Posted by evoyage on November 6, 2007
Google announces Android and Open Handset Alliance as highlights of their mobile phone plans.
Android is the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices. It includes Linux as a mobile operating system, user-interface, applications, and all other software needed to run a mobile phone.More than 30 other companies involved with Google in this project including Qualcomm, Broadcom, HTC, Intel, Samsung, Motorola, Sprint, and Texas Instruments.
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Posted by evoyage on November 6, 2007
Nokia has unveiled its latest accessory for mobile phone users, called the Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-101.
Boasting an efficient power management, the built-in battery of this compact gadget provides a talktime of up to 8 hours and 180 hours of standby time. Nokia also offers an adjustable earloop so that users can enjoy a long conversation comfortably while driving.
The BH-101 headset supports call handling function, Bluetooth functions up to version 2.0 with EDR along with Handsfree v.1.5 and Headset v.1.1.
You can expect the Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-101 to be available for around €30 / $40, without taxes, by Christmas time. It is expected to hit shelves worldwide.
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Posted by evoyage on October 24, 2007
Instead of having a separate charger that you have to keep close to a PSP, DS Lite or a cellphone by putting both onto a table, Thanko’s come up with, this wrist charger lets you wear the power on your person and play/talk like you normally would.This little external USB “Charger Bracelet” battery from Thanko boasts of an extra 4.5 hours of play time for your PSP, and a hard-to-believe 28 hours of extra play on your DS Lite.Unfortunately, you’ll need to wear it around your wrist like a bracelet.
The Thanko Charger Bracelet costs about 4,980 yen or $44. It will come with special adapter tips, so you can always juice up whatever compatible device you have while on the go.
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Posted by evoyage on October 24, 2007
Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it has developed a more advanced flash memory chip that will allow increased data storage in digital products such as music players. Samsung, the world’s largest maker of computer memory chips, unveiled a 64-gigabit NAND flash memory chip based on finer process technology using circuit elements that are 30 nanometers wide.
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Posted by evoyage on October 23, 2007
Apple confirmed its upcoming Leopard operating system will be released Friday October 26 at 6.00pm.The price tag for its Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is $129. Apple.com and Apple resellers are taking pre-orders now.
Leopard requires a minimum of 512MB of RAM and is designed to run on any Macintosh computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5 or G4 (867Mhz or faster) processor. Full system requirements can be found here.
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Posted by evoyage on October 23, 2007
Samsung will unveil at FPD International 2007, in Yokohama, Japan a 40-inch (101.6cm) diagonal Full HD LCD TV panel only 10 millimeters thick. This new display, expected to user in the next wave of large-screen TVs, has the same profile as 10-20 inch LCDs designed for desktop monitors. Its bezel has been reduced from a conventional 30mm to 14.6mm. The panel, using an LED backlight, reproduces 92 percent of the NTSC standard for color saturation and features low power consumption of 90 watts or less.
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Posted by evoyage on October 18, 2007
Not content with running your computer, Microsoft now wants to read your mind too.
The company says that it is hard to properly evaluate the way people interact with computers since questioning them at the time is distracting and asking questions later may not produce reliable answers. “Human beings are often poor reporters of their own actions,” the company says.
Microsoft researchers are working on a MIND_READING SYSTEM – hardware and software that can “interface directly with the human brain.” The company’s R&D department has figured out how to use a “low-cost electroencephalograph(EEG)” for “detecting specific forms of brain activity.” Research papers associated with the project say that “knowing the state of the user as well as the tasks they are performing may provide key information that would allow us to design context sensitive systems that adapt themselves to optimally support the state of the user.”The technology might also “know the precise intention of a user who searches for an ambiguous term.” Whether users will want Microsoft reading their brain waves is another matter altogether. Read the full Microsoft mind reading patent application
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