Cell Phones
Samsung SGH-i450, SGH-F330 и SGH-F210 – three new music phone
Aded by: Andy, at 14.10.07.
The company introduced a new line of Samsung phones, music smartphone SGH-i450, sliders and rotary SGH-F330 SGH-F210 sliders for the first time have shown a few months ago. They all supported audio MP3, AAC, AAC +, e-AAC +, WMA and WMDRM and focus on the European market. The most impressive of the three can be called a model Samsung i450 (in photo), running on Symbian S60 3rd Edition, with a touch navigation wheel for the convenience of music management. The smartphone has a 2,4-inch LCD display, 2 Mp main and additional VGA camera supports HSDPA, Bluetooth 2.0 (A2DP), USB 2.0. But nominate faces hidden column (steering ICEpower B & O), as the smartphone becomes a great musical with music phone interface, 35 MB of internal memory and micro SD slot for up to 4 GB, FM radio and 3,5 mm jack for headphones. The price of 360 euros i450, and he will appear for sale in Europe in November this year. On the other phones, read on.
SGH-F330 Samsung is the thin slider (13,5 mm thick) with additional musical keys and support HSDPA. The complete list of possibilities is:
2 Mp CMOS main chamber, the additional VGA camera;
2,1-inch QVGA TFT LCD display (262K colors);
- 24 MB of memory built + microSD- slot;
- Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0;
- Support formats MP3, AAC, AAC +, eAAC +, WMA;
- web-browser;
music is an advanced interface, "a music library, music recognition feature;
size: 103 x 48 x 13,5 mm.
F330 already appeared for sale in Germany and later it will begin selling in the rest of Europe at a cost of 260 euros.
The model Samsung SGH-F210 Rotary slider with a 1 GB flash memory and built-promising 20 hours of work in the mode of listening music. All his opportunities are as follows: - trehstandartny GPRS / EDGE (900/1800/1900); 2 Mp camera; 1,46-inch 128 x 220 TFT display (262K colors); - "music library", the function of music recognition; - FM radio with RDS; - Bluetooth 2.0 / USB 2.0 / MTP / WMDRM; - multitasking, the regime to work in airplanes; GB - 1 + microSD- embedded memory slot; size: 31 x 87,8 x 20,5 mm. SGH-F210 Samsung will be launched for sale in Germany in mid-October, a little later in the rest of Europe, at a price of 280 euros.
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Bang & Olufsen / Samsung Serenata
Aded by: Mark, at 03.10.07.
Bang & Olufsen and Samsung officially announced their new music phone Serenata. This 3G GSM phone has a 240 x 240 touch screen, Bluetooth, USB 2.0, as well as special stand both as a charger. As for his musical "data", the phone has a built in music player, reproducing AC formats, MP3 and WMA, 4 GB flash memory for your collection of songs built columns and touch wheel navigation. As far as design is still somewhat uncustomary similar form factor (shown below, wheel-top management), but this is the case of taste and habit. Cost Serenata has not been released, but without doubt this will not phone from cheap.
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Nice Palm Centro Leaked Photo
Aded by: Eliz, at 27.08.07.
a new leaked photo of Palm Centro and according to David Ciccone it looks pretty real and official. Sprint will be the first provider to launch this phone with price tag of $99. The Palm Centro features EVDO Rev A according to the tipster.
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Samsung Helio Fin Review
Aded by: Wasup, at 19.08.07.
The Fin clamshell is Helio's best looking piece of hardware, bar none. (And pun intended.) Samsung's Ultra designers made sure of that, giving the phone an 11.4mm thick profile, OLED external screen, and sturdy magnesium shell, making it almost as thin as an iPhone, but not quite as slim as a candybar like the Sony Ericsson W880i. The software is Helio's latest as well.
The Fin's OS is the same as the older sliders, but it's tweaked to near Ocean standards. It has the generous email/IM client. The camera can upload via HelioUp to Flickr and Youtube with geotags. And it has access to the amazing Garmin turn-by-turn GPS application that organizes local searches by distance from you and your handset, and the voice nav even reads street names. The only thing missing, compared to the Ocean, Helio's Hiptop Killer? is Exchange support, which is coming soon. And obviously, the QWERTY.
Which brings me to the keypad. Like the Ocean (despite it being made by Pantec, this by Samsung) it has a vague, spongy feel. This was confirmed by those of us on staff not using iPhones the rest of the time. The keys don't click, and with the flat, keyless face, it's hard to tell where your finger is on the keypad without using the two little nubs as reference, or looking. Thankfully, the keys are big, and I'm sure with enough time, one could get used to this sort of layout. There is a play/pause button and a camera button hardcoded above the dialpad.
Like the Ocean, Bluetooth is still crippled, as the send photo feature doesn't work for me when testing it with a Mac or PC. It'll work with headsets and stereo headsets for audiostreaming, too.
There is no way to get images off the device except by saving to memory card, or sending them to Flickr. I'll test their desktop software in a bit and update this post. (Justin from Helio tells me it has contact and image sync, and the software is Samsung's.)
The camera itself takes shots at over 2000 pixels wide, at 3MP, and in good light, the color is great, the image sharp, but the grain is overwhelming.
Helio's Hot service is great, and its launch was timed with the launch of the Fin. The other handsets, except the Ocean, can make use of this free RSS reader that can accept up to 10 feeds at once, and display them across your phone's idle page. Very useful. Check out the screenshots in our gallery to see what it looks like, but basically, it's a headline, and image. It auto-checks every 15 minutes, or can be refreshed manually. I love anything that makes use of the phone's main display while it's passive.
The Fin can use Garmin's amazing mobile software. It mimes the clean UI of the touchscreen full-sized GPS devices, utilizing the internet and the phone's location awareness to do a pretty freaking good job of GPS on a phone. You can search for nearby stores, banks, airports, whatever, and sort by proximity to your current location. That's cool, and even cooler, the list of points of interest seems to poll from the internet, meaning that the list will always be pretty up to date. Then there's this turn-by-turn service, which is amazing because it has voice prompts that read street names. Many full standalone GPS devices don't even have this, but if you're going to keep your eyes on the road, voice commands with street names are critical. Lovely.
The speakers on this device are incredibly loud for such a slim device. The speakers, stereo, are on the bottom of the handset. Used with Helio's over-the-wire music service, which has a LOT of songs, I'm happy with the music prowess of this phone, even more so than other Helio handsets. The headphone/mic set uses the Samsung data port and not a standard minijack, but you can, as I've said above, use bluetooth headsets and stereo earphones instead. Good stuff. Except that this phone only has 100MB of storage, and doesn't come with a microSD card. For $175, ok. But maybe this should have been $199 with a 1 or 2GB card. Tough call.
Lo! It charges by USB! (Ocean does, but slowly.) Yay! But jacking in by USB doesn't provide any mass storage capability other than a lousy 16MB of storage firewalled from the phone's images and music. Boo!
The screen is nice, 320 by 240, but there's a great little OLED screen on the outside. Two color, I believe. It shows track names, when music is playing, but mostly message alerts, signal strength, battery, and the time.
I like this phone far more than the Drift or Heat. The Ocean is much fatter, but with the QWERTY and widescreen modes, it is far better at taking advantage of the beefy features like YouTube and IM. I'll call this the only non-Ocean Helio you should consider, but the Ocean remains my primary choice. Unless I'm wearing tight jeans. What else do you want to know?
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Renovatio Motorbike Makes Me Drool as Much as a Wraith or Hellcat
Aded by: eBusiness, at 19.08.07.
The Renovatio is yet another amazing bike/art masterpiece/mechanical wonder from the engineering wizards at Confederate. Like their Wraiths and Hellcats, this handmade steel, aluminum, titanium and carbon beast looks straight from a Katsuhiro Otomo movie —but even more badass and with a heart to match: a V-twin 1686cc water-cooled engine at a 90? angle. Can't believe it will be real one day? Then check the video of their other bikes and the Renovatio's stunning specs after the jump.
Dimensions: Weight: 340lbs.; Wheelbase 60"; Seat Height 30"; 27 degree rake.
Engine: 103 cubic inch Confederate Water cooled 90 degree utilitarian modular platform 150 HP normally aspirated - 190 HP optional supercharger
Transmission: Confederate design; six speed, close ratio.
Primary: Internal gear driven
Front End: Girder-type aircraft aluminum and titanium multi-link with shock centered on steering axis; Carbon fiber struts.
Swingarm: Single sided aluminum cast piece.
Suspension: Rear-Penske coil over shock with remote reservoir multi adjustable; Front-Penske coil in shock, multi adjustable.
Lighting: Forward LED headlight and blinker system; integrated into girder.
Fuel Cell: Confederate design, one piece composite fiber cell; Fuel Capacity 4.5 gallons with integrated air box.
Gauge: Single integrated tachometer and speedometer.
Wheels: Blackstone structural carbon fiber.
Identification: Engine & Neck contain ID numbers
Preliminary Engine Specifications:
Type: V-twin
Displacement: 1686 cc (103 cu. in.)
V-angle: 90 degrees
Compression ratio: 11.0:1
Valve configuration: Over head valves, 2 per cylinder
Valve lifters: Hydraulic roller
Bore x stroke: 108 x 92mm (4.252 x 3.622 in.)
Fuel system: Sequential fuel injection
Fuel Type: Premium unleaded
Horsepower: 135 hp (SAE Certified)
Torque: 125 lbs-ft (SAE Certified)
Fuel shut off: 7800 rpm
Block: 356-T6 Sand cast aluminum
Cylinder bores: Liner-less Nicom coated parent aluminum
Cylinder head: 356-T6 Sand cast aluminum
Intake manifold: Carbon runner, dual throttle body
Exhaust manifold: 321 Stainless steel headers
Crankshaft: Billet 4340 steel
Camshaft: Billet 8620 VAR steel
Connecting rods: Forged Powder Metal Titanium
Pistons: Forged 4032 Aluminum
Valves: Forged titanium
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