Volvo V60 plug-in hybrid diesel car

Volvo V60 plug-in hybrid diesel car

Volvo announced today that it will reveal a near production-ready version of its new V60 wagon using a diesel-electric plug-in hybrid powertrain in March's Geneva Motor Show.

The V60 plug-in hybrid will use a specially tuned version of the lineup's existing 160kW/440Nm 2.4-liter five-cylinder diesel engine to drive the front wheels. At the back end, a 52kW electric motor and rear wheels, drawing energy from a 12kWh lithium-ion battery.

At the 2010 Paris Motor Show, certified Volvo CEO Stefan Jacoby, the automaker will launch a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) diesel in 2012. Jacoby later revealed that Volvo's first plug-in hybrid, which is based on the V60 would spew an estimated 49 grams per kilometer of CO2 emissions, provide up to 31 miles of electric range and boasts the ability to recharge in five hours.

In March, at the Geneva Motor Show, Volvo is expected to pull back the sheets on his V60 plug-in, revealed the vehicle to the public. We will not wait so long to learn some of the specs of this car, though, since Volvo let them loose today. Volvo V60 PHEV has a five-cylinder 2.4-liter D5 turbodiesel, which directs 215 horsepower and 325 pound-feet of torque through a six-speed automatic gearbox that turns the front wheels. The rear axle is driven by a 70 hp electric motor receiving juice from a 12 kWh lithium-ion battery.

Sony to unveil Xperia Arc: An Android 2.3 Smartphone

Sony to unveil Xperia Arc

nother year, an additional Sony Ericsson Android Smartphone.

Hoping to repeat the success of their X10 plus X10 Mini the wiring association have expelled the sum of their ultimate google Operating System using smartphone the Xperia Arc.

Running upon 2.3 the slim plus in vogue seeking handset is even thinner than the recentely publicized Samsung Infuse 4G.

Crammed in to the skinny bombard is a 4.2-inch multi-touch shade with ‘Reality Display’ plus mobile BRAVIA Engine.

Plus, a Sony Exmor R for extended low-light photography plus video capture, an 8.1 megapixel camera, HD video recording plus of march the great aged Android market.

There’s additionally a few snazzy treats chucked in to the brew as good such as a NeoReader barcode scanner, 3D games, Wi-Fi, turn-by-turn navigation, the list goes upon plus on. (check out the source couple for full specs.)

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc will be expelled globally in comparison markets from Q1 plus at foremost peek it looks similar to a illusory handset. We’ll keep an eye out for reviews.

• 4.2-inch Reality Display capacitive touchscreen (only 8.7mm thin)
• 8.1-megapixel camera with Sony’s Exmor CMOS sensor (720p HD video recording)
• Mobile Bravia Engine technology
• 1GHz Snapdragon processor
• 512 MB internal memory
• 32 GB micro SD support
• Stereo Bluetooth
• Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS

HTC’s Upcoming Three New 4G Smartphones

HTC 4G NEw Gen

This is a pretty good question most wireless carriers probably asked themselves recently. The companies that produce tablets and smartphones are hard at work delivering 4G devices.

Verizon Wireless, along with HTC, officially announced the upcoming release of the HTC Thunderbolt during their recent CES press event. The Thunderbolt comes to the Verizon 4G network as HTC’s first LTE smartphone. Verizon has said that the device should be available for purchase in the first half of 2011, with pricing still to be determined. The Thunderbolt sounds like another great addition to the growing newly announced line-up of devices from CES 2011, we’ll see if it can stand up to the competition. You can check out the known specs for the Thunderbolt below, along with the official press release from HTC.

• 4.3 inch super LCD display
• 768 MB RAM
• 8 megapixel rear-facing camera with 720P HD recording
• 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera
• microSD card slot (32 GB card included)
• Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP Stereo
• WiFi: 802.11 b/g/n
• dynamic noise cancellation
• 3.5 mm headset jack
• Skype Mobile with video calling over LTE
• Digital compass, G-Sensor, Proximity sensor, Light sensor, GPS
• Mobile hotspot functionality
• HTC Sense 2.0 with htcsense. com integration
• Android 2.2

Apple’s New CDMA iPhone 4 comes to Verizon from 10th Feb

We've waited and waited, and now Apple and Verizon have made a million dreams come true: the iPhone is coming to Big Red. After talking up his new LTE network a bit, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam confirmed a CDMA (non-LTE) version of the iPhone 4 is coming to Verizon Wireless next month.

"Verizon Wireless customers have told us they can't wait to get their hands on iPhone 4, and we think they are going to love it," Cook said. "We have enormous respect for the company Verizon has built and the loyalty they have earned from their customers."

The CDMA iPhone 4 features a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, HD video recording, Apple's A4 chip, a 3-axis gyro and a glass and stainless steel design like no other mobile phone. iPhone 4 also comes with iOS 4, the world's most advanced mobile operating system, which includes multitasking, folders, Game Center, AirPlay and AirPrint wireless printing.

We've read reams of speculation about the Verizon iPhone, and McAdam obviously knows how to work a crowd. He set the stage by noting that, "We've made network quality the hallmark of the Verizon brand" and that Verizon has "the only infrastructure that's future-proof, and we can deliver high-def and 3-D content over the 3-G system robustly." It was an unmistakeable dig at the data and call-drop woes that the iPhone has caused AT&T and a subtle promise that the mobile broadband future that Apple helped usher in will work reliably on Verizon's network.

LG OPTIMUS NEXUS S

NEXUS S

There’s no doubt what LG is trying to emphasize with the announcement of the LG Optimus 2X smartphone. You see that 2X in the name? That’s because it boasts the impressive dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor (1GHz) to run its show. And what a show it is.

You may have seen this phone floating around the rumor mills as the LG Star, but the name has been abandoned for the Optimus 2X moniker instead. This is the first time that we’re seeing a smartphone with that impressive chip under the hood, after all.

So, what kind of power does that processor provide to this Android 2.2 smartphone? Well, not only will it output full 1080p video to your TV via its HDMI-out port, but it will also record full 1080p HD video via its 8MP primary camera. There’s also a 1.3MP camera on the front for your video calls too.

Running through the rest of the specs, you find 8GB memory, microSD expansion, and a 4-inch WVGA display. There’s only a 1500mAh battery in there, though, so it’ll be interesting to see what kind of life you get when you really start to push the limits on this beast of a slim phone.

That's right, it's official. Needless to say, that LG Star we recently got our paws on is very real, though it won't go by that name at retail -- just as LG's own release materials had suggested, this monster has picked up the Optimus 2X name as it morphs from a prototype into brutally fast, overpowered reality. At the phone's heart beats a dual-core Tegra 2 processor running at 1GHz, the first such configuration to be officially announced by any smartphone manufacturer (though we're expecting others any day now). In case you're wondering how such power might be used, well, for starters, you've got both full 1080p TV-out via HDMI and video capture through an 8 megapixel primary camera paired with a 1.3 megapixel cam up front for face-to-face calling.

A 4-inch WVGA display is along for the ride along with 8GB of on-board storage (expandable with up to 32GB of microSD) and a 1,500mAh battery -- no larger than most single-core smartphones these days, so it'll be interesting to see if the final retail units hold up through a day of typical use. Unfortunately, the Optimus 2X is launching out of the gate with Android 2.2, but LG's already committing to releasing Gingerbread updates "in due course." It hits first in LG's home market of Korea next month, followed by Europe and other Asian locales in the coming weeks; we're sure you can hardly wait, so why don't you check out some eye candy from our preview while you pass the time? Follow the break for the press release.