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Oki Face Sensing for Mobile phones

Posted by: Ilse Jurrien Friday 25th, August 2006

Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. today announced that it has provided Pantech Co., Ltd., a major mobile phone company in South Korea, with FaceSensingEngine (FSE), Oki's face image processing middleware to be used in their mobile phones. FSE is embedded into Pantech's SKY brand mobile phone, "SKY IM-R100," that was launched on August 1, 2006. "Our SKY brand mobile phones are known for their abundant functions using the camera, and we have been looking for an image processing technology that utilizes the camera as a human interface as well as for entertainment," said Lee, General Manager, Product Planning, Pantech.

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Sony Ericsson K618 3G phone

Posted by: Ilse Jurrien Thursday 17th, August 2006

Sony Ericsson today announces the K618: a slim, lightweight 3G phone that will launch in selected markets and deliver the perfect mix of mobile phone, multimedia applications and business solutions. The new K618 has been developed for those users that want "the best of both worlds"; entertainment on the move & a powerful business tool. The high performance K618 3G device is as light and slim as a typical 2.5G phone, yet delivers blisteringly-fast speeds for streaming or downloading music & video clips, browsing the web or gaming. And staying in control of your inbox is made easier with support for push email, allowing messages to be sent directly to the phone without having to download them.

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Nokia N93 Golf Edition

Posted by: Ilse Jurrien Friday 11th, August 2006

Nokia today announced the availability of the Nokia N93 Golf Edition, a special package combining the unparalleled mobile video capabilities of the Nokia N93 multimedia computer with a unique golf application that enables you to capture your golf swing, analyze and improve your game by split screen swing comparison and other advanced analysis tools. The Pro Session Golf by Nokia application has a ready to use golf-tailored viewfinder that instantly captures a player's swing from the correct angles and distances. Unlike current video analysis solutions, Pro Session Golf is portable and instantly usable with no additional cameras, cables, or computer needed. Everything you need is included.

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Skype Mobile WiFi internet Phone

Posted by: Ilse Jurrien Thursday 27th, July 2006

Skype, the global Internet communica-tions company, today announced collaboration with hardware partners to deliver the first WiFi phones for Skype software, making Internet calling on the move a reality. By enabling consumers to make Internet calls without a computer, Skype is freeing people from their computers and saving them money. "We want to give people the freedom to move around while talking and have access to Skype wherever they are - whether in front of a computer or while moving around the home or office," said Stefan Oberg, General Manager Hardware for Skype. "Now people can make wireless Internet calls and enjoy the great Skype cost savings and sound quality free of a computer."

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Mobile imaging is hot, but the way the imaging industry looks at mobile imaging products has changed. Whereas some once thought that we needed digital cameras with phones built-in, or imagined doom scenarios where compact cameras disappeared entirely and mobile camera phones take over, the same people have now come to the conclusion that mobile imaging has increased the imaging market and is for most users just another way of taking a snapshot. Today's mobile camera phone has increased in resolution and offers features that were at earlier times only found in digital cameras. We may even see the first 12 Megapixel camera phones at the end of this year, or the beginning of 2009. One thing is for sure, the strength of a multimedia phone is an ultra compact and light weight design so that you can carry it with you, always, whilst also offering a perfect integration of a lot of multimedia features like a digital camera, video capture, GPS, Internet, etc.