A Nokia User Agent Profile was spotted at the manufacturer's website which indicates that there is a new ESeries model by the name of Nokia E63-1. The UAP states some of the specifications, and the image at the left was linked to a Nokia E63, although we doubt it is real.

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The image shows a touchscreen device with the keypad similar to Nokia E61 navigational keys. The build is bad, as the left side of the display is larger than the right side.
The UAP states that the E63 will run on Symbian OS9.2 with S60 v3.1 Feature Pack 1. This is an older version of the software platform, as the latest version is OS9.3 with S60 v3.2 Feature Pack 2. The UAP also provides some of the hardware details, such as a 2 megapixel camera at the minimum, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, 3G, HSDPA, WLAN, Bluetooth, and a display with QVGA resolution (320x240) and 18 bit colour depth. We can see that it will have a landscape display as the width is larger than the height of the resolution.



The AT&T Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus cell phone will both be available in the coming months. I have been waiting for WebOS on AT&T forever, they need the sales. I have only heard great things from actual users! The Pre+ and Pixi+ are great phones but I agree that Palm needs a new flagship phone. Palm needs new hardware. I’m looking forward to Pre and Pixi GSM version.
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New T-Mobile Sidekick cell phone is the option to use colorful shells, to change the way the device looks. New T-Mobile phones – T-Mobile Sidekick features include: “Stereo Bluetooth support, 2-megapixel camera with video recording capability and a microSD slot.”
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At last evening’s “CES Unveiled” press event at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas well known audio equipment maker Klipsch Group, Inc. unveiled their LightSpeaker System.  The LightSpeaker System (below) combines wirelessly connected loudspeakers with an LED solid state lamp that can be retrofitted in a conventional ceiling can by simply screwing the unit into the Edison base lamp socket.

Light-Speakers-System
The wireless base station can connect up to two audio sources such as an iPod or compact disc player.  The wireless transmitter’s 2.4GHz technology handles up to eight LightSpeakers providing for stereo sound in multiple rooms and the user can set up two separate listening zones. The transmitter or remote will control the sources, zones, lighting levels and volume.  The LED bulb is rated for 40,000 hours of use and Klipsch claims the LightSpeaker reduces lighting expenses by 80 percent, using 10 watts to produce light that’s bright enough to replace up to a 65 watt bulb. (We will try to determine whether actual lumen output of the LightSpeaker is comparable to a 65 watt reflector bulb often used in ceiling cans as we do not expect that the US DOE Caliper program will get around to testing the LightSpeaker in the very near future).  Further adding to the LightSpeaker’s green credentials, Klipsch points out that the LightSpeaker LED bulb contains no mercury as do compact fluorescent lamps.
A basic LightSpeaker system consisting of two LightSpeakers, a transmitter, radio frequency remote, mini jack to RCA plug cable, lenses and trim, retails for $599.  Additional LightSpeakers are available for $249.  Although this may seem pricey, Klispsch makes several points in the graphic below concerning the cost effectiveness of their new product.
LightSpeaker Callouts
Klipsch also point out that installation and set up are quick and easy, and that homeowners can take it with them if they move.
While it’s too early to say if the LightSpeaker will catch on in a big way, it is easy to see that smart companies like Klipsch are exploring products that provide consumers convenient solutions for old problems while offering greener products as well

Novel camera technology enables new products, form factors

In a press release earlier this year, Tessera (TSRA) announced a new technology for making extremely small and lower cost camera modules for devices such as camera phones, webcams and security cameras. The size reduction possible with the new technology Tessera calls OptiML™ Wafer Level Camera Technology is impressive as shown in the illustration below.
Tessera Camera Module 640
This reduction in camera size will enable designers of mobile phones and other portable products to fashion still more compact devices. The design of earlier products, particularly the thickness, has often been dictated by the height of the included camera module. Using Tessera’s technology, product designers will be free to incorporate cameras in extremely thin new designs. The reduced size and cost of camera modules will also enable designers to place cameras in entirely new product categories.
As with many prior technologies, when cost and size are reduced adequately, the technology proliferates and becomes ubiquitous, leading to large market opportunities. By making its camera technology available through licensing to the industry, Tessera means to profit as manufacturers roll out new modules, and industrial and consumer products based on OptiML™ Wafer Level Camera Technology. Perhaps the first instance of the new Tessera technology going to market is the recent licensing agreement with Toshiba.
As we look ahead to the new year we will watch for further licensing deals, design-ins and products incorporating this and other steadily evolving optoelectronic technologies.

One important thing to keep in mind is that WiFi in and of itself is not the Internet.  It's basically a wireless protocol (or standard) that allows you to connect, or network, two devices together.  So, if you have an Internet connection with
Wifi Router your cable or home phone provider, you can buy a wireless router that uses the WiFi standard, and if your computer has a WiFi network card, you'll be able to connect your computer to the router and thereby connect to the Internet!  In the case of the wireless printer example, the printer is not connected to the Internet, so the wireless connection you're making is simply to allow your computer to communicate with your printer to avoid the need to use a cable.


What does Wi-Fi stand for?
WiFiYou'll often read that it stands for "Publish PostWireless Fidelity," however, that's actually not the case.  It's actually said to be a play on words to mirror the commonly used term "Hi-Fi," and is simply a more consumer friendly term referring to the wireless networking IEEE 802.11 technology.  There are a number of version of this standard that you may have heard of, including 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n.  Generally speaking, these represent different speeds and security standards.  Newer versions are typically backwards compatible, which means that if you buy an 802.11.g router, it will still work with your older computer than may only have the 802.11b standard.  The same logic applies to prepaid WiFi, as prepaid is simply a payment option.



The Pentop Computer – interactive pen that talks to you as you write
NEW YORK, January 12, 2005 - Educational technology developer LeapFrog has released details of a new pentop computer. Dubbed the FLY, the pentop computer is designed to bring interactivity to the most prolific and user-friendly interface of all (pen and paper) and offers real-time audio feedback to users as they write and draw on special FLY paper. Read More



Panoptic C-Thru 3D Video Surveillance System
August 31, 2006 Panoptic’s proposed C-Thru 3D Video Surveillance System could be loosely described as a formalised, scalable implementation of Superman’s X-ray vision. The system enables one or more surveillance agents, using a single high resolution, auto-stereoscopic display, to remotely monitor the security situation of an arbitrarily large number of locations at-a-glance. Agents can see, hear and transport their focused viewpoint through walls, floors and ceilings, zooming into a specific location to monitor it at a level so acute that it seems beyond the levels of even science fiction. Designed to enable both wholistic site-wide and granular-level security, the system is ideal for monitoring airports, shipping ports, transit sites and other ports-of-entry, hotels, casinos, shopping malls, campuses, military bases, large buildings and building complexes, offering total situational awareness at a glance. Read More



The Fraunhofer Multimedia Dome
September 6, 2006 Making its first public appearance at the IFA international consumer electronics fair in Berlin, the Multimedia Dome is the first digital dome theatre to feature natural spatial sound: it envelops visitors in fascinating universe of video pictures and sound. The Multimedia Dome was developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Architecture and Software Technology FIRST and the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT, the inventors of the MP3 format which has taken over the world in the last decade. Read More

The first commercially available Brain Computer Interface

The first commercially available Brain Computer Interface
The evolution of the Computer Human interface may seem to be rooted in the infernal keyboard and its recent travelling companion, the mouse, but much work is being done in the areas of virtual worlds, voice recognition, handwriting recognition and gesture recognition to give us a new paradigm of computing. It now appears we are on the edge of another brave new virtual world – the direct interface between the brain and the computer is here. One of the Holy Grail’s of research, there are many such projects going on around the world at present. Now the German g.tec (Guger Technologies) group has taken the technology out of the lab and into the real world with a complete BCI kit, and amazingly, there’s also a kit for a pocket PC - a super-low-weight biosignal recording system “g.MOBIlab” is used to measure the EEG and the data processing, analysis and pattern recognition are performed on a commercially available Pocket PC or in this case, your windows PC. The first BCI system will enable the composition and sending of messages, and control of a computer game. There’s also an invasive (implanted) option still being trialled in the laboratory – this is significantly more effective abnd the system can already accept and process input from both the embedded array and the cap array. Though the first work in the area is focussed on enabling paralysed humans to communicate far more freely, the potential to enhance one’s communications quite freely is clearly not that far away. There’s also the potential unlocked by putting such a device into the hands of thousands of eager and capable amateurs who will no doubt broaden the understanding of the human mind with their pursuits. The BCI system is nominated for the 2007 European ICT Grand Prize. Read More

The 3D air-mouse you wear as a ring


The MagicMouse ring.
May 21, 2007 The computer mouse and flat "desktop" themed operating systems have hardly evolved since their inception. But the recent creation of a genuine, working 3D mouse system that you wear as a ring on one finger could open the door to a new model of GUI display that lets the user explore an interface in intuitive 3D. Could we be moving towards a revolution in interface interactivity? Straight out of "Minority Report," meet the MagicMouse! Read More

The first commercial Brain Computer Interface


The first commercial Brain Computer Interface
The Computer-Human Interface has a new heavyweight contender technology - brain computer interface technology pioneer Emotiv Systems will have its EPOC neuroheadset to market before Christmas 2008. The lightweight US$300 EPOC is worn on the head but does not restrict movement in any way as it is wireless. The set detects conscious thoughts, expressions and non-conscious emotions based on electrical signals around the brain. It opens up a plethora of new applications which can be controlled with our thoughts, expressions and emotions, including for example, the prospect of live animation using the unit’s facial recognition sensors to mimic a gameplayer's facial expressions in an animated avatar

TrueTouch touchscreen solution


Cypress's TrueTouch™ touchscreen solution
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. has launched the TrueTouch touchscreen, a single-chip model that can interpret up to 10 inputs from all areas of the screen simultaneously. The “multi-touch all point” feature could be used for inputting multiple locations into a GPS, gaming, keyboard implementations, or the efficient adjustment of sound and video settings

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Mouse computer has a new masterpiece of Desktop PC powered by the latest Intel Core i7 CPU. The Full code name for this Mouse computer is V1200E2 without a lot of strong and latest technology embedded. Such as the latest DDR3 PC3-10600 (3GB of them – Triple channel), X58 Express Chipset (for Core i7 processor), 1TB SATA II Hard drive (not SSD yet), ATI Radeon HD 4890 with 1GB dedicated RAM and it also equipped with the latest Giant Media Drive burner, the Blu-ray burner.
You will expect a big hole in your pocket if you plan to get this Monster Mouse Computer masterpiece V1200E2. In Japan, you should spend a huge amount of Yen (249,900 Yen) or it’s around €1900 to pwnd this monster PC.

BARCODE SCANNING SYSTEM
We use mobile technology and hand held computers to ensure the highest levels of quality control.
• The master computer at our Head Office automatically notifies the hand held computer with our service technician when you are due to be called on and it can only be removed by doing the call.
• A global positioning system on all our vans allows us to monitor where our vans are at any time of the day.
• All your items requiring service are bar coded. The hand held computer tells the technician how many bait points on the premises. Each barcode must be read to ensure that particular bait point has been checked. The computer will not allow the technician to complete a report until all bait points have been checked.
• This system ensures your calls are done on time and that all bait points are checked.
• Call reports are printed on your premises and put in your service folder • Copies of calls are held on our master computer. These can be stored for many years and are available upon request.
This system ensures the highest levels of quality control available in the pest control industry.


If you are considering the purchase of an Ultra-Portable / Sub-Compact notebook for your company, try renting one first from Rentacomputer.com. Evaluate the usefulness of this new technology running either Windows® XP or Windows Vista. New models are available each month!

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Backed by the power of Genuine  Windows Vista™ or Genuine Windows® XP operating systems the Ultra-Portable notebook can handle almost any business application you can imagine.  Designed for frequent travelers Ultra-Portable notebooks are constructed for years of reliable performance and durability and they can weigh as little as 3 lbs.

Support for wireless internet connections and networks means that users can be keep connected virtually anytime, and anywhere.  For improved security there is an integrated Smart Card reader, Trusted Platform Module 1.2, and an optional fingerprint reader for the safe keeping of important information.

With an Intel Core 2 Duo processor the Ultra-Portable Notebook can perform in rigorous multi-tasking environments common within the business world.  These notebooks can also come equipped with 2GB of DDR2 Memory suitable for intensive simultaneous business programs and applications..

Some models even boast a 15" widescreen display (1400 X 1050 resolution) and an Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 allowing the Ultra-Portable notebook to provides incredible visual quality and excellent graphical performance and many diverse display options.

To book your next Ultra-Portable Notebook Rental please contact your Tech Travel Agent.
 
If you think a traditional laptop or even a Tablet PC rental would be a better fit for your project please see our Tablet PC or other Laptop Rental options.

Now available is the ability to bundle your Ultra-Portable Notebook with a Projector Rental for added mobility when you need to travel for and perform a presentation at a meeting or conference.

See also our Short Term Computer Rentals.

Ultra-Portable Laptop Rental Inventory:
Ultra Portable HP 2133 Mini PC
HP 2133 Mini-Note PC
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We often talk about 3G and the reasons why its important. One of the common need is for small groups to work together while on the move or in places where they don’t have broadband or WiFi hot spots. Wireless internet access of your own is what you need. MiFi is a pocket-sized router/modem made by Novatel Wireless that converts a 3G signal to Wi-Fi.

This allows Wi-Fi devices within 30 square feet to link to the internet, provided it has the MiFi’s network access code. Capable of supporting as many as five connections, the MiFi can be a bridge for all those with multiple Wi-Fi accounts, mobile broadband accounts and devices to be connected to the internet at the same time.
mifiMiFi 2200 Wi-Fi device is being offered in US by Verizon WirelessShow all and Sprint. MiFi costs $100 from Verizon Wireless and Sprint, and the monthly service plan is similar to what you would get from a 3G plan: 250 MB for about $40 (some 3G plans offer only 50 MB for that price), or 5 GB for about $60. It offers about five hours of full internet use, and 40 hours on standby before needing a recharge.
Here is information from Verizon.
The Intelligent Mobile Hotspot is your portable, wireless Wi-Fi hotspot. From wherever you are in the coverage area, it detects the Verizon Wireless network and allows you to access a reliable broadband connection.
In Wi-Fi mode:
Connect up to five Wi-Fi–enabled devices at once. Use the lithium-ion battery for up to 4 hours (40 hours standby) of usage or plug the device directly into an outlet.
In USB mode:
Connect the MiFi device to your notebook via the included USB cable to use it as a modem.

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