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Altek T8680 - to 12Mp camera for China

Friday, August 7, 2009

Recently announced camera Altek T8680 with exceptional ability - a 12-megapixel camera with three optical zoom. The company-manufacturer calls the device not only as a digital camera with functions of the phone. And the truth, when fully extended lens camera little familiar to us like a phone.

For work with images in the camera with the single processor, which displays the work of the camera in the mobile device at a professional level. Altek T8680 supports communication standards GSM / EDGE (900/1800/1900MHz), but denied the opportunity to work in networks of 3G.

Other features of the phone:

  • ISO: 800 to 3200 units
  • Recognition of individuals and smiles in the frame
  • a lot of shooting modes
  • xenon lights
  • record video with VGA resolution
  • trehdyuymovy WQVGA TFT touch screen
  • Bluetooth with A2DP
  • USB connector
  • TV output
  • PictBridge, DPOF
  • FM-radio
  • accelerometer
  • Dimensions: 113.5 x 52 x 16.6 mm
  • Weight: 135 grams
  • Battery: Lithium-Ion 1020 mAh (4 hours of talktime and up to 350 hours in standby).

The device will be on sale in late August and so far only in the Chinese market at a price of approximately 308 euros.

At the same European market, namely in the UK at the moment, started the sale of another dvenadtsatimegapikselnika - Samsung Pixon12 (M8910). Camera, you can get by signing the 18-month contract with operators Orange and Vodafone to pay 45 euros per month, or slightly reduce the price of the acquisition, through the replacement of their old mobile devices.

A remarkable phone headphones, just the concept?

Company LG Electronics recently awarded the best of the 800 designers - participants of Design The Future, the main objective of which was to show his vision of how should look like mobile phones in the near future.

$ 20 000 for first place has received from Emily Albinski Ueyding River (New York). The winner created a concept phone Hi-Fi, which can turn into a headset.

Telephone module can be plugged directly into any device with a touch screen to the Laptop or notebook. The device can be worn in your pocket or purse, and on hand in the form of the bracelet, which is also very convenient and, moreover, very nice.

Gadget folded form is very compact, but if it deployed - get medium-sized overhead headphones with which to respond to calls or listen to music. Stylish and original, there is no doubt that many would like to have a devays host.

It remains an open question - whether the craftsmen translate from LG Electronics is a miracle device for life. This phone headsets will be happy to not only music, but also ordinary modern people who have a cell phone. After all, the beauty of performance, practicality and sense of «technical style» in concept to the altitude.

Amsam M400i - Communicator of the China-based WM 6.1 for $ 330

Company Amsam (China) announces Monoblock communicator with touch screen Amsam M400i. New product is positioned as a device with an excellent price and specifications. With the same test.

So, the technical characteristics of Amsam M400i following:

  • Network GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
  • OS Windows Mobile 6.1
  • Processor with clock frequency of 324 MHz
  • 3.2-inch touch-sensitive display, a 240h320 points
  • 2-megapixel camera
  • 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
  • Slot card microSD (2 GB card included)
  • Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi, miniUSB
  • GPS-receiver
  • 2.5 mm jack for connecting headphones
  • FM-radio
  • Support for video formats Xvid, 3GP, AVI, MPEG-4 and WMA audio
  • Battery capacity 1500 mAh, up to 8 hours of talk time, 96 hours standby
  • Dimensions 122h66h17 mm
  • Price $ 299.99

The new Pentax Optio E-Series

The company officially announced the Pentax camera Pentax Optio P80. The model is equipped with 12.1-MP matrix and lens with a 4-fold optical zoom. The main feature of the device is improved recognition of individuals and smiles. According to the developers, the camera is able to distinguish up to 32 persons, regardless of the turning head, and the time it takes them to recognize a smile, is only 0.03 seconds. In addition, it can track a moving object, keeping it in focus all the time, and there is a function definition gloss eye that allows you to take pictures of people with open eyes.

Camera Pentax Optio P80 is equipped with a 2.7-inch LCD screen and a new system, the suppression of tremor of hands. The model is capable of recording HD-video with a resolution 1280h720 points and the speed of 30 fps. Maximum sensitivity ISO 6400, which provides clear images of moving objects, and when shooting in poor light conditions.

In the sale of the unit Pentax Optio P80 will come in September this year at a cost of about $ 200.

Just a simple Pentax Optio E80

Together with a camera Pentax Optio P80 was announced and more than a simple 10-MP series model - Optio E80. This device is a budget solution for beginners - The model is equipped with a maximum set of features designed to simplify the picture limit. The main mode of the camera should be the Auto Picture, where it automatically determines all the parameters and selects the appropriate settings.


Camera Pentax Optio E80 has a 10 MP CCD matrix and is able to record HD-video with a resolution of 720r @ 15 fps. The model is equipped with 2.7-inch display, can take pictures with ISO 6400, a large and intuitive screen menus have the opportunity to custom settings.

The official announcement of ecological pure mobile phone Samsung Reclaim

North American mobile operator Sprint today officially announced a new model of mobile phone Samsung Reclaim, which, in his words, is the most functional "green" phone, at a cost of less than $ 50.

This model, as it states the manufacturer and operator, is at 80% of the fully processed material, such as:

  • 40% of the phone shells consist of bioplastika manufactured from conventional maize
  • phone package is for 70% of secondary and Coloring materials used in printing, constructed on the basis of soybean
  • lack of a paper user manual, replaced by an electronic version, which can be downloaded from the site operator
  • charger corresponds to the standard Energy Star, approved by the U.S. Agency for Environment Protection (US Environmental Protection Agency) and the Ministry of Energy (US Department of Energy).

From the technical specifications of Samsung Reclaim, which will go on sale from 16 August, stated the following:

  • form-factor "slider" with a sliding QWERTY keyboard
  • built-in support for GPS navigation
  • 2 MP camera with video recording support
  • support the wireless technology Bluetooth v2.0
  • support for microSD memory cards of up to 32 GB
  • embedded web browser

Pentax Optio WS80 - HD-Video at a depth of 1.5 m.

The company introduced a secure model of Pentax camera series Optio - Pentax Optio WS80. The model is the presence of 10-IP matrix and the ability to capture HD-video. However, it has a shock-resistant waterproof casing, which allows images to a depth of 1.5 meters.

Lens camera has a 5-fold optical magnification and the function of the video in high resolution allows you to record video with a resolution of 720r at a speed of 30 fps. Like all modern cameras Pentax Optio WS80 has a built-in autofocusing, suppress the tremor, as well as an automatic deduction of moving object in focus.

Together with models Optio E80 and P80 secure WS80 will go on sale in early autumn, but its price is $ 250.

Sony Party-shot: a tripod for your digital camera to feature automatic shooting

The company Sony announced an unusual accessory for digital cameras called Party-shot (IPT-DS1). In full accordance with its name, it helps to make shots from the holiday without resorting to the services of a professional photographer or any of the parties. Party-shot - this is a tripod camera Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX1 and DSC-TX1, which, they can at him, not only install, but the camera still, and will automatically produce imagery. Thanks to the support functions of recognizing individuals response to a smile and automatically selecting the optimal image composition, photo will be successful.

The camera can be installed on a tripod, the possibility of rotation and tilt angle necessary. Party-shot works on two AA-type batteries for 11 hours. The cost of such a useful accessory for the camera is $ 150, he will go on sale in September this year.

Motorola W562 (800C) - CDMA "single" for the Chinese market

On the Chinese website of the company Motorola has information about a new mobile phone company Motorola W562 (800C), performed in the classical form fautore designed to operate in CDMA networks, and most likely only for the Chinese (although the Bluetooth SIG website listed all regions, except Africa).

Interestingly in this phone, the fact that the documents are submitted to the Bluetooth SIG website for this model, there is an interesting description of this model, which states that it has neizomerny mechanical design, that the owners of phones would be a big surprise.

Brief technical characteristics of Motorola W562 (800C):

  • Support communications standards: CDMA (China Telecom)
  • Dimensions: 113x49, 4x14, 2 mm
  • Weight: 67,6 gr. / 87 gr. (without battery / with battery)
  • Messaging: MMS, SMS
  • Main display: 2.4-inch, TFT, permission 176h220 points
  • Camera: 2 MP
  • Sound: 72-tone polyphonic, music player
  • Communications: 3.5 mm audio jack, USB, Bluetooth 2.0
  • Battery: 910 mA / h
  • Memory: 64 MB, miniSD memory card
  • Other communications: Notes, Calendar, Alarm clock, Calculator, World Clock, Stopwatch, Currency Converter and values
  • WAP browser
  • Embedded games

Hitachi GST beginning of the first Hard Disk 2 TB at a speed of 7200 rpm

Company Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) announced the start of supply of the world's first hard drive with a 2 TB, and spindle speed 7200 rpm. The new 3.5-inch drive Deskstar 7K2000 represents the fourth generation of the hard drive with a 5-plate design with a rarefied density and perpendicular magnetic recording technology. Reservoir are ultra-low noise level, has a 32 MB cache and SATA interface with a capacity of 3 Gb / sec. Hard Drives Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 will go on sale in Russia in September 2009

In addition to producing Deskstar 7K2000 Hitachi GST updated line of large capacity hard drives. The company introduced a family of drives Deskstar 7K1000.C with spindle rotation speed of 7200 rpm, weighing 500 GB at the plate and a volume of 160 GB to 1TB. As in previous generations of Hitachi hard disk sector size on a plate 7K2000 drives and 7K1000.C is 512 bytes. Winchester equipped with the patented tilting mechanism for loading / unloading a disc to raise the level of anti protect and maintain the technology Thermal Fly-height Control (TFC), which controls the height of drive heads during read / write for improving the reliability of data storage. Series production and global sale of a family of drives Deskstar 7K1000.C will begin in the current quarter.

Media players iRiver E200

We have already written in the news media about the new iRiver E200, when the network into the first rumors about him, but now the device has appeared, and on the official website of the company iRiver. This stylish rectangular player in the thin shell with a slightly convex rear lid. It is equipped with a 2.8-inch display and touch buttons beneath it. The model proposed in versions with 4, 8 and 16 GB of internal memory. It also provides four shell colors: white, black, purple and pink. The player can play a wide range of audio and video formats, as well as various image files. So far, no information on the timing of release of iRiver E200, and its value.


Specifications iRiver E200:
  • Integrated Memory: 4/8/16 GB
  • Slot for memory cards microSD
  • FM-radio
  • Interface USB 2.0
  • Supports SRS HD WOW
  • Display: 2.8-inch QVGA resolution and support for up to 262K colors
  • 3.5-mm audiorazem
  • Audio formats: MP3, WMA, OGG, ASF, FLAC
  • Formats: MPEG4, XVID, RM, RMVB
  • Images: JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF
  • Dimensions: 105h55, 6h10 mm
  • Weight: 94.1 grams

Lenovo IdeaPad S12 has already been available for 13 thousand rubles

Lenovo recently announced the official start of sales netbuka IdeaPad S12 in Russia. IdeaPad S12 - the world's first netbuk developed on the platform NVIDIA ION, which is a good performance. To store photos, music and video files IdeaPad S12 hard drive offers up to 160 GB and RAM is 1 GB. Netbuk comes in two versions: with Intel Atom processor and embedded graphics card or Intel processor Intel Atom with the graphic card NVIDIA ION, whereby a compact and affordable netbuk guarantees FullHD-view content.

Lightweight and ultra netbuk is equipped with 12.1-inch WXGA display and a keyboard that is comparable in size to conventional laptop keyboard. IdeaPad S12 weighs only about 1.4 kg and has a thickness of 2.5 cm, which is a record for 12-inch netbukov. Others, for whom mobility is important, will appreciate the powerful battery Lenovo IdeaPad S12, which provides up to 6 hours of autonomous work. Netbuk equipped with a slot ExpressCard, WiFi module, and supports 3G technology. Lenovo offers customers two-color version netbuka IdeaPad S12: white or black versions.

In addition, the IdeaPad S12 implemented technology Dolby Headphone and Dolby Pro Logic II, which convert stereo 24-bit/96 kHz in spatial sound 5:1 and allowed to enjoy the pure surround sound using any headphones. To view a video through an external monitor to connect to it netbuk via VGA or HDMI outputs.

IdeaPad S12 is available in the Russian market at a price of 12990 rubles.

Sony Ericsson Jalou: the new S60-smartphone with touch screen

Chinese website IT168 published spy photo smartphone Sony Ericsson Jalou. According to the source, this is not code, but a commercial name. Jalou running S60 5th Edition, as well as 12 MT kamerafon Sony Ericsson Satio (Idou). Sony Ericsson Jalou equipped with 3-inch touch screen, the photo is difficult to say whether the smartphone hardware keyboard.

Also, resource IT168 reported on some of the characteristics of the model. Staff working in networks GSM / GPRS / EDGE and UMTS / HSPA, it is equipped with 8-MP camera, wireless adapter Wi-Fi and GPS-receiver. At this point all information about Sony Ericsson Jalou - informal. About when the smartphone will be released as long as nothing is known.