Thursday, October 18, 2007

Apple Sells One Millionth iPhone

iPhone



It took just 74 days for iPhone to reach the magical milestone of 1 million. Yup, Apple’s target of selling 1 million iPhones by September has been achieved and nonetheless we can say that the recent price drop helped it to reach faster.

Sandisk Sansa View PMP

Sansa View



Sandisk has rolled up its sleeves and unveiled Sansa View to take on the mighty iPod Nano. Just like the new Nano, this skinny player can play videos. Measuring just 8.8mm, Sansa View comes in capacities of 8GB or 16GB and boasts a 2.4-inch display (320X240 pixels). For the videos, it has proprietary software to convert the videos to be compatible with the player and on the audio front; it can play MP3/WMA/WAV files. There’s also a FM Tuner. A single charge can give around 35 hours of audio playback or 7 hours of video. And yea, if the built-in storage capacity is less for you, there’s also a support for microSDHC cards. Pretty neat!


The 8GB player will cost to $150 and 16GB at $200 which is also available on Amazon.

Are you ready for SMS2.0?

SMS2.0


UK based Affle and one of the leading GSM operators in India, Airtel have been pilot testing SMS 2.0 which says that it can revolutionize the text messaging experience. To be precise, it is an application for Series 60 phones which replaces the default SMS application with SMS2.0.

LG’s lightweight E200 series notebooks

LG E200 Notebooks


Laptops are meant for carrying around. That’s what LG Electronics is trying to convey with its new X Note E200 notebook series. The exact specifications are not known but E200 will feature a 12” screen and it weighs just 1.8kg. LG managed to shove off extra pounds by including a detachable optical disk drive. Apart from that, the notebook is based on Intel’s Napa platform which means that it is 20% faster than the existing lot. It is priced at around $1500.

Hutch is now Vodafone

Vodafone


Hutch is facing an identity crisis again. Initially, it was known as Orange and then transformed itself to Hutch and from tomorrow, it will be recognized as Vodafone. That’s right. And this is being done because of the deal which took place between Vodafone and Hutch Essar in May 2007. Not only the name but the Pink Hutch logo, the lovely Pug dog all will be canned. Instead there will be the “Speech mark” logo used by Vodafone globally.

Though Hutch Vodafone is planning to go on advertising frenzy to unveil its new identity, it would be interesting how consumers react to this. It wouldn’t mean much to the existing users but can easily confuse the potential ones.

Palm unveils low cost Centro

Palm Centro



Palm has finally announced its Centro device to be available from October 14 exclusively on Sprint network. Centro is till date Palm’s lightest and smallest smartphone. It runs on Palm OS and features a touchscreen display (320X320 pixels) along with a QWERTY keyboard making it ideal for messaging, web surfing and IMing. The phone also has a 1.3 megapixel camera, microSD expansion slot, music player, Google Maps and a bunch of Sprint apps.


It will come in two colors, Ruby Red and Onyx Black for a price of $100.

Sony Walkman A910 Series Players

Walkman A910



Sony Corp. has announced a new Walkman series which will hit the Japanese shores in the first week of November. The A910 Walkman series has a large 2.4” display and plays music, video and also broadcasts TV (1Seg, Japan’s equivalent to DMB) and FM. There’s also an Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) which can help user to schedule upcoming TV shows and also record them.

As for the storage, it will come in 4, 8 or 16GB options and can play 36 hours of music, watch 6 hours of TV or record for 16 hours. Regarding the price: NW-A916 (4GB) for 30,000 Yen ($261), NW-A918 (8GB) for 35,000 Yen ($305) and NW-A919 (16GB) for 45,000 Yen ($392).

2mm thick USB Flash Drive

Freecom USB


The basic function of all the flash drives is to store data. But there’s a distinguishing factor or rather the form factor of the drive which makes us to buy a particular one. A new flash drive in the rat race is from Freecom which is as sleek as your credit card making it the slimmest flash drive available in the market. Available in storage sizes from 256MB to 4GB, this can be ideal for those who often forget to pocket their flash drives pretty frequently.

Pricing starts from 23.49 Euros ($33) to 69.99 Euros ($100).

Gateway One PC

Gateway One



Taking some inspiration from the Cupertino giant, Gateway has unveiled a desktop PC somewhat equivalent to iMac. And looking at the picture, it surely looks amazing. Gateway’s One (that’s what it is named) boasts a 19-inch widescreen LCD and the 3.5” width of the case hides the whole machine easily behind the LCD. There will be two models up for sale starting from $1500, and depending upon the configuration the PC will include 1.5GHz or 2GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 2 or 3GB RAM, 320GB or 500GB HDD and Intel X3100 graphics card or ATI Radeon HD 2600 GPU.

AT&T Tilt

AT&T Tilt



AT&T has announced a new phone dubbed as Tilt (8925). The phone is designed by HTC and features a 2.8” screen with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and runs on latest Windows Mobile 6.0. Connectivity options include UMTS/HSDPA, Bluetooth 2.0 to connect up to six devices and Wi-Fi. There’s also GPS provided by TeleNav, push email, a cool 3 megapixel camera with autofocus and an expandable storage up to 32GB via microSD cards.

The phone is available from today at all AT&T stores at a price tag of $299.99 with a two year contract.

Aven miniVUE camera for microscopes

Aven MiniVUE


Aven Inc.’s new product will definitely help people doing microscopic studies. Their new offering called as miniVUE Digital Camera will enable the researchers to take live pictures and videos of minute species. As Aven says it is the world’s first digital color camera for microscopy and video inspection, it boasts a 3.1 megapixel camera to capture, a 2-inch LCD display and SD card support. Apart from mounting on the microscope, MiniVUE can be connected to USB or its images can be viewed on a larger screen with the TV Out feature.

Priced at $995.

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