Apple iPad Commercial Launched

March 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Now that we know the launch date of the Apple iPad (ie, April 3 in the US), we now have the first official iPad advert that was first spotted during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards that were held yesterday. Steve Jobs was in attendance at the event.

The video doesn’t really confirm anything new from what we can see after watching it several times. Applications seen in the video include the ebook reader, email, video, pictures, facebook, web browsing etc… to just name a few.

The advert is 30 seconds long and can be seen below… [Read more…]

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Apple Shares reach a record High after iPad Announcement

March 6, 2010 by 1 Comment

It’s not often we mention shares and financial type stuff on gadgetvenue other than prices of products, but we found this particular news quite interesting so thought we’d share.

Apple [AAPL] announced the official launch dates of the Apple iPad in the US yesterday along with the official pre-order date which isn’t far away. When this happened AAPL stock soured to the highest level that Apple has seen up to $219.36. This took prices up about 4% which is quite a jump. [Read more…]

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MiLi iPhone Projector

March 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The MiLi iPhone Projector is a portable projector that folds up in to a neat compact casing. When opened up the bottom side of it acts as an iPhone dock while the top side that flips over holds the projector that aims towards a screen.

The MiLi iPhone projector is also compatible with the iPod and can project an image of up to 70 inches in size on to any surface. The device also has integrated speakers to give a louder sound than the iPhone can handle it’s self.

When charged you get about 1.5 hours of usage before recharging needs to happen. Should you want to use it for longer than that you can also plug it in to use mains power. [Read more…]

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Mini iPhone Microphone

March 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Mini iPhone Microphone is designed to let you use your iPhone to record voice memos. Out of all the things the iPhone can do such as utilise apps, make calls, send messages, record video, take pictures, surf the web, act as a GPS navigator… etc… etc…, one thing it cannot do is record voice memos.

The mini iPhone microphone is a device (costing $12.99) that allows it to do just that. To get it working you simply attach the small microphone pictured above in to your 3.5mm headphone jack, move it in the direction you want to record and speak away. [Read more…]

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Motorola Multi Screen Patent Revealed

March 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Motorola have filed a patent that aims to bring several mobile phones together to make one larger screen. The patent refers to this practice as a “Reconfigurable Multiple-Screen Display” and allows “multiple” phones to be put together.

It seems like the reasoning behind it is that people are not happy carrying a small screen around with them… so this would allow them to connect up all the phones together. Problem is that nobody I know carries four phones around with them kind of making it a problem. Assuming that all phones need to be Motorola too it could also cause a problem as none of my friends have a Motorola phone. [Read more…]

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Bluetooth 4.0 Arriving Q410

March 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has said that the new version, Bluetooth 4.0, could be launching in the 4th quarter of this year with devices such as headsets, phones and PC’s all getting the technology.

The latest specification allows devices with smaller batteries to utilise Bluetooth. Previous versions of BT required that a device had at lease a AAA or larger capacity battery to function. The new 4.0 specifications allow for smaller devices that require coin-cell batteries to run.

As well as utilising less power, the device also has higher speed data transfer. Version 3.0 was launched last year although it kind of fell flat on it’s face due to the power requirements needed. Version 4.0 fixes those problems. [Read more…]

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Microsoft Courier Details Arrive

March 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Quite a while back we wrote about a new tablet type device called the Microsoft Courier. The Courier is a dual screen device that opens like a book and works mainly with pen input to organise and keep track of your life. After the initial renderings and video it all went quiet. Engadget managed to get some more details today that give is a little more insight as to what it is and when it will become available.

From what we hear, Microsoft [MSFT] will be creating the device to function as a digital journal primarily. The device is going to be portable measuring about the size of a 5×7 photo frame and measuring under 1 inch thick when closed while weighing just over 1 pound. [Read more…]

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HTC Desire, HTC Legend and HTC HD Mini Arrive on Amazon – April 1 Release

March 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

For those of you in the UK you can now go ahead and pre-order a HTC Desire, HTC Legend or HTC HD Mini (or all three if your crazy) over at Amazon in the UK.

Pricing for the HTC trio of phones is as follows (remembering you will be purchasing an unlocked model that isn’t subsidised)…

HTC Desire – £528.68
HTC Legend – £399.99
HTC HD Mini – £369.00 – Note an April 14 estimated release date. [Read more…]

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Apple iPad Launches 3rd April with March 12 Pre-Orders

March 5, 2010 by 1 Comment

Official word is out about the Apple iPad launch. Apple [AAPL] have announced that the iPad will ship in the US on the 3rd April with pre-orders starting on March 12 (wi-fi only version).

Apple stores will also put the Apple iPad on sale the same day as well as authorised resellers. The version that you can pre-order is the Wi-Fi only model on the 12th March in the US with the 3G version shipping later in April.

In addition to launching the iPad early in April with the 3G version launching late April, the late April launch will also include Wi-Fi and 3G models in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK with other countries following later on in the year. [Read more…]

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USB Power Station has 5000mAh of Capacity

March 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The USB Power Station is designed to give your mobile phone batter a boost when you are away from a regular power source. The device can hold up to 5000mAh of battery storage that can charge a mobile phone, MP3 player or any other electrical gadget while on the move.

The Power Station has a couple of USB ports allowing up to two phones to be charged simultaneously. With a 5000mAh battery built in it allows for a regular phone to be charged 2 – 3 times or more depending on the capacity of the phone battery you have (usually between 1000mAh and 1500mAh).

The USB unit measures 110 x 70 x 16mm and weighs just 152g making it quite small and handy to carry around. [Read more…]

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HTC Incredible Pics Leaked

March 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Some leaked shots of the HTC Incredible have been found on the web that show the device from the front and back (without cover). There’s nothing specifically new here other than they are different pictures to what you might have seen before which is always a good thing.

The pictures were found by a user on Twitter called DevDroid who passed the details on to Android Central.

What we currently know about the HTC Incredible is that it will run a HTC Snapdragon CPU that we think will be clocked at 1GHz along with having 256 MB of RAM. The screen is estimated at being 3.5 to 3.7 inches running in a WVGA resolution. It is also expected that the screen will be AMOLED due to how vibrant the pictures have looked in previously leaked shots. The phone will run Google Android when it launches (probably 2.1). [Read more…]

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ASUS Eee Pad – iPad Killer?

March 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

When Apple created the iPhone it seemed to be the benchmark for what other phones should at least be like. Each time a new smartphone was launched people asked if it would be an “iPhone Killer”.

Of course with the launch of the Apple iPad in a few weeks it seems companies are now wanting to create “iPad Killers”. ASUS are said to be pretty confident with their ASUS Eee Pad creation and believe that the iPad from Apple [AAPL] offers nothing that the Eee Pad cannot achieve. Eric Chen, the VP of ASUS Systems Business Group has said that the iPad is nothing but a big iPhone and due to that, the iPad won’t be able to command the same market share that the iPhone has achieved. [Read more…]

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