Posts Tagged ‘Technology’

S-300 air-defense missilesMOSCOW The new U.N. sanctions prevent Russia from delivering S-300 air-defense missiles to Iran, a Kremlin official said Friday, in a reversal of the position announced by Russia’s Foreign Ministry the day before.The Kremlin statement was sure to please Israel and the United States, which have long urged Russia not to supply the powerful missile system. Russia signed a deal to sell the missiles in 2007, but has delayed their delivery.

The U.N. Security Council resolution passed Wednesday bans Iran from developing ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons, investing in nuclear-related activities and buying certain types of heavy weapons. (AP)

Nokia sold less than 100,000 top-of-the-range N900 smartphones in its first five months on the market, researcher Gartner said, indicating it has yet to mount a serious challenge to the iPhone and Blackberry.The chunky computer-like handset  with slide-out keyboard and a touch screen   has found support among hard-core technology specialists but failed to attract a wider audience.

A spokesman for Nokia, the world’s top cellphone maker, declined to comment on the sales number, saying the company was pleased with sales, but an executive was more bullish.”Sales have substantially exceeded expectations,” Alberto Torres, head of Nokia’s solutions business, told the Open Mobile Summit trade conference in London this week.

Nokia N900Nokia has been unable to mount a serious challenge to Apple three years after the iPhone’s launch. Its last hit smartphone model, the N95, was unveiled in 2006.The sales of less than 100,000 N900s compares with sales of 8.75 million iPhones in January-March alone.

The N900, which went on sale last November, is Nokia’s first phone running the Linux Maemo operating system, which analysts see as a key for Nokia to regain ground in the coming years.

In February this year Nokia unveiled a plan to merge Maemo with Intel’s Moblin operating system.Nokia sold 50,000 N900s in the last quarter of 2009, and quarterly sales fell in January-March, Gartner statistics showed. Gartner does not track phone sales per model, but as the N900 is the only phone using Maemo, the statistics for operating systems show sales for the model.(Reuters)

Dell Mini 5Dell Mini 5 will present the design of mobile tablet with a larger screen size, which is five inches. “Dell Streak will be present with a combination of traditional smart phones and tablets big sail,” says Ron Garriques, Communications Solutions Group, Dell’s president, quoted from page Cellular News, Wednesday, May 26, 2010.

“The size was expected to offer a unique new experience for customers.” In addition to the big screen with a resolution of 480×800 pixels, this tablet smart phone comes with dimensions of 15.2 x 7.9 x 1 inches and weighs a little heavy, which is 220 grams.

However, a large TFT screen that has the function of capacitive multi-touch and accelerometer sensors in the UI (user interface), it makes it look elegant. Dell also pinned Streak 5 MP camera (2592 x 1944 pixels) equipped with an auto focus feature and dual LED flash to emit a brighter light. In addition, this product was immersed Android OS v1.6 (Cupcake), which can be upgraded to v2.2 (Froyo) and Snapdragon processor QSD8250 Quacomm 1GHz.any reliable connectivity.

In addition to GPRS (32-48 kbps) and EDGE, Dell Streak also supports data access 7.2 M bps HSDPA / HSUPA 5.76 M bps, plus WI-Fi 802.11 b / g, Blue tooth 2.1 and mini USB 2.0

Unfortunately, the battery powered device that reportedly Li-Ion 1530 mAh This will only circulate exclusively in the UK through O2 network in June next. There has been no further official information from Dell and O2 related party pricing and availability outside the UK.

Israel on Sunday (25 / 4) finally allowing someone to bring iPad into the country, after two weeks in advance customs confiscated the tablet computer made by Apple because it fears will interfere with other wireless devices.”Having completed an intensive technical investigation, Moshe Israeli Communications Minister finally approved the import iPad Kakhlon to Israel,” communications ministry said in a statement.Communications ministry has banned the import of a touch screen device that they think they do not meet European standards – which was adopted by Israel – for the use of wireless communication frequencies.

The ministry said that their technical team has consulted with Apple Inc., an internationally recognized laboratories in Europe timpalan them in determining a suitable device operates in Israel, according to local standards.

Tests proved the device to identify Wi-Fi access points around and adjust automatically, allowing iPad to be operated without disturbing the other wireless devices, the ministry said.”Therefore, the import of one set per person will be permitted to begin Sunday, April 25th,” he said.The Ministry also ordered that the confiscated 20 iPad returned, reports Reuters.

Apple iPhone 4GApple iPhone was found on the floor of a San Jose bar, and that this could possibly be Apple’s iPhone 4G phone. This report was revealed by tech site Engadget, and it has many pictures of the alleged Apple iPhone 4G phone, which was found inside of an iPhone 3G case. This mystery device has black and chrome trims with the signature Apple lettering on the back.

This device has some of the familiar iPhone features, like a home button, a small rectangular ear piece, and it looks a little taller and thicker. The reports states that it has a forward facing camera, 80GB of storage, and was had a very different version of the iPhone OS.

Riyadh Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Announced plans to build a nuclear center and the new alternative energy technologies to develop diversified sources of energy. Former Trade Minister Hashem bin Abdullah Yamani will lead the new institute, named “King Abdullah City for Nuclear and Renewable Energy” is.Former Trade Minister Hashem bin Abdullah Yamani will of the lead the new institute, named “King Abdullah City for Nuclear and Renewable Energy” is. News agency “SPA” says the agency will be built in the city of Riyadh.

News agency “SPA” says the agency will from be built in the city of Riyadh.nuclear centerBefore you are interested in developing nuclear energy, Saudi Arabia has also tried to develop some other alternative energy sources, including solar energy before Before you are Interested in developing nuclear energy, Saudi Arabia has tried to develop Also Some other alternative energy sources, including solar energy before The new institute will develop national policies of Saudi Arabia of nuclear energy development and to monitor all use of commercial nuclear power plants.

The new institute will of develop national policies of the Saudi Arabia of nuclear energy development and to monitor all use of commercial nuclear power plants.The agency is also responsible for handling nuclear waste, call the Government of Saudi Arabia’s official statement. Also The agency is responsible for handling nuclear waste, call the Government of Saudi Arabia’s official statement. Electricity needs are sourced from a number of power plants to oil and gas continues to rise in Saudi Arabia in particular to support projects of distillation of salt water.

Electricity needs are sourced from a number of power plants to oil and gas continues to rise in Saudi Arabia in particular to support projects of Distillation of salt water.

Apple iPadApple is expected to add features iPad camera for the next edition. They have announced that they are looking for a camera technician to work with a team of developers iPad.”We are looking for technicians with the ability to test the capture image, video, and audio, and playback, for its iPhone, iPod, and the iPad,” writes Apple in their official page Daily Telegraph quoted pages.

This vacancy further fueling speculation that the iPad next generation will have a camera. Technology observers have also found a slot in order to load the right iPad iSight camera.In addition, the developers found the code in the iPad software that allows users to save the image, select images, or take a new picture.

The absence of this camera is one weak point iPad which went on sale in the United States (U.S.) in early April. This tablet computer enthusiasts in Europe, Japan, and Australia must wait until the end of May to get the iPad.Apple iPad sales internationally postpone for a month because of high demand in the U.S.. Although it has been distributed more than 500 thousand units during the first week sales iPad, Apple claims could not satisfy all consumer demand in the U.S..

Atom netbook D510Intel Corp Companies in the world’s largest microprocessor maker has just announced their financial performance for the first quarter of 2010. In the report, noted that during the first 3 months of this year, Intel managed to increase their net income amounted to 288 percent compared to last year.”Last quarter was the first quarter of the year as the best ever achieved by Intel during the time,” said Paul Otellini, Intel’s Chief Executive Officer,  Engadget, 15 April 2010.

As a final announcement of the financial report, Intel has also held the latest technology. “The next innovation that we represent from the Atom is dual core, which will be circulated in this second quarter,” said Otellini.As is known, the dual-core Atom processor itself is already available in the market for nettop version of the Atom. Otellini delivered with the announcement, indicated that in the near future, versions of dual core Atom for netbooks will be coming soon.

This announcement also confirms that rumors circulating that Intel is preparing Atom N500 processor platform series to go with Atom netbook D510 is a dual-core processor desktop (nettop).This means that there will be an interesting thing that can be observed in the computer market, particularly in the netbook category in the next few months.

Kin phonesMicrosoft Corp launched a line of phones aimed at young people on Monday, marking a fresh assault on the low end of the growing smartphone market, where it has been losing out to BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, Apple Inc and Google Inc.

The software company’s first foray into designing its own phones comes six months before it rolls out its new Windows software for phones made by handset makers HTC, Samsung and others, which should be a more direct challenge to Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android phones.

The new phones launched on Monday, called Kin One and Kin Two, are made by Japan’s Sharp Corp and will be sold by Verizon Wireless, a joint venture between Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group.(Reuters)

iPod and iPhone, iPad predictable emergence would greatly affect the history of the world’s electronic devices. According to Henrik Brogaard, Head of Network Systems Sales, Nokia Siemens Networks Indonesia, the iPad would shift the role of portable computers to replace its role in the next few years. “I think, because of the emergence iPad, the existence of the netbook will be missing two or three years,” said Henrik Thursday, April 1, 2010.

According to him, ipad own more than a handheld mobile computing devices. “For me, iPad is a large cell phone,” said Henrik. Smartphones are also experiencing a significant increase in growth, so that growth will also cause the surging consumption data. around the world. In 2009 and 2010, Internet traffic originating from mobile handhelds is still around zero coma at a percentage of the total data traffic across the world.

But later in 2015, data traffic from the mobile handset has managed to take the portion up to nearly 50 percent of the total mobile traffic and laptops, which amount approximately 23 exabita. “Although mobile laptops are still continuing to grow, but growth will be greater over the phone,” explains Henrik. According to him, smart phones has changed the habits of people in connecting to the internet.

Once a very rare person who will be accessing the internet via mobile phone. But now many Indonesian people who update Facebook via mobile. In Indonesia, the smartphone also grew rapidly. According to Hastings Singh, Regional Director Distribution, RIM Asia-Pacific, the growth of smartphones in Indonesia last year reached 9 percent increase from the previous year which is only 4 percent.

That growth is also accompanied by increased consumption of customer data telecommunications operators who achieve a growth of 426 percent. At the same time, consumption dropped by voice instead of minus growth. RIM estimates, the growth of smartphones in Indonesia would continue to increase to 16 percent in 2012.