Archives for September 2010

Nikon Coolpix P7000 to Arrive August

Nikon has announced the new CoolPix P7000 today. The P7000 joins both the S8100 and the S80 for camera launches today.

The Nikon Coolpix P7000 has a 10.1 megapixel CCD sensor. It has 7.1 times optical zoom built in with a focal length ranging from 28mm up to 200mm.

When capturing images the P7000 manages to capture several images at once with a slightly different exposure setting. Once the image is captured the user can choose which of the images to keep. [Read more…]

Nikon CoolPix S80 Digital Camera Announced

As well as announcing the Nikon CoopPix S8100, Nikon has also announced the CoolPix S80 digital camera.

The CoolPix S80 has a 3.5 inch ultra high resolution OLED touchscreen on the back that uses an enhanced user interface to help the user more easily work the camera.

The touchscreen interface allows the user to take control of the shutter speed, zoom, playback amongst other features of the camera. [Read more…]

Nikon Coolpix S8100 with High-Speed Shooting Announced

Nikon has announced several new digital cameras today. The first up is the Nikon Coolpix S8100 that has 10X zoom as well as high speed shooting abilities.

Capturing images is a 12.1 megapixel CMOS sensor that is capable of capturing up to 10 frames per second. The CMOS sensor uses backside illumination that brings enhanced image quality in low light and high speed capture.

The camera is also capable of capturing video at 1080p Full HD. [Read more…]

Samsung Galaxy S Landing in China in Three Versions

The Samsung Galaxy S will be landing in China soon. The device will be landing on all three carriers which means that three different versions will be launched due to different radios used.

The first is a CDMA variant for China Telecom that will be called the SCH-I909. It is expected that this model could be the same Samsung Fascinate that is launching on the Verizon [VZ] network tomorrow.

China Mobile will be getting a TD-SCDMA version. TD-SCDMA is 3G technology that works different to WCDMA to avoid patents and paying bills to Europe to use the technology. The model going to China Mobile will be the GT-I9008. [Read more…]

BigTrak Calculator iPhone App

If you were a kid in the 80’s, you’ll remember Bigtrak. The little drive around unit is now available as a Calculator thanks to an iPhone app that launched about a month ago.

The Bigtrak Calculator app is arranged to look like the control section of the original BigTrak and lets you perform basic maths functions such as division, multiplication, adding and subtracting. [Read more…]

Latest Gen iPod shuffle Gets Torn Apart

The latest generation iPod shuffle was announced last week and launched this week. iFixit of course, managed to get it’s hands on one and tear it apart to see exactly what’s inside the new device.

With the shuffle having no screen, Apple [AAPL] has managed to cram everything in to the shuffle and make it a tiny package.

In terms of how easy it is to teardown, iFixit gave it a rating 2 out of 10 which basically makes it very difficult to teardown. [Read more…]

Internet Explorer 9 Video Demo

Microsoft [MSFT] is launching a beta version of Internet Explorer 9 next week. A few days ago a video demonstration of IE 9 was uploaded to YouTube to give everyone an impression of how it will run and what it will be capable of.

The browser seen in the video (assuming it is IE 9 and not fan made) looks a little cleaner than the current version although not as clean as Google Chrome for example. [Read more…]

BlackBerry Style 9670 OS Tutorials Arrive Online

The BlackBerry Style 9670 has yet to be announced which is why we can rely on these leaked videos (embedded below) to show us what is arriving in the new device.

The BlackBerry Style doesn’t have a touchscreen which makes integrating with OS 6 a little different than the Torch for example.

Instead of tapping on the screen, an optical touchpad can be used. [Read more…]

WebOS 2.0 Beta Shots Released

We first heard of the Palm webOS 2.0 update last week when a few details about the OS were released.

Some screen shots of webOS 2.0 have now been released and published on a Chinese website called wibozi.

It isn’t known for sure if the screenshots were put together by fans, or if they are the real thing. Another screen shot can be found below. [Read more…]

Samsung Fascinate Offer: Buy One Get One Free

Verizon [VZ] has put online a nice deal today that allows you to buy one Fascinate and get another free.

The deal see’s you getting a second smartphone for free, but remember that you’ll need to get a second contract for the device which Verizon say is $29.99 or higher.

This offer will probably work best if you have a friend who also wants a Samsung Fascinate. If doing this together, you essentially get the phone for $100 each. [Read more…]

Samsung to Sell 10 Million Galaxy Tabs

By this time next year, Samsung is confident that over 10 Million Samsung Galaxy Tab devices will have been sold.

The Galaxy Tab was officially unveiled at IFA last week where it was confirmed that it has a 7 inch screen, runs the Android 2.2 operating system and will be running head to head with the Apple iPad.

By shifting 10 million Galaxy Tablets the company estimate that this will take about one-third of the tablet market worldwide. [Read more…]

Google Live-Updating Results Could Be Announced Today

Last night, Google [GOOG] added a new Google Doodle logo to it’s search home page. The new doodle indicates that Google Live-Updating results could be landing soon.

Recently, Google [GOOG] has been testing live-updating results that change as you type in a search phrase. A tweet by Google says…

Our doodle is dressing up in its brightest colors for something exciting coming very soon…

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