Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
Over the weekend, Apple [AAPL] introduced Ping to the iPad. Ping can be found in the iPad iTunes application and is positioned on the bottom menu bar around the middle (as pictured above).
The service matches that of iTunes on the desktop and is capable of connecting up to Twitter to push out tweets. It also includes your own feed of who you follow and who follows you. It lets you view your profile also. [Read more…]
Some new batteries have been created by a company called ioxus that are capable of running a gadget for twice as long as a regular battery on a single charge. To add to that, the batteries have a charge time of just 90 seconds allowing you to easily charge them minutes before you need to go out somewhere.
If you charge the batteries for 20 seconds you get a partial charge when compared to the full 90 seconds. [Read more…]
Verizon [VZ] has yet to get any Windows Phone 7 handsets to put on sale. One Twitter user decided to ask when they (Verizon), were getting Windows Phone 7 devices. A reply came back from the VerizonWireless twitter account saying “As soon as Microsoft has ’em ready, we’re excited to offer Windows 7 mobile devices”. [Read more…]
@eldarmurtazin is a fairly reliable source when it comes to new smartphones. One of the latest tweets he send out mentioned that he had the chance to look at both the Sony Ericsson Anzo and a Samsung Galaxy 2 smartphone.
The Sony Ericsson Anzo was said to be “nice” but he then went on to say that the Galaxy 2 was technically advanced and hinted at it being a dual-core device. [Read more…]
Netflix is already available on the iPhone and other iOS based devices as well as Windows and a number of consoles. We now hear that Netflix will continue to grow by being made available on Android based smartphones sometime in 2011.
From what we understand, Netflix will not arrive on all Android devices and will more than likely be limited by the OS version and hardware meaning that only newer handsets get it (in the beginning that is). [Read more…]
The Microsoft Kinect has proved over the last week, to be a little more versatile than just connecting up to the Xbox 360 and playing games.
Thanks to the technology inside and some smart users out there, some crazy effects have been created with the Kinect. The latest comes from Youtube user okreylos who managed to combine the color and depth image created by Kinect in to a single image. Once combined, the live video can be manipulated in real time to rotate around a person or any object. [Read more…]
The HTC Mecha has again been captured on camera. This time around the image shows the Mecha powered up which also allows a few interesting details to be found out.
New information revealed from the picture reveals Android 2.2 as the operating system along with the new HTC Sense. Also a 4G signal can be found in the status bar which points to LTE data on Verizon [VZ]. [Read more…]
The HP Slate was first announced at CES right at the beginning of this year. Since then its been canceled, changed to webOS, Android and back to Windows. Now that it has finally launched (in Windows form), we now hear that extraordinary demand has put a six week waiting delay for those who order it today.
Although it takes six weeks to get to you and HP has described it has being in extraordinary demand, its difficult at this time to know exactly what that means in terms of sales. Apple [AAPL] announced along the way how many iPads had sold with that tablet device quickly reaching 1 million. However, HP could have made far less units and had problems for a real lack of units to sell. [Read more…]
Pigs have taken your eggs. What better way of getting back at them by firing ‘angry’ birds from a massive slingshot directed straight at them. That’s pretty much it as far as the premise goes and that’s really all you need to know.
Since it’s launch on the iPhone back in December last year, Angry Birds has gone from strength to strength. With downloads literally in the millions, the fowl-flinger has seen huge success amongst it’s rivals and since then has more recently arrived on smartphones running Google’s Android operating system and is currently still doing rather well indeed. [Read more…]
“We sincerely apologize to GT fans for the delay”… That’s what Sony Computer Entertainment producer Taku Imasaki when Sony promised the game would be on store shelves for Christmas.
Since then, many retailers had dates set for sometime in 2011. Other announcements included one mentioning the discs ready for dispatch.
First announced in 2006, eager fans have been waiting and waiting VERY patiently, knocked back time after time it seems that a date has now been settled after an announcement made by Sony today. That date is November 24th – You can write that down in stone. It’s now official. [Read more…]
The Samsung Galaxy Tab is covered on the front with Gorilla Glass. Gorilla Glass is extra strong glass that can take more of a beating than regular glass. Although the glass was invented as early as the 60’s, it has really only been used in technology for about the last 2 years.
The videos below show a couple of demonstrations as to how tough Gorilla Glass actually is. The owner of the tablet uses a CO2 powered gas gun and manages to fire 3 metal pellets (bb’s) at the screen. There were no scratches left after the test (thankfully). The second test then shows a regular glass being shot and smashed to pieces on the first shot. [Read more…]
OpeniBoot is some software that allows you to run the Google Android OS on your iPad or iPhone 4, or what we should say is that it will eventually be the doorway to letting you install Android on iOS devices.
The software is still in early stages of development and not quite ready yet from what we understand. However, a video has been created (and embedded below) that shows OpeniBoot opening up an iPad for usage. What OpeniBoot is, is the open source version of the bootrom on iOS devices. When injected in to the iPad/iPhone/iPod touch, it allows unsigned code to be booted on to the device, ie, Android could be booted. [Read more…]
