Archive for May, 2008
Section: Communications, Cellphones, Mobile, Imaging, Digital Cameras
Pictures of a new Motorola slider phone have surfaced. The phone, reportedly named the ZN5, sports a monster Kodak-branded 5 megapixel camera. However, in a forehead slapping moment, the camera does not have autofocus.
Other specs include the phone’s ability to run on quad-band, however the data speeds are limited to EDGE (again, come on Motorola!). The ZN5 runs on the MOTOMAGX platform, which is Linux-based. The phone also has Bluetooth built in, along with 100MB of internal space plus a MicroSD slot. The touch wheel used for navigation also doubles as a 5-way directional pad.
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| Microsoft has joined forces with the developers of the “$100 laptop” to make Windows available on the machines. The move was prompted by countries which demanded the operating system before placing an order. Trials of laptops loaded with Windows will begin in “four to five” countries from June, the organisations said. The founder of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), which developed the machines, denied the move was a “desperate new measure” to secure more orders. |
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Verizon subscribers and slider phone fans can look forward to the new LG Decoy which, after a slight delay, is now set to launch on June 16. The phone is a CDMA dual band, with a QVGA 240 x 320 pixel display and a 2.0 megapixel camera. It supports video and mp3 playback and has an expandable microSD slot. The Decoy also comes with a built-in removable Bluetooth earpiece, so you’re less likely to lose your BT headphone and risk not looking like a douche. Just kidding. It’ll cost $349 for full retail, $249 with a 1 year contract and $179 with a 2 year contract. [Phone Arena]
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One of our favorite multi-tipped chargers, the Chargepod, has just gotten a $10 discount down to $39.95 for the base. We’re not going to be d-bags and say that our recommendation in the review last year for them to drop the price down to $39 had anything to do with it, because our egos aren’t that gigantic. Their bundle pack with six adapters, chargers, and some various other stuff (carrying case) is $79, but that’s a pretty small price to pay to keep your charging station organized and compact. [Callpod via PRnewswire]
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| A computer model has been developed that can predict what word you are thinking of. The model may help to resolve questions about how the brain processes words and language, and might even lead to techniques for decoding people’s thoughts. Researchers led by Tom Mitchell of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ‘trained’ a computer model to recognize the patterns of brain activity associated with 60 images, each of which represented a different noun. |
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