Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
GoodandEvo has reviewed the Magnetic Macro Lens for the HTC EVO 4G. The magnetic macro lenses are capable of attaching to the back of a camera phone, in this case a HTC EVO 4G, and allow macro shots to be captures.
When first seeing the lenses on the internet (perhaps a year or more ago at a guess), I didn’t think much to them, but now that someone has taken time to upload some decent shots I am quite impressed. [Read more…]
When Apple [AAPL] announced the Apple iPhone 4 the other day, one of the new features called FaceTime was announced that would “finally” bring video calling to a mobile phone. However, we have seen this in the UK for maybe 7 or even 8 years now, but anyways!
We suspected the other day that companies like Skype would look to using or integrating with FaceTime that would allow video calls to reach beyond the current iPhone 4 to iPhone 4 requirement that is in place. If Skype could integrate it could allow the iPhone 4 to make video calls to millions of users on Skype and other video services.
Pocket-Lint spoke to Skype about this where they said it…
“would welcome the opportunity to work with Apple”, when it comes to enabling Skype video calls on the new iPhone 4.
Sony has announced two new digital SLR cameras in the Alpha range called the A290 and the A390. Each has a 14.2 megapixel sensor along with a 2.7 inch tilt LCD screen with quick AF Live View. A HDMI output is also included on both cameras.
The new Alpha cameras drop in at the lower end of digital SLR cameras that Sony offers with the A290 being the slightly lower spec of the two devices.
Even DSLR novices will find it brilliantly simple to explore the generous creative features of both new cameras. The intuitive Graphic Display makes it easy to understand the relation between shutter speed and aperture, plus the effects of your chosen exposure settings on the final picture. The Help Guide offers clear, concise explanations of camera functions, illustrated by a sample image to show the results you’ll achieve. Quick access to shooting and playback function menus is streamlined by colourful on-screen icons.
We recently tested a Sony Vaio L All-in-One PC to see how it runs, how it performs and if it’s any good. To be honest, I’ve never really paid interest in the all-in-one style PCs so I didn’t really know what to expect.
Starting with the design and looks of the device, it looks great. The Vaio L has a large multi-touch screen measuring 24 inches in a full HD resolution. Below the screen is a stand that runs the full width of the device and forms part of the whole unit. On the back, a kick stand flips out that lets the Vaio L lean backwards slightly on a table. As with many other All-in-One PC’s there is just 1 cable going in to the back which provides power to the unit. This makes All-in-One PCs a lot easier to set up as well as cutting back on the clutter that regular PC’s have. Overall, it looks great sitting on a desk and when people see it, they always ask what it is and what it does. [Read more…]
Google [GOOG] has announced that Google Maps Navigation is now available for those in Canada and a number of places in mainland Europe.
The Google Maps Navigation service was previously available to just the US and UK, but the new version out today will allow you to navigate freely across more countries.
The reasons that Google could be doing this is possibly due to competition from Ovi Maps Navigation that has far more free navigation coverage than Google has. We wont know for sure and to be honest, we don’t really care what the reasons are. All we want is free satnav and Google as well as Ovi Maps can now provide that. [Read more…]
We have all the official details on the next generation Apple [AAPL] iPhone 4, but many are left wondering what the iPhone 4 UK price will be. We know the US pricing already, in that it’s $199 for a 16GB model for new contracts and those eligible for an upgrade, and $299 for the 32GB model. Prices are higher for those upgrading early, or for those purchasing a no commitment device AKA PAYG in the UK.
Over here in the UK, we have four networks who have all announced that they will be selling the iPhone 4. These include O2, Orange, Vodafone and T-Mobile. What we hope to see is some competitive pricing where we will see the iPhone 4 going for free on the higher end contracts and getting progressively more expensive as you spend less per month, or commit to a shorter contract length. [Read more…]
For those of you running a T-Mobile myTouch 3G, there is good news for you in that you will be able to upload the Google [GOOG] os Android 2.2 Froyo on to your device in the near future.
Right now the details only say that it is “coming soon” rather than providing an exact date or even month. Lets just hope soon is soon in that you might see it by the end of the month, or early next month.
A few more details of what’s included in the Android 2.2 myTouch 3G update can be found below. [Read more…]
The World Cup 2010 is almost ready to start (1 day, 11 hours and 14 minutes at the time of writing this). Google [GOOG] has decided to add some nice looking 3D tours of the stadiums used at the event.
Google Earth is used to achieve the 3D tours and allows you to add the 3D World Cup layer to the globe so you can pan around and zoom in and out of the stadium.
The 3D tours can be found over here which opens up a .kmz file for you to import in to Google Earth. [Read more…]
One of the big features of the Apple iPhone 4 is the new display that Apple [AAPL] calls the “Retina Display”. Since the screen plays a huge part in how you interact with the iPhone 4, it makes sense that Apple has opted for the highest resolution screen made to date on a smartphone.
The iPhone 4 screen manages to quadruple the number of pixels when compared to the iPhone 3GS and successfully packs in 960 x 640. Having 640 pixels across the 3.5 inch diagonal screen allows for the ppi (pixels per inch) to reach 326. Apple say that the human eye can only distinguish around 300 ppi which is why they give it the name of the Retina Display.
What the retina display does is allows graphics and text to look smooth at any size with no visible pixelation. It’s quite difficult to demonstrate the difference without actually holding an iPhone 4 in your hand along side an iPhone 3GS or other smart phone, but the picture above (larger below and even larger if you click on it) I think gives you a good idea of what is in store on the new iPhone 4. [Read more…]
Nokia [NOK] will be launching the Nokia N8 in August. The Nokia Conversations YouTube channel has a few videos uploaded with one of them detailing the Nokia N8 photo editing along with the video editing functions of the device.
The video shows a few examples of how to browse through photos and although not the most exciting of things to watch, it does move on to the video editing functions of the phone where transitions can be made between clips that have been combined together. The application actually looks very good and seems that with the mix of a high resolution camera and some nice transition features it could be a good selling point for the Nokia N8. [Read more…]
We’ve seen a number of tablets get announced and often delayed. Most of them don’t look that good, but one that falls in to this “delayed” category is the Notion Ink Adam. The difference with the Adam is that it looks fantastic and is one we are waiting for.
However, recent rumours indicated that we might not actually see the Notion Ink Adam till almost the end of this year in November. Reasons cited for the delays this time around revolve around the investors who want the Notion Ink Adam to hit the market near Thanksgiving rather than earlier. The quote spotted on a few websites was actually quoted with a bit missing. SlashGear managed to get some details from the guys at Notion Ink to see what they had to say about it. [Read more…]
HTC [2498] seem to have done well with the HTC EVO 4G since it’s launch last Friday. BGR had a source tell them that “well over 200,000 units have been sold since launch”. That’s quite an impressive number and something Sprint [S] will be happy with on their 4G network.
The “well over 200,000” could be just an estimation and not based on actual numbers although the successful launch that was widely reported on over the weekend with some reports saying that the HTC EVO 4G outdid the Palm Pre launch a while back. [Read more…]
