Archive for September 26th, 2008

LG KC910 (Renoir) press launch

Last night I attended the official LG KC910 (aka LG Renoir) launch event here in London. The KC910 picks up where the LG Viewty left off and boast a number is incredibly features such as being the worlds thinnest 8 megapixel camera phone with Schneider-Kreuznach certified optics, xenon flash, image stabiliser, auto-focus, manual focus, Face Tracking, Smile Shot and blink detection. It can record video from 5 frames per second (FPS) up to 120 FPS, allowing it to record in both slow and fast motion. It also plays DivX and Xvid movies straight out of the box, without the need for additional encoding.

The LG KC910 Renoir

I recorded much of the official part of the launch which you can see below. The Renoir will be available soon on all of the UK networks as well as there being a SIM-free version.

LG KC910  Specification:

• 8 mp Camera with Xenon flash and Schneider-Kreuznach optics
• 30 FPS video recording at 640×480, 60 FPS at 320×240
• Internal GPS w/ Geotagging
• Dolby Audio
• Divx/Xvid support
• Manual Focus
• Smile, focus, face detection, Image stabilization
• Quad-band GSM, HSDPA 7.2 mbps
• Bluetooth Yes.v2.0 with A2DP
• Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML,HTML
• Built-in GPS receiver
• Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots),32- 48 kbps
• EDGE Yes
• 3G HSDPA,7.2 Mbps
• WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
• USB Yes,v2.0
• Document viewer- DOC,XLS,PDF
• MicroSD up to 8GB
• 3″ touchscreen, 240×400  with Haptic feedback
• TV out support
• Dimensions 107.8 x 55.9 x 14 mm
• Weight 114 g.

We should be getting our hands on the LG KC910 within the next week or so and you can expect our unboxing video and review to follow shortly after.

Sorry the video isn’t great – it was another dark event and there were lots of people standing in the way and I was also using my old camcorder as Steve had the good one for his trip to Lund with Sony Ericsson. However, hopefully you’ll be able to hear the relevant bits!

If you were there and I didn’t get to talk to you then drop me a line!

Posted by: Matt

Adobe opens Photoshop.com Mobile Beta for Windows Mobile

Adobe Photoshop.com Mobile with support for Windows Mobile devices and the Beta went online recently. Unfortunately Adobe didn’t put a lot of thought into the name given to this as users could be mislead into thinking that this is a fully mobile version of the much used and loved Photoshop photo editing suite when infact it is nothing like that.

According to their website this service is described as:

Upload, view, and share photos on the go

Adobe® Photoshop.com Mobile is the easiest way to upload, view, and share your photos online from your phone. All you need is a supported Windows Mobile® phone and your Photoshop.com account ID. Photoshop.com Mobile beta will be available as a free download in September.

KEY FEATURES

Upload from the road

Have Photoshop.com Mobile upload photos from your phone to your Photoshop.com account as soon as you take them. You can store up to 2GB of photos there free. (Note: Photoshop.com Plus members get 20GB. Learn more)

Access anywhere

At a party, in a meeting, on the road — view your online photos and albums from your phone, wherever you are.

Share with friends and family

Create a Mobile Share album right from your phone to show the world, or invite friends and family to view your photos online from Photoshop.com.

The support for devices is very limited just not with support on only:

Whilst this does not set my pulse racing I do think its a very good idea by Adobe and with there being 2GB worth of FREE space we cant be seen to grumble too much.

Service at the moment will be restricted to US customers only and will go live sometime before the end of September.

Posted by: John

Samsung M8800 Pixon (AKA Bresson) appears

The 8 megapixel full touchscreen Samsung M8800 seems to have been announced today – rather quietly in fact. And it’s already been previewed by a Russian team, who provided some nice images along the way.

The Samsung M8800, be it Bresson or Pixon, is the second 8 megapixel handset by Samsung, following the Symbian-powered Samsung i8510 INNOV8 .

The Samsung M8800 however is not a smartphone and has no keyboard but a 3.2-inch touchscreen display and has the same TouchWiz interface as the Samsung Omnia and Samsung F480 Tocco, however this time they’ve added Weather and Google widgets.

  
Samsung M8800 is called either Bresson or Pixon

True, it’s not a smartphone, but the Samsung M8800 has an impressive specs sheet, which includes goodies such as:

• Quad-band GSM, tri-band HSDPA
• 107.9×54.6×14.9mm, 110 g
• 3.2-inch touch screen display (240 x 400 pixels)
• 8 megapixel camera with auto focus, face recognition with smile detection and blink detection. WDR (wide dynamic range), ASR (advanced shake reduction), GPS geotagging, ISO 1600, WVGA (720×480 pixels) and VGA (640 x 480 pixels) @30fps video recording
• Built-in GPS receiver
• Accelerometer
• DivX playback
• FM radio with RDS
• microSD card slot
• Bluetooth
• Landscape virtual QWERTY keyboard
• Handwriting recognition
• ShoZu integration – direct image and video upload
• Office document viewer

 
Samsung M8800 next to Samsung i900 Omnia

Unfortunately, the lack of Wi-Fi functionality is a bit of a downer and would make it hard to compete with the rivaling LG KC910 Renoir.

The Samsung M8800 is set to start shipping as early as 10 November 2008 at a starting price of 550 euro (800 US dollars).

Posted by: John

Source: GSM Arena

UMPC Friday

Introducing this weeks Friday Deal we have "UMPC Friday" from eXpansys. Incredible savings on the Asus Eee PC this week, grad yourself an 701 surf from just £119.99!  Selected deals between 11am and 4pm, 26th September 2008

ASUS Eee PC 701 Surf (White)

Normally £155.99
Now only £117.99 inc VAT (£99.99 ex VAT)
Save £38

ASUS Eee PC 701 Surf (Black)

Normally £155.99
Now only £139.99 inc VAT (£119.14 ex VAT)
Save £16

These deals are available on Friday the 26th of September 2008 between 11am and 4pm by following the links above only,sadly you cant use the £10 off voucher on these deals.

Posted by: Matt