Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
eBay has announced eBay Instant Sale. This new service gives you an opportunity to recycle some of your old gadgets for a fixed fee rather than putting them through the auction process.
The service is able to buy back gadgets from you in the Laptop, Phone, Tablet, PDA, Digital Camera, MP3 Player, Camcorders and GPS categories. [Read more…]
Those of you privileged enough to own a smartphone currently running the latest Android OS 2.2 – FroYo will be delighted to know that YouTube now have a standalone app ready to download.
According to T3, the new YouTube application will feature the ability to record and upload videos from within the app itself as well as being able to receive more timely updates. [Read more…]
iFixit got hold of a new Logitech Revue Google TV Companion box to tear it down and see what exactly is inside.
The technical specs of the Logitech Revue show that it has a 1.2GHz Intel Atom running inside. It has 1GB of DDR3 memory. For storage it has a 5GB NAND flash inside. [Read more…]
Right now there is no word on Adobe Air 2.5 landing on Windows Phone 7 devices. However, we have heard that Adobe Flash 10.1 will be landing on Windows Phone 7 on all future versions of the phone. The information comes from this section of text found in the Adobe Air 2.5 press release that went out earlier today.
With Flash Player 10.1 available on Android and Google TV today, BlackBerry platform, webOS, future versions of Windows® Phone, LiMo, MeeGo,and Symbian OS are also expected to support Flash Player 10.1
The Notion Ink Adam Android tablet has yet to arrive, but the founder of the company says that when it does launch, the battery will be capable of powering the tablet for 15 – 20 hours on a single charge.
These particular numbers represent regular usage from what we understand. 15 – 20 hours is quite an impressive amount. [Read more…]
Microsoft [MSFT] could be releasing the next version of Windows in the next couple of years in 2012. The information comes from the bottom of a press release from the Netherlands that says (translated to English, by a computer of course)…
“Furthermore, Microsoft is of course the next version of Windows. But it will take about two years before “Windows 8″ on the market.” [Read more…]
Adobe has announced the launch of Adobe Air 2.5. Air 2.5 is software that allows flash-based applications to run on Android, RIM and Samsung smart TVs.
The new software will be made available in 2011 although the Adobe annual MAX conference will have AIR 2.5 on show soon. [Read more…]
Spotify has announced that the service is now available for those using webOS based smartphones, in particular the Palm Pre and Palm Pixi. The app its self is free although to use it you’ll need to subscribe to the premium subscription service that costs £9.99 per month and gives you access to plenty of music.
Just like the other version, the Palm webOS version of the software allows you to search, browse and play music from a selection of millions of tracks. Playlists are also syncronised to the device and can be downloaded which allows you to use them whilst off line. [Read more…]
Apple [AAPL] looks set to be changing one of the functions of the iPad in the next iOS update. When iOS 4.2 is released, the current orientation lock switch found on the top right of the device will suddenly be changed to a mute switch for switching sound off.
Unfortunately from what we have heard, this is not an optional change and that the mute switch will be hear to stay. [Read more…]
Google [GOOG] is getting ready to launch the next version of Google Android. What we do know is that the new Android version will be called Gingerbread. What we don’t know is what the Android version number will be. We have often referred to it as Android 3.0, as have many others. Some people refer to it as Android 2.5.
We now hear that the actual version number might be Android 2.3. [Read more…]
The Android 2.1 update for the Motorola CLIQ is now available. The software was quickly pushed out after just a day of testing by a select few CLIQ owners.
To get the update you need a microSD card with at least 100MB of free space on it. If you have that then connect it up to the USB port on your computer. Full details of what Android 2.1 brings to the CLIQ can be found over here. [Read more…]
John’s Phone is a simple mobile phone that strips out all the features other than phone calls and 10 pre-set numbers.
The phone is described as doing the following…
John’s Phone is the world’s simplest cell phone: you call, you hang up, and that’s it. John’s Phone is easy to use wherever you go.
