The worldwide availability of the MSI U210 netbook will spread to the U.S later today when MSI makes it official.
You can already find it on Amazon or Newegg for $430. The U210 is a 12″ computer that runs on an AMD Neo processor, as a 1366×768 display, 2GB of memory and a 250GB hard drive.
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The worldwide availability of the MSI U210 netbook will spread to the U.S later today when MSI makes it official.
You can already find it on Amazon or Newegg for $430. The U210 is a 12″ computer that runs on an AMD Neo processor, as a 1366×768 display, 2GB of memory and a 250GB hard drive.
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After more than 25 years as a pioneer and leader in the mobile industry, Nokia will bring its rich mobility heritage and knowledge to the omputer world with the new, Windows based, Nokia Booklet 3G.Powered by the efficient Intel Atom processor, the Nokia Booklet 3G delivers impressive performance with up to 12 hours of battery life, enabling people to leave their power cable behind and still be connected and productive.
Delivering the rich experience of a full-function PC inside an ultra-portable aluminum chassis, the new mini-laptop weighs 1.25 kilograms, measures slightly more than two centimeters thin, and has the features one would expect from the world’s leading mobile device manufacturer. A broad range of connectivity options – including 3G/ HSPA and Wi-Fi – gives consumers high speed access to the Internet, including Nokia’s broad suite of Ovi services, and allows them to make the most of every moment and every opportunity.
“A growing number of people want the computing power of a Computer with the full benefits of mobility,” said Kai Oistamo, Nokia’s Executive Vice President for Devices. “We are in the business of connecting people and the Nokia Booklet 3G is a natural evolution for us. Nokia has a long and rich heritage in mobility and with the outstanding battery life, premium design and all day, always on connectivity, we will create something quite compelling. In doing so we will make the personal computer more social, more helpful and more personal.”
The mini-laptop also comes with an HDMI port for HD video out, a front facing camera for video calling, integrated Bluetooth and an easily accessible SD card reader. Other premium features include the 10-inch glass HD ready display and integrated A-GPS which, working with the Ovi Maps gadget, can pinpoint your position in seconds and open up access for a truly personal maps experience. The Nokia Booklet 3G also brings a number of other rich Ovi experiences to life, whether its access and playback of millions of tracks through the Nokia Music Store, or using Ovi Suite to sync seamlessly from your Nokia smartphone, to your mini-laptop, to the cloud.
The Nokia Booklet 3G will widen the Nokia portfolio, satisfying a need in the operator channel, and bringing another important ingredient in the move towards becoming a mobile solutions company. Further information, including detailed specifications, market availability and pricing, will be announced at Nokia World on September 2.
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Lanyu from Shenzhen, China, has achieved a world’s first with the cheapest netbook across the planet. The eBook LY-EB01 has been price at 666 Yuan (what a devilish bargain at approximately $98 after conversion).
Don’t expect an Intel Atom processor inside though, as this ARM-powered netbook comes with a paltry 266MHz AK7802Q216 processor instead, accompanied by a 7″ 800 × 480 TFT LCD display, WinCE 5.0 as the operating system of choice, Wi-Fi connectivity, 128M RAM and a 1800mAH Li-Ion battery. Guess this is good for casual web surfing and email checking only.
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WD announced two new mobile hard drives that reach new capacity extremes. The highlight is a one terabyte model – the industry’s highest-capacity 2.5-inch drive available. Industry-leading 333 GB-per-platter technology enables the new WD Scorpio Blue SATA 2.5-inch hard drives to offer mobile storage device and notebook users an enormous 1 TB capacity. A 750 GB WD Scorpio Blue model also will be available.
The WD Scorpio Blue 750 GB and 1 TB hard drives have a 12.5 mm form factor and are ideally suited for use in portable storage solutions, such as the newly released My Passport Essential SE Portable USB Drives. Other applications include select notebooks and small form factor desktop PCs, where quiet and cool operation are important. Both WD Scorpio Blue drives deliver high-performance with a 3 gigabits per second (Gb/s) transfer rate.
“The convergence of the growing mobile computing and digital media trends produces demand for desktop-like capacities in portable devices,” said Jim Morris, senior vice president and general manager of client systems at WD. “Our new WD Scorpio Blue drives enable people to take even more of their digital collections with them wherever they go and, realizing the value of their data, back up their notebooks on their My Passport drives.”
WD Scorpio Blue hard drives offer high-performance, low power consumption and cool operation in portable applications. They are designed with WD features to be reliable and shock resistant while also delivering industry-leading capacity and performance.
WD Scorpio Blue Features:
WhisperDrive - WD’s exclusive WhisperDrive technology combines state-of-the-art seeking algorithms to produce one of the quietest 2.5-inch drives available.
ShockGuard - Leading-edge ShockGuard technology combines firmware and hardware advancements to meet the highest combined shock tolerance specifications required for mobile and notebook applications.
SecurePark - Parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin down and when the drive is off. This ensures the recording head never touches the disk surface, resulting in improved long-term reliability due to less head wear and improved shock tolerance.
Price and Availability - WD Scorpio Blue 750 GB drives (model WD7500KEVT) are available now through select distributors and resellers; the 1 TB capacity (model WD10TEVT) is available now configured into My Passport Essential SE USB drives. The manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) for the WD Scorpio Blue 1 TB drive is $249.99 USD and for the 750 GB version it is $189.99 USD. WD Scorpio Blue hard drives are covered by a three-year limited warranty.
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Sony, the leading electronics brand has just introduced two new Walkman players for an entry level. The new B Series USB styled player is just for audio while the E series player is designed for video playback too. Both of these players have been placed under the entry-level segment.
The new Walkman E Series PMP is just 9.3mm thin and available in black and red colors. The Walkman has the Sony sound enhancement features which provides a better listening experience. This is the 1st E series Walkman to feature Clear Audio technology by Sony aiming at delivering a dynamic and as detail-packed as possible soundstage. Clear Stereo reduces leakage between left and right channels, while Clear Bass tries to deliver powerful, controlled low-end frequencies without distortion.
The Walkman E Series PMP includes a 2-inch QVGA Color LCD screen, a 5-band equalizer to fine-tune audio settings and also a Dynamic Normalizer that helps balance volume levels between songs. It also adds up a video playback and conversion via the Content Transfer software together with FM radio tuner with recording.
The walkman has an easy to import music, video and photos facility by a simple drag-and-drop from your PC’s media folder or via iTunes 8.1 using Content Transfer. A range of major music and video formats are supported that includes rights-managed WMA and WMV. This latest technology player can deliver up to 30 hours of music playback and 6 hours of video on a single charge.
In a very short time span Sony is going to launch another player in the ultra-compact new Walkman B140 Series. It will be available in four colors – Black, red, pink and orange with co-ordinated headphones.
The B140 features the USB to micro/mini audio systems connectivity that support USB Mass Storage Management and Ripping/Up-Streaming and a choice of five selectable equalizer modes. It also supports BASS boost, illuminated pulsing LEDs, Sony’s new ‘Zappin’ technology that plays particular portions of tracks that allows to choose and FM radio tuner with recording.
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Samsung Electronics released the SAMSUNG Anycall Star S5230C, a full-touch phone with rich multimedia features. And its new 3x TouchWiZ User Interface (UI) and Classified Spreadsheet Menu (for example, Contact Spreadsheet, Tools Spreadsheet, and Multi-media Spreadsheet) offers a more user-friendly, phone navigation experience .
SAMSUNG Anycall Star S5230C adds a new Social Networking Widget to connect with various popular social networks including Facebook, MySpace, Picasa, YouTube, Flickr, etc. Users can upload their photos easily with its “Communities” function and can keep close touch with their friends and families.
SAMSUNG Anycall Star S5230C compact form factor provides a large 3-inch 26M color display allowing enjoyable control of the full touch function. The screen also supports a handwriting recognition feature, which makes inputting text easier. With its Photo Contact feature, users can call and send SMS to their friends instantly when browsing the album.
The Star S5230C has a 3.2 Mega-pixel auto-focus camera with advanced camera technologies such as Smile Shot and many shooting modes and scenes. Users can also record videos in 320 x 240 pixels at 15fps. The screen can also detect which way the phone is being held and changes the display from portrait to landscape automatically.
The Star S5230C brings an excellent listening experience to users with its Digital Natural Sound engine (DNSeTM) technology, and it also comes with an FM radio ; the music player also supports a wide range of music file formats including MP3/AAC/ AAC+/ e-AAC+/ WMA/MIDI. It also provides 85MB internal and micros (up to 8GB) memory for enjoying music and movie..
With its built-in NetFront browser v3.5, users can also enjoy a comprehensive internet experience from their phones with a range of applications, including RSS Reader, Gmail, and GoogleTM.
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Creative Technology Ltd. today introduced the Creative EP-630 and Creative EP-650 in-ear earphones in new vibrant colours. Widely popular, more than 3 million units of Creative EP-630 earphones were shipped worldwide in 2008. Inspired by the ocean, the new Creative EP-630 colour series earphones now come in exciting colours such as Pacific Blue, Atlantic Green, Mediterranean Red, Arctic White and Pearl Black. For a sophisticated look, the Creative EP-650 earphones come in Mercury Abyss, a premium chrome finishing.
Offering an unsurpassed music listening experience, the Creative EP-630 and Creative EP-650 earphones are specially designed to deliver optimum performance with any music genre. Powered by quality 9mm Neodymium magnet transducer, the Creative EP-630 and Creative EP-650 earphones offer high-quality audio reproduction with extraordinary bass that is ideal for digital music playback.
Complete with the gold-plated 1.2m Oxygen-Free Copper cable that provides uninterrupted transmission of music from the player to earphones, enjoy pristine audio and hear the music in greater clarity.
Designed with soft and ergonomic silicone in-ear earbuds, the Creative EP-630 and Creative EP-650 earphones provide excellent noise-isolation. Pick the perfect fit from the additional pairs of alternate sized earbuds that are included.
Pricing and Availability- The Creative EP-630 earphones are currently available at the online store at sg.store.creative.com in Singapore at the suggested retail price of S$45.00 while the Creative EP-650 earphones will be available from mid July onwards at the suggested retail price of S$59.00.
The Creative EP-630 earphones will be available at The CREATIVE Stores at International Business Park and Marina Square and authorised dealers in Singapore from mid June 2009 onwards and at the PC Show from 11 – 14 June 2009 while the Creative EP-650 earphones will be available from end July 2009 onwards.
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Lenovo has introduced the S12 which is a thin, lightweight and low power laptop based on Nvidia Ion’s revolutionary design. It has a 12 inch screen and is improved for more application compatibility. The IdeaPad S12 has high graphics capability which is capable of supporting high definition media and other PC games, which are unable to run on cheaper PCs.
According to Stephen DiFranco, vice president and general manager of consumer and commercial channels, Americas Group, Lenovo “”Nvidia Ion is one of the latest technologies available for the PC industry for small, low cost laptop PCs, and we’re excited to be among the first to use it,”
He further mentioned “With its 12-inch display, full-size keyboard and rich multimedia optIons powered by Ion, the IdeaPad S12 balances an improved computing experience along with the size and affordability many consumers are looking for today.”
“The Lenovo IdeaPad S12 with Nvidia Ion graphics is a game changer for the industry,” said Jeff Fisher, senior vice president of the GPU business unit at Nvidia. “It’s a powerful testament to what a small PC can do if it’s optimized with Ion. The thin and affordable S12 does everything you expect a PC to do including watching movies, playing games, flipping through vacatIon pictures or editing family videos.”
The Nvidia Ion graphics supports all versions of Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. It has outstanding HD video that includes 1080p and Blu-ray movies. There is also high quality HD video with the help of an external monitor through HDMI. With popular games that include Spore and Battlefield Heroes, it has a DirectX 10 graphics along with advanced digital display connectivity. It also has accelerated video enhancement and conversion with the help of Nvidia CUDA technology.
It is expected that the IdeaPad S12 will be available later during the summer. Some of its features include 160 GB of storage, six hour batter life, 1 GB memory, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 1 GB memory,3x USB 2.0, an Express Card slot, a 4-in-1 card reader and VGA/HDMI outputs. The IdeaPad also supports HD and Blu-ray video up to 1080p. The model will be priced at an upwards of $499.
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Sharp Corporation has developed and will introduce into the global market the new LR0GC02 Solar Module for Mobile Devices that features a thickness of 0.8 mm, the industry’s thinnest level. Solar (photovoltaic) power generation is drawing attention worldwide as environmentally friendly clean energy, and is expected to see widespread use not only for residential use, but also to power mobile devices.
This newly developed solar module makes effective use of compact semiconductor packaging technology to achieve a thickness of just 0.8 mm, the thinnest level in the industry. The solar cells that make up the module are based on polycrystalline silicon and deliver a maximum power of 300 mW and as an auxiliary power source for mobile devices, will contribute to saving energy.
In addition, the electrode pattern on the cell surface can be formed to meet the requirements of device manufacturers, leading to increased design flexibility for mobile devices. As an environmentally advanced company, Sharp is actively working to promote the development of environmentally conscious, one-of-a-kind devices and modules.
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