Motorola announced its new Moto Rokr E8 at CES 2008 in Las Vegas. Its size is 115 x 53 x 10.6 mm and weighs about 100 grams which is decent for a cellphone. In fact it can be called slim.
Features:
“ModeShift” technology keypad: The keypad displays different controls in different modes like phone (usual set of digits), music player (play, pause etc.), camera (zoom in and out).
“FastScroll” navigation: iPod-like wheel that allows scrolling through songs, contact and image library by sliding a thumb.
“Haptics” feedback: vibration feedback to give the feeling of clicking a button when you touch the touch-pad controls on the keypad.
Steve Jobs announced the “Macbook Air” at the Macworld Expo 2008. At 12.74″ wide, 8.9″ deep, max 0.76″ high and weighing 3 lbs Macbook Air is probably the thinnest and lightest laptop around.
Features:
Built-in iSight camera, speaker and microphone
13.3″ LED backlit screen
Multi-touch trackpad that supports two-finger scrolling, pinch, rotate, swipe, tap, double-tap, and drag capabilities (like the iphone)
1.6GHz or 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 80 GB hard drive, 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM
802.11a/b/g compatible and built-in Bluetooth 2.1
Manufacturer claimed battery life of 5 hours
A port hatch that flips down to reveal a USB 2.0 port, a headphone jack, and a micro-DVI port
