Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
Amazon have a good deal on the HTC HD2 at the moment offering quite a large discount on the handset when signing up for a contract with T-Mobile.
The phone as mentioned several times before comes to T-Mobile quite late in the game with other providers already selling it for several months, but due to it’s 4.3 inch capacitive touchscreen and fast 1GHz Snapdragon processor it’s still quite a desired smartphone. [Read more…]
When buying a touchscreen device it’s often the case that people want to protect the shiny screen and casing of the device. With the launch of the Apple iPad just around the corner, ZAGG have created the Apple iPad invisibleSHIELD.
InvisibleSHIELDs are protectors that you attach to your portable devices. They are completely transparent and help protect the iPad and other devices from minor scratches that occur from day to day usage. Each invisibleSHIELD is made from military grade patented material making it both durable and strong.
Since invisibleSHIELDs launched over 7 million of them have been sold showing that they are welcome accessory to any mobile device for those wanting to protect their investment. [Read more…]
Last week the JooJoo shipping pages on their website showed that the device was ready to be shipped. Confirmation has now arrived and apparently the JooJoo is now shipping to those who have pre-ordered the device for $499.
Fusion Garage made the official announcement via a press release saying that delivery of the tablets should happen on Monday 29th March.
The JooJoo has a 12.1 inch capacitive touch screen which also has the claim of being the largest capacitive touch screen on tablet style devices. The JooJoo also runs Flash 10.1 and allows users to comfortably surf the internet from the arm chair. [Read more…]
Apple [AAPL] have signed a contract with Samsung believed to be worth $240 Million. The contract will see Samsung provide 3 million iPad displays to Apple. The deal is also believed to add more stability to iPad production in case of problems with the primary supplied.
The new deal will see Samsung become the second major supplied of 9.7 inch sized screens for the Apple iPad. The 3 million screens will be used over an unspecified amount of time. This is all according to a high-ranking industry representative who spoke to the Korea Times.
The Apple iPad screen is the most expensive part of the device and costs $80 regardless of which model it is put in. It’s twice the size of the iPhone screen but costs five times more due to the complexities required in building a larger capacitive touch screen as well as it having four times the amount of surface. [Read more…]
Aircell have teamed up with T-Mobile in the US to offer HTC HD2 users on the network free inflight Wi-fi for up to six months.
The deal lets you hook up to Gogo Inflight Internet services across the US free of charge. The deal started yesterday (March 24) and will go on to June 30 2011 where if you leave it too late to sign up then you wont get the full six months. However, there’s a good 15 months between now and the deadline allowing you to sign up for the six months of service.
Once the service is activated you’ll be able to take your HTC HD2 on flight and download email, surf the web and connect with friends over social media networks all while flying with some reporting the service being as quick as a broadband connection on the ground. [Read more…]
Acer have introduced a new line of notebook computers called the Acer Aspire Ethos series. The new series of netbooks are designed to look good as well as have high performance chips inside letting them run good too.
The notebooks are called the Acer Aspire Ethos 8943G and the Aspire Ethos 5943G which come with a range of processors which includes the Intel Core i5 and i7 range of processors. The Acer 8943G is the higher end of the models (and the larger) and features an 18 inch screen with a full HD resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels. The smaller 5943G model has a 15.6 inch display with a resolution of 1366 x 786 pixels.
Powering the graphics in each Ethos notebook are ATI Mobility Radeon HD5000 graphics chips. Other features on the notebook computers include Dolby Home Theatre surround support which offers a 5.1 output. As well as utilising Dolby surround on external speakers the notebooks also have five speakers built in allowing for each channel to be replicated correctly. [Read more…]
Motorola [MOT] and Verizon [VZ] have just announced that the Motorola DEVOUR is available to purchase online from the Verizon store. It is also available in store to buy costing $149.99 which is the price after the usual $100 mail in rebate as well as signing a 24 month contract with the wireless company.
The Motorola DEVOUR is an Android based phone that runs on a 3G network and happens to be the second Google [GOOG] Android device to hit Verizon.
The technical specs of the phone show that it has a 3.1 inch screen that’s capacitive touch. For storage it has an 8GB microSD card included. A full QWERTY keyboard slides out of the left side of the device allowing it to be used in landscape mode. The MOTOBLUR service is also included that aims to bring social media content to the handset in one location rather than on different applications. [Read more…]
ASUS [2357] have announced that they are pushing USB 3.0 in a big way by including the standard on each and every Eee PC that they make from now on. As well as creating Eee PC USB 3.0 netbooks the company will also include USB 3.0 ports on ASUS PC’s and the Eee Box devices.
This move will help bring the new USB 3.0 faster standard in to mainstream although it could be a while till hard drives and other hardware can keep up with those speeds.
“Asustek also claimed that the PLX high-speed transmission chip that the company adopts on its motherboard can boost the transmission speed of its USB 3.0 technology to 74.38% faster than its competitors.”
Samsung have announced that their new Samsung Wave smartphone is the first in the world to get DivX HD certification meaning it supports playback on screen of 720p HD video. That’s a lot of pixels squashed in to the 3.3 inch Super AMOLED screen.
It does make you ask the question though in regards to if a screen measuring 3.3 inches can really produce anything different than a non HD screen at a slightly lower resolution. Would you be able to spot the difference? With that aside, it’s still quite a claim for Samsung and mixed with the Super AMOLED screen should give an amazing viewing experience.
Features of the Samsung Wave include Bluetooth 3.0 and wireless 802.11n. The Wave is the first phone to run bada, the new OS from Samsung. I’m not convinced yet it will go anywhere as an OS, but I’ll wait till I test the unit before making that a real judgement. [Read more…]
Virgin in the UK have announced that they are releasing four new Android smartphones.
The four new devices include the LG InTouch Max, Samsung Galaxy Portal, Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 and the HTC Desire. Although four are being announced by Virgin, it is expected that more will follow this year.
The first phone listed is the LG InTouch Max that is based around social networking for those users who enjoy connecting with people on Facebook, Twitter and other various networks. The phone it’s self will be free when purchased on a £22/month contract. With this contract buyers will get 250 minutes of talk time along with an unlimited amount of text messages and unlimited mobile internet access. [Read more…]
With the announcement of the Nintendo 3DS device (a 3D handheld gaming device), the question has been asked about a Sony PSP 3D handheld device and if that was a possibility, or being worked on. In short the answer is no, it is not being worked on right now.
‘Our focus on 3D right now is on the console. There’s a tremendous amount of opportunity on PlayStation 3 with 3D. The amount of interest in 3D from the retail side and game publishers is off the charts. We know we have a hit with 3D on PS3 and we’re going to concentrate our efforts there.
The answer is above where Sony have said they are working on the 3D capabilities of the Sony PlayStation 3. The interview was conducted by IGN who interviewed John Koller from SCEA who is the director of hardware and marketing. [Read more…]
AT&T [T] have launched the Microcell 3G device that aims to give those in bad reception areas a signal to use their phones over a broadband connection.
The 3G Microcell device attaches up to your home router and creates a small femtocell network in your home and routes calls over your broadband connection to AT&T and on to the person who you want to call. It allows for several sessions at once to be active and can transmit both voice and data over the Microcell device. AT&T comment that the 3G Microcell device is the only one of it’s kind that supports both 3G data and voice services.
The device is built by Cisco [CSCO] and will cost $149.99 when launched and have no other costs associated unless you want to upgrade the services. [Read more…]
