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Bluetooth and A2DP is an advanced and popular topic in many spheres of multimedia devices. Well, today iCombi has introduced wireless headphones AH10 for the iPod player, it has hands-free function and modern sound processing system BlueCore.

iCombi AH10 is compatible with BlueCore3 and Bluetooth 1.1/1.2, A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), AVRCP (Audio Visual Remote Control Profile). The audio stream in iCombi AH10 is processed by own DSP-engine and ARM-processor. In active mode the headset will work for some 11 hours on a single charge.

At the Spanish forum Todo Pocket PC you can come across an unofficial info from “reliable sources” on the new PDA series by Hewlett Packard – the rx1900 series containing two Pocket PCs the iPAQ rx1950 and the rx1955. These devices will be the first iPAQs powered by Windows Mobile 5.0.

The specs of the rx1900:

• Processor – Samsung S3C2442 300 MHz
• Memory - 64 MB ROM and 32 MB SDRAM
• 3.5” TFT-screen with QVGA resolution and 65K colors
• Expansion slot for SDIO cards
• Interfaces – IrDA, Wi-Fi (802.11b)
• Li-Ion battery capacious of 1100 mAh

This is all available info on new products so far. Unfortunately, there won’t be integrated Bluetooth module. It seems that the models will differ in the camera. There is on approximate info on the release date and the price.

The Japanese company Adtec has extended the line of miniSD storage cards called AD-MSDP with its 1GB card. First of all the AD-MSDP series is peculiar for its waterproof opportunity. Water resistant of the card under JIS standard complies with protection class 6 and 7. According to the manual, if the card gets wet, you should just wipe it dry.

The cards of the series have good speed performance – data transfer speed should reach 6 Mbps. The 1GB card is expected is shops in September. The approximate price makes up $190. the sales package contains the card and the SD adapter.

It seems that BenQ intends to use recently acquired Siemens brand and make the most of it. Every now and then appear news on BenQ design developments under Siemens brand on the Asian market, today the Commercial Times published the info that the company plans to start sales of its PDA-enabled phone under Siemens brandin Europe in late September – early October.

There are no official comments from BenQ. However Siemens wasn’t a strong player on the smartphone market, so BenQ decided to make an experiment by introducing the P50 only. Nevertheless some new developments under Siemens brand are expected by the end of this year, and by February 2006 there will be unveiled the first dual-brand phone BenQ-Siemens. I’d remind our readers that the PDA-enabled quad-band (GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 MHz) phone P50 introduced in the Taiwanese retail in June features Windows Mobile 2003, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi interfaces, 1.3-megapixel camera, QWERTY-keyboard and 2.8” 262K color TFT screen.

According to Reuters referring to CNBC TV channel, the stocks of RIM (Research In Motion, famous for its Blackberry technology) have soared by 5% at once following the cooperation announcement with Intel in the sphere of energy-saving and WiMAX technologies. Research In Motion plans to apply battery power saving technology developed by Intel and also to join main-line wireless WiMAX communication promoted by the consortium headed by Intel. This info is a kind of a rumor, however the companies are expected to officially announce their cooperation this week in the framework of Intel Developer Forum.

At last there appeared official info on the long-awaited Motorola phone with the support of iTunes service. The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved Motorola E790 phone. According to the supplied manual the phone could interact with iTunes. This is not yet a press release from Motorola, but already something. We can’t say for sure it will be the first model on the market that supports this function. Probably some other company will outpace Motorola, but Motorola E790 is the first phone, which is not only rumored about.

The E790 is based on the popular [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]. The new phone will have almost identical design, it will get new button to control music function. It is meant for GSM (850/900/1800/1900) networks, has a VGA-camera, an expansion slot for micro SD (TransFlash) cards and Bluetooth interface. The manual mentions EDGE-indicator, so we can assume there will be the support of this standard.

ASUSTeK has unveiled 3 notebook series at once – the A5E, the A7V and the W1V.

These series contain notebooks equipped with TV-tuners. They run ASUS Mobile Theater and Microsoft Media Center Edition applications for movies, DVD, TV, radio and photo, which do not need OS to be launched. The A5E series is equipped with a 15.4” wide screen with Color Shine LCD technology. The A7V notebooks feature larger screens (17.1”), also widescreen. Both series have built-in subwoofers, Web-cameras and mics. The A5E series comes with an FM-tuner.

The specs of the A5E notebook:

• Processor Intel Pentium M 730-770 from 1.6 to 2.13 GHz
• Mobile Intel 915GM Express chipset
• Memory up to 2 GB DDR333
• HDD - 40, 60, 80 or 100 GB
• 1.3-megapixel camera
• Analog TV-tuner (the A5Eb)
• TV-tuner supporting analog TV and DVB-T (the A5Ec)
• FM-tuner
• Interfaces USB and Bluetooth
• Dimensions – 369x269x34.8 mm
• Weight - from 2.8 to 3 kg

The specs of the A7V notebook:

• Processor Intel Pentium M 730-770 from 1.6 to 2.13 GHz
• Mobile Intel 915PM Express chipset
• ATI Mobility Radeon X700 graphical controller
• Memory up to 2 GB DDR333
• HDD - 60, 80 or 100 GB
• 1.3-megapixel camera
• Analog TV-tuner (the A7Vb)
• TV-tuner supporting analog TV and DVB-T (the A7Vc)
• Interface USB and Bluetooth
• Dimensions – 405x314x38.2 mm
• Weight - 4 kg

The W1V series involves more productive notebooks. They have 15.4” wide screens, made under Color Shine and Crystal Shine LCD technologies. The W1V series also has subwoofers, but lacks a camera.

The specs of the W1V notebook:

• Processor Intel Pentium M 730-770 from 1.6 to 2.13 GHz
• Mobile Intel 915PM Express chipset
• Memory up to 2 GB DDR2
• Graphical controller ATI Mobility Radeon X700
• Video memory - 128 MB
• HDD - 60, 80 or 100 GB
• Analog TV-tuner (the W1Vb)
• TV-tuner supportingо TV and DVB-T (the W1Vc)
• FM-tuner
• Interface USB and Bluetooth
• Card reader
• Dimensions – 364x264x32 mm
• Weight – 3.2 kg

In the Internet appeared the info on the release date and the price of the next generation game console by [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] – Nintendo Revolution. The French site of Amazon online-shop has the page devoted to the new console. The release date is June 15, 2006 and the price makes up €299.99, i.e. some $365.

Traditionally the price in Europe isn’t much higher than in America. The price for Nintendo Revolution is expected to be lower than for the Xbox 360 console by Microsoft. Microsoft has recently announced the official pricelist for its new device, and Amazon might have just put the expected price for the Revolution expecting the official release. Time will show whether this info agrees with reality.

A 3G-smartphone [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] has been approved by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC). It belongs to the [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], which was announced this April. One model of this series – the N90 is already commercially available, and the rest two (the N91 and the N70) are on their way. The release of the N70 is set for the 3Q or 4Q of 2005.

The smartphone supports UMTS, GSM, GPRS and EDGE standards. It is powered by Symbian OS 8.1 with Nokia Series 60 interface. There are two cameras onboard – a 2-megapixel camera and extra VGA camera. There is an integrated FM-tuner and the support of Bluetooth. The N70 carries 30 MB of own memory onboard, besides there is an expansion slot for RS-MMC cards.

100 g of weight, integrated VGA-camera with optical zoom lens (2 zooming speeds), Li-Ion power supply capacious of 900 mAh (up to 4 hours of talks and 400 hours standby), 50 MB of internal memory, MP3-player, USB-port, IrDA and Bluetooth, big color LCD screen (176x220x262K) and the support of UMTS – these are the features of the Z140V, new 3G-phone by [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], which will be used in cell networks of the European operator [Only registered and activated users can see links. ].

Multi-functions and compact size (80 mm tall, 48 mm wide, 25.8 mm thick) make Samsung Z140V a well-balanced device, its price of $560 doesn’t leave any chance to its rivals of the same class. The Z140V uses the same camera for video and photo capture, so the developers applied lens rotating mechanism. This UMTS-clamshell is already available for orders.