Mobile Technology
Screen projection from handheld devices
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February 12, 2006 One of the presenters at this week’s DEMO conference was Digislide, a company with a micro-optical engine named Digismart that allows 11-inch by 17-inch full-colour images to be projected from a range of hand held devices, including cell phones, Notebooks, GPS units, MP3/MP4 players, smartcard readers and gaming devices. Digislide’s patented miniature projection systems could prove to be one of the enabling technologies that will shape the future form factor of handheld technology – one of the “missing links” that could enable small objects to offer large screen viewing. Digislide is seeking industry alliance partners and licensees for its miniature projection systems which has the potential to be used in a number of US$100 billion a year markets (as above) and offer a unique differentiation, enabling them to not only retain but expand their market share by offering consumers instant access to large scale images from hand held devices.
Buying, paying bills and transfering money with your mobile phone
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February 9, 2006 Motorola has announced M-Wallet, a new solution for mobile phones that will enable paying bills, transferring money or making a purchase at retail. M-Wallet features an easy-to-use mobile interface that gives the consumer wireless secure access to financial services -- eliminating the need to carry a credit or debit card in your wallet. Motorola's M-Wallet also addresses the needs of companies that wish to innovatively market their goods and services. For example, merchants can issue virtual loyalty or gift cards directly to their customer's mobile phone. These cards can be redeemed via a mobile phone or can allow customers to conduct secure point-of-sale transactions, collect loyalty points, and obtain store receipts at existing retail merchant locations. M-Wallet users must opt-in to receive coupons or other promotional services, allowing them to choose preferred merchants who participate in the program and thereby reducing spam. Read More
Spiralling bang-per-buck for handheld video
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February 8, 2006 The Bang-per-buck factor for personal handheld digital entertainment devices continues to spiral forever upwards with the pricing on new AV and PVRs driving the penetration of handheld video. One of the most logical functions of handheld devices is to be able to download images from that other heading-for-ubiquity device, the digital camera, without needing a laptop. When you’re out seeing the sights, or taking holiday snaps far from civilization, the last thing you want is to run out of memory in your camera or be weighed down with your laptop. Which makes Astone’s new 5GB EVO Digital AV Player an even better proposition because, thanks to its OTG (On The Go) function, you can download photos direct to the player. The EVO has a 280 x 220 pixel, 260k colour, 1.5" TFT LCD display and can also play movies and music clips, display images, listen to and record FM radio, read text files and record voice! More proof that the bang-per-buck factor for handheld entertainment just keeps getting better is the EVO’s price (US$220) and that of its big brother, the EVO X. The 20GB EVO X has a 2.5”, high-res color LCD screen and offers direct video recording and playback from any audio/visual source (TV, DVD, video) in real time, all for US$400. And having a detachable20GB hard drive, you have the option for easy size upgrades in the future. Read More
Swiss Army Knife gets a built-in MP3 player
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February 7, 2006 The Swiss Army Knife has been one of the most sought-after gadgets by technophiles for 115 years, and it’s pleasing to see that Victorinox is still updating and innovating. Not long ago it added USB memory to one of the variants and has now gone one step further. The new s.beat digital audio player is an all-in-one 4GB digital audio player and USB storage device incorporated into a full-metal Swiss Army Knife. Built with the same level of precision the Swiss are renowned for, the knife and MP3 comes with a lifetime warranty. Now go try to peel an apple with your MP3 player! Read More
BMW offering free audio books designed for the 40 minute auto commute
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February 7, 2006 As MP3 technology gives greater accessibility to all forms of audio content, there has been tremendous growth in the area of audio books. Audio books offer a very different user experience and are finding a loyal band of devotees amongst people who regularly need to drive long distances. For those drivers who don’t have satellite radio, recorded books offer a continuous thread of amusement that lasts much longer than terrestrial-based radio station footprints. Accordingly, it was a natural fit for BMW to follow the success of its internet-based ‘The Hire’ series of short films by offering free MP3 audio books specifically designed to be experienced while driving, with the average length of 45 minutes per story matching the average driver’s commute. Read More
VW and Google team to explore future vehicle navigation systems
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February 4, 2006 The next battleground in the ongoing war for humanity’s digital future emerged this week – first it was business, then the home, and now the attention of the giants has focussed clearly on the automobile. Earlier this week Fiat and Microsoft announced their jointly-developed automotive telematics system Blue&Me would launch at the 2006 Geneva Motorshow later this month. Now VW and Google have announced their collaboration in building an in-car communication and entertainment system and have released significantly more detail. Volkswagen, Google, and graphics chipmaker, nVidia, are working on an in-car navigation map system and display that is 3-dimensional and more realistic than anything currently available. Users will instinctively recognize their location in relation to the surrounding topography, especially in urban areas that are depicted with depth and accurate size relationships between buildings and roads. The group is also working with the likes of Sun Microsystems and Splashpower on other advancements, including automatic personalized content updates for its vehicle navigation systems, and a wireless in-car charging system for handhelds. Read More
Karl Lagerfeld first designer to make runway fashion show available for video podcasting
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February 3, 2006 Now here’s something we think will really catch on. Fashion guru Karl Lagerfeld will close New York Fashion Week on Friday, February 1, with his F/W '06 show and a fashion first. The debut of the Lagerfeld Collection will be the first fashion show to be made available as a Podcast on the iTunes Music Store, just hours after the event. Why is it signiicant? Well it will complete the disintermediation process between the fashion show and the consumer. Only a decade or two ago this took months, then with Fashion TV it became much quicker and now with the presentation available for podcasting, tech savvy designers and fashionista around the globe will be able to have the event on their personal media player within hours. Though the printed fashion magazine is in no danger of ever becoming extinct, this disintermediation will significantly erode its influence as video is an infinitelt better medium for seeing what clothes look like. Read More
The Type 1 Lotus Watch
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February 2, 2006 The Type 1 Lotus Watch is the first wrist watch to be created by Lotus Design, the design studio responsible for all Lotus current and future products, as well as numerous client programmes. The bespoke timepiece which is infused with Lotus core values through its appearance which is highly technical, yet clean, stylish and elegant. However, the Type 1 Lotus watch is not a mere branding exercise; it was designed by Lotus Design, and boasts beautifully crafted components. These include an orange anodised aluminium crown guard mounted on a black dial with the Lotus roundel, taking inspiration from precision automotive and race parts used in the modern day Lotus sports car. Read More
EDIROL R-09 WAVE/MP3 stereo recorder
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January 30, 2006 With podcasting emerging onto the media landscape with so much promise of recent times, new tools for the phenomenon are emerging at a rapid rate. Software tools such as PhoneValet Podcast have simplified the process and now professional hand-held audio recording has a new poster child too – the EDIROL R-09. The unit is absolutely tailor-made for creating podcast fodder, not to mention enabling broadcasters and journalists to trash their antiquated cassette recorders and the ability to record live music events, recitals, rehearsals, samples out of the studio … it’s one of those devices that enables new methodologies by being freely available and afforable. The ultra-small recorder has a built-in, high-quality, stereo microphone, time-stamp capability, and captures sound at a crystal-clean uncompressed 24-bit resolution with your choice of 44.1 or 48kHz sample rates. It’ll also record and play back in MP3 format (up to 320kbps) and can be monitored through headphones or exported to a computer via USB. Expect the R-09 in Q2 for around US400-$450. Read More
Samsung’s 8 mpx camera phone – the hamburger with the LOT!
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January 30, 2006 We’ve talked about the highly competitive nature of Korean giant Samsung previously. If they ever introduce that well known game, “mine’s bigger than yours” at the Olympics, Samsung would be a Gold medal contender, capable of playing in almost any consumer electronics arena and winning the game. Last March at CEBIT, Samsung announced the world’s first 7 megapixel camera phone, the SCH-V770 and for the last few months has been showing the first eight megapixel camera phone, the V8200, to potential distribution partners at various trade shows, culminating in disclosure to select media at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month. The V8200 will be on shelves in Seoul within six weeks but will only be available in Korea. Both models (770 and 8200) will be available side-by-side as the specifications are slightly different - the 770 has a x3 optical zoom whereas the V8200 has just digital zoom. But the V8200 has just about every other feature you can think of – such as VGA (640x480) video recording, a TV-out function, Video on Demand, Music on Demand, an MP3 Player, a Microsoft Office file viewer, a 16M-color TFD Display, TransFlash external memory, dual speakers for excellent sound quality and a melody composer so you can develop your own ringtones … and digital images 3296 x 2472 pixels in size. Detailed images inside. Read More
New wireless intercom eliminates need for base station
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January 29, 2006 For sports coaches, event coordinators, theatre directors, security personnel, and others with a need for group and one-to-one wireless communication, Anchor Audio’s new PortaCom Pro could be just what’s required. It’s a 2.4 GHz professional wireless intercom system combining an automatic lock out feature to keep conversations to two speakers at a time for maximum understanding, with an “All Call” channel allowing any user to speak to everyone in a group. Allowing up to 15 simultaneous groups to operate on 15 user group channels and a separate “All Call” channel, the user-friendly PortaCom Pro can bring any size group together for priority calls. Each user group can contain an unlimited number of users within a range of approximately 250 metres. Unlike cumbersome wireless intercom systems requiring a central base station or active antennae, the PortaCom Pro requires just a lightweight headset and beltpack for each user. Read More
Handtop PC combines desktop power, instant-on PDA convenience and connected functionality of a cell phone
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January 13, 2006 The DualCor cPC is a pretty special device and one which demands the attention of professionals who get out of the office a lot but don’t want to forego the power of a desktop when they’re travelling. It is the first ultra portable personal computer to simultaneously run full-function Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 and Windows Mobile 5.0 operating systems, offering the best of both worlds. This unique device represents a new category of hardware for global enterprise computing and promises to end the compromise between mobility, functionality and productivity for the mobile business professional. Read More
Cell phone traffic yielding real-time road traffic info
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January 12, 2006 The overnight news that TomTom NV is to acquire Applied Generics Limited has some interesting ramifications for the way in which we navigate on the roads. TomTom offers quality, innovative, easy-to-use personal navigation products and services to the consumer market. Applied Generics has developed technology that makes it possible to generate real time road traffic information based on analysis of mobile telephone network usage and cell-switching. The technology is commercially deployed and has the potential to deliver high quality traffic information at a fraction of the investment normally required to generate traffic information. Which means that TomTom may soon be in the position to offer additional income streams to network operators and invaluable real time nationwide information on traffic conditions overlayed on top of directional and road network information. If you'd like to see Applied Generics' real time road traffic technology working, click this text and follow the instructions in the second paragraph. Very cool! Read More
The electronic paper book
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January 7, 2006 In one of the most significant product announcements of recent times, Sony has announced the lightweight Sony Reader – a product destined to transform the electronic reading experience and which we expect will do for reading what Apple's iPod did for music. Coupling an innovative electronic paper display with precise one-handed navigation, the Sony Reader will allow active readers to carry as many books as they want to read whether they are traveling on the road or just around the corner. Roughly the size of a paperback novel, but thinner than most (about .5 inches thin), the device can store hundreds of books in internal memory with the addition of an optional Memory Stick or Secure Digital (SD) flash memory card. The trick to the Reader is that its text is much easier to read than any computer screen - higher contrast, much higher resolution and MUCH easier on the eye. Curling up in bed with a digital novel has taken a while to become reality, but it will soon become available to the masses. Read More
CES 2006: Motorola and Oakley unveil new stereo eyewear
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January 5, 2006 Motorola and Oakley yesterday announced the "O ROKR", the latest eyewear product to result from the companies’ collaborative focus on designing cutting-edge wireless products for the active consumer. O ROKR uses the Bluetooth Stereo Music Profile (A2DP), which enables music to stream wirelessly from compatible products to the eyewear. At the touch of a button, a user can play or pause music and answer an incoming call. From the Motorola mobile handset line-up, O ROKR works with the newly unveiled Motorola ROKR E2 and the Motorola E680i (available only in Asia). Read More
CES 2006: BlueTooth innovations abound - Inner-ear headset, bluetooth keyboard and wireless iPod companion
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January 5, 2006 Motorola has unveiled a ground-breaking product that sets a new standard in miniaturization for Bluetooth headset form and function - the Motorola H5 Miniblue Bluetooth Headset. Miniblue is equipped with an in-ear speaker and microphone that picks up your voice through your ear canal. The design greatly reduces ambient noise and enables crystal-clear communications in noisy environments. Weighing only 0.26 ounces and measuring 33 x 41 mm in diameter, the H5 Miniblue headset is small enough to ensure a comfortable in-ear fit. Motorola also unveiled several other Bluetooth enabled innovations including the Motorola TXTR (a full QWERTY wireless keyboard that to a Bluetooth-enabled phone so you can type messages with convenience and ease) and the Music Duo ( which lets you stream music from your iPod to your Motorola Bluetooth Stereo headphones). Read More
CES 2006: Viewsonic previews handheld projector prototype
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January 4, 2006 Today we were fortunate enough to catch up with the folks at Viewsonic and to get a preview of a new handheld, battery-powered projector prototype. The diminutive PJ106D uses a white LED light source and a .55" DLP chip and can operate for about 2.5 hours when mated with it's portable battery pack. We actually saw the device in action and were impressed. While the PJ106D's light output is only 25 lumen, we found that it was more than adequate for "small" presentations and Viewsonic claims that it's enough to produce a 30 or 40" image in a darkened room. Inputs include an SD card slot (for jpeg slide shows), S-video, composite video, and VGA. The prototype we saw had a speaker and audio input, but these are unlikely to make it into the final product. Read More
CES 2006: Wireless Stereo Headsets for Mobile Phones -- One Headset for Listening to Music and Answering Calls
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January 4, 2006 Logitech has announced it will preview two new wireless stereo headsets for mobile phones at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show. Each of these headsets allows people to both listen to digital stereo music and conduct phone calls on mobile music phones. The Logitech Mobile Stereo Headset HS 200 and HS 210 models make it easy, with the push of a button, to switch from enjoying a favorite song to participating in a conference call. Read More
CES 2006: business-card sized, Bluetooth-enabled mouse that stores and recharges inside your laptop’s PC card slot
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January 4, 2005 The MoGo is designed for road warriors who don’t like bulky, full-sized, mice, but also hate laptop trackpads and trackpoints. Now we all know that a mouse is a very personal thing, so this may not be a solution for everyone, but it’s a very good idea and one which is worthy of every road warrior’s attention. The mouse which fits snugly in your palm when you’re using a desktop often takes on quite different proportions and becomes a pain in the butt when you’re on the road, never seeming to fit nicely in your bag, and constantly getting tangled. So having a PCMCIA-card sized mouse that stores and recharges neatly inside your laptop computer’s PC card slot when it’s not being used is very useful on the road. For us, the Bluetooth-enabled functionality is a clincher. Whatsmore, the MoGo Mouse recharges in less than an hour so there are no batteries to be replaced. Read More
Portable fuel cells hit the market
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December 31, 2005 Jadoo has announced that it will be introducing a line of fuel cell products for prosumers at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2006 in Las Vegas. Jadoo has been shipping its fuel cell products to the professional broadcasting market for two years, but the NABII power unit, N-Stor fuel canister and FillPoint refill station will find a variety of new applications, including field-ready laptops, emergency response radios and other equipment used in "off-grid" power situations, as well as professional broadcast cameras. Some of the advantages of the NABII fuel cell technology include a virtually infinite shelf-life compared to batteries, a Hot-Swap capability (so power never goes down like when replacing batteries), and a rapid refill/recharge time with the FillPoint. Read More
World's Thinnest In-Motion Satellite TV Antenna to debut in Japanese automotive market
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December 28, 2005 It makes sense that as the wireless phenomena unfolds, we’ll want access to our information wherever we are, no matter what we’re doing. We’ll want it on our handheld, and we’ll want it at home, and anywhere else where we spend our time – quite logically, for most of us, that will be when we are driving a car. RaySat produces in-motion, low profile, phased-array satellite antennas for the train and automotive markets. These antennas allow moving vehicles to receive live satellite television, and the company is the first to offer a low profile antenna solution for high-speed, two-way Internet connectivity. RaySat’s latest antenna receives BS/CS satellite broadcasts in vehicle and is ultra-low-profile at just 4cm (1.6") in height. One of these in your SUV means fishing in a mountain stream and watching the big game on Saturday night need not be mutually exclusive pursuits. Read More
The Valentines Day Limited Edition Blancpain
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December 21, 2005 The day for lovers, Valentines Day, like so many other aspects of modern life, emanated from the Romans. Every February in ancient Rome, a feast was held to honour the goddess Juno. The names of young women were put into an urn and drawn by lottery to match a single male. The matched couples would be considered partners for the year, and those who wished could enter the draw again the next year for a new partner. The Catholic Church was keen to eradicate these heathen practices so in 496AD, Pope Gelasius declared the day in honour of St. Valentine and promoted it as a day for lovers. St Valentine was a martyr who had been stoned to death for marrying couples in defiance of the insane emperor Claudius II who had outlawed marriage on the basis that the existence of families made soldiers reluctant to go to war. It’s hardly a heart-warming tale, and certainly not one to match the sentiments normally expressed on the day, though when you consider that 60% of marriages end in divorce, we think the original idea might be worth a revisit. In more modern times, several time-honoured practices have evolved, including the sending of love letters on the day and the giving of watches, with the world’s oldest watch manufacturer (BlancPain) commemorating the day each year with a very special limited edition woman’s timepiece. Don’t ask the price though. Read More
FlashPoint M3 SharePlayer a new generation in MP3 Players/Flash Drives
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December 16, 2005 Given the culture of digital sharing which has evolved in a short period of time, we think the capabilities of the FlashPoint MP3 SharePlayer are significant and will certainly gain it a devoted following. The SharePlayer empowers the user with the ability to copy MP3 files, data files and folders from one MP3 Player to another by simply plugging the male USB connector into the female USB on the SharePlayer. With the MP3 SharePlayer users have the capability to upload and download files while mobile and away from laptop or desktop computers, but they also have the ability to share media whenever friends meet in person. Read More
General Motors Advanced Design Group envisages “the mobile home”
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January 7, 2005 General Motors Advanced Design's GMC PAD has won the California Design Challenge at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The GMC PAD is a futuristic-looking, diesel-electric powered urban loft with mobility, a creature comfort-filled concept for living in the ever-changing cultural landscape of Southern California or a modern alternative for those financially locked out of Southern California 's escalating housing market. It's a home ownership concept that enables cultural and geographic freedom for the modern city dweller and provides a new answer to the problem of urban sprawl. Read on for a full detils on the GMC PAD. Read More
Bluetooth Shipments Double in Four Months
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December 2, 2005 For a long time, BlueTooth's most notable feature was its marketplace absence that was in direct contrast to the hype, but after a very slow start, it is gathering momentum like a runaway train. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced that the Bluetooth market has passed the impressive milestone of 9.5 million Bluetooth units shipping per week. In May, the shipment figures were 4.75 million per week according to IMS Research and in September -- only four months later -- this figure had doubled, exceeding even the most optimistic analyst projections. Serving as an advocate to the industry as well as the consumer, the Bluetooth SIG has designed a number of consumer programs in order to satisfy the needs of the booming market and further secure a first-class user experience of Bluetooth wireless technology.
Pantech launches 5 MPX camera phone and F2F handheld videoconferencing phone
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December 1, 2005 South Korea’s second biggest mobile phone manufacturer, Pantech, has announced plans for the launch of two new models onto the Korean market: the IM-8600 5 mega-pixel camera phone and the IM-8700 F2F (‘face-to-face’) telephony handset. The IM-8600 is a rotating clamshell 5 mega-pixel camera phone with what Pantech claims is a revolutionary Meca Shutter camera technology which controls the amount of light used during the photographic process, enabling a far sharper, more defined quality of picture. The IM-8700 F2F telephony handset is a major step forward, in making real time, high quality video communication by phone a reality. It features an exceptional 10 frames per second (fps) imaging speed, with a sizeable 2.2 inch screen, allowing users to have a faster, more interactive communications experience with other callers. Read More
Samsung unveils first WiBro (Mobile WiMAX) mobile handsets
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November 16, 2005 - Samsung has demonstrated the WiBro (Wireless Broadband; Korean brand name of Mobile WiMAX) mobile phones and systems at the "2005 APEC IT Exhibition" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Busan, South Korea. Various applications such as broadcasting, home networking, video telephony, VOD, and navigations were presented at the exhibition with Samsung's latest WiBro (Mobile WiMAX) handsets. As WiBro gets prepared to be fully implemented and utilised in the market next year, Samsung also put on display both the mobile phone-typed H1000 and the PDA-typed M8000.
New Multimedia Drive Brings Digital Content to Any TV or A/V System - No Computer Needed
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November 16, 2005 Iomega has announced the new ScreenPlay Multimedia Drive, a portable Pocket-Sized Mobile 60 Gigabyte hard drive with built-in multimedia playback capability that makes it a digital media jukebox for photos, songs and video files that can be used with virtually any television or audio-video system in the world. Designed for families and road warriors that have long struggled with the inconvenience of transporting computer-based digital media (audio, video, and still image files), the ScreenPlay Multimedia Drive offers new freedom to anyone who wants to enjoy digital video, photo albums, music collections and work files on any TV or A/V receiver—without the need for a computer. Read More
Motorola invests in Micro Fuel Cell Power Source for Mobile Products
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Motorola has made a strategic investment in North American micro fuel cell developer Tekion with a view to the inevitable rise of the fuel cell as a power source for mobile products. Tekion is driven by the mission to take mobile devices "off the grid". By integrating advanced battery technology with micro fuel cell technology, Tekion is creating a new "personal power source", known as the Formira Power Pack, that will fit inside mobile products and enable consumers to stay connected for as long as needed. Tekion's technology provides a competitive advantage for portable electronic products in the power range of milliwatts to 50 watts and energy range of 10 to 100 watt-hours. Several products and markets fall within these power and energy levels including: industrial handheld computers, satellite communication devices, notebook PCs, and other mobile products. Read More
Sony's Latest CD Receiver Transfers Music Directly From a PC to a Car Stereo
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November 2, 2005 Sony showed an interesting new take on the car audio market at the SEMA show which opened yesterday in Las Vegas - an AM/FM CD/MP3 receiver capable of storing up to 500 tracks and receiving music directly from a computer. The new receiver has 1GB of flash memory and a USB port engineered into the faceplate. When the faceplate is removed from the receiver and connected to a Windows PC, it is recognised as an external drive. With the provided USB cable, users can quickly transfer and save MP3 and WMA files to the faceplate. Read More
Ford shows its ‘Mobile Office’ for pickup trucks
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Nov. 1, 2005 – The Ford F-Series has remained the sales leader in pickup trucks for 28 straight years by always pushing the limits of towing, hauling and cargo capability. Today, at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show, Ford unveiled its new mobile office system – the marriage of “Built Ford Tough” brawn with Microsoft and Stargate Mobile brains to create the ultimate work truck for contractors. The Ford mobile office system will features a rugged but lightweight, in-truck computer running Windows XP Professional with full Microsoft Office capabilities, plus navigation with GPS, broadband internet access, printing, order submission and payment processing capability. Read More
The world’s most prestigious Gizmo
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November 1, 2005 It has been around for 140 years and was arguably the world’s first high tech Gizmo, has had 100% penetration of the powerful and wealthy for a century and with identical functionality its price varies wildly between US$5 and US$500,000. At the elite end of the scale, it remains one of the very few high technology items that retains and indeed increases its value. A survey of America’s wealthiest people recently rated the most prestigious luxury brands in this category … Read More
Field Tested: ZyXEL's AG-225H may actually be the ultimate WiFi gadget.
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At Gizmag we get to see a LOT of gadgets, so it would stand to reason that after years of writing about these devices it would be hard to surprise us. But, every once in a while it happens, we find a technology that really floors us, or a device that's so well implemented that we have to say, "WOW!" ZyXEL's AG-225H is one of these. We covered the release of the device a while back (you can check out our previous article here), but when we heard about what ZyXEL said the device could do, we needed to give it a try ourselves. Dave Weinstein reports:
Nokia's Latest Fashion Phone Collection
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Take a look back at any new technology in its infancy and its styling starts off rather conservatively. Telephones, television and cars are obvious examples, but the more you think about the initial form factor and its evolution, the more you’ll see how likely it is that the mobile phone has a long way yet to go, even if it weren’t for all the convergence. SContinuing to push the boundaries of mobile phone design, Nokia has introduced a collection of three trend-inspired mobile phones, the Nokia 7360, Nokia 7370 and Nokia 7380. Each model in the L'Amour Collection offers a beautiful mix of contrasts - infusing cultural and ethnic influences with luxurious touches of the unexpected. Hints of vintage and craftsmanship, are fused with natural materials, colors and patterns, all carefully crafted and layered with a passion for detail.
Samsung Introduces Mobile Phone with 3GB Hard Disk Drive
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October 18, 2005 You don’t need to be a brain surgeon to figure out your mobile phone will have a memory capacity greater than the Three Gorges Dam within a few years and just to remind you how quickly we’re moving along that path, Samsung introduced a 3GB HDD embedded phone (model SPH-V7900) onto the Korean market yesterday. This is Samsung's latest model equipped with a hard disc drive and gazzumps its own record of having the world's first mobile phone equipped with 1.5GB hard disc drive (model SPH-V5400), which it introduced into its home market of Korea in September of last year. Makes you feel like moving to Korea with all that mobile activity going on and them clearly delivering what the rest of the world promises – maybe it’s time to drop a note to your local Member of Parliament or Congressman and ask why your country can’t be a progressive country like Korea. Read More
