Later this week, Volvo Cars and Polestar will go into their 15th consecutive motorsport season in the Swedish Touring Car Championship. But before the two exit the pit for the weekend, they will present an ultimate Volvo for the street.
“Main objective with the Volvo C30 Polestar Performance Concept Prototype is to explore what happens when racing engineers and designers get free hands to build a street car without any limitations set by a specific racing regulation,” Volvo said in a statement.
The Volvo C30 Polestar Performance Concept is aimed to show what happens when engineers build further on the already strong driving characteristic of the standard C30 and illustrate the link between the racing cars and the Polestar Performance products.
Power for the Volvo C30 Polestar Performance Concept comes from a 2.5L turbo engine with a large intercooler, KKK 26 turbo, modified pistons, conrods and inlet camshaft. That allows for a total of 405-hp and a peak torque of 376 lb-ft.
Check out the spec sheet after the jump for more details.
Guinness World Records, the global authority on all record-breaking things, has officially recognized Modern Warfare 2 “as the most successful entertainment launch of all time.”
The Sony Ericsson Satio, announced last May, is can now be purchased at SonyStyle USA for $650. If you don’t remember, the Satio is a S60 5th edition Symbian OS cell phone with 12.1 megapixel camera (and xenon flash), and has full 3G and Wi-Fi support. The touchscreen on the phone is a 3.5 inch, 16:9 display that has 16.9 million colors, which is nothing short of wonderful. We also loved how the phone comes with a 8GB MicroSD card, and has thoughtful features such as FM radio, GPS, A2DP stereo Bluetooth, and a Webkit browser.
The Satio has been moderately successful since its debut and is available on several carriers around the world on a subsidized plan for quite a while now. Sadly, this is yet another highly advanced handset from SE that is arriving in the USA far after it was announced, and at a heavy price as its unlocked. It’s pretty crazy how the XPERIA X1, XPERIA X2, Aino and now the Satio have all sold here in the US without being available in a low cost, packaged plan from a major wireless carrier.
The Samsung Omnia II was released late last year with an awesome spec sheet, and buggy software(from my experience.) Well Samsung is working on an update and it will include Windows Mobile’s finest software… Windows Mobile 6.5.3. This comes from Samsung Hub, who reports that Samsung Sweden has confirmed the WM 6.5.3 update for the Omnia II, which I am sure many O2 Owners are happy to hear.
The update is rumored to be released the second half of May. That means you have to wait merely months before you can do the update to a better, stable, faster world of finger friendly touchability. This update is not WP7S or anything close, but its something that I am sure many Samsung Omnia II owners would find important, and maybe will fixes those issues that I experienced when I had the device for testing.
It is said that timeless philosophy sparks innovation. Home entertainment products have been welcome presence in our living room for years, and that’s why they must embody something essential and not look outdated as new trends emerge. Enduring qualities help these products blend in well and constantly satisfy us. But designers must also capture something new, something that makes us want to update our living room, and even our entertainment habits themselves. Sony’s quest to save the world from aesthetically boring products created by competitors has resulted in a new vision called Monolithic Design. In this interview courtesy of Sony Design, we learn from the members of Sony’s Creative Center about the meaning of this concept.
Matsuoka: From the beginning, Sony has stood for doing the unprecedented and staying one step ahead. These principles motivate us to strive for originality, inspire new consumer lifestyles, show the beauty of functionality, and emphasize usability—our design philosophy. All of this is fundamental to our work as designers, and they remain constant goals of ours.
Before designing home entertainment products for 2010, I wanted us to rethink design and take a fresh look at these elements of our philosophy. Our goal was design surpassing traditional trends and techniques, and design that can shape consumer values and lifestyles. In other words, design that can realign people’s values. With this in mind, we set to work.
In creative work, we draw on our own experiences and sensibilities to express ourselves. But groundbreaking inspiration rarely strikes if we face the same routine every day. That’s why our first step was to send some designers to other locations around the world to collect ideas for exploration. I knew that their inspirations, aesthetic discoveries, and exciting experiences there would expand their creative repertoire and prove indispensable in design development.
As soon as they returned, we discussed product qualities they felt people should appreciate. What design themes should be reflected in new Sony home entertainment products? We discussed many potential directions to take, many ideas for textures, colors, and so on. Yuki’s proposal in particular struck a chord with me—the concept of a single panel.
In its purest form, a panel or monolith has no extraneous elements at all. It’s primitive and directly conveys its inherent nature. For this reason, upright panels look attractive and powerful. As timeless, fundamental forms, panels don’t bend to fashion, so to speak. They can stimulate people, enticing us to update our décor and the style in our lifestyle.
The adjective monolithic is also used in reference to integrated circuits, which have various components integrated onto a single chip. For our own purposes, we reinterpreted the word as “something dense, intelligent, and high-performance,” and I think this matches the direction we’re taking in new home entertainment products. In the end, we built on Yuki’s idea of a single panel and distilled the overall design concept for these products down to our version of Monolithic Design.
Kubota: In television design, normally you start with the functionality for watching video images and then consider how to present it in an original way. This time was different. What I designed first was the sense of presence the physical object conveys. An attractive upright stance, and the aura of freshness and pleasant tension this evokes. Then I had to imagine how to encapsulate the television functionality within this abstract framework.
We faced two tasks. Narrowing it down to the purest expression of an instrument for watching video images, with all needless details gone. And then, ensuring it’s beautiful even when off. This meant rethinking what makes TVs look like TVs—the stand and bezel design. What I visualized at this point was the simple image of a glass panel resting on a solid metal bar.
Stand design generally entails making stands more compact and less noticeable. But through Monolithic Design, we abandoned these rigid preconceptions and chose a simple aluminum bar to support the screen. Other examples in this series of televisions express the gestalt of Monolithic Design more abstractly, as in models dominated by a glass screen in front. To make it happen, our engineers worked diligently to develop new production techniques. Thanks to this, it gives the impression of being a sleek, simple glass panel when off, and images seem to radiate from the front surface of the glass when it’s on.
Matsuoka: We have defined the following three elements of Monolithic Design.
First is something we call “On/Off Conscious.” We want to highlight the beauty of the device as a high-performance TV when it’s on. When it’s off, we want it to fade gracefully into the surroundings as an object of sculptural art. Whether they’re on or off, the sets exude high-performance and other desirable qualities.
Next is “6° Upward Style.” At eye level on a stand, large-screen TVs can be truly overwhelming. Ditch the stand, lower the screen, and tilt the screen slightly up instead (by 6°), and it’s not only easier to watch but it frees your living room from that overbearing presence. This may tempt you to update your living room in general—by replacing any old, worn-out stands with a stylish low cabinet, for example.
And last, “Contrast of Materials.” Here, we sought an alluring sense of contrast from a combination of different materials, which we hope you’ll appreciate. The base and the sides are aluminum, and the front is glass. We coordinated the contrasting textures and qualities of these genuine materials, which harmonize with each other.
Of course, in televisions as in other products, styling should be tailored for the particular series or category. That’s why some new sets may not present all three design elements. Still, Monolithic Design is the unifying concept for our line as a whole. Aesthetically, you’ve found a good solution if you’re looking for a consistent ambiance in your living room.
Suzuki: Monolithic Design appears in Blu-ray disc players, surround-sound speakers, and other home theater products. In all cases, our goal is the ultimate expression of the essence of the component. Excessive elements are avoided, as you would expect with subtractive design.
Making televisions and other products look nicely balanced together was something we were careful about. If other components are too slim—whether because manufacturers believe TV sets should dominate the living room or just because thin is in—they end up looking insubstantial in comparison. Instead, a sturdy framework is more natural and gives components a sense of presence. And besides avoiding excessive slimness, we must avoid what’s fake. We think this brings us closer to the essence of AV equipment and our goals in Monolithic Design.
The simpler product design seems, the harder we must sometimes work to arrange it with our engineers and adjust the production line. Other home theater components are produced differently than televisions. To be exact, we can’t use the same styling techniques. In pursuit of contrasting materials in these products, we might try plastic instead of aluminum, but with the kind of body involved, surfaces inevitably became a little warped. Maybe the materials just don’t support our original design goals. Normally we might overcome this by introducing a subtle curve or adopting special coatings. But smoke and mirrors are unacceptable in creating the “ultimate panel” according to Monolithic Design. So we reconsider the issue from the standpoint of production. We try several approaches as we come closer to the ideal texture and flatness of metal.
Eshita: How could we share these design goals and what excited our designers with people through Sony branding for BRAVIA and other home entertainment products? That was my role, and my work ranged from organizing the Monolithic Design concept (concept-building) to helping us tell the story of this development in promotional communication.
I asked myself many questions. What values of ours could we share with consumers? What exactly was this shift in values we sought? In each case, Monolithic Design yielded compelling answers. The first time I saw mock-ups, I sensed how promising they were as unprecedented products that could set a new standard.
I also anticipated that we would need a user interface that matched the product design better, and that we must develop a new image for the UI.
Nishizawa: You’ll notice the familiar Xross Media Bar (XMB) in the user interface, but it has been refined in subtle ways.
On the screen, the graphics seem to hover over the glass panel, supporting the Monolithic Design theme. Our product designers and engineers both applied a little ingenuity to make it happen. In the UI design as well, edges fade into blackness and other subtle visual cues make the displayed interface seem integrated into the product itself.
On-screen lighting effects give an impression of depth and direct your attention to what you should focus on (which seems to float). These touches make controlling the set enjoyable. Once you access Favorites, for example, the main screen drops into the background, and the illuminated options in front of you hover over it.
You’ll also notice that instead of a yellow glow to indicate selected items, there’s a new prismatic effect. The effect builds on colors in underlying images, so it’s both natural-looking and beautiful. You can see how carefully the glow is rendered, too. The selector seems to pulsate, as if breathing, and it changes color over time.
These and many other details contribute to well-integrated product and interface design, rounding out the Monolithic Design and sense of presence the sets convey.
Eshita: In promotional material as well (especially visual communication), we make sure you can appreciate the freshness of Monolithic Design and the values it represents, not to mention the attitudes of our designers.
There are many things to admire in the Sony entertainment ecosystem: superb picture and audio quality, Internet connectivity for access to much more content, and intelligent features that respond to the installation environment, for example.
To demonstrate that Sony home entertainment products have truly changed and excite you about transforming your own living room with a new television, we focused on how fresh Monolithic Design feels—a sense of presence that sets the tone for the room as a whole. Some promotional material draws on a study we conducted after expressing the ambiance of Monolithic Design visually, in order to convey how it can change a living room (and in what ways) clearly.
Maesaka: Specifically, we started by preparing hundreds of visual scenarios with the Monolithic Design product group. Using this material, we set to work verifying how it met our expectations. It proved how versatile this design approach is. The products obviously blend in nicely in home environments, but they even look beautiful outdoors, in natural settings. After adding models representing people to these scenarios, we saw the potential not only of demonstrating how elegant the products are but also of showing how these lifestyles are desirable.
Good examples of Monolithic Design are simple and minimalist, but they yield fresh and fulfilling experiences for us. Focus only on product appearance, and you miss highlighting this valuable quality. What gave us the complete picture was an idea that emerged after repeated study.
In advertising, we have used some key visuals to express Monolithic Design. One visual representing the resolute presence of the home entertainment product group is the figure of a standing girl (as seen in the first image in this story). We chose to have the TV on in the ad, which is our attempt to convey the kind of experience the television affords, so that people can recall some kind of story involving this kind of setting.
Other promotional material introduces what led to the conception of Monolithic Design. But whether in videos such as these or in the details of feature illustrations in printed brochures or online advertising, we ensure the same tone and style in a variety of publicity. We make sure our messages in advertising are consistent. Once you see what we’re trying to convey in stores or on the pages of brochures, we hope you’ll experience it for yourself in your own living room.
Matsuoka: We believe that Monolithic Design introduces new values in home entertainment and will motivate people to update the overall ambiance of their living room. May these products excite you about the new style of entertainment that can be yours.
Here is another incredible video from Sony about the 2010 Sony BRAVIA HDTV design story, of course heavily influenced by Monolithic Design:
Tesla Motors will be bringing its right-hand drive all-electric Roadster to Japan. The company said that it will ship a dozen Japan Signature Series Roadsters from Port Hueneme, California to Yokohama in early May for delivery to select customers throughout Japan.
“With its combination of high-level car enthusiasts and interest and appreciation of cutting edge technology, Japan is a natural market for the Roadster,” said Tesla CEO Elon Musk. “The Tesla Roadster is a no-compromise (dakyo no nai) vehicle that makes no sacrifices on performance, design, or engineering.”
Tesla said that the Japanese government is currently working toward a full-scale electric-vehicle roll-out program and is working with regions around the country to install power outlets for vehicle charging.
Japan hopes to reduce carbon emissions 25 percent by 2020.
2011 Chevy Volt – Click above for high-res gallery
According to Consumer Reports, Chairman Ed Whitacre has said that the Chevrolet Volt will go on sale this October. Of course, we’ve heard this rumor before, and each time GM says that the original target date is not moving. Last year, for example, Jon Lauckner, General Motor‘s vice president for global product planning, said, “Our date with destiny is November of 2010.” Given the intense scrutiny GM is under with this particular vehicle program, we wanted to hear form the source if anything has changed. Dave Darovitz, who handles corporate communications for the Volt
and the fuel cell Equinox, told Autoblog:
As you can expect, we’re pretty excited about the market potential for the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle. Our plans and focus have not changed – we continue to drive toward a flawless consumer experience when we launch in the fourth quarter this year in California, Michigan and Washington D.C.
Kind of cryptic. Darovitz doesn’t say it won’t be October, but also makes it clear that GM’s plans remain what they have always been. Guess we’ll have to keep waiting, for the Volt and to learn about the real release date.
Well, you had to know this was going to happen. In the last year, there had been an awful lot of talk about a previously considered obsolete concept of “hot news” — which created a copyright-like protection for factual information, without any statutory basis. It’s a very troubling concept that shouldn’t have any real basis in the law, but does exist due to a nearly century old Supreme Court case. Lots of news publishers have started making noises about “hot news,” and in March we had the first ruling that blocked a publication from reposting factual information under a “hot news” claim. Once that ruling was made, you had to know that more lawsuits would follow pretty quickly.
And off we go. What’s interesting here is that it appears that it’s Rupert Murdoch testing the waters this time. Murdoch, of course, has been making odd claims about Google “stealing” content, while also suggesting that fair use doesn’t exist. But rather than take on Google in court, it looks like Murdoch is targeting easier prey. Murdoch-owned Dow Jones is suing Briefing.com for copyright infringement and hot news appropriation. You can read the full complaint below:
Basically, the complaint is similar to TheFlyOnTheWall complaint from last month that successfully claimed “hot news.” Dow Jones claims it puts out info over its wire service, and minutes later Briefing.com seems to put out similar news, often using the same headline. Of course for the most part, headlines are not copyrightable, but are they covered by hot news? We may find out soon enough. The whole thing is silly of course. If Dow Jones can’t compete against some company copying its headlines and summarizing its stories, it must not be adding very much value. Suing over this is basically an admission of that very fact.
Either way, my guess is that this particular lawsuit has little to do with Briefing.com — or even Dow Jones and its newswires. This is Murdoch testing the waters on hot news. Of course, he may come to seriously regret doing so, given how many of his own sites probably violate the same hot news concept.
Illinois Education Association and the Responsible Budget Coalition held a massive rally at the state Capitol building with 15,000 people in attendance in an effort to tell legislators that they need to come up with a responsible budget and to fund education.
Or is that a V12 Vantage? Looking at the pics of this Aston Martin test car snapped by our crack team of spies, it’s tough to say if we’re looking at a refreshed V8-powered Vantage Roadster, or what might in fact be a V12 Vantage Roadster. Either way, we dig the new wheels.
If you tiptoe through the gallery, you’re sure to notice what’s new. Namely, and aside from the gray carbon-look wheels, a carbon fiber front splitter and a rear carbon fiber diffuser. Whatever the engine, the Aston Martin Vantage has been one of the flat out sexiest cars available since it debuted in 2005 – but that doesn’t mean it’s not getting long in the tooth. So Aston very well might be performing a mild mid-cycle refresh of their baby coupe and convertible by grafting on the ground effects from the 510 horsepower V12 Vantage.
Or, alternatively, and hey-why-not, this could in fact be an all new V12 Vantage Roadster. All that’s missing from the V12 coupe is the wildly louvered/scalloped hood. We already know how good the 4.7-liter V8 sounds when the Vantage’s top is dropped. We can hardly imagine how breathtaking the big 6.0-liter V12 would sound crammed into the Vantage’s teeny engine bay while the wind whistles through our hair. Whatever this test mule turns out to be, we’ll keep you posted.
“The all-new tC features styling that is both refined and aggressive, appealing to a sports coupe owner who wants to make a bold statement,” Hollis said. “The tC has had the youngest median age buyer in the industry, and with more power, superior driving dynamics, and increased fuel efficiency, that should remain the case with the new tC as well.”
According to a report by Inside Line Scion is also working on a convertible version of the Scion tC for 2012. If the car makes it into production, it would not only be the first Scion convertible, but will also be the only convertible sold at Toyota/Scion dealers.
The Scion tC convertible is expected to share the coupe’s 2.5L 4-cylinder engine making 180-hp mated to a 6-speed manual or a 6-speed automatic.
Sony Ericsson recently announced that William ‘Bill’ A Glaser, Jr, former Sony Corporation Vice President and Head of Sony Group Risk Office, has joined Sony Ericsson and is appointed Chief Financial Officer effective today. In his new role Bill Glaser will succeed Ulf Lilja, who will return to Ericsson on 31 July. Bill Glaser will report to Sony Ericsson President Bert Nordberg, and he will be based at the company’s global corporate offices in London as well as its offices in Lund, Sweden.
Bill Glaser has over twenty years of experience working in Sony’s diverse electronics, game and entertainment businesses in the US, UK and Japan. In the last ten years he has held senior positions at Sony in Japan and in the US. As Vice President and Head of the Sony Group Risk Office for Sony Corporation since 2006, Bill Glaser was responsible for developing and introducing Sony’s global enterprise risk management programme. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller for Sony Electronics, Sony’s US subsidiary responsible for electronics and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. He began his career at Price Waterhouse in the US, where he became a Certified Public Accountant.
Bert Nordberg, President, Sony Ericsson, said, “Ulf Lilja joined Sony Ericsson as Chief Financial Officer in 2005 and has witnessed many changes to both the industry and our company over the five years. I wish to thank Ulf for his longstanding contribution to Sony Ericsson and wish him well in the future.” He added, “Bill Glaser joins Sony Ericsson at an important time in our industry. The convergence of technologies across home and mobile devices, coupled with the increasing importance of understanding consumer insight, is something that he has already experienced across Sony’s diverse businesses. We look forward to welcoming him to Sony Ericsson.”
Commenting on today’s announcement, Bill Glaser said, “I am very pleased to be joining Sony Ericsson during these very exciting times for both the mobile handset industry and the company itself. Over the past few months Sony Ericsson has announced one of its strongest product portfolios ever, which has created buzz in the industry. I look forward to applying the experience I have gained at Sony and contributing to Sony Ericsson’s next phase of growth.”
A native of the US, Bill Glaser has a Bachelors of Science Degree in Business and Economics and a Masters of Science Degree in Management Sciences from Lehigh University, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. In addition to postings in the US, UK and Japan, he has lived in Brazil and Belgium. Bill Glaser is 47 years old.
It was reported earlier this morning that Maserati is planning a competitor for the BMW 5-Series. According to AutoExpress, the model will be a direct competitor to the E63 AMG, BMW M5 and the upcoming S7 version of the Audi A7.
Technical specs are a bit scarce but it is said that the model will be an entry-level for Maserati with prices starting around €55,000 ($73,637 USD).
Also in the works is the next-generation Quattroporte with “a completely new style, offering outstanding driving emotions and high-level quality.” The Maserati GranTurismo and GranTurismo Convertible (GranCabrio) will also continue.
2011 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S Awards Edition – Click above for high-res image gallery
If you’ve had trouble figuring out if the Maserati Quattroporte was a closer rival to the BMW M5 or the 7 Series, the latest news from Modena ought to help. As part of the Fiat Group’s comprehensive five-year plan – which already includes several new Alfa Romeos and no fewer than six new Ferraris – Maserati has revealed plans to build a new sub-Quattroporte sedan.
Targeting the likes of the M5, the Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG and the Audi RS6, a new sedan is set to slot in below the existing Quattrporte in both size and price. Reports place the entry price for the new four-door at at less than €55,000 ($74k), significantly less than the $120k starting price for the current Quattroporte.
In addition, plans are also underway for a new full-size Quattroporte, giving buyers in the market for an exotic Italian super-saloon twice the variety to choose from. Expect the next-generation QP, then, to go slightly farther up-market to make way for its upcoming kid brother.
At his presentation about Fiat Group’s 5-year business plan in Turin, Italy, CEO Sergio Marchionne said that Ferrari will launch four new models within the next three years. Fiat SpA owns 85 percent of the Italian supercar manufacturer. Marchionne said that Ferrari’s future products for the next five years will focus on increased product differentiation to target a wider consumer base.
The models include a spider variant of the Ferrari 458 Italia and a replacement for the 612 Scaglietti, both due in 2011. Ferrari will also work on a successor of the 599 GTB and will offer a limited-edition version of the Enzo in 2012.
Our play in horse racing for our forum audience will come from race 8 at opening day of the Hollywood Park meet. The 8th at Hollywood Park is a 6 furlong event on the main synthetic surface for Maidens three years old and up running for a claiming price of $25,000. With our free pick we will play on #3 Goshawk to win. Race 8 is scheduled for a 7:37PM Eastern Time post and you can watch it on TVG.
Goshawk is ridden by Martin Garcia and is trained by Bob Baffert. This four year old was a $250,000 purchase and is by Hennessy. He is making the ultimate drop in class going from straight maiden to a tag for the first time in his career. He finished fourth last time out against a straight maiden field at Santa Anita on April 8th. Today at Hollywood Park he faces many horses in this field with qualities for a 4-½ furlong event at Los Alamitos and not for a big time Southern California racetrack. With the field extremely weak Goshawk hits the winners circle today for Baffert.
Play #3 Goshawk to win race 8 at Santa Anita 2-1 on the Morning Line.
“We have repaid our government loan in full, with interest, five years ahead of the original schedule,” GM said. “We still have work to do, but we are making progress toward our vision of designing, building and selling the worlds best vehicles. We invite you to take a look at the new GM.”
Acoustichoc® is a high density thermoacoustic panel manufactured from stone wool faced with a white glass fibre tissue reinforced with a glass grid.The reverse is lined with a natural glass fibre tissue. The panels with their specially designed facings are ideal for sports and industrial environments providing high resistance to impact damage and to humidity.
Acoustichoc® has a maximum acoustic absorption : aw=1.
Multi-Contact test accessories stand for safety and reliability, and have proven their worth many times in daily use. Now we have added a new type of test leads to our broad product range.
The test leads XVF/XVS-4075 are equipped with a new Ø 4mm stackable plug. The plug part with lamella, the rear socket and the connection port is a one piece construction offering a particularly low contact resistance. The insulator is designed for safe use up to 1000V, CAT II or 600V, CAT III according to IEC/EN 61010-031. The test leads are pre-assembled with our highly flexible cable with PVC insulation (XVF-4075) or silicone insulation (XVS-4075). Available in various lengths and colours. Thanks to the high cost-benefit ratio of the finished test leads while maintaining the customary high MC quality, the new test leads are particularly attractive for the use in schools and laboratories.
Further information and technical details are published in our new flyer Q Test & Measureline.
GEMÜ has developed a completely innovative automatic system for the aseptic sampling of liquids such as WFI or AP water and pure steam in the pharmaceutical industry. With this new device, samples can be taken for both pure steam and liquids with the same unit.
In order to monitor sterile piping systems in the pharmaceutical, food and beverage industries, samples are regularly drawn from the ring mains for WFI, AP water or Pure Steam and analysed in the laboratory for a possible contamination. For this purpose, there are various systems, in which sampling is carried out manually or semi-automatically. The operator of the plant or the lab technician usually has to monitor the entire sample extraction procedure. GEMÜ has refined the BioStar sampling system for pure steam introduced in 2008, so that it can now also be used for the aseptic sampling of liquids.
The complete system consists of a multi-port sampling valve with pneumatic actuators, a sampling bottle as well as a compact control unit. The control unit is a Siemens PLC with a touch screen panel as part of the redesign. The new control system is more compact and provides improved menu guidance as well as easier operation. It is optionally supplied mounted on a mobile stand ready-to-connect or in two parts for fixed installation in a plant.
After starting the program, the parameterised control process runs fully automatically. In the first program step, the entire system is sterilised or rinsed. Afterwards, the sampling process starts automatically until the set amount of steam condensate or liquid is reached. The system switches off automatically after the end of the program. The advantage of this new system is its significantly reduced sampling time for a completely sealed, faultless sample extraction. The sample extraction process for liquids lasts approx. 30 sec. for 250 ml, time also being required for sterilisation or rinsing. The standard system is compact and mobile and can also be connected to other sampling points in the ring main at any time.
The parameters such as sterilisation time and condensate/liquid volume can be set individually between 15 (50) ml to 900 ml via the control panel. Once the parameters have been set, they are saved and enable direct reproducibility of the process.
The Samsung Omnia II was released late last year with an awesome spec sheet, and buggy software(from my experience.) Well Samsung is working on an update and it will include Windows Mobile’s finest software… Windows Mobile 6.5.3. This comes from 
