Samsung delivers Wave S8500
Samsung announced the launch Wave S8500, the first mobile handset to be released on Samsung’s new, open mobile platform, Samsung bada. The Samsung Wave offers a Super AMOLED 3.3” high resolution WVGA (800x480 pixels) display, a Social Hub which seamlessly integrates all major portal’s email, IM and SNS services, and TouchWiz 3.0 for an intuitive and customizable user interface.
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Acer Aspire One becomes first Ion 2 netbook
Acer broke its own ground by launching the first netbook using NVIDIA's Ion 2. The Aspire One 532g upgrades the 532h with a GeForce G 310M that provides full 1080p video and hardware-accelerated 3D but while saving power. It overcomes Intel's building graphics into the processor by making use of Optimus: the 532g can switch to Intel's slower graphics to save energy but the Ion 2 chipset when performance is more important.
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Intel & Nokia merge Moblin & Maemo into single OS
Chipmaker Intel and cell phone manufacturer Nokia on Monday announced they will merge their respective Moblin and Maemo mobile device operating systems into a single OS. Dubbed MeeGo, the companies plan to have the Linux-based platform running a plethora of devices including smartphones, tablets, netbooks and in-car entertainment systems as well. MeeGo will be hosted by the Linux Foundation, and apps written for it will be available both through Nokia's Ovi Store and Intel's AppUp Center.
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Windows Phone 7 lacks Flash and multitasking
Microsoft at Mobile World Congress officially launched Windows Phone 7 series, its first major overhaul of its mobile OS in at least five years but also a partial step back. The new platform uses a heavily Zune-influenced design and at the home screen centers on tiles: users can pin apps, contacts, playlists and other details to the home screen. It integrates not just the Zune media player (including Zune software sync) but also Xbox Live's achievements, avatars and friends.
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Asus Eee PC 1005PE: Pine Trail
The lack of actual competition made it possible for the Atom platform to keep its position in its initial form for quite a while, even if there was room for enhancement. Pine Trail, as the name of the new Atom platform goes, has finally seen the light of day, and the honour of leading the new wave was assigned to the Asus Eee PC 1005PE netbook.
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LG to bring 15-inch OLED TV to US by mid-2010
LG will bring its 15-inch OLED TV to the US by the middle of the year, company staff said at the Integrated Systems Europe show. Already available in Korea as the EL9500, the screen is the first production OLED TV to reach a true HD resolution, peaking at 720p (1366x768). The extremely high contrast of OLED gives the set amazing image quality, according to those at the show.
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Canon Pixma MP640R Gets the Valentineآ’s Day Treatment
We’re using to seeing lots of manufacturers strut out special red or pink versions of their products in honor of Valentine’s Day, but this is the first time we’ve seen a printer transformed into red. So if you think the standard black, gray or white printers are too dull, this is your chance to pick up an exclusive red Canon Pixma MP640R Network-Ready Wireless Color Multifunction Printer/Copier/Scanner.
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EU to approve Yahoo/Microsoft search deal
The EU is expected to approve the search deal between Yahoo and Microsoft, says Reuters, with the 10-year partnership going into effect soon after approval. The European Commission has until February 19th to approve or block the deal.
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Chrome for Mac gets extensions
The latest roll-out in the Chrome Beta channel brought the 5.0.307.7 version of Google's browser which provides Mac users with a lot of goodies previously only available on Windows, like extensions, bookmark sync and manager, the cookie manager and task manager.
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Opera Mini has 50 million active users
Opera Software has today revealed the latest milestone achieved by the Opera Mini mobile browser - 50 million unique monthly users, as recorded in January. The 50 million mark was reached just three months after Opera Mini topped 40 million users, so the software's growth accelerated quite rapidly recently thanks to adoption in every geographic location.
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