Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
Materials scientists are working on a new type of fuel cell that uses methane to generate power. If the research and testing work is successful, it could mean that we get methane powered laptops for example.
The methane powered fuel cells have been built and current testing reveals that they could actually make it to production and become widely available. [Read more…]
Dell is now selling the Dell Streak pre-installed with the Android 2.2 operating system as standard. The new offerings fall in line with the OTA update that is currently being pushed out to current Dell Streak users in Europe with the US to follow.
As well as offering the tablet with Froyo as standard, Dell is also selling the Streak in a choice of two colors of either red or white. [Read more…]
Yesterday, the iPhone Dev Team released the iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak in the form of Redsn0w 0.9.6b4. Since its launch a few problems have been noticed while running the tool. The Dev Team now recommends that an update to iTunes 10.1 is best and for those running the tool on Windows 7, it’s recommended that you run the app in XP compatibility mode.
Also, there seems to be some who are unsure what a tethered boot is. For those running newer hardware on iOS 4.2.1, when you jailbreak it will require a tethered boot for now. This means that every time your iPhone reboots (ie the battery dies or it crashes), you’ll need to be next to a computer and re-run redsn0w to boot your device. [Read more…]
Amazon has lowered the price of the Panasonic TC-L22X2 720p HDTV. This particular HDTV has a 22 inch screen and is ideal for the bedroom or small living room. Built in functions include an iPod dock that can be used to play music (and control music) though the TV.
Technical specs show that the TV has an IPS display allowing for a wide viewing angle. It has a 15,000:1 contrast ratio and has the ability to playback JPEG images in slideshows. [Read more…]
Nokia announced the Nokia X2-01 a couple of days ago. Along with that announcement they also passed out details of the Nokia C2-01. The C2-01 falls in to the budget range of phones and from what Nokia tell us, it’s there cheapest 3G mobile phone available.
On the front is a small colour screen along with an alpha-numeric keypad. On the back is a 3.2 megapixel camera. For storage it has an SDHC card slot that can accept up to 16GB SD cards. [Read more…]
Acer has announced a couple of new Android based tablets that could arrive as early as April 2011.
The tablets measure 10.1 inches and 7 inches with the 10.1 inch device having a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. This particular model will run a dual-core 1GHz processor. The smaller model details are also a little sparse at the moment although we do hear that Acer will be cramming in the same amount of pixels as found on the larger 10.1 inch model. [Read more…]
We just received an email showing a couple of iAd adverts showing up over in France on the SunLite App. The last we heard was that there was a December roll out in Europe starting with the UK and France first.
The images are marked with iAd in the bottom right of the screen and appear to be the real deal. What are your thoughts? Is Apple rolling out iAds in France a little early? Lets hope not… no time is probably good for most people. Send us your screen shots if you spot more in France. Larger images below. [Read more…]
Acer will be launching a new smartphone although the name of it is unknown at the moment.
From what we have heard, it will have a large 4.8 inch screen with a resolution of 1024 x 480 pixels. Acer describe the smartphone as 100% smartphone and 100% tablet with a screen size of 4.8 inches. The operating system running on the phone will be Google Android. [Read more…]
If Sonic The Hedgehog was real, this is what actually might happen if he hit one of those springy things. Check out the video below. [Read more…]
Apple [AAPL] has announced that this Friday (Black Friday) there will be a number of special deals on the online store.
The event is being teased as the one-day Apple shopping event and right now we only know that… “You’ll find dozens of great iPad, iPod, and Mac gifts for everyone on your list”. [Read more…]
Popular Science has been around for a long time, perhaps 125 years according to what Gizmodo says. The above image, larger below and full size over on Flickr, shows covers of 100+ years of the magazine allowing you to see how basic it was in the late 1800’s to how colourful it is these days. [Read more…]
Check out this crazy looking track. It’s called Metropolis II and is a custom build road system that can carry 1,200 cars at a time along with 13 toy trains. Around the tracks is scenery built from Lego.
Each of the 1,200 cars has been custom designed. The track starts by lifting 5 rows of cars up a steep hill and then letting gravity bring them down to the bottom of the track where they get lifted up again. [Read more…]
