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Representative of the German telecommunications operator Deutsche Telekom Alexander von Shmettov (Alexander von Schmettow) said in a telephone interview with Bloomberg reporter share that with today’s customers for open booking “apple” next-generation smartphones.

According Shmettov, the German operator has decided to meet the insistent requests of their subscribers who want to be among the first to get a new device to Apple and expressing concern that because of the big buzz this intent will be difficult to implement. Subscribers Deutsche Telekom, the next generation iPhone 5 reserved, in confirmation of this to get a coupon that does not specify either the device name or the price or delivery schedule.

Remarkably, this action is not advertised and order in the next version of the online store or online at Deutsche Telekom is not possible. To do this, the subscriber must go to the nearest retail outlet operator to place your order and receive a coupon.

Despite the fall in stocks and lack of understanding of much of the public computer, HP continues to move at the new rate was set on the last balance sheet and investor conference designed to bring the company to a brighter future. This is indicated by the last two letters of guidance to HP employees. They speak of the fact that the company has decided to divide the former Palm into two parts, which will be subject to separate units.

The hardware part will remain in the Personal Systems Group and will continue to be subordinated to Stephen DeWitt (Stephen DeWitt). In turn, the software division of Palm, which HP still very interested, will be selected and placed under the supervision HP Office of Strategy and Technology, headed by Executive Vice President Shane Robison (Shane Robison).

Separation of Palm hardware and software sounds quite familiar. That is what made ​​the Palm in 2003, divided by palmOne (the hardware technology, following the merger with Handspring) and PalmSource (software). It was a disaster – PalmSource has worked hard to develop the OS and a few years later was purchased by Japanese developer of mobile browsers for a measly $ ACCESS 324 million (the purchase is then turned into Access Linux Platform, which also made ​​significant progress.)

Anyway, here are two letters – from Todd Bradley (Todd Bradley) with the announcement of the separation and Shane Robison (Shane Robison) to the development team webOS. They explain the future plans of HP software platform and hardware developments webOS company Palm.

Inside the Web born rumors that the retailer Best Buy began preparations to start selling a new version of “apple” smartphones – Apple iPhone 5. This information sources have reinforced a copy of a memo intended for internal use. Its spread among the staff Best Buy. In the memo, reported that on October 10 managers have Best Buy Mobile division will host an event, which will be discussed in preparation for the upcoming major release. In accordance with previous rumors we want to believe that we are talking about the sales of Apple iPhone 5. In the memo also indicated possible date of delivery “device Apple» – October 21. However, in a footnote states that these dates are tentative.

In parallel with these rumors there was a message that has already begun assembling smartphone Apple iPhone 5. Japanese resource Macotakara with reference to Chinese sources, reported that the assembly of the so-called iPhone 5 is two OEM-partners Apple – by Foxconn, which accounts for 85% of orders for the assembly and the iPhone 5 Pegatron. Start of delivery planned for October.

Press Service of the NEC Display Solutions announced the release of a new 20-inch LCD display NEC MultiSync EX201W in ultra-performance hull.

Novelty has a widescreen display with LED backlight, which is characterized by a resolution of 1600 x 900 pixels, contrast ratio 1000:1 (25000:1 DCR), as well as the viewing angle of 170 degrees vertical and 176 degrees in the horizontal plane.

The device is equipped with height-adjustable ergonomic stand with adjustable angle of the screen, rotating it, or transfer from landscape to portrait mode display. Interface includes a set of ports and DisplayPort DVI-I. The energy consumption level does not exceed 21 Tues

Among other things, is endowed with sensors debutant Ambient Light Sensor and Human Sensor, supports ECO Mode, but also meets ENERGY STAR 5.1, TCO 5.2 and EPEAT Gold.

The product provides a three-year guarantee of quality branded and will be available for purchase in the U.S. later this month for a suggested retail price of $ 230.

Press office of the company Creative Technology Ltd. officially announced the launch of three new generation of sound cards manufactured in the form of expansion boards for PCI Express x1.

At the Court of consumers are offered a basic model of Sound Blaster Recon3D PCIe and its more advanced modifications Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Professional and Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Champion. All of them have a proprietary design called Sound Core3D, which is “taken up by” instead of products used in the previous concept of X-Fi. The main difference between Sound Core3D of X-Fi is the use of special digital signal processor (DSP) chips instead of a series on the architecture CA20K RISC.

It should be noted that the description of their creations creators talk about the “quad” structure of products, but really it is only the presence of a set of four DSP, two of which are responsible for implementing such complex technologies, such as THX TruStudio Pro and Creative CrystalVoice. Their forces improves the performance of compressed audio (Technology THX TruStudio Pro Crystalizer), formed the bulk sound picture (technology TruStudio Pro Surround), aligned with the volume (the technology Smart Volume), increased dialogue intelligibility during negotiations (Technology Dialog Plus), for the shortage of low-frequency (Technology Pro Bass), increasing the overall quality of voice calls (Acoustic Echo Cancellation Technology and Noise Reduction), as well as an opportunity to change your voice to remain anonymous (technology FX).

In terms of design and integration of audio card Sound Blaster Recon3D PCIe is the simplest. It lacks a protective cover and comes with no accessories. But the Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Professional and Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Champion ingenious in execution of a protective casing with red LED illumination and a transparent polycarbonate window. They differ from each other not only dial retired mounting plate interfaces, but the fact that the first added to the microphone and the second was a special front panel of the input-output, which is embedded in a 5.25 – or 3.5-inch drive bay desktop system unit PC.

At the moment there is no precise information on the prices of products and we have considered the timing of the start of their massive sales.

Lenovo introduced at the IFA 2011 its first ultrabuk IdeaPad U300s, capable, according to the company to compete with market leader MacBook Air from Apple.

«IdeaPad U300s, equipped with 13.3″ display, is the thinnest laptop in the market – said Michael Littler (Michael Littler), the head of group marketing Lenovo .- The shell thickness is U300s 0.59 “(14.9 mm) and weight – 2.95 lbs (1.34 kg), while the 13 “MacBook Air case thickness and weight are, respectively, 0.68″ and 2.96 pounds. ”

Lenovo IdeaPad U300s based on dual-core processors, the second-generation micro-architecture Sandy Bridge. The user is prompted to choose a Core i7 2677M 1.8 GHz or Core i5 2467M (1,6 GHz). Ultrabuka specification also includes up to 4 GB of RAM DDR3, SSD with capacity up to 256 GB, 1.3-megapixel webcam, wireless adapters Bluetooth, Wi-Fi 802.11n, USB 2.0 and USB 3.0, Connector HDMI. Runtime device is about 8 hours.

In the sale of Lenovo IdeaPad U300s arrive in October with a price tag of $ 1195. Case color novelty – gray or orange.

Hewlett-Packard Company today announced the massive sales of desktop computer systems HP Pro 3400 Series, aimed primarily at business users.

These desktops are enclosed in the body size Micro Tower, built on Intel Celeron processors or Intel Core i3/i5/i7 generation Sandy Bridge and come preloaded with the Windows 7 platform Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, or FreeDOS. In their arsenal, among other things, there are up to 8 GB of RAM DDR3, up to a terabyte of disk space, DVD-optical drive, integrated graphics, network card, Gigabit Ethernet, Wireless Adapter Wi-Fi (optional), the outputs D-Sub and DVI and a power unit 300W.

Sarah Rotman Epps Analyst (Sarah Rotman Epps) from Forrester recently shared his outlook that the Amazon could easily sell for three to five million of its anticipated Android-plates. It considers the Amazon as the first real competitor to Apple iPad, provided that the company will be able to offer the device for $ 300 and will have no problem with providing supplies. Amazon willingness to price competition or selling below cost devices to capture the market can provide an additional advantage.

The analyst adds that Amazon might want to maximize distance from Google, if it wishes to succeed. Ideally, a company must create a unique environment as well as Android market, the Tablet is not particularly popular. Mrs. Rothman notes that the OEM-manufacturers complain about restrictions on Android in the form of incompleteness, and poor performance of Android Market, strict rules regarding Honeycomb, limiting the diversity and fragmentation of the earlier versions of mobile operating systems. So Amazon should offer attractive features, highlighting the benefits of its products.

According to rumors, Amazon’s emphasis on cost components that would reduce the cost (for example, the two-point multi-touch screens and no cameras). In addition, the company may make a choice in favor of highly processed Android 2.3, rather than optimized for the tablets Android 3.2. Amazon allegedly focused on competition, not with the iPad, and with Barnes & Noble Nook Color.

Kingmax company added to the lineup of flash drives ED-01 Series two new models. Capacity of new products is 64, and 128 GB.

Both drives are enclosed in a casing made ​​of durable plastic, which, according to developers, pleasant to the touch and feel to the touch like skin. Two-channel controller provides read / write speed of up to 66 and 41 MB / s, respectively.

New items, as well as other representatives of this series are equipped with interface USB 3.0. The manufacturer provides a two-year warranty their products. Prices in the press release is not specified.

Samsung Electronics, the official press release informed the public about the market launch of the new family of portable computers Chronos, relating to the product line of Series 7.

At the Court of consumers are offered models with screen sizes 15.6 “and 14″, enclosed in durable aluminum body 23.9 mm thick. LCDs are made by technology SuperBright, equipped with LED backlight, have a resolution of 1600 x 900 pixels and are characterized by the brightness of 300 nits.

Machines will be available in different configurations on the processor Intel (until the Core i7-2675QM to 2.2 GHz), in the arsenal which, among other things, is:

* Up to 8 GB of RAM;
* Winchester up to 750 GB, complete with an SSD 8GB (implemented technology ExpressCache from Diskeeper Corporation to be able to store the SSD the most frequently used data to speed up access to them);
* Graphics Card AMD Radeon HD 6750M;
* Audio sound enhancement technology SoundAlive;
* Writing an optical DVD-drive;
* Integrated 1.3-megapixel webcam;
* Interface USB 3.0;
* Rechargeable battery technology Battery Life Plus, which provides up to 9 hours of battery life.