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Business card-size solid state drives from Toshiba

David Meyer | Sep 23, 2009

Toshiba's new solid-state drives.
(Credit: Toshiba)

Toshiba has unveiled solid state drives based on the new mini-Sata interface standard, which lets manufacturers create very small drives for use in Netbooks and other portable or embedded devices.

The Japanese hardware maker introduced the two 32-nanometer-process SG2 SSD modules, each of which comes in two capacities. In a separate announcement, the Sata-IO consortium said it is developing mini-Sata (mSata).
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LG GM750: WM6.5 smartphone with S-Class interface

David Meyer | Sep 07, 2009

Several new Windows Mobile handsets were announced last week by manufacturers such as Sony Ericsson, LG and HTC.

All will use the latest revision of Microsoft's mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5. Apart from its new user interface, the revamped OS also includes the Windows Marketplace for Mobile app store and offers users a hosted backup service called My Phone.

The LG GM750, pictured above, will go on sale on October 6, the official release date for Windows Mobile 6.5. In the UK, it will be available exclusively through Vodafone. The deal remains exclusive until the end of the year, when the handset will become more widely available.
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T-Mobile unveils pay-as-you-go Android smartphone

David Meyer | Sep 04, 2009

T-Mobile's Pulse (click here for full slideshow)
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The T-Mobile Pulse weighs 130g and measures 160 x 62.5 x 13.5mm. Its connectivity options include Wi-Fi, HSDPA/HSUPA and Bluetooth, and it also has built-in GPS and an accelerometer. The device is powered by the same 528MHz Qualcomm MSM7200A processor that is found in HTC's Android handsets. Huawei promises a battery life that supports up to 300 hours on standby or up to 210 minutes of talktime. The company announced its first Android device earlier this year at Singapore-based CommunicAsia event in June.

With a touchscreen measuring 3.5 inches, the Pulse also has the largest display of any Android phone to date--the HTC- and Samsung-made Android handsets that are already on sale only have 3.2-inch screens. However, the Pulse has the same HVGA resolution found in those devices.

Originally posted on ZDNet UK

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RIM patent application details hybrid touchscreen

David Meyer | Aug 11, 2009

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has applied for a patent on a hybrid resistive-capacitive touchscreen.

The company's patent application, published at the end of July, describes a fusion between the two main types of touchscreen currently on the market.

Resistive touchscreens have been used in many smartphones for most of this decade. They use two separated touch-sensor layers that, when pressed by a finger or stylus, connect to tell a controller where the pressure took place.

Capacitive touchscreens, which only came into widespread use in the handset market with Apple's iPhone, detect the location of input by registering a charge between the screen--coated in a conductive material, such as indium tin oxide--and the user's finger.
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New BlackBerry Curve 8520 drops the trackball

David Meyer | Jul 29, 2009

Research In Motion (RIM) has announced UK release details for its new entry-level BlackBerry, the Curve 8520.

Editors' note: We have contacted RIM about its availability in Asia and are awaiting a response.

The device, which RIM expects to be available at a lower price than any of its predecessors, will go on sale from August, the company said on Monday. However, a spokesman for RIM would not confirm the price as UK carriers for the handset have not yet been announced.

The Curve 8520 is the first of RIM's smartphones to use a touch-sensitive optical trackpad, rather than a rollerball, as its primary input mechanism. It is also the first BlackBerry to have dedicated media keys for controlling the playback of music and videos.

The device comes with 256MB of flash memory--its storage is also expandable through microSD cards--and uses a 512MHz processor. It has a 2-megapixel camera and a 3.5mm stereo headset jack.

As the quad-band handset is entry-level, it lacks 3G connectivity. Instead, users can surf the Web using 802.11b/g Wi-Fi.

Via ZDNet UK

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