German BestBoyZ source published first photos of coming LG Optimus Sol smartphone that has not been officially announced yet. This device is powered by Google’s Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread operating system and is equipped with 3.8-inch capacitive AMOLED touchscreen with 800x480px resolution, 1GHz processor, 512MB RAM, 5MP camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS. There is no information about release date but it is known that this Android smartphone will be sold for EUR299.
Vietnamese Sohoa source has just published some information about coming Acer’s ultra-thin laptop. Acer Aspire 3951 is only 13mm thick and weights 1.4kg. The computer is equipped with 13.3-inch display, Bluetooth 4.0 module, a latest generation Intel Core processor, 250GB or 500GB hard drive, Wi-Fi and 3G modules. The battery of this laptop provides about 6 hours of work time. Acer Aspire 3951 will become available in next two months. Depending on configuration the price will range from $770 to $960.
Dell has just published some information about its coming transforming laptop announced some months ago. Dell Latitude XT3 has 13.3-inch touchscreen with 1366x768px resolution, second generation Core series processor, Intel HD 3000 graphics accelerator, DVD optic drive, webcam, cardreader, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, 3G module. The device is equipped with 6-cell or 9-cell battery. The dimensions are 323x222x31mm. No word about price and release date.
Japanese Sharp officially announced its new tablet computer – Sharp Galapagos A01SH. It is quite typical high-end tablet – it is based on NVIDIA Tegra 2 platform and runs on Google Android 3.2 Honeycomb operating system. The list of specifications includes 7-inch capacitive touchscreen with 1024x600px resolution, 5MP AF camera with flash, 2MP front-facing webcam, 1GB RAM, 8GB internal storage, 3G module, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, gyroscope, light sensor. The device measures 122x195x12.6mm and weights 390g. The battery provides about 7.5 hours of work time. Next month Sharp Galapagos A01SH will become available in Japan. In other countries it will be release a little bit later.
MSI has just started shipping of its new gaming laptop – GE620DX. The main features of this notebook are THX TruStudio Pro technology support and its graphics system – NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M with 2GB memory. Other specifications of MSI GE620DX include 15.6-inch display with 1366x768px resolution, Intel Core i7-2630QM quad-core processor with 2GHz clock, 8GB DDR3 RAM, 320GB or 750GB hard drive, Blu-ray disc drive, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, three USB ports (two of them are USB 3.0 compatible), cardreader, webcam, HDMI output, 6-cell battery. The dimensions of this laptop are 383х249х32.5mm, the weight is 2.4kg.
In August ZTE will release its new entry-level smartphone featuring a combination of 2.6-inch landscape touchscreen with 320x240px resolution, QWERTY keyboard and Android 2.2 Froyo operating system. Other specifications of ZTE Tureis are 800MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor, 256MB RAM, 512MB ROM, MicroSD external memory card slot, 3.2MP camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS. The dimensions are 112x63x11.8mm, the weight is 130g. The battery of ZTE Tureis provides about 3 hours of talk time or 7 days of standby one. The price of this smartphone will be about EUR160.
Australian Pioneer Computers released its new mobile device. DreamBook ePad N10 is a high-powered tablet computer running on Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system. It is based on NVIDIA Tegra 2 platform including 1GHz Cortex-A9 processor and has 10.1-inch capacitive touchscreen with 1024x600px resolution, 1GB DDR2 RAM, 4/8/16GB SSD, MicroSD card slot, HDMI output, 5MP camera, 1.3MP webcam, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, 3.5mm headphones jack, USB port, 3G module. The battery of this device has 6600 capacity and provides about 10 hours of video playback. DreamBook ePad N10 Android tablet has been already available for $500.
VIZIO, a well known TVs and HDTVs producer, showed its first tablet computer – VIZIO VTAB1008. The device runs on Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system and is equipped with 8-inch capacitive touchscreen with 1024x768px resolution, 1GHz processor, 512MB RAM, 2GB internal storage, MicroSD external memory card slot, front-facing camera for video calls, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, HDMI output. The device comes with special pre-installed software that gives an opportunity to use the tablet as remote control for VIZIO`s HDTVs. VIZIO VTAB1008 Android tablet will become available in next few weeks and will cost $350.
BGR has just published a list of specifications of next Google Nexus series smartphone. The device will be based not on NVIDIA Tegra Kal-El as it was expected before but on TI OMAP 4460 or Qualcomm Snapdragon system-on-chip platform with 1.2GHz of 1.5GHz CPU clock. Google Nexus 4G will run on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and support LTE networks. It will also feature 4.5-inch touchscreen with 1280x720px resolution, 1MP front-facing camera, 5MP camera supporting Full HD (1080p) video recording, 1GB RAM. No word about release date and price.
Australian Kogan Technologies is known for its Kogan Agora smartphone. Today it announced its new device with the same name. New Kogan Agora is a netbook running on Google Chromium operating system. It is based on new Intel` platform featuring low power consumption. The device has 1.3GHz Intel Celeron M ULV processor, 1GB DDR2 RAM (users can install up to 4GB), 11.6-inch display with 1366x768px resolution, 30GB SSD, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 1.3MP webcam, 3-in-1 cardreader, stereo loud speakers, LAN port, three USB 2.0 ports, HDMI and VGA outputs. The battery of this netbook has 4600 capacity and provides about 4 hours of work time. Kogan Agora ‘chromebook’ will become available this week for $372.
