au KDDI E08T: a secure business phone from Toshiba

Japanese mobile phone operator au KDDI introduced a new clamshell mobile phone for business users produced by Toshiba - E08T, which has the ability to work outside of Japan, as in CDMA networks, as well as in GSM. Start selling new items planned for the companies the middle of next month.

One of the distinguishing features is its E08T case with Water, which corresponds to the standards IPX5 / IPX7. In addition, the model offers a number of functions that may need professional people: some keys to run business applications, GPS navigation, viewing office documents, the ability to remotely destroy or block information from the phone in case it is lost, remote synchronization of data, electronic dictionary.

Toshiba E08T specifications:

• Dimensions: 50h110h16, 2 mm
• Weight: 130 gr.
• Display: widescreen 3-inch VGA display
• External Display: 0.5-inch
• Camera: 3.2 megapixel with autofocus
• Memory: 100 MB user available, expandable through microSD memory cards
• Infrared

SDXC memory card from Panasonic and Toshiba soon

Among the flow of news from the exhibition CES 2010 has passed almost unnoticed information that the company's Panasonic and Toshiba in the near future to present to the market a memory card standard SDXC. Models of both manufacturers use new technology that will increase the recording density and to increase the memory capacity by half, compared with the SDHC format. This data rate will also increase to the higher ranks of SD-cards. Panasonic and Toshiba indicates the writing speed at a maximum of 22 MB and 35 MB per second, respectively, which is enough to work with confidence with digital cameras or to directly download information from the Internet on a SD-card.

Panasonic has not indicated the speed of reading, but Toshiba claims about 60 MB per second. Also reported that the lifetime of new memory cards will be higher, and the preservation of information on them safer, because the controller will be able to correct errors in the read / write, thus avoiding losses.

As expected, the first in the market will map Panasonic. In February will come 64 and 48 GB versions, at a price of 600 and 450 dollars. Their release will mark the emergence of new camcorders this company. Toshiba is also present only 64 GB SDXC map in the spring. Its cost is unknown, but the manufacturer promises 16 GB and 32 GB SDHC card with the same speed reading and writing.

Compact laptops Toshiba Satellite T115D and T135D

Toshiba has announced two new notebook lineup of Satellite - T115D and T135D. They are ultra-solutions with 11.6 and 13.3-inch screen, respectively. Toshiba Satellite T115D and T135D may be constructed as components of AMD, and Intel, processors using AMD Athlon Neo X2, Athlon Neo MV-40, AMD Turion or Intel Pentium SU4100 and graphics ATI Radeon HD 3200 integrated or Intel. Notebook Toshiba Satellite T115D is equipped with 2 GB of RAM and 250 GB hard drive, and T135D, in turn - 4 GB of RAM and 320 GB hard drive.

Among the common characteristics of these models - a card reader 5-in-1, 10/100 Ethernet, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, touchpad with multitouch control, web camera and HDMI port. Toshiba Satellite T115D can work in standalone mode from a single battery charge up to 5,5 hours, and T135D - maximum of 6 hours 13 minutes. Both new products will be sold on January 17, the cost of Toshiba Satellite T115D and T135D starts from $ 450 and $ 600 respectively.

Notebooks HP, Toshiba and Gateway based on Intel Core i3 - already in the online sale

Several online retailers began selling notebooks on the basis of the new processors Intel Core i3. Many of these models, obviously, will be showcased at the nearest the Consumer Electronics Show 2010. Based on the information on the sites of retailers, notebooks based on Core i3, basically, quite inexpensive. eCost, for example, sells a 15.6-inch laptop series HP Pavilion for $ 865. Canadian retailer Future Shop, in turn, exhibited a model from Gateway worth 730 Canadian dollars or 694 U.S. dollars. It is also a 15.6-inch model, but instead of integrated Intel graphics, it uses has not yet announced Adapter ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470. A 16-inch notebook Toshiba Satellite PSLS6C-00F005, which is also available in Future Shop, worth 799 Canadian or 763 U.S. dollars.

Features of HP Pavilion WA786UA # ABA from eCost:

* Windows 7 Professional
* 2.13 GHz Intel Core i3-330m
* Graphics Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator HD
* 15.6-inch display
* 4 GB DDR3 RAM
* 320 GB hard drive (7200 rpm)
* Optical Drive DVD-RW
* Card Reader 5-in-1
* Wireless Adapters Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth
* 6-cell battery
* Color - Black

Toshiba is preparing a mobile trilingual translator

Toshiba is developing a new translation technology for mobile phones. In fact, it is somewhat abridged version of the software that Toshiba already sells in Japan. It is able to translate between three languages: English, Japanese and Chinese. The new mobile application will also support three languages, speech recognition technology and will fully perform processing on the phone, without connecting to a remote server. This will save bandwidth, but also confronts the developers aim to make the program so compact that it can properly function on your mobile device.

Mobile Translator Toshiba will work as follows: said the words will be recognized, analyzed and translated, and then the speech synthesizer will give the phrase already in another language. Moreover, it is expected to use two methods: an analysis of each word and their order in a sentence, and reconciliation with the already existing database of hundreds of proposals and expressions. At the moment this software is tested. It already works quite well on your device Toshiba TG01, although still a number of problem points. Toshiba TG01 - a productive model based on 1 GHz processor and operating system, Windows Mobile, it is fully capable to cope with such an application. Version translators for other mobile platforms, the company also prepare, but so far nothing concrete about the timing of its release are not reported. Most likely, the output of the program - not far off.

Toshiba Qosmio X500 - new gaming laptop

Toshiba has announced the release of gaming laptop Qosmio X500. New, designed for game enthusiasts, combines high performance and the latest graphic design. Notebook dressed in a stylish red body and black coloring. 18.4-inch screen (46.7 cm), Blu-Ray drive and a program for Toshiba Resolution + upscaling make Qosmio X500 and multimedia solutions.

Notebook is equipped with quad-core Intel and the graphics system Nvidia. 18.4-inch Full HD LCD display with 16:9 aspect ratio and resolution up to 1920 x 1080 pixels gives a clear picture quality even in fast-changing scenes. Qosmio X500 SSD has a capacity of 64 GB. Solid-state drive provides a fast initial load and high speed loading for non-stop gameplay. Complete picture of the traditional gaming quality sound stereo speakers Harman Kardon.

Touchpad with function Multi-Touch Control provides an alternative to conventional scrolling. For quick and convenient access to the Qosmio X500 is equipped with a fingerprint scanner and utility Toshiba Face Recognition, uses the image captured an HD webcam. Utility Toshiba ConfigFree makes setting up wireless networks and access to the network via a built-in WLAN interface or via Bluetooth.

Qosmio X500, depending on the configuration equipped with a memory type DDR3 (1066 MHz) with up to 8 GB and can contain up to 2 hard drives with total capacity up to 1 TB. External devices are connected through 3 USB 2.0 connector or combined eSATA / USB. All 4 slots are compatible with USB Sleep-and-Charge, through which mobile devices can be recharged even when turned off leptope. Port REGZA-Link HDMI-CEC (High Definition Multimedia Interface - Consumer Electronics Control) allows you to connect to a laptop external video and audio products, which are controlled from one panel. And, finally, complete the picture of multimedia possibilities Qosmio X500 port Bridge Media 5-in-1, and FireWire.