HTC Lancaster Will Be Android Powered

 

AT&T already has the retail availability of iPhone and now the company is soon going to come up with HTC Lancaster which will be Android Powered very soon. According to the market sources of Taiwan this Andaroid powered smartphone is expected to launch in the third quarter of this year probably on 3rd August. HTC Lancaster is the third Android powered phone of HTC will be marketed for the first six months in USA by AT&T.

This phone is going to be developed on Qualcomm MSM7225 platform. This phone will support 3.5G, AGPS standards and also 850/1900MHz HSDPA/HSUPA. This smartphone will come with a QWERTY keyboard which slides out horizontally. HTC Lancaster will come up with Edge, a 3 mega pixel camera, microSD card, 2.0 Bluetooth and a HTC social messaging user interface which is something unique. A standard ARM 11 processor is said to power this phone.

HP iPAQ K3 Obsidian coming to AT&T

 

HP is back with a bang with its new smart phone iPAQ K3. iPAQ K3 is named Obsidian and is expected to hit the shelves on November 30th. This retail availability of this phone will be with AT&T. Smart phone users now have a great chance to perform their business tasks easily with this Windows mobile. This phone is equipped with windows 6.5 OS, 256MB of RAM, 2.8-inch QVGA display, QWERTY Keyboard, 512 MB of ROM and a 2 mega pixel camera.

You can easily navigate your ways with the GPS and WiFi for high speed internet connectivity. This smart phone supports HSDPA triband, Quadband EDGE connectivity and it has a microSD card slot, 3.5mm headphone jack.

Features and Specifications Of HP iPAQ K3 Obsidian

2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen display (no stylus)
528MHz Qualcomm MSM7200A processor
256MB RAM and 512MB ROM
2.0 Megapixel digital camera with LED flash (non-camera SKU possible)
Full QWERTY keyboard
Built-in GPS and Telenav
Bluetooth 2.0
WiFi 802.11b/g connectivity, WPA2, WMM, and WMM PS
Supports tri-band HSDPA 3.5G and quad-band GSM networks
MicroSD card slot
3.5mm headphone jack
Proximity Sensor, Light Sensor and physical 5-way nav
Available in camera or camera-less version
Support Windows Mobile 6.5

OCZ Slate ExpressCard

 

OCZ Slate express card is a wonderful way out for laptop owners who are always looking for additional storage space, OCZ slate express card is available in capacities of 8GB, 16GB and 32GB which are big enough for storing valuable files while using the always unoccupied ExpressCard 34 slot. OCZ Slate express card is similar to other flash or pen drives but it’s placed in an Expresscard. The performance of this card is very decent with 30MB/S and up to 15 to 17 MB/S writing speed.

The card is not equipped with the PCI Express interface therefore USB 2.0 will always continue to be the bandwidth bottleneck for it. This card is particularly useful to store music, pictures and photos. If you are not planning to get a 3G wireless modem card and if the express card slot of your laptop is not utilized, then the slate is something which you can take a look at as an effortless storage option.

OCZ Slate Express Card Specifications

Interface(s): Hi-Speed USB, ExpressCard 34
Available capacity: 8GB, 16GB, 32GB
Read speed: 18MB/s
Write speed: 12.5MB/s
Bundled software: None
Supported platform(s): Any USB MSC-compliant platforms
Warranty: Two years

Parrot Minikit Chic

 

Driving can be annoying and of a great risk if you don’t have any kind of hands-free device while driving. The Parrot Minikit Chic is a good looking small device which can be easily clipped or place on the sun visor of your car.  Parrot Minikit Chic is a portable Bluetooth hands-free device which has made calling while driving very easy and convenient. The intuitive interface of this device connects to your Bluetooth enabled phone automatically when it’s nearby.

When this device pairs to your mobile phone the phonebook of this device gets automatically synchronized with the contacts on your cell phone. The voice synthesis of this device is also very good as you just have to say the name of the person whom you want to call and it recognizes the name without the need of any prior training. Parrot Mini Chick can be easily operated with only three buttons. To make and end calls you can make use of the two rectangular buttons and the round button in the center of the device can be used as a menu and volume control option.

Parrot MINIKIT Chic Specification:

Interface:
- 3 buttons, including 1 rotary button
- 2 LEDs: green LED and red LED

Telephony:
- Green button: answer, call a contact from the phonebook, start voice recognition, confirm, dual call, private mode
- Red button: hang up, switch on/off, exit the menus, cancel
- Rotary button: access the menus, adjust the volume, send DTMF signals

Audio:
- Full duplex
- Built-in omnidirectional microphone
- Audio output via the vibrating panel
- Advanced Parrot NR3 noise reduction
- AEC-2 echo cancellation
- Voice menus for all menus
- Multi-speaker voice recognition
- Text To Speech: speech synthesis of the names in the phonebook
- Voiceprints: up to 150 per phone

General:
- Number of contacts: 1 000 per phone / total of 2 500

Language:
- one language per version

Pairing:
- up to five devices

Battery:
- lithium-ion, maximum charging time of 4 hours
- Battery life: over 15 hours talk time / over 20 days on standby

Bluetooth:
- Bluetooth v2.0 + EDR
- Profiles supported: HFP (Hands Free Profile) / OPP (Object Push Profile) / PBAP (Phone Book Access Profile)
- Other profiles: SyncML, Synchro AT, Synchro Nokia
- Range: 10 metres
- Pairing: by PIN code (1 2 3 4)
- Updates via USB port

Processor:
- Parrot P5+ @ 208 MHz
- Flash = 256 Mbits
- RAM = 64Mbits

Dimensions and weight:
- Length: 110 mm / 4.33 in
- Width: 60 mm / 2.36 in
- Thickness: 29 mm / 1.14 in
- Weight: 83 g / 2.93 oz