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Smartphones are really smart enough to help us in our day to day activities. In fact, these diminutive gadgets are so potent that most of us rely on them for enhancing productivity, maintain a good social network and entertaining ourselves irrespective of place and time. But have you ever wondered about the miraculous benefits these devices can offer kids? Well, this is something that the co-founder and chairman of Qualcomm, Irwin Jacobs has pointed out recently.

According to him, smartphones play a vital role in improving a student’s numerical abilities, provided the device has got the necessary features executed in the appropriate manner. Last week Jacobs attended the Wireless Foundation’s Mobile Learning Conference 2009 held at Washington, DC and explained the benefits of introducing smartphones in schools. Lat year Qualcomm initiated and sponsored a unique project called Project K-Nect to find out whether the smartphones can actually contribute in learning process. Each subject in the project was provided with an Windows Mobile HTC  smartphone running on EV-DO 0 and A networks. The project involved 89 at-risk 9th and 10th grade students from four different schools of North Carolina.

The results of Project K-Nect were really good. This experiment was very successful as the passing rate for one school was 100 percent. This was because the students were in touch with their classmates and discussed their problems whenever they got stuck, even during odd hours. The smartphones also encouraged them to increase the number of hours they used to devote studying Algebra.

Toshiba has unveiled TG01, the world’s first mobile device with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipset. This also gives the smartphone the crown of the world’s fastest smartphone because the Qualcomm’s Snapdragon offers a whooping computing speed of 1GHz. This means the TG01 is potent to offer high definition multimedia, interactive GPS and high-speed 3G connectivity.

TG01 is highly powered, super slim and multimedia focused. It supports true multitasking and offers a unique mobility experience. Though a lesser known player, Toshiba is no stranger to the smartphone market with such successful models as the Toshiba Portege G710 smartphone. The company’s experience clearly shows in the many advanced features imparted on the TG01. The TG01’s Snapdragon processor will let you work on various applications simultaneously without getting the phone hanged. TG01 runs on Windows Mobile and features Internet Explorer that performs same like its desktop cousin. Apart from this the company has incorporated 3D navigation that makes UI more interesting on the large high resolution touch screen.

Toshiba TG01 Tech Specs

• 4.1 inch touchscreen display (800×480 pixels)
• 512MB ROM paired with 256MB RAM
• 3.2 mega pixel autofocus camera
• micro SDHC slot (accepts up to 32GB memory)
• GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS/HSDPA compatible
• Built in GPS and A-GPS
• Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon chipset running @ 1GHz
• Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS
• Java, Organiser, multimedia and much more
• SMS, MMS, E-mail, Microsoft Direct Push Technology, Windows Live Messenger
• Supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, WMA, WAV in audio and H.263, H.264, MPEG4, WMV for video playback.
• Bluetooth v2.0, USB v2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g

Customers are expecting a lot from their portable computing devices. Smartphones, notebooks, netbooks and similar devices are in great demand these days and the makers of such devices are always in the hunt for better processing platforms and speedy chips. Qualcomm, a leading maker of processing chips, is responding to this demand by developing a new QSD8672 chip that can be seamlessly integrated with mobile computing devices. The QSD8672 is a single chip, dual CPU processor that is based on the company’s Snapdragon mobile platform.

The Qualcomm QSD8672 chip will offer a whooping processing speed of 1.5 GHz. It is optimised for low power consumption and hence is ideal to use to gain longer battery run-time. Another attractive feature of this processor is its ultra small and lightweight form factor that makes it ideal to make compact computing devices. QSD8672 also supports all the communicating technologies and high definition displays. It can be used with the devices featuring 3G mobile broadband, GPS, Bluetooth, 1080p high-def video recording/playback and Wi-Fi. Besides these the QSD8672 can also be used to integrate the mobile TV technologies such as MediaFLO, DVB-H and ISDB-T into the device. Manufacturers can use this processor with any portable computing device having a screen between 9 to 12 inches, such as the Asus Eee PC S101, for example. The chip also sports a built-in 2D/3D graphics engine that makes it potent to render WSXGA resolutions.

“This new dual-CPU Snapdragon chip demonstrates our long-term commitment to helping our customers develop a wide variety of innovative, data-centric, mobile computing devices. With its exceptional computing power and improved energy efficiency, the QSD8672 chip allows us to enable more advanced devices that are essentially always on, always awake and always connected”, stated by Luis Pineda, senior vice president of marketing and product management for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies.

The HTC Touch Diamond is one of the latest smartphones to redefine the way people work and enjoy such handsets. It’s perfect for those who love precision, performance and innovation. The smartphone will get your attention at first glance and is dedicated to provide its users with hi-tech communication with intuitive design and extraordinary functions.

It features a razor sharp 2.8 inch touch screen. But wait, this is not same as any other touchscreen. The HTC’s touchscreen uses the TouchFLO 3D technology which gives you a three dimensional view of your album artwork, video stills and snapshots. It really invokes life into the image browsing. The over all looks and build is simply great. The HTC Touch Diamond has got a glossy panel at the front and a diamond-inspired back panel. However the glossy panel acts like a magnet for fingerprints but overall it looks very good on Touch Diamond. The front panel is mainly covered with a large 2.8 inch touch screen and below it you will find four soft keys and a special scroll wheel/D-pad combo which can be used to assign five different functions. The scroll wheel is touch sensitive and can be used for zooming images, web pages and messages with ease. As far as the technical abilities are concerned, the HTC Touch Diamond is a great device to have. It ca work on both 2G and 3G networks and packs loads of features such as handwriting recognition, TouchFLO 3D finger swipe navigation and accelerometer that responds to the phone’s movements and adjusts the display accordingly.

Its core is powered via a Qualcomm MSM7201A 528 MHz processor, a192MB DDR SDRAM and 256 MB ROM. This smartphone runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS and is equipped with all the much needed applications and options like audio/video player, Wi-Fi, USB, EDGE, 3.15 MP camera and much more.

Sony-Ericsson is known for its innovative products. Be it smartphones, video game consoles, digicams or any other electronic gadget, the company always surprises the market with something new and refreshing. This time it has targeted the smartphone segment and has rolled out its all new smartphone called the Xperia X1, which stands a class apart on account of its awesome features and highly interactive user interface.

This smartphone is really smart as it has got all the necessary options and is intelligent enough to manage your tasks automatically. It packs a powerful Qualcomm MSM7200 528MHz processor, 256 MB RAM, 400 MB internal memory and 512 MB storage memory in its Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating environment. The Sony-Ericsson Xperia X1 supports both 2G (GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) and 3G (HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100) networks. The 3.0 inches display is fully touchscreen and can render a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels and a sliding full QWERTY keyboard and trackpad add to the appeal of the Xperia X1. You can add various widgets in the phone and access them just by tapping your fingers on the screen. The Xperia X1 has also got an integrated 3.15 mega pixel autofocus web cam which is ideal for capturing stunning images. A secondary camera is also provided for making video calls. Besides these functions the Xperia X1 is fully loaded with loads of connectivity and navigation options such as GPRS, WLAN, WAP, GPS, USB 2.0, Bluetooth and much, much more.

You can completely customise your Xperia’s main panel as per your taste and preferences. Apart from the main options there are other functions too which are meant for delivering entertainment on the go such as high definition audio/video player, FM radio with RDS, Java enabled games etc.

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