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A new tablet from Fujitsu has been spotted thanks to some Virginia Tech engineering students. It seems the University Bookstore has information on ordering the new LifeBook T5010 Tablet PC for this coming 2008 school year. The T5010 is claimed to be the successor to the T4220 tablet.

Also under the hood is WiFi a/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, a dual-layer DVD burner and integrated Intel graphics.  A webcam lurks up in the screen bezel, as does a fingerprint reader.  Ports include three USB, VGA out, LAN, Modem, Microphone In, Headphone Out, and the whole unit measures 12.5 x 9.6 x 1.4-inches and weighs 4.4lbs.

Interestingly, the T5010 is down as running Windows XP Tablet Edition, which seems unlikely as Microsoft have previously said that OS won’t be permitted on new machines.  Since most versions of Vista now have pen-input functionality, it’s far more likely that Vista Business will do OS duty.

Virginia Tech have it down as starting from $1,999, with delivery at the beginning of the new academic year.  It’s unclear what level of institutional discount has been applied to get to that price, and aside from the presentation slide Fujitsu themselves are keeping quiet about the new convertible.

BenQ has presented its fashionable notebook called Joybook S33 with a distinctive Victorian Style vine motif, while introducing its strategic products for the 2nd half of the year at the Product Demonstration 2008.

Its 13.3-inch screen features BenQ’s UltraVivid technology with DBEF(Display Brilliance Enhancement Film) that enables increased screen brightness and sharpened details.

Running on Intel Centrino 2 Processor, the S33 supports Wi-Fi, IEEE 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity. Other features included SRS TruSurround XT technology with a built-in 1.5W stereo speaker and a 2M webcam. It comes in two different colors such as white and navy.

Source : [Aving.Net]

as Announced today, Casio has been release the World’s slimmest stylish Digital Camera Casio called EX-Z150. The Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z150 features a wide-angle zoom lens, a CCD-shift anti-shake function, a very large LCD monitor and an 8.1 effective megapixel resolution. The Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z150 has the features and functions needed to meet the demanding requirements of today’s digital camera users, all in the slimmest camera in the world with a built-in wide-angle 28 mm (35 mm film equivalent) 4X optical zoom lens, at just 20.1 mm thick (18.9 mm at the thinnest section).

The slim, stylish Casio Exilim EX-Z150 features a large 3.0 inch LCD monitor, a first for the Exilim series, making it even easier to compose shots and adding to the fun of viewing the images taken. The Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z150 with 17.9MB built in memory is compatible with SDHC memory card, SD memory card, Multimedia and multimedia card plus. The EX-Z150 is available in silver, black and in colorful red, pink, and green.

[Source : FareastGizmos.Com]

Robot developer tmsuk has unveiled a remote-control robot that promises a new way to shop from the comfort of home. A prototype of the telerobotic shopper — a modified TMSUK-4 humanoid robot that incorporates a variety of cellphone communications technology — was demonstrated on July 10 at the Izutsuya department store in the city of Kitakyushu, Japan.

In the demonstration, an unwell grandmother unable to go shopping with her granddaughter sent the robot in her place. Using an NTT DoCoMo video-capable cellphone, the grandmother was able to control the robot and enjoy the shopping experience through the robot’s camera eyes. As curious shoppers looked on, the woman maneuvered the robot to the hat section, eyed what was available on the shelf, and had her granddaughter model a few for her before deciding which one to purchase.

According to tmsuk, this innovative type of “3D communications” technology brings us a step closer to a future in which telerobotic shoppers roam the fashionable areas of cities like New York or London.

[Source : Engadget.Com]

Samsung has released another phone, but unfortunately, its only for the Korean market. SK Telecom, the largest mobile operator from South Korea, will be releasing the Samsung SCH-M480 smartphone - available in the second half of July, for a retail price of 600,000 KRW ($600 or 384 Euros).

The phone, a CDMA version of Samsung i780, runs on the latest Windows Mobile 6.1 OS and features a square 2.55 inch TFT touchscreen display with 320 x 320 pixels and 65K colors, a full QWERTY keyboard, 3G connectivity, internal GPS, A-GPS, Wi-Fi, Video and Music players, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, Pocket Office, email, Web browser (Opera Mobile), Instant Messaging, voice memo, a 2 Megapixel camera with video recording, front-facing camera for video calls, 80MB of expandable memory, USB 2.0.

Samsung SCH-M480 weighs 120 grams and measures 115.9 x 61.3 x 12.9 millimeters.

Source Mobilewhack.Com