10 May 2011

NEW INKJET PRINTERS FROM HP TO HELP BUSINESS MOBILE CUSTOMERS



What are the benefits of going mobile? Well for an average end user like myself, it means I can get connected to my social life whenever I want, but for businesses and enterprises, mobility can help them maximize the company’s productivity. As 85% of global enterprise workforce is expected to go mobile by 2015, HP recently announced new business inject solutions designed to help business customers maximize productive as branch offices and mobile workforces proliferate – the HP Officejet Pro 8000 Enterprise Printer and HP Officejet 100 Mobile Printer that allow business customers and mobile professionals to print out high-quality documents wherever they are be it in the office or on the go.
“The rise of mobile workforce has altered the business landscape and technology requirements in recent years, and customer expectatios are higher when it comes to printing. With the new high-performing business inkjet solutions, HP has once again strengthened its industry-leading portfolio to help these customers succeed.” – Benard Chiang, Country General Manager, Imaging and Printing Group, HP Malaysia.
Hit the break to find out more about the features in these new printers.
Time-pressured mobile professionals can print with confidence and increase efficiency while on the go with the HP Officejet 100 Mobile Printer, a compact, durable device that offers:

— A powerful, long-life lithium ion battery – print up to 500 pages when the battery is fully charged and the included 65-watt AC power adapter is compatible with selected HP Notebooks.

— Built-in Bluetooth® wireless technology to print high-quality documents on the go from selected mobile devices including notebooks, netbooks and Windows Mobile®, BlackBerry, HP webOS and Nokia Symbian smartphones.(2)

— A 50-sheet paper tray and the ability to print at up to 22 ppm black/18 ppm color and ISO print speeds up to 5 ppm black/3.5 ppm color.(3)

— Ability to connect to a PictBridge compatible device and print lab-quality, borderless 4 x 6-inch photos on the go.(2, 4)

— Energy savings and extended battery life ­– ENERGY STAR® qualified, the device automatically powers down when idle.

Easy integration and impressive management features
To help address the IT challenges associated with printing support for remote workers as well as the space constraints of satellite offices and telecommuters, HP is offering its first Officejet Pro inkjet printer for the enterprise with built-in support for HP’s print management tools. The network-enabled HP Officejet Pro 8000 Enterprise Printer offers several benefits to enhance a company’s printing capabilities, including:

— HP Universal Print Driver and HP Web Jetadmin to easily integrate the device into managed printing environments, increasing productivity and reducing IT management costs.

— Compatibility across existing IT infrastructures and operating environments with support for SAP, Windows Cluster Server, Citrix Server and more.

— Professional color documents for up to 50 percent lower cost per page and energy use than laser printers.(5) The HP Officejet Pro 8000 Enterprise Printer is ENERGY STAR qualified and uses up to 50 percent less paper with automatic two-sided printing, and up to 80 percent less supplies and packaging by weight compared with color laser printers.(6)

  Support for HP ePrint Enterprise, which gives users the ability to print from BlackBerry or HP webOS devices to any networked enterprise printer or thousands of HP ePrint Mobile Print locations.(7, 8)

— Enhanced efficiency of business processes with features like ISO print speeds of up to 13ppm black and 8.5ppm color,(3) automatic two-sided printing, a 15,000-page monthly duty cycle, a 250-sheet paper tray expandable up to 500 sheets, standard networking with built-in Ethernet and Hi-speed USB 2.0, and commercial support.

— Increased printing options with support for HP PCL 6, HP PCL 5c, HP Postscript 3 and 80 scalable TrueType fonts.(9) Additional fonts can be downloaded directly to the printer.

— Great value for frequent printing and less intervention with high-capacity cartridges and individual inks. Documents are water-resistant with HP Officejet pigment inks and ColorLok® papers. 

— Security management, including the ability to configure features such as a password-protected Embedded Web Server (EWS), SSL/HTTPS redirection, device firewall and Syslog for device events.

SONY ERICSSON LAUNCHES JAPAN EXCLUSIVE VERSION OF XPERIA ARC



Releasing a smartphone in Japan isn't easy. A device can come with all the bells and whistles that'll satisfy the majority of Asian smartphone users, but unless it comes with Japanese essentials like mobile wallet capabilities (NFC), a TV tuner and IrDA, that device will probably never take off in Japan.

Today, a refined version of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc called the Sony Ericsson Xperia arco has been announced in Japan and comes with the said enhancements. Essentially identical in terms of hardware specs, the addition of NFC, a TV tuner and a humble infrared port will probably be a big deal to Japanese consumers. The arco will most likely be tied to Docomo and come in three new colors, namely white, black and aqua.

There isn't a whole wealth of information on this device on the Sony Ericsson press site (heck, there aren't even any high-res photos), but if leaked presentations are your thing, then head over to Xperia Blog for a better understanding of this device - but only if you can read Japanese.

LINKSYS E4200 WIRELESS-N ROUTER: BRINGING SEXY BACK INTO THE EQUATION



Routers are one of those things that always seem to end up in the deepest and darkest crevices of the home. Putting them in such places are in no way functionally ideal, but who really has a choice unless the sight of an odd antenna or two poking out from the bookshelf is your idea of geek aesthetics.
Linksys, a name that has been involved in the router business for a number of years now, fully recognizes this “problem” and is aiming to remedy it with a red dot award winning design concept on their new Linksys E4200 Maximum Performance Dual-Band Wireless-N Router.
Combining all their router technology goodness – such as six internal antennas, 300Mbps/450Mbps (2.4/5.0GHz) throughput, and a USB port for network storage – with a healthy dose of aesthetic charm, it looks like this router may actually look good enough to be worthy of a space on the display unit now.


Performance:
• Maximum performance of up to 300 Mbps (2.4) and up to 450 Mbps (5.0GHz)
• Simultaneous dual-band (2.4 and 5.0 GHz) with four 10/100/100 gigabit ports
• 3X3 internal MIMO special stream configuration on the 5.0 Ghz band for ideal performance for streaming HD videos, gaming and voice
• Internal and external amplifiers for maximum speed at greater distances for added in-home mobility
• Six antennas for maximum range
Features:
• Quality of Service (QoS) for prioritizing bandwidth for movies, voice or music
• UPnP media server for adding on storage to serve your Internet-enabled TVs or media server PCs
• USB port for easily adding external storage drives
• red dot award winning design, with its contemporary and stylish exterior
Software:
• Advanced security: WPA and WPA2 and Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) Firewall
• Plans to support IPv6 in July 2011
• Cisco Connect software for enabling simple setup, network management tools (parental controls, guest access) and optional advanced settings

SEAGATE ANNOUNCES NEW 3.5-INCH HARD DRIVES WITH 1TB PER PLATTER



Seagate have recently announced that they have managed to break the industry’s areal density barrier by unveiling hard drive platters with a density of 625 Gigabits per square inch. This in turn enabled them to develop a series of 3.5-inch hard drives - lead by their GoFlex Desk range of external hard drives with capacities of up to 3TB - featuring 1TB of storage space per disk platter
“Organizations of all sizes and consumers worldwide are amassing digital content at light speed, generating immense demand for storage of digital content of every imaginable kind. We remain keenly focused on delivering the storage capacity, speed and manageability our customers need to thrive in an increasingly digital world,” - Rocky Pimentel, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing, Seagate.
Additionally, the new platters are also on their way to 3.5-inch Barracuda desktop hard drives which are expected to be available in the market by mid-2011 in 3TB, 2TB, 1.5TB and 1TB capacities. However, no pricing details for these new hard drivers are available for the time being. For further information, head on to www.seagate.com.
[Source: Seagate]

TM ADDS SEVEN NEW PREMIUM CHANNELS TO HYPPTV LINEUP



Telekom Malaysia Berhad has recently announced that they have added seven new premium channels to their HyppTV lineup, five new Video On Demand (VOD) categories and two new interactive applications to Malaysia’s newest Pay TV service – HyppTV. This means that by June 2011 when these new addition becomes available, HyppTV will have a total of 44 channels – 15 free channels, 29 premium channels, 14 VOD categories and 11 interactive applications.
The new channels are as follows:
Premium channels: Al Jazeera, tvN HD, Nat Geo Adventure HD, Nat Geo Music, Syfy HD, SS Music and EMAS.
VOD categories: Series – Malaysian Package, Knowledge – Nature Package, Kids – Dino, Anamasi and Galaxy.
Applications: Facebook and Youtube.
“We are very excited about these additions because we believe they offer a unique niche for discerning customers out there. Our network and reach are growing very fast, and the more customers we have, the more diverse our programming becomes. Because we are flexible, we are able to cater to a larger audience with varying tastes in programme consumption. In line with our efforts to play a significant role in facilitating the digital lifestyle of Malaysians, HyppTV allows viewers to enjoy entertainment options and other content through ways that go beyond their normal TV viewing experience. The HyppTV viewing experience will influence and guide our customers’ perspective on their content choices and options in the future.” -- Jeremy Kung, Executive Vice President, New Media, TM.