LG L704i the Japanese chocolate with HSDPA

NTT DoCoMo the Japanese telecom juggernaut has added the LG L704i to its portfolio. The chocolate phone supports DoCoMo's FOMA service and HSDPA as well.

The L704i rides on GSM and W-CDMA giving user the comfort of world roaming as well superfast 3.6 Mbps downloads via HSDPA. The phone has the traditional chocolate styled touch panel with a red backlight for accessing the menu. Specs include 2 Megapixel camera, secondary camera for video conferencing, 2.2 inch QVGA display supporting 262k colors, INfrared and Micro SD card for memory expansion upto 2GB. The battery provides 300 hours of standby time and 150 minutes of talktime.The LG L704i will be available by October in black, white and wine red colors.

Greenhouse Kana D a simple DAP

Greenhouse Japan has announced the Kana D a simple no frills MP3 player. With just 512MB of onboard memory it can playback MP3 and WMA files with support for voice recording in WAV format. The LCD display shows track information along with battery life. The player connects via USB to its host it is powered by single AAA battery which provides 7 hours of continuous playback.
The Greenhouse Kana D measures 28.5×83×22mm and weighs 25 grams. It will be available in Japan from mid July for 3280 Yen ($ 27).

Sony Ericsson W580 - Video Preview

Phone Arena has released a video preview of the Sony Ericsson W580. Sony Ericsson W580i is a multi media phone comes with a 2.0-inch QVGA screen, 2.0-megapixel camera, M2 card slot (512MB included), EDGE, Bluetooth 2.0, USB connectivity, built-in FM tuner, and “music illumination” effects. Enjoy the Video preview.

Windows Vista - iPhone Comaptible???

Earlier this year Windows Vista adopters were in for a rude shock when they found their iPods were not supported by the new OS. Checking at the iPhone requirements posted on various sites it seems Windows Vista again does not make a cut
- Mac: Mac with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later
- PC: Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 2)
(Notice the conspicuous absence of an “or later” in the Windows specs?)

World's largest rear projection TV at 110 inches - JVC HD-110MH80

JVC Japan has announced the HD-110MH80 which gets the title of the world's largest rear projection TV. At 110 inches it is the biggest TV money can buy as its Plasma and LCD counterparts from Mitsubishi and Sharp max out at 103 and 108 inches respectively. It adopts the Bick screen (Exe series) which offers full HD resolution at 1980 x 1020 pixels. Powering this mammoth is the TS-CL110J high tension mercury lamp which costs around 15,750 Yen ($ 130) to replace. Onboard 14 bit digital image processing and the Genesas image engine deliver superior picture quality, it has onboard digital and analog tuners. The speakers deliver an output of 10W x 2 ch, onboard connections include 2 x HDMI, Ethernet and Monitor input.

The measures 254.4×93.6×177.7cm and weighs an astounding 330 kgs, JVC advises buyers to reinforce the flooring before getting one. The TV will be available in Japan from October with pre-orders start on July, it carriers a price tag of $ 52,550.

AMG Helmet Optical Mouse

Solid Alliance Japan presents an innovative new wireless optical mouse with a design inspired by Jean Alesi’s AMG-Mercedes Helmet.

The camcorder with 100GB hard drive - Sony's HDR-SR5C

Sony HDR-SR5C has a 100GB hard drive, which makes it a must have for all the video freaks. The HDR-SR5C also boasts of 10x optical zoom, a 2.1 megapixel "ClearVid" CMOS sensor, a Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T lens, a 2.7-inch widescreen LCD and Memory Stick Duo slot for your stills. The Super SteadyShot Picture Stabilization System , 5.1channel Dolby Digital audio recording, smooth slow video recording, On Screen Zoom and Record Buttons are ready to excite you.

Though you can pre-book the Sony HDR-SR5C camcorder right now for about $1,300, but actual shipping will start on July 9th.

Domino Cellphone Concept

We love us some cellphone concepts around here, and Syntes Studio's Domino phone is no exception. The dialing buttons are setup with domino dots to designate value, as opposed to the primitive, fashionless numeric system. Plus, it's super sleek and thin, just like your favorite anorexic super model (but sexy).
We especially like that you get five extra phones with each purchase, just so you can set them up to fall. Hit the jump for some more shots.

Toshiba G900 - Good to Go with FCC

Remember the badass Toshiba WM6 Pro smartphone with QWERTY, WiFi, 2MP camera, tri-band HSDPA and 800×400 touchscreen?

Well, the FCC gave it their stamp of approval. So this means we'll see it in the US soon. Not necessarily. Baby steps, people. Baby steps. Until then you can always import it.

How companies got their names

Google The name started as a joke boasting about the amount of information the search-engine would be able to search. It was originally named 'Googol', a word for the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros. After founder’s -Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and Larry Page presented their project to an angel investor, they received a cheque made out to 'Google'.
Corel The name was derived from the founder's name Dr.Michael.
Compaq This name was formed by using COMp, for computer,
and PAQ to denote a small integral object.
Cisco It is not an acronym as popularly believed. It is short for San Francisco.
Apple Computers It was the favorite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. He was three months
late in filing a name for the business, and he threatened to call his company
Apple Computers if the other colleagues didn't suggest a better name by 5 o'clock.

Microsoft Coined by Bill Gates to represent the company that was devoted to MICRO computer SOFT ware. Originally christened Micro-Soft, the '-' was removed later on.

Lotus (Notes) Mitch Kapor got the name for his company from 'The Lotus Position'
or 'Padmasana'. Kapor used to be a teacher of Transcendental
Meditation of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
Intel Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore wanted to name their new company
'Moore Noyce' but that was already trademarked by a hotel chain so
they had to settle for an acronym of INTegrated ELectronics.
Hewlett Packard Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to decide whether the company they founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett.
Hotmail Founder Jack Smith got the idea of accessing e-mail via the web from a
computer anywhere in the world. When Sabeer Bhatia came up with the business
plan for the mail service, he tried all kinds of names ending in 'mail' and finally settled
for hotmail as it included the letters "html" – the programming language
used to write web pages.
It was initially referred to as HoTMaiL with selective uppercasing.

Yahoo! The word was invented by Jonathan Swift and used in his book 'Gulliver's Travels'.
It represents a person who is repulsive in appearance and action and is barely human.
Yahoo! Founders Jerry Yang and David Filo selected the name because they considered themselves yahoos.
SUN Founded by 4 Stanford University buddies, SUN is the acronym for Stanford University Network. Andreas Bechtolsheim built a microcomputer; Vinod Khosla recruited him and Scott McNealy to manufacture computers based on it, and Bill Joy to develop a UNIX-based OS for the computer.
Sony It originated from the Latin word 'sonus' meaning sound, and 'sonny' a slang used by Americans to refer to a bright youngster.
ORACLE Larry Ellison and Bob Oats were working on a consulting project for the CIA(Central Intelligence Agency). The code name for the project was called Oracle (the CIA saw this as the system to give answers to all questions or something such). The project was designed to help use the newly written SQLcode by IBM. The project eventually was terminated but Larry and Bob decided to finish what they started and bring it to the world. They kept the name Oracle and created the RDBMS engine. Later they kept the same name for the company.
Motorola Founder Paul Galvin came up with this name when his company started manufacturing radios for cars. The popular radio company at the time was called Victrola.

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Samsung SGH-E590 designed by Jasper Morrison

Jasper Morrison has designed the elegant SGH-E590 from Samsung . With simple contours and clean lines, the designer incorporates an impeccable modular style. It features a 3.2 Megapixel camera with Auto Focus and Half-shutter. The Panorama shot feature offers intuitive camera UI that displays easy to use icons. It supports Multi-Format Audio with microSD Slot and Free-Flow FM Radio. It comes with the Bean bag, (an exclusive tripod) that is a useful and portable accessory made of a special rubberized material for flexibility and grip.

The Samsung E590 is available in two colors, noble black and snow silver, and will be launched in Europe, China and South East Asia in June. Pricing details are not available as yet.

Toshiba 814T

Softbank Japan has put the Toshiba 814T to its line up. Toshiba 814T, a super slim clamshell measures only 12.9 thick and comes with a panel made of Titanium. It comes with a 2.4 inch 262k QVGA display, a 2-megapixel camera and a micro SD slot. It measures 50 × 101 × 12.9 and weighs 97 grams. Toshiba 814T will be available in Japan this July in 5 different colors for you to choose from.

Samsung i620 the successor of the i600

Speculations are rife about what the new Samsung i620 will be. The rumors tout it to be an upped i600. The i620 photos are out and the prominent features allow us to gauge that this slick slider phone has looks to match its style. This QWERTY phone is said to feature two cameras (one with 2 megapixel and photo light). It will be a triband GSM/GPRS/EDGE phone as well as supporting UMTS. Windows Mobile 6, WiFi and Bluetooth support are speculated and not confirmed.

"The Global Certification Forum (GCF) lists two versions of the new phone: the Samsung SGH-i620 and the SGH-i620V (V = Vodafone like the SGH-i600V is the Vodafone version of the i600?) and confirms, that both devices are triband GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz) only but also confirms support for HSDPA (UTRA FDDI) and video telephony." This spells out good news for Europeans but bad news for Americans since it's not quadband.

Nokia 8600 Luna

Here’s a preview of T3 of the Nokia’s upcoming phone the Nokia 8600 Luna. It comes with all glass front and stainless steel back, OLED display, 1GB of internal memory, 2.0-megapixel camera and FM radio.

Japanese Custom Vans

You have seen the anime fans pimp their rides, now here’s another from Japan too. This time the Japanese modify and pimp their vans. They come with lots of wings and with body kits that you’ve never seen before. Some look nice, some are weird.

Samsung SCH-C220 - Anycall Mini skirt the perfect chic phone

Its raining cell phones today and here is something for the fairer sex, Samsung has announced the SCH-C220 which is also dubbed as the Anycall Mini skirt phone for the Korean market. The slider will be available in three colors - white, garnet red, and sapphire blue. The super slim phone is just 10.9mm thick as it adopts the latest fashion trend 'minimalism'. The phone has a reflective mirror type coating design and like the chocolate phone features a touch pad on the front LCD screen. The C220 has built in GPS for viewing real time traffic information, the service is limited to Korea only. Other specs include a rather mediocre 2 Megapixel camera, MP3 player, Bluetooth and an electronic dictionary.

Before you make plans to gift this to your loved ones let me tell you that the Samsung SCH-C220 is a Korea only product for now. It will be selling for $ 650 which is rather expensive.

Nokia 6500 Slide

Apart from the form factor the 6500 Slide has a couple of improvements over the 6500 Classic. The Slide has a bigger display at 2.2 inches supporting 16 million colors at 240 x 320 pixels, 3.2 Megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, TV out jack, Internal memory has been reduced to 20MB thanks to the MicroSD card slot and FM Radio.

Fashioned to stand apart from the crowd, the Nokia 6500 slide incorporates a number of design elements not often found in a mid-range device. Ensuring that the sophisticated brushed stainless steel body retains its timeless beauty, a unique hard coating helps to prevent scuffs, scratches, and even fingerprints. Precision engineering of the slide mechanism means that the Nokia 6500 slide feels solid in the hand, yet moves with a smooth, fluid action to create a decidedly upscale user impression.

OverBoard Waterproof Case

Want to bring your phone along with you for swimming? Use this, the 100% waterproof phone case from OverBoard. It is made of .42mm soft matte PVC, features a transparent frontage, seals tight with our Slide Seal System and your phone is fully usable once sealed in the case. It will float when it dropped into the water and it keeps out dust, sand and dirt. The OverBoard waterproof case is available in small and large sizes for £14.99 ($29.7).

Nokia 6500 Classic

At last some stylish CDMA phones from Nokia, the 6500 Classic and 6500 Slide. The 6500 Classic is one of the slimmest Nokia phones and is just 9.9mm thick, it offers 1GB of internal memory, 2 Megapixel camera with Dual LED flash and a 2 inch display (240 x 320) supporting 16 million colors and Bluetooth. The phone can be used a USB drive too, however it lacks a memory expansion slot.

Instantly recognizable by its seamless case crafted from 360 degrees of anodized aluminum, the Nokia 6500 classic is a 9.5mm thin statement of unsurpassed attention to detail. As an expression of individuality, each Nokia 6500 classic is individually polished, ensuring that no two phones are exactly alike, while diamond polishing used on the beveled display aperture and cold stamped logo demonstrate the highest levels of craftsmanship.

Nokia 6500 Classic goes on sale by 3rd Quarter 2007 for 320 Euros ($ 430).

Nikon 360 Degrees Digital Camera concept

All those who think, sleep, eat and talk photography and even those who just like clicking pictures without any know-how, here is a camera that will blow your mind. I haven’t been very successful at understanding its features, the shape and its purpose but ill spill the beans anyways, just in case you get it. If you want to paint a pretty picture, with your camera as the brush then capturing that panoramic view to the best abilities of both the photographer and the camera becomes indispensable. That explains the invention of Nikon 360 degrees digital camera. Based on an ergonomic cylindrical form lens, the 360 is a camera that allows you take an all-round picture. An angle indicator provides a gauge on the direction of the rotating head and is also an additional detail to provide the camera with a stronger and steadier feel while in operation.

It has been designed by Ye Chen and is really lucid when it comes to the user interface. The main operating function designed as a touch sensor. I approve (not that my approval was needed) of its functionality but the shape (according to me) is ghastly. There should be something done about the aesthetics.