Clamshell Blog

If the latest rumors can be believed, the folks at BlackBerry are close to rolling out an entirely new operating system that will offer some welcome features like full multitouch functionality. BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion is also reportedly working on a new clamshell device, its second after the Blackberry Pearl Flip , that will be capable of running the new OS, version 6.0.

The Blackberry leaks come courtesy of gadget blog Boy Genius Report , which acquired images of the new phone and screenshots of the purported new operating system from an anonymous source inside AT&T.

Blackberry OS 6.0

Image courtesy of Boy Genius Report.

At first glance the purported OS 6.0 home screen doesn’t look all that different from the OS 5.0 interface. The new home screen features a customizable wallpaper, and transparent icons for basic functions like SMS, Mail, Web browser, calendar, and so on. However, BGR says the new home screen will be fully customizable, and the organizational structure sounds like a mix between iPhone and Android devices. Just like the iPhone, you will organize your apps onto separate pages, and then flick or navigate to the next page. This makes it possible to have numerous apps on your device, without the hassle of crowding them all onto one page. But similar to Android, Blackberry OS 6.0 will use a ‘drawer’ where some applications on the home screen are hidden from view. To access the apps, you slide up the apps section from the bottom of the page.

Blackberry is reportedly getting a new Webkit-based browser that includes tabs similar to the recently released Opera Mini for iPhone. There is also a new Media player that has am iPod Touch-like look to it with Cover Flow-style navigation, and a transparent overlay for touch-based playback controls.

Other interesting features from Blackberry OS 6.0 include kinetic scrolling, where the OS reacts to how fast you flick the page when scrolling, allowing you to get through a long screen of text more easily. The interface will also feature so-callled “rubber banding” where a page bounces when you reach the bottom or top of a page. Multitouch is also reportedly coming to Blackberry OS 6.0 including features like pinch to zoom, which just might raise the hackles of multitouch patent holders like Apple or Taiwan-based Elan Microlectronics.

BGR believes the new OS will be launching this summer, and says it could be ready as early as June. Those predictions seem very optimistic considering RIM just launched Blackberry OS 5.0 in late 2009.

A video has popped up online revealing details of the BlackBerry 9670 and providing a first-look at the new BlackBerry 6 OS on a non touchscreen handset.

The 9670 is a chunky little number with a full Qwerty and flip-form, but we actually quite like it

The first video showing the new BlackBerry 6 OS running on a non-touchscreen device has surfaced online, revealing further the unannounced BlackBerry 9670 clamshell in the process.

At first glance you might look at the 9670 and think that it’s treading a strange line, pairing a full-Qwerty keyboard with a folding form-factor, ultimately resulting in a large overall package.

Well, this is true. But from the look of the 8-minute video over at TheCellularGuru, and despite the bulk, it still somehow manages to look pretty darn appealing to us.

Other unofficial specs for the rumoured 9670 include a 5-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi and a 480×360 pixel display, a resolution seemingly unused by other manufacturers.

The video is also the first of its kind in showing the new BlackBerry OS running on a non-touch phone, although we’re left feeling a little underwhelmed with some of the changes. It’s looking refined but perhaps not revolutionary.

It’s early days though and we’ll be reserving judgement until we see the OS in the flesh, either way, with rumours of an 8900 Slider on the horizon, RIM certainly seems to be looking to extend its product portfolio beyond the traditional BlackBerry form factor.

Energy-saving environmental protection is a hot topic, whether we live or work, can not do without environmental protection, in life we need to conserve water, save electricity, and in the work we need to save business costs, reduce waste. Particularly in the use of office equipment, the greater need for awareness of environmental protection.

In our normal office, we can often print side of the paper will be collected, and then wait for the next re-use, and sometimes run out of printers and copiers, the directly to the power off, etc., which are energy-saving performance. However, relying solely on these is not enough. According to blogger’s observation that in many office print vendors stepped up the integration of new environmental technologies, up to the product itself more environmentally friendly.

Lenovo printing equipment used in the World Expo office, ticketing and other systems to respond to the “Green Expo, Carbon Expo,” the call, the service known to the world expo in association with low-carbon double-sided printing device to print the major, long-life toner cartridges and application of polymer toner and a series of green technology will help the World Expo.

The services of the association of Shanghai World Expo printing equipment, mainly LJ3600D, LJ3650DN, LJ2200, M7250N and M7130N variety of print products, including covering the black and white Ji Da Legend, multi-function and color Jida three major product lines. Full range of print products have passed China Environmental Label, China Energy Conservation Certification, consistent with the International Energy Star standards, the corresponding number of China’s RoHS directive and other environmental protection certification.

2010, China will adhere to the expansion of domestic demand, especially consumer demand, continue to encourage home appliances, automobiles, agricultural machinery, preferential policies for energy-saving products, plastic raw materials, demand will continue to grow. The main varieties of plastic raw material of polyethylene, for example, consumption in 2010 will reach 16.37 million tons.

While the cost impact of the Middle East will continue, China – ASEAN Free Trade Area of the implementation of zero tariff and the domestic release of this new capacity concentrated three “mountains” will be increases in the prices of plastic raw materials resistance, but by the long-term crude oil prices and the economy continues along the healthy, stable development of the support rail, plastic raw material market will maintain an upward trend.

Impact is still low-cost Middle East

As the domestic demand of plastic raw materials higher, while the domestic product variety and quality of plastic raw materials can not participate in international competition, export volume is small, so our country is a net importer of plastic raw materials. Middle East 2010 will be an influx of plastic raw materials in China is expected that this will impact the domestic industry of plastic raw materials.

China Engineering Plastics Association statistics show that the second half of 2008 to 2009 in the first half, despite the financial crisis, China’s plastics processing industry on the actual demand for raw materials continues to increase by 20%. In sharp contrast, China’s actual production of plastic raw materials manufacturers have reduced by 20% year on year. Chinese plastics market has been incremental imports of basic digestion. 2009 surge in imports of plastic raw materials, only the first three quarters of the imported 21.977 million tons, an increase of 20.8%. As long as the situation of China’s large imports of the same, the international market of plastic raw material weakness appears to be difficult.

Increase in imports of plastic raw materials for various reasons, one of the major foreign dumping. With the use of low-cost Middle East have in-place crude oil production of petrochemical products, the second half of 2009, the global petrochemical industry, including our products are subject to the impact from the Middle East. With raw material of the great advantages of low-cost competition, the rapid expansion of the Middle East polyethylene capacity by 2010 will reach 26 million tons, while its domestic consumption accounted for only 30% to 40%, most of the export, the main export target country is China. Middle East polyethylene price USD 150 per tonne lower than the country around, is the company that can resist it. Compared with polyethylene, polypropylene and PVC in the Middle East the cost advantage is not very obvious, but capacity will also have a certain growth.

China – ASEAN to implement zero tariff

Since January 1 this year, China and ASEAN products will be the implementation of a series of 10 state-owned trade “zero tariff”, including polyethylene, polypropylene. China’s plastic products export tariffs will be reduced simultaneously, which is bound to downstream enterprises to increase in export orders. It is learned that there are already many companies started early beachhead market, trading significantly active, which also made a number of weak market demand of plastic raw materials situation improved.

But with lower import costs, the domestic polyethylene, polypropylene market will also face competition from imported materials and the impact of the ASEAN countries, the domestic raw material market pressure, imported materials and the escalation of conflict between domestic materials. China – ASEAN Free Trade Area into operation on the domestic industry of plastic raw materials in the long run, will speed up industrial restructuring and optimization, to improve domestic competitiveness of their products; from short-term, will be produced on the domestic market price rise resistance, or even cause the market price down significantly.

Concentration of the release of the domestic expansion of production capacity

At the same time, domestic large-scale production of plastic raw material intensive projects are also put into operation. Last year, Fujian Petrochemical Company with 40 million tons annually of polyethylene, polypropylene, Tianjin ethylene annual output of 30 tons of linear low density polyethylene unit, annual output of 300,000 tons Dushanzi high-density polyethylene, 600,000 tons of linear low density polyethylene and other devices have been put into operation, will be put into operation in 2010 with the Zhenhai Refinery and other projects, two years of China’s petrochemical industry will add production capacity of 5.6 million tons of plastic raw materials, an increase of up to 38%.

Coal chemical industry of plastic raw materials is also gradually. According to the current under construction and approved the construction of coal chemical project progress before the end of 2010 after another 3-4 sets of coal chemical project in operation, additional annual production capacity of 300,000 tons of polyethylene, polypropylene, 1.3 million tons. With rising oil prices, coal-olefins and polymers have certain cost advantages, a certain pressure on the market.

With the expected economic recovery and rising demand, the domestic is now in the cut-off or semi-shutdown state of plastic raw material production facilities will resume production, or increase capacity utilization. With the rapid expansion of production capacity, production is growing, the influx of imported materials, plastic raw material market will inevitably shift from the seller’s buyer’s market, the intensity of competition can imagine.

In summary, despite the growth in domestic demand, but the influx of imports and domestic production release will form a concentrated surge of resources, the plastic raw material industry in 2010 gross margin for optimism. On the other hand, crude oil, ethylene market price of plastic raw materials play an important role. U.S. and world economy based on the expected continued improvement, the U.S. Energy Information Administration that global oil consumption will make economic recovery began to rebound, and the monthly average price of crude oil this year, raised to 81 U.S. dollars a barrel. Ethylene is bound to bring oil prices lift, plastic raw materials prices will rise out of the market. Although short term prices up space is limited, but the long term, with crude oil, the gradual uplift of the cost of ethylene, polyethylene and other plastic materials will not be renewed strength in the distant days of 2010, the overall upward trend seems to remain. To this end, plastic raw material industry to higher value-added, high-quality products that meet the market demand advantage.

According to the latest statistics report, global demand for bio-based plastics with annual average growth rate of 35.1%, is expected to reach 900,000 tons by 2013. With the rubber industry and its application industry’s growing interest in green plastic, CHINAPLAS Chinaplas during the exhibition in 2010 organized a series of “green manufacturing of plastic the future” on the theme.

CHINAPLAS Chinaplas in the plastics and rubber industries on how to implement “green 3 with” (to reduce the use-Reduce, the best use of-Reuse, recycling-Recycle) start of the concept. CHINAPLAS 2010 Chinaplas will be April 19 to 22 Days, and the 2010 Shanghai World Expo “Better City, Better Life” theme echoes publicity green plastics and rubber technology is the beautification of the urban environment, creating the future key to a better life 1.

Plastics and rubber industries to promote the implementation of green ideas, CHINAPLAS 2010 Chinaplas will create “green gas station” for the promotion of environmental protection knowledge and demonstrated practical rubber products and advanced environmental protection technology. In addition, 3-day “green rubber industry forum” will be held in the same period, at which the analysis of China, Japan and European countries, green rubber science and technology development status, and different sectors of green production program.

Those oversized, rigid ‘clamshell’ packages may help to secure items for shipping and cut down on shoplifting, but they can be a nightmare for consumers. There’s even a term for the frustration they inspire: wrap rage. In 2004, over 6,000 Americans went to the emergency room with injuries resulting from opening difficult packaging! Here’s a rundown on how to preserve your hands and sanity when confronting a blister pack that has no apparent means of entry.

Perforation Method

Check the back of the package for an opening before you proceed. It’s still pretty rare, but some manufacturers – in response to consumer complaints – are including slits, perforations, and other starting points for opening their clamshell packages on the back. Also look around the sides to see if there are any pop-together tabs that could simply pull apart.

1. customer request to issue inquiry: means a telephone inquiry, means the second fax inquiries, send Email inquiry three ways, four ways to chat via the web inquiry. Plastic products, customers must provide the length, width, height and thickness of materials used (or grams), color and type (PVC, PET, PS, PP), product number and production cycle.

2, business quotes: Plastic Products Unit of the level with the following factors: Plastic products, length, width, height, and compression molding of the complexity; the type of materials used, thickness and color; plastic products after processing process (folding, drilling, sealing, etc.), order number and order cycle. Members will offer customers a sample and description of the initial offer, final offer will be quoted after proofing.

3, computer design: the basic recognition from customers for the purchase, will be required, in kind or plastic sample submitted to Business, computer design, production scheduling department will require the customer’s physical scanning combined with the design of printed materials, to produce plastic products graphic design

4, Blister Proof: customer acceptance of computer design, script, production scheduling plastic products according to the complexity of deciding on an approach developed mold (plaster mold, copper mold, aluminum mold), the development cycle of 3-5 days. Blister plaster mold proofing proofing to the majority, the steps are: 1. First-kind hand out of mud paste molding profile; 2. Into the plastic foam molding machine to play version of shell blanks; 3. To use with good plastic special plaster into the bubble shell blanks in dried form rough plaster; 4. using electric milling rough plaster and rules on the shape of deep processing; 5. Hand sanding and hand-added components; 6. will be good all polished plaster parts bond to form a complete cast; 7. then put in plastic compression molding machine to play the full version of the sample; 8. according to product size, hand-trimming, edge, complete all the proofing process. If there is demand, print proofing department also will blister samples of paper used for cards, stickers or color box with the production, they will fully open with the actual printing of digital proofer can print the results reflected.

5, the production of mold: after sample approval by the client, usually under a certain number of production orders. Production scheduling based on production, plastic molding on the complexity of deciding what kind of mold production: The production of gypsum mold, plastic mold making process similar to the samples, the advantage of short production cycle, lowest cost production of a full page (60X110cm) Just one or two days time, mold, plastic product shortcomings is the rough surface, production molds easily fragmentation, poor durability of the depth of not forming a large, complex and high, thick sheet products. Electroplated copper mold, the process is to lay the kind of blister surface sprayed with a conductive agent, and then into the electrolytic cell thick plated copper layer, plating process takes 72 hours, then the filling of the mold to gypsum (increasing hardness), polishing, encourage eye treatment, and electroplating copper mold plastic products production has the advantage of smooth surface, moderate cost, durability moderate disadvantage is molding cycle is long, can not complete the production of precision plastic products. Aluminum mold with plastic production, molds need to use computer design drawings, and then using CNC machining CNC milling machine, the advantage of moderate production cycles, post-mold processing time is short (eyes gas drilling to complete the work in the CNC Machining), Plastic Product size high precision mold durable, disadvantage is the high cost. As the automatic high-speed blister forming machine range 66X110cm about, so whether it is cast, mold or aluminum mold, the mold needs to be a single piece together, to shape dimensions, we call this process as the make-up, needs fight the fight of aluminum or wood pores on the good fight after the mold is called the end of full-page mode. Great depth for compression molding products, also need to make the mold, the bottom sheet vacuum mold forming the same time, pressure from the top sheet, the sheet stretched evenly to every part, otherwise it will result in local thickness are too thin. Production of the entire production cycle of mold should be 5 to 7 days.

6, plastic molding production: fully automatic high speed blister molding machine production, the basic principle is: drawing sheets into volumes into the furnace heat oven to soften the state, by heat and then pull the top plastic mold, mold on the Move and vacuum, to soften the sheet material adsorbed to the mold surface, while cooling water to spray the liquid on the surface of forming sheet to make it harden, forming the sheet material and then automatically pulled to the tanks, pneumatic cutter to shape and not forming separate sheet to complete the entire process. Plastic product has most of the major quality problems occur in this process: 1. Blister is not in place, the shape deformation is not the same shape and mold plastic into the product; 2. Blister over, the product is too thin; 3 . pull, is shaping the product line marks should not have happened; 4. uneven thickness. These issues need to die in the Shang Hao, the debugging in place, including: sheet ahead of time, heating temperature and time, intensity and duration of vacuum, on the whereabouts of the location model, time and depth, make-up placing in the mold location, whether between the die and add accessories and so on.

7, punch processing: compression molding of large format products must punch, use a knife split a single version of the product. The principle is the end of the platform at the press of a large sheet of plastic cutting boards, the large format molding on the chopping block, and to do well in advance of the knife mold cards in a single product, moving up and down through the press, finding a single product However, the shortcomings of this finding lies in cutting board and knife mold more easily damaged, resulting in cutting edge is not smooth, there are edges, high quality requirements for the bubble shell, need to Die (a common mold, a female mold) and cold-press processing.