LuminAR Robotic Pico Projector Display

June 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment

LuminAR is a robot that has a small pico-projector attached. The device is capable of moving automatically around your desk space and can project images on to your desk, wall or augment information on to magazines or books if desired (or programmed to do so).

The project comes out of MIT and is described in that it… “reinvents the traditional incandescent bulb and desk lamp, evolving them into a new category of robotic, digital information devices”.

The pico-projector part of the robot functions just like a regular lamp in that you can put it in a regular lamp holder. The only difference with doing that is that you don’t get automated robotic movement which might suit some people. [Read more…]

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iPhone 4 UK Price – O2 Reveal Tariffs, 1GB Data Limit and no Handset Price Yet

June 10, 2010 by 2 Comments

O2 is slowly pushing out information each day ready for the iPhone 4 UK launch. However, we still do not know the iPhone 4 UK price just yet. Good news (or not so good when we go in to more detail) is that the iPhone 4 UK O2 tariffs are now online. The bad news is that the limits for data usage are quite strict in that the top plan limits you to just 1GB of data per month.

The tariffs offered come in 18 or 24 month durations with the 24 month cheapest plan being £25/month. For that you get 100 minutes, unlimited texts and 500MB of data.

The higher end 18 and 24 month contracts see you paying up to £65/month (18 month) or £60/month (24 month) but each of those plans restricts you to just 1GB of data per month although you do get unlimited minutes and texts out of that plan. [Read more…]

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Deal of the Day: Garmin SatNav with 32% Savings

June 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Amazon has a good deal on the Garmin nuvi 265W satnav that knocks the price of $219.99 right down to $149.99. That gives you a 32% savings from the full price.

The Garmin 265W has a 4.3 inch widescreen display that is touchscreen and has a 480 x 272 pixel resolution. The device comes pre-loaded with City Navigation for North America.

Other features include Bluetooth allowing you to pair up a mobile phone to it to make hands free calls whilst driving around. [Read more…]

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Panasonic Toughbook F9 Laptop

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The Panasonic Toughbook F9 is a rugged laptop that the company says is the worlds lightest in it’s 14 inch size weighing 3.6 pounds.

The rugged Toughbook F9 has a 14 inch screen that has a resolution of 1440 x 900 pixels. The screen has a wide aspect. An Intel Core i5-520M 2.93GHz processor runs inside and for storage it has a 320GB hard drive. For communications, mobile broadband is optional with the Qualcomm Gobi2000.

Battery life is about 7 hours on a full charge depending on what you use it for ie – if you browse on a 3G connection then you will probably not get the full 7 hours of usage out of it. [Read more…]

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Malata 10 Inch Android Tablet with Capacitive Screen

June 10, 2010 by 3 Comments

The Malata Android tablet has had a brief demonstration over at Computex. The device runs an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core ARM Cortex A9 running at 1GHz. The video demonstration (embedded below) shows that the Malata tablet runs quite fast. Transitions between programs and menus is smooth and the capacitive touchscreen appears to work well.

The screen it’s self measures 10.1 inches and is in a 16:9 aspect ratio showing 1024 x 600 pixels. For storage the Malata Android OS tablet has 512MB to 1GB SLC and 2GB to 32GB iNAND. There appears to be at least two options when it comes to RAM and storage on the device, if not more.

Inputs on the Android tablet include a mini USB, mini HDMI, headphones and a microSD card slot. For connectivity it has WiFi b/g built in and Bluetooth is an option. Unfortunately there is no mention of 3G on the device. [Read more…]

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Nokia C7 Pictures Leak

June 10, 2010 by 1 Comment

The Nokia C7 has been revealed thanks to a leaked picture. The device falls in to the C-Series of smartphones and with it having a higher number after the C, it indicates that it’s approaching the top end of the C-Series range of phones.

Features on the device include an 8 megapixel camera including dual-flash, a 3.5 inch capacitive touchscreen, face detection, multi-touch and stereo speakers. We also hear that the device will run Symbian^3 OS.

Other devices that have been announced in the C-Series includes the C3 and C6 along with three C1 models announced just a few days ago. [Read more…]

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Think Geek iCade Created with Cardboard

June 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment

If you remember back to April 1 (April fools day), ThinkGeek were showing a new accessory for the Apple iPad that was to launch shortly after. The device was called the iCade and was basically a miniature stand with old arcade controls to dock your iPad in.

ThinkGeek had the iCade priced at $149.99 although when you went to click on the Buy Now button you were taken to a Gotcha page.

Anyway, some guy has decided to go ahead and build his own. The guys custom iCade for iPad is made of cardboard, has an iPad dock inside and by using arduino circuitry, he was able to attach the controls to the iPad to play games with the joystick rather than by the touchscreen. [Read more…]

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Logitech Vid Allows HD 720p Video Calling

June 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Logitech Vid software is getting an update that will allow you to make calls with 720p HD webcams. As well as updating the software, Logitech is also launching four new HD wecams that will work with the Vid software.

Three of the cameras are capable of 720p while the top of the range camera is capable of 1080p although the software for video calls restricts that to 720p (although local recording can be done at Full HD).

The first of the cameras is the Logitech HD Pro C910. This camera costs $100 and is the top end of the cameras capable of 720p video calls and 1080p local recording. A dual-mic setup is also included that is used in a similar way to the Nexus One in that one detects ambient sound and cuts it out. As well as being able to shoot 1080p video, the camera can capture 10 megapixel still shots. [Read more…]

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iPhone 4 Retina Display attacked by Samsung

June 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Apple iPhone 4 retina display has come under attack from Samsung who argue that quadrupling the resolution of the iPhone screen would have little impact on the quality. Samsung quoted a three to five percent increase in clarity.

Samsung also commented that the IPS screen used by Apple [AAPL] could also drain the battery as much as 30 percent. The Super AMOLED screen used on the Galaxy S is said to be better in that it doesn’t require the battery draining backlight of the IPS screen. The AMOLED screen also has true black and more accurate colours making it look better all around and from all viewing angles.

Although Samsung has attacked Apple on this (of course they would with the launch of the Galaxy S), the AMOLED screen isn’t without it’s flaws either such as problems in daylight and high cost to produce. [Read more…]

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Sony 3D TV Launched

June 10, 2010 by 1 Comment

Sony has released several new 3D TV’s. The new TVs use shutter glasses to bring the 3D effect in to the living room. Sony has opted to use proprietary high frame rate screens which can provide full HD 3D images.

As with all things 3D at the moment, Sony isn’t letting the 3D TV’s go for cheap. On top of the high price tag you also need to purchase 3D glasses which cost $150 a pair and a 3D sync transmitter that costs $50. The $50 transmitter will be required on all but the high-end TV which has the feature built in.

The big screen of them all is the Sony Bravia XBR-LX900 series which comes with the mentioned transmitter along with two pairs of active shutter glasses. This particular series comes in two sizes starting with the 52 inch model costing $4000 and the 60 inch version costing $5000. [Read more…]

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AT&T Security Hole on Apple iPad Publishes 114K Email Addresses

June 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment

AT&T [T] are reported to (and have confirmed) that a security hole has exposed 114,000 email addresses of Apple iPad owners.

The leaked details have revealed email addresses of a number of people including White House employees, journalists and CEO’s of large companies amongst thousands of others.

The security hole was discovered by a web security group, Goatse who passed the information on to Gawker, including the list of email addresses, and it could be possible that confidential information relating to every iPad owner in the US has be compromised.

[Read more…]

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iPhone 4 UK Coming to Three

June 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Three network in the UK has stepped up by now saying it will also offer the iPhone 4 in the UK when it launches. The network joins the other four main networks in the UK which are O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone.

Just like the other four networks, the iPhone 4 UK on Three has yet to receive pricing details although we expect to hear within the next few days, possibly tomorrow in preparation for the June 15 pre-orders starting.

The only network who seems to be hinting on the iPhone 4 UK price at the moment is O2 who has created a micro site with details on how much you pay to get out of your contract. We also have seen some hints that O2’s pricing will follow that of the iPhone 3GS when that launched. [Read more…]

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