The new AT&T Samsung Epix i907 has been showing up in AT&T stores recently. Â BGR showed us today the new Sasmung Epix i907 un-boxed pictures, we investigated more and we found the official manual for the new Epix. The phone is basically a Blackjack, but benefits from a touch screen incorporating Haptic feedback, a QWERTY keyboard and optical mouse.
The i907 also incorporates a microSD slot, 2 megapixel camera, and costs $199 with a 2 year contract. Here are the manual pictures and specifications. read more…
HP presents the iPAQ Voice Messenger, a WM-powered PDA phone. Without much publicity or advertising, the Windows Mobile 6.1-powered iPAQ Data Messenger and Voice Messenger have been granted dedicated sites, complete with imagery, specifications and recommended accessories.
The all new HP iPAQ Voice Messenger is powered by a Qualcomm 7201A 528 MHz Processor, 128MB SDRAM, and 256MB Flash ROM. The phone features a 2.4-inch non-touch LED backlit LCD display, a 3.1 Megapixel auto focus camera with 5x digital zoom, integrated GPS and aGPS with Google Maps, WiFi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 and a microSD card slot.
HP’s iPAQ Voice Messenger smartphone supports Tri-band UMTS 3G, HSDPA as well as quad-band GSM networks. It has a 20-key keyboard with alphanumeric/QWERTY layout. There are two models: DUMHPIVMPRE and DUMHPIVMVPRE.
Have you ordered a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook with Ubuntu Linux and an 8GB or 16GB solid state disk? Bad news greeted new Dell Inspiron Mini 9 owners this week, in the form of a partition error that limited the amount of available disk space on the machine’s 8GB and 16GB.
The problem is apparently that Dell was using the same disc image to format each and every unit shipping with Ubuntu, no matter what size disk it shipped with. You can check to see the size of your partition by opening a terminal and typing “sudo fdisk -l†(without the quotes) and entering your password. You should see a figure that tells you the overall capacity of your disk, followed by the size of your partitions. Dell, for its part, is shipping updated machines that fix this issue. Existing owners looking for a fix have a few options, says Liliputing:
“If you have a USB DVD drive, you can use the system restore disc to reinstall Dell’s custom version of Ubuntu. It will reformat the entire drive.”
“Or you can attempt to resize your partitions. The easiest way to do this is probably to download and install Parted Magic to a USB flash drive and then boot from that drive. Run the gParted partition manager and you should see the 4GB partition that Ubuntu is installed on and 8 or 12GB of unused space. Just grab the edge of the 4GB partition and drag it resize the partition, save your changes and reboot”. read more…
Asustek showed some concept devices at its Computex 2008 booth, including a notebook that has two touch screen displays. These laptops are reportedly designed to work with the upcoming Windows 7 operating system, which Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer promised would include a multi-touch user interface.
If the report is true, and ASUS does meet its ship target, it does not mean Windows 7 will be ready by then. It’s possible that the company may offer an upgrade voucher for buyers to get Windows 7 later on. Here’s our take: read more…
The entry-level candybar LG KP500 has been given a nice little name by the folks at LG. It will be known as the LG Cookie once it’s finally released, and comes with a touchscreen among other interesting features. And like the LG KC910 Renoir, the LG KP500 Cookie is loaded with features and offers a great design but this time with a very affordable price tag attached. Some measurements have also surfaced indicating that it’ll be a mere 11.9mm thick and will support both landscape-mode onscreen QWERTY typing and widgets.
LG’s KP500 is a basic handset with specs such as Quad-band GSM, GPRS/EDGE, 3 inch touchscreen display, 3 megapixel camera, accelerometer, Bluetooth 2.1 and an FM radio. The LG Cookie will also run the latest version of LG’s touchscreen Flash-based UI.  Despite the perky name, the latest LG handset offers a modern feature set that seems pretty enough for the estimated price of 170 euro before taxes and subsidies.
