Archives for March 2006
HP updates new iPaq launch dates
Reuben Lee | Mar 30, 2006
Here's some good news for iPaq fans amidst word of the hx4700's impending exit from the Asia-Pac markets. HP has dates to its other handheld launches, with the GPS-enabled iPaq hw6900 series expected to launch in the region around the May time frame, and the rw6800 Multimedia Messenger scheduled for release in mid-May. HP has also given an indicative price for the hw6900 of US$690 (without GPS map solutions). The retail price of the rw6800 has yet to be confirmed.
Both PDA-phones were showcased earlier this year at HP's Magical Mobility Launch in Hong Kong. The rw6800 is marketed as a handheld with strong multimedia features such as dual stereo speakers, integrated FM radio, a 2-megapixel camera and Philips LifeVibes Sound Ex for high-quality audio. It succeeds the GPS-equipped hw6515, and comes with much-awaited onboard Wi-Fi.
Go on, update your firmware
Damian Koh | Mar 30, 2006
Canon has issued firmware updates for three of its popular digital SLRs: The EOS 30D, the EOS 5D and the EOS 1D Mark II N. Click here to the download page.
Xcute Wi5-80
Juniper Foo | Mar 30, 2006
Here's another Xcute phone that tries to push the envelope. On paper, that is, since there wasn't a working prototype at its booth to paw at. If it delivers, which is five months later, the Wi5-80 will do duty double as a VoIP/GSM dual mode phone. Design-wise, it's a sleek, minimalist black number with a twist, literally, much like the Nokia 3250. According to the specs, you can expect a 6-megapixel camera with flash, support for AVI, SF, MOV, Bluetooth, TV-out and a T-flash slot. Nice!
See the prototype rendition here
Price: N.A.
Availability: Due in five months' time in selected Asian cities
Device: VOIP/camera-phone
Basic specs: 16.7 million colors, 24-bit LTPS TFT screen, triband, 114 x 47 x 18mm, 110g, Java, slideshow
Xcute S50 6-megapixel camera-phone
Juniper Foo | Mar 29, 2006
We thought we'd seen it all with Samsung's 10-megapixel camera-phone. So we were pleasantly surprised to find Taiwan company Xcute stepping to the fore with its 8-megapixel DV50. But what really caught our eye was its pancake-flat 6-megapixel S50. It may not have a 3x optical zoom like the SCH-B600, but that lets it show off an impossibly svelte 9mm girth. Despite the anorexic figure, this 100g handset piles it on with onboard flash, triband, TV-out, 16.7 million colors, support for AVI, ASF and MOV, and T-flash expandability.
See S50 images at CeBIT: Side | angle | front
Price: N.A.
Availability: Due in five months' time
Device: Camera-phone
Basic specs: 50 x 105 x 9mm, 100g, display size of 640 x 240 pixels, Java, WAP 2.0, slide show, games
Sony slips one under the radar
Edvarcl Heng | Mar 28, 2006
Sony is still keeping mum. But from what little details we would garner from the Internet, the NW-E series seems to have adopted the same translucent design used in the NW-A series. Judging from the picture and the memory capacities (up to 2GB), we are guessing it will have at least the same or smaller form factor of the NW-A600.
Though we were initially hazarding that this MP3 player would be replacing the NW-A600, the fact that it sports a USB jack and a different series name suggest that it might not. One thing of note is that blog site AtracLife mentioned the NW-E series will be shipping with the older Sonicstage 3.4 instead of the Connect Player software which has been accused of sluggish performance.
Sony Asia was unable to comment on the availability of the NW-E series at press time.
More info here
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