Crave: OK, you heard it here first: the Nokia 330 portable navigation system is headed for the United States. We got a little heads-up from Nokia tonight that it’s going to announce the U.S. availability of the Nokia 330 Auto Navigation unit tomorrow with an expected ship date of April. It’ll come preloaded with Navteq…
Archives for 2007
Last day of CTIA: Nokia launches 5700 and 5070
Can we get more details on this "dedicated audio" chip? Nokia PR: Today, Nokia revealed the Nokia 5700 XpressMusic, an accessible 3G smartphone augmented by a dedicated audio chip for enhanced music performance. The Nokia 5700 XpressMusic features an iconic twist design that easily switches between four modes at the flick of the wrist –…
Want to protect your mobile phone from physical damages? Try these condoms!
According to the Dutch company – Skins Mobile (and I guess not only according to them), your mobile phone is in constant danger from dirt or moisture. And, you should protect your trusty companion. However, Skins Mobile suggest kind a strange solution. Basically, they are offering a new brand of phone condoms to protect the…
Alcatel-Lucent set the new data transfer record: More than 600 DVDs per second!
Alcatel-Lucent announced successful transmission of 25.6 Terabits per second (Tb/s) of optical data over a single fiber strand. That’s enough bandwidth to transmit the data from more 600 DVDs per second! The new world record is set using using 160 Wavelength-Division Multiplexed (WDM) channels, thanks to the combined research teams from the United States and…
Samsung SPH-M8100 smartphone brings both look and features
I like Samsung phones. The Korean company knows how to make a feature phone looking decent. Still, I respect them for making the good-looking smartphones, thus helping to mainstream the whole category. One of their latest devices, SPH-M8100 has both look and features. It is a Windows Mobile 6-powered slider device, that supports CDMA 1x…
Samsung announces world’s smallest 8.4 MP CMOS image sensor
If it’s not TI, it’s Samsung that brings us some neat technology. This time they’ve announced an 8.4 MP CMOS image sensor (CIS) with a 1.4 pixel design. The new chip comes with a high signal to noise ratio (SNR), a key measure of overall image quality.
Sagem’s spring-colored my300C
Again, it’s the French Sagem that brings the new level of style in the world of low-end devices. The clamshell my300C is available in a variety of designs and colors, and aims to win the hearts (and wallets) of the younger crowd. At dimensions of 79.2×43.5×21.7 mm and weight of 80g, the my300C is small…
BenQ Siemens P51 PDA phone launched
BenQ Siemens recently announced the quad-band P51 smartphone. The new device runs Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC Phone Edition, and boasts a large 2.83″ touchscreen, as well as the full QWERTY keyboard. For connectivity there’s a Bluetooth and an integrated WLAN. Plus, there’s an integrated GPS receiver. Now, the strange part. The BenQ Siemens P51…
Nokia 3310 Classic ready for the U.S.
Nokia 3310 Classic has just been approved by the FCC. The new device is the remake of the popular Nokia 3310 handset, and as the version from the late 90s, it doesn’t sport much of the features. There’s a 1.3 MP camera, and the device could be used as a media player. Memory is expandable…
YouTube mobile launches this summer
I think we’ve been waiting this for so long. YouTube is finally set to go fully mobile, meaning that it will be available to all mobile users, not only to the Verizon subscribers. According to the company’s spokeperson, YouTube Mobile for Europe will be launched in May 2007, while the U.S. users will have to…