More than 15 million points of interest using the A-GPS and pre-installed Nokia Maps allows users to locate and navigate to interesting sights, bars or restaurants, whether they be in another country or just around the corner. The N82 can also send map excerpts and routes by MMS or save map screen shots to the gallery. All Nokia N82 standard sales packages come with a free voice guided navigation trial. Additional features, such as city guides and longer subscription to the navigation can also be purchased.
Data sharing is facilitated by Wi-Fi connectivity and one-click upload to online communities and multimedia slideshows, complete with music and effects, can be displayed on the unit’s 2.4 inch LCD QVGA (240 x 320) TFT display or through direct connection to a compatible TV via TV-out or wireless LAN/UPnP. Running S60 software on Symbian OS the Nokia N82 comes with the new content driven 3D multimedia menu and includes an orientation sensor that rotates the user interface automatically between horizontal and portrait mode. In terms of entertainment, the Nokia N82 supports the Ovi family of Nokia Internet services, including Nokia Music Store and N-Gage games.
3DConnexion has launched a 3DMice named SpaceNavigator for navigating 3D applications like Google Earth, Autocad etc. This device goes on supplementing the panning controls with Zoom and Rotate, thus making it a great experience with single control.
Personal video players with tiny displays desperately needed a display embedded in eye wear, and Myvu does exactly the same. Mozilla will add mobile devices to the first class/tier-1 platform set for Mozilla2, the next-generation browser technology due in 2008, Mike Schroepfer wrote in the Mozillazine blog. "This means we will make core platform decisions with mobile devices as first-class citizens. We will ship a version of "Mobile Firefox" which can, among other things, run Firefox extensions on mobile devices and allow others to build rich applications via XUL."
While Firefox has had a persistent reputation of being a "fatter" (i.e., more resource-intensive) browser than rivals like Opera, Schroepfer said that mobile hardware is finally catching up with the software. A Mozilla-based browser has already been released for the Nokia N800.
Transcend, a leader in flash memory products, has announced its latest 32GB ExpressCard/34 SSD. The ExpressCard/34 SSD (Solid State Disk) is targeted as mobile storage solution in notebook computers having ExpressCard™ slot with its large capacity and low power consumption. This type of slot is a new standard developed by PCMCIA to carry forward the benefits of plug-in I/O cards to the next generation of personal computing devices.
Digital photography is well accepted now. It has almost replaced the traditional film based photo media with the ease of sharing the photos on internet and low cost of printing.
One more addition to the Chocolate phone series by LG is here. The new entrant is unusually wide 3G slider. It supports some of the applications from the Google pack like Gmail and Google Maps.
General Dynamics has launched a rugged notebook or UMPC named Gobook VR2. It was due since their acquisition of Itronix.
Apples will launch it's much talked iPhone on June 29th at 6 pm.
The 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and 100Mbps Ethernet for connectivity, along with a 0.3-megapixel camera, stereo speakers, microphone making it complete package. A VGA port for hooking up this gadget to projectors for presentation purpose.
The Asus product manager told chinese Engadget that the product is tested for Microsoft XP but will come Linux preinstalled. The product can pack in 32 GB SSD storage eventually. The version for English speaking countries will be available around August 2007.
Samsung has released CDMA version 10.9 millimeter slider, called Samsung SCH-C220/SPH-C2200 /SPH-C2250. Three different numbering schemes for different Korean carriers.
The Pocket Surfer is a thin client which can be used to surf internet as a cell phone accessory. Peoples who need constant access to the web while they're out on the road, will like this device. You need a bluetooth enabled cell phone to connect 'The Pocket Surfer' to the web. Once you are online it is easy to read your mails and surf the internet as if you are working with your desktop Computer. PocketSurfer™ downloads web pages at the speedy rate of 7 - 9 seconds per page, on a VGA resolution, the fastest way to view the web on any cellular network. PocketSurfer™ is the only handheld Internet device in its size category able to render web pages in their original layout, with full graphic functionality. The second version of this groundbreaking device improves upon the original PocketSurfer™ in a number of ways; firstly the form factor has been improved for a thinner, sleeker device that meets the design esthetic of today's modern cell phones and devices, and second, it now has a backlight on the full QWERTY keyboard from the original model. Most importantly the PocketSurfer™ now has a fully-integrated cellular radio-modem to deliver those blistering speeds independently, wherever the user happens to be.
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Samsung electronics has developed a 1.8 inch 64GB flash memory based solid state drive. The product will be launched in second half of year 2007.
Li Ion technology uses active materials with particles that range in size between 5 and 20 microns. These large particles are required to minimize safety risks inherent to first-generation Li Ion chemistries. A123 high power batteries are based on a safe and stable active material that can use particle sizes below 100nm without adverse reaction. This new storage electrode enables much faster kinetics providing higher power than is possible from any other Li Ion chemistry. Furthermore, to take advantage of the power delivered by this new chemistry, A123 has developed novel electrode and cell designs that provide the lowest impedance of any battery of its size, and a new electrolyte system that operates over a much wider temperature range. This new stable cell chemistry is environmentally friendly and inherently safe…
Much like capacitors, ultracapacitors store energy in an electrical field between two closely spaced conductors, or plates. When voltage is applied, an electric charge builds up on each plate.
Ultracapacitors have many advantages over traditional electrochemical batteries. Unlike batteries, "ultracaps" can completely absorb and release a charge at high rates and in a virtually endless cycle with little degradation.
Where they're weak, however, is with energy storage. Compared with lithium-ion batteries, high-end ultracapacitors on the market today store 25 times less energy per pound.
This is why ultracapacitors, with their ability to release quick jolts of electricity and to absorb this energy just as fast, are ideal today as a complement to batteries or fuel cells in electric-drive vehicles. The power burst that ultracaps provide can assist with stop-start acceleration, and the energy is more efficiently recaptured through regenerative braking--an area in which ultracap maker Maxwell Technologies has seen significant results.
LG Prada the touchscreen, multimedia player GSM phone has taken a march over much publicized Apple iPhone. Difference is iPhone is WiFi, and LG Prada is only Bluetooth enabled.
That mean number crunching machine on your desktop will no longer be same when you bring it to your home. The problems faced while setting it in interior aesthetics are gone. Yes, the age of designer PC's have arrived and it's no longer monopoly of Apple Computers. Sony intends to bridge the gap between the PC and TV with its VAIO® TP1 Living Room computer.
