LG Launches Sales Of Three New DVD Super Multi Drives

LG Electronics And Kineto Wireless Announce An UMA-Enabled Handset

NEC Launches Its Thinnest Fold-Type, Camera-Equipped Mobile Phone

LG Launches Sales Of Three New DVD Super Multi Drives

LG Electronics launched sales of several new universal DVD drives: GSA-4165B/GSA-4167B (4x and 6x DVD-RW rewrite and DVD+R DL write speeds, respectively), and external GSA-2164 D. Like all other Super Multi drives, these novelties read from and write to all CD, DVD±R/RW media as well as DVD-RAM (rewritable up to 100,000 times) and DVD DL±R.

The MSRP of GSA-4165B/GSA-4167B is $50. The features are:

• ATAPI (EIDE)
• Support DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-R DL (Double Layer 8,5 GB), DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R, DVD+R DL (8,5 GB), DVD+RW, CD-ROM, CD-ROM xA, CD-I, Video CD, CD Extra, CD-Text, Photo CD, CD-DA, Super Audio CD, CD-R, CD-RW
• Max. write:
  • DVD-R: 16x (PCAV)
  • DVD-R DL: 4x (CLV)
  • DVD-RW: 4x/6x (CLV)
  • DVD-RAM: 5x (PCAV)
  • DVD+R: 16x (CAV)
  • DVD+R DL: 4x/6x (ZCLV)
  • DVD+RW: 8x (ZCLV)
  • CD-R: 48x (ZCLV)
  • CD-RW: 32x (ZCLV)
• Max. read:
  • DVD-ROM: 16x (CAV)
  • CD-ROM, CD-R: 48x (CAV)
  • CD-RW: 40x (CAV)
• Average seek:
  • CD-ROM: 125 ìñ
  • DVD-ROM: 145
  • DVD-RAM: 165
• 2MB buffer, overrun protection
• Max. throughput:
  • Ultra DMA Mode 2: 33.3 MB/s
  • Multiword DMA Mode 2: 16.6 MB/s
  • PIO Mode 4: 16.6 MB/s
• Horizontal/vertical installation
• Up to 50dB noise
• Working temperature: +5..+45°C
• Allowed humidity: 15%..85%
• MTBF: 100k hours
• Dimensions: 146x41.3x170mm
• Weight: 800g

MSRP of GSA-2164D is $120. And its features are:

• USB2.0
• Supports DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-R DL (Double Layer 8,5 GB), DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R, DVD+R DL (8,5 GB), DVD+RW, CD-ROM, CD-ROM xA, CD-I, Video CD, CD Extra, CD-Text, Photo CD, CD-DA, Super Audio CD, CD-R, CD-RW
• Max. write:
  • DVD-R: 16x (CAV)
  • DVD-R DL: 4x (CLV)
  • DVD-RW: 6x (ZCLV)
  • DVD-RAM: 5x (CLV)
  • DVD+R: 16x (CAV)
  • DVD+R DL: 8x (ZCLV)
  • DVD+RW: 8x (ZCLV)
  • CD-R: 48x (CAV)
  • CD-RW: 32x (ZCLV)
• Max. read:
  • DVD-ROM: 16x (CAV)
  • CD-ROM, CD-R: 48x (CAV)
  • CD-RW: 40x (CAV)
• Average seek:
  • CD-ROM: 120 ìñ
  • DVD-ROM: 140/175
  • DVD-RAM: 250
• 2MB buffer, overrun protection
• Max. throughput:
  • CD: 7.2 MB/s
  • DVD: 22.16 MB/s
• Horizontal/vertical installation
• Working temperature: +5..+45° C
• Allowed humidity: 15%..85%
• MTBF: 100k hours
• Dimensions: 160x230x50mm
• Weight: 1.3kg

LG Electronics And Kineto Wireless Announce An UMA-Enabled Handset

LG Electronics and Kineto Wireless, the supplier of UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access) Technology, today announced the availability of the CL400 mobile phone, which is one of the industry's first UMA-enabled cellular/Wi-Fi phones designed for Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC) solutions.

The CL400 is a camera/MP3 phone that offers GSM/GPRS and tri-band (850/1800/1900) capabilities for global operation with Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) connectivity. In the future, the CL400 will also support Voice over IP (VoIP), based on Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) standards.

The two companies first announced a joint collaboration effort to develop dual-mode UMA-enabled handsets in July 2005. LGE is now a Kineto licensee and has included Kineto's UMA-compliant handset client software in the release of the CL400. LGE has confirmed the worldwide availability of the CL400 for testing and trials with major carriers in the fourth quarter of 2005.

UMA, a 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Program) standard, is an access technology that allows a seamless handoff of mobile voice and data from a wide area cellular network to a wireless local area network (WLAN). The UMA standard defines how mobile operators can turn home, office, and public wireless LANs into seamless extensions of their cellular networks.

Source: LG Electronics

NEC Launches Its Thinnest Fold-Type, Camera-Equipped Mobile Phone

NEC announced that it has launched its thinnest fold-Type mobile phone on the Hong Kong market. Following this, the ultra-thin model will also be introduced in Italy, Russia, Australia and China, among others.

NEC's new clam-shell boasts slim measurements of 47.9x101.5x11.9mm (when folded) and a weight of 96g. Supporting GSM/GPRS, it is equipped with a 1.9", 176x220, 65,000-color display, a 1.3Mp digital camera, and an OLED sub-screen. Other features include PictBridge, MP3, Java and Bluetooth, up to 64-tone polyphony and two minutes of movie shooting.

Source: NEC

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