We hope you've not stabbed your credit card details in for that Sony VAIO P order yet, as ECS have an alternative that might take your fancy. The ECS T800 netbook has the same long-and-narrow form-factor of the VAIO, but pairs it with an 8.1-inch LCD, a choice of 800MHz or 1GHz Texas Instruments OMAP3 processors, and the Android OS.
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Sony Ericsson Yari with motion-sensitive gaming
Sony Ericsson's final new cellphone today is the Yari, a motion-gaming handset that brings Wii-style games to a mobile handset. Yari uses sensors hidden in its bezel to recognize body movement, together with accelerometers and gesture controls. There's also a new Gaming Carousel menu, with access to downloadable games from the desktop.
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Sony Ericsson Aino: touchscreen, Sony Remote Play and 8.1MP camera
As well as the Satio, Sony Ericsson announced another touchscreen handset today: the Aino. A slender slider with a 3-inch touchscreen and numeric keypad, the Aino has an 8.1-megapixel camera, Sony Remote Play support for streaming media from a PS3, GPS, HSPA and a nifty docking station that will also charge the wireless remote.
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iPod nano 5G to include wider screen, camera; six third-gen iPhone models planned?
This, according to iLounge's trusted tipster, is pretty much what the fifth-generation iPod nano will look like. No touchscreen interface, but the display does get an aspect change; there's also said to be a camera on the back and a smaller control wheel.
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Conceptronic YUIXX Streaming HD media player & IPTV system
The first retail product to use Intel's Media Processor CE 3100 - aka the Canmore SoC - has been announced, the Conceptronic YUIXX, promising streaming media at up to 1080p high-definition resolution, up to 2TB of onboard storage and optional DVB T/C/S TV tuners. The handiwork of Conceptronic and Metrological (who supplied the software), the YUIXX has HDMI 1.3a, composite and component ports, together with two USB 2.0 ports, TOSLINK, an SD/MMC card reader and optional Bluetooth and WiFi draft-n.
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Nokia N900 Rover Internet Tablet details leak
Details of Nokia's next-gen Internet Tablet have leaked, suggesting that the Finnish company have moved away from positioning the platform as a companion device and now perceive it more as a smartphone. According to leaked specifications, the Nokia N900 or "Nokia Rover" now has quadband GSM and 3G HSPA, in addition to the WiFi and Bluetooth of the previous-gen models. It also sheds some screen-size, scaling down to a 3.5-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen (from 4-inches) though as this leaked image suggests the overall design is very similar to that of the N810.
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Samsung Bigfoot & Spico Android smartphones with OS 2.0 “Donut”?
Two new Android smartphones have been tipped, both by Samsung and expected to launch in Q3 2009. The Samsung Spico (left) and Samsung Bigfoot (right) will both have 3-inch WQVGA touchscreens, while the Bigfoot adds a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and T-Mobile USA 3G support; each will apparently run Android OS 2.0 "Donut", the follow-up to Cupcake.
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Samsung I7500 Android phone in-depth video demo
A second video demo of the Samsung I7500 Android smartphone has emerged, this time the handiwork of Tech65. As we saw in the first video, it's the AMOLED touchscreen that really makes the I7500 stand out: at 3.2-inches and 320 x 480 resolution it's the same size and pixel count as on the HTC Magic and T-Mobile G1, but we're hoping for better overall runtime along with the brighter colors.
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Nokia E52: stellar battery life
Nokia have announced the E52, a S60 handset they're calling "voice optimized". Boasting eight hours of talktime from a full charge, the Nokia E52 also has noise cancellation together with the email UI from the Nokia E75. Of course, while the focus might be voice calls, Nokia couldn't help throwing in other modern-day niceties such as GPS and a 3.2-megapixel camera.
There's also a 2.4-inch QVGA display and access to the Nokia Ovi services, plus HSDPA and HSUPA for high-speed mobile data access. It'll be available in silver and a rather sludgy brown.
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Samsung Star S5230 & Preston S5600 TouchWiz cellphones
Samsung have announced a pair of touchscreen cellphones, the Samsung Star S5230 and the Samsung Preston S5600. A 2.5G and 3G handset respectively, the Star and Preston both use Samsung's TouchWiz GUI: the S5230 has a 3-inch WQVGA display, while the S5600 has a 2.8-inch QVGA panel.
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HTC Touch Diamond2 review
It’s set to be a tough year for smartphones, and there’s plenty of change afoot as companies battle amid tightening customer purse-strings. The new iPhone is set to arrive over the summer; Palm’s Pre is imminent, and Microsoft have the latest incarnation of Windows Mobile waiting in the wings. Into that fray, HTC launch the Touch Diamond2, likely one of the last smartphones to use WM6.1 and an update to what was considered, when it launched a year ago, one of the game-changing handsets of Microsoft’s platform. Can the HTC Touch Diamond2 maintain that legacy, and will TouchFLO 3D improvements sufficiently mask the aging OS? SlashGear set to finding out.
HTC Snap “Inner Circle” screenshots
Screenshots from the HTC Snap, the company's upcoming non-touchscreen Windows Mobile candybar smartphone, have emerged, showing the new Inner Circle feature. Inner Circle allows messages from key, preset contacts to be filtered out at the touch of a button, allowing mobile users to readily access important information on the relatively small 2.4-inch 320 x 240 display.
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