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Breath- Controlled Mobiles

Posted by Amar | Posted in Gadgets | Posted on 07-03-2010

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As per a report released in mid-January 2010, it will soon be possible to answer a call on the mobile phone without touching a button. Such mobile phones, equipped with the revolutionary breath- controlled technology, will soon be available in the market. The breath- controlled technology is called Sensawaft. It has been developed by Zyxio, a US firm. The new technology will be used by as wide a range of gadgets as possible, including in aids for disabled people, as well as in hands-free mobile phones.

Sensawaft  is powered by micro-electromechanical system, tiny chips that can be embedded in other devices, such as a video game or hands-free mobile phone headset. The possibilities of this technology are endless. It even has potential for the military and factory workers, who need to use both their hands continually. Another added functionality would surely be of much for such people.

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Symbian 3 announced

Posted by sesh | Posted in Gadgets | Posted on 23-02-2010

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More news from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona – The Symbian Foundation has today unveiled the Symbian^3 (S^3) platform.

S^3 is the first entirely open source release following the platform’s transition to an open source license earlier this month.Here’s a brief tour of what’s new:

  • * HDMI support enables users to plug their phone into a TV and watch a high-definition movie at 1080p quality without a Blu-ray player.
    * Music store integration embedded within the radio enables users to identify a song and learn more about it. The addition of a “buy now” button, which links with the           user’s chosen music store, makes purchasing easy.
    * More efficient memory management due to Writeable Data Paging allows more applications to run in parallel for a faster, more complete and efficient multi-tasking experience, especially on mid-range hardware.
    * A new 2D and 3D graphics architecture takes full advantage of the hardware acceleration available to deliver a faster and more responsive user interface. Users, developers and device creators will all benefit greatly from the visual enhancements and smooth transitions that will significantly improve the look-and-feel of their applications and services. Combined with industry-standard OpenGL ES, the new architecture also provides a great platform for high performance games – all without slowing the phone down.
    * The industry-leading networking architecture, ready for 4G networks, provides next-generation Internet experiences on today’s devices. Consumers will benefit from the architecture’s ability to seamlessly balance each individual application’s needs regarding factors such as bandwidth, latency and jitter. This improves the consumer’s experience of network-dependent applications and Internet services like VoIP and media content streaming.
    * One-click connectivity for all applications greatly simplifies the process of connecting to the Internet, without interrupting the user. New global settings allow the user to configure platform-wide behaviour, for example ensuring the device automatically switches from cellular to WLAN when a free WLAN network is available.
    * Usability enhancements across the user interface include the adoption of a direct “single tap” interaction model, making it much easier to complete common tasks on a device. Multi-touch support for gestures such as “pinch-to-zoom” forms the basis of a gesture framework that can be extended and leveraged by the developer community.
    * The Homescreen takes a big step forward with support for multiple pages of widgets and a simple flick gesture to move between them. The widget manager makes discovery and download of new widgets simple and support for multiple instances of a native widget means that consumers can monitor multiple weather forecasts, news feeds, social networking accounts or multiple email accounts simultaneously through a common interface.

S^3 is expected to be “feature complete” by the end of Q1.Lee M. Williams, Executive Director of the Symbian Foundation, said: “S^3 is another huge milestone in the evolution of our platform. Now that it is fully open source, the door is open to individual contributors, device creators and third-party developer companies, as well as other organizations, to create more compelling products and services than ever before. We have enjoyed significant momentum since we completed S^2, with companies including Sun, Nokia, Ixonos, Comarch and Accenture, among others, contributing to S^3. We are now looking to build on this momentum and remain on course to complete S^4 later this year.

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Microsoft’s own Windows Phone 7 device will be made by Asus!!

Posted by dlcsboop | Posted in Gadgets | Posted on 22-02-2010

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Windows Mobile is reborn. We all met the new Windows Phone 7 and by the end of the year we’ll meet the first smartphones based on it. Reportedly, Microsoft will launch their own phone in early 2011 as well. And it will be made by Asus.

With the Windows Phone 7 Microsoft didn’t start a new chapter in WinMo’s history. They started it over. We’ll see if it’s for the better or for worse.

According to the Northeast Securities analyst Ashok Kumar, there is more to see from the company. A Microsoft branded mobile phone. Currently, it’s in the works and is expected to be ready for its premiere sometime at the beginning of the next year.

Microsoft’s own Windows Phone 7 smartphone will be a touchscreen-equipped bar made by Asus. None of the companies have neither confirmed nor denied that so far.

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Samsung’s New Touch Screen Dual Sim Phone

Posted by admin | Posted in Gadgets | Posted on 20-02-2010

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Samsung recently launched a mobile phone B5722 dual-SIM capable mobile phone in India that features a large 2.8-inch QVGA full touchscreen display retails at the price of Rs. 11,680/-

It’ s a dual sim phone (GSM +GSM) based on Quad Band GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz and features large 2.8-inch 240 x 320 pixels, 256K colors capable QVGA TFT Capacitive touchscreen with Samsung’s Touch Wiz Lite v1.0 user interface. The phone comes with 30-MB internal memory with added support for upto 8-GB micro SD expandable memory card. It also has 3.15 megapixel camera with built-in LED flash and 4X digital zoom offering 2048 x 1536 pixels resolution, Video recording capability with QVGA @ 15 fps, GPRS class 10, EDGE Class 10 connectivity, Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, and hi-speed micro USB port.

The phone also offers Stereo FM radio with RDS and live FM recording feature, MP3 media player that supports MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ audio file formats, video player that supports MP4/H.263/H.264 3GP video file formats and is equipped with JAVA MIDP 2.0, WAP 2.0 and full HTML browser. Users can tune into FM radio for audio entertainment or play music using built-in MP3 media player and can continue to listen to the background music even as they access various phone applications. It also provides the one touch access to popular social networking sites including Twitter, Facebook etc through 6 SNS widgets on the home screen and help the users to upload links and photos from social networks. It also allows instant messaging services (IM) through built-in Palringo Messenger application that helps users to connect to Google Talk, AIM, and ICQ services and supports exchange of text messages through Bluetooth Messenger.

Equipped with 1200 mAh standard Li-ion battery that provides upto 4 hrs and 30 minutes talk time and upto 400 hrs of standby time, the Samsung B5722 phone also provides 3D sound output via DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine) technology.

But one of main thing is some of the main features like Wi-Fi and 3G is missing, however we hope that this model will bring great a revolution in Mobile Market. Often Samsung is already a great competitor for Sony Ericsson and Nokia in India.

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