Samsung is in collaboratin with Beyonce on their SGH-F300 Ultra Music phone where she will heavliy promot the product in spot TV commercials, ads and concert tours. Not a bad move for Samsung as teaming with Beyonce gains some serious followers. The deal also gives F300 owners an exclusive and embedded sound track, “Irreplaceable” pre-loaded on the cell.
The F300 is a unique device with two faces. A large display for viewing pics, videos and movies and on the back side, a smaller display for phone entry and dialing. With the ultra slim design and expandible microSD card, it’s a very attractive deal. Not available everywhere, but with Beyonce on-board it will be soon.
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Kingmax is the first to make a big leap into the 4GB MicroSDHC territory. To get perspective on how small this flash memory is consider a MiniSD card being about 1/2 the size of a US postage stamp. A MicroSD card is 1/2 smaller then that – or about 1/4 the size of a postage stamp.
The Secure Digital High Capacity card (SDHC) is based off Samsung’s 63 nanometer processing technology – currently the world’s smallest. The MicroSD cards are the #1 flash memory used in PDAs, cell phones and SmartPhones. Not only did Kingmax decrease the size but they increased
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Here is a step-by-step on making your microSD card read as a mass storage device. This Blackberry hack will allow you to transfer files to and fro without using the Blackberry Desktop Manager software.
Go to the Options icon on your Blackberry 8800 and select the Advanced Options
With the recent news of the Memory Stick PRO going to 8GBs the Sony Mylo Personal Communicator is bigger then ever. The Mylo is an ultra portable Wi-Fi enabled personal communicator and multimedia player.
Access eMail, browse the web, and Skype to anyone – anywhere. The Mylo supports the most popular Instant Messaging services like Yahoo!, Google Talk and Skype. The Sony Mylo has a 2.4 inch LCD display with 320×240 resolution and
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So Griffin developed a 5:1 card reader that fits in your PCMCIA slot – gee aren’t there like 52:1 card readers out there now? Well, if you’re a Griffin fan and need a Memory Stick, SD, MMC, xD card reader this is the ticket for you.
Oh, you say only 4 cards listed, that’s right – Griffin counts the Memory Stick PRO as #5. WOW, maybe we should contract these guys for a marketing campaign. As one could expect, the Griffin ExpressCard reader is plug-n-play and requires no additional battery power. Good job guys.
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Neo 808i is more in-line with an MP3 then a mobile cell phone. The new design from Neo is expected to ship near March 07 and we can’t wait. Check this out; MP3 and MP4 support, FM radio, GMS, auto switching between GSM and GPRS900/1800/1900 and SMS, MMS, EMS with a 262color screen at 1.76 inches.
With streaming video, live chat, follow-me-messaging and IP phone capability it’s a wonder why the iPhone is such a buzz when this little guy holds all the beauty. Of course load up your favorite tunes at up to 4GBs of MicroSD memory. Included is
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Nokia can’t let go of the swivel display mobile phone series. Their latest intro is the Nokia N93i with a killer 3.2mp Carl Zeiss Vario-Tesser lens (does it really matter?) 802.11 Wi-Fi, Universal Plug-n-Play and MiniSD expansions slot. This multimedia masterpiece even has TV-out capability. Nokia claims she can record 90 minutes of video in DVD like quality and even burn DVDs. Nokia went far enough to develop a tripod for-a-phone? WTF. Tripod DT-22
Since PSP is a very popular gaming console, be sure you know exactly how to correctly download a game from the internet directly to your Sony Memory Stick.
WTF? iPod Tax Proposal, well thank God they’re talking about this in Canada, not the US. The Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) which are a bunch of record labels are pushing for a tax on iPods and other music players. We’re not talking just sales tax either.
The Nokia 6131 NFC is just another sign of a growing trend for use of RFID devices. The Nokia has Near Field Communication capability where it transmits data (payments) wirelessly up to 4 centimeters away. Like Bluetooth but on a microscopic scale.
So the RFID will recognize bar codes off products in stores, sweep past a movie poster to get the trailer via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi download (RFID swipe just starts the process). Nokia teamed with Cingular and is performing beta testing in New York and Atlanta. The Nokia 6131 comes equipped with MicroSD slot, MP3 player, FM radio and 1.3mp camera. Not bad.
