Acer goes super thin with Calpella notebook
Acer looks set to introduce a new line of ultra thin notebooks which will feature the Intel Calpella platform sometime in the second quarter of that year. Wistron will manufacture 13″ models while Quanta Computer handles the 14″ and 15″ models. The notebook series has been dubbed Calpella Slim by Acer, although the final marketing [...]
General Electric Smart Series of digital cameras
[PMA 2010] General Electric has taken the opportunity to introduce more members to its Smart Series family, with the J1455 being a 14.2-megapixel shooter alongside 5X optical zoom and image stabilization. Expect it to roll out in Q2 that year in black, silver, red and other colors for around $130. As for the 10-megapixel C1033 [...]
Huawei U8100/U8110 are entry-level handsets
[MWC 2010] Huawei’s U8100/U8110 entry-level handsets will both feature a 2.8″ wide QVGA touchscreen display as well as a dual camera setup, where its 0.3-megapixels located on the front will cater to those who want to hold video conversations, as well as a more decent 3.2-megapixel shooter at the back. The inclusion of Wi-Fi and [...]
Aptina MT9F011 mobile camera image sensor announced
[MWC 2010] Aptina has just come up with its new MT9F011 mobile camera image sensor, where it will offer full HD video (1080p/60fps) for high-end cellphones. that 14-megapixel, 1.4-micron mobile camera image sensor was specially designed to improve video performance, offering higher sensitivity for high-frame rates as well as reduced structured noise for clean low-light [...]
Motorola USBw 200 WiMAX dongle gets docking station
In order to augment a specific device or gadget computing-wise, many manufacturers have taken the route of introducing a dongle, and Motorola has done the same with their Motorola USBw 200 WiMAX dongle. that docking station ought to improve the performance of the USBw 200 by a fair bit, doubling the current 3db gain in [...]
Samsung Galaxy i7500 to get Android 2.1 in Q2
Samsung’s first Android handset, the Galaxy i7500, shipped with Android 1.5 and will be getting the Android 2.1 update sometime in the second quarter of the year, according to Samsung Poland‘s confirmation of the upgrade. that would mean the Android 2.1 update can be applied through the Samsung Kies software suite which ought to be [...]