Monday 24 September 2007

iHome iHC5 cradle for phones or audio players    [ 24-09-2007 18:30 ]

Author: Klimov Oleg   Source: backstage.ilounge.com     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

More and more manufacturers have been offering docking stations or cradles for portable devices, which can recharge batteries and play music via built-in speakers. One of them is iHome iHC5.

The new product supports some mobile phones and the iPod player family. With the Bluetooth-module it can communicate music from a mobile phone with A2DP to a cradle. There is an FM-tuner and alarm clock. Besides the cradle can work on batteries. The price tag for the iHC5 is $150.

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Protected storage USB drive by IronKey    [ 24-09-2007 18:09 ]

Author: Klimov Oleg   Source: everythingusb.com     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

A major problem with USB-drives is their vulnerability to outside effects. Ordinary USB-drives can be dropped in water, crushed in the pocket, pressed down by some stuff and so on. For those who need a safe device IronKey introduced its USB-drive called “IronKey: Enterprise Special Edition”.

There is a rugged metal casing, which is tamper- and waterproof. A special cryptochip protects info from unauthorized access. The new drive will be available with 1, 2 and 4 GB of flash-memory onboard, the price will vary from $79 to $149.

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MontaVista to assist global mobile Linux-platform    [ 24-09-2007 14:54 ]

Author: Irina Turina     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

MontaVista Software, a supplier of commercial Linux OS distributives, announced it joined LiMo Foundation. The company aims to support LiMo Foundation activity in distributing Linux platform for mobile devices. The LiMo Foundation non-commercial project was launched this January to create a competitive platform for Linux-based mobile devices to be available worldwide. LiMo-handsets are expected in the first half of 2008.

The cooperation with MontaVista Software will be a milestone in the LiMo project, believe the participants. Currently over 35 million smartphones by NEC, Motorola, Panasonic and other vendors are powered by MontaVista Mobilinux distributive. This is more than other commercial Linux-platforms have.

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An heir of Sony Ericsson W880?    [ 24-09-2007 10:16 ]

Author: Irina Turina   Source: Justamp     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

Some web sources have posted the pictures of a new SE handset prototype. It might be an heir of Sony Ericsson W880. The new Walkman handset is equipped with a 3.2-megapixel camera and a frontal camera for video calls, it probably supports 3G. Compared to the previous model it has larger size. There is the support of Memory Stick Micro (M2) cards. Unfortunately, we don’t have other details on the specs and the release date.

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Details on Samsung SGH-i780 WM-communicator    [ 24-09-2007 08:26 ]

Author: Irina Turina   Source: The Unwired     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

We’ve already mentioned a mysterious Windows Mobile-communicator by Samsung introduced at GITEX event. Till this moment there was scarce data on this device from the video clip. The Unwired has posted the specs of the communicator called the SGH-i780. Powered by Windows Mobile 6 Professional it works in GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800/1900 MHz and UMTS/HSDPA 2100 MHz networks.

The source says the new communicator comes with a 2.55” 320x320 touchscreen display, a QWERTY-keyboard, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and Wi-Fi b/g wireless modules, a 2-megapixel camera, a frontal VGA-camera and an integrated GPS-receiver. Samsung SGH-i780 measures 115.9x61.3x13.3 mm. An interesting thing about it is that this is the first communicator with the square display powered by Windows Mobile 6. the release date hasn’t been unveiled yet.

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