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OKAO Vision Face Recognition Sensor

Juniper Foo | Apr 19, 2005

Here's a phone that recognizes you. At the recent Security Show Japan 2005, Omron showcased its OKAO Vision Face Recognition Sensor utilizing a camera-phone to scan a user's face before it would unlock the handset. The world's first face-recognition biometric software takes in the features of the eyes, nose and mouth, detecting 80 points on the face. Users snap a self-portrait with the phone's camera, which the OKAO solution converts into a face print. A retake completes the verification process. With the success rate tested at 99 times out of 100, this should reassure the ultra paranoid. Minority Report, here we come!

Image from Omron

Price: N.A.
Availability: Japan
Device: Biometric solution for phones
Basic specs: Symbian, BREW, embedded Linux, and ITRON OS compatible, face print takes up about 1.5Kb of space, about 1 sec processing time

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Betsey Johnson Samsung E315

Juniper Foo | Apr 15, 2005

When Samsung told CNETAsia it would be rolling out more phones for women, we thought this meant more kitsch like the Pink Calendar, mirror and health features. Seems the Korean chaebol has been busy rounding up a team of women known for their fashion pizzazz. The latest, the inimitable Betsey Johnson appears to have had Paris Hilton as her muse, with the Samsung E315 pretty in pink and only missing some bling blings. For the more affected, do check out Diane von Furstenberg's artsy VM-A680. Our money, though, is on the oh-so-Edna Mode Anna Sui whose excessive purple-and-black creation packs a mobile charm and Sui Rouge #371 lipstick with Anna Sui signature case. Nothing, daarling, beats a freebie to win the Singaporean's heart.

Go girly with Betsey Johnson | Anna Sui | DVF

Price: Depends on contract
Availability: US
Device: Handphones
Basic specs: N.A.

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Samsung 3D vibrating game phones

Juniper Foo | Apr 12, 2005

Yet more nifty mobile devices from Samsung which aren't coming within lusting distance of Singapore users. Out this week in Korea, the SCH-G100 and SPH-G1000 (which we caught at CeBIT) are 3D game phones featuring force feedback capability. Though that's nothing new, given that Sony Ericsson sported an auto-racing game with vibration on the T610, Samsung (being Samsung) has slapped on an industry-leading 1 million polygon/second graphic accelerator chip which it claims will enhance game realism. We'll console ourselves with counting down the days to Sony's May 13 PSP rollout here.

Click to see a large image of the SPH-G1000 open and closed. No images from Samsung yet on the SCH-G100

Price: N.A.
Availability: Korea
Device: 3D game phones
Basic specs: CDMA 2000, 113 x 55 x 24mm, 148g, 262K TFT LCD display, 1.3-megapixel camera, RS-MMC media, 3D and 2D games, dual stereo speakers, multikey, 64-chord polyphony, MP3 support

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MVOLT-200

Juniper Foo | Apr 11, 2005

It's just too bad the MVOLT-200's only for Korea since it hooks up to only phone connectors sporting the Korea TTA Standard 2400S 24Pins. Otherwise, this really cool 2-in-1 USB thumbdrive also doubles as an emergency mobile phone battery. It's back to wind-up mobile chargers if you can find them online for sale, unless an OEM decides to adapt it for our local markets.

Click to see product close up

Price: N.A.
Availability: Wigobite.com
Device: 2-in-1 memory device
Basic specs: 128MB to 1GB variant, USB 2.0, 7Mb/s writing speed, 8Mb/s reading speed, 3.7V Li-polymer built-in, charging time of 2.5 hrs, offers up to 10 hrs of standby and a max. of 40 mins talktime, 56.6 x 26.1 x 14.1mm, 17g

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