Samsung unveils its own folding mobile phone, sporting a look similar to that of Nokia’s 6600 Fold. But as we all know, Samsung has been known to make folding phones one of their niche trademarks. The Samsung S5510 comes with a flat mirror surface and a hidden screen to kick off this Samsung clamshell phone.

Among the features of the Samsung S5510 include a 2.1” screen QVGA 240×320 pixels. It can display up to 16 million colors TFT and comes with the usual Bluetooth connectivity, USB connection and 30MB internal memory. It also accommodates microSD cards up to 8GB. Other highlights include a FM radio, MP3 player, WAP, and a built-in 3.2 megapixel camera without auto focus.

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Did you ask Santa for a bigger screen for your future smartphone? Well it looks like some of Santa’s little elves are working at the Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute round the clock to offer us that larger screen. It will be a folding TFT-EPD screen or a Thin Film Transistor Electrophoretic Display. Wow that was hard to say all in one sentence.

The new technology will increase the screen size but your smartphone will keep its current size. That means you could end up playing with an up to 5-inch screen or even more. Prototypes are ready to be shown, so ITRI, go ahead and show them already! Or should we wait for 2009 smartphones?

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The Mitac E100 rugged tablet PC has recently been blessed by the FCC. This portable device offers IEEE 802.11 b/g wireless network connectivity as well as on-board class 2 Bluetooth. For added security, the tablet comes with TPM (Trusted Platform Module). It runs on an Intel Stealy 80MHz processor, and 1GB DDR2 memory. The display is an 8.4" TFT LCD, and there’s a shock mounted hard drive.

Designed for convenient use, you can easily work on the E100 while holding it in one hand and operating with the other. One of the neat things about this tablet PC is that it includes a numeric keypad and cursor control keys on the front - ideal when you want to use, for example, the calculator. For connectivity, it features an RJ-45 LAN port and two USB ports. There’s also a PCMCIA slot. Additionally, you can add on an antenna for 3G WAN connectivity or GPS antenna for navigation. There’s also a 3G SIM card slot at the bottom.

Bundled in the packaging are the E100 tablet PC, an AC adapter/cord and touchscreen or digitizer pen (depending on the model). No word on the pricing or availability yet, but should hit the markets any time now.

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