Archives for April 2010

Sony not Offering Refunds to those Upset with Other OS Removal

April 16, 2010 by Leave a Comment

On April 1, Sony made a new firmware update available for the PS3 which removed the Other OS install feature. This was just a removal on the older larger Sony PlayStation 3 console because the new slimmer version doesn’t have the feature anyway.

Shortly after installing the firmware update, one user successfully managed to get a partial refund on the basis of the console not being capable anymore of what it used to do. This case was successful and the user managed to claw back £84 from Amazon.

Sony have now made a statement which says… [Read more…]

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Apple iPhone 4G Leaked Pics

April 16, 2010 by 4 Comments

We came across some pictures this morning of a device that is claimed to be the iPhone 4G or iPhone HD as some are referring to it as. The image show the back cover of the device and it appears to be heavily inspired by the Apple iPad with squared edges rather than the smooth curves of the current iPhone.

Of course these could be fan made and probably are, but they still look good enough to publish here if not just to see what we might be in for when the official announcement is supposedly being made on June 22.

On the back of the casing, 64GB is etched on indicating that Apple [AAPL] are increasing the storage capacity of the iPhone, which to be honest, wouldn’t come as a surprise. Also it says Designed by Apple in California Assembled in China. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones

Apple iPad No Flash Support Illustrated with Superheroes

April 16, 2010 by Leave a Comment

It certainly isn’t new news that the iPad and any of the iPhone OS devices lack flash from Adobe, but this drawing attempts to illustrate it a different way than the normal complaints we hear and see.

The image represents a bunch of superheroes with one of the characters being called the Flash. As you can see in the larger image below… he is gone. [Read more…]

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3 new Nikon DSLR Cameras Coming Soon – Rumour

April 16, 2010 by 1 Comment

Nikon Rumors are reporting that potentially three new Nikon Digital SLR cameras are in the pipeline and getting ready to be launched. This could include a Nikon D4000 that will be an entry level camera.

A second camera is mentioned and is said to have 39 AF points, 16 Megapixels with a 6300 ISO + HI2 position, the ability to capture at 24 frames per second in 1080p and an optional MB-D11 grip.

The PRO DLSR has 51 AF points currently with the D90 having 11 AF points. This leads Nikon Rumors in to thinking the 39 AF points of the 2nd camera mentioned above makes it a replacement of the D90 or a new product that fits somewhere inbetween the D90 and the Pro. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Camera Gadgets

MacBook Pro 15 Inch Teardown

April 16, 2010 by Leave a Comment

iFixit have been working hard again. This time they have done a teardown of a 15 inch MacBook Pro that was launched just a few days ago.

It didn’t take long for iFixit to achieve this teardown and from what we see inside there isn’t much different from the previous version of the MacBook Pro from last year. The processor has obviously changed and from what we hear there is a new antenna in there along with a slightly larger battery and tri-wing screws which are new to this build. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Laptops

iPhone OS 4.0 Jailbreak Available for iPhone 3G

April 16, 2010 by Leave a Comment

MuscleNerd has just launched RedSn0w 0.9.5 Beta that allows iPhone OS 4.0 to be jailbroke.

This is a beta release of redsn0w targeted at developers of jailbroken apps. It uses the same pwnage2 DFU-mode exploit that we’ve been using since the 2.x days. Nothing new is revealed to Apple, and it’s not applicable to the iPad. Don’t go near it if you use yellowsn0w, ultrasn0w, or blacksn0w.

As warned above, this isn’t for regular users. First off, you need to be a developer to get iPhone OS 4.0 on your iPhone (the beta version as the public hasn’t been release yet), and also there isn’t much that can be done just yet as developers haven’t really created any apps for 4.0 that would work on it just yet. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones

Nokia X6 Review

April 16, 2010 by 4 Comments

The Nokia X6 is a music phone that aims to join the touchscreen device area of phones that Apple, HTC and only a few others have managed to make happen well.

The phone it’s self looks to be a slider phone from when you first take it out of the box, but it’s actually not and just a touchscreen device with no stylus or physical keyboard. Reasons for believing it’s a slider is due to it being quite thick (13.8mm) which is a fair bit for a phone without a keyboard. Looks wise it looks quite sleek still even though a little fatter than most phones.

On the front of the device is a touchscreen that measures 3.2 inches. It is capacitive and has a resolution of 640 x 360 pixels which Nokia call nHD although of course, it’s no where near a HD screen in terms of pixels on the screen although it does look very clear when using the screen. Above that is a front facing camera that allows you to make video calls. Below the screen are three buttons which are send call, end call and menu. [Read more…]

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Deal of the Day: Kingston DataTraveler 16GB USB Flash Drive

April 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Amazon currently have a good deal on for the 16GB DataTraveler from Kingston. Right now there is a 44% saving to be found taking the price down from $44.99 to $25.00.

The USB Flash Drive is USB 2.0 and can transfer data at 5MB/sec for write speeds and 10MB/s for read speeds. The design is capless and as any other USB flash drive is, it’s simple to use. [Read more…]

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Apple iPad Banned in Israel

April 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Travelling to Israel soon? If so it’s recommended you leave your iPad at home as the country has banned the iPad from entering the country. If you attempt to enter the country with an iPad you’ll have it confiscated and will need to pay a daily storage fee at which point you can then collect it on your way out of the country.

Reasons for this move are due to the higher frequencies that the iPad use and the interference it could cause if the iPad was used by the masses.

“If you operate equipment in a frequency band which is different from the others that operate on that frequency band, then there will be interference,” Nati Schubert, a senior deputy director for the Communications Ministry told AP. “We don’t care where people buy their equipment ¦ but without regulation, you would have chaos.”

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HTC DROID Incredible Officially Announced – $200 on Verizon

April 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Verizon [VZ] have made the DROID Incredible official by way of a press release. The press release confirms all the details we have already seen such as the Android 2.1 operating system from Google [GOOG] along with a 3.7 inch AMOLED screen and a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU.

The press release also confirms the April 29 release date with an on-contract price tag of $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate.

The phone it’s self is said to have seamless integration with Exchange ActiveSync and as it’s an Android 2.1 based smartphone, it also gives access to the Google Market Place where you can download from a library of 30,000 apps. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones

Motorola Android 2.1 Updates Outlined

April 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Motorola have outlined their Android 2.1 roadmap to get all their Android handsets current with the latest version of Android, ie, 2.1.

There are currently six Android phones listed by Motorola of which the DROID has already gone through the process of OTA updates to Android 2.1. Next on the list is the MILESTONE that also has had updates pushed out to it and this process “should” be complete by now.

The Motorola CLIQ and CLIQ XT are both pencilled in for a Q3 OTA update and following that is the Motorola BACKFLIP and some country versions of the DEXT. The Motorola DEVOUR however, is under review perhaps due to how recently it launched. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones

3D Printing in Glass

April 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment

We’ve seen a few 3D printed objects before at gadgetvenue and have been impressed with the progress made in terms of companies being able to print in more than 1 material at a time.

The next material to be added to the list is glass which joins stainless steel, ABS, acrylic, sandstone and other various plastics.

Shapeways are a company who are now offering clients the ability to print 3D objects in glass although it’s not as straight forwards as throwing them a model and them whipping it through a printer for an hour or so. In terms of glass the process is a little longer that uses recycled glass powder that is placed on a mat a layer at a time. This is then mixed with a binder and then baked to harden it up a little. The remaining white power is moved at which point the object is heated up to 750 degrees C in a kiln to make it in to solid glass. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Computer Gadgets