This Windows Mobile smartphone for CDMA networks sports a QWERTY keyboard and a familiar slab form factor. Key features include HTC’s Inner Circle feature, GPS navigation, MMS, memory card slot, and a 2-megapixel camera with video capture. Other features include Microsoft Office, voice command, and push email.

Specs:
Modes CDMA 850 / CDMA 1900
Weight 4.2 oz (119 g)
Dimensions 4.48″ x 2.48″ x 0.54″ (114 x 63 x 13.7 mm)
Battery Talk: 4.6 hours max. (276 minutes)
Standby: 320 hours max. (13.3 days)
1500 mAh LiIon
Display Type: LCD (Color TFT/TFD)
Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA)
2.4″ diagonal
Colors: 65,536 (16-bit)
OS Windows Mobile Standard (Smartphone) version 6.1
Processor 528 MHz Qualcomm MSM7625
Memory 95 MB (internal memory available to user for storage)
Phone Book Capacity shared memory
FCC ID NM8CEDA200 » (Approved Mar 20, 2009)

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PageRank is a link analysis algorithm used by the Google Internet search engine that assigns a numerical weighting to each element of a hyperlinked set of documents, such as the World Wide Web, with the purpose of “measuring” its relative importance within the set. The algorithm may be applied to any collection of entities with reciprocal quotations and references. The numerical weight that it assigns to any given element E is also called the PageRank of E and denoted by PR(E).

The name “PageRank” is a trademark of Google, and the PageRank process has been patented (U.S. Patent 6,285,999). However, the patent is assigned to Stanford University and not to Google. Google has exclusive license rights on the patent from Stanford University. The university received 1.8 million shares of Google in exchange for use of the patent; the shares were sold in 2005 for $336 million.

Page Rank add-ons for Chrome shows the Google PageRank for the current website.

01. Install Google Chrome from http://www.google.com/chrome.
02. Download the Chrome Channel Switcher.
03. Launch the channel switcher, and subscribe to the dev channel. See below:

04. Download Page Rank addons for Chrome.
05. Locate a Chrome shortcut, right click on it, and choose “Properties” from the contextual menu.
06. Locate the “Target” item in the Properties dialog
07. Attach “–enable-extensions” to the end of the string in the “Target” item. E.g. “C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe” –enable-extensions
08. Copy pagerank.crx into drive C:
09. Open Chrome with “file:///C:/pagerank.crx”
10. You will be prompted whether to install it. Say “Yes, I Do”, or click “OK”:
11. Restart Google Chrome
12. Done! You should be able to see Page Rank display on left bottom corner for any particular website.

Samsung and U.S. Cellular have announced the availability of the Samsung SCH-u440 Gloss, a new compact flip phone that features a QWERTY keyboard, 1.3 megapixel camera, and more.

The device features a full-QWERTY keyboard that is revealed when it is opened. Music listeners can skip through tracks in the Gloss’ music player and listen to music using stereo Bluetooth technology. Pictures can be taken with the phone’s 1.3 megapixel camera, and they should look good on a 2.2-inch 262k color TFT display.

The Gloss also has support for U.S. Cellular’s easyedge wireless data application services. Easyedge gives customers access to voice-guided turn-by-turn directions, news and weather applications, games and more.

The Samsung SCH-u440 Gloss is available at U.S. Cellular locations but pricing has not been announced.

Microsoft Announces the Expansion of the Zune Entertainment Service to New Platform and Markets; Confirms New Zune HD Portable Media Player

The Zune HD specs, which go like this: 3.3-inch, 480 x 272 OLED capacitive touchscreen display, built-in HD Radio receiver, HD output and not much more right now.

Introducing Zune HD

Zune HD is the next iteration of the Zune device family and brings a new level of listening and viewing experiences to the portable media player category.

* Zune HD comes with a built-in HD Radio receiver so users can listen to higher-quality sound than traditional radio on the go. Users also will have access to the additional song and artist data broadcast by HD Radio stations as well as additional channels from their favorite stations multicasting in HD. If you don’t like the song playing on your station’s HD channel, switch to its HD2 or HD3 channels for additional programming.
* The bright OLED touch screen interface allows users to flip through music, movies and other content with ease, and the 16:9 widescreen format display (480×272 resolution) offers a premium viewing experience on the go.
* The HD-compatible output lets Zune HD customers playback supported HD video files from the device through a premium high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) audiovisual docking station (sold separately) direct to an HD TV in 720p.*
* Zune HD will include a full-screen Internet browser optimized for multitouch functionality.
* Zune HD is Wi-Fi enabled, allowing for instant streaming to the device from the more than 5 million-track Zune music store.

More information on Zune and related images is available at http://www.zune.net/press and http://www.zune.net/ZuneHD.

In response, IBM Taiwan indicated that the company is always adjusting its workforce in number and positions of jobs based on corporate development strategies, market conditions and clients’ response. However, IBM Taiwan did not allude to layoff.

As more consumers make the shift to large-screen, flat-panel TVs, Samsung Electronics is betting that the devices can’t get too thin or too green.

The company launched a line of ultra-slim LCD panels for large TVs that use up to 40 percent less power than conventional LCDs, and yet are just a quarter as thick.

Samsung said it started mass-producing the LCD panels that will show up in brand-name ultra-slim TV sets in retail stores in the next few weeks.

The latest LCD panels have edge-lit LED backlighting that offers lighter weight and thinner designs, says Scott Birnbaum, vice president of Samsung’s LCD division. “Consumers want thinner and lightweight TVs all the time, because they want to wall-mount in a way that makes it look discreet rather than bulky and protruding,” says Birnbaum. “And though power consumption is not a factor while buying a TV now, it is an important thing to consider especially as TV sizes get larger.”

At 10.8 millimeters thick, the new Samsung panels are only a fourth as thick as conventional LCD panels. They come in 40-inch, 46-inch and 55-inch diagonal sizes.

The backlit panels are mercury-free and consume less energy, claims Samsung. The LED backlight offers a better alternative to the more common CCFL (cold cathode fluorescent lamp) technology used in most LCD TVs currently, says the company.

Separately, the company released the first TVs with the embedded Yahoo Widget Engine, which allows users to access apps such as YouTube and Flickr on their TV sets.

Samsung’s slim-profile LCD TVs use a new technology: They have edge-lit LEDs or a row of LEDs on the top and the bottom of every panel that help illuminate the display. The method gathers the light toward the center of the display and bends it. The light is then reflected forward through a plate that focuses it, offering better picture quality at less power, says Samsung. Older versions of the technology posed problems such as inadequate brightness across the entire screen, and overheating of the outside frames and light-guide plate. The company says it has resolved those issues, paving the way for mass-production.

Clearly, consumers will have to pay a premium for these ultra-thin LCD TVs but Birnbaum won’t estimate how much. That is up to the TV manufacturers and retailers to decide, he says. Samsung makes its own LCD TVs and sells the display panels to other TV makers.

Meanwhile, Samsung LED Series 7 TVs with widgets for popular web apps have already hit the market. These can be controlled with the TV remote, letting users get internet content on their TV sets. However, the lack of a physical keyboard could be a limitation that keeps viewers from using more popular web apps like instant messaging and e-mail through their TV.

Finally Samsung, a leading mobile phone provider, today unveiled the I7500, its first Android-powered mobile phone.

The Samsung I7500 will be available in major European countries from June, 2009.

HSDPA 7.2Mbps / HSUPA 5.76Mbps (900 / 1700/ 2100MHz)
EDGE / GPRS (850/ 900/1800/1900)
OS
Android
Display
3.2″ HVGA(320×480) AMOLED
Camera
5 MP Camera (Auto Focus), Power LED
Video / Audio
Video: MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV
Audio: MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, RA
Value Added
Features
Full Web Browser Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Android Market
Connectivity
Bluetooth® 2.0, USB 2.0, WiFi, MicroUSB, 3.5mm ear jack
Memory
Internal memory: 8GB
External memory: Micro SD (Up to 32GB)
Battery
1500 mAh
Size
115 x 56 x 11.9mm

Source: Engadget