New Gadgets

Pharos introduced two Windows Mobile smart phones that support GPS communications and fast 3.5G connection. Pharos Traveler 117 and 127 – are the first smartphones from this company, which have Pharos Smart Navigator – a unique navigation solution, for the first time uniting the navigation software and service location on the device running on Windows Mobile.
Traveler 117 is a smartphone that has GPS and 2.8-inch VGA touch screen. Besides the fact that it supports 3.5G, Traveler 117 runs in tri-band UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA and quad GSM / GPRS / EDGE. It also has two cameras: a 2-megapixel for video recording and shooting images and 0.3-megapixel for video calls.

In addition to Smart Navigator, the device will have a pre-installed Microsoft Live Search application, which allows obtaining information about traffic, gasoline prices, sessions in cinemas and weather. The smartphone works based on OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1, which includes programs such as Microsoft Outlook Mobile (Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Inbox), Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, PowerPoint Mobile, Internet Explorer Mobile, Picture, Notes, ActiveSync, Calculator, Games , Recorder, MSN Messenger, Media Player 10. Battery device can provide a conversation lasting 7.5 hours of GSM, 5 hours of WCDMA and more than 200 in the standby mode.
Features:
• Processor: Qualcomm MSM7201-90, 400MHz
• Display: 2.8 “VGA 480 x 640, 65 thousand colors, TFT LCD with touch panel
• Support for 3.5G
• Tri-band 850/1900/2100 MHz, UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA
• Built-in GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
• 2-megapixel camera for photos and video, 0.3-megapixel for video calls
• Talk time: GSM: up to 7.5 hours; WCDMA: up to 5 hours, 200 hours standby
• Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Windows Media Player
• Email and Internet Explorer
Traveler 127 is a supporting GPS smartphone, in addition to having a QWERTY keyboard and another 2.5-inch touchscreen QVGA display. The device works in 3.5G networks, tri-band UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA and four GSM / GPRS / EDGE. Smartphone has two cameras: a 2-megapixel for photo and video and 0.3 megapixel for video calls. Like the previous model, Traveler 127 has a predefined application Smart Navigator and Microsoft Live Search. It also works on the base OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1, and its battery power does not different from the Traveler 117’s.
Features:
• Processor Qualcomm MSM7201-90, 400MHz
• QWERTY keyboard and 2.5-inch touchscreen QVGA display
• Support for 3.5G
• Tri-band 850/1900/2100 MHz, UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA
• Built-in GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
• 2-megapixel camera for photos and video, 0.3-megapixel for video calls
• Talk time: GSM: up to 7.5 hours; WCDMA: up to 5 hours, 200 hours standby
• Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Windows Media Player
• Email and Internet Explorer

Again, Nokia cannot keep track of the development of its phones, because this time the pirates have leaked information about its next new product bearing the code name Wahoo. The device has a semi-QWERTY keyboard and built-in GPS. It looks a bit like the new BlackBerry Pearl Flip and will be released to the market exclusively by the AT & T operator.

It will also operate in dual-band HSDPA and have a 2-megapixel camera, support for Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP, 80 MB of internal memory and the possibility of its further expansion through microSD slot. As it is usual with clamshells, it will have 2 displays: Internal QVGA TFT 2-inch display and 16 million colors and external – TFT, 1.36 inches of diagonal with the expansion of 128 x 160 pixels, displaying 256 thousand colors.
The novelty dimensions are 100 x 52 x 17 mm, and weight – 115 g. The information about its proposed price has not yet been received.

There are different situations in life when we need to shoot a particular episode on video. For example, your boss makes you stay longer at office refusing to pay for it.
Bluetooth-headset is equipped with a miniature camera. You can always shoot those unpleasant moments, and then use the captured video for your own purposes.

The gadget has 2 GB of internal memory, which can be expanded using MiniSD Memory Card. The delivery package includes a 2.4-inch LCD display, which views the captured video.
This device can be bought for 269 dollars.

We are used to the fact that our battery chargers for rechargeable batteries are only for charging. However, recently a new gadget-charging has been released, which is not only for charging the battery, but can also perform other functions.

This charger has an LCD display and it is known as La Crosse.

Apart from the fact that this device can charge any NiCd and NiMH rechargeable batteries of AA and AAA standards, at the same time it can charge batteries of different sizes; this gadget can perform functions on their renovation, testing, or low.

It is not explained how the batteries are updated, but this gadget can restore the old rechargeable batteries to the «optimal» condition.

The display of this device is necessary to display the amount of batteries, as well as the current status of charging. This detector does not allow overheating of the battery. The cost of this gadget is 39.99 dollars.

Today anyone can buy a compact digital microscope MC108 from Extech, which provides optical increase from 7 to 27, plus 4-times digital zoom, so the total approaching is 108.

Dimensions of the mini-microscope can be compared with the size of conventional compact digital camera. In order to display the examined objects you can use 1.8-inch diagonal display and an optical sensor device that has a resolution of 0.3 megapixels. For lights 3 embedded LEDs are used.

The gadget has a built-in 2 MB memory that helps to store up to 60 images with a resolution of 320×240 pixels, and gains its power form AAA type batteries. The price of a microscope is about 300 dollars.

Recently Lenovo company has announced its plans for the near future. But it is not about the statistics and expectations of profit, but a new gadget, which is expected soon on the market.

PCs «All in one» C300 technical characteristics are closer to notebooks’, but the appearance is quite like a tabletop system. Anyway, I have not ever heard about 20-inch screen notebooks. Inside the new item there is Intel Atom processor and 230 chipset Intel 945GC (plus the amount of RAM is 1 to 2 gigabytes), the integrated video from Intel displays the image on the 20-inch screen with a 16:9 ratio, and hard disk with a size of 160 to 640 gigabytes keeps historical data.

Naturally, the novelty can be connected to the network. It is a pity that by default there is a set of 100-megabit Ethernet, but the WiFi 802.11 abg comes as an option.

The computer will also have 1.3-megapixel camera, the 1394/firewire port, 6 USB ports, card reader 6-in-1, two small columns of 3 watts and the power supply at 120 watts. The mouse and keyboard connect via USB and PS / 2, respectively.

Originally it is planned to provide options for a system with XP Home, Vista Home Basic or Vista Home Premium onboard. But it is obvious that such parameters would be preferable for the first option. And with the Windows 7 we will think about OS upgrade.

The new device will be released in July. Approximate cost is $ 450.

Startup display developer Pixel Qi has posted the first images of its upcoming 3Qi display, which combines a black-and-white mode, full-color mode, and an e-paper mode intended for e-book readers. The image shows two 3Qi screens side-by-side, one using its e-paper mode with no backlighting, and the other showing a full color image with its backlight on. Pixel Qi founder Mary Lou Jepson has also posted an image of the display outside in full sunlight, although the test unit’s metal bezel and quality of the iPhone photo make it difficult to evaluate the display’s quality, it’s certainly readable.

On the photo you can see two identical displays with a diagonal of 10.1 inch (25.7 cm), one of which is included in a color mode with backlight, while the other is using the e-paper without lights. Then there is the photo of a display under direct sun rays.

It is rather difficult to overestimate the usefulness and usability of these displays. In addition, the information displayed on them would be perfectly visible in any light, they can significantly save battery power (in the e-paper it is only required when changing the picture). The 3Qi display isn’t targeting future OLPC devices, although Pixel Qi says it is continuing to work with the OLPC project on future designs. Mary Lou Jepson has also extolled both touch and multitouch technologies as key to the future of display, although for now Pixel Qi is focusing on pulling low-cost, sunlight-readable displays into products aimed at developing markets. Mary Lou promises that by fall, we will be able to see these displays in the new netbooks and readers.

One of the recurring themes in conversations about the gadgets is the miniaturization. It would seem, that further reduction of gadgets could make them simply inconvenient. But, as practice shows, this time, is still far away. And yet another proof of this is display from Kopin Corporation.

The photo above shows the working LCD display with a resolution 600h480 points and a diagonal of about 7 millimeters. Achieving this compactness was managed by reducing the color points to a 2.9 х8, 7 micrometer (micrometer is millesimal share of a millimeter). But this is only a step towards the intended goal of the company – to reach a settlement of 2048h2048 on the screen size of no more than a standard postage stamp.

Today, by using this technology, the company is capable to production displays with the following permissions:

• SVGA (800 x 600), diagonal of 0.34 inches (8.6 mm)
• XGA (1024 x 768), diagonal of 0.44 inches (1.1 cm)
• SXGA (1280 x 1024), diagonal of 0.56 inches (1.4 cm)

They are mainly used in hi-end cameras, camcorders etc. Particularly, the company stresses its position as a leader among developers of electronic viewfinder for DSLR cameras.

It is possible that this same technology will be used in gadgets such as «clock-phones», where the size of the display is rather severely limited.