The new HTC Touch Cruise communicator with HTC Footprints feature
HTC presented a new communicator with integrated GPS-module. HTC Touch Cruise, the continuation of the popular model last year with the same name, is a new, more compact and ergonomic design, as well as a set of new features and capabilities.
НТС Touch Cruise
Among the innovations implemented in the new HTC Touch Cruise, – the application HTC Footprints, which allows you to create a chronicle of your life, saving on the phone e-cards. When a photograph is made, the application Footprints will provide an opportunity to add a text description or a voice recording, and GPS-coordinates of the cozy restaurant or a special place where you went. Application gets photos automatically assigns the name of the place where the photo was taken.
Scrolling to their pictures, the user HTC Touch Cruise will be able to trace the route to the most remembered in just a few touches. Unlike many devices with the function of adding GPS-tags, HTC Touch Cruise is working effectively within the premises or on the street, giving the user an exact description of its location.
Communicator HTC Touch Cruise is equipped with innovative automobile navigation system. If the device is placed in a car holder that is supplied, HTC Touch Cruise automatically converts the user interface, making it more convenient for the driver, and gradually set the direction of motion.
The device also includes software for navigation «Navitel Navigator» with complete map of all available cities. In addition, the simplified system of coordination with the help of an extensive database of useful POI (gas stations, traffic police, cafes, restaurants, motels, hotels).
The HTC Touch Cruise is a compact and elegant design and is equipped with a 2.8-inch touch QVGA-display. HTC Touch Cruise is a shining example of how the company HTC continues to strive for innovation, providing its users with various devices designed to meet their personal needs. Thanks to technology TouchFLO user gains easy access to telephone, address book, e-mail, calendar and GPS applications using a single touch.
The new GPS-communicator HTC Touch Cruise will be on sale in spring 2009.
Main technical characteristics:
* Supported communication standards: GSM / GPRS / EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA / UMTS 900/2100; HSDPA up to 7,2 Mbit / s; HSUPA up to 384 kbit / c
* Operating system: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
* Display: 2.8-inch TFT QVGA touch screen
* Control Panel: HTC TouchFLO, navigation wheel with a central Enter key, two keys to quickly call the card and HTC Footprints
* Camera: 3.2-megapixel camera
* Chipset: Qualcomm MSM7225 with clock frequency of 528 MHz
* Integrated Memory: 512 MB ROM, 256 MB RAM
* Expansion Slot: microSD memory card (compatible with SDHC)
* Bluetooth: 2.0 with EDR technology
* Wi-Fi: 802.11b / g
* GPS: GPS built in
* Interface: HTC ExtUSB (mini-USB, combined with the audio output, high-speed USB 2.0)
* Battery: 1100 mAh
* Size: 102 x 53,5 x 14,5 mm
* Weight: 103 g
* Talk time GSM: up to 400 minutes
* Standby time GSM: up to 330 hours
* The set further includes: a car holder, car charger ustroytsvo program Navitel navigator with full maps of all the available cities in Russia in two languages, and 1GB memory card
New communicators HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2
Company NTS Corporation under the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2009 introduced two new flagship line of Communicator – HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2.
It uses the latest version of the interface TouchFLO 3D. Developers have achieved a greater integration of TouchFLO 3D running Windows Mobile 6.1, it is aimed at the greatest possible simplification of navigation. The most important information for the user – contact list, SMS-communications, e-mails, photos, music, weather – in the user interface is given great attention. Within the framework of integration with the Windows Mobile area, and the icons that are targeted at the management of a finger, enlarged for greater ease of administration.
Main technical characteristics of NTS Touch Diamond2:
Operating system: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Chipset: Qualcomm MSM7200 with clock frequency of 528 MHz
Integrated Memory: 512 MB ROM, 288 MB RAM
Expansion Slot: Memory Card microSD (compatible with SDHC)
Display: 3.2-inch TFT touchscreen with a WVGA-resolution (800×480)
G-Sensor: sensor situation communicator-in-space
FM-radio
Light sensor
Supported communication standards: GSM / GPRS / EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz (Europe, Asia); HSDPA / WCDMA 900/2100 MHz (Europe, Asia), from 2 to 7,2 Mbit / s
Control Panel: HTC TouchFLO, Zoom bar
GPS: GPS built in
Bluetooth: 2.0 technology with EDR and A2DP (Technology Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) for wireless stereo audio files)
Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11b / g
Interface: HTC ExtUSB (mini-USB, combined with the audio output, high-speed USB 2.0)
Camera: 5 MP camera with autofocus and front VGA CMOS-camera for video
Support audio formats: AAC, AAC +, eAAC +, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, QCP, MP3, WMA, WAV, MIDI, M4A
Support video formats: WMV, ASF, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, M4V, AVI
Battery: 1100 mAh
Talk time:
GSM: up to 340 minutes
WCDMA: up to 300 minutes
Standby time:
GSM: up to 360 hours
WCDMA: up to 500 minutes
Opening hours in video mode: up to 150 minutes
Size: 107,85 x 53,1 x 13,7 mm
Weight: 117,5 g
The new devices provide a convenient overview of each contact, by displaying the entire history of the individual – such as voice calls, text messages or emails.
HTC Push Internet technology increases the speed of loading and displaying web-pages on your mobile phone. Users can pre-select their favorite sites to get fast-track access, when needed.
Touch Diamond2 is a compact design and style inherent in the original NTS Touch Diamond. It is equipped with a large 3.2-inch VGA-LCD with high resolution and wide viewing angle. In doing so, the thickness of the device – only 13.7 mm. Phone also has a new touch panel for more rapid changes in the scope of web-pages, e-mail, text messages, photos and documents.
Designed specifically for business professionals, HTC Touch Pro2 is equipped with a 3.6-inch display with a high-resolution WVGA (800h480 points) and an increased viewing angle, and a large QWERTY-keyboard. Thanks to the simplified ability to organize conference calls with the stereo speakers, longer battery, expandable memory, GPS, as well as sensors and illumination of the space, Touch Pro2 is the best device for business.
Differences NTS Touch Pro2:
Chipset: Qualcomm MSM7201a with clock frequency of 528 MHz
Keyboard: retractable QWERTY-keyboard
Display: 3.6-inch TFT touch screen with WVGA resolution (800×480), to regulate the angle of your screen
Camera: 3.2-MP camera with autofocus and front VGA CMOS camera for video
Stereo speakers
Handsfree: activated automatically when you turn 180 degrees Communicator
Battery: 1500 mAh
Talk time:
GSM: up to 419 minutes
WCDMA: up to 270 minutes
Standby time:
GSM: up to 348 hours
WCDMA: up to 454 minutes
Opening hours in video mode: up to 150 minutes
Size: 116 x 59,2 x 17,25 mm
Weight: 187,5 g
NTS Touch Pro2 offers a new use of voice communication. Technology HTC Straight Talk provides an opportunity to combine the use of electronic mail, voice communication and the speaker. Just when working with e-mail user can select the interviewees from the letter and a simple click to arrange a conference call.
In addition to the new simplified calling features, technology, Straight Talk includes innovative mechanical and acoustic design, which provides a microphone with speakers like those used in conference rooms. Straight Talk Technology provides high quality voice and sound that is reinforced by the asymmetrical loudspeakers and noise of modern technology with two acoustics. When Touch Pro2 rotated 180 degrees – the screen down – it automatically goes to the conference call.
NTS Touch Diamond2 will appear in major markets in Europe and Asia in the second quarter of 2009 and in global markets – at the end of 2009. NTS Touch Pro2 will be on sale in early summer 2009.
The production cost of BlackBerry Storm is higher than of the iPhone 3G
The components and materials cost from which is collected the Smartphone RIM BlackBerry Storm are higher than that of the iPhone 3G, despite the fact that Apple has released the phone for a few months earlier. According to iSuppli, the cost of manufacturing a single instance of BlackBerry Storm is $ 203, while the device is sold for $ 200 (subject to grant the operator Verizon). For comparison, the cost of manufacturing iPhone 3G as of July last year was $ 174 – below retail prices in the U.S. ($ 199 when signing a two-year contract with AT & T). In July last year, iSuppli predicted by experts that over time the cost of iPhone 3G even decline – in 2009 to $ 148, and in 2012, when the phone is still to be issued in the same way – up to $ 126.
BlackBerry Storm
One of the reasons for greater cost of the Storm is a 3G support both for GSM and CDMA, which needed to use communication processor Qualcomm valued at $ 35. The value of 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus, used in the smartphone BlackBerry is $ 13, while 2-megapixel camera of the iPhone 3G with fixed focus is much cheaper. However, Apple also has phone features that are more expensive than used in the Storm – as an example, more «advanced» multitouch touchscreen, wireless network adapter, and WiFi, no RIM in smartphone (probably also at the urging of Verizon).
In sum, articulated by iSuppli, does not include the cost of developing, marketing, logistics and sales of devices, that is, in fact, each instance of equipment cost Apple and RIM much more. Nevertheless, based on them can be concluded that presenting their demands to the Storm, Verizon subsidizes the sale of more than AT & T.
LG will demonstrate the world’s first mobile device with LTE support
Company LG Electronics announced that demonstrate at the Mobile World Congress GSMA first map data based on technology standards 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE).
This map data is independently developed by LG modem chip. It is the most important element in the creation of a competitive phone 4G technology LTE, which has the greatest chance to be recognized as a technological standard for the fourth-generation mobile phones. Developed by LG that the chip – an important step in creating a competitive phone standard 4G. Phones based on the LTE could theoretically maintain speed wireless downloads from the network to 100 Mbps and download speeds in the network to 50 Mbps when using two antennas.
During a company LG will demonstrate the universality of the map data LTE by connecting the three maps to three different devices. Among these devices: a laptop, and netbuk prototype mobile internet device (MID). Also, LG plans to demonstrate one of the first prototypes of a smartphone with a built-technology LTE. These four devices will be running various applications such as streaming HD-video, video conferencing, video on demand, and the browser view Web pages.
The chip, which will be presented by LG, is able to provide wireless download speeds up to 60 Mbps and download speeds up to 20 Mbps. There are currently represented on the market phones with HSDPA technology, the maximum download speed of 7.6 Mbps.
Phones and other mobile devices based on technology LTE can download multimedia and other information 10 times faster than current standard 3G. This means that mobile broadband service will be able to compete with traditional wired connections, or even his work faster.
Most of the leading mobile operators are the supporters of 4G technology based on LTE, as it represents the next phase of development of existing technology 3GPP. The use of 4G technology will allow operators providing services to WCDMA and CDMA, to upgrade their networks to LTE with a much lower cost compared with the creation of new networks based on different technologies.
According to market research company Strategy Analytics, sales of handsets supporting LTE doubled from 70 million copies in 2012 to 150 million copies in 2013.
In addition to using LTE technology in mobile phones, LG plans to introduce in the near future high-speed telecommunications services to NetBooks LTE and mobile Internet devices.