Apple has been particularly busy these past few months. We’ve seen updated aluminum iMacs, the new iPod classic, new iPod nano fatty and of course, we can’t forget the mega hyped iPhone. Redefining both mobile phones and digital media players, the iPhone has made a definite dent in tech history. Now we have the iPod touch. This device takes all the music and video related features that have made the iPhone so popular, and made them available to people that don’t want to switch carriers or phones.

Hardware Specs



* Storage: Available in either 8GB or 16GB Flash drive capacities

* Display: 3.5-inch (diagonal), 480 x 320 pixels at 163 DPI

* Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz

* Audio formats: MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected
AAC (from iTunes Store), Audible (formats 2, 3 and 4), WAV, and AIFF

* Video formats: H.264 video up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 x 480 pixels

* WiFi (802.11b/g)

* Audio: 3.5mm stereo headphone minijack

* Power: Rechargeable lithium polymer battery (up to 22hrs of audio playback
time and

5hrs of video playback time)

* Size: 4.3 x 2.4 x 0.31in (110 x 61.8 x 8mm)

* Weight: 4.2oz (120)

Package Contents



* iPod touch

* Earphones

* USB 2.0 cable

* Dock adapter

* Polishing cloth

* Stand

* Quick start guide

* Apple stickers



To say that the iPod touch is just an iPhone without the phone, really isn’t an accurate description. At first glance, the touch does look like an iPhone, I’ll give you that. But once you look a little closer, you’ll see that it’s an entirely different device. One that just happens to look like the iPhone…

The touch is almost half the thickness of the iPhone. It’s also a little bit shorter and the select button is smaller in diameter. You will also notice that the rim around the display is Black instead of chrome like the iPhone.

After carrying around my iPhone for the past few months, the touch feels considerably thinner. It is comfortable in hand although a bit on the slippery side. Squeezing it yields no flexing creaking or cracking. It’s definitely a solid device.

Oh look, it has a chrome back. Yay. Not. Apple, please stop this madness!!! Chrome is smudgy and way too susceptible to scratching. It’s time to move on. Really!

Along the bottom edge, you’ll find the universal dock connector and a stereo earphone jack. Unlike the iPhone’s earphone jack, this one can accommodate any type of 3.5mm earphone connector.

The only other button on the touch is located on the top of the device. This thin button turns the screen on and off. The lack of hardware buttons to adjust volume, pause playback, and navigate forward and backwards through tracks was immediately evident. Without such buttons, you have to turn the display on and use the onscreen touch buttons for these functions. This can be a bit annoying.

To give you an idea how the touch compares to the iPhone size-wise, take a look at the image above. The touch is on top, iPhone on bottom.

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A new 8 Mega Pixel Mobile from Samsung has leaked. The will be the third 8 Mega Pixel shooter from Samsung after the i8510 Innov8 and the M8800 Pixon. The new phone is named S8300 and is a slider. The phone is only 12.8 mm thick and has a large OLED Screen sporting a Wide QVGA resolution of 240 x 400 pixels. Further more the Screen is also a Touch Screen so you can use your finger or stylus to operate the phone. This also makes it the second 8 Mega Pixel Touch Screen Phone of Samsung. It also has Bluetooth 2.1, FM Radio, MicroSD slot, GPS, HSPDA, DivX support, TouchQiz interface and lastly the all important 8 Mega Pixel Cam. As it's a slider from Samsung, build quality will be decent and the slider will also be good as Samsung generally makes great slider phones.

The only things missing in this slider are the Wi-Fi connection and a Xenon Flash, which can be beneficial in Night Shooting. The phone just features a LED Flash. Looking at it from the back, the camera reminds of the Samsung G600 and the Samsung u900 Soul which had a similar setup. It should be officially announced in 2009 (only 2 days are left in 2008 ) and available by March 2009. We will be surely waiting.

Source : Daily Mobile

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Nokia launched the N 97 multimedia smart touch phone (Nokia just calls it Multimedia Computer ). The most distinguishing feature of N97 is that it has a physical Qwerty keypad to help in messaging and mailing. Another touted feature is the 35 degree kickstand that helps in watching videos but can be bothersome if you drop the phone.

Looking at the spces, it has a 5 Mega Pixel Camera with Carl Zeiss Optics, 32 GB Flash Storage, a huge 3.5 inch screen with a decent (by HTC Touch HD's standards) resolution of 640 x 360, Wi-fi, GPS, FM Transmitter, 3.5 mm jack and a digital compass too. The styling is different than the N81/N96/N85 clones we saw from Nokia and we welcome that. Apart from the huge storage and the huge screen there's not much in it to differentiate it from it's other N-Series Brothers and Sisters like N85 & N96. The N97 is basically a Qwerty version of Nokia 5800 with double the storage of N96 and having all the features of N85. The N97 also supports widgets on it's home screen. The N97 also has a social feature which Nokia calls "So-Lo" which allows your friends to update their location and status.

Nokia seems to have learnt from it's mistake of N95 and N96 & has equipped the N97 with a 1500 mAh battery which should be adequate for a phone of it's size. The phone comes with a Digital Compass and Nokia Maps 3.0. The N97 is expected to begin shipping in the first half of 2009 at an estimated retail price of EUR 550 before taxes or subsidies. Nokia is definitely impressed to make the N97 it's Flagship of 2009. How much of a fight will it give to Sony Ericcsion Xperia X1 and a possible HTC Touch HD Pro is to be seen.


Detailed Specs of Nokia N97 :

• 5 Mega Pixel Auto Focus Camera with Dual LED Flash
• VGA (640 x 480) 30 FPS Video Capture
• Qwerty Keypad
• 3.5 inch Touch Screen with resolution of 360 x 640 pixels
• Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate and Proximity Sensor
• 3G, HSDPA, Wi-fi & GPS
• Quad Band GSM
• Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
• MPEG4/WMV/3gp video player
• MP3/eAAC+/WMA/AMR/RealAudio player
• Digital Compass
• FM Radio & FM transmitter
• Micro SD card slot
• 32 GB Internal Memory
• TV-Out
• Symbian OS v9.5, Series 60 rel. 5
  
• 1500 mAh Battery
• 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9-18.3 mm dimensions & 150 gm weight

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Following on the FCC’s green-lighting of the Samsung t819 3G person terminal month, Samsung and T-Mobile hit prefabricated the Samsung t819 officially authorised for T-Mobile’s US subscriber-base. Now, we’re occupation this Samsung t819 a ‘3G slider’ because (1) it’s a person and (2) it supports T-Mobile USA’s possess primary savor of 3G spectrum (the 1700Mhz band, as we saw in the FCC-filing). Interestingly, T-Mobile isn’t marketing this abstract as a 3G handset, instead claiming that the quad-band GSM broadcasting maxes discover with EDGE accumulation speeds.

With a 1.3 megapixel camera, biaural Bluetooth, microSD bill slot, myFaves support, and a 220 x 176 display, theSamsung t819 is unwaveringly naturalised in T-Mobile’s mid-range lineup.

While the Samsung t819 is officially an EDGE-only jobby, we’ve got a concealed distrustfulness that the phone module be rocking discover on T-Mobile’s 3G meshwork - erst it goes live, that is. Grab your possess Samsung t819 unnofficial 3G person on T-Mobile website or at retail stores. ‘Coffee Brown’ seems to be T-Mo’s colouration of pick for now.

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