2008 April 25 | high tech blogger

Apr 25 2008

Personal not turning on? Here’s an exhaustive list of possible problems and solu

Posted by: admin in Mobile Tech

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, GSM, HSDPA, UMTS

While we patiently wait for Nokia’s current, “no major new products” fiscal quarter to expire, we’ll have to trudge through releases like these 5320 (left) and 5220 (your other left) candybars. As members of the XpressMusic range the devices themselves are fine. Unfortunately, fine isn’t going to win back that 1% lost market share. The 3G HSDPA 5320 (€220 / $351) features dedicated music and N-Gage gaming keys, a 3.5-mm headphone jack, up to 24-hours of play time, up to 8GB of expandable storage, and a “Say and Play” voice controlled playlist; speak the name of the artist or song you want and the phone will play it. The (€160 / $255) 5220 removes the HSDPA but adds a lanyard… hoorah!? Anticipate both to land in Europe sometime in Q3 2008.

Apr 25 2008

Computer not turning on? Here’s an exhaustive list of possible problems and solu

Posted by: admin in Oline Networking News

I had this problem a few months ago when I was putting together my current Computer. First I got a loud system beep and the CMOS display would stop somewhere in the 20s. That turned out to be my video card being improperly powered. Then it would boot and crash hard before getting to the OS. Turned out to be a bad stick of RAM. I’m glad I had my laptop around to look up CMOS codes and stuff, but I wish I’d had this list to check out too.

It starts with the basics (plugged in?) but moves to more advances stuff like clearing the CMOS memory, checking your PSU, and cleaning PCI interfaces. If your personal is not booting at all, this is a great checklist to run down before freaking out.

Via [crunchgear]

Apr 25 2008

Nokia outs HSDPA 5320 and 5220 XpressMusic candybars, wake us when it’s th

Posted by: admin in Mobile Tech

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, GSM, HSDPA, UMTS

While we patiently wait for Nokia’s current, “no major new products” fiscal quarter to expire, we’ll have to trudge through releases like these 5320 (left) and 5220 (your other left) candybars. As members of the XpressMusic range the devices themselves are fine. Unfortunately, fine isn’t going to win back that 1% lost market share. The 3G HSDPA 5320 (€220 / $351) features dedicated music and N-Gage gaming keys, a 3.5-mm headphone jack, up to 24-hours of play time, up to 8GB of expandable storage, and a “Say and Play” voice controlled playlist; talk the name of the artist or song you want and the phone will play it. The (€160 / $255) 5220 removes the HSDPA but adds a lanyard… hoorah!? Anticipate both to land in Europe sometime in Q3 2008.

Apr 25 2008

Fujitsu Raku-Raku F884i now available, sports upgraded voice recognition

Posted by: admin in Mobile Tech

Filed under: Handsets, Others, NTT DoCoMo, GSM, UMTS

Reaction to NTT DoCoMo’s new logo has been blended, but when it comes to the carrier’s phones, there’s still very tiny to not love — and when we state “love,” we mean “feel sorry for ourselves that we don’t have access to these things.” The recently-announced (and copied) Raku-Raku F884i from Fujitsu is now available in three delicious colors, featuring the same one-seg mobile TV tuner and gargantuan display present on the majority of modern handsets for the Japanese domestic market. Other goodies include a configurable orientation sensor that, by default, fires up the Television when tilted in one direction and the camera when tilted in the other (clever!) and upgraded voice recognition that allows for complete email dictation by sending the user’s voice to a server and text back to the phone in real time. Oh, and this one does global roaming, too, so we’ll take one of each, please.

Apr 25 2008

Palm to begin beta testing on new device say emails

Posted by: admin in Mobile Tech

Filed under: Handsets, Palm, Sprint

Word on the street (or via super-secret emails) is that Palm is about to begin beta testing on a fancy new device. Apparently, an email went out to select individuals calling for Sprint customers who will use Bluetooth devices and have access to WiFi. The email further requests that potential testers be “seasoned business professionals” who “commute and spend a ton of time working on email and on the phone.” From the sounds of things, the company is gearing up to road test its heavily rumored, WiFi-equipped Treo 800w, a Windows Mobile device likely sporting 6.1. If you don’t know what we’re talking about, it’s that mildly dated looking device from Gates’ CES keynote that we’ve also seen in leaks recently. Nice going on the new spec and inclusion of WiFi (at long last) — now how about some new form factors?

Apr 25 2008

Alcatel comes to the US, prepaid style

Posted by: admin in Mobile Tech

Filed under: Handsets, Others, GSM

Alcatel had mentioned a few months ago that it planned to roll deep with US launches this year — kind of hard to swallow, considering the non-presence they’ve had here for years and the difficulty for a new player to break into the market — but sure enough, here we go with the first volley. Locus Telecom’s prepaid O2 Wireless brand (naw, not that O2) has launched two low-end Alcatel sets two accompany its range of LGs and Motorolas, the E206a candybar and E227a flip. Both are sans camera or high-speed data of any sort; in fact, they putt along with mere dual-band GSM radios, and in the case of the E206a, a positively miniature 96 x 96 display. Not exactly a groundbreaking entrance into the market for Alcatel, but an entrance nonetheless. O2 says its service is for “students, seniors, and trendsetters,” so if you’re a trendsetter, go ahead and get your Alcatel on.

[Via MobileBurn]