This communicator will become available in South Korea next month. It is first company’s device running on Google Android 2.1 operating system added with TouchWiz user interface. Samsung M100S is equipped with 3.7 inch AMOLED touch screen with WVGA resolution, 800 MHz processor, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, GPS, T-DMB TV tuner, GPS, 5 Mp camera with HD video (720p) recording support, 3.5 mm audio jack and microSD memory card slot. Unfortunately there is no word about European and US release date.
Today Singaporean Fusion Garage started mass production of its new device. JooJoo is tablet computer running on UNIX family operating system. Together with this tablet Fusion Garage will release online app store that will be open for third-party developers. The producer also noted that in conterst to Apple iPad this device supports Flash and even HD Flash. As for technical characteristics JooJoo tablet has 12.1 inch touch screen with 1366×768 px resolution and multi-touch technology support, 4 Gb built-in storage, Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR, and 3.5 mm audio jack. The battery provides about 5 hours of work time. The dimensions are 325×199x19 mm, the weight is 1.1 kg. JooJoo is already has been already available for preorder here. The price is $499.
MSI has just announced two new laptops that are based on Intel Arrandale platform. Both two devices are almost identical, the only difference is that MSI CX620 has ATi Radeon HD5470 graphic system with 1 Gb built-in memory while MSI CR620 is equipped with integrated graphics card. Other characteristics are 15.6 inch display with 1366×768 px resolution, 4 Gb DDR2 RAM, 250 or 500 Gb hard drive, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 1.3 Mp webcam, 4-in-1 card reader, HDMI, RJ45 and D-Sub out. Both laptops run on Windows 7 Home Premium. Unfortunately there is no any information about release date and price.
The first information about this phone appeared some weeks ago. It is expected that it will be officially announced at Mobile World Congress 2010 and will become available by the end of the March. In contrast to other latest HTC’s communicators this one has physical QWERTY keyboard. HTC Trophy runs on Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system and has 3 inch touch screen with 640×480 px resolution, 600 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor, 256 Mb RAM, 5 Mp camera with autofocus, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and 3.5 mm audio jack. To all appearances HTC Trophy belongs to middle class device and will cost about $300.
According to some sources the prototype of Dell Mini 5 Internet Tablet has been already available to buy in Chinese Shenzhen city. This device has not been officially announced yet but enthusiasts report that Mini 5 is equipped with 5 inch touch screen with 800×480 px resolution, 1 GHz CPU, microSD memory card slot, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, 5 Mp camera with dual LED flash, SIM card slot, 0.3 Mp camera for video calls and 1530 mAh battery that provides about 6 hours of work time. The operating system is Google Android 1.6.
It is not a secret anymore that HTC is developing HTC Obsession communicator that will be the world’s first device running on Windows Mobile 7 operating system. Now we have some photos of this remarkable device. As for hardware characteristics HTC Obsession will have 1 GHz Qualcomm QSD8250 CPU, 3.7 inch AMOLED capacitive screen with 480×800 px resolution and multi-touch support, 5 Mp camera with autofocus and flash, 0.3 Mp camera for video calls, 512 Mb RAM, 512 Mb ROM, 4 GB flash memory, microSD memory card slot, Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, GPS, accelerometer and 3.5 mm audio jack. The battery has 1230 mAh capacity and provides up to 10 hours of talk time and 7 hours of video playback. The dimensions of the case are 112×56x11.7 mm. According to some sources the Obsession will be released as HTC Touch Diamond 3.
Larva Labs company has just released new alternative graphic user interface for devices running on Android operating system. According to developers SlideScreen homescreen replacement app combines the best features of Zune, Motoblur and HTC Sense. SlideScreen integrates information from various sources - Google Reader, Twitter, emails, SMS and calendar appointments - right onto the homescreen. This new app has been already available in Android Market as either a free version (with ads) or a $7 pro version. Those users who have already tested this homescreen replacement apps note impressive performance and usability.
According to pocketnow.com Microsoft is going to introduce Windows Mobile 7 on Mobile World Congress 2010 exhibition that will take place in February. The first device running on new operating system will be LG Apollo. This communicator will feature 10 Mp camera with HD video (1280х720) recording support and 3.8 inch touch AMOLED screen with multi-touch technology support (WM7 will support multi-touch). It is also said LG Apollo will have 1.3 GHz Qualcomm QSD8650 CPU, 1 GB RAM, 1 GB ROM, microSD memory card slot (up to 32GB), Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth modules.
Recently Nokia showed some UI concepts of next version of Symbian operating system. Today some Symbian developers published some more information about new features and functions of coming version of popular OS for mobile devices. In particular there will be a header that will contain the name of running application, battery level and other useful information. By pressing on this header user will be able to get quick access to options menu. It is also know that new version of Symbian will have more than one home screen and support widgets.
During CES 2010 Chinese Lenovo company demonstrated its first Android phone – Lenovo LePhone. This high-powered device features Qualcomm Snapdragon 1 GHz CPU, 3.7 inch touch screen with 480×800 px resolution, 3 Mp camera, 0.3 Mp camera for video calls, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, 3.5 mm audio jack, GPS and microSD memory card slot. Another distinguishing feature is snap-on accessory keyboards. This Android based device is expected to become available in next few months.
