Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
A Windows Phone 7 developer called Vangos Pterneas has created a facial recognition system for WP7 based devices.
The new system uses the Facelight libraries that are open source.
Using Facelight is a piece of cake. You only need two XAML image controls placed in the same position. The upper one (named ImgResult) will contain a red ellipse specifying the recognized face and the other one (named ImgOverlay) will contain the original bitmap source.
Lexar has announced a couple of new Class 10 SDXC memory cards. Each card runs at up to a 133x speed and the smaller has a 64GB capacity while the larger can store a huge 128GB of data on its small footprint.
Although the cards can cram a lot of data on them, this luxury comes at a price as the larger of the two costs $700 while the smaller costs $400. [Read more…]
Opera has posted a very brief video showing off the tablet optimized version of the Opera Browser for Android tablets.
What you see in the video is a very quick run down of what the browser looks like as well as a demonstration of how smooth scrolling and zooming is. [Read more…]
Rumors are hinting that Android 2.4 (AKA Honeycomb), will require a dual-core processor to function. As well as needing a dual-core processor, we also hear that a resolution of at least 1280 x 720 pixels will be needed.
One dual-core processor that could be used by manufacturers is the NVIDIA Tegra 2 chip that is beginning to be used in tablets at the moment. [Read more…]
The Fling iPad Joystick has been designed to help you play games on your iPad a little easier.
The joystick is described as being a tactile gaming controller. It uses suction cups to attach to the screen on the iPad. The joystick part of the unit is conductive allowing it to function as though you were touching the screen. [Read more…]
Vizio will be launching a new 21:9 Cinema HDTV at CES this year. The new TV has an LED based screen that is capable of showing 2560 x 1080 pixels. This is in a very wide 21:9 aspect ratio.
The new 21:9 HDTV will come in either 50 inch or 58 inch sizes although that’s about all we know about the screen at the moment. [Read more…]
Earlier today we mentioned that a Vizio tablet and phone were spotted. Just a few hours ago, the details were not available, but now Vizio has formally announced the devices.
The Vizio Tablet has an 8 inch screen (as previously known) and uses capacitive touch. 3 speakers are built in to the tablet. The tablet also has a front facing video camera.
The phone has a 4 inch display that is also capacitive touch. On the back is a 5 megapixel camera as well as a front facing camera. [Read more…]
A new NES emulator for the Windows Phone 7 platform has been created. However, it wasn’t approved for the Marketplace for the reason quoted below…
If you post a game/image/source that uses unauthorized intellectual property, we will delete it immediately. This includes technologies that are clearly intended to enable unauthorized use of intellectual property, such as game console emulators.
Google launched the first Chrome OS netbook recently. It was called the Cr-48 and was not available to buy, but instead sent out to a number of lucky people, including developers, so that those using it could test and report back to Google how the new operating system performs.
One person has managed to hack the Cr-48 and has now installed alternative operating systems which includes a version of Windows as well as OS X. [Read more…]
Last night, Vizio showed a Rose Bowl advert that dropped hints of a new tablet and smartphone arriving soon. The advert shows a tablet being used hinting that you’ll be able to watch content on their new devices launching soon.
The Vizio Via Tablet has an 8 inch display while the Vizio Via Phone has a 4 inch display. Each will run the Android operating system when they launch. [Read more…]
Verizon has dropped the price of the Samsung Galaxy Tab from $599.99 down to $499.99.
Verizon will be switching over display materials in store to show the new price point as captured below.
For those who purchased a Galaxy Tab within the last 14 days who paid $599.99, you’ll be entitled to a $100 refund on your purchase from what Droid-Life is reporting. [Read more…]
Plenty of tablet news out today in preparation for CES 2011. From what we see hitting news sites, it looks like Android Tablets willreally start to move in a good direction over 2011.
Next up is an announcement from Toshiba who has announced a Tegra 2 based tablet that has been designed to run Android Honeycomb when it launches.
The tablet has a 10.1 inch screen with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. The screen is capacitive touch and uses “Adaptive Display technology”. Other sensors on this particular tablet includes an accelerometer and an ambient light sensor. [Read more…]
