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Asus R710 worlds first portable navigation device with pathfinder HUD technology

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:43:18 +0000

The new Asus R710 portable navigation device (PND) with PathFinder is a handy navigational gadget that delivers a whole new level of vehicle safety through the world’s first PathFinder HUD (Heads-Up Display) technology. It is also equipped with a large 5" touch screen display that is not only functional, but exudes a sleek, stylish look. The Asus R710 also boasts a large variety of features that enable a smoother, safer drive, including Bluetooth handsfree functions and a built-in light sensor.

Press Release after the jump

The Asus R710 also doubles as a portable communications and multimedia center that makes driving or rest stops more enjoyable. Users can listen to MP3s, watch videos, and browse through pictures. It also features a Micro SD memory card slot that accepts cards with capacities of up to 8 GB, providing users with more than ample storage space for hours of multimedia enjoyment.

Taipei, Taiwan, October 9, 2008 –Without a doubt, car safety is paramount when travelling. That is why ASUS, producer of high quality handhelds, has released the new ASUS R710 portable navigation device (PND) with PathFinder. This handy navigational gadget delivers a whole new level of vehicle safety through the world´s first PathFinder HUD (Heads-Up Display) technology. It is also equipped with a large 5" touchscreen display that is not only functional, but exudes a sleek, stylish look. The R710 also boasts a large variety of features that enable a smoother, safer drive, including Bluetooth handsfree functions and a built-in light sensor.

Enhanced Car Safety with PathFinder HUD Support
The R710´s most unique and innovative feature is the PathFinder HUD. This ability allows the R710 to project navigational instructions—such as directions, speed and so forth—onto the windshield in front of the driver. This serves to aid users in focusing on the roads ahead, removing the need to constantly interact with the device and thus distracting the driver. It typically takes about 1 to 2 seconds for the driver to change his field of vision from the front of the car to a regular PND, so if the driver was travelling at 100 km/h, this glance would have meant that the vehicle had already traversed a distance of 27 m. With the PathFinder HUD, drivers can fully concentrate on the road in front of them—hugely improving car safety.

Sleek Design with Intuitive 5" Touchscreen Interface
The R710´s sleek, streamlined design does without the unnecessary clutter of buttons, emphasizing a seamless, smooth look that provides simplicity and elegance. An additional boon of its design is that there are no corners for dirt to gather. The R710 is also highly functional, providing users with a convenient, intuitive and user-friendly interface that utilizes the large 5" touchscreen for easy control. Furthermore, the large screen space allows users to see more roads, lanes and points of interests (POI) on the screen, while the concise and colorful menu helps users navigate with ease. At only 13.5 mm slim and 200 g in weight, the R710 is light enough for easy portability, and with its elegant and sleek look, fits perfectly into any car interior.

Bluetooth Features for a Smoother Drive
With Bluetooth 2.0 handsfree calling support, the R710 provides users with a safe way to answer incoming calls—allowing them to concentrate more on their driving without the need to handle the device. It also features fast transfer speeds and better voice quality for a smoother communicating experience, as well as the ability to auto-pair with other devices—requiring users to only set up connections once before being able to automatically build up Bluetooth connections from then on. The R710 is also equipped with an embedded echo-cancellation chip for superior audio quality.

Safety First with Built-in Auto Light Sensor
The R710 is also equipped with a built-in auto light sensor that automatically optimizes the backlighting of the LCD panel. This safety feature not only saves power, it also lets users view navigational directions regardless of what time it is in the day and environmental lighting conditions—the display remains vivid even when driving in a tunnel, for instance. With this feature, users will get optimal lighting to view directions without straining their eyes or drawing too much attention from driving.

Versatile Entertainment Center
The R710 also doubles as a portable communications and multimedia center that makes driving or rest stops more enjoyable. Users can listen to MP3s, watch videos, and browse through pictures. It also features a Micro SD memory card slot that accepts cards with capacities of up to 8 GB, providing users with more than ample storage space for hours of multimedia enjoyment. No matter if the driver is remaining in the car or taking a rest in a café, the slim and portable R710—with its multimedia functions—is the perfect traveling companion.

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Abused by Britney Spears in New Video [Product Placement]

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:30:00 +0000

Thanks to about a million tips, I've been forced to sit through the new Britney Spears music video for "Womanizer" because the flashy Nokia 5800 XpressMusic 'Tube' makes an appearance. The phone is used to take a picture of a ridiculously be-wigged Britney before she violently attacks the photographer and slams his face into a photocopier, sending the poor phone flying. But that's not the end of the technology in the video!

I won't get into any depth on the song, because this is Gizmodo and when a song only has two words and both of them are "womanizer," it's tough to glean any gadget connection. But the Nokia first makes an appearance at breakfast, when Britney's antagonist checks his calendar to see what kind of womanizing he'll get up to today.
It's pretty obvious product placement when the words "Nokia" glimmer for no reason, but I was too distracted by what he was eating to care:
Okay, a square egg is easy, you can just cut the white into whatever shape you want. But the YOLK is square too! Britney should stop singing and open a restaurant, because that's goddamn amazing. Luckily, all this happens in the first minute so you don't need to sit through the awful inane screeching for too long. [- Thanks, everyone who sent this in]

Chinese Nokia 5800 XpressMusic to come sans 3G, WiFi

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:35:11 +0000

It’s a sad day for every Nokia fan in China. Apparently Nokia’s iPhone killer, 5800 XpressMusic, will come without 3G and WiFi support. And while I can understand the lack of 3G radio because of Chinese TD-SCDMA standard, lack of WiFi is not that easy to explain. Why on earth would you want such a device like the Tube without WiFi support is beyond me. Sure, these two combined will make Nokia’s all-touchscreen wonder more affordable to the Chinese consumer, but will they actually want the smartphone that bad to get it that crippled? Any thoughts?

[Via: Gizmodo]

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Sesca launches iDial Mobile Community for mobile phone users

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:08:00 +0000

Finland-based Sesca Mobile Software Oy, a leading developer of customized software for the mobile telecommunications industry, has launched iDial Mobile Community for mobile phone users. Users can download and install a free, mobile-operator independent iDial Mobile application to their compatible mobile handsets from www.my.idial.fi website. Users who are registered to the website can create mobile communities and communicate within the community by using iDial Mobile application’s rich communications tools.

With iDial Mobile application community members can:

•share mobile handset’s calendar, presence and location information automatically
•use chat and poke functionalities
•place free VoIP calls over the Internet in 3G or WLAN networks
•engage in multiple simultaneous chat sessions
•build easy to use internet phonebooks with contacts’ calendar, presence and location details
”Sesca provides mobile software and development services for mobile phone operators and manufacturers and for enterprise customers. By giving iDial Mobile application to users for free, we hope to receive plenty of user experience, feedback and ideas for further development of the application. Our intention is to offer iDial Mobile Community solution with support services to enterprise customers”, says Juha Sumelahti, the Managing Director of Sesca Mobile Software Oy.

The iDial Mobile application enables users to share their availability, presence and location information automatically. The application is able to fetch calendar and profile information from the user’s mobile phone. The application shows if the user is in a meeting or if they are available, and the mode of their mobile phone (shut off, meeting or mute mode). iDial Mobile application also identifies automatically the nearest WLAN and GSM network and shares the location of a community member. Users can also write personal messages in a status field, an option used widely in web communities.

Members of the iDial Mobile Community can place free VoIP calls over the Internet in WLAN or GSM networks. They can also send and receive chat messages and engage in multiple simultaneous chat sessions. With a poke functionality users can send and receive vibrating poke alerts to mobile phones. The features of iDial Mobile application include automatic updates of new versions and diverse options for user settings.

The user manages different functionalities of the iDial Mobile application through a personal web page. Users can update the internet phonebook, which also shows contacts’ calendar, presence and location details; invite new members to the community; engage in a chat session with an other user’s mobile phone; and send poke messages to a mobile phone. The personal web page includes also real-time calendar, presence and location information of the user.

”Sesca iDial Mobile Community is a future showcase of rich communications tools and web communities built by integrating web 2.0 and mobile phone technology. To become truly popular, a web community has to offer multiple tools for seamless communication. We also believe that enterprises will also implement mobile communities in the near future”, says Andreas Paschinsky, the product manager of iDial Mobile Community.

The iDial Mobile application is currently available for Nokia mobile phones running on Symbian S60 3rd Edition operating system.

Sesca Group Oy

Finland-based Sesca Group delivers and integrates ICT and automation solutions and services for the telecommunication, energy production and process industries. Sesca employs approximately 670 professionals in Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Czech Republic and Romania. Company turnover was 32 million euros in 2007. Company headquarters are located in Vaasa, Finland. www.sesca.com

Sesca Mobile Software Oy

Sesca Mobile Software develops customized software for the mobile telecommunications industry across Symbian, Java, Microsoft and Linux. Sesca has multinational operations servicing mobile operators, mobile handset manufacturers, corporate enterprises, semiconductor and cellular chip-set vendors and OS software companies. Sesca’s offering covers the full development cycle and any stage can be outsourced to Sesca. Project management and consultancy support is offered in addition to highly skilled and experienced developers. Sesca Mobile Software Oy is part of Sesca Group. More information is available at http://www.sesca.com

Nuance Signs Multi-Year Agreement with Nokia, Spanning Advanced Input Technologies and Open Development Framework

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:07:00 +0000

Partnership to Focus on Open Integration Framework to Develop Broad Partner Ecosystem Across Speech, Predictive Text and Mobile Interface Innovations

BURLINGTON, MA, — Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), a leading provider of speech and predictive text solutions, and Nokia (NYSE: NOK), the world leader in mobility, together announce a comprehensive multi-year agreement to deliver innovative mobile speech and predictive text capabilities across a broad range of Nokia mobile devices worldwide. The agreement also establishes a strategic collaboration to advance an open integration framework for advanced input technologies that will foster innovation in the broader mobile developer ecosystem.

Nokia will leverage Nuance’s mobile input solutions to provide users with a new class of intuitive mobile user interface enabling improved access to the many mobile applications and services that drive productivity, convenience, safety, and consumer experience. Further, Nuance and Nokia will collaborate on open protocols to which development partners can leverage and extend a rich set of advanced multi-modal features, applications and consumer experiences on Nokia devices. Through a series of open programming interfaces, language models and development tools, those partners will have access to a vibrant and dynamic environment where mobile innovation around advanced multi-modal consumer interactions can flourish.

“As a mobile industry pioneer, we’re continually bringing the best devices to market that not only capture our focus regarding design and leading edge technology, but that also meet the consumer’s need for innovative, easy-to-use solutions,” said Lee Williams, Senior Vice President, Nokia. “By working closely with Nuance on leveraging their broad portfolio of mobile input solutions and to open up a framework for industry collaboration, we’re not only able to take advantage of their predictive text and speech software solutions, but also help in the creation of a vibrant ecosystem – one wherein the mobile applications and services of tomorrow can develop and flourish at a faster rate than otherwise possible.”

“The agreement with Nokia demonstrates the impact of our mobile and predictive text capabilities, and supports our broader vision of an Open Interface Framework that brings the mobile industry together in developing innovative, next-generation mobile solutions,” said Steve Chambers, President of the Mobile and Consumer Services division at Nuance. “Nuance and Nokia are working together to enhance the overall mobile user experience, offering consumers a simple, safe and convenient way to interact with mobile phones. By tapping into our wide portfolio of mobile text and speech text technology, Nokia can make it easier than ever for users to control mobile devices and access advanced mobile applications, services and content.”

About Nuance Mobile
Nuance Mobile Solutions are a combination of innovative products and services that use intelligent touch, speech and search interfaces to simplify and enhance the way people use mobile devices, applications and services. Nuance Mobile Solutions make it easier to control mobile devices, automate customer services, and to access and discover even the most advanced mobile applications and content – regardless of technical know-how, location, environment or physical and literacy capabilities.

Nuance Communications, Inc.
Nuance is a leading provider of speech and imaging solutions for businesses and consumers around the world. Its technologies, applications, and services make the user experience more compelling by transforming the way people interact with information and how they create, share, and use documents. Every day, millions of users and thousands of businesses experience Nuance’s proven applications. For more information, please visit www.nuance.com.

Nuance Mobile Care Available for T-Mobile USA Customers

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:05:00 +0000

T-Mobile Deploys Nuance Mobile Care Solution to Deliver Improved Customer Experience, Operational Excellence in Customer Self-Care

BURLINGTON, MA, – Nuance Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUAN) announced that T-Mobile USA, one of the fastest growing providers of wireless voice and data services, is deploying Nuance’s Mobile Care solution on select T-Mobile handsets.

The new application will enable T-Mobile to provide its customers with a more intuitive, user-friendly experience, allowing them to automatically resolve common problems. T-Mobile customers can now address such issues as diagnosing and repairing configuration problems, along with making account and billing inquiries – all on their mobile phones. Pilots and trials in both the U.S. and Europe have proven customers’ preference for on-device self-service.

“T-Mobile works toward delivering exceptional service to every customer, every day,” said Warren McNeel, vice president of product development at T-Mobile USA. “Nuance Mobile Care gives us the ability to provide a superior customer service experience and offers our customers an easy way to learn about and use advanced services, right from the screen of their phone.”

“The growing complexity in devices and data service technologies has made it challenging for wireless operator customer support and made it more difficult for subscribers to discover beneficial services,” said J. Gerry Purdy, Ph.D., vice president and chief analyst, Mobile & Wireless Communications at Frost & Sullivan. “Nuance Mobile Care represents an excellent solution for T-Mobile that enables their customers to solve – right on the device - many of the common problems they encounter, from checking their account balance and paying bills to upgrading their data plans and setting up email.”

“T-Mobile is known for its great service, which reflects the company’s ongoing commitment to meeting the needs of their customers.” said Mikael Berner, vice president and general manager for Nuance Mobile Care. “With our Mobile Care solution, the bar has been raised for quality customer service, helping companies reach the next plateau in customer satisfaction. Devices can now solve problems and answer questions more quickly and easily than ever before.”

Nuance Mobile Care solutions can be embedded on a customer’s mobile device over-the-air (OTA) or installed by the manufacturer. The interactive experiences, such as paying a bill, new feature tutorials or relevant service discovery can be created by the operators and pushed OTA to any device that supports Nuance Mobile Care. The product suite enables the delivery of interactive promotions, the resolution of most customer support problems, and allows operators to deliver a branded service experience to their subscribers.

About T-Mobile USA
Based in Bellevue, WA, T-Mobile USA, Inc. is the U.S. operation of Deutsche Telekom AG’s Mobile Communications Business, and a wholly owned subsidiary of T-Mobile International, one of the world’s leading companies in mobile communications. By the end of the second quarter of 2008, 125 million mobile customers were served by the mobile communication segments of the Deutsche Telekom group — 31.5 million by T-Mobile USA — all via a common technology platform based on GSM, the world’s most widely used digital wireless standard. T-Mobile’s innovative wireless products and services help empower people to connect to those who matter most. Multiple independent research studies continue to rank T-Mobile among the highest in numerous regions throughout the U.S. in wireless customer care and call quality. For more information, please visit www.t-mobile.com. T-Mobile is a federally registered trademark of Deutsche Telekom AG.

Nuance Communications, Inc.
Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) is a leading provider of speech and imaging solutions for businesses and consumers around the world. Its technologies, applications and services make the user experience more compelling by transforming the way people interact with information and how they create, share and use documents. Every day, millions of users and thousands of businesses experience Nuance’s proven applications. For more information, please visit www.nuance.com.

CommonTime announces mSuite support for the new Nokia E71

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:57:00 +0000

Derby, United Kingdom; Boise, Idaho, CommonTime, with the release of its highly anticipated new corporate mobility solution mSuite5, has announced support for a range of highly desirable Nokia devices. The supported devices, all running on Symbian Series 60 3rd Edition Operating System, include the business dedicated Nokia E71, E61i and E90 Communicator. mSuite5 also supports Nokia N series devices, including the N96 and new N85, which although more focused on multimedia users still allow full access to Lotus Notes email and PIM applications when combined with mSuite from CommonTime.

mSuite5 is set to revolutionize the world of Lotus Notes corporate mobility, providing the best in functionality and usability for users and IT. With the new software extending full support for Nokia E-Series business devices, mSuite5 gives users more device choice coupled with fantastic Lotus Notes functionality. Nokia E-Series devices have been developed specifically for the corporate business user in mind, making them a great fit for CommonTime's mSuite solution.

CommonTime believe mSuite5 is the most complete and integrated Lotus Notes mobility solution on the market today, pushing the boundaries of the corporate mobility world. mSuite5 builds on the trusted functionality of mSuite4, giving customers more benefits and a better experience than ever before. A streamlined, flexible installation process, cut to just 15 minutes, plus a dedicated provisioning portal means setting up is quick and easy. All this, coupled with simplified end user deployment and user self registration, makes mSuite5 the ideal choice for both corporate end users and IT management wanting to deploy Nokia E Series devices.

For more information about CommonTime's mobility solutions, or to sign up for a 30 free trial of mSuite5 on Nokia E and N series devices, complete with full technical support, visit http://www.commontime.com/products/enterprise-solutions/msuite/free-trial/ or contact sales@commontime.com.

NEW HTC TOUCH VIVA

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:40:00 +0000

HONG KONG — HTC Corporation, a global leader in mobile phone innovation and design, introduced the HTC Touch Viva™. Continuing HTC’s touch-phone tradition, the Touch Viva™ utilizes TouchFLO™, HTC’s finger-touch optimized navigation experience enabling quick, one-touch access to the people, messages and information people want.

“The HTC Touch Viva™ embodies our commitment to build a family of touch phones that are powerful and stylish but also offer something to everyone,” said Peter Chou, president and CEO, HTC Corporation. “Whether you’re a professional or a student you can now get an HTC touch phone with a beautiful touch user experience.”

Next Generation TouchFLO™ Technology for the Ease of Touch
HTC Touch Viva™ blends an affordable touch phone with the benefits of the latest version of HTC’s TouchFLO™ user interface, which enhances users’ experience with their finger-tip browsing. The compact design houses an ultra-sensitive touch screen for navigation through contacts, media and web pages with new TouchFLO™, the latest in HTC's unique touch screen interface technology. Effortless to use and working in perfect harmony with the phone's main functions, the Touch Viva™ offers users the perfect welcome to touch-screen control. In addition, with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, users can easily synchronize their calendar, contacts, emails and more with their personal computer.

Superb Vision Quality
Users can flip through their album artwork, pictures and videos as if they were picture cards in the palm of their hands on the sharp 2.8" screen. They can also visit their favorite websites, enjoy YouTube videos and make the most of Google Maps when they really need to call on them, when they’re already out and about.

Coupled with the 2 megapixel camera that allows truly quality stills and videos, HTC Touch Viva™ enables the capture of precious moments along the way.

Unparalleled Connectivity and Storage
HTC Touch Viva™ supports quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity allowing most flexible usage by users. Committed to improving Web browsing, HTC provides a new customized mobile Web browser that enables easy viewing and effortless navigation of Websites in the way they are designed to be viewed on a PC. The device is also equipped with an additional microSD™ slot for expandable storage to fit the different needs of users.

Availability & Suggested Retail Price
The Touch Viva™ will be available in October 2008 in Hong Kong with suggested retail price of HKD2,880. From product launch date till October 31, 2008, each purchase of HTC Touch Viva™ at HTC Preferred Authorized Resellers’ outlet, customer can get one free 4GB microSD™ card (limited stock only).

HTC Touch Viva™ Key Specifications

Processor
TI’s OMAP™ 850, 201MHz

Operating System
Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional

Memory
ROM: 256MB; RAM: 128MB

Dimension
104.5mm (L) x 59mm (W) x 15.75mm (T)

Weight
110g (with battery)

Display
2.8” TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with QVGA resolution

Network
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900MHz
(Band frequency is operator dependent)

Device Control
HTC TouchFLO™/4-way navigation control with Enter button

Connectivity
•Bluetooth® 2.0 with EDR and A2DP for stereo wireless headsets
•Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
•HTC ExtUSBTM (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one)

Camera
2.0 mega-pixel colour camera

Audio
Built-in microphone and speaker
Ringtone supported formats:

•MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, WAV, AMR-NB, AMR-WB and QCP
•40 polyphonic and standard MIDI format 0 and 1 (SMF)/SP MIDI

Battery
1100mAh rechargeable Lithium-ion battery

Standby/Talk time
Up to 270 hours/up to 480 minutes
(The above are subject to network and phone usage)

Expansion Slot
microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)

AC Adaptor
Voltage range/frequency: 100-240V AC, 50/60Hz, DC output: 5V and 1A

LG-KC780 the Slim Portrait Phone

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:05:51 +0000

LG Electronics announced their slim portrait LG-KC780 phone. The handset equipped with 8 Megapixel Camera with special feature that make it graet photo in portrait shooting (and thats why it’s called portraid phone). This slim phone has only 13.9 mm thick with 2.4 inch widescreen LCD display. The design will makes you fell easy to use the phone. The Camera has Schneider-Kreuznach certified for the lens, it’s mean you’ll get high quality and sharp photo.

This phone has smart technologies for the auto-fucos. With the face recognition, the camera can detect the people’s face and get the best focus for it. Another great technologies is the smile detection to recognize the angle of poeple’s mouth and get the focus to the faces.

The handset will go on Europe market in November 2008 and expanding to Asia the next time.

Make an Avatar!

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:58:56 +0000

One of the new features on our site are the Gravatars that appear when commenting. Gravatars are globally recognizable avatars. They reflect who you are so why not make one? It’s fast, free, and easy. The cool thing is you just sign up once and every time you comment on any blog supporting the Gravatar service, your avatar will appear! So go! Make your Gravatar and come back here to leave a comment. I want to see all of you!

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