Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
Earlier today, we showed a couple of pictures of a new device believed to be code-named the LG B. The LG B has a very bright screen and is super slim from what we saw.
LG has now confirmed that this device is real and also have confirmed that they will have the device on show at CES in the next few weeks in Las Vegas. [Read more…]
Both Intel and AMD have agreed and announced that they will begin to phase out support for VGA by 2013 and will then put a complete stop to it by 2015.
VGA has been around for a good number of years, but at the same time isn’t used as much as it was in days gone by. HDMI connectors as well as other newer standards have been common place for a few years now, so it was only a matter of time before VGA was officially dropped. [Read more…]
Hitachi has launched a new hard drive that measures 7mm in thickness and manages to cram 500GB of storage on to the disk inside.
The new drive is a 2.5 inch model and has a spin speed of 5400RPM. The disk is a single platter, which you’d expect on a device this thin. [Read more…]
The Skyfire browser for iPhone became hugely popular, thanks to its ability to convert flash to HTML5 on the fly.
This same browser is now about to launch for the iPad. The new Skyfire for iPad is expected to be released next week, in time for Christmas. It brings all the functions of the iPhone version to the iPad which includes private browsing. [Read more…]
The HTC Aria Android 2.2 update is beginning to roll out. Unfortunately it’s not for those of you on the AT&T [T] network in the US. Instead, the HTC support page in Southeast Asia mentions that Android 2.2 is being pushed out over in that region in the form of build 2.37.708.5.
That version is Android 2.2 (Froyo) and is also believed to include HTC Sense, tethering and improved enterprise support amongst other things. [Read more…]
RIM has dropped a hint at the BlackBerry PlayBook release date indicating that it will certainly be before the end of the first quarter of 2011, ie probably March.
On a Q3 earnings call last week, the following was said…
“There are no PlayBook revenues included in our Q4 guidance, and we expect the first revenue impact from PlayBook will be in RIM’s first quarter,”
Quest Visual has launched a new app in to the Apple [AAPL] iTunes store called Word Lens. The Word Lens app allows you to use the camera on your iPhone and point it at Spanish words. When it detects Spanish words, it automatically switches them to English words (and vice-versa).
The system works in real-time and uses the live image from the camera to superimpose the translated text on to, as seen in the image below. [Read more…]
Google [GOOG] has launched Google Maps 5.0 for Android. We briefly touched on the features a few days ago, and now we see it is ready for download.
The new version of maps is a big shift from previous versions in that Google now uses vectors to draw the maps rather than stitched together images. By using vectors, Google has been able to shrink maps down in file size by quite a lot, therefore allowing a number of locations to be easily stored off-line. As well as using vectors for the basic maps, Google has also created 3D buildings in various cities which allows users to quickly navigate and see the buildings around them. [Read more…]
Yesterday, we mentioned the details of the LG Optimus 2X. This will be just one of several phones launching by LG in the next year though.
Phandroid managed to get hold of some details of a smartphone code-named the LG B.
As can be seen in the screenshot below, the LG B (sat in the middle), has a very bright display. The phone on the left is the iPhone 4 and the one on the right is a Samsung Galaxy S. Each of those devices are known to have the best screens available at the moment. [Read more…]
Hackers have managed to root the Google Nexus S just hours after it launched to the public.
The Nexus S root allows users to gain full access to the file system of the phone and hence, make many changes to the Android operating system. Changes could include overclocking the Nexus S, changing the UI, installing a custom Android build as well as many other modifications. [Read more…]
iFixit has taken apart the new Google Nexus S. They have given the Nexus S a repairability score of 7 out of 10 due to needing a heat gun to separate the glass from the LCD.
One observation they made was that the curved Nexus S screen has only curved glass and not a curved LCD. iFixit found the Contour Display name a little misleading. [Read more…]
The Dell Venue is the Android version of the Dell Venue Pro (Windows Phone 7 device).
The Dell Venue has been announced by KT over in Korea. It has a 4.1 inch AMOLED screen and uses curved Gorilla Glass on the front panel. The OS running on the new Dell Venue is Android 2.2. [Read more…]
