Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
The latest generation iPod shuffle was announced last week and launched this week. iFixit of course, managed to get it’s hands on one and tear it apart to see exactly what’s inside the new device.
With the shuffle having no screen, Apple [AAPL] has managed to cram everything in to the shuffle and make it a tiny package.
In terms of how easy it is to teardown, iFixit gave it a rating 2 out of 10 which basically makes it very difficult to teardown. [Read more…]
Microsoft [MSFT] is launching a beta version of Internet Explorer 9 next week. A few days ago a video demonstration of IE 9 was uploaded to YouTube to give everyone an impression of how it will run and what it will be capable of.
The browser seen in the video (assuming it is IE 9 and not fan made) looks a little cleaner than the current version although not as clean as Google Chrome for example. [Read more…]
The BlackBerry Style 9670 has yet to be announced which is why we can rely on these leaked videos (embedded below) to show us what is arriving in the new device.
The BlackBerry Style doesn’t have a touchscreen which makes integrating with OS 6 a little different than the Torch for example.
Instead of tapping on the screen, an optical touchpad can be used. [Read more…]
We first heard of the Palm webOS 2.0 update last week when a few details about the OS were released.
Some screen shots of webOS 2.0 have now been released and published on a Chinese website called wibozi.
It isn’t known for sure if the screenshots were put together by fans, or if they are the real thing. Another screen shot can be found below. [Read more…]
Verizon [VZ] has put online a nice deal today that allows you to buy one Fascinate and get another free.
The deal see’s you getting a second smartphone for free, but remember that you’ll need to get a second contract for the device which Verizon say is $29.99 or higher.
This offer will probably work best if you have a friend who also wants a Samsung Fascinate. If doing this together, you essentially get the phone for $100 each. [Read more…]
By this time next year, Samsung is confident that over 10 Million Samsung Galaxy Tab devices will have been sold.
The Galaxy Tab was officially unveiled at IFA last week where it was confirmed that it has a 7 inch screen, runs the Android 2.2 operating system and will be running head to head with the Apple iPad.
By shifting 10 million Galaxy Tablets the company estimate that this will take about one-third of the tablet market worldwide. [Read more…]
Last night, Google [GOOG] added a new Google Doodle logo to it’s search home page. The new doodle indicates that Google Live-Updating results could be landing soon.
Recently, Google [GOOG] has been testing live-updating results that change as you type in a search phrase. A tweet by Google says…
Our doodle is dressing up in its brightest colors for something exciting coming very soon…
We recently received a violet laser for review to see what it can do and what it’s all about. Receiving a violet laser is a welcomed change to the many green lasers we have seen over the last few years.
One quick warning before we continue. The violet laser is rated too high to be classed as a laser pointer to be used for presentations, so if you are wanting to use one for that, look at something with a lower output. Also, don’t be stupid and point it at people or any moving objects.
The laser we received is rated at 20mW (the lowest in this range) and when switched on, it gives off a slightly blue color although that depends on the surface you are pointing it at. This particular laser isn’t powerful enough to clearly see the beam like you can on the larger 125mW green lasers, so for star gazing you best stick with green. [Read more…]
When O2 pushed out the Android 2.1 update to Dell Streak users it caused a number of problems. Features that were there before were removed such as the Facebook widget, Windows Media Video playback and PC syncronisation.
If all went well with the install then the problems just continued with some having applications and data removed. For those who have made backups, there were also problems restoring the backups. [Read more…]
The TomTom Go Live 1000 is almost ready for purchase for those of you in Europe. The satnav unit is being made available sometime this month. As well as launching the 1000 model, TomTom is also releasing the TomTom Go 1005 that has a larger screen measuring 5 inches.
The Go 1000 has a 4.3 inch screen that uses capacitive touch rather than the more clunky resistive touch technology. [Read more…]
Archos is releasing a 10.1 inch Android OS based tablet. The 10.1 inch tablet joins a few other tables ranging from a 2.8 inch screen size up to the larger 10.1 inch screen.
The 10.1 inch Archos tablet is the one designed to tackle the iPad. Spec wise, it has a 16:9 aspect ratio screen, a metal frame to make it rigid, runs Android 2.2 Froyo and gives access to 5,000 apps in the market.
Memory capacity for the $300 model is 8GB while the larger capacity 16GB model will cost $350 when launched. [Read more…]
Nokia could be unveiling the Nokia E7 on September 14. The Nokia E7 is a touchscreen QWERTY device that could run the Symbian^3 OS.
As well as unveiling the E7, Nokia could use the event next week in London to make official the September 30 release date for the Nokia N8. [Read more…]
