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Fixed Number Anywhere will launch on 1 August and will be available through the indirect channel.

O2’s yet to be launched mobile convergence product will enable a fixed line to port to up to 10 mobile phones.

As previously reported by Mobile, O2 is set to make a move into the fixed/mobile convergence sector in August with the launch of a new product for SMEs.

It is understood ‘Fixed Number Anywhere’ will be officially announced next week. The new product will enable the porting of a multiple fixed line numbers to a mobile, or a fixed line number to multiple mobiles.

There are three main scenarios: The first is porting a local number to one mobile phone and is useful for the likes of a sales person who is always on the move. The second allows portability from one fixed line number to up to ten mobiles. The third allows up to five fixed line numbers to port to the same mobile – these can have multiple area codes.

The new product will be aimed at the SME market and will be sold through O2’s indirect channel.

Modern man is surrounded by a huge variety of electronic devices - cell phones, computers, players, digital cameras, televisions, etc. The interaction of these devices among themselves and the users leaves much to be desired. Interesting solution offers a Finnish company Nokia.

The manufacturer is going to patent the technology, for which a special comfortable material will serve not only the role of clothing, but also used as a tool for interactive collaboration of electronic devices like mobile phones, computers, etc. That sounds somewhat vague, and the illustration leaves room for a big flight of fancy, but who knows, perhaps after ten years of such suits will be as daily as the current wireless headset.

Japanese company Seiko Epson Corporation announced the development of the embedded system controller of the display is capable of its own to create visual effects in graphical user interface. The new controller S1D13781 supports both color, and monochrome STN and TFT panels. Test samples are currently available at a price of 990 Yen (~ $ 10.5).

As the manufacturer of the chip, most recently a graphical user interface (GUI) with advanced visual effects for mobile devices are becoming commonplace affair. Such GUI requires treatment with multiple parameters, and display complex functions. When a new controller, the company Epson has identified and focused its attention on the functions of the display, which are needed to create visual effects in graphical user interface. S1D13781 supports a popular visual effects in the technique of rendering, as the alpha-overlay, with an embedded auto-update function of alpha-factor, based on a custom level and duration of the gradient transparency. Using this function, according to the company, will enable developers of mobile interfaces to do the work to create the visual effects more than a simple and easy.

Specifications:
• Resolutions supported: QVGA - WQVGA 24 bpp (bits per pixel) or QVGA - WVGA 8 bpp
• Display Buffer: 384 KB (built-SRAM)
• CPU interface: 8/16-razryadnye bus, direct / indirect access, SPI (mode 0 / 3)
• Color depth: RGB 8:8:8, RGB 5:6:5, 256 shades of gray
• Interface panel: 24-bit for TFT and STN panels (color, monochrome)
• Functions: Picture-in-picture, alpha-overlay, image, 2D BitBLT
• Design: QFP15-100 (14x14h0, 5 mm)
• Supply voltage: 3,3 and 1,5 V
• Operating temperature: -40 ~ 85 ° C
• Application: IP phones, MFI, digital photo frames, control panels for office and factory automation equipment, etc. etc.

As often happens, with the emergence of a new line of devices, products sold prior to the substantial discount. That's an operator AT & T after the start of sales of new iPhone 3GS has reduced the price of conventional ayfony.

If you have decided what it may become to buy iPhone 3G, while spending the minimum amount possible, the operator of the new proposal is just for you. AT & T offers iPhone 3G 8GB for just $ 79! Of course, this is not a new apparatus, but about those who were returned to the users for one reason or another. In any case, it is quite advantageous offer ...

Microsoft's new player has all chances to become a bestseller, in contrast to his predecessor. The success of ZuneHD - Platform NVIDIA Tegra, which offers users an excellent performance coupled with long time of autonomous work. Yes and the status of the first will also help sales.

Another advantage could be a shop ZuneHD MarketPlace, the first screenshots of which appeared in the global network. As you can see, the owners of the player can acquire a variety of content - albums, individual songs, pictures, etc.

Company Sony today introduced two new models of music players, WALKMAN, entry-level series of E440 and B140.

New E-series is the presence of a small thickness of the shell (9.3 mm), compact size and the ability to play both audio and video. To display information (as well as video, photographs, images of covers of music albums, etc.), the E440 is 2-inch display resolution of QVGA.

This player is the first model in the E-series, which is equipped with sound processing technology, Clear Audio, by ensuring the words of the company, studio-quality sound by reducing the interpenetration of the channels, while the Clear Bass function provides a powerful controlled bass sound without distortion.

Of the additional features Sony WALKMAN E440 noted the following:
• 5-band EQ
• Dynamic normalizing the volume level between songs
• Easy import music and photos from your computer by dragging folders containing the relevant content or through iTunes, using the Content Transfer
• Built-FM-tuner
• Duration of work in the music playing is 30, while playing the video - up to 6 hours
Model B140, according to the manufacturer's ideal for the category of users, which leads an active life. Despite the fact that this model has a small size, it gives its owners an opportunity to listen to music incessantly until 18 th consecutive hours, and charging over 3 minutes will be sufficient, that would extend the pleasure of listening to another hour and a half.

Among other possibilities B140 noted that:
• Small size and weight of the shell, available in four color options to design
• Easy to download songs from your computer using the microUSB cable
• Function ZAPPIN to find the desired song
• Built-FM-radio with recording programs with ether
• Five equalizer modes and a separate button is "BASS" to include improving the low frequency
• LED illumination
• Beginning of the proceeds of the sale of players in the producer is scheduled for the end of this month.

In addition netbuka UbiSerfer, company Datawind has launched the sale of the mobile Internet device (MID) as PocketSurfer3. The device is also based on ARM-processor and is equipped with pyatidyuymovym LCD display with a resolution 640h240 points. The main input device was QWERTY-keyboard and a miniature tachpad.

In addition to GPRS-module also has a GPS-module and the port miniUSB. The size of the device comprise 152h75h15 mm, it weighs about 174 grams. Confused only a small time autonomous work - only 4 hours. This toy is worth preloaded with the Linux operating system will be about $ 320. There is also a lightweight version PocketSurfer3 Lite without tachpada and GPS, which will cost 60 dollars cheaper.

According to Taiwan's National Communications Commission, people who sell or buy "Shanzai" mobile phones via the Internet or in electrics marts will face a fine of up to NTD300,000, which is about CNY60,000, in Taiwan.

According to reports in Taiwanese local media, NCC recently stated that under the Administrative Regulations on the Controlled Telecommunications Radio-Frequency Devices, Taiwan residents should bring no more than five "Shanzai" mobile phones from the overseas markets at one time and the number should be limited to two if the mobile phones are sent by post.

The word "shanzhai", literally meaning "remote village" in Cantonese, has become a popular name for Chinese fakes and the slang now refers to anything that steals ideas or styles from already well-known products, personalities or concepts.

Meanwhile, the commission said if people sell or buy "Shanzai" mobile phones via the Internet or in electrics marts in Taiwan, they will face a fine of up to NTD300,000, which is about CNY60,000.

An officer from the commission further explained that it does not violate the law if Taiwanese people buy "Shanzai" mobile phones while visiting the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong. However, the number of these mobile phones should be limited to five. Any unauthorized radio-frequency device should not be traded in Taiwan.

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