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Mobile & Wireless: Nokia, Lenovo, HP Roll Out Latest Gadgets at Digital Experience


NEW YORK—At Pepcom's recent Digital Experience event, a wide variety of IT companies arrived to show off their latest digital cameras, netbooks, smartphones and other devices designed to make both regular and business life a bit more flashy and efficient.

Whether new smartphones from Nokia, a vehicle visor mount from BlackBerry, new mini-notebooks or netbooks from Lenovo, or backup hard-drives from Hewlett-Packard, a variety of gizmos made an appearance. Devices also ranged from pure entertainment to pure functionality, such as ultra-armored phones designed to be nearly as invulnerable as rugged laptops.

eWEEK offers a look at some of the latest and greatest of these gadgets.
 
  • Nokia, Lenovo HP Roll Out Latest Gadgets at Digital Experience
    By Nicholas Kolakowski
  • Sonim XP3 Quest
    Sonim Technologies' rugged cellphone has undergone the same "armoring" as rugged notebooks, offering field workers a communications device that resists dust and micro-particles as well as six-foot drops and random vibrations. The carrier-unlocked device can be submerged in up to three feet of water for 30 minutes. It will be released in the U.S. sometime in 2009, with a suggested price point of $499.
  • Nokia N97
    This smartphone, which will retail for $699, features 32GB internal memory (expandable to 48GB) along with Hi-Speed USB 2.0 connectivity, a 5.0 megapixel still/video camera with Carl Zeiss optics, and integrated GPS.
  • Nokia N97
    The Nokia N97 features a full slide-out keyboard, which appears when the device is re-oriented into a sideways configuration with a tilted screen. The 3.5-inch screen itself features a resolution of 640 x 360 pixels.
  • BlackBerry Vehicle Visor Mount
    The BlackBerry Vehicle Visor mount streams calls and music from one's BlackBerry through either the vehicle's FM stereo system or the Visor Mount speaker. The Visor supports GPS Mapping voice prompts, Caller ID number announcements and voice-activated dialing.
  • HP SimpleSave
    Hewlett-Packard is marketing four external "hands free" hard-drives for backing up one's laptop or desktop system. The two portable, laptop-centric drives come in either 320GB ($119.99) or 500GB ($149) models, while the desktop models have a capacity of 1TB ($149) or 2TB ($329.99). All four will scan a hard-drive and perform automatic backup, and support the majority of existing file formats.
  • Toshiba mini NB205
    Powered by the Intel Atom Processor N280, an running Windows XP, these mini-notebooks (popularly known as "netbooks") are designed to be ultra-portable, measuring 1 inch thick by 10.4 inches long.
  • Toshiba mini NB205
    With regard to Internet capability, the mini NB205 includes Wireless LAN (802.11) and Bluetooth V2.1 + EDR. Memory stands at 1GB DDR2 800MHz, while the hard drive has a 160GB capacity.
  • Kodak Zx1 Pocket Video Camera
    This $149.95 portable video device, seemingly designed as a competitor to the low-cost Flip video camcorder, comes in five colors and will record 720p HD videos. The casing is weather-resistant, and built-in software allows videos to be uploaded to YouTube.
  • Kodak Zx1 Pocket Video Camera
    The Kodak Zx1 can record up to 10 hours of HP video with an SD/SDHC card slot.
  • Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2
    The S10-2 ($399) weighs 2.2 pounds and comes equipped with an Intel Atom Processor N270 (1.60GHz). A slightly lighter version of the S10, it runs Windows XP.
  • Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2
    The S10-2 comes with a 10.1-inch screen; memory-wise, it features 1GB DDR 2 667MHz.
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