This week in Hanover, Germany is the largest international high-tech fair CeBIT-2003. Annually for one week exhibition halls of the city center transformed into a giant presentation area and a meeting place for representatives of the leading IT-companies in the world, as well as small and medium-sized businesses. At this time in Hannover came about six and a half thousand exhibitors from 72 countries. A total of booths occupied 355,892 square meters. It is curious that of about 1500 square meters, or 5 percent of the total area reserved for domestic companies. This year, the year our country is represented by 90 participants. Unfortunately, the Russian representative in comparison with 2002 has slightly decreased. True, considering the companies from the CIS, a piece of «hi-tech-pie" Russia is a bit more respectable. However, catch up and overtake the leaders of the absolute direction - United States, Taiwan and the UK - in the foreseeable future is unlikely.
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At this year's CeBIT was sent correspondent HPCru, who sent us many pictures and shared first impressions. So bring you a quick report in the form of images from the exhibition. First, as usual PDA news. Our correspondent first of all looked at the booths of Sony and Palm. But first of Sony. Handheld machines under the brand divorced so many that we are totally confused before you were able to identify all the pictures sent to us. It seems that the Japanese palmovye handhelds soon okupiruyut all price niche PDA market.
On the stand Sony cobralis all new items, which we have been told recently, until recently, represented in Hong Kong, Sony Clie PEG SJ22 - color change the black and white budget handheld SJ20, well known here in Russia.
Far from it - the older model SJ-line Sony Slie SJ33, which took the place SJ30. The screen quality, this new mid-price class can not compete with the clever device. Plus a music player with enough time off work to recharge. At a price of $ 299 handheld SJ33 is a very interesting acquisition ...:)
And it's just with the heat, with heat Sony TG50 - is the same with the built-in Bluetooth and a keyboard, with no graffiti area. Machine can be used as a voice recorder, and as a MP3-Player. The new standard economy class from Sony! In the Japanese retail will sell for $ 340. We, of course, more ...
This mastodon in all senses - hi-end Clie PEG-NZ90 ...:) not a PDA, a digital media lab. Was presented to the public at the January Comdex'e, from which began its tour of the exhibition. Want to highlight the exceptional quality of Sony + 2-megapixel built-in photo-and video-camera + excellent realized work with audio formats ...
And here's all sorts of gadgets for Con: especially liked the game console Clie GamePad ...
... Well, and mini-keyboard is also a thing in the PDA sector valuable. That's just the price of these branded accessories "bite."
Proceed to Palm'am. Until something or hearing, nor spirit about the promise and widely publicized rumors of a new web Palm Tugsten C. Well, on the other two typewriters new line of Tungsten - phone PDA W (Wireless) and T based on Palm OS 5.0, we told you repeatedly, so that except for them, nothing special on the Palm booth is not placed. A pity ... Although the company may simply fear for the fate of their precious new items, which, being provided at the time CeBIT'a, may be lost in the noise. Indeed, some competitors are not asleep.
Just surpassed all Toshiba. On the eve of the Hanover Fair PDA media were just inundated with announcements of three new machines the company - supercheap e350 (for only $ 199!), A model of economy-class Toshiba Genio e550C with built-in digital camera and hi-end e750/e755. However, the picture you can see the old familiar Toshiba Genio e550G. But with accessories - digital camera with flash ...
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... And a mysterious stranger, the same high-tech graceful beauty e750, which is taken as a basis for model e740, sold successfully in Russia for about a year. Retaining built a wireless network adapter 802.11b, novelty acquired more memory than its predecessor: in addition to 64MB of RAM it has 32MB of NAND flash memory exclusively for data storage. Also, the innovations it is worth noting that the phone jack is now possible to connect a microphone or headset on mobile phones. Thus, e750 can be used as a voice terminal in the networks of VoIP. The novelty will cost $ 599, also available modification e750 - model e755. Different machines that, firstly, on the e755 preinstalled software company PhotoBase ArcSoft, and, secondly, e750 will be sold through resellers, partners and Toshiba through a website, and e755 will be available at retail.
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| Toshiba e750 |
A clutch of interesting mobile devices, as promised last winter, showcased ASUS, known as a manufacturer of cheap palmovyh PDA. And this time the company has decided to head for the Pocket PC and has released two handheld with MyPal A710 MyPal A620, and even a smartphone based on the original OS.Thus, Asustek will join the High Tech Computer (HTC) and Compal Communications, becoming the third Taiwanese manufacturer of mobile smart devices. But first things first. Let's start with the youngest models the new line.
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From senior MyPal A620 differs only in the presence of one expansion slot standard Compact Flash (Type II), the rest of this PDA, at least, it has been at our disposal, the characteristics of a Pocket PC medium price range (closer to the Hi-end), but the exact One can not say because we do not know how much it will cost this machine. "For," says that the CPC is based on the new processor Intel XScale PXA 255 400 MHz, is controlled by the Pocket PC 2002, carries a 32 MB Flash ROM and 64 MB SDRAM. Equipped with a transflective LCD display 3.5, at 320x240 pixels and 65.536 colors, infrared port, built-in microphone and speaker. Included are supplied headphones. Weighs 141 g, Dimensions - 76x125x13 mm.
