Denon has announced their new AH-NC732 noise cancelling headphones with dual 40mm drivers. The headphone uses a new noise reduction technology that works with headphone drivers by adjusting the sound pressure in front of, and behind, the diaphragm using the active noise cancellation system. Resulting in 99 percent noise reduction.
The headphones use single AAA battery to power the noise cancelling system and the battery lasts for 40 hours. The headphones comes with hard shell carry case, airplane dual-plug adapter, 3.5mm stereo plug adapter and two interchangeable cables, 0.7m and 1.5m. The Denon AH-NC732 Noise-Cancelling Headphones are available now in UK for £249 ($405).
[Via Slash Gear]

Yesterday, Apple announced that the iPhone sales surpassed BlackBerry and Apple is now the 3rd largest mobile phone maker based on the revenue. AT&T is definitely cashing on iPhone popularity; the company announced it net income was $3.23 billion up from $3.06 billion in the same period a year earlier.

AT&T activated 2.4 million iPhone accounts and 40 percent of those accounts were for new AT&T customers. That means that around 0.96 million users who bought iPhone were new to AT&T. Overall AT&T added 2 million new subscribers, so basically 50 percent of the new subscribers joined AT&T because of the iPhone 3G. The company also reported 50.5 percent increase in wireless data revenue from Internet access, messaging, e-mail and other related services, total wireless revenue was up 15.4 percent.

The best part for AT&T was that even though it was adding record number of new subscribers, the churn rate – the percentage of customers switching to a rival carrier, dropped to 1.2 percent compared with 1.3 percent in the previous quarter. AT&T’s CEO Randall Stephenson said, “I am particularly pleased with the customers response to the iPhone 3G. The new customers we’re winning are high-value, with attractive revenue and churn profiles.”

AT&T’s iPhone sales figures also show that Apple sold 2.4 million iPhones out of 6.9 million sold this quarter in US. Meaning, Apple sold 4.5 million iPhones overseas, that’s over 65 percent of the total iPhones sold. Showing that iPhone 3G not only had an excellent start in US, but also around the world.

One of the main features of OLED display is its thinness, many companies have shown OLEDs one tenth the thickness of any display technology used today. Earlier this year, Sony showed its prototype 0.3mm thick OLED screen at Display2008 in Tokyo. Now, Universal Display Corporation (UDC) has developed OLED display that is less than 50 micrometers thick. The new OLED display is not only super thin but also its super flexible and super durable.
To develop the new OLED display, UDC used thin metal foils as the base of the display, because they have great barrier properties and are flexible. Now the company had to develop a flexible “thin film permeation barrier” as the OLEDs can break down when they come in direct contact with water and air. Presently, glass is used, as the film barrier layer and it’s neither super thin nor highly flexible. UDC developed a new material that is both flexible and highly impermeable for the barrier layer.
The combination of all the above technology resulted is a super thin, super flexible and super stunning OLED display that is less that 50 micrometers thick. The technology is in prototype stage and UDC is not giving any expected release date for the new OLED display yet.
[Via OLED-Info]

T-Mobile has started shipping the new G1 smartphone based on Google Android operating system. The G1 is manufactured by HTC and T-Mobile is the exclusive carrier of the phone in US. Specifications of the new phone are 3.2-inch 320 x 480 touchscreen, 3.2-megapixel camera, QWERTY keypad, 3G, quad band GSM/EDGE, WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth. Software-wise it is completely integrated with Google services over the air, which can be good and bad at the same time, as there is no desktop sync software for the phone.
T-Mobile has launched the G1 phone in an effort to stop the iPhone 3G tsunami and hence everyone will compare the phone to king of all smartphones. Almost all the reviewers of the new handset agree that the G1 is no iPhone, but the Android operating system has promises. T-Mobile G1 is the first smartphone that comes closes to Apple’s iPhone. The software is really robust, but it’s the brick like hardware that lets it down.  Below are the links to the ten most comprehensive reviews for the G1. If you are interested in buying the G1, we are sure these reviews will help you decide. The T-Mobile G1 is available for $179 with a two-year contract via T-Mobile USA. UK will get the phone later this year.

Toshiba has started shipping it new 12.1-inch ultraportable Protégé A605 laptop. The laptop is based on Centrino 2 platform featuring 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo SU9300 processor, 3GB of DDR3 RAM, integrated 4500MHD graphics, 250GB hard drive, DVD burner, WiFi a/b/g/n and webcam. The laptop has 3 USB ports, one of which doubles as eSATA port; all the USB ports are Sleep-and-charge ports. Battery life on the laptop 6.9 hours and the laptop is ENERGY STAR 4.0 compliant. The A605 is just 1.18-inch thick and it weighs only 3.3 pounds. Toshiba has priced the new Protégé A605 for $1,399.99.

NVIDIA follows its last week’s 9400M laptop chipset announcement with 9400 and 9300 desktop chipset announcement. NVIDIA said that the company was approached by an unnamed computer maker with a challenge to deliver a desktop chipsets that integrates full system I/O and discrete-level graphics performance in one-half the size of previous integrated graphics solutions.
The result of the challenge was GeForce 9300 and 9400 chipsets. The chipsets integrates a 16-core graphics chip with the motherboard that includes all the I/O connections. The chipset will support, CUDA, PureVideo HD, Hybrid SLI, uncompressed LPCM 7.1 audio, Dual DVI, DisplayPort and HDMI.
“We’ve combined the power of three different chips into one highly compact and efficient GPU,” said Drew Henry, general manager of MCP business unit at NVIDIA. “In doing so, we’ve redefined the level of performance people can expect from a motherboard solution to enrich visual computing experiences for mainstream systems. You can now have the performance of a discrete GPU in a small form factor PC.”
NVIDIA says that the size of the new desktop chipset is comparable to a laptop chipset and hence it can be used in small form factor desktops like Mac mini.

Toshiba today added new laptop to its X305 line. The new 17-inch gaming laptop X305-Q708 comes with Core 2 Extreme QX9300 processor, 4GB RAM, dual hard drive setup of 128 GB SSD and 320GB hard drive and Hybrid SLI graphics configuration consisting of NVIDIA 9400M graphics chipset and 9800M GT dedicated graphics cards with 1GB memory. There is no Blu-ray drive option available and the laptop only comes with DVD burner. The 17-inch screen has 1680 x 1050 resolution and the laptop supports HDMI video output for use with bigger screens. Now with this kind of configuration you won’t get the laptop for cheap, the bright red color model will cost you $4200, which is more than twice the cost of base X305 gaming notebook.

Apple today announced that they sold 6.9 million iPhone in the quarter that ended in September 2008. iPhone 3G sales surpassed RIM’s total sales of 6.1 million units in last quarter. Year-over-Year iPhone grew more than 500 percent from 1.1 million in September quarter last year to 6.9 million this year. Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO said, “RIM is a good company that makes good products. Beating them is remarkable.” The increase in iPhone sales makes Apple the second largest smartphone maker behind Nokia.
Apple also noted that measured by revenues, Apple has become the 3rd largest mobile phone supplier. Nokia is on top with $12.7 billion revenue and Samsung is in second place with $5.9 billion revenue. Apple is in third place with $4.6 billion revenue followed by Sony Ericsson with $4.2 billion, LG with 3.4 billion, Motorola with $3.2 billion and RIM with $2.1 billion. The remarkable thing about these numbers is that Apple achieved this by selling just one smartphone model the iPhone 3G. All other cellphone makers have at least 10 different models on the market.
With more than 6.9 million iPhones sold, Apple has also achieved their goal of selling 10 million handsets in 2008, more than two months before the deadline. Apple sold more iPhone last quarter than combined sales of iPhone before last quarter. 6.9 million iPhone 3G units were sold, exceeding the total 6.1 million first generation iPhone units sold in five prior quarters. Apple has sold 13 million total iPhones as of September 27, 2008. Another iPhone related new was that more than 200 million apps have been downloaded from App Store. iPhone 3G launch has been just phenomenal for Apple, if growth continues at this rate very soon Apple will be fighting with Nokia for first place in smartphone market.

Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2008 fourth quarter ended September 27, 2008. The Company posted revenue of $7.9 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.14 billion, or $1.26 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $6.22 billion and net quarterly profit of $904 million, or $1.01 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 34.7 percent, up from 33.6 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 41 percent of the quarter’s revenue.
Apple shipped 2,611,000 Macintosh computers during the quarter, representing 21 percent unit growth and 17 percent revenue growth over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 11,052,000 iPods during the quarter, representing eight percent unit growth and three percent revenue growth over the year-ago quarter. Quarterly iPhone units sold were 6,892,000 compared to 1,119,000 in the year-ago-quarter.
“Apple just reported one of the best quarters in its history, with a spectacular performance by the iPhone—we sold more phones than RIM,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We don’t yet know how this economic downturn will affect Apple. But we’re armed with the strongest product line in our history, the most talented employees and the best customers in our industry. And $25 billion of cash safely in the bank with zero debt.”
“We’re very pleased to have grown revenue 35 percent and to have generated $9.1 billion in cash in fiscal 2008,” said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO. “Looking ahead, visibility is low and forecasting is challenging, and as a result we are going to be prudent in predicting the December quarter. We are providing a wide range for our guidance, targeting revenue of $9.0 to $10.0 billion and earnings per diluted share between $1.06 and $1.35.”
You can read complete Fourth Quarter results on Apple’s Website.

Motorola has unveiled new ultra high-end “AURA” mobile phone that was inspired by luxury watches and handcrafted design. Motorola says the handset is made with more than 700 individual components of which 200 high precision parts are used in engineering rotating mechanism for the front plate. It is the first handset to use round LCD display with 16 million colors and 300dpi resolution. A Grade 1, 62-carat sapphire crystal lens – one of the most scratch-resistant materials on earth, protects the display. The AURA uses gears composed of Rockwell 50-55 hardened steel and 130 precision ball bearings that assist the opening blade.
“AURA is Motorola’s latest endeavor into the high-tier mobile device space and is the result of our continued inspiration to innovate in design, imagination and state-of-the-art handcraftsmanship,” said Jim Wicks, corporate vice president and director of Consumer Experience Design, Mobile Devices, Motorola. “From the moment AURA owners hold their phones, they elevate their own experience in luxury and unmatched quality.”
When you are talking about this kind of craftsmanship, price and other specifications are not that important. But just to let you know, it will be available exclusively from MOTO Store for $1,999.99 and will feature 2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, Quad-band GSM, microSD card slot, multimedia player and up to 7.3 hours of talk time. You can get more information about the handset on Motorola AURA’s website.

Intel has already announced that it will start shipping desktop and server processors based on the new Nehalem architecture in Q4 2008. The desktop chips would get a new name Core i7, where as the server chips will continue using the same name Xeon. But PC World is reporting that users will have to wait much longer to get their hands on the mobile version of Nehalem Architecture.
Intel said on Monday that the mobile version of Nehalem would be in production beginning in second half of 2009. Intel didn’t give any specific date when the mobile processors will be available commercially. But it’s usually about a month after Intel start mass production. The mobile processors based on Nehalem architecture are codenamed Clarksfield. Intel will produce the processor using the same 45nm manufacturing technology used in present generation mobile processors.
Earlier, it was rumored that Intel will start shipping the Clarksfield mobile processors in second quarter of 2009. And if the news is true, the new processor shipment will be delayed by few months, and that should give AMD sometime to catch-up with Intel.

HP has added two new phones to its smartphone lineup, the Data Messenger and the Voice Messenger. The Data Messenger is a touchscreen phone with 2.8-inch QVGA screen and slide out QWERTY keypad. The Voice Messenger is a non-touchscreen candy bar phone with 2.4-inch QVGA screen and BlackBerry like Suretype keypad. Both the phones are based on Windows Mobile Professional 6.1 and they come with optical mouse pointer in place of traditional D-pad like the new Samsung smartphones.
The hardware features shared by both the phones include quad band GSM/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), tri band HSPA (900/1900/2100 MHz), 3.1-megapixel autofocus camera, 128MB RAM, 256MB ROM, WiFi b/g, Bluetooth, GPS and microSD card slot. The iPaq Data Messenger will be priced Euro 499 ($660) and the iPaq Voice Messenger will cost Euro 399 ($525). Both the phones will be available through Vodafone in November this year.
[Via BGR]

Asus has introduced four new LCD monitors that will ship by end of October. The monitors will be available in two sizes 25.5-inch and 24-inch. The 25.5-inch display will come in two models VK266H and VW266H with 16:10 aspect ratio and 1920 x 1200 resolution, where as the 24-inch models VK246H and VW246H will come in 16:9 aspect ratio and 1920 x 1080 resolution. All the displays will feature 300 cd/m2 brightness, 20,000:1 contrast ratio, 2ms response time and Video Intelligence technology, which changes parameters of the display to match the content being played on it.
The VK266H will come with 2-megapixel webcam and the VK246H will have 1.3-megapixel webcam. The other two models will not feature webcam. The connection ports on the displays are HDMI, DVI-D, VGA and USB. The 26-inch models will include 3W stereo speakers, component video input and optical audio output, while the 24-inch models will have 2W stereo speakers. Asus has not announced the price, but it should be in range of $400-$600.

Earlier this year, Samsung had proposed a buy out bid of $5.85 billion to SanDisk, which the company turned down. After Samsung’s bid, Toshiba also showed interest in acquiring SanDisk. Today, Toshiba announced that it has reached an agreement with SanDisk to buy 30 percent of SanDisk’s NAND flash production capacity for $1 billion. Both the companies already have 50-50 partnership for two manufacturing facilities in Japan. Now Toshiba will have additional 30 percent of overall all NAND production capacity of SanDisk.
According to Toshiba this will allow it to increase its NAND memory capacity quicker at lower cost in comparison to building its own NAND production facility.  Toshiba believes that NAND flash requirement will grow by 200 percent annually as demand for portable devices and their storage capacity will continue rise. The acquired NAND capacity will help Toshiba meet those demands in future.

HP has launched two new eco-friendly desktops a6645f Verde Special Edition and a6655f Phoenix Special Edition. Both the desktops use lower energy AMD processor and come in a completely recyclable packaging. The a6645f comes with dual core 2.5GHz Athlon 64 X2 CPU, 500GB hard drive and up to 5GB RAM for $579. The second model a6655f comes with quad core 1.8GHz Phenom X4 processor, 640GB hard drive and up to 5GB RAM for $659.
Along with the two desktop, HP also announced w2558hc – a 25.5-inch LCD display. The display has rich color output and a 2-megapixel webcam with HDMI port, 15-in-1 card reader and 4-port USB hub. HP has not listed complete specifications of the new display, but it should be priced around $599 when it is released next month.
[Via MacNN]

Now days, most smartphone makers are supporting more than one OS on their cellphone hardware. Smartphone makers like HTC, Motorola and Samsung who initially supported Windows Mobile OS, are investing in other cellphone OSs, as Windows Mobile market share continues to decrease. Following suit, Samsung has announced their new i7110 smartphone, which is based on Symbian S60 platform. The other feature on i7110 that Samsung is highlighting is the bright and colorful 2.6-inch AMOLED screen.
For communication the phone supports HSDPA (900/2100MHz), quad band GSM/EDGE, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS. The GPS supports both pedestrian navigation and in-car navigation, with a built-in FM transmitter that sends spoken directions through car stereo system. The camera on the phone has 5-megapixel resolution and it supports autofocus, smile-shot, blink-shot and LED flash. There is a second camera on top of the screen from video calls.
The i7110 comes with just 50MB of onboard storage, but it support microSD card up to 16GB. The media player on the phone can play almost all the audio/video codec commonly used. The phone measures 4.64” x 2.04” x 0.50”. It’s battery life is rated 6 hours of 3G talk time and 451 hours of standby. The phone will be launch in Russia next month; Europe and Asia will get the phone by end of 2008. Samsung hasn’t announced pricing for the phone yet.

Intel today showed the first working prototype device based on Moorestown chipset. The new chipset is designed to be more efficient for use in Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and ultra mobile PCs. Intel has achieved the increase in performance and efficiency by using 45 nanometer manufacturing process and redesign of the core processor. The new core processor is called Lincroft, it integrates main processor with memory controller and a video-encoding engine. The integration eliminates the need of separate Northbridge making the chip smaller, faster and more power efficient.
Intel also announced that it will be working with Ericsson and Option to develop HSPA based 3G chips that will support Moorestown. The 3G chip will be less that one square inch in size making them ideal for use in MIDs. Intel says that the Moorestown chipset will use 10x less power in idle stage compared to its predecessor the Atom processor. For the first time in the video above, Intel’s Anand Chandrasekhar shows a working device based on the new Moorestown chipset. Intel will start mass production of the chipset in 2009 and we will see device based on the new chipset in second half of 2009.