Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Following a meeting in Seoul today between the Vice Chairman and CEO of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Yoon-Woo Lee, and the CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, Samsung Electronics announced that it will collaborate with Microsoft on efficient energy usage in computers. The two companies are aimed at encouraging PC users to purchase more environmentally friendly PC systems. Samsung expects substantial energy savings when Microsoft’s flagship Windows 7 operating system and Samsung’s 40 nanometer (nm) class DDR3 DRAM are used together.
Samsung, a strong supporter of Windows 7, will be migrating all of its corporate PCs worldwide to the new operating system beginning in 2010. The Green IT collaboration effort between the world’s number one memory company and the world’s number one software company is expected to contribute to the revival of IT markets that have been depressed from the economic downturn.
At the beginning of September, Samsung initiated its own global marketing campaign centered around “Less Energy, More Speed”, initially focused on its energy-efficient, 40nm-class, 2Gb DDR3 DRAM. Also, Microsoft has announced significant reductions in power consumption with the new power management function in its recently released Windows 7 operating system.
“Windows 7 was designed as a more environmentally-sound and energy-efficient OS, particularly evident in its managing of memory and when shifting into lower power mode,” said Kim James Woo, Country Manager of Microsoft Korea. He added that “users will enjoy the benefits when Windows 7 and DDR3 are combined.”
“There is no doubt that the combination of Windows 7 and 40nm DDR3 in new PCs will make users very happy,” said Dong-Soo Jun, executive senior vice president of memory marketing at Samsung Electronics. He added, “If you opt for 4GB of memory in a Windows 7-based system, over typical 2GB-based systems used today, you’ll see an increase in performance, while using less power, thanks to the efficiency of Samsung’s 40nm DD3 DRAM.”
In the ensuing months, while measuring the effects of this and other collaborative Green IT efforts, Samsung will continue to examine the potential for other areas of global cooperation with Microsoft in IT technology development.
[Via: Samsung India]
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
HTC is brining the new model HTC Touch 2 to Indian market. After the much popular HTC Magic and HTC Hero, the Touch2 would be almost like Touch 3G. However the Touch 2 is loaded with Windows Mobile 6.5 and would be available with Reliance GSM connection. The offer says you can have free data usage upto 200 MB every month for next 6 months.
Pricced at Rs. 24,490, HTC Touch 2 has a 528MHz Qualcomm MSM7225 CPU. It is equipped with 512MB ROM and 256MB RAM. It has a 2.8 inch touchscreen and a 3.2 MP camera. It also has Microsoft Exchange along with My Phone backup support.
[Via: unwireIndia]
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Monday, September 7th, 2009
LG Electronics (LG), a global leader and technology innovator in mobile communications, today announced the imminent launch of three new Windows phones in the next few weeks, delivering on LG’s commitment to further grow its share of the global smartphone market. The three devices will kick off LG’s most aggressive smartphone strategy to date, which will ultimately result in a total of 13 new LG-branded Windows phones launched globally before the end of 2010.
The three latest additions to LG’s expanding smartphone line-up and the first to include the new Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system include a full touchscreen device, a touch slider with QWERTY keyboard and a QWERTY bar-type handset. The three phones will be aimed at different segments of the market ranging from premium to affordable smartphones. The phones will be introduced initially for early adopter customers in Europe, the United States and Asia before being made available globally.
Designed with usability in mind, LG’s latest smartphone offerings will highlight the touch-friendly, easy-to-navigate interface of Windows Mobile 6.5 which delivers an easier and faster smartphone experience for users. These Windows phones will be supported by LG’s own distinctive S-Class User Interface, which offers a unique 3D experience that works with Microsoft’s familiar operating system.
“This initial launch is a strong testament that LG is committed to offering a spectrum of choices for our broad range of customers,” said Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “Our work with Microsoft on mobile devices reflects our strategy of offering the best in both hardware and software in all our smartphones.”
The latest version of Windows Mobile includes an upgraded Internet Explorer Mobile browser with a new engine and a customized version of Adobe Flash Lite for accessing sites previously unable to render properly on a handheld. Windows Mobile 6.5 will also include free access to Microsoft’s My Phone service where customers can perform automatic backups of photos, music, contacts and text messages from their handheld to the web for easy access any time.
“With familiar software like Microsoft Outlook, Windows Media Player and Windows Live, these phones will give people the confidence to get things done with the software they would normally expect from their PCs,” said Todd Peters, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Corp. “LG’s portfolio of stylish Windows smartphones gives people the ability to choose the model that best suits their style and budget.”
Launched in July, the LG Application Store will offer add-ons for all three devices as well as future LG smartphone devices. The site expects to offer up to 2,000 downloadable applications by the end of year.
[Via: infibeam]
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Saturday, August 15th, 2009
Sony Ericsson’s upcoming Satio handset is now undergoing tests by the FCC, and should it pass with flying colors, expect this smartphone to be released to the public very, very soon. This phone will be running on the S60 5th Edition operating system, equipped with a 3.5″ touchscreen display at 640 x 360 resolution.
You will also get a stunning 12.1-megapixel camera with autofocus, xenon flash and 12x digital zoom. Other specifications include 128MB of internal memory, microSDHC memory card support, an integrated FM radio with RDS, aGPS with turn-by-turn navigation, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectvity among others. No idea on how this handset will be priced when available though.
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
Motorola, has plans to come up with two Android Smartphones was there in news since a longtime and as they announced that they will launch these 2 smartphones powered by Google’s operating system before the end of the year. The company already launched a few programs aimed at helping developers build applications for the platform and seems to do more.
Moreover, some details on the user interface Motorola’s Android handsets are expected to be included in the news on Internet lately. According to BGR, the custom user interface Motorola plans for its Android phones should be called Blur and should sport a lot of features similar to those present with the webOS platform Palm has recently launched with its high-end Pre smartphone.
Motorola UI is heavily web-connected and that different areas of the OS and the interface will get updated over the air and is available in these phones. Other connectivity options are also expected to be available in the Android phones but complete details are yet to be revealed.
Motorola is really preparing something worthwhile for its users. Motorola’s Android powered handsets are expected to be mid-to-low-end, but the features they will pack inside might deliver about the same experience as high-end phones. Most amazingly, UI will bring together all personal contacts and social networking sites into a single view, making them easily accessible.
[Via: infibeam]
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
In today’s reports, Nokia, a company form Finland has denied to be working on a mobile phone running on Google’s Android mobile operating system. Guardian, a British daily newspaper reports today morning, “industry insiders” saying that Nokia would unveil in September a mobile phone running on the Google Android operating system (OS).
But Nokia has denied Guardian’s speculation and said to the Reuters that, there is “Absolutely no truth to this whatsoever.” Nokia also denied as a company spokesman quoted, “Everyone knows that Symbian is our preferred platform for advanced mobile devices.”
Nokia’s choice in OS is none other than Symbian for smartphones, or multimedia computers, i.e. company’s devices. But recently, Nokia is having hard time to keep up its name in the market and HSBC analysts gives his views, by the Guardian reckon that the Finnish company has lost smartphone market share, going down to 31 percent at the end of 2008 (from 47 percent in 2007).
During the recent times, Nokia has done a large investment in Symbian. The biggest move during last year was the company buying out the partners in the Symbian OS joint venture. Nokia was planning with this to offer the Symbian platform free of cost to the other smartphone manufacturers.
This sounds similar as Google is using the same approach with its Android mobile OS. Google, the biggest search engine is offering Android for free to any manufacturers that want to release smartphones using its OS. This model is proving very popular till now with lot of Android cell phones coming out this year, for an example, T-Mobile myTouch 3G, Samsung Galaxy, and HTC Hero.
Google’s Android OS was built from the ground up with touchscreen use in mind while the Nokia’s latest devices featuring the Symbian OS (the flagship N97 and the 5800 model) have been criticized for the lack of finger-friendly navigation. Symbian OS was originally designed for the alphanumeric keyboards devices and then revamped for touchscreen phones, thus requires the the use of a stylus in many cases.
Although, Guardian’s “industry insiders” are not completely wrong. Nokia has partnered with Intel to create a new stable of mobile products later in the last month. As Nokia currently owns a Linux-based Maemo OS, which powers the company’s Internet tablets, there is a possibility of Google Android to be the company’s OS of choice for this new breed of devices.
[Via: infibeam]
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
It is well-known that Sony Ericsson is going to launch its own Android based device later this year. But the detail regarding the first Sony Ericsson Android device was unknown. Until now, we did not know but now we do have some information regarding the upcoming new mobile phone.
This latest device is codenamed as “Rachael” and is said to feature a large touchscreen panel and will be have a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip inside it, doing all the number crunching. Due to the Snapdragon processor, which runs at 1 GHz the specs of the Rachael will also be revolutionary of sorts. The phone will support high definition video decoding. It will have a 12 megapixel camera, broadcast T Android based, Wi Fi, and GPS.
There are chances of Rachael to be released as an Xperia branded phone. Moreover, there might be a downgrade to an 8.1 megapixel camera as well. But that’s all still remains unconfirmed its just supposition. The successor of the current X1 which happens to be X2, will run on Windows Mobile is already known to us. This might turn out to be X5 which lots of people talk about since long.
Another phone that’s in news nowadays is the quite interesting little phone called “KiKi”. Till now, we only know that KiKi comes with a transparent display and images will be projected on to the display when you’re using it.
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
Olympus Imaging Corporation is pleased to announce the OLYMPUS PEN E-P1, an interchangeable lens system digital camera compliant with the Micro Four Thirds System standard, together with associated accessories.
Main Features:
• Dignified Exterior Design - Mirrorless structure for compact, lightweight body that can be taken anywhere. Compact, metal construction expresses a sense of highly compressed power.
• Easy of use - The iAUTO function automatically evaluates the scene and adjusts settings accordingly, while the Live Control function facilitates, easy, intuitive camera setting by selecting icons displayed on the LCD panel.
• Power to create - The 4/3-inch High Speed Live MOS Sensor and newly developed TruePic V image processing engine offer high image quality equivalent to traditional SLR cameras. This new camera is compatible with movie shooting and high-quality audio recording in linear PCM format, and incorporates functions enabling creative photographic expressions such as the Art Filters.
The OLYMPUS PEN E-P1 is an interchangeable lens digital camera that compliant with the Micro Four Thirds System standard announced in August 2008. The nickname “OLYMPUS PEN” comes from company’s legendary half-frame film camera, which was released in October 1959 and rapidly swept across the world, sold a total of 17 million units worldwide and forever popularizing the joy of photography with people everywhere.
We decided to give the new product the same product name because this new camera brings to digital SLR photography the same breakthrough in size reduction and convenience that the original PEN, as well boasting a stylish design that echoes the charm of the original. This naming expresses our commitment to making it possible for as many people as possible to experience the true pleasure of photography at its finest.
Thanks to the Micro Four Thirds system standard, this camera features an internal structure that does not use a quick-return mirror, thereby facilitating a radical reduction in size without degrading the advantages of traditional SLR cameras such as high performance and high picture quality. The body boasts an attractive metallic finish that expresses the high quality and sense of compressed power exuded by the original “OLYMPUS PEN” series cameras.
For enhanced operability, the new OLYMPUS PEN is also equipped with the iAUTO function popular on our compact digital cameras, which automatically evaluates the scene and sets the optimum scene mode accordingly.
The imaging circuitry uses a 4/3-inch, 12.3-megapixel high speed Live MOS Sensor and a newly developed TruePic V image processing engine to provide high still image quality equivalent to traditional SLR cameras. In addition, possible the recording of 720p HD (High-Definition) movies. Stereo audio recording capability in the linear PCM format is also provided, making it easy to shoot movies with high quality. In addition, the Art Filter function - which applies exciting filter effects to images - can be applied to movie images as well as still images, expanding opportunities for creative expression.
The release of this Micro Four Thirds System compliant product is a key part of our strategy to promote a “OLYMPUS PEN E-P1″ that will appeal to a wide range of users as both an introductory digital SLR camera for novices as well as a secondary camera for high-level amateurs and professionals.
Other Features:
• Built-in image stabilization mechanism with a correction effect up to 4 EV steps
• Reliable Dust Reduction system
• HDMI output for high-quality image playback
• Multi-Mix Slideshow playback with background music
• e-Portrait function for smooth rendering of skin texture
• Face detection system in combination with shadow adjustment technology
• Gradation Auto function to prevent over-exposure and under-exposure images
• MF Assist function supporting manual focusing with auto image magnification
• Accuracy 324(18×18) zone evaluated exposure measuring
[Via: infibeam]
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Thursday, June 4th, 2009
After iPhone it is the turn of G-phones. The much in news Google Android phone is supposed to hit the Indian market by July-end, with topnotch handset makers HTC, Motorola and Samsung firming up plans to ship the device to the country. It is learnt that Samsung is planning on shipping the Google Android phone by July, as part of its global launch.
Andy Rubin, senior director for Mobile Platforms for Google announced around 18 phones based on the Android operating system which would be available in the market worldwide by the year-end.
With the launch of the system, the G-phone will compete against other mobile operating systems such as Microsoft Windows mobile, RIM’s BlackBerry platform, Apple’s proprietary iPhone and Symbian, on Nokia handsets.
The leading mobile phone manufacturers like HTC, Motorola and Samsung are planning to bring in the device to the Indian market. A person close to the development mentioned the first Android phone G1 from HTC and witnessed positive responses from the US market after its launch late last year.
“India is a growth market and mobile manufacturers are launching all the latest product lines, and Android will not be left behind. The first phone will hit the market in July. Motorola is also planning to launch it in November,” he said.
Ajay Sharma, country head, HTC India, told Financial Chronicle that the company was shipping the new HTC Magic G2 phone for the UK market. However, he declined to share any dates on the India launch.
“Every Android device requires clearance from Google, since it is based on the Android operating system. We cannot share any exact date for the launch of the Android phone in the Indian market, but it is likely to be launched by the end of this year. Globally, we have two handset models G1 with T-Mobile and the recently launched Magic G2,” Sharma said.
The Motorola spokesperson said, “We will be shipping Android products this year and are excited about the upcoming portfolio. However, we are not making any announcements on Android-based products at this time.”
In addition to this, ASUS, Huawei, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Samsung and HTC have partnered together under the open handset alliance to bring in devices on the Android platform.
[Via: infiebeam]
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Sony aims to consolidate your music collection under the GIGA Juke HDD Hi-Fi system, where the NAS-SC500PK is able to pump out a respectable 100W of power alongside a 160GB hard drive to store all your favorite tunes that are easily accessible.
This system is able to support up to five client players simultaneously, featuring a redesigned woofer that ought to make you watch your action movies through it all over again a sense of awe and wonder. As for the GIGA Juke NAS-E300HD, you get 60W of juice and half the storage capacity. Both models will be equipped with the WM-PORT dock that plays nice with the OLED Sony Walkman which was released some time ago.
[Via: ubergizmo]
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