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Comes in Xperia X10 design, the new Sony Ericsson A8i is announced for China Mobile’s TD-SCDMA network. The full touch screen phone features a 3.5-inch touch screen, built in WiFi, GPS, 5 megapixel camera, 854×480 pixels display resolution, microSD card slot and powered by the OMS 2.0 (an Android OS variant).

Sony Ericsson A8i:

Camera

* 5 megapixel camera
* 4x digital zoom
* Auto focus
* Geo tagging
* Photo flash
* Photo light
* Touch focus
* Video recording
* LED flash

Music

* Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
* Media player
* Music player
* Music tones (MP3/AAC)
* TrackID™ application

Web

* Bookmarks
* Pan & zoom
* Web search (from standby)
* HTML 4.01
* XHTML 1.1

Communication

* Call list
* Conference calls
* Polyphonic ringtones
* Speakerphone
* Vibrating alert
* Video calling

Messaging

* Conversations
* Email
* Microsoft® Exchange Active-
* Sync®
* Handwriting recognition
* Instant messaging
* Picture messaging (MMS)
* Predictive text input
* Sound recorder
* Text messaging (SMS)
* Unified messaging

Design

* Auto rotate
* Light sensor
* Torch
* OMS 2.0
* Picture wallpaper
* Proximity sensor
* Touchscreen

Entertainment

* eCompass™
* FM radio
* Java™
* Media browser
* Video streaming
* Video viewing

Organiser

* Alarm clock
* Calculator
* Calendar
* Dictionary
* Document readers
* eManual
* Flight mode
* Notes
* Phone book
* Tasks

Connectivity

* 3.5 mm audio jack
* aGPS
* Bluetooth™ technology
* Modem
* Micro USB
* Synchronisation
* USB mass storage
* USB High speed 2.0 support
* WLAN

Screen

* 3.5 inches
* 854×480 pixels
* 262,144 colour TFT

Accessories

* In-Box:
* Sony Ericsson A8i
* Battery
* stereo portable handsfree
* Charger
* User documentation

Facts 1)2)

* Size: 117 x 59 x 14 mm
* Weight: 136 grams
* Phone memory: Up to 200 MB
* Memory card support: microSD, up to 32GB
* Talk time GSM/GPRS*: 5 hours
* Talk time (TD-SCDMA)*: 7 hours 30 min*
* Standby time GSM/GPRS*: 260 hours
* Standby time (TD-SCDMA)*: 260 hours
* *Typical according to GSM Association Battery Life Measurement Technique

Availability and versions

* Networks
* TD 2010-2025 band, TD 1880-1920 band
* GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900
* Available in selected markets from Q4 2010

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This is the Finis Swimsense wrist-worn performance monitor, and it is made for swimmers.

It has some sort of internal motion sensors, and I cannot believe how accurate they area.

Apparently, the Finis Swimsense can detect how many laps that you took, and what pace that you took them at. It can even calculate how many strokes you took to get there, and what you were doing. I guess your arm reacts differently when you do the breaststroke, as opposed to the freestyle, backstroke or butterfly swimming. This is provided you enter in the proper information about the pool like its length and such.

The Finis Swimsense will also show you how many calories have been burned after you get out of the water.

Okay, this leads me to wonder how in the world the Swimsense can do this. I mean, the difference between swimming strokes is just a few subtle wrist movements, and yet the Swimsense can know this.

I suppose that we are getting to an age where our sensors can sense about anything! Perhaps those pedometers are actually as good as they are advertising these days.

The Finis Swimsense is slated for a release in time for the holidays for about $199.99.

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Works via the Exchange Activesync, Hotmail now allows you to accept push mail from your account to supported devices. Devices tested with the new feature include WM 6.x, WP7, iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad and Nokia phones running Mail for Exchange application. According to the FAQ, the Hotmail push is not officially supported on Android yet, however, you might be able to use it using the Touch Down android software.

Check out this page for the setup instruction

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If your device supports only one profile of ActiveSync, delete the existing ActiveSync profile on your device if you already use it
Enter the following:
URL – m.hotmail.com
Username – Enter full name with domain info, e.g. john@hotmail.com
Domain – Leave blank
SSL – Enabled
Certificate – Accept the SSL certificate when prompted
Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Tasks – All can be enabled.

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This first phone from Dell is a fairly typical Android smartphone feature-wise, sporting a custom software interface and a thin, light body. Key features include 5-megapixel camera, 3.5mm audio jack, multi-touch display, and memory card slot.

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According to the official Twitter account of Sony Ericsson’s UK, Xperia X10 and it’s cousins will be receiving an Android 2.1 upgrade by the end of September. Unfortunately, we can’t be sure if it’s also apply to US’s Xperia X10 users. AT&T has not yet announced anything about this news.

There are no specification on the news whether it’s only for UK’s Xperi X10 users or includes US. It’s still a big mystery but we will keep eyes on this matter. Don’t worry Xperia X10 users, it won’t be long until you will receive the upgrade.

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I’m sure that most of our readers who are parents know how important it is when a child learns to walk. I have three young children who have gone through that particular rite of passage, but I take for granted that there are a lot of toddlers who can’t walk at all.

In all honesty, I am not certain I would know how to raise a child that couldn’t learn to walk, but a study at Ithaca known as Ithaca College Tots on Bots helps babies with physical disabilities using something that many households have: a Wii Balance Board.

As you can see, the toddler sits on a specially made chair that sits on a Wii Balance Board. That board has some wheels on the bottom, and a baby can go along by simply leaning in the appropriate direction.

This toddler Wii-board wheelchair also has sonar that will avoid crashes, and there is a remote control that is enabled so an adult can take control at will.

I suppose that adult wheelchairs could be made with this same technology, but something tells me that I don’t know the half of it when it comes to this. If you want to leave a comment and agree with me, I wouldn’t hold it against you.

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Intuit and mophie have announced their Complete Credit Card Solution for iPhone, which integrates Intuit’s GoPayment credit card processing app and mophie marketplace credit card reader add-on to the iPhone hardware. Available in Apple retail stores, it is sold for $179.95 and the Intuit’s GoPayment credit card processing app is available free on Apple App Store.

By adding the sleek, clip-on mophie marketplace card reader, merchants can save time by securely swiping credit cards instead of entering numbers by hand. After swiping the card, data is immediately encrypted using Intuit’s industry-standard security methods. Customers authorize the payment by signing their name on the iPhone touch screen. The merchant can then send them an e-mail or text receipt. GoPayment processes the credit card within seconds and funds are deposited into the businesses’ bank account. An additional option lets businesses integrate GoPayment with QuickBooks Mac to easily and quickly match the right customer and invoice in QuickBooks.

GoPayment, including the Intuit merchant account, offers competitive pricing at $12.95 a month, a 1.7 to 3.7 percent discount rate and $0.30 to $0.34 per transaction fee. There are no long-term contracts, cancellation, gateway or set-up fees, and one account can enable up to 50 users.

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ZTE’s first phone for Verizon is a basic slider model. Key features of this CDMA phone include a QVGA display, 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, voice control, and downloadable apps and content.

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