On top of the price reduction for the Acer M900 Clove are now dropping the price of the Acer F900 to £169+VAT
Overview of Acer F900
The Acer F900 was developed with a 3.8 inch WVGA touch screen and new easy-to-use on screen touch keyboard, to take data and web browsing to a new level. The Acer F900 is able to display more information on screen while offering an excellent mobile browsing experience. The new custom user interface makes the use of the Acer F900 very quick and simple, providing quick links to contacts, email messages, bookmarks, calendars, date and time, world weather and music.
First Android Device Signals LG’s Two-tier Smartphone Strategy
Seoul, September 14, 2009 – LG Electronics (LG), a global leader and technology innovator in mobile communications, reinforced its aggressive strategy in smartphones by announcing the first Android mobile device which will give LG a broader and more dominant position in this expanding market.
The announcement of LG’s first Android-powered smartphones comes only a week after the world’s third largest mobile phone company announced that it would be introducing three new Windows Mobile smartphones in the next few weeks. These developments underscore LG’s commitment to offering greater consumer choice in the expanding smartphone category.
We just received new information that suggest the launch of Android 2.0 might be coming later than we were expecting. I have been reporting that the Motorola Sholes would be the first phone to feature Android 2.0 and that it was widely expected to launch in late October. New documents I have seen now list early December as the launch date for the Motorola Sholes and Android 2.0.
There has been no official release date given for either launch, so I’m not sure if it is fair to call this a delay. I have often wondered how Google could deliver Android 2.0 in its final form by the end of October. I believe the hardware is on track and that the software is the main reason for this new launch window. Google has no public roadmap or deadlines for Android 2.0 and I suspect this was done on purpose to avoid criticism of a delay.
Ever since the Sony released their HDR-FX1000 HD Handycam I’ve wanted to get my hands on one to review. As you are no doubt aware, I record a LOT of video for the website and although I am quite pleased with the results from the Sanyo HD1000 that I use at the moment I wanted to see what a proper high-end camcorder could do.
The Sony HDR-FX1000 HD Handycam
In terms of what I use a camcorder for most, unboxing videos, the main problem with lower spec. camcorders is that in order to get the best picture quality you need to record in fairly bright conditions. Not a problem in itself, however, when you consider that most of the products that I am reviewing/unboxing have extremely shiny screens then recoding in bight conditions so that you can see the device does no lend itself to being able to see what’s on that shiny screen. Recording is often a compromise.
So when thinking about getting a better camcorder for unboxings the HDR-FX1000 sounded like a good choice. Thanks to its 3 CMOS chips and the large Sony G Lens the FX1000 performs very well in lower light conditions. Whether or not this makes any difference to me in practice remains to be seen but I’m hoping for a big improvement in the video quality of my unboxings!
I’m going to spend the next few weeks reviewing the HDR-FX1000. I’ll be using it to record some videos and I’ll be sure to mention which videos I used the FX1000 for. I should have my review online in a few weeks time, it’ll probably take me that long to work out what all the buttons do. Have a look at the FX1000 unboxing video below for a quick tour of the camcorder and to see what’s included.
f (35mm conversion): Camera mode (mm): 16:9 Mode ; 29.5 – 590 / 4:3 Mode ; 36.1 – 722
Filter Diameter (mm): 72
Zoom Ratio (Optical): 20
Memory Stick PRO Compatibility: YES
Image Size: Max 16:9 Mode ; 1440 x 810 / 4:3 Mode ; 1080 x 810
Still Recording during Movie (Dual Rec): YES
16:9 Wide (Full) Recording: YES
InfoLITHUM System: YES
Continuous Recording Time with Supplied Battery and Viewfinder (min): 145
Max. Continuous Recording Time with Optional Battery and Viewfinder (min): 450
Progressive Recording Mode: YES
Rechargeable Battery Pack: NP-F570
i.LINK Cable: YES
LCD: Size (inch): 3.2
LCD: Pixels (dots): 921600
Viewfinder: Pixel (K dots): 1.126
Movie Format: High Definition, HDV (1440 x 1080) / Standard Definition, DV
Recording Media: miniDV tape
Movie Quality: SP / LP (Standard Definition only)
The full specification can be found on the Sony website.
Don’t forget to post your comments/questions on the Sony FX1000 forum thread, feel free to let me know if you want me to cover anything specific in the review too!
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