Nokia have come together with fashion brand RAOUL to launch a limited edition version of the N97 mini. If Samsung can get together with Armani, well, Nokia definitely can have a go with RAOUL. To be available only in Singapore, this phone will see a production run of 1000 units, each with a custom designed Fashion Asia widget and a calf-skin leather case to go along.
The phone also includes an emblazoned back cover with RAOUL signature stripes, with the entire package placed in a leather bound RAOUL packing. Those buying the phone will also get RAOUL Gold Membership with 25 Euro credit, and another 25 Euro voucher from Nokia. These vouchers and freebies probably won’t be all that important or even considerable discounts, that is if you buy this phone for 550 Euros. The phone is already up for pre-order for 400 Euros.
Adobe has released the Photoshop Mobile for iPhone app, available to iPhone and iPod touch users in the USA and Canada only. The app is a free download, and allows users some basic image editing functions like crop, rotate, flip, saturation and tint control, exposure and vibrancy tweaking, and of course a number of filters and effects because photoshop for mobile wouldn’t be that big a deal without the filters.
The filters are quite the basic ones though, like color to black and white, Warm Vintage, Vignette and Pop. The included Soft Focus tool will add a slight blur to the image for “artistic effect”. Also on offer is 2GB of online storage that app users can access and upload images to for sharing and backup. Another tool on offer is the “Sketch” tool. This one will make images look like they have been hand drawn.
Fujitsu has announced the release of two new AMILO notebooks for the market. The new models, the Pi3560 and the Pi 3660 come with a number of options to choose from. The 3560 will be available in 15.6-inch or 16-inch HD display, while the 3660 will be available with an 18.4-inches HD display, all LCD screens will have a 16:9 aspect ratio.
Other features for the notebooks include WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth, 1.3 megapixel webcam, microphone array, e-SATA port, S/PDIF connectivity port, 5-in-1 memory card reader, up to 8GB of RAM, 320GB or 500GB hard drives, and Intel’s Core 2 Duo processor.
Both notebooks also have options for your entertainment needs. You can add optional Blu-ray drive, HDMI connectivity, and NVIDIA GeForce GT240M 1GB graphics. With the number of options available, the cost will of course flicker according to the chosen configuration, Fujitsu though, has not yet released any pricing and availability details.
ASUS UK has announced new notebooks, each promising a runtime of a full 12 hours! But the wonderful claim of a runtime comes with a rider, ASUS says it is only applicable if Power4Gear system, which has four modes (high-performance, entertainment, “quiet office” and battery saving), so 12 hours would obviously be for the most miserly of these. Nevertheless, that is an impressive runtime.
The three models ASUS has launched for this UnLimited series are UL30, UL50AG and UL50VG. The first one comes in a 13.3-inches package, while the others are available in 15.6-inches. The 50VG also has dedicated graphics. All notebooks come in a brushed aluminum case and run on processors from Intel’s CULV platform.
When launched on October 22, these notebooks will come with Windows 7, Altec Lansing Speakers, WiFi a/g/n, Bluetooth, multitouch trackpad, and webcam. The UL30 has been priced at £599, the UL50AG at £699, while the UL50VG will sell for £799. The UL30 will also be available as a freebie, with a mobile broadband contract with Carphone Warehouse.
Dual screens have been an object of desire and interest in laptops for quite sometime now, and such systems now appear to be firmly on the horizon of reaching the markets. While a couple other dual screen laptop concepts are already trying to reach production, Kohjinsha heated things a bit with a promising dual-screen netbook concept.
The concept has two 10.1-inch screens, whose arrangement pretty much follows the standard practise for such netbooks. When required, one screen slides beneath the other to have just one working screen, and can slide out just as easily when dual screen operation is required. The concept runs Windows 7, has up to 4 GB of RAM, 160GB HDD, 1.6GHz AMD Athlon Neo MV-40 processor.
Presence of an extra screen does of course make the netbook a bit thicker than other single screen netbooks. Since this was just a concept, Kohjinsha hasn’t announced the price, the battery life or even if they have any production plans for this one.