Posted on 2008 under Digital News, GPS Devices, Smart phone |
10
Jun
It’s been a long, leak-filled wait, but Apple finally took the wraps off its 3G iPhone. Thinner edges, full plastic back, flush headphone jack, and the iPhone 2.0 firmware — Apple’s taking a lot of the criticisms to heart from the first time around. Obviously 3G is at the forefront, but they’re also making sure it’s available all over internationally, works with enterprises, runs 3rd party apps… and does it all for cheaper. Apple claims its 3G speeds trounce the competition, with pageloads 36% faster than the N95 and Treo 750 — and of course it completely trounces the old EDGE data speeds.
Battery life isn’t getting put out to pasture though, with 300 hours of standby, 8-10 hours of 2G talk, 5 hours of 3G talk, 7 hours of video and 24 hours of audio. GPS is also a go. Apple is using A-GPS, which supplements Read more… »
Elektrobit is bringing satellite phones to the masses with its new Satellite/Terrestrial Reference PDA Phone. Gone is the bulky antenna sported by satellite phones of yore, replaced with a sleek, qwerty-keyboard PDA look that’s just a touch thicker than a Blackberry 8800. The concept product runs Windows Mobile 6.1 professional and contains a packed feature set—including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, VoIP, a touch screen, and a 3MP camera.
The phone will run on HSDPA, quad-band GSM/EGPRS and satellite networks. Talk time is 1.3 hours on satellite, 3 hours on Read more… »
Picking up a camera with built-in WiFi not good enough for you? How’s about a point-and-shoot with integrated GPS? DigiTimes has it that Altek, a Taiwanese ODM / OEM maker of digicams, has just unveiled a camera with an 8-megapixel sensor, 3-inch touchscreen and GPS. The latter will enable users to “automatically record the longitude and latitude of where a picture is taken,” giving the geotagging crowd one gigantic reason to take notice. Read more… »
Posted on 2008 under PMP, GPS Devices, Musical Gadgets |
26
Mar
iRiver has announced the launch of a new portable media player named NV Life in Korea. It is not only an entertainment device but also acts as a GPS navigator during travels.
Moreover, the NV Life is equipped with DMB TV tuner. Users can also watch movies or video clips on 7 inch WVGA (800×480px) screen of the PMP. The player supports MPEG, WMV video formats MP3, OGG and WMA audio formats. Also users can enjoy FM through the NV Life PMP. The NV Life is powered by Windows CE 5.0 and Read more… »
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