Sony Ericsson Aino is a multimedia smartphone which features to be able to access and control media content from the Sony PS3. At just 104 x 50 x 15.5 mm, the 3-inch slider phone slipped easily into our shirt pocket and felt sturdy and solid in our hands. Slide out the phone and an alphanumeric keyboard will reveal itself akin to the Samsung UltraTouch S8300. What is peculiar is that the phone’s dedicated Call and End buttons were crammed between the keypad, which made it somewhat inconvenient when you want to make a call at a snap. The volume control, microUSB and audio jack is located at the sides of the phone. What’s sad is that the camera doesn’t have a lens cover. This means scratching the camera lens is a high possibility but then again, if it were to have a lens cover, the phone would have had to sacrifice its slim build.
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QNAP, well-known for its NAS products, is now venturing into the world of network multimedia players with the QNAP NMP-1000. As a network multimedia player, it has a Sigma Designs SMP8635 processor and 256MB of RAM and is full HD compatible. It will also play a wide variety of video formats ranging from the more common AVI, WMV and MOV to the more exotic MKV, M2TS and ASF formats. Music lovers will also be happy to learn that it will play lossless FLAC files.
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Ricoh introduced its high-end digital compact camera which suceeds the award winning Caplio GX100, the Ricoh GX200. The GX200 inherits the popular features of the GX100 such as a 24 to 72 mm (35 mm film equivalent focal length) high-performance wide-angle optical zoom lens on a 25 mm thin pocketable compact body, a wide variety of manual shooting functions, and a removable tilting electronic viewfinder. The new GX200 achieves increased resolution via its 12 megapixel CCD and dramatic noise reduction with the addition of the new image processing engine Smooth Imaging Engine III. With a large wide-viewing angle 2.7-inch 460,000 dots HVGA LCD and an electronic level function, for horizontal and vertical shooting, the GX200 contains extensive shooting functions to enable camera lovers to enjoy and create stunning photographs. This model comes in two package types with different accessories. The GX200 package contains: rechargeable lithium ion battery, battery charger, AV cable, USB cable, CD-ROM, strap, and lens cap. The GX200 VF KIT package contains all the above accessories plus the electronic viewfinder.
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Toshiba introduced a new digital photo frame, Toshiba Tekbright. It seems to be a digital photo frame that solve the compatibility with most memory cards format, it can play all the photo formats as well as MP3 at the same time. It features a 7-inch LCD touchscreen with 720×480 pixel resolution, built-in flash memory of 64MB, USB 2.0 connection, and a slot of memory slot that is compatible with most memory card format.
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Nokia has unveiled its latest N-series phone, Nokia N82, a multimedia computer optimized for photography, navigation and internet connectivity. Beside communication and multimedia functions, things worth mentions here on Nokia N82 are the GPS, a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash, and of course WiFi connection.

The camera delivers remarkably vivid photographs, even in low-light conditions. Fast camera activation, autofocus with a dedicated autofocus assist lamp, fast reloading between shots and DVD-like quality video capture make it a truly convenient and credible tool for capturing and telling your life stories. It also comes with the new content driven 3D multimedia menu and includes a convenient orientation sensor that rotates the user interface automatically between horizontal and portrait mode. It also supports the Ovi family of Nokia internet services, including Nokia Music Store, N-Gage games and Nokia Maps.
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We have previously mentioned a rumor about this Palm Treo 500v, a smartphone offering from Palm running on Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard Edition. Let’s take a more detail look on it. The Palm Treo 500v sports a streamlined design, with a predominantly black and silver rim spotted on its body. Specifications labeled its weight at 120g, making it the lightest smartphone from Palm’s current lineup. Its contoured design wraps the device onto your hand comfortably, making single-handed typing possible, an occurrence that’s quite rare for QWERTY smartphones. List of the Palm Treo 500v specification:

• Operating frequency: UMTS 2100, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900
• Operating system: Windows Mobile 6 Standard
• Processor: 312Mhz 32bit XScale Intel processor
• Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, GPRS/EGPRS, USB 1.1
• Standby Time/Talk Time: 10 days/4.5 hours
• Display: 320 x 240 pixels, 2.6-inch TFT
• Camera: 2.0 megapixel
• Memory: 256 MB, including 150MB user-accessible non-volatile memory, 64MB SDRAM, microSD expandability
• Dimensions: 110 x 61.5 x 16.5 mm (L x W x D)
• Weight: 120g

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To provide low cost and rugged PCs for greater education opportunities for the young, Intel has released the Classmate PC. Its design is child friendly and comes with price US$200. With three available colors such as pink, blue and white, it comes in a size that fits perfectly for its younger audience. A leather cover encasing the plastic build of the Classmate PC gives it greater survivability in rugged environments and it also comes with a water resistant keyboard. It features a 7-inch display with 800×480 pixel resolution, which maybe a little restrictive in a Windows environment. The plus point with the Classmate PC though, is its round touch pad mouse which is easy to use and sensitive to the touch.

The Classmate PC is powered by Intel ULV Celeron M 900 MHz, 915 chipset and 256MB of DDR2 RAM, with preloaded Windows XP, it is able to handle itself well on Windows XP, one application at a time. You can have the option to preloaded with Linux (Mandriva Linux). Intel’s aim is to provide the Classmate PC with capabilities that are similar to existing PC architecture, software and usage. Its performance is sufficient for its tasks and loading time was quick since the whole OS is loaded on a 2GB flash module ? no HDDs in here. With extensive usage, the Classmate PC lasted up to 3 hours before we found the battery dried to the core.
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After the released of VAIO VGN-UX38GN UMPC sometime ago, Sony has now launched a better version of its UMPC series, Sony VGN UX490N/C. This latest entry features an Intel Core 2 Solo that running at the same 1.2GHz speed as its predecessors, 48GB flash-based SSD drive which is 50% more storage compared to the previous version, 1GB of RAM as before, WiFi (802.11a/b/g), wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN), a USB 2.0 port and Memory Stick slot, and running of Windows Vista Business edition. It has a 4.5-inch Widescreen/Touchscreen display powered by Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 graphics. Apparently nothing change on the design and outlook.
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