Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
HP has announced a new tablet called the HP TouchPad. The TouchPad is a webOS 3.0 device that has a 9.7 inch XGA capacitive touch screen. The 9.7 inch screen has 1024 x 768 pixels.
The technical specs reveal that this webOS based tablet has a storage capacity of either 16GB or 32GB. For connectivity it has wireless 802.11b/g/n as well as Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR. The two capacity models will also come in two varieties with one having 3G and the other being WiFi only (same as the iPad). [Read more…]
The Sony A77 is the new replacement for the previous Sony A700 DSLR.
One of the more obvious changes to looks to be a transparent case although this is just a teaser image for now. One of the big changes is that this particular digital SLR camera uses a transparent mirror inside. This mirror is the same one that first showed up last year on the A55 and A33 cameras. What the transparent mirror does is allow for real-time autofocus when capturing both stills and HD video. [Read more…]
Reports are going around today hinting that the Nokia N9-00 MeeGo smartphone is getting axed by Nokia.
This particular device is being referred to as the N9-00 although this was never confirmed by Nokia. The said device was first spotted in the middle of 2010 although not much else was heard about it. [Read more…]
Olympus has announced a couple of new cameras called the SZ-10 and the VR-320.
The SZ-10 has a 14.1 megapixel sensor and the camera uses the TruPic III+ image processor for sorting images out. The LCD on the back measures 3 inches and has a higher resolution when compared to previous cameras in this range. [Read more…]
Apple has given the go ahead for the iPad 2 to go in to production. This is according to the WSJ who reported that the second generation tablet device would have a front facing camera allowing video calls to be made.
We also hear more confirmations that the screen will not be a higher resolution. Earlier reports have been swayed both ways with some saying the screen will be retina and others saying it will be the same but thinner with a thinner bezel around the edge. This report from the WSJ hints at it not getting a retina display this time around although this could happen on the iPad 3. [Read more…]
The LG Optimus 3D is one of the first phones to have a 3D screen along with a dual-camera setup on the back to capture pictures. Others have been made but generally, those didn’t hit mainstream over this way.
A teaser video was sent to Pocket Lint that shows a few details about the device. The video is quite dark and it’s difficult to see the finer details of the new 3D smartphone, but it does let us know a few things about it. [Read more…]
Details of new MacBook Pros have leaked on to the web recently. The information reveals that we could see a new range of MacBook Pro’s that go on sale on March 11.
The details come from leaked shots of the inventory of a Best Buy store where a supplier is listed as Apple Compu(ter) with a dummy SKU and an In Stock Date of 03-11-2011.
Prices are revealed in the screen grabs although this particular shot is just for one particular model. The device is listed as costing $1199.99 and is speculated to be the 13 inch MacBook Pro. [Read more…]
The Verizon iPhone wasn’t expected till February 10 although some devices already started to arrive to customers as early as yesterday. Along with that early arrival, some very interesting information has been found out about apps for the Verizon iPhone. What ZDNet found out was that some apps might require some changes to be compatible with the new iPhone 4 on Verizon. The difference isn’t due to changes with the telco, but instead, it appears that differences with the CDMA chip inside has caused a problem (or has it?).
The first app that needed to be modified was the Telenav Navigator app. The company who create it has not specifically said what hardware caused the change to be made, but ZDNet speculates that it’s the GSM to CDMA switch. When looking in to this more though, it’s nothing at all to do with the hardware of the device. [Read more…]
The BBC is about to launch a new app for the iPad this week. The new app is the iPlayer which is currently available via the BBC website.
“iPlayer App for iPad is being released this Thursday – 10th Feb. 3G connection is browse only. Browse+Playback requires Wi-Fi. #iplayer,”
This information came from a tweet that Geoff Marshall of the BBC sent out recently and as mentioned, it works on WiFi only for playback although you can browse content over a 3G connection. [Read more…]
Amazon is about to make available a new update for the Amazon Kindle. The new update brings a couple of relatively small updates to the software although each update is actually quite handy.
The new Kindle 3.1 update will be made available for download in a few days time and when launched it will allow Kindle users to use real page numbers on books. For those who use the Kindle, you’ll know that page numbers do not match the physical book which makes it awkward when referencing a Kindle whilst in a class for example. With the new update, the class lecturer can ask you to turn to page 234 and you’ll be on the same page as all others who have the physical books. [Read more…]
Earlier today we mentioned that Sony Ericsson was to officially announce the Xperia Play smartphone this coming weekend at MWC. Since that announcement, O2 in the UK has now stepped up to indicate that they will be carrying the Xperia Play on its network. O2 made the announcement on its official Twitter feed this morning.
Awesome news – the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is coming to O2. Loving their ad too:
New information today reveals that Google might be releasing a new version of Android as early as April. The new version will be designed for smartphones and will follow along with the 2.X branch being called Android 2.4. Here’s something interesting though as it is now believed that Google will call Android 2.4 Gingerbread even though Gingerbread already exists as 2.3.
The reasons for this seem to follow along with how Android 3.0 Honeycomb apps will work in that dual-core apps designed for Honeycomb will then be made compatible with single-core apps on devices running Android 2.4. This, apparently, is not possible with Android 2.3 in its current form. [Read more…]
