"Lenovo" launches a new device combines a wireless keyboard and remote control

Has released "Lenovo" China, one of the leading companies in the manufacturing of computers and accessories, computer software and is headquartered in Beijing, a new control multimedia under the name "Lenovo Multimedia Remote with Keyboard", and bears the symbol "N5902", and this model is an update to the earlier example is "N5901".The company introduced updates to this significant new model which combines a wireless keyboard and remote control the size of palm of the hand, to direct the computer for just 9 meters.The device features using it simple and easy, does not need a person to install the software prior to running, but all he has to do is connect the "USB nano dongle" attached to him inside the device, and through the frequencies up to 2.4 GHz person can control his computer remotely 30 feet.In addition, the keyboard backlit allows users to use the device in the dark or under low light, and through the key "operation and close the" not open the keyboard in order to protect the life of batteries as used inside of the type "AA" and that the average life of one of them 3 months, According to the company.
The device is compatible with Windows operating systems, such as "Windows 2000" and "XP" and "Vista" and "Windows 7".
Perhaps the most important feature in this new model is equipped mouse visual "OFN" unique of its kind, allows the user to move his finger up and down easily by the sensor built inside, as well as it is able to move the cursor on the screen if the person's contact with computers for theaters in the home " HTPC ".
The company plans to launch its new product from the beginning of the twelfth month of the current price of U.S. $ 80, while can be ordered in advance through the outlets on the Internet at U.S. $ 52.

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With self-publishing on the Kindle, Amazon increases the likelihood

Since October 7, Amazon launched its Kindle in France, the ebook reader, the proposed € 99. But the American did not laugh: this is the latest model in its range which will be marketed in France. No touch screen, of course, hardly any buttons, and a WiFi connection, ample.

This offer is accompanied by the launch of the Kindle platform Direct Publishing, motivated by several factors.

Amazon has always announced that it would launch its Kindle at the time that he finds the mature market. Namely: it would have a large enough catalog to market. Today, more than 35,000 French ebooks that are offered, including 4000 (only?) In the public domain. With this self-publishing platform, Amazon is a simple fact: colossally enrich its catalog.

And with good reason.

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 Since October 7, Amazon launched its Kindle in France, the ebook reader, the proposed € 99. But the American did not laugh: this is the latest model in its range which will be marketed in France. No touch screen, of course, hardly any buttons, and a WiFi connection, ample.

 This offer is accompanied by the launch of the Kindle platform Direct Publishing, motivated by several factors.

 Amazon has always announced that it would launch its Kindle at the time that he finds the mature market. Namely: it would have a large enough catalog to market. Today, more than 35,000 French ebooks that are offered, including 4000 (only?) In the public domain. With this self-publishing platform, Amazon is a simple fact: colossally enrich its catalog.

 And with good reason.

 Back in September 2009. A study shows for the BBC is to publish a book one in three French, a real treatment option.The urge to write, but also to publish

 Alain Absire, then president of the LDMS, analyzed, "It is symptomatic of what to write: the writing workshops are full. On the contrary, they are more complete and earlier. It was believed that such an exercise of interest only to persons of a certain age. In fact, all rush in with relish, and some come back every year. "(See our actualitté)

 Better last year, the company revealed Books On Demand another poll: "One in three would imagine one day write and publish his writings," but 74% believe that this approach has little chance of success with classic house. And 18-25 years are even more pessimistic about this.

 The whole point of self-publishing platform for Amazon's solution therefore lie in the marketing of works in digital form, with royalties paid over 70% on the selling price of the book.

 Change habits, of course

 Since August 2011, Amazon has even set up its U.S. store a section dedicated to independent authors, who have passed through its platform KDP. And no doubt will come out soon Kindle Singles section, which allows the sale of texts from 5000 to 30,000 words. (See our actualitté)Although in theory, Amazon plays a winning card with the product of self-publishing, freely available, with the only drain 30% of the selling price, it will take the independent French authors agree to play the game but it is not really on this side that the risk is.

 Publishing is still an act that is accompanied by a realization with a paper book, which can be found in bookstores, to order by default, and so on. The platform of self-publishing has a dual mission: find a way to digital books on one side, by expanding the catalog, but on the other hand, democratizing the use of works in the country.

 Everything is possible, but the reaction of customers, users and authors will be at best possible changes that the sector will take in the coming years

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Sony poised to move from Ericsson

Sony Ericsson Sony could become short. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Japanese think very seriously about buy out his partner in their joint venture in 2001. This would be to bring under one roof the phone business, along with tablets and other consoles. And so streamline product development to share some technologies (the Xperia from Sony Ericsson with its PlayStation label).
Negotiations are ongoing and well advanced newspaper said - but it is not the first between the two companies, they are already overturned in the past - and the financing is not known. This would include considering the issue of patent portfolio available to Ericsson. But a buyback of up to 1 to 1.25 billion euros is advanced.

In an interview with the WSJ this week, Bert Nordberg, head of Sony Ericsson spoke of the difficulties encountered by his company: competition from Apple, difficulty entering the important U.S. market, repositioning full Android smartphones to higher value-added etc. (read Sony Ericsson smartphones and just smartphones).

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The death of "Steve Jobs" founder "Apple" at the age of 56 years

To survive its late founder, Apple and Steve Jobs planned a training program in which company executives will be taught to think like him, in 'a forum to impart that DNA to future generations.' Key to this effort is Joel Podolny, former Yale Business School dean.

 

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NEWS Apple Announces iPhone 4S

Apple announces new model of iPhone, iPhone 4S, available from October 14 (depending on territory) model in white or black 16GB, 32GB or 64GB Seen from afar, looks like the iPhone 4S two drops of water to the previous model phone from Apple. Only by looking into the difference should be felt. The iPhone 4S indeed embeds the chip A5 double heart, allowing graphics performance up to 7 times faster than the normal iPhone 4. Of course, it also means increased performance for games, the subject that concerns us directly. Moreover, it is no coincidence that the announcement of the iPhone 4S was immediately followed by that of Infinity Blade II by Epic, even if the game will run well on older models of iPhone (3G minimum) .

Specifically, the iPhone integrates iOS 5 4S, a new camera to 8 megapixels and also embeds a processor double heart resulting in computational speed is also higher than the current iPhone 4. In terms of numbers, Apple announced that it has worked particularly on the autonomy of the device and advance figures for talk time on 2G and 3G video playback or listening to music. Unfortunately, nothing on self-involved, which vary greatly in any way following the running applications. Anyway, the games on smartphones still seem to have a promising future, full of surprises.


Side prices, potential buyers will have to weigh down many funds to participate in the festivities. Indeed, at the conference, the 4S iPhone was announced at a price of $ 199 for the 16GB model, $ 299 for 32GB and 64GB for $ 399, all with a two-year contract. Yes, totally naked, the iPhone will cost you this time around 629 euros for the base model!


Find below the main features of the iPhone 4S.


Display features:

- Screen 3.5 inch
- Resolution of 960x640 at 326 ppi
- Contrast ratio of 800:1
- Contrast 500 cd/m2



Video and photo features:

- 8 megapixel camera
- Record HD video in 1080p, 30 frames per second
- Face detection on still images


Battery (33% in less autonomy compared to the iPhone 4):

- Talk discussion: 8 hours on 3G, 14 hours on 2G
- Standby: 200 hours (against 300 for (iPhone 4)
- Battery life when using the internet: up to 6 hours on 3G, 9 hours on Wi-Fi
- Video playback: up to 10 hours
- Music playback: up to 40 hours of battery life



Box contents:

- IPhone 4S
- Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic
- Dock Connector to USB Cable
- USB Power Adapter
- Documentation

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SMS technology

(SMS) text messaging service IS a component of phone, web, or mobile communication systems, communications protocols using Standardized That allow the exchange of short text messages Between fixed line or mobile phone devices. SMS text Short Message Service messaging IS The Most Widely Used data application in the world, with 2.4 billion active users, or 74% of all mobile phone Subscribers. [Citation needed] The term SMS IS Used as a synonym for all kinds of short text messaging as well Itself as the user activity in Many Parts of the world. SMS est aussi Being Used as a form of direct marketing Known as SMS marketing. [1] Used as SMS on modern handsets WAS Originated from Radio Telegraphy in radio phone memo pagers using Standardized protocols and later Defined as share of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) series of standards in 1985 [2] as a Means of Sending messages of up to 160 characters, [3] to and from GSM mobile handsets. [4] Since then, support for the service expanded to include hAS Other mobile technologies Such as ANSI CDMA networks and Digital AMPS, as well as satellite and landline networks. [citation needed] Most SMS messages are mobile-to-mobile text messages though the standard supports Other kinds of broadcast messaging as well.

nitially conceptSMS messages monthly feels in United States (one billion)
The Idea of ​​Adding text messaging to the services of mobile users Was Not frequent in Many Communities of mobile communication services at the Beginning of the 1980s. The first action plan of the CEPT GSM Group, Approved in December 1982, requested "The services and facilities Offered in the Public Switched Telephone Network and public data networks ... Should Be available in the mobile system." [5] This target includes the exchange of text messages Either Directly Between mobile stations, or via Transmitted Message Handling Systems Widely in use Since The Beginning of the 1980s [6].
The SMS concept WAS Developed in the Franco-Germanic GSM cooperation in 1984 by Friedhelm Hillebrand and Bernard Ghillebaert. [7] The innovation in SMS is short. The IS optimized for mobile telephony, Since This Was Identified as STC hand application. The key idea for WAS to use this SMS-optimized telephony system, and to transport signaling messages on the paths needed to control the telephony traffic DURING Time Period When no signaling traffic Existed. In this way, unused resources in the system Could Be Used to transport messages at minimal cost. However, It Was Necessary to limit the length of the messages to 128 bytes (later Improved to 140 bytes, or 160 seven-bit characters) so the messages That Could did Into the Existing signaling formats.
This concept SMS Allowed To Be Implemented In Every mobile station by updating software icts. This instrumental concept for the WAS implementation of SMS in Every mobile station ever Produced in Every network and from early days. Hence, a large base of terminals and networks can SMS Existed When The users Began to Utilize the SMS. [8] A new network element required Specialized Was a short message service center, and enhancements to the radio Were required network capacity and transport infrastructure to Accommodate Growing SMS traffic.[Edit] Early development
The technical development of SMS Was a multinational collaboration Supporting the Framework of Standards Bodies, Through These organisms and the technology available to Freely Was Made The Whole World. This is Supported by evidence and Described in the Following sections [9].
The first Proposal Which Initiated the development of SMS Was Made by a contribution of France and Germany Into the GSM group meeting in Oslo in February 1985. [10] This Proposal WAS Further elaborated in GSM WP1 Services Subgroup (Chairman Alvernhe Martine, France Telecom) based on a contribution from Germany. There Were aussi initial discussions in the Subgroup WP3 network aspects Chaired by Jan Audestad (Telenor). The result WAS Approved by the main GSM group in a June '85 WAS Distributed Which document to Industry. [11] The input documents are SMS HAD Been Prepared by Friedhelm Hillebrand (Deutsche Telekom) with contributions from Bernard Ghillebaert (France Telecom).
SMS WAS Considered in the main GSM group as a service as possible for the new digital cellular system. In GSM document "Services and Facilities to Be Provided in the GSM System", [2] Both Mobile Originated and Mobile-terminated short-messages appears on the table of GSM teleservices.
The discussions on the GSM services Were Concluded in the recommendation GSM 02.03 "TeleServices Supported by a GSM PLMN." [12] Here a description of the Three Rudimentary Service was Given:

    Short message Mobile Terminated (SMS-MT) / Point-to-Point: the Ability of a network to a short message transmitted to a mobile phone. The message feels Can Be by phone or by a software application.
    Short message Mobile Originated (SMS-MO) / Point-to-Point: the Ability of a network to a short message transmitted by a mobile phone feels. The message Can Be Sent to a phone or to a software application.
    Short message Cell Broadcast.
The material elaborated in GSM WP1 and Its Subgroup WAS handed over in Spring 1987 to a new GSM body called Set IDEG (the Implementation of Data and Telematic Services Experts Group), Which HAD ITS kickoff in May 1987 Under the Chairmanship of Friedhelm Hillebrand (German Telecom ). The technical standard Known Today Was Largely created by IDEG (later WP4) as the GSM recommendations 03.40 Two (The Two point-to-point services merged together) and GSM 03.41 (cell broadcast).
WP4 created a Drafting Group Message Handling (DGMH) Which WAS Responsible for the specification of SMS. Finn Trosby of Telenor Group Chaired the draft-through icts first three years, Which in the design of SMS WAS ESTABLISHED. HAD DGMH about five to eight participants, and Finn Trosby mentions as major contributors Kevin Holley, Eija Altonen, Didier Luizard and Alan Cox. The first action plan [13] mentions for the first time the Technical Specification 03.40 "Technical Realisation of the Short Message Service". Responsible editor WAS Trosby Finn. The first and very Rudimentary draft technical specification of the WAS Completed in November 1987. [14] However, the drafts for Useful Manufacturers Followed at a training in the Later Period. A comprehensive description of the work in this période IS Given in [15].
The work on the draft specification in the Following Continued FEW years, Where Kevin Holley of Cellnet (now O2 Telefonica UK) Played a Leading Role. Beside the completion of the main specification GSM 03.40, the protocol Detailed specifications on the system interfaces needed to Be Completed aussi.[Edit] Support in Other architectures
The Mobile Application Part (MAP) of the SS7 protocol included support for the transport of Short Messages Through the Core Network from ITS inception. [16] MAP Phase 2 expanded support for SMS by Introducing A Separate operation code for Mobile Terminated Short Message transport. [17] Since Phase 2, There Have Been No changes to the Short Message operation packages in MAP, although operation Other packages Have Been Enhanced to support CAMEL SMS control.
From 3GPP Releases 99 and 4 onwards, CAMEL Phase 3 Introduced the Ability for the Intelligent Network (IN) to control aspects of the Mobile Originated Short Message Service, [18] while CAMEL Phase 4, as Part of 3GPP Release 5 and onwards, provider the IN with the Ability to control the Mobile Terminated service. [19] allow the CAMEL gsmSCP to block the submission (MO) or delivery (MT) of Short Messages, route messages to destinations Other than that specified by the user, real and Performance -time billing for the use of the service. Prior to CAMEL Standardized control of the Short Message Service, IN control relied on Switch Vendor Specific extensions to the Intelligent Network Application Part (INAP) of SS7.[Edit] Early implementations
The first SMS message [20] WAS feels over the Vodafone GSM network in the United Kingdom on 3 December 1992, from Neil Papworth of Sema Group (now Mavenir Systems) using a personal computer to Richard Jarvis of Vodafone using year Orbitel 901 handset. The text of the message Was "Merry Christmas" [21].
The first commercial deployment of a short message service center (SMSC) by WAS Aldiscon share of Logica (now Acision of hand) with Telia (now TeliaSonera) in Sweden in 1993, [22] Followed by Fleet Call (now Nextel) [citation needed ] in the US, Telenor in Norway [citation needed] and BT Cellnet (now O2 UK) [citation needed] Later in 1993. All first installations of SMS notifications for network gateways Were Sent to mobile phones, to inform Usually of voice mail messages. The first SMS service was sold Commercially Offered to Consumers, as a person-to-person text messaging service by Radiolinja (now Elisa share of) in Finland in 1993. Most GSM mobile phone handsets early Did not support the Ability to send SMS text messages, and only the Nokia handset manufacturer WAS Whose total GSM phone line in 1993 Supported user-Sending of SMS text messages.
Initial slow growth WAS, with Customers in 1995 on average only 0.4 Sending messages per GSM customer per month. [23] One factor in the slow takeup of SMS operators WAS That Were slow to set up charging systems, Especially For Subscribers prepaid, and Eliminate Which WAS billing fraud by Changing SMSC settings can be Individual handsets to use the SMSC of Other operators [citation needed].
Over time, this issue WAS Eliminated by switch billing INSTEAD of billing at the SMSC and by new features to allow SMSC Within blocking of foreign mobile users Sending message through it. By the end of 2000, the average number of messages Reached 35 per user per month, [23] and by Christmas Day 2006, over 205 million messages in the UK Were feels alone [24].
It est aussi Alleged That The Fact That roaming Customers, in the early days, rarely Received SMSs After Their bills for holidays Abroad Had a boost on text messaging as an alternative to voice calls annually. [Citation needed][Edit] Text messaging outside GSM
WAS SMS Originally Designed as Part of GSM, But Is now available on a wide range of networks, Including 3G networks. However, not all text messaging systems use SMS, and Some notable alternative implementations of the concept include J-Phone and NTT Docomo's SkyMail's Short Mail, Both in Japan. E-mail messaging from phones, as popularized by NTT Docomo's i-mode and the RIM BlackBerry, aussi Typically uses standard mail protocols Such as SMTP over TCP / IP.[Edit] SMS today

In 2008, 4.1 trillion SMS text messages Were feels. SMS HAS Become a massive commercial industrie, worth over $ 81 one billion Globally as of 2006. [25] The overall average price for year SMS message is $ 0.11, while mobile networks charge Each Other interconnect fees of at least $ 0.04 When connecting Between different phone networks. [citation needed]

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A 4.3 "screen for iPhone 5?

A few days before the official announcement of the iPhone by Apple 5, it is normal that the web goes crazy. Thus, according to the cnet site, the next iteration of Apple's mobile inherit a screen of 4.3 ", stamped QHD, and able to offer a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels.

If they will clearly be very cautious on the subject, the fact remains that the thing seems quite likely, the supposed first protective shells of the mobile being more "broad" advertised.

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Android 2.3.6 for Nexus S

According to our colleagues FrAndroid the Nexus S Google currently receives the update to 2.3.6 Android (GRK39F). As always, here's how to install it manually, if you are not patient enough to wait for the OTA maj.

Samsung Nexus S for Android 2.3.6 Nexus S
1] from the dialer Type * # * # # * # 2432546 * while in WiFi preferably
2] If the update is not detected, here's the direct download link (Google servers)
3] Rename the archive update.zip or update, and place it in the root of your SD card
4] Start by holding the phone buttons simultaneously ON / OFF and Volume Down
5] is selected using the Recovery Volume keys and press the ON / OFF
6] The phone will restart in recovery
7] Press the ON / OFF and Volume Up at the same time
8] Click on: Apply zip from sd card - update.zip
9] Restart the machine ... (When installing the unit may restart repeatedly).

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iPad 2: Steve Jobs unveiled the new Apple tablet

After months of rumors about the new version of its touch pad, Apple has unveiled the iPad 2 under the leadership of Steve Jobs Himself.

The iPad 2 is greatly about him prior to launch, and a large part of the presentation only confirmed many rumors circulating for weeks about the second version of the tablet's best-selling worldwide . Finally, one of the biggest surprises of the keynote which lasted a little over an hour is the presence of Steve Jobs for the post of master of ceremonies. The leader Apple has wrung the neck of some rumors that just hesitant to call it "dying" following the announcement of his departure on sick leave.

We suggest you find below the record achieved in this live keynote.

 

Steve Jobs is finally, albeit sick, which comes into play.

For the traditional introduction, the history of Apple CEO to take this event to take stock of iBooks, particularly suitable for the iPad. The apple would have sold "100 million pounds in less than a year." Signing a new contract soon enrich the catalog of 17,000 new books.

The first generation iphone was in turn sold 15 million copies between its launch in April 2010 and the end of 2010, and annual sales of $ 9.5 billion and 90% market share. And Steve Jobs to name an officer of Samsung, who said that the tablet has sold 2 million copies.

The App Store would record 65,000 applications dedicated to the tablet from Apple. This is an opportunity to launch a pike competition, indicating that only a hundred tablets dedicated to Android applications are available on the Android Market.

 

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HTC Touch

Get used to new-fangled touch screen phones popping up like chic geeks at an LG Prada giveaway, thanks to the iPhone. HTC entered the game officially on June 5, 2007 with their showing of the HTC Touch. This is a Windows Mobile Professional (aka WM6 Pocket PC Phone) with a screen that's not only stylus-friendly like all PPCs, but finger sensitive. The screen requires a firmer touch than prior Windows Mobile devices, so if you get one, don't be shy-- press firmly for best results. The Touch uses a difference kind of touch screen to achieve finger-friendliness, especially gesture-awareness. It's not a multi-touch display like the upcoming iPhone and you can use a stylus, again unlike the iPhone which needs a human touch to work correctly. In conjunction with the finger-friendly screen hardware, HTC has created software that's easy to operate by finger, using tap and gestures. HTC has created a special home screen and an application that provide large, touchable targets; and in fact HTC has written their own touch screen driver. Here's the challenge, HTC can't re-write the entire Windows Mobile operating system to make it finger-friendly and gesture-aware. We'd have to leave that up to the folks in Redmond who author the OS. So you won't see a major transformation of the Windows Mobile 6 we've come to know and (err, love?). The Programs and Settings groups look and work the same. So do IE, email, contacts, calendar and solitaire. You'll face the same stylus-sized scroll bars and tiny 'x" close box up top. The HTC Touch Today Screen, which reminds us of Spb Mobile Shell. So what is different? There's the Today theme with quick access to an application launcher, the weather and a listing of calendar events. More interesting is the swipe action: swipe your finger from the bottom of the display to the top to bring up a spinning 3-sided cube (OK, not really a cube since there are only 3 sides, but you get the idea). Swipe from right to left (or left to right) to move through these faces. One has a palette of user-assignable images for your contacts. Put your favorite folks' photos in their, then tap on the picture to bring up their contact info in the address book. No, it doesn't dial them, you have to then hit the call button at the bottom of the screen. Flip your finger left or right to move to the next face of the "non-cube" which is an application launcher. The third face is for multimedia: HTC's music player (which unfortunately doesn't support as many file formats as Media Player Mobile), Photos (this launches MS' Picture and Videos app) and Videos (this also launches MS' Picture and Videos app). Swipe from the top of the screen to the bottom to hide the HTC UI. You can swipe up to bring up the HTC UI from anywhere, even inside an application. Swipe down to hide it again. Cool. The application launcher.

The multimedia launcher face of the "cube".

Speed dial.

It's all very clever and pretty, though I'm not feeling it improves ease of use all that much since the special user interface doesn't extend beyond the Today Screen and the cube-launcher application. The on-screen keyboard is still the tiny Windows Mobile variety rather than a specially created one (or licensed 3rd party full screen keyboard) with larger keys that would make SMS possible via finger. So be prepared to whip out the stylus for text entry. And again, HTC isn't the author or owner of the OS, so there's only so much they can do. Phones like the Prada and iPhone have an easier time since their OS and UI were written together, allowing the touch metaphor to be pervasive. The HTC goodies work well and are easy to get the hang of-- good going there. And you can use the finger swipe to bring up the HTC cube when in any application. But HTC, why don't they work in landscape mode? That's right, there's no gesture support in landscape mode, so you can't bring up the cube-launcher and its finger-lovin' goodness. The touch screen has more glare than a standard PDA screen, so we had to tilt it for best viewing under sunlight.

Features at a Glance

Now that we've covered the touch screen and UI, let's get down to the basics. The HTC Touch runs Windows Mobile 6 Professional on a 201MHz processor with the standard 64 megs of RAM and 128 megs of flash ROM. It's an unlocked triband GSM phone with EDGE for data. The first version released will be triband 900/1800/1900MHz, which is better suited to Europe and Asia than the US where AT&T uses the 850MHz band heavily (T-Mobile uses 1900MHz, with only some 850MHz roaming). The was first released in Taiwan (HTC's home) in the summer of 2007. HTC promised a US triband version with 850MHz by the end of 2007 but it never materialized. The remarkably small Touch has WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, a 2 megapixel camera and a standard QVGA resolution display. The HTC Touch is available in two colors: black and wasabi green.

In the Box

The HTC Touch comes in an elegant and hefty black gift box. Slide off the outer sleeve and lift up the box's cover to reveal the phone nestled between earbuds on a faux suede textured foam surface (they're going for that iPod and Sony packaging high). Underneath you'll find the standard HTC USB connector world charger with Asian prongs and no prong adapter (some vendors may throw one in and the US version should ship with US prongs), USB sync cable, spare stylus, a neoprene-ish slip case with soft material inside, HTC's usual thick manual, a thinner getting started guide and software CD.

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Design and Ergonomics

This is a beautiful and small phone. It looks elegant, extremely modern and sexy. Did we mention it's small and light? Check out the comparison photos of the Touch and the original Motorola RAZR V3. The Touch has the same rubbery soft-touch finish as the T-Mobile Dash (aka HTC S620) and Wing: it feels great and helps keep the device securely in hand. The matte black finish does show fingerprints, but not as much as glossy phones. A chrome strip wraps around the edges of the phone, again making for a great look. The device is made of plastic, including the chrome trim. The curved corners and bottom taper make it feel natural in the hand and there are no edges to catch on pants pockets nooks and crannies. At 3.95 ounces (112 grams) and 0.55" (13.9mm) this is the smallest Windows Mobile Professional phone on the market.

Motorola RAZR V3 and the HTC Touch.

The HTC Touch and the RAZR V3.

There are relatively few controls (despite the touch screen, we'd like more). There's a 5-way directional pad below the display which works well and easily, the power button up top (takes some effort to press, and that's a good thing), the camera button and a volume slider with a center ridge for better grip. Two Windows Mobile softkey buttons the d-pad, and that's it. No OK or Windows Start Menu buttons, no voice command button-- nothing. This adds to the Touch's minimalist design but it means you'll be missing a few keys that speed up interaction with the device.

The battery lives under the back cover, and the entire cover slides off, rather than just a section. You slide upward in the direction of the camera lens, and we found it very hard to get off with the exception of one staff member who made it look easy. Alas, the rest of us couldn't master the trick. Though the SIM card and Micro SD card slots are under a pop-out section of that chrome trim rather than under the battery, unfortunately you'll still need to remove the battery cover to open that long chromed-plastic door. The door fights with you a bit as you try to access the slots, but we hope its rubbery-plastic mounts will withstand a few years of fighting.

The screen is bright and sharp, though it has more glare than other Windows Mobile Professional and Standard phones. The rear-firing loudspeaker is decently loud and sound through the included headphones is excellent for music playback.

Phone Features, Reception and Data

The HTC Touch is a triband 900/1800/1900MHz GSM phone that's unlocked for use with any GSM carrier. The phone lacks the 850MHz band used heavily by AT&T in the US and by T-Mobile for roaming service, but HTC tells us a triband 850/1800/1900MHz version will be out by the end of 2007. We have to wonder why it isn't quad band, though; global travelers will be at a disadvantage with a triband phone. As with most recent HTC-manufactured phones like the Wing and the Cingular 8525, call quality is excellent and the volume is average by GSM standards. Though not deafeningly loud, the speakerphone's quality is good through the small rear-facing speaker.

The Touch has Cyberon's Voice Speed Dial, but there's no hardware key assigned to this function, and the only user-assignable button is the camera button (which has only a press but not a secondary press-and-hold assignable application). Voice Speed Dial uses voice tags rather than true voice recognition, but it's very accurate and works with Bluetooth headsets and car kits. Like all Windows Mobile 5 and 6 phones, the Touch has call history, photo caller ID, and supports call waiting, conference calling and flight mode. For data speeds, the Touch got an average of 85k on T-Mobile US. You can also use the phone as a wireless modem for a notebook over Bluetooth, though EDGE speeds aren't as compelling as 3G.

Horsepower and Performance

This isn't the Touch's strong point: the 201MHz Texas Instruments OMAP 850 feels underpowered. This CPU has been used widely on MS Smartphone/Windows Mobile Standard devices, and overall it's a good fit for that platform. It's also been used in older Pocket PC Phone Edition PDA phones such as the T-Mobile MDA and Cingular 8125 as well as the new T-Mobile Wing, and it felt a bit slow but usable. It's even slower on the Touch, perhaps due to the demands of the touch interface. Quite often we though we hadn't had success touching an icon when the problem was really a long delay before the device responded by opening a window or launching an application. We found ourselves tapping and waiting quite a bit. Video playback of very low bitrate WMVs that even an 201MHz MS Smartphone / Windows Mobile Standard Edition could handle floundered on the Touch. For example, we tested two WMV files, one a short 420kbps flick and the other a 301 kbps movie and both dropped enough frames that playback was about 10 fps. Rebooting the phone and running no other applications other than Media Player Mobile improved things, but realistically it's not practical to reboot the phone every time you want to watch a video.

Top view.

Bottom view.

The Touch has the standard 64 megs of RAM (used like RAM in your PC) and 128 megs of flash ROM (for storage). Of those, 20.8 megs of RAM are free at boot and ~ 32.4 megs of flash memory are available for storage. You can further extend storage using the included 1 gig Micro SD card. Like the Wing, the Touch is SD 2.0 compatible which means it should support SDHC cards greater than 2 gigs in capacity though we don't have one of those to test yet.

Camera

The 2 megapixel CMOS camera with fixed focus lens takes acceptable photos, though not as good as the HTC TyTN (Cingular 8525) 2 MP camera. Given how little room there is inside the phone for camera hardware, we're not surprised that image quality took a hit compared to its much bigger brother. Images suffer from excessive foreground sharpening (so much so that detail is actually obliterated) that jars with un-sharpened background areas and creates a sense of limited focus. When resized down to VGA or 800 x 600, photos look decent but they still lack natural detail and contrast and white out add harshness to the images. Images sometimes have a purple color cast, as you can see in the photo of the dark gray buddha to the right.

The camera can take photos at a maximum of 1200 x 1600 pixels, with lower resolutions available that are suitable for Today Screen backgrounds, MMS and caller ID. There are 4 quality settings, center and average metering options, a shutter sound that can be turned off, a self-timer and more. There are two video modes: standard and MMS. Standard video resolutions are unambitious: 128 x 96 and 176 x 144, but they do look decent, albeit small. Standard video mode supports H.263, MPEG4 and Motion JPEG file formats. MMS video supports H.263 and MPEG4 and offers the same resolutions as standard video. The camera has a self-portrait mirror but no flash.

WiFi and Bluetooth

The HTC Touch has 802.11b/g WiFi. WiFi worked reliably for us on our encrypted 802.11g network and range was good for a Pocket PC phone (despite the phone's small size). Data speeds averaged 1097 kbit/s, which is middle of the pack for Windows Mobile devices. The WiFi status control panel applet shows current SSID, mode (Infrastructure or ad hoc), Tx and Rx rates, BSSID, channel and signal strength. You can set the amount of power the WiFi radio consumes using a 3 position slider, set up LEAP and secure certificates.

Left side.

Right side. The SIM and MicroSD card slots are under the middle section of the chrome trim on this side.

Microsoft's Bluetooth stack and fairly plain user interface handle Bluetooth connections for the Touch, like all recent HTC phones. It has Bluetooth 2.0 and supports most common profiles including serial port, FTP, HID (keyboard and mice), headset, hands free, DUN (dial up networking for using the phone as a wireless modem for a notebook or desktop), and A2DP Bluetooth stereo. We tested the Touch with the Plantronics Discovery 655 and the Samsung WEP-200, and both worked well with good voice quality and and volume. We tested A2DP using the Plantronics 590a Bluetooth stereo headset and when we paired it, the Touch asked if we wanted to use it for stereo, handsfree or both. We selected "both" and all controls worked properly. Audio quality was very good, with clear stereo separation, strong bass and non-harsh trebles with plenty of volume. Very nice.

Battery Life

Here's where the Touch makes up for its weak CPU performance: battery life is superb by Windows Mobile Professional standards. The phone lasted 3 days on a charge with moderate use (about twice as long as the HTC TyTN/Cingular 8525) and longer with very light use. HTC claims 5 hours of talk time and 200 hours of standby and that's reasonably accurate according to our tests (we got 4.6 hours talk time). Standby was right on target. Given the wide range of things you can do with Windows Mobile phones, it's hard to describe an average usage scenario, but we tested the phone by making calls, listening to MP3s for an hour each day, watching a 2 minute video each day, looking up calendar and contacts information, checking email manually 8x/day and surfing the web over EDGE with Bluetooth left on at all times. WiFi will consume battery life faster, as will streaming media, though given the Touch's weak video playback performance we don't foresee many folks watching hours of video on the device.

Conclusion

The HTC Touch is a beautiful, very small PDA phone, something we just about never get to say. It's the perfect phone for style conscious buyers who need a PDA's features and advanced functions, but don't want to carry an ugly brick. However, those who text or email frequently won't be happy with the tiny on-screen keyboard and (very functional) handwriting recognition. The Touch isn't meant to compete with hardware-keyboarded PDA and smartphones like the Treo 750, Cingular 8525, T-Mobile Dash or BlackBerry 8800. And while the touch user interface is a step in the right direction, it's really just one application launcher rather than a pervasive change to the phone's interaction on the whole.

Pro: Beautiful, very light and very small. Touch screen is a step in the right direction. Excellent music playback quality through the included wired stereo headset and through stereo Bluetooth headphones. Very good battery life by Windows Mobile Professional standards. Bluetooth 2.0 and WiFi 802.11b/g keep you connected and WiFi helps with the lack of 3G.

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Official: Nokia N9 will not be sold in France

First Impressions
Compared to all other smartphones available today, and even those of Nokia, the N9 is like a breath of fresh air. It is not bright, it is not black and there is not an aluminum strip in sight. Nokia has packaged the components in a polycarbonate body unibody (116 x 61 x 12 mm 135 g), which makes it slightly rubbery to the touch and which apparently created less interference with the air inside the phone.
There are no navigation buttons, MeeGo works through different gestures. There are nevertheless essential physical buttons for volume and power on the right spine, and the jack on top.
With the Nokia N9 finally built a decent smartphone with components. The Nokia N9 runs on a 1GHz Cortex-A8 OMAP 3630 with 1 GB of RAM and a graphics processor PowerVR SGX530. It will be available with two storage capacities: 16 GB and 64 The N9 is also equipped with an 8 megapixel camera with flash and Carl Zeiss optics. The picture quality should be equivalent to the Nokia N8.


To view the photos you take, Nokia has integrated its N9 3.9 inches AMOLED screen format 16 / 9 and resolution of 854 x 480 pixels, Gorilla Glass with treatment to prevent scratching. The result is quite impressive, blacks and the colors were very well made on the prototype we had the chance to see.
In addition to the NFC chip that is inside the N9, there are the traditional wireless connections: 3G, Wi-Fi (a / b / g / n), Bluetooth and GPS. The NFC chip would not support future projects contactless payment according to CNET Australia, it would simply be able to communicate with other devices equipped with NFC to initiate such a multiplayer game or pair of Bluetooth products.MeeGo
This operating system is surprisingly minimal and strongly resembles IOS and Android. When you unlock the smartphone, you see first the application menu, a long list containing all the installed apps. If you drag your finger to the left you will see the list of notifications unified, revealing your recent calls, messages, emails, and updates to Facebook and Twitter. If you slide your finger to the right from the application list, you will have a page displaying the windows of all running applications. And that's all. There are no widgets, no option to add more screens, no sizes for shortcuts and no customizable wallpapers.


After spending so much time to customize Android smartphone, this approach seems restrictive at first, but we're very quickly. All major applications are at the top of the list, making them easily accessible. Nokia has integrated Facebook and Twitter MeeGo inside, so you do not need to use a separate application for access to their duties. MeeGo users can go to the Ovi Store - soon renamed Nokia Store - to fill with apps, and from what we heard, it will be possible for applications to deliver live information on the screen notifications.


If you are owner of an iPhone and you have never downloaded applications outside of basic (the type of applications such as Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Angry Birds ...) you are the target of MeeGo. Like Windows Phone Microsoft user experience MeeGo is deliberately simple and, while owners of Androphone-hackers complain of these limitations, this interface could really be suitable for consumers seeking their first smartphone.Outlook
Nokia talks about the products as MeeGo terminal "disruptive." The Nokia N9 is an interesting newcomer in the landscape of increasingly saturated smartphone offering a real alternative for those who want a fast terminal, with a simple user experience of social networks and embellished with a good camera.
Scheduled for the third quarter, Nokia N9 will be offered at a price of bare $ 660 for the 16GB version and $ 749 for 64 GB as Colin Giles, executive vice president of sales for the Finnish firm

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Samsung S5230W Star WiFi

General	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	Announced	2009, September
	Status	Available. Released 2009, September

Size Dimensions 104 x 53 x 11.9 mm Weight 92 g Display Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 256K colors Size 240 x 400 pixels, 3.0 inches (~155 ppi pixel density) - Accelerometer sensor - Handwriting recognition - Smart unlock Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, WAV ringtones Loudspeaker Yes 3.5mm jack No - DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine) Memory Phonebook Yes, Photo Contact Call records Yes Internal 50 MB Card slot microSD, up to 16GB (verified), buy memory Data GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps EDGE Class 12 3G No WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Infrared port No USB Yes, v2.0 Camera Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels Features Smile detection Video Yes, QVGA@15fps Secondary No Features Messaging SMS, MMS, Email Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Games Yes + downloadable Colors Black, Silver, White, Pink GPS No Java Yes, MIDP 2.0 - MP3/WMA/AAC player - H.263/H.264/MP4 player - Organizer - Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) - Shazam Find Music service Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1000 mAh Stand-by Up to 700 h Talk time Up to 10 h Misc SAR US 0.75 W/kg (head)     0.65 W/kg (body)     SAR EU 0.59 W/kg (head)

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