Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
In an interesting interview with Pocket-Lint, HTC has indicated that if Windows Phone 7 and Android do not offer the freedom that HTC wants, they could look at other options. Those options could include HTC creating its own OS.
“We will do everything necessary to create the best experience possible. Right now, working with Microsoft and Google is the best approach, but that might not be the case in the future”
The AViiQ is a super slim laptop stand, so much so that it’s claimed to be the thinnest stand in the world.
It measures less than 1/4″ in thickness and weighs 5.5 ounces. Size wise, it is 12.75 inches long and 2.75 inches wide. It is made from a material called Hylite which is a mix of aluminium and polyproplene which allows it to stay flexible but be strong and rigid. [Read more…]
Just a week ago, the Beatles came to Apple iTunes. Within the first week of launch it is now indicated that over 2 million Beatles tracks have been downloaded.
As well as shifting 2 million tracks, almost half a million albums were also sold according to Rolling Stone. Each album in the UK costs £10.99 with each track costing 99 pence. [Read more…]
The Nintendo DSi will be launching in a couple of new official colors in the next few weeks. Nintendo is launching a couple of holiday bundles that see the DSi launching in both green and orange as well as being packaged with a game.
The new bundles are limited edition and once all sold out, no more will be made available to purchase. Price wise, they will cost $150 each and will be going on sale this Black Friday, November 26. [Read more…]
Pandigital has launched another new eBook reader. This time the device has a 9 inch screen and is being dubbed as a multimedia eReader.
The device has a 9 inch TFT colour touchscreen. It has a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. 2GB of storage can be found inside and an extra 32GB can be added to that via the SD/SDHC memory card slot. [Read more…]
If you have a MacBook Air and a few hundred dollars to waste, then you can now give your MacBook Air the colorware treatment.
The company is now offering the MacBook Air in any colour combination you wish and allows you to choose what you want. The price? $1850 although it does include a 13 inch MacBook Air (2010 model). [Read more…]
The original Motorola DROID could be set to get an OTA update for Android 2.2.1. The 2.2.1 is not a major update (AKA Gingerbread), but instead is believed to bring a few minor bug fixes to the smartphone.
It appears that Motorola has alerted its group of feedback members about a small update that will be launching soon. [Read more…]
Yesterday in London, the original Apple I computer sold. This particular model was one of 200 made in the beginning. When launched in 1976 it cost $666.66.
Yesterday, it fetched $210,000. [Read more…]
Some rumours are floating about at the moment hinting that the Android 2.3 Gingerbread release date could be as soon as December 6. Reasons for thinking this is that recently, Eric Schmidt said that Google Android Gingerbread would be available within weeks.
We also now learn that Andy Rubin will be taking the stage at D: Dive in to Mobile in San Francisco on that particular date. [Read more…]
Amazon has announced that it will be selling the previous-gen Amazon Kindle for $89 starting at 9am PST. The deal looks like it will run until all of the older stock is depleted. The exact amount of units available is unknown at the moment.
To make sure you get hold of one, check out Amazon on Friday 26th at 9am PST. If stock is like other lightening deals then you’ll need to be quick as we’ve seen other offers sell out within minutes, sometimes within seconds. [Read more…]
The Apple iPad 2 could contain a landscape dock connector allowing the iPad to be docked in either portrait or landscape mode and still get the syncing and juice it needs to charge.
This isn’t the first time we have seen this patent. Previously the second dock connector was spotted over in China in September and then Europe in October. Now, the design patent has just been made available in the US which further strengthens the possibility that we’ll be seeing two connectors on the new iPad. [Read more…]
Check out the Star Trek Home Computer. It was designed to use the LCARS interface. The LCARS theme was custom designed and uses the Windows Media Player engine running on Windows XP.
The video embedded below, shows a number of features such as the calendar, shopping list, rain radar, train departure times, library & media player as well as the internet browser. [Read more…]
