Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
Nintendo has announced that it will be dropping the price of both the Nintendo DSi and the DSi XL over in the US beginning September 12.
Prices will drop down to $149.99 for the DSi and $169.99 for the DSi XL. Price drops over in the UK and Japan have happened already as well as a price drop in Australia a number of months ago.
It seems like the prices are dropping in preparing for the Nintendo 3DS to arrive which could be towards the end of this year or early next year. [Read more…]
It seems like a real build of Android 2.2 for the Samsung Galaxy S has been leaked online. The screen shot above is supposedly taken from a Galaxy S device and shows that it is running Android 2.2 (which also is easy to fake mind you).
A number of smartphones recently have had Android 2.2 builds leaked with all of them being Beta builds with a few things broken. You might want to take this in to consideration if deciding to test the leaked build. [Read more…]
Google [GOOG] could be getting in to the Pay-Per-View movie rental game by transforming in to one of the major players by as early as this year.
The Financial Times is reporting that Google is speaking with Hollywood Studios to launch a service this year that will see movies streamed to users.
Google say that a mixture of the Google Search Engine and the busy YouTube service could see the service pushed out to a huge number of people. [Read more…]
Toshiba are launching a new tablet. Toshiba have called it a Smart Pad for reasons we don’t know of as it appears to have specs just like a tablet.
The name of it will be the Toshiba Folio 100 if rumours are to be believed although no release date is known at the moment.
Technical specs show that it runs Android 2.2, runs an NVIDIA Tegra 2 and has a 10.1 inch screen that has a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. [Read more…]
Most cases are designed for the sole purpose of protecting a smartphone from getting scratched. This latest case for the iPhone 4 has a second function. That is to provide an area to hold a pair of SIM cards allowing the iPhone 4 to be used with dual SIM cards rather than a single SIM card.
To get the dual SIM cards connected to the iPhone 4 a ribbon cable is provided that you insert in to the microSIM slot. This then folds around the back of the iPhone 4 to a place where the case holds them in to position. [Read more…]
If you have a T-Mobile G1 then some good news is ahead. The latest CyanogenMod 6.0 brings Android 2.2 to your old T-Mobile G1 smartphone.
To install the update you need to head on over to Cyanogen’s website for the details. As always, we recommend that you read all the step by step instructions and realise that you might brick your phone if you do not follow everything exactly. [Read more…]
It seems like Apple [AAPL] have finally managed to catch up with demand for the Apple iPad. All six versions of the iPad are now listed on the Apple site as shipping within 24 hours. Previously it had been around a 2 – 3 week shipping date from what we remember.
Prices have stayed exactly the same and probably will for a few more months, if not till the launch of the iPad 2 next year. [Read more…]
Google [GOOG] added the ability to call contacts direct from Gmail a few days ago. The service is only available for those in the US at the moment. The good news for Google here is that over 1 million calls were made in the first 24 hours of the service opening according to a tweet made by Google which reads…
Over 1,000,000 calls placed from Gmail in just 24 hours! Thanks to everyone using this new feature
Google [GOOG] is expanding the Real Time search features of it’s search engine by launching Google.com/realtime.
The service isn’t fully live yet, but when live will work in a similar way to how the twitter results are embedded in various search query results.
The service will be updated to include updates from Google Buzz, Facebook, MySpace to name a few social networking sites so that when you search for a query that is surging at a current time, such as an earth quake, film release, disaster, mobile phone news etc… you’ll be able to see results of what everybody is talking about online. [Read more…]
Back in June this year, Sony Ericsson announced the Xperia X8. After a few months of waiting we finally are seeing some more details about it. Engadget also managed to get a hands-on with the smartphone to see what it’s all about.
First impressions reveal that the X8 is a little chunky, rather than slim. It has a 3 inch screen, a 600MHz CPU and a 3.2 megapixel camera.
The downside of the X8 is that it also runs Android 1.6 along with a very deep custom skin. An update to Android 2.1 is expected in the 4th quarter of this year although there was no mention of Android 2.2 or perhaps 3.0 which most people will be looking out for at that time. [Read more…]
If you want the technical specs of any Android OS based hardware that has launched in the last couple of years then check out this spreadsheet.
The spreadsheet is public and lets you browse around a number of specifications and details which reveal the processors, amounts of RAM/ROM and any other details about Android based hardware you might want to know. [Read more…]
The new Amazon Kindle has arrived and along with it, a new and clearer screen technology that provides a 50% better contrast than any other eReader on the market.
Crunch Gear put together a video showing a hands on with the Amazon Kindle to show how it looks in direct sunlight. According to Crunch Gear, the light was very bright and it didn’t effect reading at all on the device. [Read more…]
