Nokia SU-27W Review: Bluetooth Digital Pen

Posted by newbie Thursday, January 10, 2008 0 comments
Nokia SU-27W
Nokia likely wishes step to various new market opportunities by launching the newest model of digital pen product, SU-27W. The product which looks like with FLY Fusion Pen product is a digital pen, with Bluetooth technology. Its means besides can be connected to PC in wirelessly, anything written or drawn by this pen can be upload to Bluetooth phone. Just like a virtual keyboard.

This pen has 1,3 MB storage capacities, equivalent with 100 pages of paper of A5 size. With slim dimension, that is 15,7 x 2,4 x 2,1 cm, and weight only 37,5 grams.

The saving data technique through a conversion process, where every written message will directly changed to digital text format passed handwriting recognition technology. Hereinafter may directly send to Symbian S60 or S80 phone which compatible.

As power resource, this digital pen uses Lithium Ion battery with 180 mAh capacities. This power can offer standby time until 20 hours, while uses time reach 3 hour.

Nokia SU-27W Review
Specs:
- Model: Digital pen
- Dimension: 15,7x2,4x2,1 cm
- Weight: 37,5 grams
- Memory: 13 MB
- Connectivity: Bluetooth v12 ( SPP, OPP, etc)
- Battery: Lithium Ion 180 mAh
- Writes time: 3 hour
- Standby time: 20 hours
- Price: $240


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Motorola DH01 Review: Mobile TV on Your Hand

Posted by newbie Monday, January 7, 2008 0 comments
Motorola DH01
Cellphone vendors, Motorola, for the first time its entering the mobile TV market. Together with Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, United States, the company launchs DH01. DH01 is a mobile media player that shows live television, on-demand video clips and programming saved on digital video recorders.

Last year Motorola has liven up the competition of TV phone market by launching Moto Z8 as TV and video player phone. But mobile TV player is assumed to has own opportunity.

“Mobile TV is estimated to grow significanly in 2008," said Navin Mehta, Vice President of Mobile TV and Applications Services Motorola, in Las Vegas at last Thursday.

Motorola DH01 not only good for watching live TV, but its also ready to record TV program and watching record result from digital camcorder.

This kind of function has been adopted by some TV vendor, like LG. But, adopts it to mobile TV is become plus value. The reason is the feature can be use everywhere and everytime.

When watching TV time is annoyed by other activity, user can record the broadcast during 5 minute, based on internal memory capacity of DH01. If wishing longer record time, its available the SD/MMC memory card with 256MB capacities, which able to record the broadcast during 90 minutes.

The user can also transfer the video record from digital video player to DH01 and play it in 4,3 inchs and 16.000 colours screen, with speed of 25 fps. The battery is ready to play TV or video during 4 hour nonstop.

The TV player catchs digital telecast passed DVB-H (Digital of Video Broadcasting-Handled) standard. This standard used in a number of Europe country and some other country, except in United States which still using MediaFlo technology made in Qualcomm Inc.

This pocket size TV player might be have uniqueness from other product and expected assist the Motorola position, which left behind by other vendor in phone market. But, market observer says that mobile TV market is not too potential.

A survey by a institute called Canalys mention that many people still be uninterested at mobile TV service because its expensive price and content availibility.

Other mobile TV player, like Nokia, finds other reality. In South Korea, great market for gadget product, most its teenager is prefer to watch television in room, area with minimum mobility.

After launch in Las Vegas, Motorola will launch DH01 to regular market directly or through TV station and DVB-H service provider. But the company didn’t say the TV station and how much the price of DH01 would sell.

Motorola DH01 Review
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Lenovo IdeaPad Y710, Y510, and U110 Review: Lenovo in Style

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IdeaPad Y710-Y510-U110
When take over the International Business Machines (IBM) Corp. at 2004, Lenovo Group Inc. didn’t have any breakthrough inovation. They take over IBM product, including its laptop brand: ThinkPad. But, in Consumer Electronics Show 2008 in Las Vegas, United States, the Chinese company launchs their new laptop name: IdeaPad.

Differs from ThinkPad, which addressed for business user, IdeaPad is an entertainment laptop. Lenovo targets the IdeaPad to the gamer and home consumer. Lenovo is launched three models; IdeaPad Y710, Y510, and U110, which each laptop has screen size 17 inchs, 15 inchs, and 11 inchs.

Lenovo is convinced, after personel computer is changes from business machine becomes entertainment device, design and style becomes really importance for customer. That’s why IdeaPad has very interesting design. For Y510 model, its cover is having texture like lawn, while U110 model present in aluminium cover with metallic red color.

All model use Intel dual core chipset. The difference, Y710 is include the first laptop which using Intel Penryn Core 2 Duo T9300 (2,5 GHZ), while Y510 applies Intel Merom (Core 2 Duo T5550) chipset. Its available face identification feature for security, 1,3 megapixel camera and five Dolby Home Theater loudspeakers.

"Your Face becomes your password," said Craig Merrigan, Vice President Global Consumer Marketing Lenovo. With VeriFace Face Recognition software, camera will recognize user face for logins, its unnecessary to remember the keyword.

The sound system consisted of four loudspeakers, which placed in two screen sides and the two other above the keyboard. The subwoofer is placed under the chassis. Its also available Lenovo Multimedia Control Center software, which claimed will make easier the user to play film, music, and view the photo.

IdeaPad Y710 is designed for gamer. Its have 2 GB memories, which able to be improved to 4GB and the hard disk having 250GB capacities (5500 rpm). Available also the second hot-swap hard disk with same capacities to save and transfers data and ATI Mobility Radeon HD2600 graphic card. CD/DVD-RW dual-layer can be changed with DVD Blu-ray. The price of IdeaPad Y710 is US$ 1200.

Meanwhile, IdeaPad Y510 is similar with Y710 model. The IdeaPad Y510 goal is to placing desktop PC in home. The price starts from US$ 800. Both models it’s already available in United States market. Meanwhile, U110 model is scheduled to launch in the end of March, so that the price and detail specification not yet release by Lenovo.

By giving style at its laptop, Lenovo hopes can maintain the world top three position which be obtained in third quarter of 2007. According To IDC, Lenovo market share in 2007 is 8,2 %, below the Hewlett-Packard (19,6 %) and Dell (15,2 %). Lenovo only exeed 0,1% from the previous third rank, Acer.

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OpenMoko FreeRunner: Open Source Phone is Coming

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FreeRunner
OpenMoko will show off their newest phone which based on open source to public. The phone is called as Neo FreeRunner, and will be on display in Consumer Electronics Association (CES) exhibition, January 7- 10, 2008 in Las Vegas, United States.

FreeRunner is the develop product from FIC Neo1973 (bases on Linux), which has lauched for the developer in July 2007. FIC Neo1973 is a phone with interesting enough design, equipped with touch screen, Global Positioning System (GPS), push e-mail service (look like BlackBerry), calendar synchronization and contact list.

Not far different, FreeRunner is alike Neo1973, but is equipped by 2-D/3-D graphic feature and processor 500-MHz for better performance and audio and video processing.

There will be 2 type of FreeRunner phone: tri-band 850-MHz and tri-band 900-MHz version. Both versions will be integrated with Wi-Fi to access high-speed internet and motion sensor which capable to detect user activity.

FreeRunner also will be collaborated with Jalimo, an open source project led by Germany software development company, Tarent GmbH, to mainstream development of more sophisticated Java application.

OpenMoko itself is a name for development platform of based on Linux mobile software. OpenMoko revolution is from openness which supported. OpenMoko designed to facilitate developer to adding the application above base phone ability.

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Philips AJL308 Review: Multifunction Alarm

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Philips AJL308
Tiny but have lot of function. That is the fast look of Philips AJL308, alarm clock which also functioning as FM radio, MP3, video player and digital photo frame.

Alarm with simple sound which usualy applies to wake you up at the morning will felt odd when placed side by side by this gadget. The reason is, AJL308 enables you to turn on alarm with favourite FM radio broadcast or MP3 song.

But, if you want another sound, there is available nature voice, like bird or waterfall, church bell voice.

In its front part there is 7 inchs screen. In the screen right corner presented digital photo frame. In its side are calendar, time display and alarm clock with fit to look size.

Philips AJL308 has been equipped with song collection in its memory. But, if you wish to add more, there is available USB slot so the song transfer process can be done directly from desktop computer or laptop.

In its body is also available addition memory card slot (SD/MMC). So copies photo to Philips AJL308 is so easy, like push button with finger. You can look around the photo collection one by one or in slide show and seen the video clip together with listening radio broadcast or music from MP3 song collection.

Built-in FM Radio at Philips AJL308 contains 20 presets and double alarm function. Alarm can be tuned with soft alarm modes, which will volume up the alarm (music and radio) gradually. Its small body makes Philips AJL308 not required big place.

Philips AJL308 has been available in Amazon.com with price US$ 130. But, Philips said that this gadget in fact has not been officially sold.

A number of buyers have brought it to house. But, not all is satisfying. One of buyer said that alarm with MP3 in fact less effectively because song exactly makes people get well-sleep.

Moreover, another buyer said that the Philips AJL308 screen resolution is too low so don’t comfortly when seen on close distance. Besides, the screen light is too bright even have been set in soft mode. It’s disturbing to people who likes to sleep in darkness.

Other buyers said that made in Chumby alarm (www.chumby.com) is better that Philips alarm. Entirety of Philips alarm feature offered by Chumby alarm, but in costlier price. Chumby sold at US$ 180.

The difference, you can connect Chumby to Internet through Wi-Fi wireless network. Besides, its have various interface and touch screen.

Philips AJL308 Review
Specs:

- Dimension: 208,5 x 168,5 x 91,2 mm
- Storage media: USB flash drive, Memory Card (SD/MMC)
- Alarm: Dual alarm, nature voice, buzzer alarm
- Radio: FM Antenna, auto-digital tuning, 20 preset
- Audio Player: MP3, WMA
- Video player: DivX, MPEG4
- Loudspeaker type: Bass Reflex Speaker System with diameter 32 mm
- Photo format: JPEG
- Screen: LCD TFT 7-inch with contrast ratio 300: 1 and aspect ratio 16: 9

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