Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
Nokia [NOK] has introduced a new C-series mobile phone to the Netherlands. It is called the C6 but has the C6-01 name which brings a few updates to the older model.
New features include a slight new re-design along with an 8 megapixel camera. This is up from the original C6 that had a 5 megapixel camera.
As well as getting a higher resolution camera on the back, a dual-LED flash has also been included to help provide better picture quality in darker light situations. [Read more…]
The HTC Aria looked like it was going to get the HTC sync app as it appeared on their website recently. However, the app has now been removed which now would prevent non-android market applications from being installed on the device.
When the app first appeared on HTC, people were thinking that AT&T [T] were relaxing the rules a little and letting 3rd party apps be installed on the handsets it offers as a carrier. However, now that the side-loading app has been removed this is not the case. [Read more…]
We are hearing reports today that the next generation Nintendo Wii console will not offer 3D gaming like previously thought.
The reason for this is that not enough people have 3D TV’s in their home which makes it a less viable idea. Also we hear that a successor to the Wii is not coming any time soon which could indicate we wont see it for at least another couple of years. We also have yet to hear of a PS4 or next gen Xbox 360 2 (or 720 as some refer to it as). [Read more…]
A user over at moddedbybacteria has managed to squash an N64 in to a Sega Game Gear case. The portable N64 also has the controller squashed inside the casing too making it quite a small portable games console.
The left of the screen is the home to the joystick and to the right of the screen a number of controls. On the back top of the device is an N64 cartridge slot.
It actually appears to work very well from what we see in the video. You can check out more pictures over here along with some details and more indepth pictures showing the insides of the portable N64. [Read more…]
Brother has created a new battery sized generator that is capable of charging another AAA battery attached to it. The battery charged through vibration and when you shake the battery it creates enough power to charge the battery. The battery sized generator also comes in a AA battery size.
To get it to work, Brother have put “an electromagnetic induction generator and an electric double layer capacitor” inside. Although regular vibrations wont be enough to power a gadget such as a digital SLR camera, we could see some use for these in low powered devices like remote controls for the TV where chucking the remote around the room would actually serve a purpose and keep the batteries running. [Read more…]
Mozilla has launched Firefox Home for iPhone. We have mentioned the Firefox Home application previously when it was waiting for approval in to the app store by Apple. That approval has now been granted and it is available for download.
What Firefox Home lets you do is sync up your tabs, bookmarks and history from other computers running Firefox. By installing a sync add-on on your desktop and setting up a new user account, you can then install Firefox Home on your iPhone and log in with the same username and password to sync up the features mentioned above.
For example, I have 10 tabs open on my desktop PC that I need to look over. I simply leave my desk, pick up my iPhone and load up Firefix Home. Those same 10 tabs are available on my iPhone to browse through whilst on the move. [Read more…]
NPD Group is reporting that the Xbox 360 was the best selling console in June this year. The console sold 29,200 or so more units than the Nintendo Wii which stands in second place.
The results do not include portable consoles such as the Nintendo DS that actually was the top-selling system of the month. But for home consoles, it’s a decent lead to have above the Wii.
A significant increases in sales has been seen when comparing the sales numbers from June 2010 to June 2009 which indicate a 35 percent increase in console sales thanks to more interest in the 360 and PS3. [Read more…]
Sharp has announced that they have created the worlds first available 100GB Blu-ray Disc. The new disc is capable of storing 100GB of data on three layers on a single disc.
The disc is called the VR-100BR1 and is a “write-once” disc that conforms to the BDXL format specifications. The new discs will be available at the end of this month over in Japan.
What the new triple-layer 100GB Blu-ray discs allow users to do is store 12 hours of terrestrial digital TV. [Read more…]
The HTC Ace was first spotted on a roadmap leak of UK phone launched a few weeks back. We now hear that the HTC Ace could be called the HTC Desire HD and include some decent specifications. We also hear that the HTC Desire HD could launch in October this year.
The specs of the new HTC Desire HD (if true of course) show that it has a 4.3 inch WVGA touchscreen. An 8 megapixel camera, 1GHz Qualcomm (Snapdragon?) processor, Android 2.2 Froyo, HD 720p video capture and 4GB of internal memory. [Read more…]
The iPhone 4 antenna is expected to be discussed at today’s press event. What we and many others are expecting to hear is that Apple [AAPL] has found a problem with the antenna and that somehow they will keep the few million iPhone 4 users happy by offering a fix in terms of a case, or some sort of hardware recall.
The problem is that the iPhone 4 sold well and estimates indicate that a hardware recall could cost them in the region of $1.8 billion. The way that Apple decide to move ahead with this will hopefully be revealed later on today.
We are hearing from one analyst, Ashok Kumar, that Apple has created a design fix for the iPhone 4 that insulates the transceiver. According to the analyst (remember analysts are often way out, so take this with a pinch of salt), the iPhone 4 production process has been changed to include an internal component to insulate the antenna connection. This part has been described as an internal bumper. [Read more…]
Androidlib collects data about the Android Marketplace and recently indicated that the total number of available apps was to reach 100,000 this month. This number is actually an overestimate as Google [GOOG] has officially announced in their Q2 earnings call that the number is actually 70,000.
Although the estimates were 30,000 over the actual 70K is still quite an achievement and puts the numbers just a month or two behind if the growth rate shown on Androidlib is correct.
70,000 apps is still quite a way behind the 225,000 apps that Apple [AAPL] has in the app store. [Read more…]
As well as pushing out the iOS 4.0.1 update to iPhone users yesterday, Apple [AAPL] also pushed out an update to iPad owners which fixes a few things and makes a few changes to the iPad. The update is minor but does promise to improve Wi-Fi connectivity for those who struggle with wireless issues.
The full iOS 3.2.1 update includes the following…
* Improved Wi-Fi connectivity
* Fixed an issue that could prevent copy and paste of single-page PDF attachments in Mail
* Addressed an issue that could cause video playback to freeze
* Improved reliability of video-out when using iPad Dock Connector to VGA Adapter
* Added Bing as an option for Safari’s search field [Read more…]
