Samsung announced a new CMOS-sensor – S5K5B3, – able to provide this HD-quality (1080p) images at a resolution of the matrix in 2.1 megapixel camera, and speed of recording video at 30 frames per second. Auto Focus, by itself, is present. According to Engadget, the supply of new sensors will begin in the second quarter of this year. It must be the first devays them appear this fall.

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Samsung introduced its first candy bar with a "multitouch", or rather, even two: U200 and U250. With these computers will be working together, pressing on the screen with your fingers, that is supported in Windows 7 .

Differences between the two models lie mainly in the size of the screen: the U250 is 23 inches diagonal, the resolution – full-scale 1920 × 1080. In U200 screen more modest: 20 inches and 1600 × 900 points. Other characteristics are very similar, although detailed data on this subject yet. More about these updates, we will know in May on the World Wide Exhibition.

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Site PMPToday posted a photo poster (for some reason, Russian) with the four have not yet announced by Samsung phone models running Bada . The poster indicated even price in rubles, however, very inaccurate. The site suggests that prices will range from $ 350 to $ 700. Among the new products will be two models with QWERTY-keyboard.

In addition, this year Samsung officially presented two models running Bada: Samsung Wave 8500 and another that will be the world's first phone, Certified DivX HD. Thus, we have had six new products on the basis of Bada.

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Samsung announced today the most capacious memory in the server industry. The new DDR3-ins doubles the capacity of previous generation: now the memory of 32 GB, while the power consumption remained stable. They are done on 40-nm process technology on a single module which accounts for 36 dual chip with a bandwidth of 4 Gb / s, which is also twice the previous flagship model.

In AMD explain that the dual server with a memory can support up to 384 GB. Now, for this volume, you can use six modules on a 32 GB instead of 12 to 16 GB. The result – an increase in speed (from 800 to 1066 Mb / s) while reducing power consumption by 40%.

The mass production of the new memory will begin in April. And in the second half of this year Samsung plans to acquire 30-nm process technology for both server and desktop systems.

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Site TechRadar wrote that Samsung is preparing its own tablet, it can easily compete iPad. Specific details and specifications yet. Currently only known (again, unofficially) that the tablet will work based on Android: Windows 7 producers considered too demanding for such a device. Also glad the presence of USB-ports and slots for memory cards, which have no iPad. Finally, the new network will support 4G.

The last point indicates that the tablet is intended primarily to Asia, where new cellular standards are implemented quickly. If so, let us hope that we will have it before they have time to become obsolete.

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Gartner summed up the results of the smartphone market in 2009. A positive outcome of this year has ended for Apple, Google and RIM. In absolute terms, leading RIM with 19,9% of the market, but Apple and Google was growing fast. Apple increased its market share from 8,2% (in 2008) to 14,4% (in 2009). Android most of 2008 was not shipped, but next year this OS gained 3.9% market share.

As usual, the growth of some means a fall for others. Share Symbian fell below 50% – to 46,9%. The positions of Windows Mobile weakened with 11,8% to 8,7%, and operating system from Microsoft took the fourth position in the ranking. The share of systems based on Linux has declined from 7,6% to 4,7%: this reflected the transition of many producers on Android.

Proportion Palm webOS still negligible – only 0.7%.

If we talk about the market of traditional phones, there is still a leader Nokia with 36.9%. However, a year ago, it was higher – 38,6%. Next come the Samsung and LG, and they were able to improve the position: up to 19,5% and 10,1% respectively.

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President of the development of mobile devices of Samsung J-Shin Kay (JK Shin) website reported Bloomberg, that «Samsung would react to the emergence of iPad». In fact, this may mean that the company intends to release a competitor iPad.

It is known that Samsung is a supplier of certain components for Apple, which are used including the iPad – such as the processor Apple A4. It turns out that Samsung, probably will compete with Apple in the market as tablets, while being its direct and quite valuable partner.

Recall that recently Google opened the veil of secrecy over its own tablet, and Acer does expressed in that spirit that compete with the iPad company simply does not make sense.

Meanwhile, on the web disperse rumors that Apple will pre-order iPad module WiFi in America for 25 February. This information, however nothing concrete has not yet been confirmed.

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Company Samsung announced two new compact camcorders HMX-U15 and HMX-U20. Both models are equipped with CMOS-sensor diagonal 1 / 2, 3 inches and a resolution of 1920 × 1080 (Full HD), speed of shooting – 30 fps using the codec H.264.

You can shoot and static pictures, and in this respect it differs U15 for the better: his photographs will have a resolution of 14 MPs, while the U20 – total 10. But at the U20 have 3-times optical zoom, than can not boast of U15.

Both models have a convenient built-in USB-connector, similar to the one that is at the Flip Mino HD. Also, is there HDMI-port.

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As the site Electronista, web, new rumors concerning the manufacturer displays for the new iPhone: Apple reportedly plans to move to the technology displays from Samsung – Super AMOLED.

Apple have now signed an agreement with LG Display at $ 500 million, but there is information that Cupertino is looking for another vendor displays, as well as LG Display may not have time to fly to perform a full workload.

At the moment Super AMOLED ideal option for Apple: almost all parameters Super AMOLED than OLED.

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Samsung in the International Congress on the mobile communications today announced the launch of the world's first netbook to support the protocol of the fourth generation cellular LTE. Model N150 is equipped with a 4G-chipset Kalmia own production, its maximum download speed is 100 Mbps. Other characteristics of the notebook: Pine Trail Atom processor at 1.66 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 250 GB hard drive, rechargeable battery for 8,5 hours (albeit with disabling 4G).

While this laptop is no longer a prototype, and its market prospects is difficult to say anything definite. In Samsung say that everything will depend on the development of networks of LTE.

Via Electronista