Now Apple has 3 shades: one for music with the iTunes store, one for applications AppsStore and now one for the books with iBookStore. Rather clever from Apple to position itself in this new niche that is the real news of this evening. Besides the action of Amazon yoyo played during the announcement. IPAD is the first ebook in color.
Sony and Panasonic just announced a new technology that will enable to store 33.4 GB per layer in a DVD BluRay , that’s 66.8 GB (Currently, it is 25 GB per layer, 50 GB). This technology is called i-MLSE (Maximum Likelihood Sequence Estimation) and presents the BIG advantage of not requiring a change of gear! In fact, for this technology to work on BluRay DVD player ,you need just a simple software update!
In line with its Corby, Samsung has released the Lindy (M5650). It is a touchscreen phone with a 2.8 QVGA screen (240 x 320 pixels), an NPC 3Mégapixels with autofocus, FM RDS tuner, 3G, Wi-Fi, the Bluetooth 2.1 and microSD slot.
It is already marketed in Portugal for 149EUR ( about $221 ) without subscription!
Memory specifications:
Phonebook 1000 contacts, Photocall
Call records Yes
Internal 50 MB
Card slot microSD, up to 8 GB
Battery specifications:
Standard battery, Li-Ion 960 mAh
Stand-by Up to 300 h
Talk time Up to 3 h