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“Sanyo offers 3 new GPS and Media Solution for cars, with 1Seg TV tuner (the Japanese DMB equivalent). 5 products total are available, such as the NVA-HD1500DT, which is a fixed solution with a 30GB hard disk, a 1Seg TV tuner, a DVD player, GPS, and a 7” VGA Wide display; the NV-HD870DT, which is a portable solution with a 30GB hard disk; and the NV-DK630DT, which has no hard disk. If you already have this kind of equipment in your car but no 1Seg TV tuner yet, Sanyo also offers external TV tuners, such as the NVP-DTS1 and the NVP-DTS10.” More photos here:

“So, how does this work in practice? Well, I tried out a couple of methods of getting internet radio on my Nokia E61 smartphone. There was no practical difference between using them with Wi-Fi and using them with GPRS, the sound quality was perfectly good on both, although of course the GPRS quality (speed) may vary from network to network. The first method was using the internet radio workaround detailed on the Eseries blog, and recently featured on All About Symbian.To use this method, you download a set of files which contain the Realaudio stream addresses of popular internet radio stations (links to the files are available on the blog page). You then connect your phone to your PC, and transfer the files into the C:/data/videos/ folder in the internal memory of the phone. After disconnecting your phone you open its Gallery application, select “Streaming Links”, and you will see a list of internet radio stations. Just click on the station you want, and wait for the stream to start. You can set it to use either GPRS or Wi-Fi by opening the Realplayer application separately and choosing the appropriate access point in its “Settings” menu, or you can pick an access point the first time you use the “Streaming Links” menu.” Read this nice article here:

“msystems announced the availability of high-capacity mSIM MegaSIM cards through its Microelectronica subsidiary. In addition to the currently available 128-megabyte, 256-megabyte and 512-megabyte msystems MegaSIM SIM cards, 1-gigabyte MegaSIM products, planned for commercial availability by the end of the year, will be mass produced at the Company’s Microelectronica facility in Spain.The unique features of MegaSIM enable the creation of new revenue opportunities for mobile network operators (MNOs) and the delivery of increased value to subscribers through new services, content and applications. For example, storing downloaded data directly onto the SIM card, MNOs can control content distribution with built-in DRM support associated with the customer’s unique subscriber ID. MegaSIM is well suited for DRM related solutions and provides a high level of flexibility to the subscriber. The new 1-gigabyte SIM card will allow users to securely store thousands of songs or hundreds of high resolution photos, as well as personal productivity data and other content of their choice.The mSIM MegaSIM series, a family of secure, high-capacity SIM cards, combines the flash expertise of msystems and its TrueFFS flash management system, its field-proven mSafe crypto core technology, globally trusted in tens of millions of smart cards and Microelectronica’s smart card expertise and top-of-the-line secure manufacturing capabilities. With high-capacity flash storage (64 megabytes to 1 gigabyte), independent processing power, high-speed data protocols and crypto functionality, MegaSIM technology is set to transform the SIM into a unique platform which combines SIM level security, high capacity storage and the ability of the mobile network operator (MNO) to provision storage on any MegaSIM-empowered handset. This combination accommodates the ever-growing personal mobile storage needs of subscribers.” via slashphone.com

“Palm’s first Windows Mobile-based Treo to hit Asia arrives with something of a splash. It was September last year when the company announced a US version of its Treo, called the Treo 700w. Now we get the Treo 750v, exclusive from M1 in Singapore where it’ll cost you S$1,268 (US$806.72). Long-serving Palm fans might feel they need to force themselves to forget about the Palm OS and grudgingly live with Windows Mobile, but in fact there are plenty of good things about this smart phone that mean it stands up well in its own right. Unfortunately, there are a couple of bloopers too.” Read this review here:

Finally my BEST pda game runs on my PC!”Our Palm OS best seller is finally out for your Windows PC! VGA graphics with millions of colors, stereo sound, 5 different modes of gaming!FEATURES:* VGA 640×480 & 480×640 graphics.* QVGA resolutions supported.* Resolution choice.* 16bit crystal clear graphics!* Stereo Sound* Frame by frame smooth animation* Speed control * Arrow keys support* Export Hi-Scores to internet * 3 different ball styles”Check this GREAT game here:

Informa Telecoms & Media predicts global handset sales to top 1.25 billion by 2011 but 2006 will be the last year of massive overall worldwide growth London, 3rd October 2006 – The rate of overall worldwide mobile handset growth will slow dramatically from 2007, according to Informa Telecoms & Media. The latest edition of Informa’s flagship report, entitled “Future Mobile Handsets”, reveals that saturation in developed markets will start to balance out the booming growth in emerging regions. Informa predicts the number of handsets shipped will still rise from 814.4 million at the end of 2005 to 1.255 billion by 2011. “Handset manufacturers have enjoyed a fantastic time of it in recent years, but they’re really going to struggle to sell as many handsets and sustain the same levels of profitability,” commented Dave McQueen, Principal Analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media. “The growth in developing markets such as India, China and Latin America is impressive but we are not seeing the same levels of phone take-up per capita. With handset sales in saturated developed markets being much slower and reliant on replacement of old models, the net effect is a major slowdown in overall rate of growth from next year.”Since the slump in the worldwide handset market at the turn of the century, it has experienced double-digit growth year on year. Informa’s predictions, however, reveal this buoyant growth will slow from 2007 onwards, with annual growth rates eventually declining from 15.7% in 2006 to 3% in 2011. The emerging economies are experiencing large increases in subscriber numbers, driven by healthier economies and the availability of low-cost, entry-level handsets. Yet in more developed regions with high penetration rates, growth is largely restricted to active replacement of technologically advanced handsets – with capabilities including digital cameras, MP3 playback, video and broadcast TV – and will not sustain such major increases.1. MARKET CONSOLIDATION CONTINUESConsolidation among handset manufacturers has been prevalent in recent times, and Informa predicts a sustained period of mergers and acquisitions. Intense competition and a shortening handset model lifespan are forcing many vendors and operators to drastically change their business models or risk dropping out of the market. Many – especially in the over-serviced Chinese market – will be swallowed up by dominant leading brands such as Nokia and Motorola who are pulling away from the rest. Pressure will also come as a result of the very low profit margins gained by low-cost handsets sold in some developing territories. 2. FUNCTIONALITYIn developed markets, functionality will become ever more important for handset manufacturers as they attempt to maintain sales in spite of high levels of penetration. The onset of multimedia messaging, in tandem with colour screens, has now pushed the mass-market arrival of cameraphones in most markets worldwide, followed closely by gaming, video download and video streaming. The next key battlegrounds for vendors are music and mobile TV.According to Informa’s findings, 9.6% (120.12 million) of all handsets sold will be equipped with broadcast mobile TV capability in 2011. The strongholds of China and South Korea will dominate this sector over the coming years, but by 2011 the US, China and Europe will have also grown to be key.Informa believes the number of handsets sold with music capabilities will rise from 69.8 million in 2005 to 126.1 million in 2006 – an 80% increase. 2011 is predicted to see 55% of all handsets sold enabled with music playback functionality.Cameraphones, one of the most successful features of next generation handsets, will represent 81% of total handset market sales by 2011. Informa believes this is still a major growth area, especially as operators have thus far failed to capitalise on increasing revenues from cameraphones by focusing the technology on person-to-person messaging rather than activities normally associated with digital cameras, such as uploading pictures onto PCs and either printing them out or sharing them via the Internet. Improved software enabling users to upload images straight onto a personal mobile web blog (moblog) site will help drive the market.Dave McQueen comments, “Whilst the technology has improved significantly to handle many of these added features, future mobile handsets will need to incorporate more powerful processors, greater memory components, enhanced displays and increased battery longevity to cope effectively. The industry must face up to challenges ranging from consumer cynicism and pricing, to network interoperability, compatibility and roaming issues if many of the newer services are to reach critical mass.”3. REGIONAL BREAKDOWNAsia-Pacific has been the world’s largest handset market over the past four years, with sales estimated at 287.8 million in 2005 – 38% in China alone. Growth in the region is expected to continue dramatically over the next five years as penetration is still relatively low. North American handset sales reached 120.1 million in 2005, and a period of extensive network transition plus a flood of new handset models should see this continue in the short term. The market in Latin America is also picking up speed mainly through the large increases in subscriber numbers in what is a highly populated region with low penetration rates. Africa and the Middle East will lag behind the rest of the world over the forecast period, although some countries will experience solid growth, such as the relatively technically-advanced countries of Morocco, Egypt, the UAE, Nigeria, South Africa and Saudi Arabia.

“EQO Communications today announced the immediate availability a new version of EQO Mobile, extending the instant messenger services – including AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, GoogleTalk, Jabber, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Instant Messenger and Skype – to mobile phones. With EQO, users can access all of their IM services from their phone and exchange free text and picture messages with other EQO users.Designed for “power-users” on online communities, especially teens and young adults who belong to multiple IM and social networks, EQO Mobile serves as a next generation mobile phone book that enables users to:
Synchronize contacts from multiple IM buddy lists and multiple IM accounts
Check who’s online and available with real time presence
Make and receive mobile VoIP calls using Skype
Create and maintain a personalized mobile profile, expressing their mood and location by uploading pictures and text directly from their phone
Exchange web-to-phone, phone-to-web and phone-to-phone text and picture messages with a simple click-to-call or click-to-IM feature.
EQO Mobile now enables users to add friends and see what they’ve posted from their mobile phone. It also allows users to include a call back phone number or IM screen name as part of an EQO message, enabling the recipient to start a conversation using a simple click-to-call or click-to-IM feature. The new version of EQO Mobile and the EQO Me widget are available for free at www.eqo.com.”

“Even better LG VX9900 photo leaked. The poster also answered some of the questions and reveals some of the specifications including a 2 megapixel camera, thinner body, able to open office documentOk to answer a few questions yes its thinner way thinner actually its as thick as the bottom half of the 9800. the camera on this device was 2.0 and took clear shots the pics you see were taken with the 9800. sorry that some of the pics were blurry. This device in its test form could open certain windows based program files such as excel and word. I dont know if thats going to production but thats what was on this guy. Got any other questions ill answer em.” More photos here:

“All of which sounds a bit much for a simple top-down racing game. Also available for most other Symbian OS platforms, Dreamway is well programmed mainly for its collision detection with the other cars (and track walls). Being able to mix it with the other (computer-controlled) drivers is a lot of fun and surprisingly realistic. On the P990i (UIQ 3), control of the car is best done using the stylus, with you tracing the stylus tip around the track in front of the car, showing it where to aim for at eahc moment. The end result is a perfect racing line if you get it right and a very fast lap. If you get it wrong, you’ll be in the wall and will have some catching up to do once the other cars have streamed past.Seven different themed tracks impress, they’re gorgeously drawn and are panned around the display as your car proceeds around each lap. There’s also a choice of seven cars, although I couldn’t tell any difference in performance between them. And, just to make things interesting, there are ‘bonus features’ (on Medium and Difficult settings, at least), such as speed-ups, weapons, teleporters and oil slicks. All of which have to be avoided or picked up, as appropriate. In practice, it’s hard to make all these out, much less use the ones that need activating, while also trying to drive the perfect racing line, but it’s easy enough to avoid the worst hazards (e.g. oil). And it’s occasionally spooky seeing” Read this review here:

“Transcend Information, Inc., a world leader in flash memory cards, is very proud to announce its 8GB high-capacity SDHC. The SD card is the most popular flash memory standard in the world now, and the SDHC (SD High-Capacity) is the new generation of SD cards (Version 2.0). Formatted in FAT32, SDHC cards reach a maximum capacity of 32GB and can fulfill the high-capacity demand of the new SDHC devices such as Casio Exilim Z1000/Z600/S600 cameras, Panasonic DMC-L1 camera, and HP printer A/B. Now you can enjoy a high-quality digital life and store all of your MP3 music files, high-resolution pictures, and video clips in your SDHC card. Transcend’s standard SDHC memory cards offer hassle-free data storage and transfer with the best price-to-performance value. Transcend produces its SDHC cards using original brand name NAND Flash chips and quality components to ensure that your Flash card keeps your data secure longer. The mechanical write protection switch keeps your information safer by preventing accidental deletion or writing over your important data. For further peace of mind, Transcend comprehensively tests all SDHC cards for compatibility and reliability before leaving the factory floor. Transcend’s 8GB SDHC cards are fully compatible and obtain optimal results from your Hi-Tech SDHC portable devices.Product Features
Fully compatible with the SD 2.0 Standard
4GB and 8GB High Capacity
Supports Error Correcting Code (ECC) to detect and correct errors
Supports In System Programming (ISP) to load firmware
Supports power down and sleep modes
Mechanical Write Protection Switch
Original NAND Flash Chip
Lifetime Warranty
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TS8GSDHC
8GB
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TS4GSDHC
4GB
SD Card