Nokia has recently announced three new models: Nokia 6500 Classic, Nokia 6500 Slide and Nokia 8600 Luna. The first model is a 3G mobile that is suitable for worldwide use because it is a quad-band phone. Nokia 6500 Classic will retail for 320 euros ($430) excluding the taxes and is expected in stores this summer.

The 6500 Slide is a sliding variant of the first model. It also works on 3G networks and features a 2 megapixel camera. Probably the Classic has a camera too, even it wasn’t announced in the Reuters news. Nokia 6500 Slide has a stainless steel body and will be priced at 370 euros (around $500).

About the Nokia 8600 Luna we have written about in a previous article. The price mentioned there wasn’t the official one, so you’ll find out right here - 700 euros ($940) without taxes.

[via Yahoo]

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Palm’s Foleo was presented by Jeff Hawkins at the D5 Conference. It was described as “first smartphone companion product”. When you edit a document on the Foleo, for instance, the changes appear on the accompanying smartphone, and vice versa. Foleo was designed to work in a tandem with a smartphone.

The device sports a 10″ wide screen, full QWERTY keyboard and Bluetooth connectivity. It can be paired with Palm Treo devices that use the Palm OS or Windows Mobile. Other devices could work with Foleo by modifying their software.

Foleo impresses with the built-in office software: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, the Opera browser for Web surfing and a Palm-developed PDF viewer. It features Wi-Fi connectivity. The mini-laptop runs the Linux OS. However it received some critics referring to the underpowered processor. Palm Foleo is priced at $500, but many voices questioned its capabilities. Overall, I find it very attractive. Probably an improved model would rock the market. We shall see…

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Raon Digital has created a new UMPC called Everun. The device has been equipped very well. Everun sports a large touchscreen (4.8″) with 800×480 resolution, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0. Besides, it supports the new WiMAX technology and HDSPA data transfer technology. They promise a battery life around 7 hours, so it won’t trouble you during a journey.

The storage possibilities are the 30 or 60GB hard drives or 6GB SSD. The UMPC is powered by a 600Mhz AMD Geode processor and 512MB DDR2 memory. The input options include a full QWERTY keyboard and a Touch Pen. Everun has a 2 megapixel camera for chat mode and for taking photos. The stereo speakers, the microphone and the tone controls complete the entertainment features.

With Everun everything is easier! You can listen your favorite tracks, watch some cool movies, chat with your friends, check your email or taking photos. The device was announced to be available in late July. We don’t know anything about the price, but you can make a pre-order at Pocket PC Solutions.

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Apple announced yesterday in a press release that the 160GB Apple TV model will be available today. The recommended price for the 160GB model is $399. Apple told that storage would be sufficient for 200 hours of video, 36,000 songs, 25,000 photos or a combination of each.

Besides, announcing the larger capacity Apple TV, Steve Jobs talked about YouTube videos: “This is the first time users can easily browse, find and watch YouTube videos right from their living room couch, and it’s really, really fun.” Starting from mid-June, Apple TV will stream videos directly from YouTube. The free software upgrade for YouTube will be available in June too.

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What the hell is that?! Easy my friend, I will present you the future successor of HDTV. A Japanese company, called NHK, has demonstrate at the Science and Technical Research Laboratories, in Tokyo, that the Super Hi-Vision television is the future of today’s HDTV systems.

NHK’s engineers have presented a prototype image sensor that can offer a Super Hi-Vision resolution of 7680 by 4320. This progress on Super Hi-Vision will produce the replacement of today’s HDTV devices. Also, NHK has presented a Super Hi-Vision camera that can capture a live monochrome video image at 7680×4320 resolution. A prototype Super Hi-Vision encoder can encode a 24-gbps video signal to a 128-mbps MPEG4 AVC stream in real time using 16 encoders in parallel.

All in all, I would say the progress is outstanding. We’ve just entered the HDTV era and NHK has developed the next generation television. But, hey, the science don’t stop!

[Credits: PC World]

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