Cellphone News - Hitachi does 800 x 480 display for phones

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Cellphone News - Hitachi does 800 x 480 display for phones

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Heck, plain ol’ QVGA displays on phones are still a fairly scarce commodity in some parts of the world, but Hitachi knows you want… nay, need more. VGA, perhaps? Nope, keep going; think wider. Hitachi has officially started pumping out copies of its 2.9-inch, 800 x 480 cellphone display, promising web browsing experiences that could finally catch up with the 3G data speeds modern handsets are offering. The company points out that such crazy-fresh resolution typically leads to crazy-fresh battery drainage thanks to increased backlight brightness requirements, but engineers have apparently put in some late nights miniaturizing the circuitry and designing a new pixel structure to minimize power draw. Better yet, the panel promises a 170 degree viewing angle and a 400:1 contrast ratio. Only thing left, it seems, is for some scrappy manufacturer and/or carrier to step forward and announce a killer device wrapped around this sucker. Why do we get the strange feeling we should keep our eyes on NTT DoCoMo for that?

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Chess cheater’s Bluetooth scheme sniffed out

Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless

It’s no surprise to hear of someone using mobile / wireless technology to their advantage, and in the latest case of cleverness slapped down by the law, a scandalous Indian chess player was banned for a solid decade in order to “send a message” about how serious they took his act. Umakant Sharma had reportedly logged rating points at an alarming pace in the last 18 months of play, and even qualified for the national championship. But alas, racking up such insane numbers was bound to attract an investigation, and it was discovered that Sharma had been communicating to outside accomplices via a mobile handset and a miniscule Bluetooth earpiece stitched inside a cloth cap, which allowed an external computer to direct his each and every move. While we fully understand the wrongness of such a ploy, we can’t deny the humor in envisioning seasoned chess players becoming enraged at their sudden misfortunes, but we’d highly recommend ditching the headgear (and any devious thoughts) before entering a tournament yourself.

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Spectec rolls out microSD-packin’ SDIO GPS receiver

Filed under: Cellphones, GPS, Storage

If that handy SD slot in your Treo (or similar smartphone) has gone lonely long enough, you’ve probably been waiting for “that killer device” to slam down in there and boast about. Thankfully, that time has seemingly come, as Spectec’s latest SDIO GPS receiver packs a whole lot of functionality into a minuscule (and sleek) package. Unlike alternative GPS attachments for your handset, the SDG-810 provides a SiRF Star III 20-channel tracking adornment, is WASS-enabled, and sports a microSD slot to carry up to 2GB of excess data (like maps, for instance) since your original flash memory slot just got occupied. While pricing information wasn’t readily available, this nifty smartphone must-have should be available in your neck of the woods (read: everywhere) real soon.