The Sony Ericsson W980 is latest  Walkman phone to be released in the W-series.  As usual, Sony Ericsson has released yet another stylish mobile Walkman phone which does not have a 3.5mm headphone jack. Non-the-less the phone is still as sleek as ever, and will have you almost forgetting about any shortcomings the phone may have. Projected release date is  July 2008 with an estimated price of $600.

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 “The W980 Walkman® phone really sets a new standard for music on your phone,” said Ben Padley, Head of Music Marketing, at Sony Ericsson. “We wanted to design a leading music player that we could combine with a feature-packed phone, all the while pioneering an audio experience that always left you wanting more. The W980 will surpass all expectations.”

 

May 26, 2008 - Samsung Electronics announced today that it has developed the world’s fastest, 2.5-inch, 256 Gigabyte (GB) multi-level cell (MLC) based solid state drive (SSD) using a SATA II interface at the fifth annual Samsung Mobile Solution Forum held at the Westin Taipei Hotel. Samsung’s new 256GB SSD is also the thinnest drive with the largest capacity to be offered with a SATA II interface.

Samsung has said that in September of 2008 the 2.5-inch, 256GB SSD should be available and a 1.8-inch version of the 256GB SSD is expected to be available in the fourth quarter of 2008.

Through major advancements in proprietary controller technology, Samsung’s new MLC 256GB SSD, besides being comparable in speed to an SLC-based SSD, also boasts reliability equal to that of SLC SSDs, with a mean time between failures (MTBF) of one million hours, while costing considerably less. Power consumption is also exceptionally low at 0.9 watts in active mode.

In addition, the drive offers a sophisticated data encryption process that prevents data stored on the SSD from being accessed in an unauthorized manner, even after the SSD is removed from the PC.