Press shots of the Motorola ZN300 have leaked, showing the Linux-based slider in all its squared-off glory. According to the limited specs we have now, the ZN300 – which also goes by the name MotoZine ZN300 - has a 3-megapixel camera, QVGA display and a standard 3.5mm headphone jack.
Appleinsider has today reported a photo leak showing the rear of supposedly the new Mac Mini with revamped ports. Among the clues we can glean, assuming this image is legit, is that it supports early claim of DVI port to be replaced with Mini DisplayPort and Mini DVI to support newer Cinema Display. It also replaces the FireWire 400 port with a FireWire 800 jack and gains an additional USB port.
Can this be a real McCoy? Appleinisder said they don’t vouch for its authenticity but this is the 2nd picture they have gathered showing similar design. Although it seems out of fashion for Apple to equip an entry-level Mac mini with a FW 800, but nothing is certain until it’s official.
Amazon have seemingly outed an upcoming compact camera, the 12-megapixel Samsung TL320, whose relatively unique feature is a 3-inch OLED display. The TL320 – which Samsung are yet to officially announce – has a 5x wide-angle zoom lens, together with Schneider optics.
A website glitch early today has revealed a pair of new 12.4 megapixel PowerShot IS Digital ELPH cameras at Canon USA. Apparently Canon is prepping to launch a stylish SD960 IS and its slimmest SD780 IS Digital ELPH digicams for PMA 2009, but their “HTML” squad have jumped the gun to display them on company’s web site before the official releases. At the time of writing, the cameras have disappeared from main page but still presented from product comparison section. Details of the digicams after the cut.
Microsoft is planning to run a free upgrade scheme for Windows 7, under the terms of which anybody who buys a new PC from a participating vendor after July 1st will be eligible for an upgrade to the new OS on its release. Although the details of the scheme – particularly the date with which it comes into effect, and the manufacturers participating – are unconfirmed, Tech ARP managed to acquire a draft of the Microsoft proposal, which outlines their intent.
As well as the Acer DX650, a second handset that the company intends to launch on February 16th has also leaked. The Acer X960 lacks its sibling’s dual-sided usability, but likely more than makes up for it with a 2.8-inch VGA 640 x 480 touchscreen, 3G HSDPA together with WiFi b/g, and a 3.2-megapixel camera with flash.
The first of Acer’s upcoming smartphones, tipped for launch at their MWC announcement next week, has leaked, and it’s certainly an interesting looking device. The Acer DX650 is a dual-sided Windows Mobile smartphone, with a traditional 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen on one side, and a full numeric keypad and 1.27-inch 128 x 96 monochrome OLED display on the reverse.
More Acer DX650 images after the cut
Another day, another Samsung leak, and the company’s mobile device team must be wondering whether to bother turning up to Mobile World Congress next week. Latest to leak is the so-far unheard of Samsung S7350, a compact slider which has just been video reviewed (in Russian). The S7350 may not have a touchscreen like the UltraTOUCH S8300, but it does have a 2.6-inch 240 x 320 QVGA LCD TFT display, a 5-megapixel camera with flash, and GSM/UMTS/HSDPA connectivity.
Check out the video after the cut
According to an unnamed Android team member, Google actively pulled multitouch support from the Android platform after Apple requested its removal. The decision, which the source claims was done to avoid souring Google’s ongoing relationship with Apple, left the T-Mobile G1 with hardware that would support multitouch but a platform that restricts input to just a single finger.
Various hacks have surfaced recently, demonstrating how to adapt the Android platform to enable multitouch, including suggestions that Google themselves commented-out relevant code that had been active in pre-production builds. The source claimed that Google’s key priority was avoiding a legal contest over IP, such as seems to be brewing between Apple and Palm with regards the multitouch and gesture implementation in the iPhone and the Pre.
More leaked Windows Mobile 6.5 screenshots in advance of the OS’ expected launch at Mobile World Congress next week, this time courtesy of China. While there’s not a lot of difference between these and the previous batch, aside from this gallery being higher-resolution, it does show off the new, somewhat “glossy” direction Microsoft have taken the GUI.
Full gallery after the cut
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