Awesome Techs

According to [Tinycomb.com] RIM is planing to laucnh blackberry with a front side camera eraly next year. This will enable blackberry users to do video conferencing. This is one of the most awaited feature of Blackberry as it is a common feature in almost all other PDA phones.

The news is not yet official. Following last week’s Fortune Brainstorm event in Pasadena, CA, A guy from Tinycomb got into an interesting conversation 10 minute convo with  a RIM executive. This topic was also there in their discussion.

According to Tinycomb ,The RIM executive’s Response was

“as I said before, we are fortunate to have our relationships with many different carriers, some of which can handle something like live video-conferencing”. In other words, he and his team weren’t worried about the iPhone launching front-facing video-chat so long as they are with AT&T. The last thing he said to me was “video conferencing is something that could completely change the mobile landscape and it is something we have been thinking about and working on for quite some time. You will start seeing something early next year”.

Western Digital releases their mobile hard-drive with 1 TB  capacity according to their latest press release. And the point is, this one is the first of its kind.

“The convergence of the growing mobile computing and digital media trends produces demand for desktop-like capacities in portable devices,” said Jim Morris, senior vice president and general manager of client systems at WD. “Our new WD Scorpio Blue drives enable people to take even more of their digital collections with them wherever they go and, realizing the value of their data, back up their notebooks on their My Passport drives.”

The name of this hard-drive is “WD Scorpio Blue”.

Features:

The WD Scorpio Blue 750 GB and 1 TB hard drives have a 12.5 mm form factor and are ideally suited for use in portable storage solutions, such as the newly released My Passport™ Essential™ SE Portable USB Drives. Other applications include select notebooks and small form factor desktop PCs, where quiet and cool operation are important. Both WD Scorpio Blue drives deliver high-performance with a 3 gigabits per second (Gb/s) transfer rate.

WhisperDrive™ – WD’s exclusive WhisperDrive technology combines state-of-the-art seeking algorithms to produce one of the quietest 2.5-inch drives available.
ShockGuard™ – Leading-edge ShockGuard technology combines firmware and hardware advancements to meet the highest combined shock tolerance specifications required for mobile and notebook applications.
SecurePark™ – Parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin down and when the drive is off. This ensures the recording head never touches the disk surface, resulting in improved long-term reliability due to less head wear and improved shock tolerance.

Price and Availability:

WD Scorpio Blue 750 GB drives (model WD7500KEVT) are available now through select distributors and resellers; the 1 TB capacity (model WD10TEVT) is available now configured into My Passport Essential SE USB drives. The manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) for the WD Scorpio Blue 1 TB drive is $249.99 USD and for the 750 GB version it is $189.99 USD. WD Scorpio Blue hard drives are covered by a three-year limited warranty. More information about WD Scorpio Blue mobile hard drives may be found on the company’s Web site at http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=685.

LG has accidentally leaked a few early specs of its upcoming Android phone, the GW620 Eve.

NieuweMobiel.NL posted the specs after finding some xml files on LG website.

According to the post

The phone will have a 320 x 480 pixel full touchscreen, UMTS/HSDPA 3G, Wi-Fi, and a QWERTY keyboard as well.

Rumors have been floating around about the plans of LG to launch  3 Android phones by the end of 2009. But LG has not released any word on the subject.

The Nokia 6600i has just been launched in India and it establishes itself as the smallest 5-megapixel phone in the market. The 6600i has a slider form factor with an extremely impressive design and style.

The camera being the phones USP promises to deliver crystal clear imaging with its 8x zoom and auto focus functionality. It also comes with a dual LED flash for enhancing image quality.

Other features include FM radio, playback for all kinds of media files/formats, stereo headsets and bluetooth v2.0. A microSD card slot capable of holding a 16GB card fits perfect for this phone.

Price: 13000 Rs/- *

*not Confirmed.

Samsung has a history of coming up with new and innovative ideas. And now the company has launched the Samsung Marine also known as B2100 in India. This phone is said to incorporate a host of outdoor features including robustness and durability. With the launch of this phone, the company plans to create a new segment of market phones.

The Marine is designed tolerate bumps, bangs, scrapes, dust and even water, thanks to its anti-shock urethane material encasing. The phone is able to tolerate one meter deep water for a full thirty minutes. It is IP57 certified and claims to provide a never before outdoor experience. It works flawlessly under various climatic conditions including rain, fog, humidity, sand and extremely hot and cold temperatures.

“Samsung Marine is the perfect companion for consumers who enjoy active outdoor activities.”

states Sunil Dutt , Country Head , Samsung Mobile Division.

“Product innovation is an integral part of our overall marketing strategy and products like our recently introduced ‘Solar Guru’ and ‘Samsung Marine’ exemplify the same .Based on our innovative product launches and range enhancement across different segments, we are expecting to double our sales volumes this year.”

The Samsung Marine includes a host of other features including loud external speakers, noise cancellation and flash light. The other noticeable features of the B2100 include built-in camera, camcorder, FM radio, music player and up to 8GB expandable memory.

The Samsung Marine is available in red and green color options for a price of Rs. 7,030

This is not the next revolutionary phone from Apple as all of us expected. But of course there are lots of improvements like performance boost, the sharper camera with video, purportedly improved battery life etc etc.

So this phone is the one that you could probably wave in front your geeky friends more proudly.

It may feel like Iphone 3GS is just a simple upgrade to Iphone 3G. But the fact is there a bunch of advantages for this over Iphone 3G.Lets have a look at those advantages.

iPhone 3GS advantages over iPhone 3G:

• A faster 600MHz CPU and double the RAM at 256MB
• Noticeably faster performance
• Faster network speeds of HSDPA 7.2Mbps
• 3.2 megapixel auto focus camera with VGA@30fps video recording, touch focus with subject tracking, macro mode from as close as 10 cm
• Double the storage space – 3GS is selling in 16GB and 32GB versions
• Digital compass with automatic map orientation in Maps app
• Better audio quality (as recorded and analyzed in our office)
• Louder loudspeaker results (with performance gains primarily in music playback)
• Purportedly better battery life
• Oleophobic display coating supposed to make fingerprints easier to clean
• Voice Control, speaker independent. Can be use to call a phone number, play music by song/album/artist name, shuffle music
• Built-in support for Nike+ jogging system
• Text-to-speech feature called VoiceOver is included in the new Accessibility menu
• System-wide Screen Zoom is also included in the Accessibility men.

Now as we have discussed the advantages, lets see the disadvatages.

Main disadvantages of iPhone 3GS (OS disadvantages not counted here):

• The new iPhone 3GS lacks the same novelty factor as its predecessors – the lack of design changes is a turn-down
• 3 megapixel camera with limited feature set hardly cuts it for a high-end device
• There’s still no flash or hardware shutter key for the camera
• Despite the upgrade, battery life is still generally poor (2-year old iPhone 2G are still doing way better)
• No stereo speakers.