Philips X-Connect

Philips is all touch with two mobile phones, the X800 presented previously and X-Connect. A high-end mobile which will be positioned in the middle of last pdaphones market.

Indeed, the Philips X-Connect is a mobile on Windows Mobile 6 equipped with the latest technologies. Compatible with UMTS and HSDPA, it is also Bluetooth. Regarding WiFi, the information is not specific to this subject, even for the processor speed, maybe 600 Mhz?

Philips has just formalize the X800. So far it was only a rumor but apparently he will well and truly on the day.

The Philips X800 tri-east with a 2.9-inch screen displaying 262k colors. A touch screen displaying a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels for a great convenience. It is a 100% touch terminal which enables handwriting recognition.

It is equipped with a digital camera with autofocus 2 MegaPixels. Bluetooth, it can exchange files with other office or mobile computers so very simple. Files that can be stored on a Micro SD memory card not provided.

Interestingly, the X800 is capable of holding 8 hours of talk time and 850 hours of standby time. A surprising autonomy for a mobile today and especially with such a screen that has yet consume a lot of energy.

New advanced for the establishment of a WiMAX network to the USA: Sprint has just validate the network infrastructure provided by Samsung for its project XOHM.

Despite a difficult economic context, both world with the global crisis and chronic loss with a steady flow of subscribers, the U.S. operator Sprint is still thin on the horizon its mobile network next-generation called Xohm and using WiMAX.

After the completion of a massive funding and the reformation of a joint venture with Clearwire, a local launch on regions of Washington and Baltimore and the support of several important players (Intel, Google …) is a new stage that has been reached with the validation of the WiMAX network infrastructure provided by Samsung.

Xohm ready for takeoff
The equipment has successfully passed all tests imposed by the technical operator, both in the laboratory and on the ground since 2007 to check the performance but also to ensure the interoperability of equipment from different manufacturers.

Samsung will provide a portion of these mobile devices, in the form of Express Cards and “UMPC compatible WiMAX (with the Samsung Q1 Ultra Premium), already deployed for the pre-launch. The start of commercial activities will take a little later in the year.

This is good news for WiMAX in general, at a time of doubts and the pressure exerted by promoting competition with other mobile network technologies. Sprint made a bold choice by engaging in this direction, while most U.S. carriers will turn to LTE (Long Term Evolution).

The Z555i is a phone with a clamshell form factor and a diamond surface, mainly designed to appeal to women.

Sony Ericsson has launched a web page where you can download wallpaper for your computer or on your mobile on the famous tennis player Maria Sharapova. These wallpapers will be available for the Z555i soon to be marketed.

Technical information:
On the flip we find the digital sensor and a 1.3 MégaPixel monochrome OLED screen with a resolution of 128×36 pixels to display the appellant and the title of the song played in the player. This valve has a very original, which can cut the ringing of a call simply by passing his hand on it. It remains to be seen whether this function is really functional in all situations. The Sony Ericsson Z555i has an internal display of 262k colors with a resolution of 176×220 pixels for almost two inches. Multimedia side, it integrates technology stereo A2DP, a media player, an FM radio, allows for some games 3G and read its RSS feeds easily. The organizer functions have been added to this phone design particularly original.

An OECD report warns governments and companies against the risk of a shortage of IP addresses that could disrupt the economy linked to the Internet. The only solution: the accelerated deployment of IPv6.

The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) sounds the alarm in a report on the shortage of IP addresses provided by the IPv4. In May 2008, 85% of addresses are allocated and what remains leaves three years in advance.

However, new types of appliances will be continuously connected to the Internet in the coming years, including mobile phones, electronic gadgets, equipment type MID (Mobile Internet Device) and sensors. A shortage of IP addresses free could therefore affect the economy linked to the Internet.

To prevent this catastrophe announced, the OECD wants to attract the attention of governments and enterprises on the importance of migration of IPv4 to the IPv6, which will provide a virtually inexhaustible reserves of new addresses.

A migration in a fragmented
The organization notes that service providers have so far drawn little investment in this direction due to low demand from their customers. Governments, as major users of Internet services (public institutions) must lead the way to boost the demand for IPv6.

OECD advises setting up a two-tier system, with some regions moving to IPv6 while others remain in IPv4, in the sense that it would create bottlenecks and could affect economic developments .

The Japan shows the example with the use of the IPv6 to connect thousands of seismic sensors for the prevention of earthquakes in the archipelago, providing data in real time and connected to a computer system that can react immediately to a threat to broadcasting a warning message on television networks and by passing all traffic lights to red. This architecture seeks millions of IP addresses that can not be provided as IPv6.

Other countries have also planned migration, such as USA, including government agencies should operate in IPv6 from June 2008, the Korea who will do the same for its public institutions by 2010, or China For the benefit of the Olympics in Beijing this summer to test mobile equipment and other logistics systems on its network IPv6. In Europe, there is also considering the issue.

Just announced officially, the HTC Touch Diamond has already provided some materials to improve the user experience. This catalogue, brought to grow in the coming months, for the moment includes a reception area, a pocket of protection and high-capacity battery. Note that the price and availability date are not yet disclosed.

The site Modaco we therefore unveils the first three accessories. We note that this product that users would have liked to see included in the basic package! There was a time or imagined manufacturers not to market a device without cover or base synchronization …

The first accessory is therefore presented a basis for synchronization, allowing recharge the aircraft. The second is a microfiber bag to protect the device from scratches. The third is none other than the high-capacity battery (1360mAh), which will take a few grams and a few millimetres in Touch Diamond. This new battery will be provided with a new back cover.

The Press Conference HTC of May 6 in London, and the few days that preceded them were rich in information. From mid April, several rumors have come to confirm the arrival, and thus the next announcement of several new terminals Windows Mobile 6.1. The new generation “Touch” will enable HTC to fill gaps in the previous one, while confirming its leadership position in this market.

And that’s where we observed a big difference between HTC strategy on one side and all other manufacturers of another. Take Sony Ericsson, which announces its arrival to fanfare in Windows Mobile at the Mobile World Congress 2008, but that does market its aircraft a year later. Or HP, which goes back over the release of its new iPAQ. The list is not limited to these two giants: Asus has long been the specialist in early ads, like Toshiba, which does not seem capable of learning from its mistakes…

Conversely, HTC plays low profile. No announcement before industrialized’s terminal. Last year, between the official announcement of the HTC Touch and its commercialization, it has not passed one month. Only couac in the history of manufacturer: S730 Smartphone, which will see its output remote a few months, but for purely commercial reasons.

For HP, Asus and Toshiba does not shift out of their terminals for commercial reasons, but for technical reasons: subcontractor fails, prototype evil ends, lack of component, etc… short by leaving HTC, “big” suffer lack of experience of small MDGs (manufacturer manufacturer for other brands). The problem is that mobile technologies are changing very quickly: a device as revolutionary presented at a given date falls in the “banality” if it really fate that a year later. That’s what could happen to Sony Ericsson and its XPeria X1…

HTC has the right strategy: the company can create a buzz around a product and flooded the market in the next few weeks. Customers are willing to buy it because it is the best device at the time. When Asus presents an innovative aircraft in March the buzz is also immediate. But in September, when the actual exit, there is not much anybody who expected so long. Meanwhile the competition has arrived and innovation is no longer one.

The Japanese group Sharp has just lifted the veil on a new phone compatible HSDPA, the SX862 model. Although the device is relatively well equipped, we regret finishing which has obviously not been the priority of the manufacturer.

Available in black or metallic finishes, this model displays a clamshell GSM tri-compatibility, GPRS, EDGE, WAP and HSDPA. It is also equipped with Bluetooth and infrared connectivity. It does lack the Wi-Fi to tell the truth.

It also noted the large 3.2-inch LCD screen that displays 262 144 colors at a resolution 854 x 480 pixels and can rotate. In addition, the cell phone on board an 3.15 Megapixel camera with autofocus, a media player that can play MP3 music and videos 3GP and MPEG-4 and a voice recorder. The data will be stored in a first time in 50 MB of internal memory, then in a memory card type microSD to be inserted in the slot provided. The manufacturer announced a relatively comfortable autonomy. He said more than 4 ½ hours in communication and up to 350 hours of standby time.

If the cell is relatively well equipped for both communications and multimedia, it is quite unfortunate that his finishing is weak.

Characteristics:
* Model flap
* Compatibility: GSM (900, 1 800 and 1 900 MHz), Class 10 GPRS, EDGE, WAP 2.0 and HSDPA
* Connectivity Bluetooth 2.0 and Infrared
* 3.2-inch LCD screen, is 8.12 cm (rotation possibilities)
* Display 262 144 colors in a resolution 854 x 480 pixels
* Digital Camera 3.15 Megapixels with autofocus
* Play MP3 music
* Lecture videos 3GP and MPEG-4
* Voice Recorder
* Internal Memory: 50 MB
* Location microSD memory card (formerly TransFlash)
* Port USB 2.0
* Dimensions: 110 x 50 x 18 mm
* Weight: 120 g
* Finish: black or metallic
* Lithium-Ion Battery
* Autonomy: until 4:40 in communication and paused to 350h

Apple provides marketing a iPhone integrating Atom Intel processor, a component of very small size and low consumption. This indicated that would in any case an officer of Intel in Germany to our local editorial, without that information is confirmed by the group. It would be the next generation of chip Atom, bringing the code name Moorestown, scheduled for launch around 2009 or 2010.

This smartphone display a more important gauge than the current version, by adopting a screen larger - 720 x 480 pixels x 320 against 480. With the passage a new design created by Intel, on the principle of MID models. The American founder presented a model during its last Intel developer forum this fall, but not a definitive model.

The idea that Apple now uses only Intel products plane for a long time, since the founder presented Atom chip for mobile Internet terminals (MID), but also the mini portable low cost. In its current version, Atom is not suitable for smartphones like the iPhone, for a technical question of evacuating the heat. A problem would be solved in the new version of the chip.

The future iPhone could be announced by Steve Jobs, Apple’s boss at the World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC), which will be held from 9 to June 13 in San Francisco.

The arrival of a 3G version of the iPhone is imminent, according to other rumours, and could also be announced at the WWDC. Especially since the current model is no longer available for sale in several countries including the USA and the UK.

The Japanese group Sharp was rather discreet about possible projects for fuel cells to power electronic equipment, but the situation changed with the announcement of a battery methanol offering energy density greater than the competition.

Many specialists Japanese consumer electronics are working on projects of fuel cells expected to significantly improve the autonomy of our gadgets, such as Toshiba, which seems to have made good progress on the issue or even Casio.

As for the Sharp group, it was rather quiet on the subject. However, the announcement issued today shows that the fuel cell is also a hot topic, with a predilection for mobile devices or laptops.

Sharp Corporation Unveils indeed a pile methanol (DMFC industry or Direct Methanol Fuel Cell) which would offer the highest energy density in the world for this type of device, or 0.3 Watt / cc, to imagine fuel cells for mobile phones, electronic dictionaries (popular in Japan), PDA or small laptops.

The marketing is not yet scheduled
To achieve this result is a new three-dimensional structure made of multiple micro-cell line that was imagined, would increase the contact surfaces per unit volume while facilitating the passage of air, in which oxygen will react with methanol to generate electricity and waste non-polluting.

The energy density is obtained seven times higher than those of earlier prototypes developed by Sharp. And there is good hope to be able to reduce the size of fuel cells for reaching those of Li-Ion batteries traditional, while offering a superior life.

Sharp will demonstrate its technology stack methanol at the fifteenth Fuell Cell Symposium which takes place in Japan this May 15. The Japanese group does not take a position on a possible marketing, which could range from one year or two.