Release of Low Profile and Highly Reliable SIM Card Connector
SMK has announced the release of highly reliable compact SIM card connector designed for mobile communication devices such as smartphone and tablet PCs. The new connector comes in a height of just 1.32mm.With the card detection switch, the area that comes to contact with SIM card uses 2-point contact structure, making the connector to be resistance to “temporary blackouts” which can occur during the drop impact. The shield cover of the connector is a full-hold type ensuring a secure connection. Read more
Industry’s First Oxide Semiconductor based LCD Panels by Sharp
Sharp has announced the development of high performance small and medium size LCD panels using oxide semiconductor, InGaZnO. The new panels were designed to full fill the market demand for small to medium size LCD panels that are being used in smartphones as well as Tablet PCs offering quality display which includes high resolution and high picture quality as well as being light weight in a small form factor with low power consumption. Read more
Au’s HTC smartphone
KDDI and Okinawa Cellular Telephone Company will commence sale of HTC smartphone. The E30HT runs on Window mobile Professional Edition ver. 6.1. The transmission capability of E30HT is at download speed of maximum 3.1 Mbps and upload speed of maximum 1.8Mbps. The demission of E30HT’s main body is 52mm in width, 106mm in height and 18mm in thickness. The E30HT is equipped with 2.8 inch VGA liquid crystal touch panel and five lines of QWERTY keyboards. The E30HT comes with a WALKINGHOTSPOT application capable of turning your mobile phone into a WiFi hotspot. With E30HT the user is also capable of erasing their personal data in case of theft or loss. The new E30HT will go on sale by May 1st, 2009
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