Official press photos of the Amazon Kindle 2 ebook reader have leaked, ahead of what’s assumed to be the company’s launch event in New York tomorrow. The photos, which are accompanied by a rumored pricetag of $359, show the same device that we first saw several months back in 2008, with a newly streamlined casing and metal back.
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It looks as though Microsoft have prematurely launched their mobile backup service, codenamed SkyBox, an announcement of which is expected at Mobile World Congress later this month. Now named My Phone, though found at getskybox.com, the beta service promises 200MB of storage for contacts, calendar appointments, tasks, photos, videos, text messages, music and documents, via an on-phone sync app.
Fresh information about the upcoming Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook has leaked, courtesy of what appears to be an official slide from within the company. If it’s to be believed, we now know that there will two processor and two display options to choose from: a 1.3GHz or 1.6GHz Intel Atom Silverthorne CPU, and a 10.1-inch WSVGA 1024 x 576 or 720p-friendly 1366 x 768 panel.
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Is Nikon planning to launch the D400 DSLR around July this year? That’s one interpretation of this Amazon Germany listing for a new book about the rumored camera; the text, simply called Nikon D400 – “gebundene ausgabe” means “hardcover” – is by Michael Gradias, and according to the retailer it will launch in July this year.
In the run-up to Mobile World Congress it seems like there’s nothing but cellphones around; latest leak is an old favorite, the Nokia E75, which has already appeared twice (first here, and then here) and by now is well overdue a launch. There’s not much we’ve not seen about this side-sliding 3G smartphone, but given how distinctive it is among Nokia’s current line-up we love it all the same.
Images purporting to be of a new touchscreen handset, the Samsung Acme i8910, have leaked, together with word that the device is set for launch at Mobile World Congress later this month. The Acme i8910 is believed to be an 8-megapixel cameraphone with specifications similar to those of the Samsung Omnia, together with either 8GB or 16GB of storage, GPS and DivX playback.
Other rumored specifications include an HDMI output, WiFi connectivity (which we’d assume would go along with 3G), a 3.5mm headphone socket and is DLNA compatibility. Going from the pictures, there looks to be a front-facing camera for video calling, too, plus volume controls on the left-hand side.
One of Acer’s upcoming smartphones, tipped to be unveiled at Mobile World Congress later this month, has been leaked. Few specifics are known about the handset, which is believed to run either Windows Mobile or Android, aside from its swivel form-factor, touchscreen and full QWERTY keyboard.
Images, features and technical details of the upcoming T-Mobile Samsung Memoir T929 have leaked. The touchscreen device, which is expected to launch on T-Mobile come February 25th priced at $299, is the US version of the European Samsung Pixon, and has an 8-megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, 240 x 400 display and, if the specs are to be believed, support for high-speed UMTS HSDPA.
It’s been around six months since OpenPeak showed off their OpenFrame home information center, and since then Verizon have launched their own take on the concept, with the Verizon Hub, while iRiver unveiled their own WAVE HOME. Obviously someone at carrier O2 has been taken with the OpenPeak device; photos of the OpenFrame in action, complete with new iconography, have shown up, together with a predicted release date.
An image of the upcoming LG Arena KM900 touchscreen cellphone has leaked, complete with preliminary specifications, ahead of what’s likely to be a Mobile World Congress launch later this month. The LG KM900 has a large touchscreen believed to be 240 x 400 resolution, WiFi, Bluetooth and a 5-megapixel camera with the ability to record HD video.
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