Friday 01 September 2006
Samsung YP-K5: an MP3 player with sliding stereo speakers [ 01-09-2006 11:29 ]
Author: Verа Kozlova Translation by: Anja Rytchkova Send news to friend Discuss in forum
Today at IFA 2006 in Berlin Samsung Electronics has introduced its MP3-player YP-K5 equipped with sensor buttons, an FM-tuner and built-in stereo speakers. When the speakers are idle, they are hidden inside the player, but they can slide out and make a mini stereo-system.
With the file-manager you can sort music tracks by folders, so they are easy to search for. When the stereo speakers panel is out, the K5 is automatically switched from portrait to landscape menu mode.
The specs of Samsung YP-K5:
* 1.71” full color OLED-LCD
* Memory - 1 GB, 2 GB or 4 GB
* Battery life – up to 30 hours of continuous work
* Charge time - (AC) 3 hours / (USB) 3.5 hours
* Interface - USB 2.0
* Formats - MP3, WMA, (Audio) ASF
* FM-tuner – pre-settings, manual
* Misc - Music Management System (CDDB), ROM update
* Standard kit - headphones, USB card, CD with the PC software
* Dimensions – 98x47.5x18.1 mm
* Weight - 106 g
Samsung SGH-P310: a new credit-card-sized phone, preliminary info [ 01-09-2006 08:51 ]
Author: Verа Kozlova Source: NewMobile Translation by: Anja Rytchkova Send news to friend Discuss in forum
There appeared preliminary info on the upcoming mobile phone Samsung SGH-P310. It’s an heir of Samsung SGH-P300, a slim calculator-phone with the dimensions of a credit card. Unlike its extravagant predecessor the P310 will have design more customary to mobile phones.
The new phone is expected to have a 2-megapixel camera (the P300 has a 1.3-megapixel camera), an expansion slot for microSD cards (the P300 lacks it) and Bluetooth interface with the support of stereo sound (A2DP). The model might be announced very soon, and the release is expected in October.
Nokia N80 Internet Edition: a smartphone tuner for the Internet access [ 01-09-2006 08:48 ]
Author: Verа Kozlova Translation by: Anja Rytchkova Send news to friend Discuss in forum
Nokia has announced the release of the Nokia N80 series equipped with preinstalled programs and applications for easier Internet access. It is called Nokia N80 Internet Edition. The list of programs includes Yahoo! Go (the access to many Yahoo services), Flicker (photo blog), WLAN Wizard (Wi-Fi connection), Download! client, Mobile Search and Mobipocket (to read e-books).
The hardware of the smartphone remained the same – quad-band GSM networking, 3G WCDMA, 3-megapixel camera, IrDA, USB, Bluetooth and WLAN. Nokia N80 Internet Edition will be released in two color solutions in mid September.