First WiMAX MID Shown at CTIA in USA

In USA at CTIA, Samsung Mobile brings out the Samsung Mondi, the “most advanced mobile WiMAX-enabled handheld device in America”.

The 4.3” touch screen Mondi comes in a compact size that fits into the hand or pocket. With a solid black finish, this MID sports a QWERTY keyboard. The Mondi carries GPS navigation and features multimedia (E-mail, Internet, video and business applications).

Mondi uses an Opera 9.5 web browser, and is customizable Continue reading...

For 2009, the netbook industry will take up 17.2% of the “NotePC” market. Although there were pioneers in the small format like Dialogue’s high end Flybook, Taiwan's ASUSTek cracked the market wide open in Q4 2007 with a price-sensitive unit. Until then, smaller and lighter meant more expensive to the PC industry.

Netbook shipments in 2008 hit 14.6 million units after only a year in the market. Now the netbook is expected to reach 26.3 million in shipments—despite a global Continue reading...

Sure, we’re skeptical about Amazon's Kindle but you can’t judge a book by its cover. An analyst at Citi argues the $350 machine e-book reader is indeed going to be Amazon's iPod. He now thinks Amazon will sell 378,000 units this year, double his initial guess. And he thinks instead of being a $750 million business, the Kindle will in 3 years be a $1.1 billion business and 4% of all Amazon sales.

IMOVIO's new iKIT is the size of your palm, but sports a keyboard and connects to the internet at 3G speeds. Continue reading...

Thomas Grashoff, VP of Longshine Technologie Europe GmbH, demonstrates the portability of the new 6” E-book.

Users can read books, play MP3, store photos, and view documents in this thin, handheld format. With 1GB NAND flash, 128MB SDRAM, SD Card (up to 8GB), WiFi and USB, the E-Book is fully featured to keep up with mobile life. Batteries conveniently go on stand-by if you are not turning pages.

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