Samsung on Wednesday said it has started mass production of a 128-gigabyte solid-state drive, which is offered as an alternative to more power-hungry hard disk drives.
The SSD is being produced in two sizes, 1.8 inches and 2.5 inches. In addition, Samsung started producing this month a 64GB model of the new SSD.
High-capacity SSDs are meant [...]
Nokia this week released a new candy-bar smartphone that packs many features that mobile workers and multimedia lovers may both like.
The Nokia 6220 classic is a quad-band GSM phone that’s capable of using 3G networks for Internet browsing and e-mails. It has HSDPA connectivity, which provides customers with a top downlink speed of 3.6 Mbps. [...]
Kodak and Motorola have teamed up to create a cameraphone that’s designed to allow users to easily take and share high-quality photographs.
The Motozine ZN5 is a 5-megapixel candy bar-style phone that features Kodak’s Imaging Technology, and it’s the first handset in Motorola’s Motozine line of multimedia-optimized devices.
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Dell (Dell) on Thursday introduced a midlevel line of colorful notebooks meant to appeal to style-conscious consumers.
The new Studio line fits between Dell’s low-end Inspiron and high-end XPS. The Studio notebooks are available in seven colors and start at $799 for the 15-inch model and $999 for the 17-inch version. Both models feature built-in Webcams [...]
The number of smartphones that have built-in GPS just increased as Motorola (NYSE: MOT) announced the latest in its Ming line of smartphones.
Much of the cell phone industry, led by Nokia, sought to wrest control of its destiny from commercial software makers Tuesday with the announcement that it would convert its own Symbian operating system into a free, open source OS backed by a coalition of some of the world’s biggest handset makers and mobile chip producers.
Nokia, [...]
What Are Budget Phones?
Budget phones can range from $100.00 to free. Most phones in this price range offer standard features like text messaging, speakerphone, a VGA camera and caller ID. Beware that using some of the features, like sending text and picture messages can dramatically increase your monthly bill if you don’t have the correct [...]
A battery charger is a device used to put energy into a cell or (rechargeable) battery by forcing an electric current through it.
The charge current depends upon the technology and capacity of the battery being charged. For example, the current that should be applied to recharge a 12 V car battery will be very different from the current for a mobile phone battery.
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What Are Budget Notebooks?
As the name implies, budget notebooks are models aimed at price-conscious [...]
Admit it. Come out of denial. You know your laptop that was supercool 2 years ago now gets 15 minutes of battery life. It sucks and we all share the same problem eventually. Laptop batteries (and many others) will start to lose their total charging capacity after awhile. It’s slow so we usually don’t notice [...]