All eyes on RIM in smartphone face-off

Analysts say, Tuesday’s announcement is critical for company’s long-term achievement.

 

 

Tuesday is the day for Research in Motion – as in “do or die” day – say technology analysts, who consider the Waterloo, Ont.-based BlackBerry maker needs to fight back against lost smartphone market share to Apple and Google. While detail are scarce, RIM and U.S. carrier AT and T have called a news conference in New York City for Tuesday. It’s believed they will unveil the long-rumoured BlackBerry Bold 9800, their first “slider-style” smartphone that not only has a touchscreen but a glide-out QWERTY keyboard for messaging.

According to MobileCity Online, a web store that is already taking preorders for the smartphone, the Bold 9800 will feature a 3.2-inch HVGA display, 512 MB of RAM, 4 GB of onboard storage, A-GPS, Wi-Fi 802.11n and a camera/camcorder. Cyberspace is also abuzz about the opportunity of RIM unveiling an iPad-like tablet that would run on its BlackBerry 6 OS, as well. In fact, the company has already registered the domain name called blackpad.com.

RIM is also expected to show off App World 2.0, a redesigned online store with enhanced navigation and additional bells and whistles. Levy said Apple and Google’s Android platform are “gaining fast,” with mutual operating systems that account for almost half of all smartphones sold in Canada and the U.S.

RIM’s share of the smartphone market cut down from 55 per cent in early 2009 to roughly 41 per cent in the first quarter of 2010, according to leading technology market research firm Gartner Inc. By comparison, the BlackBerry App World has only about 7,000 apps – plus, they’re usually more expensive than the iPhone and Android contributions, and more difficult to sift through.

Levy said Tuesday’s declaration is “critical.”

He said, “It’s difficult to understate just how critical this launch is to the very survival of the company”.

Samsung reveal WiFi-enabled ST80 camera, swiveling-lens HMX-E10 pocket camcorder

Camera releases are rather by-the-numbers thing with so many special variations being released by numerous companies throughout the year. Samsung's pair here does have some fascinating standout features, but one at a time. The 14.2 megapixel ST80 point-and-shoot boasts WiFi capabilities for email / direct upload of images (DLNA supported, to boot). It's also got 3x optical zoom, 3-inch WQVGA touchscreen, 720p 30fps H.264 video recording, and Sammy's "Smart Crop" quality for taking angled shots and "straightening them up" . 

This one's outstanding out September 2010 for a penny under $250. Then there is the HMX-E10 pocket camcorder with an impressive 270-degree swiveling lens and 1920 x 1080 30p H.264 HD video recording. That touchscreen you see is a 2.7-inch LCD, the lens has 2x digital zoom, connectivity is HDMI and USB and also used for charging, and release details are September as well, for $199.99.

Apple Helps Police Track Stolen iPhone Fast

Now a days, Apple Makes easy to catch the stolen phones. A man accused of swiping an Apple iPhone out of a woman's hand in San Francisco may have been shaken when police found him only nine minutes later. It turns out the phone had been tracking his every move. See the below video:

Nokia Kinetic model exposed in prototype form

Impressed by Jeremy Innes-Hopkins Nokia Kinetic idea the other day? Then take a high-quality look at the image above. This is the actual prototype of the device, which unfortunately doesn't power on (or have anything to power on), but it look extraordinarily like the previous renders we have seen, and gives us a far better idea of the scale of the device. In case you missed it, the real clip of the concept is an electromagnet in the phone's base that allows it to stand up on reminder, and be flipped down to release an action, like an alarm or a video call. We also know that now Innes-Hopkins worked on the project at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London under the guidance of former Nokia Senior Designer Silas Grant, who was responsible for many of Nokia's first-class phones like the 8800 Scirocco. Beat up the gallery below for a closer look.

Update: Just to be real clear. This is not an actual Nokia theory, but a project completed by Innes-Hopkins for his final year at university -- so don't get your hopes up about it ever going into manufacture.

8 GB Viewsonic multimedia player under £60

Portable media players are always pleasant for people who are continuously on the move and such people there is Viewsonic VPD400 8GB multimedia player!

The player boasts of the following

• 4.3” screen at 800 x 480 resolution
• 8 GB internal memory with microSD card slot
• Size measures 113 x 74 x 14mm Dimensions
• hours of normal playback
• It can play videos at 720p around 30 mins battery life.

In this player comes with headphones, USB cable and remote. The player is estimated to support these formats: JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG for pictures, MP3, WMA, WAV, APE, FLAC for music and AVI, RM, RMVB, FLV, MOV for videos.

Price: £59.94

Blackbox i10 earphones makes Noise-cancelling for fanboys

Blackbox has announced the appearance of its i10 earphones, which are specially designed for Apple's mobile devices. slightly than using the 3.5mm headphone jack, these buds plug into your iPad / iPhone / iPod's 30-pin dock connection in a move that Blackbox claims as a UK first. It states that the reason for doing this is to "develop the device’s sound quality and provide a clear and authentic listening experience through active noise rejection equipment".

This device noise reduction measures up to 92 per cent (22dB) with a reactive noise isolation of up to 30dB (1kHz).The earphone comes with a slide volume checker and you will get three different sized in-ear buds.

This Blackbox i10s is available now and it cost is £79.99.

Methods to Activate iPhone Without Original SIM Card

Sherif Hashim as the guy who brought the iOS 4 baseband unlocking for iPhone users. Now Hashim is back with provide another trick that will allow users to activate their iPhone 3G/3GS or even iPhone 4 without having SIM card to actually use.

The Following six minute video embedded below will take you through the entire process. Please make a note of that if you are trying this on your iPhone 4, you will still need to trim your original SIM card to the micro-SIM size in order to complete the process.