Seiko Bluetooth watch connects to your phone

Seiko Japan has developed a prototype watch which connects to the Mobile phone via Bluetooth. The watch displays Network signal strength, Battery life and new Message. Upon loading a special software from Seiko Instruments on your phone the watch can display the Message subject and the Sender's name. When you receive a call or SMS the watch can play a melody and even vibrate. In case the phone goes outside the Bluetooth range the watch sounds an audible alert. You can also silent the incoming ring of the phone using the watch.

Battery indicator, Network signal strength and Message indicator are displayed




The subject of the Text Message is displayed

Samsung introduces its flexible OLED-display

Samsung has introduced a flexible color OLED-display at FPD International 2007 event in Yokohama. It features 4.3” diagonal, 480x272 pixels resolution, 200 cd/m2 frontal luminance, 1000:1 contrast. The manufacturer hasn’t disclosed the mass release date. To add, LG.Philips LCD and Sony introduced similar developments this May at Society for Information Display show (SID) 2007.

Pantech IM-S240K new stylish slider with HSDPA and DMB

Today the South Korean company Pantech announced the sales of its stylish cell phone IM-S240K from SKY operator. This is a slider model supporting high speed data transfer technology HSDPA (up to 7.2 Mbps) and DMB broadcasting.

I’d also note a 2.1” 240x320 pixels LCD, an integrated MP3-player, a 1.3-megapixel camera, e-dictionary, document viewer and the support of WCDMA networking outside Korea.

Pantech IM-S240K will cost about $435 at the start.

World thinnest LCD by Sharp

Sharp has unveiled an ultra thin LCD panel for portable devices. It measures mere 0.68-mm and has a 2.2” diagonal. Sharp calls the product the “industry’s thinnest” mobile display. It can be applied in mobile phones and digital cameras, which in their turn can get thinner. The company will exhibit its product at FPD International 2007 event in Yokohama. Unfortunately, there is no info on an actual release date.

The specs of Sharp’s ultra thin LCD-panel:

• Diagonal – 2.2”
• Resolution – QVGA
• Thickness – 0.68 mm
• Contrast – 2000:1
• Viewing angle – 176 degrees
• Response time – 8 ms

Samsung G800 with 5-Mpx camera goes official

Today Samsung Electronics has unveiled a 5-megapixel handset G800. We’ve mentioned it in news and provided live pics.

In addition to 5-megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom and xenon flash it features 3G support and HSDPA technology. The camera functions include face recognition, panoramic and macro modes, new graphical user’s interface draws the G800 closer to digital still cameras.

Samsung G800 is expected to hit the stores (starting from Europe) in November 2007.

Toshiba to introduce a circular display at FPD International

Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology has developed a circular LCD with a 65 mm diagonal (the screen area). The Toshiba’s technology allows making different shapes of LCD panels with the complexity production level of rectangular displays. Toshiba believes that the new displays will be widely applied in future mobile phones and other compact devices of circular form. This circular LCD will be exhibited at FPD International 2007 show in Yokohama starting on October 24.

The specs of Toshiba’s Circular LCD:

• Resolution: 240x320
• Pixel pitch: 0.258 mm
• Frontal luminance: 500 cd/m2
• Contrast: 600:1
• Display diameter: 65 mm
• Circular section: 75 mm
• Thickness: 11 mm

Audi mobile device

Audi has created a mobile device proto, which can function as a mobile phone, a media player, a navigator and a dashboard computer. The device supports Wi-Fi and UMTS, has a touchscreen display with handwriting recognition (Latin and Japanese characters).

In addition to traditional phone and player functions, the Audi device can open/close the car, store images taken by car onboard cameras, work as the navigation system and even turn on the car’s heating system before you leave the house (a good thing in cold mornings). The menu is based on the Audi MMI interface. The company hasn’t unveiled when it will launch the series production.