Sony Ericsson’s Vivaz makes you really want to say ‘Viva Vivaz!’ for all the rich and praiseworthy features it possesses. To start with, it is a 107.0 x 52.0 x 12.5 mm size Symbian (S60, 5th Edition) OS device weighing 97 g and above all, it boasts 720P HD video recording capability; 16 million color, 3.2 inch Intuitive touchscreen (16:9, 640×360); 8.1 megapixel sensor, 4x digital zoom camera with auto focus and continuous auto focus for video, and face detection for photos. 75MB of phone memory with up to 16 GB of extendable memory with MicroSD Card. It comes equipped with popular applications such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google Maps as well as some 3D games. Other marvels include GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, TV out and FM radio.

It will be available in 4 color options: Cosmic Black, Moon Silver, Galaxy Blue, Venus Ruby.

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Sony Ericsson’s new Symbian Phone “Vivaz” boasts 720 P HD video recording and more

Looks like the wait for a real HD PMP is finally over: Hallods of Japan has just released their F43 MP4 player featuring a 4.3-inch 1280×720 screen, easily beating other sub-5-inch, 480p screens found on big names like the Archos 5 and Viewsonic’s VPD400. Under that sharp screen is 8GB of internal storage and a hot-swappable microSD slot, along with a battery life of about four hours and ten hours for video and music, respectively. Like many PMPs out there the F43 supports videos encoded in MPEG4, FLV, RMVB and DivX-WVGA. Sure, there’s the ironic lack of HDMI output, but for ?16,800 ($188) this is still a pretty good deal. Let’s just hope Hallods will send them over to the US soon.

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Filed under: Handhelds, Portable Video

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Hallods F43 MP4 player packs a 4.3-inch 720p screen, outed in Japan

This one wasn’t in our guide to Apple’s Rock and Roll event rumors, but Harman Kardon may have spilt the beans. According to this press release, the iPod and iPhone can indeed play high definition video, as previously discovered:

Each receiver takes advantage of the latest sound and video technologies — such as the latest high-bit-rate formats, including Dolby(R) TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio(TM) delivered via Blu-ray Disc(TM) and the HD video content stored on iPod and iPhone products — and incorporates them into a beautifully designed, easy-to-use system.

Could this mean that Apple will announce this capability in today’s event? Perhaps it is related to the Cocktail project? We will discover it at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific, in our liveblog. [MarketWatch]

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Apple May Activate High Definition Video Playback In the iPhone and iPod [Rumor]

This one wasn’t in our guide to Apple’s Rock and Roll event rumors, but Harman Kardon may have spilt the beans. According to this press release, the iPod and iPhone can indeed play high definition video, as previously discovered:

Each receiver takes advantage of the latest sound and video technologies — such as the latest high-bit-rate formats, including Dolby(R) TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio(TM) delivered via Blu-ray Disc(TM) and the HD video content stored on iPod and iPhone products — and incorporates them into a beautifully designed, easy-to-use system.

Could this mean that Apple will announce this capability in today’s event? Perhaps it is related to the Cocktail project? We will discover it at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific, in our liveblog. [MarketWatch]

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Apple May Activate High Definition Video Playback In the iPhone and iPod [Rumor]

Comcast just launched a new high-speed 100Mbps cable service in Minneapolis and St. Paul, making it the second provider to offer next-level speeds to a small market for a crazy price.

Yes, now you too can download HD video as fast as someone in Roppongi, provided you live in urban Minnesota and have $370 a month to pony up for the privilege. But really, this isn’t meant for normal consumers. It’s meant for businesses and really rich people, and it’s meant as ammunition for anti-FiOS marketing.

Hell, Optimum Online has been offering up its 101Mbps Ultra package in the Northeast since earlier this year, but it isn’t sweeping the area by storm. On the one hand, I certainly appreciate that these ISPs are pushing the limits of broadband. On the other hand, until it’s available to more people and for a price somewhat approaching affordable, what’s the point? If you’re trying to show that you can beat FiOS speeds for more than three times the price, well, nice work. But until the prices are lowered and the tech is proven to work when more than 25 people are using it, I’m not sure what it does for us.

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Comcast’s New 100Mbps Cable Service Edges Us Closer to Japan-Level Broadband, Sort Of [Broadband]