SEOUL, Korea (BlogTimes 오세경) -  Samsung Digital Imaging Company Inc., a market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, todayannounced two new ultra-slim digital cameras, perfect for consumers who want a stylish, on-the-go camera for parties, family gatherings and other special moments. At just 0.65 inches thin, the 14.2 megapixel ST70 and 12.2 megapixel ST60 are each equipped with a 2.7-inch LCD and feature a 5x optical zoom and a 4x optical zoom respectively.

“Consumers want portability in a point and shoot, and we think our ultra-slim ST70 and ST60 address that desire, Mr. S J Park, CEO of Samsung Digital Imaging Company. “Despite their size, both the ST70 and ST60 are feature-packed and ideal for beginner and advanced photographers who want a well-equipped but easy to use, compact camera.”

Improved Optics

Samsung’s new models feature improved 27mm wide-angle lenses (for ST70) and 27.5mm wide-angle lenses (for ST60) when compared to their predecessor, the ST50. The ST70 has a versatile 5x optical zoom, which is paired with Dual Image Stabilization (IS) to help reduce image blur by combining both Optical and Digital Image stabilizers to produce sharp images. The ST60 offers an expanded 4x optical zoom and features Digital Image Stabilization.

Creative Effects Add to the User Experience

New image effects available with the ST70 and ST60, such as Fisheye and Lomo, let the consumer easily add a touch of creativity to their photos. Similar to other Samsung compact cameras, this duo offers a long list of user-selectable Photo Styles including Normal, Soft, Vivid, Forest, Retro, Cool, Calm, Classic, Negative, Custom RGB and two new options: Sketch and DeFog Clear/Fog Lifting, which cuts through the haze to take clear photos.

HD Video Recording

The ST70 and ST60 put high-definition video recording in the palm of users’ hands thanks to the ability to record video at a resolution of 720p / 30fps, using H.264 compression. Additionally, to further simplify users’ ability to record the best video possible, the cameras offer Samsung’s advanced scene recognition technology, Smart Auto (Still & Movie). Smart Auto has been upgraded from the ST50 as it can now be used with video as well as with still images. Similar to the way the technology analyzes the composition of an image when capturing digital stills, the technology will do the same for video, automatically choosing between one of four pre-programmed settings and selecting the setting that will yield the best footage with proper exposure and color balance.

Additional Control

Consumers who want a little more control over their picture-taking can opt to use the Program mode or choose from a long list of Scene modes. Program mode allows the user to manually set options including ISO, white balance, metering mode, AF, and exposure compensation. Choosing a scene mode that best matches the shooting environment also provides users with some control but doesn’t require much effort since the camera automatically adjusts the settings for the selected mode. Available scene modes include Beauty Shot, Night, Frame Guide, Portrait, Children, Landscape, Close-up, Text, Sunset, Dawn Backlight, Beach & Snow, and Fireworks.

 

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SEOUL, Korea (BlogTimes 오세경) -  Viking Range Corporation and LG Electronics, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a strategic alliance. Areas for collaboration include product cross-sourcing and joint procurement opportunities, and shared R&D and service resources, as well as expanded distribution.

Under the agreement announced today during the International Builders Show, LG plans to reach more U.S. consumers as Viking’s U.S. distributors will have the opportunity to carry premium LG appliances. This specialized distribution channel will complement LG’s existing U.S. network of national and regional appliance dealers. Viking plans to increase its international distribution, particularly in the rapidly expanding Asia/Pacific markets through its alliance with LG.

Fred Carl, Jr., CEO of Viking Range Corporation, said, “Teaming with LG will give our loyal distributors new growth opportunities while allowing Viking to work with one of the strongest global brands and technology leaders in home appliances. We look forward to this mutually beneficial relationship, including future opportunities for product development collaboration.”

“This alliance will leverage the respective brand, technology, marketing and distribution strengths of LG and Viking, enabling us both to satisfy a broader range of consumer needs,” said James Shad, President, LG Electronics USA. “Viking has built an exceptional brand, and LG is proud to be associated with this American icon’s heritage of quality and customer service.”

It is anticipated that Viking distributors will begin offering LG appliances beginning in the second quarter of 2010 

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[English News BlogTimes] LG Enhances Environmental Leadership With Third Generation Linear Compressor

 Seoul (Korea blogtimes) April 4, 2009 -- LG Electronics (LG), a pioneer and leader in home appliance convergence, today launched its third generation linear compressor, furthering its global leadership in environmentally-friendly components and products, and setting another global standard in this area.

The compressor, like an automobile’s engine, is one of the most important components in a refrigerator’s operation, underlying the entire cooling system. The compressor accounts for about 80 percent of a refrigerator’s total energy consumption. A home ice bar equipped 725-liter refrigerator with LG’s third generation linear compressor uses just 35.9 Kwh per month. This makes it the most energy efficient refrigerator in its class, even besting the same size model with LG’s second generation linear compressor by 3.6 Kwh. This efficiency not only lowers electric bills, but also carbon emissions, which average 0.5kg per kilowatt hour.

“LG is committed to the environment and energy savings. This next generation of linear compressors not only means that we are leading the industry, it also means that we are fully prepared for any upcoming environmental regulations,” said Young-ha Lee, President and CEO of LG Electronics Home Appliance Company. “LG has been an incomparable leader in linear compressor technology, and this is a strong catalyst to help us achieve our goal of becoming a global top refrigerator maker.”

While conventional reciprocating compressors turn the motor’s rotational movement into the piston’s linear movement to compress refrigerant, in LG’s linear compressors, the motor directly connected to the piston moves along a linear track to compress refrigerant, minimizing energy loss during conversion and lowering energy use by up to 30 percent.

LG, the unrivalled leader in this innovative linear technology, developed the first Korean-made compressor in 1973 and the first market-ready linear compressor in 2001. It came out with an enhanced second generation linear compressor in 2006. Since then, LG has invested KRW 12 billion to develop more advanced, next generation technological standard in compressors as well as refrigerators. LG currently owns more than 700 patents both domestically and internationally, and will form a task force to develop more innovative technology in this area.

**Generations of linear compressors (year launched)
- First generation (2001): First market-ready linear compressor , Constant air-cooling
- Second generation (2006): Varies the amount of cooling and compressor speed by software control based on the volume of food and temperature inside refrigerator
- Third generation (2009): Lowest power consumption. Varies the amount of cooling and compressor speed automatically based on refrigerator temperature

LG’s third generation linear compressor will debut in the company’s side-by-side refrigerators in Korea starting from April of this year and expand to other markets including Europe and North America. LG also plans to provide the compressor to other refrigerator makers around the world. LG plans to see use of third generation linear compressors soar more than 10-fold to 50 percent by 2015.

As environmental regulations tighten globally, consumers are also demanding products with greater efficiency and lower energy consumption. It is expected that developed markets including Europe, North America and Korea will see the market for more eco-friendly appliances expand.

Earlier this year, LG announced its worldwide Life’s Good When It’s Green initiative to reinforce its commitment to the environment and energy savings. The initiative focuses on sustainability through Eco-Design and Eco-Products, reduction of hazardous materials, responsible electronics recycling and addressing global climate change. LG is taking proactive steps to address global climate change, pledging to reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout the entire lifespan of its products. LG intends to reduce greenhouse gases emitted over the lifetime of its products by 30 megatons by 2020, from raw materials, components such as linear compressors, logistics, product use and disposal. In addition, LG is trying to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in manufacturing by 150 kilotons per year by 2020.

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[English News BlogTimes] BBT's MP3 15 dollars

19,900 won($15) a new MP3 player was very inexpensive.
Music Solutions company based MP3 players, BBT(http://www.hibbt.com/), the only necessary to develop and launching, said that six days.

Ministry of Knowledge Economy  Good Design(GD) award-winning products
Phoenix is Simple and required only a product....
and very beautiful design........
Wmv files as well as music from the mp3 can be played. Built-in 1GB NAND flash memory, the color black, white and pink, yellow and 4 species.
 

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[English IT News BlogTimes] Samsung digital camera VLUU ST10 Q&A (What's haptic Effect?)

Q : What ‘s Haptic Effect ?

A : Haptic Effect is the unique technology of Samsung. When you touch the camera screen, it will respond you with vibration to let you know the reaction on your operation.

Q : What the difference between Face Detection and Smart Face Recognition?

A : Face Detection is the function of helping you AF /AE on the face to get the perfect portrait. But Smart Face Recognition is not only AF /AE on the face, but it can save the file under one fold of the person (up to 10) you register as the special person, which will save a lot of time for you when looking for the right photos among hundreds.

Q : Can you tell the detail about Smart Touch AF?

A : Smart Touch AF is also the new technology only owned by Samsung. Normally AF function in camera only focus on the center of the photo, but Samsung Smart Touch AF function can chase the objective and adjust AF based on the movement after you the assure the objective on the screen.

Q : What’s the biggest difference between ST10 and previous generation ?

A : First of all, Samsung started the new line up based on the different segmentation. Specially this product, its innovative design will give a new concept on Samsung camera. Secondly, for the consumer’s need of style, it also provide some unique features of ease of use to help you get the perfect shot, such as Smart Face Recognition, Smart Touch AF, Smart Album, Frame Guide and so on.

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[CES 2009 News BlogTimes] 'GiiNii's Movit' Mini WiFi Android tablet

- 4.3-inch 480 x 272 resistive touchscreen
- soft keyboard for text entry
- Bluetooth 2.0
- Built-in speaker, Microphone
- MicroSD Slot expansion
- 256MB of internal storage
- Front-facing camera
- $149 (the probable price)

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[CES 2009 News BlogTimes] iRiver MID D50N

The D50N multimedia networking device reminds me of the iriver Wing that has still not taken flight. Here are its main specs:

- 4.8" TFT 800 x 480(WVGA) touchscreen
- Built-in QWERTY Keyboard
- Built-in Wi-Fi
- Full internet browsing and instant messaging
- 16GB NAND flash with microSD card slot
Other features: music, video, photo, office viewer, FM radio, voice recording, and dictionary
- Unknow Lunching day

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[CES 2009 News BlogTimes] Pegatron $199 Netbook mit 8 Stunden Akku

Comprehensive solution based on ARM® technology designed to enable low-power, gigahertz performance netbooks at sub-$200 price points

AUSTIN, Texas – Jan. 5, 2009 – Freescale Semiconductor enters the fast-growing netbook market with a comprehensive solution designed to enable netbooks that feature 8.9 inch displays, deliver eight hours of battery life between charges and retail at sub-$200 price points.

Based on the new i.MX515 processor featuring ARM Cortex™-A8 technology, Freescale’s solution includes an impressive lineup of software, components and resources to help OEMs quickly develop and deploy compelling netbook products.

A comprehensive netbook reference design based on the i.MX515 processor is available now. Created in concert with Pegatron, the reference design features the i.MX515 processor, Canonical’s Ubuntu® operating system, a new power management IC from Freescale, the SGTL5000 ultra low-power audio codec and Adobe® Flash® Lite™ software, Adobe’s Flash Player for mobile phones and devices.

“We see a huge opportunity in the netbook market as consumers demand more cost-effective and higher performing solutions,” said Lisa Su, senior vice president and general manager of Freescale’s Networking and Multimedia Group. “Our solution for netbooks will enable OEMs to develop compelling products that feature cell phone-like battery life at extremely aggressive price points. We believe the combination of the i.MX515 processor and related enablement solutions will dramatically accelerate the evolution of this exciting new space.”

According to analyst firm ABI Research, consumers are expected to purchase 140 million netbooks in 2013, compared with only 15 million sold in 2008. Often priced between $300 and $400 (USD), netbooks are streamlined, embedded devices that provide more than enough performance for a host of Internet-based activities such as social networking, surfing the Web, using e-mail and other common tasks.

“As was evident in the 2008 holiday season, the netbook market has exploded due to consumer demand for affordable and compact devices that allow users to conduct routine tasks like social networking or shopping on the Web,” said Philip Solis, principal analyst at ABI Research. “The netbook market is still in its infancy, and it represents a huge market opportunity for companies like Freescale. As advanced platforms for netbooks become increasingly available, price points will drop and the market will expand.”



Unleashing ARM technology for netbook markets
Integrating an ARM Cortex-A8 core and manufactured using 65-nm process technology, Freescale’s new i.MX515 provides up to 2100 Dhrystone MIPS and can scale in performance from 600MHz to 1GHz. Advanced power management features included in the i.MX515 processor, such as a dedicated, hardware-based video acceleration block, allow for extended battery life and eliminate the need for fans or heat sinks.

By incorporating highly integrated devices and low-cost printed circuit boards, the Freescale solution is engineered to keep bill of materials low. In addition, the i.MX515 supports cost efficiency by featuring a memory interface supporting both DDR2 and mobile DDR1. While mobile DDR1 is ideal for the most power sensitive mobile Internet devices, DDR2 is better suited for netbooks as it provides low power at significantly less cost. Although the i.MX515 offers support for both, many competing Cortex-A8 platform options available today only offer mobile DDR1, limiting designers’ options to maximize cost savings.

The i.MX51 is one of the only processors to offer both OpenVG and OpenGL graphics cores, thereby enabling 2D and 3D graphics as well as Flash and SVG for enhanced user experiences. Video created for the Adobe Player is one of the leading video formats on the Internet today. Working with Adobe, Freescale plans to enable the Adobe software to run on the processor’s dedicated OpenVG graphics block, thereby extending battery life and enabling netbook web browsing experiences as rich and responsive as those on traditional PCs.

New netbook power management technology from Freescale
A key component of Freescale’s netbook solution is the new MC13982 power management IC. Integrating a variety of discrete functions into a single device, the MC13982 contributes to reduced size and weight of end products while extending their battery life through innovative power management and control features. The device incorporates a battery charging system, four adjustable buck converters for powering the processor core and memory, two boost converters for LCD backlighting, and RGB LED displays along with serial backlighting drivers for display and keypad.

About Adobe Flash Platform
The Adobe Flash Platform is the de facto standard for delivering breakthrough applications, content and video on the Web. Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Flash Lite™ are on over 98 percent of connected computers and more than 800 million devices, and deliver more than 80 percent of Web video worldwide, ensuring that content and applications are presented consistently in the format users want. For more information on the Adobe Flash Platform, visit www.adobe.com/flashplatform.

Availability
Freescale’s netbook reference design is available now. The company is currently sampling the i.MX515 processor and MC13982 power management device to tier one netbook customers. Volume production for the i.MX515 device is planned for Q2 2009 to power netbooks designed for the 2009 holiday shopping season.

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[CES 2009 News BlogTimes] Sony P11/P19 (P500) in UK in Feb. Pricing.

The Sony UK press release for the Sony P-Series gives us pricing and availability.

The VAIO P-series comes in four eye-catching colours; red, dark green, black and white, all with a high gloss piano finish. The VAIO P-series range will be available in the UK in February 2009 from www.sonystyle.co.uk, priced from £849. Accessories include matching colour carrying cases and Bluetooth® mice.

So, 850 quid for the base P11 model, going up to 1368 pounds for the P19 128GBSSD version.
Pre-order is already open as Sonystyle.co.uk

Reference : umpcportal.com

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[English News BlogTimes] Samsung to unveil CES 2009 Blu-ray players 'Broadcom’s BCM7601 SoC'

Coming this CES 2009, Samsung may showcase its 2009 line of Blu-ray players with Broadcom’s BCM7601 Blu-ray SoC chipset with smaller footprint and energy efficient 65 nanometer processor for the supports of Blu-ray, DVD, online content playback and HDMI 1.3 protocol.

The BCM7601 is Broadcom’s third gen, high-performance single-on-chip with 500-MHz MIPS 24Kc processor with dedicated 64-KB caches. Much like the Sigma Design SoC 8644 and 45nm Panasonic’s UniPhier; the BCM7601 integrates a MIPS execution unit, dual-stream video decoder, dedicated graphics engines, 7.1 audio capability, security processor, a hardware still image decoder, dual DDR2 interfaces, video and audio outputs, and a full array of system and connectivity interfaces for the most demanding Blu-ray multimedia player.

More Link : slashgear.com

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