Articles for June, 2006
Haier Launches CDMA and GSM Mobile Phones Handsets
Haier, a Chinese electronic consumer products maker, has announced its entry into the Indian mobile handset market with the launch of its CDMA range of mobile handsets in India in association with Tata Teleservices along with the launch of several GSM and CDMA mobile phone handsets priced, starting from Rs 2000 a piece.
Haier also declared its intent for setting up a mobile phone handset manufacturing unit in India in the next 18-24 months to address the target of selling five million mobile phone handsets in India over the next two years.
Company has also introduced a new range of both CDMA and GSM mobile phones in a price range of Rs 2,000 to Rs 20,000 for indian consumers.
Haier has approached one of the largest GSM operators in India to develop customised packages with Haier’s GSM handset range.
Despite its existing brand recognition in India due to presense of its other white goods business in Indian market, this ambitious Chinese brand will have to compete head on with the likes of Motorola, Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung, though its aim is not as immodest as to try toppling the leader, Nokia.
AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor For AMD Socket AM2 Now Available
AMD (Advanced Micro Devices Inc.,) provider of CPU microprocessor solutions, announced availability of AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 dual core processor and the AMD 64 X2 5000+dual-core processor compatible with its new socket AM2 platform. The new processors enable computers to support multiple operating environments.
AMD’s socket AM2 is designed by AMD to enable next-generation platform innovations such as AMD Virtualization and high-performance, unbuffered DDR2 memory to the award-winning AMD64 architecture. Additionally, socket AM2 streamlines the work for motherboard manufacturers, while reducing costs through economies of scale.
New AMD64 Technology can adapt to 64 bit computing technology and can also support Windows Vista slated for release next year. The company said the new processors would be cost effective and have visualization capabilities.
ATI Launches Crossfire Xpress 3200 and Radeon Xpress 1100 Chipsets For AMD Socket AM2
ATI Technologies Inc., has introduced the Crossfire Xpress 3200 chipset and Radeon Xpress 1100 series of chipsets, for advanced AMD’s socket AM2 motherboards.
ATI CrossFire Xpress 3200 is more than just a Socket 939 chipset. The new ATI dual X16 chipset would be launched for Socket 939, but it was designed from the ground up for AMD Socket AM2. ATI is now showing how well the CrossFire Xpress 3200 performs on the new AM2 socket with DDR2 memory.
The feature-rich Crossfire Xpress 3200 chipset and Radeon Xpress 1100 series of chipsets employ ATI’s new Southbridge Technology, the SB600 series, which provides the most connectivity options available today, including 10 USB 2.0 ports, 4 SATA Generation II ports, RAID support, high-definition audio, and support for established connectivity options, such as parallel ATA.
Logitech V500 Cordless Notebook Mouse
Logitech, a major peripheral devices technology vendor, has announced the Logitech V500 Cordless Notebook Mouse featuring a 2.4 GHz wireless technology.
The Logitech V500 Cordless Notebook Mouse is loaded with innovations such as an expandable chassis, a touch-sensitive solid-state scrolling panel, and 2.4 GHz wireless technology. It is designed for the mobile professional and the notebook PC segment.
At 3 3/4 inches by 2 1/4 inches by 1 1/8 inches, this mouse is just 2.3 ounces when packed away, according to a press release.
iBall Launches ‘Take Note’ Standalone Digital Notepad
iBall, a leading desktop peripherals manufacturer in India had today launched the iBall ‘Take Note’, cordless, lightweight, the first of its kind digital notepad in India.
iBall ‘Take Note’ uses the ordinary paper and a ball point pen to write. Beneath the everyday paper used for writing is a unique mechanism to digitally records all the notes, ideas, drawings, and sketches in the pad’s built-in 32 MB flash RAM.
The gadget digitally captures and stores everything one writes and draws on a paper, and is not required to be connected to a PC while being used.
The captured files can be downloaded onto a PC or a laptop using the USB-2 interface. Once transferred to desktop or laptop, the files can be modified, colored, converted to text or edited like any other data object and it can be saved as a book-file or an individual file. The notes so downloaded can be easily emailed. The built-in 32 MB Ram can store over 150 pages.
HP Introduces New Range of Notebook Computers
Hewlett-Packard India introduced new range of notebook computers for Indian market with enhanced security features that include fingerprint identification system.
The new HP notebook computers are equipped with a high security lock mechanism based on a fingertip identification system developed by company to allow access to users on their fingerprint matches against the pre-configured identification database already stored in the machine.
“The latest offerings would further strengthen the business notebook portfolio and comes with a set of personalised features that will help users to protect their crucial data,” HP India Vice President Ravi Swaminathan said.
The new HP high security notebook computers are priced between Rs 80,000 to Rs 1,20,000 based on various hardware configurations.
