Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…
When O2 pushed out the Android 2.1 update to Dell Streak users it caused a number of problems. Features that were there before were removed such as the Facebook widget, Windows Media Video playback and PC syncronisation.
If all went well with the install then the problems just continued with some having applications and data removed. For those who have made backups, there were also problems restoring the backups. [Read more…]
The TomTom Go Live 1000 is almost ready for purchase for those of you in Europe. The satnav unit is being made available sometime this month. As well as launching the 1000 model, TomTom is also releasing the TomTom Go 1005 that has a larger screen measuring 5 inches.
The Go 1000 has a 4.3 inch screen that uses capacitive touch rather than the more clunky resistive touch technology. [Read more…]
Archos is releasing a 10.1 inch Android OS based tablet. The 10.1 inch tablet joins a few other tables ranging from a 2.8 inch screen size up to the larger 10.1 inch screen.
The 10.1 inch Archos tablet is the one designed to tackle the iPad. Spec wise, it has a 16:9 aspect ratio screen, a metal frame to make it rigid, runs Android 2.2 Froyo and gives access to 5,000 apps in the market.
Memory capacity for the $300 model is 8GB while the larger capacity 16GB model will cost $350 when launched. [Read more…]
Nokia could be unveiling the Nokia E7 on September 14. The Nokia E7 is a touchscreen QWERTY device that could run the Symbian^3 OS.
As well as unveiling the E7, Nokia could use the event next week in London to make official the September 30 release date for the Nokia N8. [Read more…]
The Nokia N8 is expected to launch on September 30 after a many month wait. We also hear from NokNok that those who are pre-ordering the N8 will actually get it a week early on September 23.
The information comes from a Google Adwords ad that Nokia ran saying it would ship September 23 1 week before anyone (else). [Read more…]
We’ll take this one with a pinch of salt, but there are rumours going around that the Apple iPad could get an external camera to make FaceTime calls with it.
This rumour started because of the iOS 4.2 release date of November being mentioned last week at the Apple Special Event. In that presentation, Steve Jobs said that everything goes to the iPad for iOS 4.2 which included HDR photography amongst other things. The problem is that the iPad can’t do HDR without a camera and certainly can’t make FaceTime calls. [Read more…]
The Samsung Galaxy Tab UK price hasn’t been officially announced yet although it hasn’t prevented some places from speculating on the price.
Next up is Clove in the UK who has priced the Galaxy Tab up at £617 which takes it to around the $950 price point in USD. This price point gets you a 16GB Samsung Galaxy Tab that is SIM free and not locked on to a contract.
The £617 price tag also includes taxes. [Read more…]
The Samsung Galaxy S has a fast CPU inside that allows it to shift three times the amount of triangles when compared to a Nexus One and iPhone 3GS.
The chip used inside is about to seem old though after a new announcement came today about a chip called the Samsung Orion. The Orion runs at 1GHz, but rather than being a single core device, it’s a dual-core which brings more power to devices it is used in.
The chip is an ARM Cortex A9 that Samsung say can achieve the following… “5 times the 3D graphics performance over the previous processor generation from Samsung,”. [Read more…]
