8.9-inch tablet ViewSonic VTablet 101 on Android and NVIDIA Tegra T20 Tweet

ViewSonic ® Corp. today introduced in China quite an interesting device - a tablet called VTablet 101, equipped with a 8.9-inch touch screen with a resolution 1024h800 points. It is based on the software platform Android, and the basic hardware components provided by the chipset NVIDIA Tegra T20 with an ARM, clock frequency is 1 GHz. Among other characteristics of the device - 4 GB of flash memory and support for wireless standards Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Through a wireless headset, for example, you can make calls using VTablet 101, as built-in microphone he does not.


One of China's resources, has published a gallery of photos from the presentation ViewSonic VTablet 101. They can be considered a tablet in detail, noticing, and the front camera, and audio and miniUSB-port. According to the source, the cost of a tablet will be 3000 yuan, equivalent to $ 441. On the timing of Android tablet nothing is yet known.

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Lenovo Lephonepoyavitsya outside China in the second half of the year Tweet

Smartphone Lenovo Lephone was one of the most notable exhibits at CES 2010, and the possibility of its occurrence outside the Chinese market is of concern to many. However, the very fate of this smartphone suddenly been called into question. This model uses an operating system Google Android, but Google has recently had a number of problems in China, which have already led to a delay or even cancellation of production of a wide range of applications. Nevertheless, The Wall Street Journal has learned that the company intends to submit Lenovo Smartphone Lephone outside China in the second half of 2010.

Model Android smartphone Lenovo has both a 3.7-inch touch screen with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels and a touchpad, and it can be installed on a special docking station, receiving QWERTY-cot. The device supports third-generation networks, has built-in module Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS, two cameras (3 megapixels for shooting and VGA for video). The model is based on the chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon.

With the release of same smartphone Lenovo Lephone market there is some uncertainty: the Chinese release date still neobyavlena, and on the world premiere of the second half of the year did not name specific countries.

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HTC TouchDiamond 3 is HTC Obsession with AMOLED screen and Windows Mobile 7? Tweet

We have already reported that one of the first communicator based operating system, Windows Mobile 7, will be a model HTC Obsession. Doing this communicator can go and how HTC TouchDiamond 3, ie continuation line communicators TouchDiamond. According to reports, the vehicle will osnaschatsya3 ,7-inch AMOLED screen with support for multitouch input, 1 GHz processor, Qualcomm Snapdragon and 5-megapixel camera with video recording 720p HD 25fps.

In the U.S. Diamond 3 operators will come from AT & T and T-Mobile, with the knowledge of its CDMA version does not developed, owing to low sales of its predecessor, the operators Verizone Wireless and Sprint. The initial release is scheduled for July 10, 2010, but since the Windows Mobile 7 delayed exit, you expect the communicator HTC TouchDiamond 3 should be no earlier than the last quarter of the year.

Full unofficial list of characteristics HTC TouchDiamond 3:

• Processor: Qualcomm QSD8250 1 GHz
• GSM and HSDPA
• Dimensions: 112 x 56 x 11.7 mm
• Memory (RAM / ROM): 512 MB MB/512
• Internal memory: 4 GB
• Memory Cards: MicroSD (up to 32 GB)
• Screen: 3.7-inch AMOLED capacitive
• Camera: 5.0 megapixel with autofocus and vyspyshkoy; record video up to 720p @ 25fps
• Supported video formats: Windows Media Video (WMV), MPEG-4 (MP4/M4V) H.264, DVR-MS4
• Supported audio formats: Windows Media Audio (WMA), Advanced Audio Coding (AAC-LC), FairPlay DRM, MP3 (. Mp3)
• Battery: 1230 mAh
• Opening hours of talk time: up to 10 hours
• Opening hours of standby time: up to 240 hours
• Operating time on the Internet: 6 hours (via 3G), 7.5 hours (via WiFi)
• Time of video playback: 7 hours
• Opening hours of audio playback: 24 hours

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Communicator Garmin-ASUS nuvifone M10 is already available for pre-order Tweet

We have already mentioned in the news about the communicator ASUS M10, and now new information about him. As it turned out, this model will be treated to a series of nuvifone will be sold under the joint brand Garmin-ASUS. The device is already available for pre-order at ASUS Taiwan. Based on the information on the manufacturer's website, Garmin-ASUS nuvifone M10 is really based on a new version of the Windows Mobile operating under number 6.5.3. This besklaviaturnogo candy bar with 3.5-inch touch screen, the device will be offered in black or white color options. It is expected that users will be ordered by their communicators on February 6. Cost Garmin-ASUS nuvifone M10 equivalent to $ 450. It is not clear when this decision will do to other markets.

Specifications Garmin-ASUS nuvifone M10:
* Processor: Qualcomm 7227 (600 MHz)
* Operating system Windows Mobile 6.5.3
* Cellular: GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz), WCDMA / HSDPA (900/2100 MHz),
* Memory: 512 MB RAM/512 MB ROM
* MicroSDHC-slot
* Display: 3.5-inch touchscreen, WVGA
* Camera: 5-megapixel
* GPS-receiver
* Wireless: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
* 3.5-mm audio jack
* Battery: 1500 mAh
* Dimensions: 116x58x14, 3 mm
* Weight: 138 grams

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New version of fring for Symbian (S60) and Android Tweet

Developers VoIP-client fring introduced new versions of platforms for Symbian (S60) and Android. Those who use fring for Symbian (S60) will find themselves following nice innovations: a change in status, the ability to use DTMF - in conversation, you can use call progress tones DTMF, to donabirat desired consistency, manage voice mail or quickly reach the desired menu, the signals "#" and "*" will now work as it should.

New version for the Android platform become more stable. In addition, the developers took into account the following points:

* You can include or hide the list of friends offline
* You can include or hide the list of contacts from address book
* There were an additional privacy settings
* Fixed problem with voice communication in Motorola DROID and Milestone
* Improved support for Google Nexus One
* Fixed the error

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NOKIA frame concept Tweet

Short scenario video for our Nokia future concept at the designskolen kolding. \

NOKIA frame concept from Daniel Kwast on Vimeo.

Nokia frame was a project initialised by Nokia themselve. They wanted us to find a new way to show their “nokianess”. We thought about new ways a phone could be used and how to connect the people. The frame opens a “window” to a world you share things with friends and family.

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Motorola Offers China Users Android Store, Search Engine Choice Tweet

Motorola will launch SHOP4APPS, an Android-based application store for Android-handset owners in China. China consumers will also get to choose the search engine on their Android phones, said Motorola, with Baidu among the options.

Motorola is bringing an Android-based application store to China.Called SHOP4APPS, or Zhi-Jian-Yuan, which translates roughly to “place for apps wisdom,” according to Motorola, it will debut in time for the Chinese New Year — which this year coincides with Valentine’s Day.

The store will be open to other manufacturers, or partners in China also supporting the Android ecosystem, Motorola said, and additionally offer a direct way for developers to market their Android apps.

Developers can now begin submitting Android apps to SHOP4APPS by visiting this Motorola site.

Finally, Motorola additionally announced, on Jan. 21, that it begin allowing Android handset owners to choose their search provider, with Chinese search engine Baidu included among the options.

“In addition to our close collaboration with the Android community, we are working closely with our carrier partners in China, and with ecosystem partners like Baidu to provide consumers with a full suite of services,” said Christy Wyatt, Motorola Mobile’s corporate vice president of software and services, in a statement. “These services will include search, email and maps for our newest China smartphones.”

Among the new handsets for China will be the Motorola XT800 Zhishang, said a China Telecom spokesperson.

Features of the SHOP4APPS store include a tool for finding apps that best suit each phone owner, based on their preferences, region and carrier. A tool called My Locker will also act as a “storage” area, enabling users to keep apps when they switch phones, or to restore apps that have been erased.

For developers, the store will include tools for promoting and marketing their apps to end users.

“The ability to add applications and services is essential for people in China because increasingly we live our lives and express ourselves through our mobile phones,” China Unicom said in the shared statement. “We want phones to reflect our lifestyle and our choices, and the ability to pick our own search sites, our own chat services, our own games, and to craft our own mobile experience is helping China Unicom deliver on the promise of 3G.”

Research firm Gartner predicted, in a Jan. 18 report, that worldwide application store revenue will exceed $6.78 billion in 2010 and continue climbing past $29.5 billion in 2013.

“Application stores will be a core focus throughout 2010 for the mobile industry, and applications themselves will help determine the winner among mobile device platforms,” said Gartner Analyst Carolina Milanesi, in a statement on the report.

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