In the fourth quarter 2007 have been shipped 17.9 million PCs in Western Europe. This represents a growth of 9.7 percent compared to last year, according to results of a market research study by Gartner. Thus the fourth quarter was weaker than the full year with a growth of almost twelve percent. Rank one ranks [...]

TomTom has introduced a platform to swap content for navigation systems. Navigation content users can also upload or download and free exchange within the community. The offer includes pre-created routes, map overlays and POIs (Points of Interest) and individual start-up images, vehicle icons, warning sounds, alternative announcement voices and color schemes. The platform is usable [...]

Research in Motion with the Remote Stereo Gateway introduced a Blackberry extension that transmits music wirelessly to a stereo system. The transmission works via Bluetooth. The Blackberry is used as a remote control and allows the track selection, play and pause the songs. The square, not even 5 by 5 centimeters Blackberry Stereo Gateway is [...]

In Barcelona, ​​the company Texas Instruments has shown an early prototype of mobile phone software platform based on Google Android. According to the developers, the new product is designed in such a way that allows the user one-touch keys to access the World Wide Web, email, SMS, video. prototype is a real functioning unit, but [...]

Vodafone wants to test together with Ericsson, Huawei and Qualcomm, the mobile transmission protocol HSPA +. The well-known under the name of HSPA Evolution technology allows, according to the cellular provider’s data transfer rates of up to 28.8 Mbit / s. In this country, reached the previously commercially available HSPA network up to a downstream [...]

According to Chinese newspaper Economic Daily News (EDN), a company High Tech Computer (HTC) has been manufacturing ODM-orders smartphone Xperia X1 for Sony Ericsson (SE). There is nothing particularly surprising in this, given that the product you are running Windows Mobile. Recall that the announcement of the Xperia X1 was held at the Mobile World [...]

It has long been rumored that Apple may enter the market of gaming devices. iPhone and iPod are very popular in the U.S., so that we can hardly doubt that iGame, iPlay and so become real bestsellers. Judging by recent reports, Apple is really thinking in that direction. The company has issued February 5 this [...]

Game console Wii – a product of the well known Japanese company Nintendo – is very popular not only among gamers. Close attention is paid to the console and scientists. Largely because of an interesting controller, which can be easily used to manipulate more complex devices (eg robots). Recently, Wii also interested in the medical [...]

At the Mobile World Congress 2008 was noted and the Japanese company Toshiba, presenting the first smartphone to support high-speed connection HSUPA. The new device, named Portege G810, allows you to download data from the Internet at speeds up to 3.6 Mbit / s, and also provides a very high rate of upward flow of [...]

During the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ​​the company High Tech Computer (HTC) announced the official launch of the market has long been expected by many ultra PC (UMPC) HTC Shift. The first region, where the novelty was available, was Europe. currently distribute HTC Shift mobile operators such as Telefonica (Spain), Orange (UK), its sales [...]

On the opening day of Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress 2008, Sony Ericsson unveiled new models of camera phones G700 and G900, which is positioned as a manufacturer of touch-screen organizers. New items are focused on the mass price segment. New instruments have much in common, yet differ in specifications and appearance. Representing the younger model, [...]

Paragon Software and Samsung Electronics have signed an agreement under which all the smart phones Samsung models i450, i550 and i560 will now be installed electronic dictionaries Oxford. These programs were created in collaboration Paragon Software and Oxford University Press. note that dictionaries Oxford – one of the first dictionaries in the so-called segment “Premium” [...]

Company Dell, seems to gradually disillusioned in desktop computers based on AMD, seriously reducing the range of consumer computer systems based on these. At least one of these days, it was stated that the company will stop offering desktop systems with AMD processors through its own web-site. Their implementation will continue to occur only through [...]

Alice is now offering specially tailored to business customers complete packages.For each month 39.90 get freelancers, but also residential customers with Alice Comfort a DSL connection with up to 16 Mbit / s, an ISDN multi-device connection, a data and telephone flat rate for calls to German fixed network and a premium customer, the 24 [...]

The manufacturer of navigation solutions SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. recently showed the world the next generation of chip-based global satellite navigation system – SiRFprima, capable of receiving signals as a global system of GPS, as well as the European navigation system Galileo. According to the manufacturers, the new product provides hardware acceleration for three-dimensional graphics, [...]