Samsung Brings Fastest Spinning Laptop Drives

Samsung has introduced highest capacity Spinpoint MP4 hard disk drive for laptops. New Samsung Spinpoint MP4 is 2.5-inch HDD offered in 250GB, 320GB, 500GB and 640GB capacities. With 7200 rotations per minute (RPM), this high-density drives also support Serial ATA 3.0 interface. However, Samsung hasn't released any price details for these new high-density drives for laptops.

Several large capacity drives are available for laptops but all compromise on speed. New Spinpoint MP4 internal HDD for laptops is claimed to have improved 30 percent of performance with 7200RPM rotation speed over the 5400RPM speed. This HDD has 16MB memory buffer compared to 8MB available in several 5400RPM HDDs. This way, Samsung has packed a combo of fast spin speed platter and double than usual memory buffer for boosting the performance.

Targeted at the high-performance, multi-tasking enthusiasts and gamers, the new Spinpoint MP4 features Samsung's proprietary SilentSeek and Noise-guard technologies for quieter operations. Unfortunately, you may not be able to buy this HDD for your laptop directly. Samsung is expected make initial shipments to key laptop makers in April 2010.

If you are a high-performance seeker, then you should wait for couple of months and then choose this HDD for upgrading your laptop.

Samsung S5620 Monte Launched in India at Rs. 8,850

The Monte is a mid-range touchscreen device that boasts of a 3-inch TFT capacitive touchscreen capable of displaying 256K colours at 240x400 pixels. It runs Samsung's proprietary OS over the TouchWiz 2.0 interface. The 3G Ready handset comes equipped with a host of features that include a 3.2 MP camera, Wi-Fi and FM radio. It supports bluetooth 2.1 and A-GPS. The phone is priced similarly to the existing Corby range and might be a good alternative to those who wants a phone that performs likes the Corby - but doesn't share the brand name and a built in Wi-Fi chip which is not commonly found on mobile phones in its price range.

As for the other features of the Monte, it comes with 200 MB of internal memory - which is quite large - especially for a phone in its price range. Of course, you can expand the memory using microSD cards. The phone is multimedia ready, packs in a very capable MP3 and video player and 3.5mm audio jack is also built-in. The Monte also comes loaded with Google Maps. The phone will set you back by a cool Rs. 8,850 - which seems to be a very good price for the features you get with this device. You might want to rush to a Samsung dealer to check out this one in action.

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 2100
	Announced	2010, February
	Status	Available. Released 2010, March

SIZE	Dimensions	108.8 x 53.7 x 12.4 mm
	Weight	92 g

DISPLAY	Type	TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors
	Size	240 x 400 pixels, 3.0 inches
		- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate - TouchWiz UI 2.0 Plus - Turn to mute - Smart unlock

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration, MP3 ringtones
	Speakerphone	Yes
		- 3.5 mm audio jack - DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine)

MEMORY	Phonebook	1000 contacts, Photocall
	Call records	Yes
	Internal	200 MB
	Card slot	microSD, up to 16GB

DATA	GPRS	Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
	EDGE	Class 10, 236.8 kbps
	3G	HSDPA 3.6 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0

CAMERA	Primary	3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
	Features	Geo-tagging, smile detection
	Video	Yes, QVGA@15fps
	Secondary	Yes, CIF

FEATURES	Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, Palringo IM
	Browser	WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	Games	Yes + downloadable
	Colors	Black
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	Yes, MIDP 2.0
		- Social networking integration with live updates - Google Maps 3.0 - Image editor - MP3/WMA/eAAC+ player - MP4/H.263/H.264 player - Organizer - Voice memo - T9

BATTERY		Standard battery, Li-Ion 960 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 769 h (2G) / Up to 454 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 9 h 42 min (2G) / Up to 4 h 58 min (3G)

Samsung launched its new 8 MP phone in India

Samsung launches its new mobile phone Samsung INNOV8 in India, designed for mobile photography and multimedia experience in the indian market.

It features GPS navigation, WiFi connectivity, HSDPA connectivity at 7.2Mbps, 32 GB inbuilt memory and is based on Symbian OS v9.2, bringing the highest level of power efficiency, platform security and phone performance.

Innov8 offers a range of camera technologies, a surround-sound cinematic video experience, mobile Internet browsing experience and mobile gaming capabilities.

Samsung INNOV8 will cost around Rs. 40000 and start shipping in the month of October, 2008