November 2007 Archives

ViaMichelin.com has prepared “The Michelin Guide 2008” selection of restaurants and hotels in New York and San Francisco. This list includes more than 1,000 North American addresses. Continuous updations are made on the website to assure that epicureans take delight in accommodation and dining.

Get your ViaMichelin Navigation X-970 portable GPS and select your desired hotel for dining. Download the list from company’s website. This Portable Navigation Systen from ViaMichelin will lure foodies. ViaMichelin.com is a leading international travel planning and mapping Web site that has now also integrated the route maps of New York City or the greater San Francisco Bay area, along with the points of interest and locations from the two Michelin Guides.

"The ViaMichelin Navigation X-970 portable GPS is the perfect holiday gift for the 'foodies' on your list," said Frederic Radigue, Business Development Manager for ViaMichelin. "Use the Michelin Guides as a companion to plan a trip or visit a restaurant and simply send the address from the ViaMichelin site straight to your X-970 GPS."

The ViaMichelin Navigation X-970 can be purchased online from Amazon.com, CircuitCity.com, and JR.com at an expected price of $399.

Verizon Wireless, a pioneer in wireless voice and data network proclaimed immediate availability of XV6800 online and through Verizon Wireless business sales at $449.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate backed by a new two-year customer agreement. Those who wish to visit Verizon Wireless Communications stores, wait till Dec 5. The XV6800 is excellently crafted model engineered to offer users powerful messaging and communications capabilities.

The cell phone runs on Windows Mobile 6 Professional therefore it makes it easy for the users to get an instant access to the Internet, view calendar and contacts or tasks, send an e-mail, and do much more.

What else comes in this power pack? There is a 2.0 megapixel camera with flash and video capture. It also supports various file formats including Microsoft Word(R), Excel(R), PowerPoint(R), and PDFs.

The Verizon Wireless XV6800 makes it easy for the customers to carry their business wherever they go.

XV6800 Features:
• Slide-out QWERTY keyboard
• Dimensions 4.3" l x 2.3" w x 0.7" d
• Weight 5.8 oz.
• 2.8" 240 x 320 64k-color touch-screen
• Built-in WiFi 802.11 b/g capability
• microSD memory card slot with support up to 4 GB
• Windows Media Player 10 Mobile
• Bluetooth v 2.0 for mono and stereo headsets

Just a couple of months passed when Eten 600 was introduced, FCC now declared the availability of Eten’s 650 model for USA. The latest model runs on Windows Mobile 6 Professional. The X650 features GPS navigation, wi-fi, FM wireless set, Bluetooth and a camera.

Eten 650 is a GSM cell phone with VGA display unlike its predecessor that had QVGA. Using similar processor Samsung SC3 2442 as used by Eten 600, the latest model boasts improved frequency range of 500 MHz (100 MHz more).

As far as pricing is concerned, it is still a mystery. So we need to wait a little till the company officially releases the model.

Innovation is what makes a company stand distinguished from other in its class. Jaguar, the name speaks itself about the fierceness. The company has established its repo as pioneer in innovative media technology. Continuing its tradition, Jaguar recently announced that it will launch industry’s first broadband multimedia magazine for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch users.

The website of Jaguar got amended and boasts of the largest Broadband 2.0 Video Network, 29HD Network. iPhone and iPod Touch owners must visit the http://www.jxfphone.com website for an unusual Jaguar XF experience. This broadband magazine is adorned with vibrant photos and dramatic videos featuring XF and sized to fit on the displays of Portable devices. The company has also proclaimed that the broadband magazine will be updated regularly as the XF's release date approaches.

The latest 2009 Jaguar XF will ship in March 2008 at an expected MSRP of $49,975 (includes destination and delivery charges).

Here is another model from well acclaimed Sagem. Just like its brother SAGEM my150X the my220x has a sleek and compact body. The cell phone prides in its elegant appeal because of golden touch. Sagem’s my220x is a luxurious phone available at an affordable cost.

What gives it a distinguished look is its subtle gold trim and gold disc menu button. This slimy model is light in weight so it can easily fit in any small pocket or ladies handbag. The model weighs just 65g and has10mm thickness.

Compact size houses many features including hands-free capability with speaker phone, 65k colour LCD screen, SMS with T9, dual-band and vibration alert. It gives users a talktime of 180 minutes with 240 hours standby time.

Those interested can purchase it from Argos (£12.49) and Woolworths (£14.99).

Zonbu, a leading distributor of green and hassle free computing recently announced the launch of an affordable and Hassle-Free Notebook built on Award-Winning Architecture. Zonbu Notebook is currently available with Beta Software and is currently under testing phase. Once it will get finalized, the company will offer automatic update. The Final Version of the Notebook will hit the stores from Q1 2008. It will be manufactured by Everex .

Just like Zonbu’s Mini desktop computer, the Notebook also is based on the same operating system. Zonbu Notebook’s price starts at $279. If you pay a $14.95 monthly subscription fee, you will get benefited with 20 best-of-breed software applications, free and automatic software upgrades.

The Service and support will also offer following services:
• file remote access and sharing
• generous online storage
• automatic data back-up
• unlimited online tech support
• free hardware replacement in case of damage

Great to know that users get rid of spending their time and money on managing PC, or to spend money on anti-virus packages, back-up storage or firewalls.

“People fell in love with the Zonbu Mini because it freed them from all of the hassles associated with computer maintenance,” said Zonbu CEO Gregoire Gentil. “Now they can have the same benefits on-the-go with the new Zonbu Notebook.” According to Gentil, people shouldn’t have to be their own IT administrators. “We don’t want people to spend a single minute worrying about configuration, setup, crashing hard drives, viruses, hackers, or data loss. That’s our job,” said Zonbu CEO Gregoire Gentil.

One can connect these tiny 2-way wireless devices to wallets, keys, cell phones, TV remotes or anything one wants to keep track of. FOFA-XD is available in two formats viz. a key fob about the size of a small car remote, and a credit card size wallet version.

Unlike other keyfinder systems, no clumsy base transmitter is required." That would be just something else to lose!" says Amanda Melbourne, CEO of Melbourne Designs, LLC. "And since each FOFA can find all the others, you can use them at the office, in hotels, on vacation, anywhere."

The latest FOFA-XD device traces articles even when deep buried under stuff. The beeping and flashing light along with radio beacon signal conveys the message that article is near. These are expandable to 36 units. Very easy in operation, FOFA’s are indees a great gift for your loved ones especially gadget lovers.

In-Stat, a great organization that works to make comprehensive in-depth reports for end-users announced that Third-generation (3G) handsets will conquer the mobile markets for over a time span of 5 years. Even through the year 2012, we can not expect fourth-generation network handsets making way towards global market. In the areas / firms where employers give mobile devices to the employees, the 3G handsets seem more prevalent.

High tech market’s recent research finding unveils these facts:
• When China establishes a standard and issues range to operators 3G growth will become more noticeable.
• Over the next five years Low-cost and ultra-low-cost handsets will bring down the average selling price lowering total revenue.
• Worldwide handset revenues will reach US$165 billion by 2012.

Covering worldwide market for wireless handsets the research, “2007 Global Handset Market Forecast” (#IN0703683WH) offers forecasts for global handset unit sales and revenue by region and by technology through 2012 along with an analysis of global and regional trends in the handset market.

Related Research Includes:

2Q07 Global Handset Shipments
3G Handset Trends in Japan
3G Handset Trends in South Korea
Smartphones 2007: The ARPU Generation Machine

Following the global success of Romero Britto’s Fragrances and Perfumes, NVous Corporation proclaimed its collaboration with International Pop Artist Romero Britto to extend it designer collection with the introduction of the first ever Britto PC. Famous range from NVous Corporation includes Digital Blasphemy and Engraving - Laser Etching.

The Britto PC from NVousPC is a 15.4" Ether notebooks custom pained by the famous artist. The interpretation of Britto's Mia's Jungle streaming across the notebook's panels is totally unique art creation. Those who are interested to see the Britto PC have to wait till January 2008 when it will be exhibited at the artist's gallery, Britto Central, located on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach.

"We are honored to have an artist of Romero Britto's caliber use our notebook as his canvas" says Oscar Zapata, President and Co-Founder of NVousPC Corp. "His use of brilliant colors and uplifting designs has transformed our notebook into a piece of art."

"I like to use bright colors and shapes to show the positive side of life," said renowned pop artist, Romero Britto. "This computer gives me another canvas to help spread my message of hope and happiness."

The configuration of the latest notebook perfectly matches its artistic exterior. The Britto PC features an Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 (2.33 GHz) CPU with 160GB 2.5" SATA HDD, CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo drive and 2GB RAM (2 x 1GB, dual channel, 667MHz). The notebook will run on Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate. It will be backed with a 3-year warranty.

With the spirit of Christmas in mind, the big US carrier also known as AT&T, has decided to offer a couple of ringtones and a game for its loyal subscribers.

Since we have Christmas as the main theme, AT&T found it appropriate that the free ringtones will be related to the happy season. With that being said, some of the ringtones include the usual Jingle Bells, Feliz Navidad, and Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, among others.

The Spanish version of Gizmodo has encountered some exciting news related to upcoming Motorola phones. According to them, the soon to be launched multimedia cellphones will be named ZiNE, and so far there is information about 2 of them with a release date for 2008, but maybe more will follow.

One of the ZiNEs can be considered an upgrade to the Motorola Z10, which now has a touchscreen, WiFi, and GPS. As for the other ZiNE, there aren't many details besides the 8-megapixel camera with optical zoom, a slider, and some kind of Kodak integration.

Another day passes, and another portable media player is released in Asia. The M42410 is made by HK Power International Trading, which is located in China, and they went for the vintage look with a good looking moving track wheel, placed on the front of the player. It is similar to the track wheels you can see on first generation iPods, and also on some car radios.

The M42410 is supports video files in the AVI format, and audio files on the MP3, WMA, and WAV format, it even can display the lyrics. As for the images, the player is capable of displaying JPG, BMP, and GIF files.

Philips decided to invest on the Brazilian market and will soon launch 2 laptops with distinct features. The prices can go from $2,160 up to $2,580, depending on the model you chose, that can either be a tiny 11-inch, or a bigger 13-inch.

As for the exact specifications, the 11-inch Philips notebook weighs 1,6Kgs and sports an Intel Core Duo U4200 processor. There are 120GB on the hard-drive, 1GB of memory RAM, and also a dual-layer DVD burner.

On the other hand, the bigger 13-inch laptop comes with a better processor - Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 - the same hard-drive with 120GB of storage capacity, and 2GB of RAM.

Besides the Assault Ruggedized laptop announced a few months ago, Systemax has come up with a couple of other notebooks that use the Santa Rosa platform made by Intel.

On the top-priced category Systemax has the Medallion XVII that comes with a 2.2Ghz Core 2 Duo processor, a 17-inch screen, and 512MB of RAM on the GeForce 8600M GT graphics card. Other features of the Medallion XVII include bluetooth, stereo speakers, a subwoofer, and a price tag of $1,380.

The Medallion XV costs $860 and is pretty similar to its big brother, but the screen size is smaller (15.4-inches) and it doesn't have bluetooth, speakers, and other specs.

It seems like the recent sales of cheap computers is a good strategy, and Zonbu wants to take advantage of that by offering a laptop that only costs $280 and is made by Everest. It can be more expensive, depending on the type of service plan that you picked.

As you can expect, for that low price, the notebook won't be have the latest technology, consider it a simple laptop that is good enough for plenty of people. It features a 1.5Ghz processor, 512MB of ram, a 15.4-inch WXGA display screen with a resolution of 1440x900, and a Dual Layer DVD recorder.

The HTC XV6800 that we reported back in October, has finally been launched by Verizon today. The rumored released date was 16 of November, and we're now on the 29 of November, so it was only a one week and a half delay.

With the launch of the smartphone on the Verizon site, another detail has been revealed that we didn't know before, and it is the price - $400 with a 2-year contract and rebate. If you'd like to buy it on real Verizon stores, you'll have to wait until December 5th, but if you want it right now, it is available online.

Some features of the HTC XV6800:

- Windows Mobile® 6 Professional
- Microsoft® Office Word Mobile, Excel® Mobile, and PowerPoint® Mobile; Adobe® Reader® LE PDF viewer
- View, edit, create Word; Excel files; view only PowerPoint, PDF files

Randall Stephenson CEO of AT&T Inc. announced that coming year Apple Inc. will bring in a newer version of the iPhone which will offer faster downloads from the Internet. During a meeting of the Churchill Club in Santa Clara, California he added that the forthcoming device will operate on third-generation wireless networks. However, San Antonio-based AT&T is the scoop for the iPhone in the U.S.

``You'll have it next year,'' Stephenson said in response to a question about when the 3G iPhone would debut. He said he didn't know how much more the new version will cost than the existing model, which sells for $399. Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs ``will dictate what the price of the phone is,'' he said.

The reports dictate that till September end, Apple successfully made a sales record of 1.4 million handsets. So it is expected that Jobs plan to sell 10 million iPhones worldwide in 2008 will also get realised. It would establish Apple’s 1 percent share in the mobile-phone market of Cupertino, California.

In the views of Gene Munster, an analyst with Piper Jaffray & Co. in Minneapolis as the news will spread like fire regarding the launch of a newer version; so many people will lay off their hands.

What about the battery life when faster networks are on the way?

Jobs said in September that the iPhone's battery life would be too short if it supported faster networks. The handset has eight hours of battery life, and 3G chips are ``real power hogs,'' he said at a news conference in London.

``We've got to see the battery lives for 3G get back up into the five-plus-hour range,'' he said. ``Hopefully we'll see that late next year.''

Location has been an issue of conversation since Google launched its Google Earth application. It is reported that Google recently announced its substantial upgrade to its Google Maps for mobile application called My Location.

In an Over The Air Programme (OTA), a conversation with the product manager of Google Maps for mobile Steve Lee, several significant things came to limelight. The discussion was primarily held for knowing about Google's plans for location applications.

Here is the squeezed up information from that long conversation:

What does new My Location feature on Google Maps for mobile do and how does it work?

Steve Lee said that Google's new My Location technology lets those users who don't have GPS-enabled mobile phones get vantage of the enhanced speed and convenience yielded by location information.

The new feature will let users know where they are on the map even while their cell phones are without GPS feature. In case of a GPS enabled Cell phone if user’s mobiles lose the satellite signal My Location will provide them with approximate location information.

The MyLocation Technology can be accessed even faster than the GPS and consumes less battery power. The reason behind this is My Location requires cell tower information immediately available on the device whereas GPS devices need the satellite which takes up to several minutes to establish connection. So it can also work indoors.

Which devices will support My Location?

Many smartphones including all color BlackBerry devices, most Windows Mobile devices, all Symbian Series 60 3rd Edition devices, latest Sony Ericsson devices, and quite a few Motorola (NYSE: MOT) devices.

If you are in U.S., U.K., Australia, France, New Zealand, Italy, Canada, Austria, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Portugal, Brazil, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands, Russian Federation, or Taiwan, you can easily access Google Maps for mobile with My Location.

The Panasonic CF-W7BWVAEP is the latest XGA (1024×768 dot) 12.1 type TFT color liquid crystal workstation featuring Intel® Centrino® Duo processor technology. The Notebook boasts an advanced W7 English keyboard (US arrangement).

Consuming 60W of electric power, the CF-W7BWVAEP runs on Windows Vista® Ultimate proper edition. At 1024×768 dot and approximately 1677 ten thousand colors the LCD panel displays the finest details in workstation applications. Panasonic’s CF-W7BWVAEP will be available at 287,600 Yen (including tax) from December 14th.

For outstanding graphic representation, the Notebook comes with a Mobile Intel GM965 Express chip set. The market fetching features of the Notebook are 160 GB (Serial ATA) HDD, Wireless LAN, Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN and IEEE802.11a (J52/W52/W53/W56) /b/g conformity 16 (WPA-AES/TKIP correspondence and Wi-Fi conformity).

Panasonic CF-W7BWVAEP pack contains product recovery DVD-ROM, AC adapter, battery pack, instruction manual and Windows Vista Ultimate Language Packs explanatory leaflet.

Wow! Seems like LG is in great demand. LG’s latest Shine worldwide phone sale crossed 5 million units. It was launched in Korea in October 06, then like an epidemic spread all over the world. Now the company proclaimed that it will be available in the USA including an HSDPA version and finally February 07 in Europe. Shine with LG’s Shine.

The elusive Sony Ericsson P3i mobile phone, which has yet be released, was spotted recently on China's Microsoft mobile website. If you can read Chinese, you can go to the website and search for the phone and it should still come up. The image isn't very big, so it's hard to make a judgement on it right now. Nevertheless, the fact that this phone has surfaced online may mean that an official announcement isn't too far off now. So stay tuned, and we'll keep you updated.

Today Glide Mobile announced the launch of an Italian language version of their mobile software, allowing Italian speaking smartphone users to tap into the power of mobile computing. Available by logging in at glidemobile.com, smartphone users allows for anytime, anywhere mobile access to files on your Windows, Mac, and Linux computers. This includes everything from music, photos, contacts, videos, documents, bookmarks, and even calendars.

In other words, Glide Mobile transforms your mobile phone into a convenient mini computer. Already, over fifty mobile phone models are supported, and if you don't see yours on the list you can submit yours to be profiled for support once you login.

Remember the previous Transcend drive also known as V90 Classic? Well, Transcend looked at the market and saw that 4GB is not good enough, therefore they decided to launch a new JetFlash V30 model that sets the highest capacity at 8GB. It isn't a Classic version as the other model, but it still looks good and performs even better.

Being lightweight at 7 grams, and having a combination of small + compact body (60mm x 16.5mm x 8.1mm) also helps to rank it higher on the big world of USB flash drives.

The JetFlash V30 includes software from Transcend, also known as JetFlash elite, and the whole package includes eight applications, more specifically: