Media player Energy 4040 Touch
Written on 1 December 2008 by admin
Recently Energy Sistem has introduced its second product - media player Energy 4040 Touch. It represents a functional multimedia player, under the low price.
Practically all face-to-face part of player Energy 4040 Touch is covered with the 2,8-inch touch display. The device offers 16 Gb of the built in memory, the volume which can be increased by means of microSD format flash cards. Media player supports MPEG4, MP3, WMA, WAV, JPG, BMP and TXT formats. Due to equalizer and Microsoft PlayFX technology presence high enough quality of sound is reached.
In addition to all this Energy 4040 Touch has also FM-receiver, microphone and dynamic loudspeaker, ear-phones of Hi-Fi class with magnets. Thus the price of new media player is quite low and makes about 120 euro.
First netbook “Hello Kitty”
Written on 26 November 2008 by admin
Large amount of the most various devices has been devoted to well-known kitten Hello Kitty, but there were no netbooks among them. Japanese company Onkyo has noticed this omission and has eliminated it.
It took the netbook Sotec C101K3W as a basis and has changed its design so that it could amaze delight admirers of Hello Kitty. The manufacturer has also filled a novelty with corresponding content. Technical characteristics of the device were not exposed to changes and still include processor Atom N270 with 1,66 GHz clock frequency, 1 Gb of operative memory, hard disk with 120 GB capacity, 1,3-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi module and 10,1-inch display. The sizes of netbook’s case make 265×31x185 mm, and weight - 1,2 kg.
The model is marked as Hello Kitty C1 and its limited party is on sale in online shop GeekStuff4u.com. Unfortunately, the price quite is high - $890.
Stylish LG Prada II
Written on 20 November 2008 by admin
LG and Prada have declared about the beginning of the European sales of mobile phone LG Prada II, which has been announced a month ago. Touch phone is being positioned as the successor of monoblock model LG Prada. Sliding QWERTY-keyboard is the most appreciable difference of a novelty from the previous model.
The diagonal of touch screen LG Prada II makes 3″. WQVGA display with a feedback is also capable to distinguish some pressing simultaneously (as multi-touch technology in iPhone). The camera is equipped with Schneider-Kreuznach optics, which supports stabilization of images and auto focus. HSDPA, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, microSD slot and FM-radio are also available.
LG Prada II has also Prada’s multimedia content (video clips, wall-paper, and ringtones). The companies have also created stylish watches Prada Link, which can incorporate with touch phone by means of Bluetooth, displaying the information on calls and SMS.
It will be possible to buy LG Prada II in the end of November. The price starts from 600 euro.
ASUS Eee PC for $200
Written on 14 November 2008 by admin
This week largest American online shops have considerably reduced the prices on popular laptops. In Best Buy it is possible to get ASUS Eee PC 900A for 280 dollars. It is worth of mentioning that such decision debuted in August, and its primary price made 450 dollars. Thus, price reduction has made almost 40 % within four months.
For this money you can get:
* Processor: Intel Atom N270, 1,6 GHz
* Random-access memory: 1 Gb DDR2
* Graphic kernel: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
* Display: 8,9 inches, WSVGA (1024 Ñ… 600 pixels)
* 4-GB solid-state store
* SD/MMC card reader
* Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
* 3 USB 2.0 ports
* OS: Linux
Thus 10-inch Wind U100 can be bought just for 350 dollars.
The reasons of such price reduction can be explained by, first, by financial crisis due to which consumer demand decreases, no less than cost of some accessories reduces, and, secondly, by time of active Christmas preparations.
Transcend P6: USB-flesh card or cardreader
Written on 10 November 2008 by admin
Transcend Information Company has decided to offer very compact in the sizes universal cardreader under laconic name P6 for those, who actively use flash cards of the most different standards.
Creating this cardreader, developers took the concept of design of the portable flesh-store traditional basis, having equipped cardreader with built in connecter with USB 2.0 interface and demountable protective cap, and also having equipped it with light-emitting diode indicator. Thus the device is compatible to Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, Memory Stick Micro (M2), microSD and microSDHC formats. Besides, in published official press release it is noticed, that in case of use of flash card Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo the product is capable to carry out reading and data recording with a speed of 30 Mb/second and 18 Mb/second accordingly.
The manufacturer yet has not specified, when and under which price its nice creation will be on sale.
Olympus E-30 for average price segment
Written on 5 November 2008 by admin
Olympus announced the release of a new digital mirror camera E-30 of Four Thirds standard and has filled a niche between amateur model E-520 and closer to professional solutions camera E-3.
Unfortunately, now there is no a lot information aout the novelty, however, it is known, that it is equipped with 12,3-megapixel image sensor control (sensitivity from 100 to 3200 ISO units) and equipped with the built in mechanical stabilizer of the image on the basis of shift of matrix, 11-dot system of auto focus, and also the leaning back and turning 2,7-inch LCD-display with Live View support mode. Besides, the camera is supplied with Face Detection Technology and Shadow Adjustment Technology, it offers six special filters Art Filters and it is capable to keep the finished shooting images in RAW or JPEG format.
It is expected, that Olympus E-30 in cost of $1300 will be on sale only in January of the next year.
iRiver NV mini with GPS navigation feature
Written on 3 November 2008 by admin
A new gadget named NV mini has been released by the iRiver company which is a part of Reigncom corporation. It represents organic symbiosis of a portable media player and the pocket GPS Navigation system.
The weight of the device is 135 grams and is put into the very attractive case with dimensions 101,1 Ñ… 86 Ñ… 18,2 mm and functions under control of operational system Win CE 5.0. Thus here are the basic technical characteristics of electronic hybrid:
* 3,5-inch touch TFT-display;
* Integrated GPS-receiver SiRF Atlas III;
* Internal 4 Gb memory;
* Slot for SDHC-cards;
* USB I\interface;
* Ability to operate with JPEG, BMP, PNG, MP3, WMA, OGG and WMV formats;
* Lithium-ionic storage battery in capacity 850 with 2,5 hours independent work.
Already in the near future it will be possible to buy iriver NV mini in territory of South Korea at the price of $133.
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic review
Written on 29 October 2008 by admin
On October, 1st, 2008, traditional conference Nokia Way, devoted to the most actual devices, services and to corporation Nokia strategy, took place in Moscow.
Nokia Way 2008 became protagonist for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic - first smart phone Nokia with sensor display for the mass market, which world premiere has already taken place on October, 2nd, in London.
In the Moscow conference for presentation of this long-awaited novelty of mass-media of the CIS Kai Oistamo, the Vice-president, the Director of division Nokia Devices, took part.
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic - is the revolutionary musical mobile device, providing unsurpassed functionality for the mass market.
Russia is to become the first country of the world, in which deliveries Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will begin.
The novelty will appear on sale in flagman salon in Moscow (Nokia Flagship Store) and in firm retail Nokia on December, 5th, 2008, the rough retail price will make 16000 rubles (about $500). Ukraine and Kazakhstan also enter into the list of the countries, where deliveries of Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will begin first of all: in Ukraine - in second half of December, 2008, in Kazakhstan - in January, 2009.
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is an embodiment of music, mobility, creativity, high technologies and the wireless Internet access.
Samsung I7110: thin smart phone with AMOLED-display
Written on 24 October 2008 by admin
South-Korean Company Samsung has represented Symbian-smartphone I7110. Monoblock forms-factors Phone has thickness of 12,9 mm, it supports technologies of high-speed HSDPA and Wi-Fi access. Platform of Samsung I7110 is Symbian OS v9.3S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2.
According to the official information, Samsung I7110 is equipped with 2,6″ display, made according to the AMOLED technology, FM-transmitter, 5 megapixel camera with auto focus and diode flash, Bluetooth, 50 Mb of memory, microSD slot and GPS module through, which walking and automobile navigation is realized. For convenience of web-surfing the device is equipped with the optical mouse.
As Samsung telecommunication division’s President has declared, the announcement of model I7110 shows interest of the company in release of phones with open OS Symbian.
Russia will become the first commodity market of Samsung I7110. The device will appear on sale in November.
Ego: enjoy your super fashionable laptop
Written on 22 October 2008 by admin
Now high technologies can pleasantly adjoin to exclusive design, creating improbably fashionable accessory - laptop Ego.
Ego laptops have replaceable decorative panels, which were especially developed so, that you did not go on compromises, using yours Ego.
Replaceable panels allow changing easily appearance of thew laptop at any moment and it will always look differently, corresponding to image and style of the owner.
Replaceable panels for laptop, with furnish from fur, suede, the veal leather, leather of the lamb and buffalo, can be bought in addition. In creation of laptops’ image exotic materials - a leather of ostrich, eel and slope - were also used.
Ego designers do not stop only on image aspects; they also use original art receptions - aerography, stamping, embroidery, dressing by lace, incrustation by Swarovski crystals.
In January, 2008, Ego laptops have received the prestigious premium Microsoft Fashion PC, founded by company Microsoft. Ego has been recognized the best laptop, in which haute couture is combined with high technologies.
