Archives for August 2010

Apple Media Event on September 7 – iPod touch 4, Apple TV, iPad iOS 4

Apple [AAPL] is rumoured to be holding a media event on September 7. At the event it is expected that Apple will announced a new iPod touch 4, Apple TV (perhaps called iTV although a problem for the UK) and we hope that some details of iOS 4 for iPad will be announced.

The new iPod touch 4 is believed to follow the lines of the iPhone 4 in that it will have a front facing camera and perhaps a retina display. The Apple TV is rumoured to go on sale for $99 and mention of a 99 cent TV show rental service is doing the rounds at the moment. [Read more…]

Magic Trackpad gets ColorWare Treatment

ColorWare is a company we have mentioned before. They are responsible for changing the look of gadgets in to a list of many colour possibilities. Devices such as the iPhone 4, Xbox and many others are all possible to be recoloured.

The next on the list is the Magic Trackpad from Apple [AAPL]. ColorWare is giving customers the usual option of completely changing the look of it. The above blue is just one example although there are many other colours to choose from.

Price wise, it isn’t cheap as can be expected. If you order a Magic Trackpad from ColorWare and have it coloured by them, it’ll cost you $145. If you already own a Trackpad and want to send it in for colouring, it’s $75. [Read more…]

Dell Aero Android Smartphone Available Today

Dell has today launched the new Dell Aero smartphone. The Aero is an Android based smartphone that has a 3.5 inch screen.

The phone it’s self costs either $299.99 without a contract or $99.99 with a two year agreement with AT&T [T].

The press release makes no mention of which version of Android it is running, but unfortunately we found out that it’s just Android 1.5 for some bizarre reason that we have yet to figure out. There is no mention of any Android 2.1 or 2.2 update in the near future either. [Read more…]

Samsung Galaxy Tab Release Date to Be Announced Soon

Samsung finally revealed some official details about the Samsung Galaxy Tab. The Samsung Galaxy Tab release date is yet to be revealed although the official teaser video below does show that the Samsung Tablet will be unveiled on September 2 at IFA.

As well as revealing the unveiling date, Samsung also reveal a few other things on the short but sweet video. Features confirmed include a 7 inch screen, Google Android 2.2, Swype HD keyboard entry, HD video, video calling, navigation and movie playback to name a few things. [Read more…]

Nokia 5250 Touchscreen Symbian^1 Official

Nokia has announced a new touchscreen phone called the Nokia 5250. The 5250 is a budget touchscreen device that follows along the lines of the 5800 theme of phones.

The technical specs reveal that the device has a 2.8 inch touchscreen that has a resolution of 360 x 640 pixels. On the back is a 2 megapixel camera and it runs Symbian^1. Price wise, it will cost $145 USD when launched. This price is before tax or subsidies. [Read more…]

Motorola DROID 2 OTA Update

Verizon [VZ] is pushing out an OTA update to the Motorola DROID 2 starting today from what we understand.

The new OTA update is just a small update that fixes text and picture message scrolling as well as a few other small things as listed below…

Enabled text and picture message scrolling.
Streamlined set up of Visual Voice Mail feature.
Improved contact sync with Corporate Exchange categories and groups.
View accurate contact pictures when reviewing Recent Call Log.

[Read more…]

Windows Phone 7, iPhone 4 and Nexus One Browser Speeds Compared

Pocket Now managed to get hold of an LG Panther Windows Phone 7 smartphone. The new smartphone is obviously pre-release as WP7 hasn’t launched yet. This means the hardware might not be final and the OS is certainly not final.

Just to see how Windows Phone 7 is shaping up it’s self though, Pocket Now decided to run some tests of browser speeds between the Windows Phone 7, Apple iPhone 4 and Google Nexus One to see which was the best of them all.

Each was running the latest OS available at the time. [Read more…]

Google Mobile App for iPhone Gets Push Notifications

Google [GOOG] has made a new update for the Google Mobile App for iPhone. The new update brings a few new features, one of which includes push notifications.

The push notifications are capable of pushing information to your phone from Gmail and your Google Calendar so that you get reminded of what’s coming up.

The badge for the app shows that new mail has arrived. [Read more…]

Sony Alpha a33 and a55 Announced

As well as launching the Sony Alpha a560 and a580, Sony is also launching the a33 and a55 digital SLR cameras.

The A55 and A33 digital SLR cameras use a new translucent mirror technology that allows for autofocus to function at up to 10 frames per second on the A55 and up to 7 fps on the A33.

Each camera is capable of capturing full HD AVCHD video. The A55 has a 14.2 Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor while the A33 has a 14.2 sensor. [Read more…]

Sony Alpha a580 and A560 Announced

Sony has added a number of new digital SLR cameras to the Alpha range. Two of these new camera include the Sony a560 and the a580 which both come with a 3D sweep panorama feature.

Each camera is capable of capturing HD video at 1080i and 29.97 frames per second. The A580 has a 16.2 megapixel sensor while the A560 has a 14.2 megapixel sensor.

Allowing you to create seamless, ultra-wide pictures with a huge field of view of up to 224 degrees. Even at the lowest horizontal panoramic setting you’ll get a field of view of 108 degrees: that’s equivalent to a wide angle lens with a focal length of just 14mm and 3D panoramas can be enjoyed on any compatible 3D HD television.

[Read more…]

Toshiba 3DTV – Glasses Free – Launching Q4

Toshiba is rumoured to be creating three new glasses free 3DTV’s that will be ready for launch quarter 4 of this year.

Price wise, they are expected to cost several thousand dollars each. The 3DTV’s work with what is called a parallax technique that is capable of sending out different images to each eye to give a 3D effect. [Read more…]

Canon Create a 120 Megapixel CMOS Sensor

Canon has created a new 120 megapixel CMOS sensor that is capable of capturing images at a resolution of 13,280 x 9,184 pixels. According to the Canon press release, this makes it about 7.5 times larger with a 2.4 fold improvement in resolution when compared to the highest-resolution commercially available CMOS sensor that measures the same size.

The 120 megapixel sensor is an APS-H sized device that measures 29.2 x 20.2 mm in size.

It isn’t clear at the moment what Canon will be using this sensor for. We suspect that it wont be coming to a regular DSLR any time soon though. [Read more…]