Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
BGR posted a video of what is supposedly a new Google Android phone. Named HELLOMOTODROID, and yes, according to Slashgear they think it is the real name, it runs the Android 2.0 operating system that is still in development till sometime next year.
When starting up the word DROID is put on the screen after which an eye similar to Lord of the Rings all seeing eye is seen and then the word DROID is also said in a robotic voice. The video shows the full start up (video down below). [Read more…]
Samsung have announced the introduction of a group of new Premium Plus Memory Cards. Each of the cards fall in to a class 6 rating for performance.
Samsung have three cards available. All three cards come in capacities of 4GB, 8GB and 16GB. Each are designed to be shock resistant, water resistant as well as protection from magnetic interference.
The cards are covered in a brushed silver metallic design and are compatible with all types of devices that accept these sorts of cards. [Read more…]
Acer are launching what they claim to be the worlds first 3D laptop. It is named the Acer Aspire 5738PG and allows you to view both 2D movies and photos as 3D content. Also, games will have the ability to run in 3D if they support DirectX 9 and above.
The downside of all this is that you will still have to wear the funky glasses pictured above. If that isn’t a problem for you then your good to go. The 3D effect works by Acer using an in-house software application along with a special coating over the screen. By using the polarized glasses it gives a 3D effect.
Acer calls the new system “TriDef 3D Experience” and the special coating seems to be where most of the work is done. The coating attaches to the screen panel pixel by pixel and by using the filtered polarised glasses you get to see the images from a slightly different angle in each eye to give the effect. [Read more…]
In the last few days we have seen a number of places mention that Apple have shipped a new iPhone 3G S that has the boot ROM finally fixed to block the 24kpwn exploit. Many people knew it wouldn’t be long before this was also hacked, and funnily enough, it has.
The new boot ROM doesn’t actually prevent the 24kpwn exploit from working, but instead just added an obstacle in the path that the hackers have now managed to get around. There is a downside though in that to boot your device the phone needs to be tethered to your computer. However, this will probably be sorted in a few weeks just like the iPod Touch with the similar issue was. [Read more…]
Google [GOOG] have announced that their YouTube service will now be showing full length shows from Channel 4 in the UK.
The service will allow users to watch Channel 4 shows in full and free-of-charge as well as being on demand.
The service should be launching in 2010 and by that point a full catalogue of catch-up TV should be available along with a mixture of about 3000 hours of programs already broadcast. The programs include Skins, Brass Eye, Teachers and Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. [Read more…]
We recently received the LG GW520 phone for review. The GW520 has a 2.8 inch touchscreen along with a full QWERTY slide out keyboard making it ideal for social networking and messaging. A number of modern phones have virtual keyboards that work well, but for some people they just cannot get to grips with on on-screen keyboard and hence, prefer the physical keyboard instead.
Priced at £169.95 for a pay-as-you-go version the GW520 is at a good price for what you get. It’s not the cheapest of phones but at the same time, it’s not the most expensive, and sits in an affordable bracket.
The phone it’s self feels a little plastic in comparison to LG’s high end phones such as the LG BL40. Also the phone is slightly fatter than other LG phones due to the physical keyboard, however this doesn’t make it an oversized phone and it does sit quite well in your hands. [Read more…]
A few weeks ago, Vodafone [VOD] launched a new service called Vodafone 360 that puts a number of social networking services on to your phone along with the ability to sync contacts. The service acts as a single address book for all your contacts so that you can access them on your laptop or PC and when changes are made on one device they are automatically synced to another.
The Samsung H1 is the first phone released that makes use of this services and we hear now that it is ready for pre-order and will ship for the 30 October.
The Samsung H1 has a 3.5 inch OLED display along with 3G, GPRS, HSDPA, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for connectivity options. 16GB of internal memory can be found that gives plenty of storage for photos captured by the 5 megapixel camera along with music and videos. [Read more…]
AT&T [T] have announced that they will be launching the Dell Vostro 1520 laptop enabled with 3G wireless connectivity built in.
The availability of devices from Dell with 3G embedded in them was announced today and is targeted at small businesses to allow them to work while on the road. For this reason, business users are given a discounted rate on the laptop.
The offer is not restricted to the Dell Vostro 1520 laptop though and also includes various netbooks including the Inspiron, Latitude, Precision and XPS devices that already have embedded 3G technology built in. [Read more…]
The iPhone has received another application that puts Expose type functionality on to the iPhone. As the application isn’t official or approved, it had to be put on their through other means, ie, a Jailbroken phone.
It was ported on to the iPhone by Steve Troughton-Smith who managed to get a similar style application on to the iPhone. What the application does is enable you to access all programs on your iPhone a lot quicker by putting miniature versions of the menu’s in a grid form where you can click on the page you want and then the program you want. [Read more…]
If you were mixed in with the sidekick data loss problems of recent days then all might be ok thanks to most, if not all of the data being recovered. The outage was cause by a system failure that basically lost user data that included contacts, messages, photos, calendar, tasks and high scores on a number of users phones.
We are pleased to report that we have recovered most, if not all, customer data for those Sidekick customers whose data was affected by the recent outage. We plan to begin restoring users’ personal data as soon as possible, starting with personal contacts, after we have validated the data and our restoration plan. We will then continue to work around the clock to restore data to all affected users, including calendar, notes, tasks, photographs and high scores, as quickly as possible.
If you are living in Finland as of next July, you’ll legally be entitled to receiving broadband at a minimum speed of 1Mbps, or I should say “accessing” broadband at 1Mbps. The move comes thanks to Finlands Ministry of Transport and Communications who have passed the law to say that 1MB is a legal right.
However, it doesn’t stop there as this will be ultimately bumped up to 100Mb in the not too distant future. The 100Mb legal right was mentioned just over a year ago to be put in place by 2015 and this 1Mb rule seems to be a step in between. Maybe they can expect 10 Meg late next year followed by 25Meg, on to 50Mb and then by 2015 hit the big goal. [Read more…]
Google [GOOG] have created Google Building Maker which is a program that allows you to create 3D buildings for Google Earth.
By using this software you become part of a world wide team that is creating a virtual planet a single building at a time (although you don’t get paid, it’s all done with a passion for wanting to create something cool).
To get the software you need to load up the Google Building Maker page (link above) and click to download a 3D plugin the loads right up in your browser. After that you are presented with a map (see image above) where you can zoom right in to where you want to start designing. The problem here is that not all places have good enough imagery, so the other options you have is to find a place that does, or use one of the suggested locations that Google lists. [Read more…]
