Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
The HP Envy is a 13 inch ultra portable notebook that is designed to tackle the MacBook air and Dell Adamo in looks and features. The screen measures 13.1 inches and from what we see in pictures, it also appears to be very slim and a great looking notebook computer.
The only specs we know of so far are that it has 2 USB ports, an audio jack and a HDMI port. No details of the graphics, memory, processor and connectivity are known just yet. [Read more…]
LG have announced and made official it’s first Android based phone named the LG GW620. The GW620 is a landscape QWERTY slider phone that has a 3 inch touchscreen on the front. It was first seen over at IFA in Germany a couple of weeks back and was named the Etna.
LG haven’t revealed the full specs just yet of the GW620 but if it follows on from LG’s latest phones then it will likely have either a 5 or 8 megapixel camera. [Read more…]
After a number of years, 7 to be exact, IEEE standards have now ratified the 802.11n wireless specifications. For the last 2 – 3 years it has been known as draft-n. Making it official is a way that those companies who create products based on the n specs will now be compatible with others who follow the same guidelines.
802.11n was first planned back in 2002 but due to resistance from Atheros and Broadcom it delayed things a lot as they couldn’t agree on a common ground for the n spec. [Read more…]
The Fingertip Micro cam is a small camera that is capable of capturing images at 640 x 480 pixels. The camera can capture video on to microSD cards with a capacity of up to 8GB in size. The unit is powered by a rechargeable battery that can be charged via USB cable.
As well as being a camera, the device can also work as a flash drive to store other file types on it’s memory. [Read more…]
Details of the new Nokia Erdos have leaked. The Erdos features a polished aluminium casing along with a mirrored 2.4 inch OLED QVGA screen.
The camera has 5 megapixels, has auto-focus and uses Carl Zeiss optics for the lens. To light up shots the Erdos also features a dual LED flash. Memory on the phone can be expanded by using a microSD card up to 8GB in capacity. For connectivity it supports Wi-Fi, aGPS and Bluetooth (A2DP). [Read more…]
ASUS have unveiled their latest slim LCD monitor range named the Designo MS Series. Five monitors are launching named the MS246, 236, 227, 226 and 202. Each has a 2ms response time with a 50,000:1 contrast ratio and they can all display full HD at 1080p.
ASUS claim the monitors have an extra 40% in power savings as well as Video Intelligence Technology and mixing that with a profile of just 16.5mm you have quite a nice looking screen to view. [Read more…]
OWC have created a portable SSD drive that allows you to safely transfer large files between locations without the worry that a portable harddrive being knocked about can bring.
The OWC SSD drives are part of the Mercury On-The-Go pro line series and connect up to your laptop or PC via a Firewire 400 or 800 port, or USB 2.0 and it can transfer files up to 100MBps in speed.
The Portable SSD drives come in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB capacities, so they are not as large as some hard drives are, but they have no moving parts allowing them to be put easily in a bag or pocket without the worry of damaging them. [Read more…]
Motorola have announced a new Android based phone called the Motorola DEXT. This is the companies first Android based phone that features a slide out full QWERTY keyboard with a directional pad to the left of the keyboard. It has a touchscreen (capacitive we assume due to how Android works) and has a 3.5mm headphone jack.
For connectivity it has all the usual stuff bundled in such as Wi-Fi, 3G as well as GPS for guidance. Rather than using the standard Android from off the virtual shelf, the DEXT uses it’s own skin in a similar way to how HTC have the Sense UI. Motorola call their version Motoblur that mixes in the social network type stuff on to the main pages of the menu. From the home page you can see your friends updates on Facebook, emails from GMail, Yahoo, music from Last.FM and information from MySpace as well as Twitter. Other functions include the capability to upload pictures and reply from the menu pages too. [Read more…]
Verizon are to be launching the HTC Touch Pro2 on their network and it will go on sale for $199.99 when launched today (or $489.99 if you decide to buy it off contract). Sprint also will be offering the same Touch Pro2 phone but it will cost you $349.99 on contract.
The HTC Touch Pro2 has a 3.6″ WVGA touchsceen display with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. A 3.2 megapixel camera can be found on the device and for connectivity there is WiFi and Bluetooth. The Touch Pro2 will run the Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system. [Read more…]
A big annoying problem you come across when installing a TV is that it needs a bunch of wires connecting to it to make it work. LG have created the 55LHZ HDTV that has wireless features built in allowing you to drop a few of those cables. In fact, all that is needed for this TV is a power lead to get it going.
The LG 55LHZ is a 55″ screen that is backlit by many LEDs. Each LED can be switched on and off independently so that blacks are actually black. Up to 240 levels of brightness can also be achieved which overall gives 40 times more contrast than a typical HDTV according to LG. [Read more…]
AMD have created the Eyefinity graphics card that is capable of supporting up to 6 monitors. Most graphics cards struggle with handling just 1 30 inch monitor with a resolution of about 2560 x 1600 pixels, so for a graphics card to support 6 monitors it’s quite an achievement.
AMD have created a single GPU card that can handle six DisplayPort connectors each having a 30 inch screen attached to it. When the 6 monitors are connected the resolution is bumped all the way to 7680 x 3200 pixels and it functions as a giant screen. [Read more…]
We heard this morning that Nikon are now discontinuing the Nikon D300 digital SLR camera that has been a great camera since it’s launch. The Nikon D300 was recently replaced by the D300s. The D300 was a little behind in these last days in that it couldn’t do video but there are mixed feelings on DSLR’s needing to do video anyway.
The D300 was first launched in August 2007 and now that it’s not being built any more we could see prices dropping on the camera while stocks are finally depleted. If you still want one of these great cameras then it might be worth checking out Amazon to see if they have any good deals on it. [Read more…]
