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Archive for October, 2008



MOTOROLA AURA : Luxury Cellphone for Women with Colourful Circular Display

Tuesday 21 October 2008 @ 11:46 pm


Probably there is a trend regarding fashionable cell phones for women.Sony Erricson introduced bluetooth watch for women, partnership with Fossil. Today Motorola gets attention by launching the AURA, with tag line “The Return of Artistry”.AURA was inspired by the beauty of luxury watches.  Motorola boasts its world’s first 16-million colors, circular display with 300 dpi resolution in the mobile phone industry
Created from the world’s best material such as 62 carat lens sapphire crystal, stainless steel,swiss-made main bearing,tungsten carbide coated gears. For finishing AURA is the same used when making luxury watches.
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Panasonic Lumix G1 has price tag in US

Tuesday 21 October 2008 @ 3:38 pm

Panasonic finally announced pricing for Lumix DMC-G1, the world’s first micro four thirds system camera.The LUMIX DMC-G1 – available in mid-November for a suggested retail price of $799.95, which includes the LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm/F3.5-5.6 ASPH/MEGA O.I.S. kit lens.
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Nokia E90 firmware updated to V300.34.84 – watch out

Tuesday 21 October 2008 @ 12:07 pm


Nokia E90 has announced its firmware update from v210 to v300.34.84 . This firmware has reported could break compability with BlackBerry Connect, which means that you will no longer be able to use Nokia’s BlackBerry Connect application on your E90 if you apply this firmware update.But thanks to Nokia, they have released an updated version of BlackBerry Connect that is compatible with this new firmware .Another updates, including:

  • Much faster orientation switching (open/close lid etc)
  • Nokia Maps 2.0 now built-in
  • Download! application updated (v 3.1.736)
  • Cosmetic upgrade to Music player
  • Update for Flash Lite 3 and Flash video
  • Wi-Fi improvements
  • New baseline for VoIP
  • Realplayer supports FLV format (i.e FLV files can be played directly like MP4)

Via jkOnTheRun , Symbian-Guru

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Motorola introduced its first WiMAX USB adaptor

Monday 20 October 2008 @ 9:37 pm

Motorola has wi4 WiMAX project that committed to support WiMAX development around the world. Yet they started to announced their progress by announced it first WiMAX USB adaptor for laptops.Motorola WiMAX USBw 100 adaptor lets end-users connect to mobile WiMAX broadband on their laptops using the convenient USB format. This compact device easily plugs into any USB port to deliver flexible, high-speed connectivity for mobile or nomadic wireless broadband access. Now end-users are no longer limited to cable or DSL for high speed broadband connectivity. They can experience the same easy, reliable access to broadband speeds on the go – indoors and outdoors, at home or in the office. The USBw 100 adaptor offers best in-class radio performance in a convenient form factor. Compatible with Windows XP(SP2/SP3) and Vista, this adaptor provides notebook computer users with the low power consumption and high sensitivity they demand.This thumb-drive-sized device is available in three versions to connect to WiMAX networks in each of the three bands approved for use around the world – 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz and 3.5 GHz

Via Geek , Motorola

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ZTE’s TU25 achieves XOHM certification for WiMAX modem

Monday 20 October 2008 @ 8:51 pm


The TU25 is the first USB Modem that certified for use with XOHM’s Mobile WiMAX service,the company’s next-generation broadband service now commercially available in Baltimore and planned Chicago, Washington DC for next town. ZTE’s TU25 USB Modem provides XOHM’s subscribers with reliable, high speed broadband wireless connection for laptops and desktop computers with a USB port.”With our newly achieved certification, consumers and enterprises everywhere are one step closer to realizing the promise
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LG’s new Scarlet LG80 LCD TV with built-in 3.1 channel sound system

Monday 20 October 2008 @ 2:28 pm


LG launched its LG80 new scarlet LCD TV series.This TV, part of LG’s continuing Scarlet series along with the LG60 and LG70, has carefully tuned speakers that automatically slide out of the side when it is turned on. At the heart of the LG80’s sound system lies a 3.1-channel virtual surround sound system, fully incorporated into the TV itself. This represents a major step forward in built-in TV sound. LG took this system a step further, giving it 50 watts of output, compared to 20 watts for most TVs.
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Apricot PicoBook Pro debut Netbook with WiMAX-enabled option

Monday 20 October 2008 @ 12:30 pm


WiMAX getting popular day by day.So many laptop manufacturers launched its laptops WiMAX-enabled which were Toshiba , Acer , Asus and Lenovo . How about Netbook? Congratulations to Apricot, we meet PicoBook Pro. As far as I know, it’s first netbook with WiMAX enabled option.Powered VIA® C7-M™ Ultra Low Voltage 1.2 GHz with 1GB DDR2 RAM. HArddisk space 60GB HDD. High Performance 3D Graphics: VIA Chrome9™ HC3. The Screen is 8.9″ Wide Screen WSVGA (1024×600) Display,1.3 Mega-pixel Integrated Webcam, Built-in 4 in 1 Card-reader, Wireless LAN 802.11abg, Bluetooth. Optional WiMAX, You can choose operating system Windows XP Home Edition or Linux Novell SUSE. The Linux version of Apricot PicoBook Pro is priced at $482, and an additional $84 will get you a Windows XP machine.

Via Apricot , PCLaunches

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Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition gives you $50 direct discount

Friday 17 October 2008 @ 12:33 am


The Nokia N810 Internet Tablet WiMAX Edition started jump to market on early April ‘08. The Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition Internet Tablet is now listed at the Nokia USA Shop as in stock and shipping for $443 after an automatically applied $50 discount. Now you can get lowest price $404.99 at Buy .Probably this is an anticipation of Sprint’s XOHM WiMAX network, which was just launched in Baltimore, will be rolled out to DC and Chicago next.
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HTC T8290,the first WiMAX HTC device

Thursday 16 October 2008 @ 12:27 am

The HTC T8290 is said to be a GSM + WiMax device, it has a 3.8-inch display screen with an impressive 800 x 480 WVGA resolution, built in WiFi and Bluetooth.This device will be released by Russian WiMAX operator Yota first, and then will probably hit the North American market, but the actual release date is still unclear. Specification :

  • Processor: QUALCOMM(R) ESM7206A @ 528MHz
  • Cellular networks: GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS900, UMTS2100
  • Cellular Data connections: CSD, GPRS, EDGE, 3G/UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA
  • TouchScreen: WVGA 480 x 800 TFT 3.8 ” (65536 scales) MDDI Samsung S3CA460
  • ROM: 512MB
  • RAM: 256MB or 128MB
  • Mobile WiMAX: 802.16e (chipset Sequans SQN1130)
  • Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g with VoWLAN capabilities (VoIP enabled)
  • microSD, microSDHC, TransFlash and SDIO support
  • Built-in GPS
  • Built-in accelerometer (GSensor)
  • TV-Out
  • 5 Megapixel Camera
  • IrDA

Via Nedge2k sim-unlocker

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Lenovo announced its first WiMAX-enabled laptops

Tuesday 14 October 2008 @ 9:08 pm


Lenovo announced whole range of WiMAX-enabled laptop. Thinkpad X301, T400, SL300 and SL500.The Thinkpad X301 comes with thin and light for fast moving business professional.If you’re normal business or SOHO then Lenovo provides ThinkPad T400, SL300 and SL500. The cheapest Lenovo laptop that will have embedded WiMax is the recently introduced SL500 ThinkPad, which starts at $720.The WiMax chip will add about $60 to the price of a laptop. Lenovo’s ThinkPad X301, T400, SL300 and SL500 will offer embedded WiMax as an option immediately. Later this year, a WiMax option will be expanded to the ThinkPad W500, W700, SL400, X200 and IdeaPad Y530.

Via Computer World PCLaunches

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