His dismissal time again in Nokia Finland the Finnish mobile giant will release of 800 employees in Finland setup start Jan 2011. Laid off employees receive compensation based on their ranks and tenure with the company from 5 to 15 months. Nokia will also try and movement of people on his other Office around the world. But this release is certainly tell us that everything is not good at Nokia. Nokia has lost heavily on the North American market and also in Europe and Asia his has begun to feel who will make your portfolio by opting for different mobile operating systems different heat from companies such as Samsung and HTC.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Philips Xenium X 513 published dual SIM music phone in Russia
A new dual SIM music phone from Philips has entered the Russian market recently. Known as the Xenium X 513, the handset sports of a 2.2-inch 320 x 240 TFT display, a 2 megapixel camera with LED flash, dual SIM card slots, a MicroSD card slot (up to 16 GB), a media player, FM radio, Bluetooth, a 3.5 mm headset jack, a 2000mAh battery and support for GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) network. The Philips Xenium X 513 sold for 4,999 rubles (approximately $162). [Philips]
We have connected Kinect!
The Kinect is here and the sales results are out! Microsoft have hinted that 5 million units will have been sold by the end of 2010. If correct this would be the fastest selling peripheral of all time.
And recently, we managed to get our hands on one to see what all the fuss is about!
The Kinect is a great looking piece of kit, compared to the Wii sensor bar and playstation move, you really feel as though you’ve got a significant tool to take your gaming to the next level!
Hooking up the Kinect is very easy. Here at mobiles we have the newest variant of the xbox which has a dedicated port for the peripheral and simply plugs into the back of the xbox. Legacy xbox 360’s require the bundled power adapter which plugs into the xbox via USB and then requires the user to plug it into a power socket.
Once it’s plugged in and switched on, you have to jump through a bunch of configuration hoops which takes around 5 minutes to set up. Once you’re done you’re ready to start playing a game. One note worth mentioning at this point is that the Kinect needs 1.8m between you and it. This is a substantial gap and may rule the device out for those with smaller living rooms or bedrooms.
We tested out two games, firstly the bundled game Kinect adventures. Kinect adventures is essentially a variant of wii sports. It introduces you to how the Kinect works and lets you play as your avatar against each other in what are pretty basic games.
River rush requires you to steer a dingy through some intense rapids by taking steps left and right, you can also jump - lifting the raft with you by physically jumping around your room. Quite impressively the reaction times between you and the Kinect are minimal and you don’t feel any real time delay between what you’re doing and what your character is doing on the screen in front of you.
So far so good, however moving onto Rallyball we start to see the Kinect display it’s limitations. This game requires you to use your arms and legs to beat a ball around a room very similar to a squash court. You have targets to hit with the ball which unlock bonus points and additional balls. Although the Kinect attempts to track your movements and is able to tell where your arms and legs are, it isn’t able to judge subtle movements in your hands which would alter the path of the ball.
As a result your movements need to be overemphasized in order for you to change the balls direction and hit the on screen targets. The other downside to this game is that you are expected to be very accurate when hitting the ball, which when it’s virtual is very difficult to achieve. Wii sports is more forgiving in this area with Kinect not feeling as intuitive as it’s main rival. In this instance we feel Wii sports achieves more with less although this may be a programming issue and may be a fault of the game not the Kinect itself.
The next game we tried out is Dance central. This is where the Kinect seems to come into it’s own. Dance central is produced by harmonix, who brought us rockband, and they clearly know how to draw players into their games. This game offers the chance to dance around your room to some of the latest pop songs in the charts.
When you’ve put aside you inhibitions and decided to try the game, you’re instantly offered the opportunity to dance off against one of the virtual instructors. She’ll teach you some basic moves which you then have to sting together using prompts that appear in the form of flashcards. It sounds quite complicated but it’s actually very easy. The Kinect tracks your movements and highlights which part of your body is out of position, a polite pointer here and there and you find yourself dancing along to the music almost as good as the professionals.
The ability to track your entire body works extremely well and is where the Kinect comes into it’s element. The game gets you moving and you heart racing, unlike the Wii as many of us have realised can actually be played from a horizontal position on the couch. The Kinect knows when you’re cheating and punishes the player accordingly by subtracting points.
When using the Kinect it does feel like a new experience - it really does have the wow moment when you realise how clever this new bit of kit is. Clearly it’s a great addition to any gamers catalogue, but is it value for money? The Kinect is quite hefty at £120 which is almost the price of a Wii.
If you’ve played the Wii and are happy with what it has to offer then we wouldn’t recommend jumping ship yet. For the more hardcore gamer who likes to blow things up from time to time, the Kinect seems like a good choice if you’re looking to add some movement to your gaming habits.
When compared to the price of the Playsation move it may still appear expensive, but if you consider the hardware required for four player games plus the cost of batteries to run the move controllers, you’ll actually end up spending around £150, making the Kinect better value.
All in all we’re excited by what the Kinect brings to xbox and enjoyed playing it. What we’ve seen is that the Kinect has potential that currently no other console can offer. It’s not perfect but we imagine that given some time, the Kinect may out manoeuvre it’s wand toting rivals.
In case you haven’t seen, we currently range the Kinect as a free gift with or without an xbox 360, so take a look here at what we have to offer and keep checking our blog for updates on new tech and phones.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
LG Optimus 2 X: the first dual core Smartphone!
We knew that dual core tech, heck, it is already out there in the Palm trees of some of the biggest bloggers worlds and has been quite extensively. What we had seen today was official announcement one dual-core Smartphone. The technology was announced some time ago and is not particulalry new or exciting given, even the most basic laptop or NetBook buy these days a dual core processor is exported; but it's a whole new dimension and the beginning of a new breed Smartphone.
The first official dual core Smartphone comes from our Korean friends LG, the LG Optimus guessed it, another new addition to LG Optimus family - 2 X. Well, this is not the usual mid range listener, you would expect, inside find the 1 GHz dual core Tegra 2 chip set, not, that great, if it considers with similar speeds have smartphones, and were for a long time sounds, but (and it is quite big but here) the Tegra 2 dual-core processor can handle full 1080p video playback (HDMI out) and on the first mobile phone in the world, this will be to do is set. It is better, the LG Optimus 2 X is also trump any video recording capabilities of each Smartphone on the market at present, thanks to its ability to absorb in 1080p to!
The Optimus 2 X has been described as "brutally quickly overwhelmed reality" and so if you consider that it Android FroYo potentially be run on release with an update to gingerbread on the cards right means more speed! Other specifications include an 8 megapixel camera + 1.3 megapixel front facing camera (compatible with gingerbread), 8 GB of internal memory, a 2.4 inch WVGA screen (we assume capacitive) and describe what LG as a strong ' 1500mAh battery (no larger than batteries offered on some single core smartphones is not), so will be interesting to see, how well the battery through a full days to use; It will certainly try to put the revised Android power management in gingerbread!
The Optimus 2 X to in early 2011 so keep an eye on the blog about the availability of updates available for be. In the meantime, what do you think about the Optimus 2 X? It has interested you, or has it left you concerns about battery life with slight reservations, perhaps? Let us know section in the comments below!
Ginger bread 2.3 walkthrough
Android gingerbread made its appearance last month when it started the nexus one, the nexus S. is together with the successor gingerbread the fastest version of the Android yet, and it offers a number of improvements, such as user interface refinements, NFC support, a new keyboard and text selection tool, Internet (VoIP/SIP) call, copy/paste improved functionality and gyroscope sensor support. Guys over at PhoneArena have come with a video by everything quickest release of the Android OS on foot. Check out the video below,
Windows Mobile 7
December 7, 2010 at 10: 10 pm by Eric | In Mobile News
Windows Mobile 7, the operating system is developed by Microsoft Windows mobile platform to replace.
In October, Microsoft announced first 10 Windows Mobile 7-handset, manufactured by HTC, Dell, Samsung, LG, that feature is the new operating system.
The new Windows phone comes with an new interface with the start screen made of tiles with applications, features and items how your contacts, websites, applications and media files are linked.
One of the great features of 10 phones Windows Mobile 7 are a dedicated voice activated search search for contacts, Internet, maps and news button from the home screen allows.
There are several built-in hubs for essential functions such as Facebook and other social networks, including Windows Live.
Text input is via touch screen with a virtual keyboard with a dedicated emoticon key.
Windows phone 7 surfing with IE for mobile has up to 6 tabs and allows you to keep a list of favorite sites can be linked to the start menu tiles.
Adobe Flash fully supports Adobe Announces a new version of its players Windows phone 10.1 for use by and YouTube streaming is available from the browser.
The MediaPlayer running, music, video and podcasts and allows more media shopping by Zune Marketplace.
Xbox will be Windows phone 7 delighted 360 gamers, as over 50 premium games for the device announced Microsoft Xbox LIVE on mobile phone with real time gaming integration into soon.
LG Optimus one is now available on orange
Orange UK has started selling the LG Optimus one. As a reminder display Google Android phone features 2.2 OS, a 3.2-inch (480 × 320) a touch screen, 3 megapixel auto focus camera, HSDPA 7.2Mbps, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a 3.5 mm headset jack and a MicroSD card slot. LG Optimus one is now available for free from Orange contracts starting from £ 20 (approx. $35) per month. [UnwiredView]
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