Copenhagen’s New ‘Sky Village’ Stacked Neighborhood
The municipality of Rødovre of Copenhagen, Denmark, announced today the Sky Village as the winner of the Rødovre Skyscraper design competition. This 116 meter tall tower will accommodate apartments, a hotel, offices, and a public park and a plaza.With 21,688m2 of real estate the new skyscraper will be located at Roskildevej, on the East side of Copenhagen. The design is based on a flexible grid, allowing possible modifications by re-arranging the units. Each ‘pixel unit’ is 60m2 square and are attached to the central core of the structure. This strategic design creates a stacked neighborhood, which they call a Sky Village. It will also integrate the most advanced technologies suit to satisfy the Danish environmental standards.
Source:CONTEMPORIST
Tech:Philips Xenium X600 Mobile Phone
Philips makes us busy with their new Xenium X600 handset. This entry level phone features 2MP camera, Stereo Bluetooth connectivity, GSM/EDGE, microSD memory card slot and 8.5 hours of talk time. No word on pricing or availability so far.
source:JustAMP
Tech:Samsung Pixon 8MP Camera Phone
Samsung today unveiled the Pixon, which is a 8MP camera phone with a full touchscreen display. Measuring at only 13.8mm thin, the handset features some of cool specifications including a 3.2 inch WQVGA full touchscreen display, an 8MP camera with a 16x digital zoom, music player that supports MP3, AAC, e-AAC+, WMA file formats, FM radio, DNSe, Bluetooth, and an internal memory of 200MB (Micro SD card compatible). The Samsung Pixon camera phone will be available in mid-October 2008 in France. Pricing info is still unavailable at this time.
source:Akihabara
Tech:Emblaze Mobile Edelweiss Handset
The Israel-based Emblaze Mobile will release a new iPhone 3G competitor in the Russian market next month. Known as the Edelweiss, this handset comes equipped with a touch-screen display that produces 854 x 480 display resolution, which is higher than the iPhone and HTC Touch HD. Other specs are include an internal GPS and an option of 8 or 16GB of storage capacity.
source:Engadget
Tech:Google Mobile Phone Preview Video
It looks like the new G1 Google Mobile Phone is big in size and heavy. However, the handset is lightweight and portable. The G1 comes jam packed with a 3.17-inch touchscreen display with a full QWERTY keypad, a 3.0MP shooter, microSD card slot, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and GPS capability. Watch the preview videos after the jump to get more details.
source:PhoneScoop
Tech:T-Mobile MOTOACTV W450 Clamshell Handset
T-Mobile is now offering the MOTOACTV W450 clamshell handset to their customer. It is actually the rugged handset that is perfect for those who like outdoor activities. The phone is also known as the Motorola Active. It comes equipped with a rubber-like casing that makes this handset durable. Users can also clip this MOTOACTV W450 to their belt. Other features include a 1.3MP digicam, a microSD memory card slot, and Media playback capability. You can bring home the MOTOACTV W450 with your $30 with assuming you tie your soul to T-Mobile for a couple of years. [intomobile]
Tech:LG KC910 Renoir Mobile Phone Officially Released
LG has officially released the LG Renoir this week. This “artistic handset” comes with several innovative features. It is actually the first phone in the world that features Dolby Mobile, an integrated suite of audio processing technologies that will bring Dolby quality sound to your handset.
This handset also boasts TouchShot feature that allows you to focus on an object by touching it on the phone’s screen. The shutter will fire automatically when you lift your finger off the screen. The LG KC910 Renoir Mobile Phone is able to take high quality pictures with its 8MP digital camera with Xenon flash, Schneider-Kreuznach lens, auto or manual focus, face, smile and blink detection and digital image stabilization.
Other features of this Quad band GSM and UMTS (HSDPA 7.2 Mbps) handset including WQVGA 240×400 touchscreen display, Homescreen Widgets (including online widgets that pull down real-time data), Picture-Based Speed Dial, VGA video capture up to 30fps and QVGA capture up to 120 fps, DivX and XviD video support, integrated GPS with support for geotagging and location based services, TV Out, and Bluetooth 2.0/ WiFi connectivity.
The brand new LG KC910 Renoir will be released in Europe later this month, and Asia and Latin America in November, the Middle East and Africa during Xmas holiday 2008 and China in January of 2009. source:techfresh
Tech:BlackBerry Pearl 8220 Pricing Details
Here are the pricing details for the BlackBerry Pearl 8220 from T-Mobile.
- New Activation 2 Year Contract $149.99 (after $50 MIR)
- New Activation 1 Year Contract $199.99 (after $50 MIR)
- Full Upgrade 2 Year Contract $167.99 (after $50 MIR)
- Full Upgrade 1 Year Contract $217.99 (after $50 MIR)
- Partial Upgrade: TBD
- Retail Price: $349.99
Rogers also offers the BlackBerry Pearl 8220 for $149.99 with a 3-year contract.
source:CrackBerry
Tech:More Details on Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
The highly anticipated Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is now official. Priced at €279 ($392) unlocked, the handset comes with the S60 5th Edition operating system and provides a 3.2 inch 640 x 360 (resistive) touchscreen with stylus input, Wi-Fi connectivity, HSDPA (North American), GPS navigation, 8GB internal memory and a microSDHC memory card slot. Its 3.2MP digital camera comes equipped with autofocus Carl Zeiss lens and LED flash.
source:Nokia
Tech:Upscale Stereo Sound To 5.1 Channel Sound
The Sizen iM10 is able to upscale the ordinary stereo sound from your gadget to 5.1 channel sound. The 5.1 channel sound is created from the stereo sound using ‘ATX’ a bass and treble reinforcement technology combined with DBEX technology which balances the sound. There are three modes to choose from including normal stereo, music and movie. Measuring 66.5mm × 52.5mm × 8.1mm and weighing 25grams(with battery), the gadget is perfect for portable game consoles, mobile phones and MP3 players. You can purchase the Sizen iM10 in six different colors for $90 each.
source:Impress