Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
BlackBerry are launching App World soon. A message on their site mentions that “tons of great applications designed for your BlackBerry smartphone in one convenient place”.
It was an expected move due to the iPhone app store being made available and the announcement of Windows Mobile 6.5 and their Windows Marketplace. BlackBerry are offering the store to allow you to download games, personal productivity software, social networking software to name a few. [Read more…]
The Xcaster ST5000 from Pixavi is a high-def camera capable of capturing and streaming live data. It’s built of aluminium which makes it strong, durable and extremely handy to have.
The camera arrives in May this year with a price tag of $7950 which is rather a lot. Lets take a look at what you get for your money. As mentioned above, the camera is rugged which means it can survive drops on to concrete. On the technical side it captures and streams high-def video over a number of connection methods. Connectivity includes Wi-Fi, WIMAX and satellite hook-up (allowing you to stream in more difficult out of the way areas). CD-Quality sound is captured and the video/audio data is streamed using standard codecs that include H.264 and AAC. Uses for such a camera are wireless video conferencing and reporting to name a couple. [Read more…]
On the back of some shaky evidence it appears that the much anticipated Wii MotionPlus could be made available in the next couple of months.
The rumours are floating around due to some information over at Nintendo Power which were revealed in an interview. The quote in question mentions the following… [Read more…]
Around your home you probably have power outlets in each room that you plug in your TV, washing machine, dish washer, oven, mobile phone chargers and a whole lot more. Every one of these devices are designed to draw power from the socket so they can be powered. Inlets are a new idea which reverse that trend. [Read more…]
Asus are on a roll with their range of Eee PC netbooks. The latest to be made available is the Asus Eee PC 1008HA which will have a 10 inch screen, measure just 1 inch thick and weigh 2.4 pounds. [Read more…]
Asus have announced that the Lamborghini VX5 will get a beefy update on the storage side of things. The VX5 will be the first laptop in the world that will come supplied with a 1TB SSD (Solid State Drive). [Read more…]
Eye-Fi cards are cool little things that allow you to upload images direct to the internet from your camera as the photos are taken. Up till now they have been capable of storing up to 2GB of photos and sending those photos over a wireless network to apps such as Flickr and Facebook. They have now been upgraded to 4GB and are capable of uploading to Youtube too. [Read more…]
Over at PMA, Sony have launched their DSC-HX1 which is a superzoom hybrid camera. Large zoom’s on these types of mid range cameras are becoming more popular. This particular one is capable of 20x optical which is not bad at all. [Read more…]
There have been plenty of Steampunk style gadgets mentioned here at gadgetvenue. The reason for this is that they look strangely cool. The latest that I came across today was the Steampunk USB Drive. Lets take a quick look. [Read more…]
A new LED flashlight has been created that is rated at 742 Lumens which makes it probably the most powerful LED torch in the world. 742 lumens is approaching LCD projectors in the brightness department. In one statement by the creators they say it’s the Worlds brightest single LED flashlight”.
The LED flashlight is named the Legion II and it features a single-finger switch for turning the thing on and off as well as being able to dim the torch should it be too bright for what you need. Two versions of the flashlight are available with one being very limited edition costing $295 (only a first batch of 30 have been built). The cheaper model costs $179 which is made from aluminium. The torch needs 3 lithium ion cells to power it. [Read more…]
Upon seeing the title of a blog posts saying a Labborghini was Amphibious I was expecting to see a picture of a sad bloke upset that his Lambo sunk in the water and was destroyed. I was surprised when I actually saw a Lamborghini floating around the water like boat. Check out the pictures below! [Read more…]
Dave Peterson has created a great macro adapter for his Olympus FE-310 point and shoot digital camera. The results by using this lens look great and the best part is that you probably have a lot of the parts spare in your home. [Read more…]
