Eye-Fi Pro X2 Launched

March 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Eye-Fi have launched their latest memory card called the Eye-Fi Pro X2. The new cards feature more speed and more capacity making them more attractive options for consumers to buy.

Each of the new Eye-Fi cards in the X2 range feature an 802.11n allowing data to be transferred at a higher speed than previous models. Also the new cards fall in to the Class 6 category of memory cards making them faster and moving data to and from the camera or computer.

The X2 range includes the Eye-Fi Connect X2 and the Explore X2 along with the Pro X2. [Read more…]

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T-Mobile to offer Dell Mini 10 Netbook for $200

March 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment

T-Mobile have announced that they are offering the Dell Mini 10 netbook with a built in T-Mobile compatible 3G service.

The netbook is going on sale today for $199.99 on a 24 month contract in various select areas in the US which includes Chicago, Dallas, Miami and Los Angeles. It will also be available through the website and through T-Mobile’s sales number.

The Dell Mini 10 appears to be slightly modified from the standard ones available on the Dell website in that it runs an Intel Atom N450 processor that is clocked at 1.66GHz. The battery has six cells and can store 56WHr of energy allowing for up to 8 hours of usage on a single charge which we assume was tested with all features switched off such as Wireless as well as a fairly dim screen. Either way you should at least get 6 hours from a single charge. [Read more…]

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Samsung Galaxy i9000 Android 2.1 Smartphone Announced

March 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Samsung Galaxy i9000 has been announced. The new smartphone when launched will run the Android 2.1 operating system, feature Samsung’s own Super AMOLED screen in a WVGA resolution of 800 x 480 pixels that measures 4 inches. The Samsung Galaxy will also run a 1GHz processor to keep things running smoothly.

The new Galaxy is what Samsung are aiming to be their flagship smartphone to tackle the likes of the Google [GOOG] Nexus One and the Motorola DROID in terms of features and an almost matching operating system (still waiting for that DROID 2.1 update).

Feature include assisted GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0 as well as wireless connectivity that sees the phone connecting to wireless 802.11b/g and n networks. Storage capacity can be increased by utilising the built in microSD card slot. Standard storage is optional at 8GB or 16GB with the microSD card slot allowing a further 32GB of data to be stored which provides quite a bit of space for music, photos and video to be stored. [Read more…]

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StyleTap iPhone Launched – Brings Palm OS to the iPhone

March 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment

StyleTap iPhone has finally been released. The StyleTap application is designed for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch and allows you to run the Palm OS interface on your Apple [AAPL] device.

Before you go ahead and purchase/install it you need to note a few things. First off, it requires you to jailbreak your device (if you haven’t already) and needs virmware v3.x or above to run. Also note that if you are running iPhone OS 3.1.3 then you can’t currently jailbreak your device. Also if you decide to install an official update you’ll also loose the jailbreak and loose access to the software. With that in mind lets take a look at what it does…

SkyleTap Platform allows you to run 30,000 applications that were written for Palm OS on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Applications that were written for the Palm OS 5.2 platform or earlier are compatible with StyleTap and this includes programs that use native ARM code (PNOs or ARMlets). [Read more…]

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HTC EVO 4G Sprint Phone Announced – formally known as HTC Supersonic

March 23, 2010 by 2 Comments

The HTC EVO 4G has been announced today. The new EVO was formally known as the HTC Supersonic that we have mentioned a few times in the past.

The phone will be launched on to Sprint’s 4G WiMAX network and has some impressive specs. To start off with it has a huge 4.3 inch TFT screen that is capable of showing 480 x 800 pixels. The processor inside is a Snapdragon running at 1GHz. From looking at the specifications and the device it’s self, it looks to be the HTC HD2 Android equivalent.

Other features include 1GB of memory and 512MB of RAM allowing for more applications to be stored. The device is capable of 720p video, has a front facing 1.3 megapixel camera and also has a camera on the back that has an 8 megapixel sensor. [Read more…]

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Sprint LG Remarq Environmentally Friendly Phone

March 23, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Sprint [S] are launching the LG Remarq that is built of 19% recycled plastic and when finished with in a few years time, 87% of it can be recycled.

LG have made an attempt to make the phone as green as possible. Other features to add to the environmentally friendly status is the charger that is also a low energy device to help save energy used.

The phone it’s self is relatively basic offering a 1.3 megapixel camera, media player, microSD card slot and a speaker phone. For connectivity the phone has Bluetooth. [Read more…]

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Nokia N8-00 Smartphone Spotted

March 23, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Back in early February we mentioned details that had leaked about a Nokia N8 smartphone which was expected to have 720p capabilities and a 12 megapixel camera. A few pictures have now leaked with what we believe to be the Nokia N8-00 device.

The phone is believed to have a 3.5 inch capacitive touchscreen, a 12 megapixel camera with the usual Carl Zeiss optics lens and a HDMI output to play the 720p content stored on it. Another post indicates the screen could be closer to 4 inches rather than 3.5 inches, but we have no official word on that.

The phone is believed to run the new Symbian ^3 OS and from what we see on the pictures it’s a touchscreen phone only with no slide-out QWERTY keyboard. [Read more…]

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SanDisk 32GB microSDHC Card Starts Shipping

March 23, 2010 by Leave a Comment

SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) have started shipping the worlds highest capacity microSDHC card that can store 32GB of data on it.

The microSDHC claims to be the first 32GB capacity card in this format that has shipped. SanDisk also iterate how much capacity 32GB actually is and compares it to 35 round-trips between San Francisco and New York if filled with music. That’s an impressive amount of data that can be stored.

The memory card is starting to ship today, comes with a 5 year warranty and has a suggested retail price of $199.99 which is lower than I expected for a card of this capacity. I also suspect when Amazon picks them up they will also drop a little further in price maybe to the $190 range. [Read more…]

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Sky 3D TV Channel Gets a Launch Date

March 23, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Sky have announced that are launching their Sky 3D TV channel on April 3rd which is just a couple of weeks away. The Sky 3D channel will be the first channel of it’s kind to broadcast in Europe.

The first programme to be played on the new 3D channel will be a football match between Manchester United and Chelsea. Sky have been testing the Sky 3D service in a number of pups across the UK and already over 1,000 pubs across the UK and Ireland have already signed up for the channel. [Read more…]

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Tilt FX brings Motion Control to the Sony PSP

March 23, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Tilt FX is a device that attaches to the bottom of your Sony PSP and adds motion control to games on the device. The small Tilt FX device is programmed to replace the normal direction pad controls essentially taking over the directions when you tilt the device.

The Tilt FX uses 3D movements allowing you to easily play driving games, action games as well as many other games in a similar way you would on an Apple iPhone or other handheld device that uses motion to function. [Read more…]

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Nintendo 3DS Details revealed – Unofficially

March 23, 2010 by 1 Comment

Earlier today we reported that the Nintendo 3DS has been announced and that it was expected to arrive sometime before the March 2011 fiscal year end.

Other than knowing that it will be 3D in a glasses-free form and that it is compatible with older DS and DSi games, nothing else was really revealed about the new Nintendo 3DS.

Information about how it achieves the 3D effect without glasses has arrived (not officially though) which says it will use a parallax barrier LCD screen built by Sharp. Although the technology is unsuitable for large screen devices (referring to TV’s), it has been seen to work on a few mobile phones and could work well on the new Nintendo 3DS. [Read more…]

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Kyocera Zio M6000 Android based Smartphone Announced

March 23, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Kyocera have unveiled a new Android powered smartphone called the Kyocera Zio M6000.

The Zio M6000 has a 3.5 inch capacitive touchscreen, a trackball for navigation and also has a 3.2 megapixel camera. The handset is compatible with CDMA2000 1x EVDO Rev A networks. Other connectivity options include Wi-Fi that can connect to 802.11b/g networks. A Bluetooth chip can also be found in the phone.

The battery has a capacity of 1130mAh and is good for about 6 hours of talk time, 432 hours of standby, 4 hours of Wi-fi browsing and about 3.5 hours of browsing over a CDMA network. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones