Nokia launches 6301 UMA Phone

Nokia has launched the 6301 UMA Phone which offers seamless voice and data mobility across GSM cellular and WLAN networks via Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology.

The Nokia 6301 phone uses UMA technology to integrate the benefits of landline and a mobile phone, including seamless indoor coverage, sound quality and affordability.

"The convergence of mobile and fixed/land-line technologies means consumers are looking for products that can help make their lives easier," said Peter Ropke, Senior Vice President, Mobile Phones, Nokia. "With the Nokia 6301 utilizing UMA technology, worldwide triband GSM coverage is combined with superior indoor WLAN coverage to create a device that people can use in virtually any situation.

With UMA technology, the consumer can use the GSM network or a broadband Internet-connected WLAN network for mobile services. This can ensure excellent indoor coverage both at office and home. The consumer can have one multi-mode handset that works everywhere with enhanced and easy-to-use voice services. And, WLAN/UMA provides excellent coverage and sound quality, even in areas where mobile phone reception has previously been poor.

With UMA technology, the Nokia 6301 benefits operators as well, allowing them to deliver voice and data services to subscribers over WLAN, substantially increasing mobile service availability while decreasing the costs related to network deployment.

Orange will be one of the first operators to offer the Nokia 6301, as part of its Unik/Unique portfolio.

Yves Maitre, Senior Vice President, Devices, Orange said "The Nokia 6301 is a stylish new addition to our Unik range of converged fixed and mobile phones. Orange's Unik offer brings together the convenience of a single phone and tariff at home and on the move and the widest range of UMA handsets. The Nokia 6301, with its sleek candy bar design and attractive stainless steel exterior adds to the appeal of Unik for Orange customers."

The Nokia 6301 is an evolution of the modern monoblock design. Weighing a mere 93 grams and measuring less than 13.1mm thin, the Nokia 6301 is constructed of quality materials. To accompany the UMA technology, the Nokia 6301 also offers consumers a modern suite of features, including a 2 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom and full screen viewfinder. Ideal for home and office, the Nokia 6301 comes with an attractive desk stand, the Nokia Desk Stand DT-23, to hold the phone and keep its battery charged while connected to WLAN.

The clean lines and recessed buttons of the Nokia 6301 are highlighted by a stainless steel frame with hand-hugging curves. In addition, the Nokia 6301 includes:

- 2-inch QVGA screen

- USB/PC Synchronization

- Internal user memory of 30MB and 128MB in-box microSD card, with support for up to 4GB microSD cards

- Voice dialing, voice commands and voice recording

- MP3 player, FM radio

- Integrated hands-free speaker

The Nokia 6301 has a talk-time of up to 3.5 hours and a standby time of up to 14 days. The Nokia 6301 is expected to begin shipping to select markets in Europe during the fourth quarter of 2007 with an estimated retail price of 230 euros before subsidies or taxes.

Source: Nokia

Glide Mobile offers Advanced Microsoft Word Document Support for the iPhone

You can now access, edit, format and share your Microsoft Word documents on your iPhone with Glide Mobile.

Access Glide on your Windows, Mac and Linux desktops at http://www.glideos.com/ and on you mobile phone at http://www.glidemobile.com/.

"Glide provides the convenience and security of access to all of your most important documents and other digital files on your iPhone," said TransMedia Chairman and CEO, Donald Leka. "So now you can work in Glide on your iPhone in one hand while you enjoy a cup of Starbucks coffee in the other hand."

Glide Write 2.0 iPhone Features

The Glide Write 2.0 iPhone version works seamlessly with the Glide desktop version and brings powerful mobile document creation and collaboration features to your iPhone.

Automatically sync and convert your Microsoft Word documents for access on your iPhone.

Open and edit multiple Microsoft Word documents simultaneously on your iPhone.

Edit, format and preview your Microsoft Word documents on your iPhone. Formatting features include bold, italic, underline, bullets, 40 symbols and HTML source editing and preview modes.

Create media rich documents on your iPhone; insert photos, music, video, documents, bookmarks, calendar events and much more.

Export documents you create in Glide Write on the iPhone to Microsoft Word, PDF and RTF.

Collaborate with others from your iPhone using Glide's non-destructive rights-based collaborative document editing with integrated Email, Sharing and Chat applications.

Turn Any Phone into an iPhone: Glide Mobile Adds Support for the LG VX8700, Nokia E-61, Nokia 6300, Motorola KRZR

Today Glide Mobile also adds support for the LG VX8700, Nokia E-61 (Supports Streaming Media), Nokia 6300 and Motorola KRZR to a growing list of smart phones including the iPhone, T-Mobile Wing (Supports Streaming Media), BlackBerry Curve 8300, Nokia N95 (Supports Streaming Media), BlackBerry Pearl (8100), BlackBerry 8700, Cingular 8125 (Supports Streaming Media), HP iPAQ, HP hw6510, Motorola Razr V3, Motorola SLVR, Motorola ROKR, Motorola Q (Supports Streaming Media), Nokia 9300, Nokia E62 (Supports Streaming Media), Nokia 6102i (Supports Streaming Media), Nokia 6682 (Supports Streaming Media), Palm Treo 650, Palm Treo 680 (Supports Streaming Media), Palm Treo 700P, Palm Treo 700W (Supports Streaming Media), Palm Treo 750 (Supports Streaming Media), Palm LifeDrive, Samsung Blackjack (Supports Streaming Media), Samsung A707 (Supports Streaming Media), Samsung D807 (Supports Streaming Media), Samsung A920, LG VX8100, LG VX8300, Sony Ericsson w600i, Sony Ericsson w810i, T-Mobile SDA (Supports Streaming Media), and T-Mobile SideKick.

  What You Get When You Register For Glide

  1) Free automated online synchronization of your music, video, documents,
     photos, contact, calendars and bookmarks for Windows, Mac and Linux PCs
     for anytime, anywhere access on all of your devices;
  2) Free automated conversions of your files for access on Windows, Mac and
     Linux PCs and most smartphones creating universal compatibility;
  3) Free mobile access and advanced personal computing capabilities from
     most smartphones;
  4) A free Online Mobile Operating System to manage your digital life;
  5) The most comprehensive free mobile application suite including Glide
     Write, Glide Presenter, Glide Spreadsheet (available in September),
     Photo Editor, Glide Email, Glide Share, Glide Chat and much more;
  6) Free desktop and mobile social and business networking tools; and
  7) 2 GBs of free online storage.

  The Glide Business Model

  1) $5.00 a month or $49.95 a year gives you an additional 10GBs of storage
     for a total of 12GBs of storage
  2) You can also purchase photo prints as well as music and videos (coming
     soon) through Glide Shops
  3) No annoying advertising

Source: TransMedia

Ericsson signs global license contract with IntelliSearch

Ericsson, the Swedish multi- national telecom vendor, has signed a global license contract with IntelliSearch. The agreement lets Ericsson use IntelliSearch Enterprise as their central information access tool to their global document management solution based on EMC Documentum. Ericsson's document management solution has 40,000 users worldwide.

IntelliSearch Enterprise for EMC Documentum

EMC Documentum is the market leader in document management with more than 2500 of the world's largest corporations as customers. IntelliSearch Enterprise 2.0 for EMC Documentum is an advanced information access tool built for large EMC Documentum installations. The IntelliSearch solution enables speed of information retrieval and user-friendly and relevant search results. Through multi-site synchronisation, the solution enables search in large document volumes even if they are located in separate and geographically dispersed content repositories - all without sacrificing speed and content freshness. This innovation enables employees to search in local and global content repositories with instant results. Moreover, users can search for documents residing in the EMC Documentum solution without having to log into the document management system. IntelliSearch 2.0 is a platform independent enterprise search solution that offers both Documentum specific search, as well as enterprise-wide search to all the corporation's content depositories. Integration to other content depositories is provided through open and available interfaces based on XML and web-services. IntelliSearch Enterprise supports the EMC Documentum platform versions 5 and 6.

Source: IntelliSearch    

   

Web site:  http://www.intellisearchusa.com/

Sony introduces the DSLR-A700 camera

Sony has introduced the DSLR-A700 camera, which they say is aimed at photo enthusiasts or serious photo hobbyists.

The new model features advanced imaging technologies and ultra-responsive operation, as well as a lightweight, dust- and moisture-resistant, magnesium alloy construction common to enthusiast-class D-SLR cameras.

Like Sony's mainstream DSLR-A100 model, the new A700 unit incorporates Super SteadyShot(R) Inside image stabilization in the camera body and is compatible with most Minolta Maxxum(R) mount lenses in addition to Sony lenses.

"Discerning photo enthusiasts will be impressed with the rugged construction and outstanding performance of the A700," said Phil Lubell, director of marketing for digital cameras at Sony Electronics. "We also expect that this new camera will re-define the post-capture experience with HDMI(TM) output for high-quality playback of images on high-definition televisions."

Picture Quality

The camera's new 12.2-megapixel Exmor(TM) CMOS sensor conducts analog-to-digital (A/D) signal conversion and dual noise reduction right on the sensor itself. Noise reduction is applied to analog signals before A/D conversion and the resulting digital signals are then subject to a second round of noise reduction.

According to Lubell, "These digital signals are virtually immune to external noise and interference."

Clean, noise-free digital signals are then sent to the newly developed BIONZ(TM) processing engine. Lubell said this engine has been optimized to process data-rich picture information at high speeds, and to reduce picture noise in the RAW data stage before final image compression and encoding. The results are high-resolution, detailed images with rich tonal reproduction. Extraordinary Responsiveness

The A700 camera is engineered to be fast and ultra-responsive so as to become "a virtual extension of your own senses," Lubell said, "capturing fleeting moments as you see them."

A newly developed, auto-focus system features 11 wide-area sensors, including a center dual cross sensor comprised of two horizontal and two vertical line sensors for exceptional AF precision. An F2.8 line sensor leverages the brightness of fast aperture lenses for even greater precision. Lubell said that extraordinary focusing speed has been realized through improved algorithms and a high-torque focusing drive motor.

The large, bright, viewfinder uses a precision-ground optical glass pentaprism and a high refractive index eyepiece lens to provide 0.9x viewfinder magnification and 95 percent frame coverage. Manual focusing is aided by an interchangeable spherical acute matte focusing screen.

The camera has a high-performance vertical traverse shutter with a maximum shutter speed of 1/8,000th of a second to freeze fast-moving action. A high-power coreless motor charges the shutter and mirror mechanism, allowing continuous shooting at up to five frames per second. In JPEG fine or standard

mode, continuous shooting is limited only by the capacity of the media card (sold separately), while up to 18 frames can be captured in RAW.

Expanded Creativity

The new camera features fourteen creative styles, including night view, autumn leaves or vivid, which can be selected to enhance images. These effects can then be fine-tuned by customizing contrast, sharpness, zone matching and other parameters.

Sony's Dynamic Range Optimizer (DRO) function has been updated on this model so users can choose the desired level of detail recovered in areas of shadow. The advanced mode offers the option of five levels of user selectable correction. Additionally, DRO bracketing creates three images from a single capture with three different levels of DRO.

There is an extensive array of customization options to personalize the camera to match shooting styles. The unit's quick navigation interface can be accessed instantly with the four-way multi-selector, and selected parameters can be adjusted directly by control dials.

Up to 28 camera settings can be stored in one of three user memories for instant recall. The unit's custom function button can be assigned to 15 frequently-accessed functions.

With the supplied remote capture application, the camera can be controlled from a compatible PC via USB without even touching the camera, and files can be stored on the computer instead of the media card.

High-Quality Pictures on an HDTV

The A700 model features an HDMI output for connection to HDTV sets, putting a high-resolution spin on the conventional photo slideshow. When connected to a Sony BRAVIA(R) LCD HD television, photos are optimized for viewing with the new "PhotoTV HD" mode. This mode brings the look of actual printed photography to the television, reproducing high-quality digital photos by fine-tuning such image parameters as sharpness, gradation and color specifically for photographs.

The exceptional viewing experience of this camera also extends to viewing photos on its 3-inch LCD screen. The screen's size and ultra-sharp resolution (921K) makes it possible to check focus and image quality with much greater accuracy.

A Flexible System

The camera will be introduced with two new lenses, bringing Sony's lens and teleconverter catalog up to 23 models. Supplied as a standard kit lens, the new DT 16-105 mm f.3.5 - 5.6 lens features a distinctive zoom range (35mm equivalency of 24 - 157.5 mm); compact, lightweight design; and internal focusing. The other addition is a powerful and compact high-magnification DT 18 - 250 mm f3.5 - 6.3 lens. Sony is also planning to introduce a specialty 70 -300 mm f4.5 - 5.6 SSM G telephoto lens featuring super sonic wave motor auto focus drive system for smooth auto focusing in Spring 2008.

Sony's full line of accessories will also expand to include a new vertical grip. Equipped with buttons and switches for the most essential control functions, it offers the same ease of operation and handling as when shooting vertically. It houses two InfoLithium(R) batteries (sold separately), which will automatically switch to the second battery when the first one runs out. Remaining charges of both batteries are displayed on the camera's LCD screen.

Memory That Keeps Up With The Camera

The model also features separate slots for Memory Stick Duo(TM) media cards compatible with the Memory Stick PRO-HG(TM) high-speed data transfer standard, as well as CompactFlash(TM) Type I/II media cards compatible with the new Ultra Direct Memory Access standard for up to 300x write speeds. Sony is also introducing new 300x high-speed CompactFlash(TM) memory cards, ideal for high-end photographers requiring fast write speeds. The new models, available in 2GB or 8GB capacity, expand Sony's current line of CompactFlash cards that also include 66X and 133X speeds, with capacities ranging from 1GB to 4GB.

The DSLR-A700 camera body, DT 16 - 105 mm lens, and DT 18-250 mm lens will be available for about $1,400, $580 and $550, respectively. The DSLR-A700K kit with an 18-70 mm lens will be available for about $1,500, and the DSLR-A700P kit with the 16-105 mm lens will be available for about $1,900. The camera body and DSLR-A700K kit will ship in October and the DSLR-A700P kit in November. All will be available at sonystyle.com, Sony Style retail stores (http://www.sonystyle.com/retail), at military base exchanges, and at authorized dealers nationwide.