The new Polaris works on 400 MHz Qualcomm MSM7200, WCDMA 2100 MHz, HSDPA 3.6 Mbps, and EDGE/ GSM/GPRS, quad-band 850/900/1800/1900 MHz. Other technical specification include: ROM 256 MB/ RAM 128 MB, WiFi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth, miniUSB, USB 1.1, and microSD slot. The pricing need to be confirmed
Samsung launched its first sliding tablet PC . Equipped with Microsoft Windows 7 operating system and powered by the upcoming Intel Atom processor platform, the PC 7 Series incorporates a sliding keyboard along with the multi-touch display. Weighing just 2.2 pounds, the 7 Series is suited for both indoor and outdoor use with 340-nit brightness 10.1-inch display supported by an enhanced HD resolution (1366 x 768). Regarding battery life, it lasts for up to 9 hours.
Available in either 32GB or 64GB models, the 7 Series also has a 4-in-1 memory card slot. The Samsung 7 Series is scheduled to be available in March 2011, with a starting price of $699 MSRP. Other highlights: Intel ATOM Oak Trail Z670 @ 1.66GHz processor, 2GB DDR2 memory, Integrated speaker (0.8W x 2), USB 2.0, HMDI out, and Webcam: 1.3MP.
Brainchild launched Kineo Tablet at FETC 2011 (Florida Educational Technology Conference) in Orlando. Mentioned as the first Android™ tablet eBook reader created exclusively for education, Kineo comes with built-in features that keep schools and students safe. It can only access websites that are pre-programmed by the administrator or teacher. In addition, messaging capabilities have been disabled to make sure that students use it for learning, not texting. You can orders Kineo starting February 1 for March shipment. With pricing of $299.99, It includes Wi-Fi®, plays multimedia and video files, includes a 4500 mAh battery that runs for 10-12 hours and features a super heavy-duty touch screen rated to handle 500,000 impressions.
The M55 Beast hybrid bike represents state of the art in its every detail. The major parts are custom made, utilizing technologies and materials used in the Formula One and electric supersportcars. Titanium, carbon fiber, CNC machining, brushless motor mechanism – just to mention a few. The 1500 Watts of power can accelerate this machine to a stunning 40 miles per hour and it can go as far as 75 miles with a single charge. Even off-road. represents state of the art in its every detail. The major parts are custom made, utilizing technologies and materials used in the Formula One and electric supersportcars. Titanium, carbon fiber, CNC machining, brushless motor mechanism – just to mention a few. The 1500 Watts of power can accelerate this machine to a stunning 40 miles per hour and it can go as far as 75 miles with a single charge. Even off-road.
Music has a whole new feel.
iPod nano has been completely redesigned with Multi-Touch — the same technology that makes iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch so amazing. Now it’s half the size and even easier to play. And everything you want to hear is just a tap or swipe away.
Turn up the color.
In sleek anodized aluminum and seven bright colors, iPod nano makes a huge statement: You are, most definitely, ready to rock.
Pixels that pop.
Show off your album art, photos, and the color-coordinated wallpaper on the 1.5-inch color display with 240-by-240 pixel resolution. It's tiny yet stunning.
Clip on and cut loose.
The new built-in clip makes it easy to move to the music. Just clip iPod nano to your sleeve, jacket, or bag. And wherever you go, your favorite tunes are right where you need them.
Plug into the groove.
With the built-in 30-pin connector, you can easily plug iPod nano into your car stereo system, your speakers at home, and many other products made for iPod.
It fits your fingers.
iPod nano is 46 percent smaller, 42 percent lighter, and 100 percent made for music with Multi-Touch. It's the perfect size for a tap or a swipe, so fingertips feel right at home.
