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Nokia E71x The Nokia Open Source Phone
Posted by: admin in Gadget, Mobile Phones on April 10th, 2009
Another little smartphone that created quite a bit of interest was the AT&T exclusive Nokia E71x. Much like the original Nokia E71, the E71x is a very thin device weighing just under 4.5 ounces and comes with a 320 x 240 QVGA display, full QWERTY keyboard, 8 GB storage, high-speed 3G connectivity, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and a 3.2-megapixel camera. Mark Louison, President, Nokia Inc. said, “The E71x is a lean, mean multimedia machine for busy people who want Internet-on-the-go capabilities in the palm of their hands.”
This skinny Nokia comes with an upgraded Symbian S60 with Feature Pack 2 (which features a handy “Show open apps” option throughout all apps) as well as some AT&T services such as AT&T Music, AT&T Mail, and AT&T Navigator. It even has support for QuickOffice. The best feature is probably the new lower price of 100 USD after mail-in rebate. The Nokia AT&T E71x should become available within the next few weeks.
While the Symbian isn’t open source yet, that is due to change in the first half of this year.
Asus Eee Top ET1602 Touch Screen Computer
Asus has done it again, another cool (not so original) innovation. The Asus Eee Top ET1602 Touch Screen Computer.
Asustek (Asus) is the company behind the smallest laptop of them all, that started them all, started the trend – Asus Eee PC.
Asus Eee Top Touchscreen Computer is an all-in-one device. It has 15.6” Touchscreen which is built around Intel’s 1.6GHZ Atom N270 Processor. Some other features of Asus Eee Top ET1602 is an integrated webcam, built-in wi-fi, 4W speakers with SRS Premium Sound enhancement and a flash memory card reader. It can be mounted on the wall or you can just place on top of your desk. It is easy to bring anywhere you want inside your home. You can even place this in your kitchen to look for recipes while cooking. You can have this in your bedroom to watch movies. Kids and kids at heart will also love this. It is available in Black and White Colors.
The highly-anticipated Asus Eee Top ET1602 has been launched in the Indian market.
Based on Windows XP Home with Express Gate, the all-in-one touchscreen PC features full functionality of a regular desktop PC. It sports a 15.6-inch 16:10 five-wired resistive wide panel with Splendid Video Intelligence Technology for vivid and clear display.
The easy-to-setup computing device comes with SoftStylus that enables users to type text on the screen without any physical keyboard as it supports handwriting recognition function.
“Once again, ASUS’ Eee family has come out with a very revolutionary product-Eee Top, a desktop PC with touch screen technology. Eee Top is an exclusive product and is targeted at children and elders who are yet to be introduced to computing devices. With its unique touch screen technology, Eee Top provides a comfortable platform for computing to the new age family.” commented Vinay Shetty, Country Head, Components Business, ASUS (India).
Weighing 4.3 kg, it also incorporates an exclusive Easy Mode within Windows, Intel Atom N270 processor, 945GSE + ICH7 chipset, DDRII 1 GB memory and 160 GB SATAII hard drive.
Entertainment wise, the Asus Eee Top ET1602 lets users listen to music over an integrated Hi-Fi speaker x 2 and SRS Premium Sound System. It is also compatible with Eee Cinema – a full-featured multimedia center – to browse, select and access photos, videos, music and movies.
Besides, the touchscreen computer also comes embedded with USB 2.0 ports, card reader support and various I/O ports.
Coming to the price, the Asus Eee Top ET1602 all-in-one touchscreen PC is available in India for Rs. 44,000 with a two years warranty.
Google Android OS for HTC Phones
Posted by: admin in Gadget, Google, Mobile Phones on February 22nd, 2009
It’s the second Google Android phone for HTC! So, that’s New Zealand HTC will be releasing G2 Android Phone, which also known officially as HTC Magic.
The major difference of the second one from the first is the keyboard part. G2/Magic now has no keyboard.
Here’s HTC Magic’s specs:
3.2 inches, 320×480 pixels
Qualcomm MSM7201A 528 Mhz processor
192 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
up to 16GB via microSD
3G/HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g
Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
Handwriting recognition
3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, autofocus camera
built-in GPS receiver
digital compass
Woah! Digital compass! 
First Solar-Powered Mobile Phone From Samsung
Posted by: admin in Gadget, Mobile Phones on February 18th, 2009
The first ever solar-powered mobile phone was presented this week from Samsung. The mobile phone, code named “Blue Earth” is the most earth-friendly mobile phone available in the market today! It is so friendly that even the plastic casing of the phone was taken from recycled materials.