Short overview of the cellphone

With Samsung’s Omnia success, it seems like everyone’s taking shots at it - including Asus. According to some well rumored sources, this might be Samsung’s biggest challenger, featuring a 5MP camera and a 3.5″ touchscreen display that can render anything at a 800×480 resolution.

From what I could tell from some leaked photos, the cellphone seemed to have a front camera as well, leaving me with the thought it might also feature 3G connectivity.

The design part is pretty impressive, featuring an outer-casing made out of stainless steel and a monochromatic minimalist design. Regarding the tech specs, the word is that the cellphone is going to have a 4GB internal memory - with expansion possibility via a microSD card - and all the wireless connectivity you can think of ( WiFi, Bluetooth, aGPS ), all incorporated into a 13,8mm thick cellphone.

Oh, did I mention it also includes an Accelerometer ? I wouldn’t be surprised to see some of Apple’s iPhone functionality amongst it’s features.

Technical specifications

• GSM Connectivity : GPRS/EDGE/3G/HSDPA/HAUPA
• GSM Frequency : 850/900/1800/1900
• WCDMA Frequency: 900/1900/2100
• Screen: 3.5 “WVGA 800X480 / 65K Color TFT
• System: Microsoft WM 6.1 Professional
• UI: Glide 1.5
• Camera: 5MP (2592×1944px) from autofocus
• Video: MPEG4, H.264 encoding & decoding
• Communications: Bluetooth 2.0, Wifi, USB
• aGPS
• Audio: AAC, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, EVRC, QCELP, AAC + + EAAC, MP3, MIDI, PCM, WAV
• Working time:
• Standby : 200 hours
• Talk time: 4 hours
• Memory: 4GB flash
• Expansion: microSD
• Dimensions: 115×59×13.8mm
• Tracking ball
• Accelerometer
• Construction: stainless steel

The official launch will probably be in late October.

It looks like the creator of these amazingly looking flash drives is none other than Art Lebedev, the creator of the popular Optimus Maximus Keyboard - and it looks like the device is taking its role seriously in storing files, literally.

The body cover, or the folder-shaped casing is made out of aluminium and the logo is laser engraved - wickedly coolish.

Named Folderix, the flash drives comes in 4GB sizes and not so many colors to choose from, excluding the obvious yellow, we have : Blue and Purple. They’re available now at $55.47 a pop over at Lebedev’s shop.

This is one of those concept toys that make us drool, we love simplicity in thinking - a GPS that straps onto your wrist and gives info about local theaters and clubs - simply amazing . Seek, as this GPS device is called has been designed by Jukka Roitto and should be extremely useful for people stuck in an unknown city looking for a local attraction.

Featuring touch screen and MP3 functions, the wrist GPS can also be personalized while being strapped on.

So, if you’re planning on visiting different cities I think this would be a good choice for the future.

The latest concept from Intel comes under the name of UrbanMax and is a sliding / tilting laptop. Although the concept reminds me of the HP’s TC1100 that had the somewhat similar concepts of sliding keyboard and tilting screen, the TC1100 doesn’t even come close to Intel’s project.

Unfortunately, there’s not too much atm about the tech specs, but some of the features can be seen in the pic.

Called PCP-1200, this 7” photo printer from Casio features along a great design touchscreen technology and a keyboard to enhanced usability even more. The keyboard can be used to print text on post-card sized photos.

Further more, as an alternative the printer comes packed with 60 stamp-sized shapes like : stars, hearts, etc… great for creating Valentine’s Day or Birth Day cards.

You can use the printer in a combo with your digital camera, mobile phone and memory card to print out the desired photos.

The printer is also compatible with CF, Memory Stick / PRO / Duo / PRO Duo, xD-Picture Card, SDHC / SD Memory Card, MMC. Optional adapter allows miniSDHC / SD Memory Card, microSDHC / SD Memory Cards to suit everyones needs.

Priced at only $500 this printer is available for now only in Japan – no words on European or American launches just yet.