Samsung Ultra Smart 700- the sole competitor to Apple's iPhone

Samsung has decided to take on the iPhone. The company has announced a new addition to its Ultra line of phones with the Ultra Smart F700. This "revolutionary" mobile phone is set to be showcased at 3GSM World Congress next week.

The F700 features a full touchscreen design but with the added benefit of a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The 5 megapixel camera is an especially nice addition to this smartphone.


Specifications:


• Network: GSM Triband 900/1800/1900 , UTMS 2100 MHz
• Size: 104mm x 50mm x 16.4mm
• HSDPA, EDGE
• Camera: 5 megapixel with auto focus
• 2.78" 256k colors TFT (240 x 440)
• Bluetooth, USB connectivity
• microSD card slot
• Touchscreen
• QWERTY keyboard
• Media Player
• Email, Java, WAP 2.0, Document Viewer

Apple's Airport Extreme

Introducing the new AirPort Extreme Base Station, the perfect wireless solution for home, school, and business. As it blankets your space with a blazing-fast, secure wireless network, it opens up a world of possibilities for home entertainment, backups, printing, and more.
5x faster

With the new AirPort Extreme Base Station, you and up to 50 of your friends, colleagues, or family members can enjoy a robust wireless network offering up to five times the performance and up to twice the range of networks created with the earlier 802.11g standard.1
Easy as a Mac.

Setting up a network should be as easy as setting up a Mac. And it is — if you’re using a new AirPort Extreme, which features a completely redesigned setup utility. Just take the AirPort Extreme out of the box. Plug it in. Install the software, and in five minutes or less, you’re good to go.
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Now surf the web, chat, send email, or exchange photos. Print or access a shared hard drive — wirelessly. Set limits for when your kids can access the Internet. Secure your network with a firewall and strong encryption. Even use AirPort Extreme as the perfect companion to the new Apple TV.
Elegantly simple.

Just 6.5 inches square and 1.3 inches tall, the new AirPort Extreme features a simple, elegant design that will fit almost anywhere — your desk, a table, a bookshelf, or any flat surface.
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Superfast, super-compatible.

The AirPort Extreme Base Station features 802.11n2, the next-generation high-speed wireless technology included with most shipping Mac computers and some newer PCs with compatible cards. And the AirPort Extreme is also Wi-Fi CERTIFIED to work with the 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g wireless standards — which means the systems you’re already using will work seamlessly with the new base station.

TAG Heuer Formula 1[CAC1110.BA0850]

Movement: Quartz movement/ Elapsed and total time chronograph functions with split-seconds and close consecutive times register

Water resistance: 200 m

Crystal: Scratch resistant sapphire crystal

Case: Steel

Bezel: Steel with PVD titanium treatment/ Unidirectional turning bezel with tachometer scale according to models/ “TAG Heuer Easy Grip” system which includes oversized flutes

Dial: Luminescent hour-markers and hands/ Hand applied indexes and numerals 3, 6, 9 and 12

Crown: Screw in crown with double seal and PVD titanium treatment/ “TAG Heuer Easy Grip” system which includes oversized flutes

Bracelet: Steel or coloured Rubber strap

Clasp: Double safety clasp with extension system and length adjustment (on Steel bracelet) or pin buckle (on Rubber strap)
Specifications may depend on the model.

Apple's iPhone

Apple unveiled its hugely anticipated bid to take a bite out of the multi-billion dollar global mobile phone market yesterday with a "revolutionary" sleek, one-button device that combines iPod, internet and phone and will cost around £250 pounds ($499). Steve Jobs shows off the new iPhone on stage "Once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO, as he demonstrated the iPhone to whoops and cheers from a 4,000-strong audience at Macworld in San Francisco. "Apple is reinventing the phone." Mr Jobs said the slim device was "five years ahead of what's on any other phone" and would change the way people thought about mobile communication devices. The iPhone has all the functions of smart phone as well as the technology of Apple's iPod digital music player. It can screen television shows and films, take photographs with two megapixel camera, browse the internet, send emails and text messages. "It's like having your life in your pocket. It's the ultimate digital device," Mr Jobs said. "After today, I don't think anyone's going to look at these [existing] phones quite the same way." advertisement In keeping with Apple's signature sleek simplicity, the 3.5 inch screen takes up most of the front of the device with just a single button at the bottom that returns users to the home page. Instead of the fiddly "plasticky" keyboards of most smart phones, Mr Jobs said, the iPhone does away with buttons. Instead it is operated by touching the screen with your finger, scrolling up or down through songs on the iPod function, for example, or typing out emails and text messages on the keyboard that appears when needed. Mr Jobs said the iPod contained in the phone was "the best we have ever made". Album covers are displayed on the screen when music is playing, and can be flipped over to read track listings. The screen has "multi-touch" technology so it ignores accidental touches when in a pocket, for example. The device also has a "proximity sensor" so when the user holds the phone to his face, the display and touch function disables and an ambient light sensor to automatically reduce the brightness of the screen. The iPhone will be available in Britain at the end of this year The iPhone has OS X, the operating system used on Apple computers, the web browser Safari, and syncs up with PCs and Macs to transfer data such as calendars, pictures, emails and contacts automatically. "It has desktop class applications and networking," said Mr Jobs, demonstrating as he accessed the front page of the New York Times on the phone. "It is a revolution of the first order to bring the real internet to your phone. It's the internet in your pocket for the first time ever." Apple teamed up with Google and Yahoo for some of the features on the iPhone, including Google maps. It will be launched in the US in June and be available in Europe late in 2007, Mr Jobs said. A 4GB version will cost $499 with a two-year contract, while a 8GB version will cost $599. Mr Jobs showed how it was possible to play music, take calls, send emails and search the web simultaneously by calling Apple's chief designer, British-born Jony Ive, who was in the audience. "It's been two and half years but I can't tell you how thrilled I am to make the first phone call with an iPhone," said the jeans and trainers wearing Mr Jobs. "Anything you'd like to say, Jony?" "It's not too shabby is it?" replied Mr Ive from where he was standing in the audience. Struggling to hide his excitement, Mr Jobs admitted to enduring a sleepless night before the launch, at which he repeatedly described the device as "awesome" and asked the audience, "isn't this cool?" In America, the iPhone will only be available on the Cingular network, a fact criticised by some analysts who said it might put off users. Hadley Stern, publisher and founder of Applematters.com, said while the device itself was "very revolutionary" he said it would be interesting to see how many people actually bought the phone considering it was tied to one network. "It was disappointing it was not an open device so that you could have any carrier or phone number."

iPhone is a widescreen iPod with touch controls that lets you enjoy all your content — including music, audiobooks, videos, TV shows, and movies — on a beautiful 3.5-inch widescreen display. It also lets you sync your content from the iTunes library on your PC or Mac. And then you can access it all with just the touch of a finger.

iPhone is a revolutionary new mobile phone that allows you to make a call by simply pointing your finger at a name or number in your address book, a favorites list, or a call log. It also automatically syncs all your contacts from a PC, Mac, or Internet service. And it lets you select and listen to voicemail messages in whatever order you want — just like email.

iPhone features a rich HTML email client and Safari — the most advanced web browser ever on a portable device — which automatically syncs bookmarks from your PC or Mac. Safari also includes built-in Google and Yahoo! search. iPhone is fully multi-tasking, so you can read a web page while downloading your email in the background over Wi-Fi or EDGE.

iPhone features the most revolutionary user interface since the mouse. It’s an entirely new interface based on a large multi-touch display and innovative new software that lets you control everything using only your fingers. So you can glide through albums with Cover Flow, flip through photos and email them with a touch, or zoom in and out on a section of a web page — all by simply using iPhone’s multi-touch display.

Intelligent Keyboard
iPhone’s full QWERTY soft keyboard lets you easily send and receive SMS messages in multiple sessions. And the keyboard is predictive, so it prevents and corrects mistakes, making it easier and more efficient to use than the small plastic keyboards on many smartphones.

Samsung Launches 'Mini MP3 Phone'

Fri Nov 03, 2006 2:51 pm

Samsung today launched the SGH-X830 Mini MP3 Phone. The unique swing-open form factor allows for an ideal combination of mobile phone and MP3 player function. When closed, the X830 functions like a MP3 player with a music player interface that horizontally displays the playlist, equalizer settings and song information.

Swinging the phone open exposes the keypad and doubles its length for optimal mobile communication experience. Slim and narrow in size, the mobile phone measures a compressed 84 x 30 x 20 mm and weighs in at 75 g for light mobility.

The click wheel navigation gives users hassle-free control of the music functions. The built-in 1 GB memory allows for storage of 250 songs. Users can also download audio files from CNN or BBC website by podcasting function. The USB 2.0 connection is fast enough to handle large data volumes, and the Music Library organizes downloaded music according to album name, song title, artist and genre for effortless search and playback. The phone also has Bluetooth connectivity that allows users to talk or enjoy their music through a wireless stereo headset.

Moreover, the Mini MP3 phone comes in six different color choices - black, pure white, oasis blue, candy pink, orange and lemon green - to truly be a full-functioning fashion accessory. The SGH-X830 will be released in the European market by end of this month and will be expanded to other GSM markets shortly.

Samsung SGH-X830 Specification

- Standard: GSM / EDGE / GPRS Class 10
- Camera: 1.3-Megapixel Camera
- Display 128 x 220 px 262K-Color TFT
- Features: 1 GB (Nand flash) built in memory 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
- MP3 / AAC / AAC+ / eAAC+ / WMA
- MPEG4 / H.263
- Bluetooth / USB 2.0
- MMS / Java/ WAP 2.0
- Size: 84 x 30 x 20 mm
- Weight: 75 g

Apple iMac

CPU: 2-GHz Core Duo T2500 • Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 • Monitor Model: Integrated • Total HD Size (GB): 250 • Case Type: All-in-one • Price When Reviewed: $1699

Pricing

Expensive: $1699

Performance:

Very Good

World Bench 5 Component Results (seconds)
ACD Systems ACDSee	544
Adobe Photoshop	320
Adobe Premiere	399
Ahead Nero	656
Microsoft Office XP	541
Windows Media Encoder	294
Mozilla	351
Multitasking	423
Musicmatch Jukebox	503
Roxio VideoWave	267
WinZip	372

Graphics Tests (frames per second)
Overall Graphics Score	Good
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit	136.93
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	127.03
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit	98.5
Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit	287.62
Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	205.36
Unreal Tournament, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit	133.85

Features

Good: 79

Basics
CPU	2-GHz Core Duo T2500
System Memory	1024

Video & Display
Graphics Adapter	ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
Graphics Board Type	PCI Express
Graphics Board RAM (MB)	128
Graphics Board RAM Type	DDR3
Monitor Model	Integrated
Monitor Type	LCD
Monitor Size	20

Storage
Hard Drives	1
Total HD Size (GB)	250
RAID Type	none
Optical Drive Type	DVD+R DL/DVD±RW
Optical Drive Speed	2.4

Expansion

Ports
Serial Ports	0
Parallel Ports	0
Front USB Ports	0
Rear USB Ports	3
Front FireWire Ports	0
Rear FireWire Ports	2

Other
Audio Adapter Model	Integrated SigmaTel High Definition Audio
Audio Channels	7.1 surround
Network Adapter	gigabit network adapter
Case Type	All-in-one
Operating System	Windows XP Professional
Other Included Hardware	Apple remote control, built-in iSight camera, and built-in 802.11a/g and Bluetooth

Support & Reliability
Labor Warranty (years)	One
Parts Warranty (years)	One
Weekday Support Hours	12
Saturday Support Hours	12
Sunday Support Hours	12
Toll-Free Support	Yes
Reliability Score	Above Average

10 megapixel phone, can u belive it????

Samsung SCH-B600 Has a 10-Megapixel Camera Inside
Published by readermaniax on 10 October 2006 at 6:44 AM.



Here's what Samsung is calling "the world's first super camera phone," the Samsung SCH-B600. That's a 10-megapixel digital camera in there, and the lens is long enough to let it zoom 3x optically. A neat trick: the phone is 6mm thinner and 10g lighter than Samsung's 7-megapixel V770 camera phone it introduced last year. It works just like a regular digital camera, too, with autofocus, a 2.2-inch 240x320 LCD display and video at 320x240 and 30fps. The bad news is that it will initially only be available in Korea for $900.

Well, it's about time somebody rolled out a decent digital camera inside a cell phone, and even though this one will only be only available in Korea for an exorbitant price, it's just the next shot in the ongoing war to place real cameras inside cellphones, and not just a bunch of unusable blurry bullshit. But that megapixel number doesn't tell the whole story. Wonder if the lens is any good, or those sensors gathering the light...?
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Offical Press Release And Pictures:

SEOUL, KOREA, Oct 10th, 2006: Samsung reinforces its technology leadership by launching the world's first 10 megapixel mobile phone (model: SCH-B600) in Korean market.

Samsung reached another milestone in camera phones by launching 10 megapixel camera phone, which was unveiled at CeBIT in March this year. Samsung has been the first to introduce mobile phone with embedded camera in 2000. Samsung has also launched the world's first 5 megapixel camera phone in October 2004 ; the world's first 7 megapixel camera phone in July 2005.

Samsung's 10 megapixel camera phone (SCH-B600) is 6mm thinner and 10g lighter than the 7 megapixel camera phone (SCH-V770) and sets itself apart from its previous megapixel camera phones by combining mobile TV capability in Satellite standard.

The B600 offers the same level of picture-taking sophistication that a 10 megapixel digital camera offers. The camera function includes 3x optical zoom and 5x digital zoom. It also has auto focus and a flash unit that performs optimally for 10 megapixel photographs.

Also, the B600 comes fitted with a LED autofocus feature which assists users to capture clear, crisp photos even in dark settings. Located next to the lens, the LED autofocus automatically determines the distance and utilizes the appropriate focus setting for optimal photo shooting.

The B600 also supports white balance, manual focus, continuous picture-taking, and interval picture-taking functions.

It also supports Bluetooth which enables users to send pictures wirelessly to other mobile phones, printers or to Bluetooth headsets.

The high color Reproduction TFT-LCD produces the highest possible display for its size. The photo-fine chromic LCD can reproduce 16 million colors, virtually any color found in nature, earning it the "True Color" appellation. Moving pictures can be recorded in QVGA resolution at 15-30 frames per second. Users can watch live TV in crisp picture through Satellite DMB function.

It also supports external memory (MMCmicro) in addition to its internal memory. The mobile phone supports a TV-out function where users can connect their phones to view still or motion pictures.
The B600 comes with a design reminiscent of a real digital camera. The front is designed as a bar-type mobile phone, while the back side is used as the digital camera.

Other advanced functions in the B600 include an MP3 player, business card reader, and 128 polyphonic sounds.

The price of Samsung B600 is around 900,000 won (about $ 900) in Korea."