Friday, June 11, 2010

Most affordable smartphone Nokia

The price of new items will leave the desert, and yet tell, what it represents smartphone. So, Nokia 5228 - a classic Touchscreen-monoblock. Diagonal of its screen is 3.2 inches in resolving 360h640 pixels. Works machine running platform Symbian S60 5th Edition.

Externally, new does not differ from the previously released Nokia 5230 smartphone, which until today was considered the most affordable smartphone Nokia. However, differs smartphones filling - no modules in the 5228 3G and GPS. As far as other characteristics of a smartphone Nokia 5228, among them can allocate 70 megabytes of internal memory, card slot for microSD, the module Bluetooth, FM-tuner, 3.5-millimeter headphone jack.


By the way, positioned Smartphone Nokia 5228, as a tool for active people who use mobile phones to listen to music, view photos and video and communicate via the Internet. With all these new tasks is very competent, and so that smartphone users have been happier, Nokia engineers have provided five different options for painting the back panel.

And now the most interesting. Nokia 5228 smartphone, which operates as a player 33 hours.

Toshiba Satellite T210 and T230 Laptops have become stronger and thinner


Company Toshiba is one of the leading notebook manufacturers in the world. And in its range have computers for any user. This high-powered computers for gamers , and very advanced netbooks , and, of course, the classic notebooks . However, do not forget the Toshiba engineers and users who prefer thin, light and powerful laptop. Especially for them, Toshiba provides mobile computing Satellite T210 and T230.

Obviously, at the forefront of these computers go compact size. Especially important thickness and weight. It is logical that the laptop Satellite T210 and T230 with these indicators are no problems. Thus, the thickness of their shells is 17.6 millimeters and weighing Computers 1,48 and 1,75 kg, respectively.


Almost 300-gram difference in weight between laptops due diagonal screens. Indeed, in T210 is 11.6-inch display, but what in the T230 - 13.3-inch. Resolution and that in both cases equal 1366h768 points.

Recall that this is a thin, light and powerful notebook. Let us examine the last paragraph. So, what is installed inside the new products? This processor is Intel Core i3 330UM, Pentium U5400 or Celeron U3400, up to eight gigabytes of fast memory DDR3, and poluterabaytny Winchester. Let us add here modules Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, webcam, port HGMI. Powerful? For this class of computer - completely.


They work the same laptops Toshiba Satellite T210 and T230 operating system Windows 7 Home Premium. With time, the "life" without a recharge of energy in these notebooks, which are packed in black, white or red body, and everything is in order - 8,5 hours.

Nokia 2710 Navigation Unique Phone from Nokia and MTS

The Finnish company Nokia and more serious concerns to Russia. Thus, together with Nokia Siemens Networks, it opened a research laboratory , and just before the head of Nokia Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo asked for a pass for his company in the Russian "Silicon Valley" . Another testimony of the great interest of the company Nokia to our country - to enter the Russian market the Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition, customized for operator MTC.

To begin with we shall understand, that is customizable phone. Simply put, in this case it means an abundance in the apparatus operator branded services, and placing the shell phone logo MTS. That's right - Mobile phone Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition will be sold in Russia with MTS logo on the body.


Meanwhile, SIM-card into the phone can be inserted any. Services as a novelty, indeed, more than enough. This, in particular, J-Drive, Red Box, «Second Memory", "MTS-Pay». In addition, one-touch mobile phone owner will be able to get to the entertainment portal Omlet.ru. In internet phone comes with a module 3G, or via EDGE.

We note that on their own services, Nokia has not forgotten the novelty. First of all, the navigation software Nokia Maps. In this case the phone is already pre Map of Russia, well, and, if necessary, maps of other country can easily download extra.

Specifications apparatus as follows: 2.2-inch screen with 320x240 pixels, 2-megapixel camera, FM-tuner, 3.5-millimeter headphone jack, the platform S40. On sale the Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition with the emblem of MTS on the case appears on 10 June and will cost 4990 rubles. Within a month of cell phone will be sold only in specialty shops MTS.

MSI GT660 Laptop for the most demanding gamers

Attention here catches the word "unique", so that with him and look into first. Selects the computer from a number of colleagues Technology MSI TDE + (Turbo Drive Engine +). Gamers it as a balm for the soul. That would mean that, just press one button on the case, as the system itself overclocking the CPU, memory and graphics card! However, we must not forget the second button, which includes an additional cooling system, because otherwise the computer will simply overheat and "white flag".

From the uniqueness of you solved the problems. Now for power. Here it is necessary to provide the latest processor Intel Core i7. The company did he make graphics card Nvidia GeForce GTX 285M (1 GB GDDR3), up to 12 gigabytes of RAM, poluterabaytny hard drive, 16-inch screen, optical drive (in the top-end versions of Blu-ray).

Have laptop MSI GT660 another feature - the sound. Here he is one of the best on the market. And all because the music component of the computer engineers engaged Dynaudio, which is well known to fans of high-quality sound.

Windows XP soon deprived of new netbooks

Microsoft has recently reiterated that Windows XP could be pre-installed by manufacturers on any computer, including the netbooks that were previously except, effective October 22, 2010. From that date it will be up to the user to buy the older operating system on its own, taking advantage for dealers' stocks, for example (see below), she wants to continue to use.


Brandon LeBlanc, director of communications for Windows and protagonist of the official blog of the operating system, nevertheless attempted to reassure according to a recent market research firm NPD, already 81% of netbooks sold in the United States in April of 'were in Windows 7. From another point of view, so overall it was nearly a five-netbook buyer securing a different operating system than Microsoft's newest, without knowing if they were Windows XP or a Linux distribution.

The Redmond company also states that it will cease support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 from July 13 next, before finally abandoning its dean in April 2014, thirteen years after its launch.

Adobe Flash Player available in final version 1.10

Ambitious rewriting of a technology is implemented, according to Adobe, 95% of Internet connected PCs worldwide, with 10.1 Component Flash Player is now available for download in its final version for Windows, Mac OS and Linux. The program for this new version, which mainly support hardware acceleration of H.264 encoded videos using the graphics card, even if it is currently restricted to Windows. Adobe also reports having made the correction of vulnerability recently discovered in its software.

With Flash Player 10.1, the publisher also promises a more intelligent management of system resources, with a higher memory usage lowered, the ability to automatically release the latter in case of saturation and modulation finer level priorities processor so that the user does not see the browser or system by flash frozen as we have sometimes deplored the previous versions.

Among other news, Adobe also reported improved streaming capabilities, with for example a video bitrate evolving in accordance with the quality of the connection (techno known for smooth streaming within Microsoft's Silverlight), taking support multicasting - streaming from multiple sources, plus a system-level caching (buffering) to allow easier navigation within video content.

Flash Player 10.1 is also accompanied by new programming interfaces (APIs) devoted to ActionScript 3 which should facilitate the development of interfaces leveraging multipoint touch screens, a point that Adobe had been criticized by Steve Jobs in his letter open about Flash. The software is finally respectful of different navigation modes that offer private modern browsers. For now, the support Webm , the new video container supported by Google and Mozilla, do not seem to part, despite support Adobe had posted the project.

The release of Flash 10.1 is accompanied by the launch of version 2.0 of the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), which allows applications to run Flash / Flex outside the browser.

Twitter will be the firewall against bad Url

On his blog , the micro-blogging site explains how it intends to offer more security. Twitter plans to create a blacklist of sites identified as potentially harboring malware. If the address is regarded as such, prevent Twitter to consult and notify the user.

Other developments, despite their shorter, the Url will be clearly visible to users. Similarly, developers can configure their applications to display the address at their convenience. Twitter propose to display the beginning of the address, full address or the name of the target page.

The micro-blogging site tells a little more about their security methods. Since Twitter wishes to define its business model and open to professionals, the road passes through a logically better security. However, it is not certain that the black list approach is fully effective. A site is generally included on the list after an infection is known ...

A trojan is the wave Android

The security editor BitDefender warns against the arrival of a new Trojan. It would work on Windows x86 platforms. It seems that malware developers have already understood that the Google OS became increasingly popular, especially in the United States.


"A false LiveCD should circulate the Operating System running on Android and Windows x86 platforms proved to be a Trojan horse" warns the editor. A closer look, he found that malicious code is hosted on a false web page. He then imitates the original site of Android LiveCD.

This trojan has been named Trojan.Generic.KD.13718. It would then install a backdoor, a port of entry for any hacker who wants to have access to a remote system. Other malware can then be downloaded by this vulnerability.

BitDefender remember to update its security solution, but also "download on the official website of his publisher" if you want to test an app. Logical right?

3M Unveils a monitor in self-powered USB 3.0

The U.S. manufacturer 3M has unveiled a prototype self-powered LED screen via two USB 3.0.

On a diagonal of 18.5 inches, this screen displays a resolution of 1366 by 768 pixels, has a brightness of 250 cd / m² and a contrast of 1000: 1, and therefore requires no electrical outlet, or VGA cable to run.

The advantage of this prototype is also economical, since it consumes only 8W, which is about half of a standard monitor. An asset that is also a drawback, however level connection, since USB 3.0 is not capable of providing a maximum power of 7W, it must connect to two ports to enable it to function.


Still, this model, which is less dependent on electricity and requires fewer cables, bodes good for USB 3.0. I bet that by the time the new version of the Universal Serial Bus is democratized, the manufacturer has further improved its prototype.

TRENDnet Launches Wireless N router at 450 Mbps

Just the standard Wi-Fi 802.11n Was ratified , after several years of marketing in many products in a preliminary form, some manufacturers are taking advantage of the relative flexibility of its requirements to pass a new milestone. TRENDnet has actually recently announced the "450 Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router".


His adorable name itself summarizes the main distinctive feature of this new model as well as almost all of the functions it offers. Also simply called "TEW-691GR, it is the" first "access point Wi-Fi to provide bandwidth, the manufacturer himself acknowledges theoretical 450 Mbps, 300 Mbps cons for devices marketed until to date. Each of its three satellite broadcasts to do three streams. MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output), which aims to improve the scope, is also present. Rest also find devices that will benefit from this improved throughput.

Therefore, there is also a hub with four ports for Gigabit standard, ensuring a higher throughput than wired wireless, the reverse has certainly been the last straw. A fifth Ethernet port lets you connect a modem, which function as the router. We finally come to the WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup), which allows connecting a wireless device with the touch of a button, by crowding the stage forbidding the seizure of the encryption key.

The "TRENDnet 450 Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router" will soon be marketed in France for a retail price of around $ 160 plus VAT (approximately 160 euros TTC in court today).

A transparent multipoint touch screen GPS with AUO

The transparent screen, the current trend? AUO recently presented at the exhibition display a prototype of Taiwan AMOLED combining partial transparency layer and multi-touch navigation. In a 2.4-inch diagonal, the prototype seems perfectly functional as evidenced by the video below, conducted by Netbooknews.com.

What interest? According to AUO, which now claims 16% of the global market slabs TFT / LCD, this technology could well take place in dedicated navigation devices. In other words, we could see one day appear on a GPS with HUD transparency can also be used for manipulating the system. Prototype 4 and 7 inches diagonal are also in preparation, said AUO.




Lite-On launches 12x Blu-ray in Europe

Lite-On has confirmed the imminent launch in Europe iHBS212, its first Blu-ray player displaying a maximum write speed of 12x for the next generation optical media.

Moved to 5.25 inches, this internal drive uses a SATA interface, LightScribe technology embeds and displays the following performance thus write:

- 12x for single layer Blu-ray
- 8x for dual layer Blu-ray
- 2x for Blu-ray Disc Rewritable.

Unsurprisingly, the iHBS212 also provides burning DVDs with performances by the order of 16x for DVD-R's, 12x DVD-RAM, 8x double-layer DVDs and 6x DVD-RW.

Lite-On announced a suggested retail price of 165 euros for the box version with Cyberlink software, against 149 euros for the bulk version (iHBS112 reference), in line with the current offer on Blu-ray drives .

LG: not less than 20 Android smartphone in 2010

On the smartphone market, the Taiwanese manufacturer HTC has particularly distinguished itself with its many terminals Android. Other manufacturers such as Motorola and Acer have also presented some devices running the Google system. For its part, LG does not want to stay trolling and posting a score of Korean Android smartphones by the end of the year.

Within the mobile communications department of the company's rate of profit has declined considerably to 0.9% against 6.7% last year. According to the CFO of LG, the company did not sufficiently prepared in the smartphone market, which is why it is not now among the industry leaders.


Today in France we find the W620 and LG GT540 Optimus, but LG Electronics plans to release no less than twenty terminals Android in 2010. The company starts to distribute including some in the U.S. as Ally LG, Verizon, LG and LG LU2300 Optimus Q SU2300. The Korean Times reports that agreements with operators in the Middle East are being negotiated.

LG should follow the lead of Motorola, which after several financial setbacks, has also had to refocus its mobile strategy on the Google system.