New Gadget 2011

Samsung has launched music phone which bundle in Ultra series, namely SGH F300 ltra Music, some times ago. This time, Samsung is launch SGH i450, SGH F330, and SGH F210. All phones operate in tri-band network (900/1.800/1.900 megahertzs).

The most interesting variant among the three is SGH i450, which coming up with double sliding model and having platform Symbian S60 third generation software.

When phone body is sliding upward, it will acticated high tech smartphone features with 1,2 inchs LCD screen. Then, if sliding downwards, coming up is SGH i450 features as music phone with 2,4 inchs screen.

In underside there is metallic speaker with B&O ICEpower amplifier. Other entertainment at this gadget is FM Radio.

But, the phone minus point is at the internal memory which only offered 35MB. That small capacities only ready to keep seven to ten songs. Small memory not ought to exist at at music phone. Jusy compares it to W950i, one of Sony Ericsson Walkman phone, which sold with 4GB internal memory.

Storage capacities of SGH i450 of course can be improved with Micro-SD card exernal memory. This card capacity can be improved until 4GB.

Happily, this phone is works in Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) broadband network and supports high-speed data service of High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) to 3,6 Mbps.

The second series is SGH F330. This is the next generation of F300. This phone is having slimmer body compared to the other. Thickness only 13,5 inchs.

Even the bodi is thin; technology planted in the body is also sophisticated like i450. As continuation of F300 series, most all feature inside equal to the predecessor.

But, do not like F300, F330 has adopted HSDPA as i450, with capacities 3,6 Mbps. This phone is also equipped with 2 megapixel camera.

This phone music control is place at front and at the side of its body. Its internal memory is smaller than i450 (24MB). But remain provided Micro-SD card external memory which able to be upgraded until 2GB.

The last series is SGH F210, having swivel design (can be turned around by one axises). The up center of this phone is the axis, so that when turned around, you would see the keypad in phone underside.

Differs from two other serieses, F210 is equipped by 1GB internal memory and Micro-SD card for external memory. This phone body which not equipped with HSDPA features having 31 milimeters width and 21 milimeters thick dimension.

Besides as music player which controlled by navigation wheel, like iPod typical, below its screen, this phone is come with FM Radio feature supported by Radio Data System (RDS). SGH F210, which sold at the price of 280 euro, will be launched in Germany as F330.

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Besides Nokia, the step of Sony Ericsson also will be followed by other vendor, so that premium class cellphone market is becoming more crowded.

This candybar phone is has double face. One side shows its form as a phone. At the opposite, these phone faces just like compact digital camera.

The design is natty and simple, sweetened by stripe and D-pad button, which would having phosphorescent when press in darkness.

The modern design must be redeemed with user confusion when doing navigation. It’s not easy to familiarize when move from D-pad button to touch screen virtual button, then to D-pad again, and so.

It also happen when I typing the short message. Although the key pad buttons providing enough space so than wrong typing wouldn’t happen, its feels not comfort when writes text message with the key pad. Something else which must be paid attention, at this phone is very easy to found hand footstep, oil, or sweat stain.

But, as camera phone, K850i of course provides lot of feature to take a picture. In the side part, it provides shortcut button to activate the camera and shift button to change over from photo camera mode, video, or album viewer.

The phone also has lot of support feature, starts from ISO/ASA setting, resolution choice, various white balance mode, macro mode, panorama, flash light, timer, lens effect, red-eye effect remover, until BestPic feature for best picture choice from moving object. It also can do digital zooming until 16X and equipped by anti- shock.

BestPic feature produce great moving object quality, although there are some big enough interval. This mode differs from burst feature. Whereas burst takes all picture in continuant, best pic only choose one of 9 frame catch.

Anti-shock feature is very useful to stabilize the picture when user does digital zooming. But, the result is still not as good as normal photo result.

As a whole, this camera can present good picture quality with balance colour, soft, and natural. Moreover with available Xenon flash light.

Furthermore, K850i has other plus value, which is 3G HSDPA connection, Photo Fix software (photo editor), various music feature (MP3 player, PlayNow, and Track ID), motion sensor for auto rotation, 40 Mb internal memories, and M2/MicroSD external memory.

Unhappily, this phone not equipped with Wi-Fi connection, so that the Cyber name used by phone is felt less appropriate. This phone is available in the market with two colour choices: luminous green and velvet blue

Sony Ericsson K850i Spec:

-Dimension: 102 x 48 x 17 mm
-Weight: 118 gr
-Network: GSM 850/900/1.800/1.900, UMTS 2100 MHZ
-Data Transfer: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA (3,6 Mbps)

-Screen: TFT 2,2 inchs, 262.000 colours
-Camera: 5 Megapixel, autofocus, Xenon flash, Photo Fix, BestPic, PictBridge, QVGA 30 fps
-Media Format: MP3, AAC, MPEG4
-Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0 (A2DP), USB 2.0
-Memory: Internal memory until 40 MB and memory card slot M2/MicroSD
Other feature: Motion sensor (auto rotate), video call, push e-mail, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, Access NetFront, PlayNow, Java MIDP 2.0, FM Radio

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Almost one year after launch its smartphone product, HTC Touch, Taiwan smartphone and PDA vendor, HTC, returns to launch its touch screen interface device, HTC Touch Dual. This is the one of variant from HTC Touch new series, beside HTC Touch Colour or HTC Touch Cruise.

In a flash, HTC Touch and HTC Touch Dual are seen alike. Although Touch Dual seen bigger and thick, both design almost have no difference. But, after get more close to it, at front part, Touch Dual has small camera in upper starboard. That is the video call camera, which only be owned by 3G phone.

Touch Dual surely is a progressive movement from predeceor version. He has embraced High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) technology; go beyond of HTC Touch, which only can work at GSM EDGE network. With the new technology, this phone can download the data with speed until 3,6 Mbps and upload dat with speed 384 kbps.

But, at the same, this smartphone also cut the predecessor product feature, the ability to work in Wi-Fi network. So, with this phone, user will not get Internet free access through available hotspot. Like HTC Touch, this phone also applies interface software with cubic theme, which called TouchFLO. This interface enables user feels unique experience to in and out various entry menu, applies touch, rub, and pinch your fingger its 2,6 inchs screen.

By rub the screen, user can move screen display aside right, left, upward, or downwards. Meanwhile, with pinch to screen, user can do scrolling swiftly. More less same as touch screen at Apple iPhone.

But, not like iPhone, which has supported multiple touches input (two inputs), Touch Dual only supported one finger touch inputs to screen. Its still cannot enlarge or minimize photo size by two fingers, as do at iPhone. However there is various improvement of TouchFLO interface system.

Not only provides virtual keyboard which its dimension is very small, now Touch Dual provides ordinary virtual key pad and virtual QWERTY keyboard, with the size which is easy accessed by finger. At phonebook list starboard, added marker letter as short cut to contact name as according to alphabet.

Now, if user touchs the status icon residing in top screen, phone will confirm the icons in larger size. So Touch Dual giant finger user still can check battery or changes celuler network setting without using stylus pen.

Change also happened in photo viewer. When presenting photo collection, HTC Touch Dual can place the 2 megapixel photo result side by side and differentiates the photo which being choosen with larger size ones. To see one of photo, user just needs to tap the finger to screen.

When will change over to the next photo, user just needs to wipe the screen to the right or left. Farther, user can also shuffle the photo from landscapep mode to portrait mode, by stroking the screen with rotary direction. With longer rotation, user can do zoom in or zoom out.

Besides finger touch, Touch Dual provides navigation ability through stylus pen and shift keypad button in its underside drawer. But, when keypad is released, phone body becomes lengthy so that less comfort applied to type the message through keypad button residing in underside.

As a whole, with improvement of new TouchFLO software, actually this gadget has made big progress to do touch screen navigation using the finger. Moreover with it fast connection ability through 3,5G cellular service. But, at the time, unhappily the absence of Wi-Fi feature at this gadget.

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This MiniDV class camera body can be said slim with dimension 68 x 118 x 74 milimeters. That why, this camera is nicknamed as baby movie. The body is rather smaller compared to its predecessor, D750.

Besides, as made in JVC High Definition (HD) camera, Everio, GR-D850 design locates gravitation at low-centre point. This camera is easy to grasped and suitable for woman hand or children.

This camera equipped by LCD screen 2,7 inchs with colour 123.000 pixels and its ability to automatically tunes the brightness level. Sensor in its body has recorded various lighting ranges, starts from standard lighting until really bright lighting.

Lighting level of its object (illumination) minimum is 12 lux. But, user is able to record with only 1 lux. So, records a dog is being falling asleep at that light condition wouldn’t make fear or surprises the dog.

At the time of excess light condition at outside room, for example below the sunshine, this camera control will work lessens the back light so the LCD screen able to be seen.

This camera also contains widescreen format 16:9. Suitable as widescreen viewer with realistic and higher level picture quality. Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) at this camera contains grid colour to 680.000 pixels so that record result would be more colorful.

JVC GD-D850 is also equipped with lens 35 milimeters, equivalent with focus length 41 which reach 1.435 mm. This camera lens can do zoom to 35x, bigger if compared to other JVC digital camcorder.

With big zooms ability, small objects which not seen at normal recording mode can be seen clearly. Besides, lack of room and place when watching certain moment, for example sports, can be overcome easily.

For newbie, this camera can be said friendliness because the recording function and takes a picture easy to be accessed. On the other side, there is also Auto mode which can record important moment without need to worry geting away from monitoring.

The battery labeled BN-VF808 with record ability nonstop 2 hour.

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That is the capability planted by Toyota Motor Corp. at its newest product, namely violinist robot.

The robot form looks alike humanoid robots made in Toyota before. Having white colour with height around 1,5 meter and has two feets. It can run with speeds until 4 km/hours. The movement is also almost alike human.

Besides, the robot fingers have 17 hinges which able to be applied like human finger. Including, depress string at violin fingerboard. The robot also has harmonization ability between left with right arms. So, the robot can stringed violin to play certain songs.

The fingers also very sensitive and can do complicated movements. Like, depress violin strings high-speedly. The robot even can give vibrato effect (vibrant, Red) when its left hand depressing violin string.

At 2005, Toyota also have introduced similar skilled robot. All has sense of music. The robot consisted of two variants. One robot is move with foot, and one another move with wheel. Its size is smaller than “violinist”. Robot by foot has height 120 cm, and the robot by wheel has height 100 cm.

Music instrument played by the two robots is different. The new generation robot is playing violin. While two predecessor robots is play trumpet.

The robot has the ability because has artificial “lip”. The lip can make a move and blows air. Like whats done by human lip. He can coordinated lip blow with hand movement. The robot movement is not only blow. The robot can play some songs with trumpet, like the one is done by human.

The robots not only stand as music player. They also designed as man assistant robot. Of course, its agility and movement precision is extraordinary accurate.

“We wish to make robot which good for man in everyday life,” said Katsuaki Watanabe, CEO of Toyota Motor Corp. Forwards, company that is also one of the biggest car producer plans to add intelligent ability. So, the robot can be functioned as street guide or a tour guide.

For a while, the robots have not ready on market. But, Toyota plans to apply it in hospital and some its sub companies starting next year.

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