Synaptics came to the Consumer Electronics Show to show off Fuse, a new way to control a cell phone through the combination of touchscreens, force feedback, tilting, and 3-D graphics. It also showed off Scrybe, a new set of gestures that you can use to make things happen on your computer quickly and easily. Read more @VentureBeat!
Lenovo is unveiling its entry into the smartbook market today with the Lenovo Skylight (pictured), an always-connected mobile device in a sleek package. It runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor based on the ARM architecture. In other words, there’s no Wintel inside.
Debuting this week is the new LG eXpo smartphone flaunting a TI-based DLP Pico projector attachment, allowing the $179 phone to show movies, videos or a slide show on a blank wall or white surface.
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Mobile phone navigation has just changed forever with the announcement of the Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition. With Nokia Maps pre-loaded, along with local maps for the region it’s on sale in, this is the most affordable navigation device ever to come out of Nokia. With an estimated retail price starting at €110 navigation has never been so affordable. Read more @ Nokia Conversations
The Apple Tablet has been doing the round for quite sometime now (though without any official confirmation till date), but it has already filled the minds of people with great fantasies, or at least magazine publishers. Here’s what Time Inc. has as their idea of the Future of Magazines on the ‘Tablet of Newspaper Salvation’ (supposedly due to be created by Apple)! Source: Mashable.
The latest version of the cross platform application and interface framework, Qt, was announced this week. Alongside new platform support comes new graphical capabilities and support for multi-touch and gestures. With the introduction of the N900, there’s never been a better time for developers to make the switch the Qt, which simplifies the process of deploying an application to multiple platforms. This latest release isn’t just about mobile platforms though, as developers will also now be able to deploy apps to Windows 7 and Apple Mac OS 10.6 alongside Maemo 6 and Symbian (Qt is also being ported to Maemo 5).
An Israeli firm, Emblaze Mobile, is all set to introduce a really gorgeous futuristic smartphone called ‘First Else’. Based on the operating system Access Linux Platform, it is the first actual device of this platform to hit on the market.
With 6 stunning color options, Nokia 6700 Slide is a worth a watch and buy!
Aluminium, pink, petrol-blue, red, lime and purple are the colour choices on offer for the Nokia 6700 slide, each more striking than the last. Pictures are well catered for with a five megapixel camera, Carl Zeiss optics, dual LED flash and a dedicated camera button. Read More @ N0kia Conversations