Samsung announced in Korea its new XL2370, the company’s highest performance LED-backlit LCD display. The XL2370 has a finger-slim design and features a crystal-like bezel frame with Touch of Color (ToC) design.

The XL2370 offers Full HD 1920×1080 LCD display, 5 Million:1 dynamic contrast, and 2ms response time. The display consumes about 40% less power compare to typical monitors. The Samsung XL2370 will be released in Korea in Mid-July and the the rest of the world in August.

[newswire] via [engadget]

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Korg introduces the new version of its top-selling synthesizer, the microKORG XL. The synthesizer features the eight-voice MMT (Multi Modeling Technology) sound engine and dual effects processors. It’s black key/white key proportions have been adjusted for easier chording and the key reponse has also been improved for rapid-fire soloing. There are also a sound-bending vocoder and six-pattern arpeggiation.

Users can connect the microKORG to their PC via USB port.

[korg]

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Though Nokia has its own Symbian OS, according to the Guardian, the Finnish company is planning Android-based smartphone that will be shown at the Nokia World in September this year. As smartphone is becoming more popular, it looks like Nokia is hoping to gain its market share in this growing segment by adopting the more advanced, open-sourced Android platform. Let’s wait and see.

[crunchgear]

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• Nokia N85, N79, 5800 XpressMedia, E66, E71, 7510 SuperNova, and 6260 Leaked Photos
• Samsung I7500 Android Smartphone

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Samsung’s Star S5230 (S5233) is a budget touchscreen phone announced along with the Preston S5600. Samsung has released the Star S5230 in Taiwan market and here are first unbox photos from eprice.

The Star S5230 has a 3-inch touchscreen and a 3.2 Megapixel. It features Bluetooth and support for quad-band EDGE networks. The Star comes with the TouchWiz UI, as you can see in the photos.

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iRiver is going to release its E200, the successor of the E100 and E150, which is the first Aluminum portable media player in the market. It has a thin, all-metal design. At just 9.9mm thick, the E200 packs a 2.8-inch color display and 4GB or 8GB internal memory.

The E200 does voice recording, FM radio and FM recording. It supports MP3, WMA, OGG, ASF, FLAC audio files and MPEG4, WMV9, XviD, RM/RMVB video files. Image and text files are also supported. The player has built-in speakers and supports SRS HD WOW sound enhancement. It supports microSD.

[iriver fans] via [gizmodo]

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The Asus N90Sv-A2 is available from Buy.com for $1680.99.

Asus N90Sv-A2 is a 18.4-inch multimedia notebook. It packs Intel’s Core 2 Duo processor, up to 4GB RAM and a NVIDIA GeForce GT130M graphics card with 1GB RAM. The notebook can be equipped with up to dual 1TB hard drive. It has a 18.4-inch 1920×1080 Full HD display and a DVD or Blu-ray optical drive.

Other features include WiFi, Bluetooth, 1.3 Megapixel webcam, 8-in-1 card rader, and HDMI connector. TweakTown has tested the N90Sv-A2 and comments:

In the end I come away with no major complaints about the N90Sv. The notebook has decent performance, but doesn’t break any performance records. The integrated Blu-ray player is nice, especially when coupled with the great 18-inch screen. The real issue with the N90Sv for me isn’t the machines performance as much as it is the price for performance. Much of the cost of the machine is tied up in the Blu-ray drive and the fantastic screen.

If gaming is your bag, the Gateway P-7808u FX is nearly identically priced but offers much higher performance than the N90Sv, but it lacks the Blu-ray option. The N90Sv is a very capable multimedia notebook and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend the machine. Just be sure that you plan to use the Blu-ray drive heavily to justify the cost of the machine. If you won’t really use the Blu-ray, you can get significantly more performance elsewhere for the same money.

Overall TweakTown Rating: 90%

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Teclast introduces its latest PMP, C500HD that is able to handle H.264 video decoding. The C500HD supports H.264 MPEG4/AVC video and MKV video format. It has a 5-inch 800×480 LCD display and 4GB internal memory.

Other supported formats include RMVB, AVI, MPG, MP4 and 3GP video files as well as most audio formats. The Teclast C500HD offers HDMI output.

[teclast]

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Toshiba Japan announced the new dynabook TV, a 16-inch notebook PC with integrated TV tuner. Boosted by Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 2.53GHz processor and 4GB RAM, the dynabook TV is equipped with Intel’s integrated GMA4500MHD graphics, 400GB hard drive and a DVD SuperMulti burner.

The dynabook TV has a 16-inch 1366×768 LCD display and supports WiFi 802.11b/g/n. It comes with built-in harman/kardon speakers and offers eSATA port and HDMI connector.

[toshiba]

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LG’s Viewty Smart GC900 is the cellphone maker’s second Viewty touchscreen phone. The Viewty Smart features a 3-inch 800×480 touchscreen and a 8 Megapixel camera. It supports A-GPS, WiFi, video recording and HSDPA 7.2Mbps network.

TrustedReviews has test the Viewty Smart GC900 and comments:

Verdict

All told, then, the LG Viewty Smart GC900 is a difficult beast to pin down. Its camera isn’t quite good enough to make it a true camera phone, it lacks a sophisticated enough web browser and email client to even come close to rivalling the iPhone or other smartphones. Its missing headphone jack and lack of hardware controls mean it’s not a dedicated music phone, and it’s not so cheap (like the Nokia 5800 Express Music) that it makes for a truly low cost alternative to all the other touchscreen phones. Nonetheless, it’s an elegant, easy to use all rounder available at a decent price.

Ratings:

• Design: 8/10
• Features: 8/10
• Performance: 7/10
• Usability: 7/10
• Value: 7/10
• Overall: 7/10

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As we all know, Sony Ericsson is part of the Open Handset Alliance, meaning the company will use the Android on some of its future cellphones. Danish site mobil.nu shows us the first photo of Sony’s XPERIA X5 Android phone that is codenamed Rachael.

The XPERIA X5 is powered by Qualcomm QSD8250 1GHz Snapdragon platform that has outstanding 3G graphics capabilities. The phone will have a 8 Megapixel camera, a color touchscreen and support for 7.2Mbps HSDPA connection. There is a 3.5mm audio jack.

Thanks, Kevin

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Acer’s European arm Packard Bell refreshes the imedia desktop PC line with a new compact, fashionable design. The imedia desktop has a “sleek glossy black chassis with matt accents and soft curves highlighted by a glowing blue power on/off button.”

The new imedia line is powered by Intel’s Core 2 Quad or AMD’s Phenom II X4 quad core processor, up to 8GB RAM and either Intel’s integrated graphics or NVIDIA GeForce graphics up to GT230 with 1.5GB video memory. The desktop can be equipped with up to 1TB hard drive and optional Blu-ray combo drive. The PC offer an eSATA and a HDMI connectors.

Consumers can also add the optional DVB-T TV tuner with remote and WiFi connectivity.

[packardbell]

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Two weeks before, Samsung announced its Omnia II i8000 Windows Mobile 6 smartphone. The phone has a 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen display and a 5 Megapixel camera. It supports WiFi, Bluetooth, A-GPS and 720×480 video recording. There are 16GB internal storage capacity and a microSD card slot.

Samsung also includes the TouchWiz 2.0 UI in the Omnia II. Italian site HDBlog.it has got a hands-on with the phone and you can see the video after the break:

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Before the M8 3G. Over at Meizu’s official forum, the company’s CEO J. Wong shows a few screenshots of M8’s new user interface.  We are not sure whether the new UI will be released with a new firmware or it is intended for the M8 3G. Anyway, the new UI looks pretty good. You can see more pictures after the break:

[meizu]

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Takara Tomy introduces the Yuruppy, a new digital pet in Japan. Like other digital pets, you can play with them by simply touching the screen. It’s not really a new thing. The Yuruppy will be available for 2079 Yen.

[takara]

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Here is a 3-in-1 combo mouse pad that you may want to get one. It combines mouse pad, a 3-port USB hub and a numeric pad. It is useful and convenient for users who need to do a lot of digit input and calculation. The mouse pad costs $29.

[gadget4all]

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Designer Shay Shafranek brings us a concept design of a wooden electronic ruler that has a display showing you the length. According to the designer the ruler is to combine the value of traditional ruler with advantages of a digital interface.

I am not sure this ruler is really useful, but learn to read a ruler may be easier.

[shay] via [gearfuse]

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Fujitsu has launched the M2010 in the US market and the netbook has been reviewed by NotebookReview. The tested unit is powered by Intel’s Atom N270 1.6GHz processor, 1GB RAM and 160GB hard drive. It supports WiFi and Bluetooth.

NotebookReview’s comments:

The Fujitsu M2010 is a late arrival to the netbook market, offering very good looks and build quality, but with a high price and not so excellent performance. Compared to some of the newer netbooks on the market its benchmarks fall towards the bottom of the list, and battery life came up way short with the 3-cell battery. With its good looks and high build quality it seems to be pushed towards business customers, which might explain the higher price. Overall for if the price was about $100 less it would be much more attractive.

Pros:

• Great looks
• Solid feeling chassis with high quality components

Cons:

• High price
• Some odd default performance settings
• Small standard battery

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Sega Toys is going to launch in Japan the Uchiage Hanabi, an indoor fireworks projector that will show you fireworks on walls or ceilings. The device is designed to bring the realistc audio and visuals of fireworks to your house.

As you can see in the picture, the Uchiage Hanabi has five movable lens for fireworks projection and a speaker to provide sound effects.

[engadget]

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Here is a felt Playstation case for protecting your iPhone, cellphone or other gadgets. Made of grey felt with black felt lining, the pouch has a a velcro closure. It includes most details of the PlayStation.

There is also a PS1 controller keychain that sell separately.

[gizmodo]

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Jobo AG just introuces the Curve series digital photo frames that offer pretty basic functions. The Curve 7 has a 7-inch 480×234 LCD display while the Curve 8 gets a 8-inch 800×600 display, both with 300:1 contrast ratio.

The Cuve frames can display JPEG images and they support SD and MMC cards. There is also a USB OTG port.

[jobo]

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