Archives for August 2010

Netronix PocketBook 602 eBook Reader Unveiled

August 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Netronix will soon release the PocketBook 602 eBook reader in the US. The FCC just approved the device for launch.

The PocketBook 602 has a six inch screen that uses e-Ink to display text and images. Processor wise it has a 532MHz Freescale ARM11 processor. Other features include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and a 3G/3.5G wireless data connection. The OS running on the device is a custom build of Linux.

The eBook reader supports several file formats which include PDF, ePUB, FB2, HTML, TXT, PRC, MOBI, RTF, DOC, JPG, and MP3 file formats. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Tablets

Racer Demo 0.1 Card Board Race Track

August 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Check out the video below. It demos a wipeout style game made of cardboard where an RC car is driven around a track controlled by a retro arcade machine.

There’s not much to say about the video other than the suggestion you watch it now to see how it was done and why… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Crazy Gadgets

Batman Arkham City Coming 2011

August 5, 2010 by 1 Comment

The sequel to Batman Arkham Asylum has been announced. The new sequel will be called Batman Arkham City and will be arriving on the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC in the fall of next year.

The new Batman Arkham City is being developed by Rocksteady Studios who say the game is…

Set inside the heavily fortified walls of a sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City, this highly anticipated sequel introduces a brand-new story that draws together a new all-star cast of classic characters and murderous villains from the Batman universe, as well as a vast range of new and enhanced gameplay features to deliver the ultimate experience as the Dark Knight.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Computer Gadgets

Deal of the Day: Garmin nuvi 1300 4.3 inch Satnav

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Amazon currently have a good deal on the Garmin nuvi 1300 4.3 inch satnav bringing the price down from $249.99 all the way to $118.

The satnav is a widescreen device that has a WQVGA touchscreen. City Navigator is included that has 48 state maps along with millions of points of interests around cities.

A pedestrian option is also included that allows you to walk various routes. [Read more…]

Filed Under: SatNavs

HP Slate could be called the eStation Zeen

August 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The FCC unveiled a few documents today that reveal a device called the HP eStation Zeen. Engadget point out that the Zeen name was first spotted in a trademark on a portable handheld device late last year.

The FCC show drawings of a device that looks similar to a HP Slate. The device has a tablet look and has 802.11b/g/n WiFi built in.

Not much else is known about the device although we suspect with HP’s acquisition of Palm will see webOS being used on the tablet. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Tablets

iPod touch 4 Case Mockup

August 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Apple [AAPL] could be launching a new iPod touch 4 in the next month or so. The reason for this belief is that a photo illustration of an iPod touch 4 in a case has been revealed that indicates a new version with a camera is coming.

What happens here is that Apple send out technical specs (as in CAD details) to those companies who will be making cases. The drawings don’t show the device in details other than sizes of each part. With this information it appears that a company has created a mockup of what a case and iPod touch within that case will look like.

It’s hard to make out exactly what’s happening in the render, but it appears that “if” the iPod represents a new device then it will keep the curved back rather than a glass back of the iPhone 4. We also see the addition of a camera and possibly a flash also which is one of the wanted features on the device. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Music Gadgets

iPhone 5, iPad mini and iPod nano Rumours

August 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

iLounge has posted some rumours that reveal a few new products from Apple [AAPL] are being worked on for an end of 2010 or early 2011 launch.

The rumours come from a source who successfully “predicted” the iPad as well as a couple of iPod nano models.

The first of the rumours follows along with what we have heard before in that different iPad models will be launching. The new model mentioned is an iPad mini that has a 7 inch screen. The iPad mini is supposed to be a finished product that will be announced late this year or early next year and apparently has been in development for a few years. [Read more…]

Filed Under: iPad

Rightmove Property Search Launches Draw-a-Search

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Rightmove is a property search website in the UK that has hundreds of thousands, if not millions of properties listed across the UK. The normal way to search on Rightmove is to enter a postcode or town name and hit search. You can then set limits such as search within 3 miles of the selected postcode.

The company recently launched a new service called draw-a-search that lets you do just that… draw a search on a map to define where you want to look for a house.

The service launched a couple of weeks ago and already half a million people have drawn searches on the UK map to hunt for property. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Tech News

Google Announce 200K Android Devices Ship Daily

August 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Eric Schmidt of Google [GOOG] has announced that 200,000 Google Android smartphones are being sold each day. Back in April that number was 60,000 and just two months ago it was 100,000. 200K represents an impressive growth rate over the last few months and one that Google has to be happy about.

That number is just one drip from a stream of good news for the platform this week, including 866 percent year-over-year growth and the top spot in NPD’s sales rankings.

Although we are sure that Google is happy with the speed of Android devices shifting off the shelves, we suspect that they wont sit back and enjoy it for more than a minute or two as they will be looking to again double that in the near future. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones

Amazon UK Kindle Store Open Today

August 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Amazon Kindle in the UK is now taking pre-orders. With that in mind, we now see that Amazon has opened up the UK Kindle Store allowing Kindle owners to buy books from the UK based website rather than the US site.

The new UK Amazon Kindle store already has more than 400,000 books to download including most of the sort after books. Including New Releases and Bestsellers, from UK authors including Terry Pratchett, Ian Rankin, Martina Cole, Sophie Kinsella and Ken Follett.

The UK Kindle Store can be accessed now and books can be downloaded to your current Kindle, or to any device you have that runs the Kindle software such as the iPad, iPhone and Android based devices. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Tech News

MobileMe iDisk Streaming Hints that iTunes Cloud is Getting Closer

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Last month, Apple [AAPL] updated the MobileMe iDisk app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The new update sneakily brings in the ability to stream music from your iDisk to your iOS based device. Any music that you upload to iDisk can now be accessed and run in the background on devices that run iOS 4.

This appears to go against what record labels are demanding in that when music is streamed, you need to pay a license fee.

Apple recently pushed a new version of their iDisk software. iDisk is Apple’s online storage service similar to Microsoft Skydrive and Google Docs. Quietly mentioned in the release note of version 1.2 is the ability to play music files from remote storage in the background. I say “quietly” because this capability is not among the bullet list of features. Only if you click the “More” button do you see this listed:

* Play audio from your iDisk while using another app

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones

Facebook for Android 1.3 Update Now Ready

August 5, 2010 by 1 Comment

The Facebook app on Android devices hasn’t been that good. It just didn’t work as smoothly as some expected and lacked a few features. Thankfully an update has now arrived in the form of 1.3. The new update has native event viewing and video viewing and has also improved the layout.

A working notification drawer has been added to the app and it also features the ability to view photos within the app. Previously a lot of functions redirected users to the mobile version of the site which didn’t really work as well as people wanted.

The application it’s self is free to download from the Android market although right now it appears that it works on Android 2.0 and above leaving 1.6 users and below in the dark. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones