Eye Candy Hardware

Nikon released a new product for entry-level DSLR on Monday, that is Nikon D5100. Nikon D5100 has a 16.2-megapixel sensor and the LCD screen can be adjusted, continuous auto-focus in movie mode, a maximum ISO 25.600, and the new Special Effect mode with four filters that work well to capture images or video/film.

Nikon D5100 Price is $800 which is a renewal D5000 series price $630 that was originally released in April 2009. D5100 Specification is between D3100($700) and D7000($1200) between the Nikon lineup. This camera combines features of both models and has several creative modes and filters for beginners.

D5100 has the same ISO range (100-6400, expandable up to 25.600) and 16.2-megapixel CMOS sensor, 23.3 by 15.6mm as D7000. In continuous shooting mode, D5100 can capture up to 4 frames per second (fps). Weighing 18 ounces, the body is light and small D5100 as D3100.

New features in D5100 is largely aimed at users who want to record a video/movie with their DSLR. This camera can capture movies at a resolution of 1080p and 720p at 24 or 30 fps. LCD screen size 3-inch, 921.000-dot density can be flipped out and tilted up to 170 degrees, which can be used on movie mode and Live View. Special Effect mode camera provides users with four filters that can be applied to the film and still images: Selective Color, Color Sketch, tilt-shift effect, and Night Vision, which increases the ISO to 102-400.

D5100 has the ability to auto focus mode is continuous on a feature-film debut in D3100 it. One of the known weaknesses of this feature is that it produces a loud noise that was captured by a microphone on-camera. To help overcome this problem, although with additional costs to consumers, Nikon released a new external microphone that is called-ME 1 results to the hot shoe mount camera and plugs into the mic input port. It is designed to compensate for most of the noise created by the auto-focus lens. Microphone ME-1 will be sold separately starting in April with a price of $180.

Nikon D5100 is available in mid-April, with a price of $800 for body only, or $900 with kit lens 18-55mm VR.

Samsung just announced the other members from the ranks of their Galaxy Android. This lates Samsung Galaxy Neo will be targeted for the Korean upper middle class segment. Samsung Galaxy Neo is identical with Galaxy Ace, but this back panel remind us to its bigger brother, that is Galaxy Tab. Specification fiture of Galaxy Neo chose screen resolution which expandable to WVGA (800 x 480 pixel) and there is support T-DMB. This bluetooth has also promoted to version 3.0. This camera has 3 megapixel resolution and has lost its autofocus capability. Galaxy Neo use 800 MHz processor, 512MB RAM, and run on Android 2.2 Froyo OS. In addition, there is support Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n), 3.5mm jack audio, and 1.500 mAh battery. Looked by its specification, level of Samsung Galaxy Neo there ia between Galaxy I9001 S Plus dan Galaxy Ace. So far there is not information about price of Samsung Galaxy Neo, possibility of global version Galaxy Neo, or when will this gadget arrive in Indonesia.

Google Nexus S which is the latest official Google mobile phone has been released in Indonesia. For the first phase of sales in Indonesia Nexus S, XL Axiata who became the first operator in the homeland Google smartphone, has been preparing as much as 5 thousand units for sale to the market.

XL officially took Samsung to sell Nexus S, where Samsung's handset manufacturers. So all sales up to the service center can be done at all retail Samsung.

Prices of Google Nexus S in Indonesia approximately USD 600. In between the Samsung Nexus S package with XL Axiata, users will get some bonus consisting of a 50 percent discount unlimited data package for 3 months. Includes 150 minutes of voice, 150 SMS and 15 MMS. Nexus S is a prime smart phones in the country that uses the new Android operating system, the Gingerbread.

Specifications of Google Nexus S is:

Connectivity

• Quad-band GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900
• Tri-band HSPA: 900, 2100, 1700
• HSPA type: HSDPA (7.2Mbps) HSUPA (5.76Mbps)
• Wi-Fi 802.11 n/b/g
• Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
• Near Field Communication (NFC)
• Assisted GPS (A-GPS)
• microUSB 2.0

Display

• 4.0″ WVGA (480×800)
• Contour Display with curved glass screen
• Super AMOLED
• 235 ppi
• Capacitive touch sensor
• Anti-fingerprint display coating

Size and Weight

• 63mm x 123.9mm x 10.88mm
• 129g

Hardware

• Haptic feedback vibration
• Three-axis gyroscope
• Accelerometer
• Digital compass
• Proximity sensor
• Light sensor

Processor and Memory

• 1GHz Cortex A8 (Hummingbird) processor
• 16GB iNAND flash memory

Cameras and Multimedia

• Back-facing: 5 megapixels (2560×1920)
• 720 x 480 video resolution
• H.264, H.263 MPEG4 video recording
• Auto focus
• Flash
• Front-facing: VGA (640×480)
• 3.5mm, 4-conductor headset jack (stereo audio plus microphone)
• Earpiece and microphone
• Software noise-cancellation

Battery

• Talk time up to 6.7 hours on 3G (14 hours on 2G)
• Standby time up to 17.8 days on 3G (29.7 days on 2G)
• 1500 mAH Lithum Ion

Software

• Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
• Android Market
• Calendar
• Gmail
• Google Earth
• Google Maps with Navigation
• Google Search
• Google Talk
• Google Voice
• Voice Actions
• YouTube

Sony Erricson will release many beautiful phone with Google Android Operating System. One of them is Sony Erricson Xperia Neo which was recently received approval from FCC for AT&T network.

In the begining, this latest Sony Erricson phone has obtain 3G connectivity which is recognized in European. But after get an approval from Federal Communication Commission (FCC) and opper to distribution in the United States'es Market Area, it been stopped.

Now, that device involved the support for UMTS II and UMTS V (1900MHz and 850MHz). So this latest phone is really match with AT&T network.

Based on a publication which was release via UnwiredView, this Neo Xperia recently rumored has passed the FCC testing with model number A3880100. And this model number is not as the same as Neo Xperia before which is has model number A3880100 from FCC.

Remind that Sony Erricson has officialy release in United States market, so maybe it just wait the time to Neo Xperia for circulated in that United States local area market certainly.

When released, the handset which the mid level device seems so elegant and interested because of the best feature in it. That is FWVGA 3,7 inch screen and get support of mobile operating system Google Android 2,3 Gingerbread.

As disclosed during the implementation of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona some time ago, this handset will offer all of its features in Neo Xperia with a good design.

In the other side, this latest device will easily use in Canada with support of their third operator, they are Bell, Rogers, and Telus. Although this handset has get agreement to use in USA, but so far is not confirmation about the time for launch this phone.

Canadian cell phone maker that Research In Motion (RIM) is currently preparing to launch several new BlackBerry devices, BlackBerry Touch one of which is known as Monaco and Monza, which is a full touchscreen phone.

Both new devices are going with a different connectivity, the BlackBerry Monaco with CDMA connectivity and will land on Verizon Wireless, and BlackBerry Monza with GSM connectivity support.



Rumor said the new phones will be equipped without SurePress technology and much thinner than previous BlackBerry devices.

In addition, the new BlackBerry Monaco and Monza will use the latest RIM OS BlackBerry OS 6.1, and will require ID BlackBerry to log into the system, a feature that will be introduced on the new platform versions.

ID BlackBerry will replace the PIN, but the next version of the BlackBerry OS will reportedly be very similar to BlackBerry OS 6.

While there is no info when the new phone will be released, rumor has it that the BlackBerry Touch may be introduced in May in the BlackBerry World, along with a host of other handsets from RIM, including the BlackBerry Bold Touch, Touch BlackBerry Curve, or BlackBerry Torch 2.