2D Sonic The Hedgehog “Project Needlemouse” Announced for 2010

September 9, 2009 by Leave a Comment

project-needlemouse-working-titleIt has been 10 years since the Sega Dreamcast first launched and to coincide with the anniversary, Sega have announced the launch of a new Sonic the Hedgehog named “Project Needlemouse” that is going back to it’s 2D roots. The new Sonic game, to be launched in 2010, will get spruced up with nice HD graphics.

The game is being built from the ground up and will contain a completely new storyline. A teaser site has also just been launched showing what looks to be similar graphics to the Green Hill Zone (the first level on the original Sonic) and can be found over at needlehouse. [Read more…]

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Palm Pixi gets a Hands-On

September 9, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Palm-PixiEngadget managed to get hold of a Palm Pixi to take a look at. Originally it was called the Pixie and then the Eos a few months back… now it is known as the Pixi and is headed to Sprint.

The handset is a very small webOS based handset with 8GB of storage, a full QWERTY keyboard and a 2 megapixel camera with flash. The screen measures 2.63 inches and has a 320 x 400 resolution and the touchscreen is capacitive. [Read more…]

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LG GM750 Windows Powered Smartphone

September 9, 2009 by Leave a Comment

LG-GM750The LG GM750 is a Windows Phone 6.5 based smartphone that will be launched on the 6th October. It will be launched in 7 countries in Europe on the Vodafone network.

Features include, Windows Phone 6.5, a 5 megapixel camera, 3″ “high-quality” touchscreen and GPS. [Read more…]

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HTC Tattoo Unveiled

September 8, 2009 by Leave a Comment

HTC-Tattoo-keysHTC are launching a new phone named the HTC Tattoo. The Tattoo is an Android based phone that can be completely customised in the way of how the menu’s are setup and what widgets are used on the home pages.

The HTC Tattoo is the second android phone that uses the HTC Sense UI. The Sense UI is a fantastic interface that allows the phone to work with widgets. An example of what it can do is the contacts widget that can pull contacts not only from your built in contacts, but also from Facebook and other networking sites. [Read more…]

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Darling DP2000 Pico Projector with Built in Windows CE

September 8, 2009 by Leave a Comment

DP2000-ProjectorPico projectors have been springing up quite a bit this last year. Most are a tiny bit larger than a mobile phone, have a single or low double digit lumen rating and most have a 640 x 480 resolution. The Darling DP2000 is really no different in that it does all that. However, what makes this particular projector stand out is that it has a WinCE powered computer built in.

By having this capability it allows a full working system to be used on the 1 device making presentations, email, messaging etc… very easy to use. The DP2000 has a top mounted touchpad as well as a couple of mini USB ports allowing you to hook up a mouse and keyboard. [Read more…]

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Solar-Panel Roads to Provide Power

September 8, 2009 by 1 Comment

solarroadwaysRoads generally aren’t interesting. They are just tarmac, asphalt or some similar material tough enough to take the constant hammering of cars driving over them for several years. A company based in Idaho named Solar Roadways intend to let roads be more useful than before by creating them as sections of solar panels that are strong enough to take a car driving on them, yet useful enough to power about 500 homes per mile of roadway (4 lanes). The company have been given a $100,000 grant to come up with a successful prototype.

The road system is built of 12′ x 12′ panels costing $7000 each and they are designed to replace the normal covering on roads and car parks. As well as covering the road and providing 7.6KWh for each panel the roads could have LED’s embedded in to create warning signs and mark the roads rather than using paint. [Read more…]

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Asus E-Book Reader to have Dual Screens

September 8, 2009 by 2 Comments

Asus-Eee-ReaderThe Times have suggested that the Asus E-Book that is due out in the next couple of months could have dual colour touchscreens similar to what was prototyped by Asus at CeBIT recently. Also more rumours have now come saying it might actually undercut both Sony and Amazon in terms of price.

It might seem like quite a bold claim from Asus that they could undercut competing products with them also having a 2 screen setup, however, we are talking about a company who got the netbook craze moving forwards along with generally cheaper prices than the competition. [Read more…]

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InterView Single Unit Dual Screen Monitor

September 8, 2009 by Leave a Comment

interview-1700The InterView Dual screen monitor is a single unit that is home to two pivoted displays. By being flexible it allows the monitors to be flipped over so that those who need to crowd around your desk can be more spaced out.

When flipping the monitors over the image on them is automatically flipped to. Each of the screens measures 17″ and has a resolution of 1440 x 900 pixels. As well as being a dual screen display the screens also come with a USB hub built in that has 3 ports as well as a 1.3 megapixel camera. [Read more…]

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iPhone C64 Emulator

September 7, 2009 by Leave a Comment

C64-emulator-application-for-iPhoneA Commodore 64 emulator has been created as an iPhone app that allows you to play any C64 game on your iPhone.

Five games are included with the application that costs $4.99 which are Dragons Den, Le Mans, Jupiter Lander, Arctiv Shipwreck and Jack Attack. More games will be made available soon for download. Games when eventually sold separately will cost from $1 to $2 each. [Read more…]

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HTC Touch HD 2 to get Android

September 7, 2009 by Leave a Comment

htc-touch-hdHTC are creating the Touch HD 2 and in a surprising move, they are going to be launching it running the Android OS rather than Windows Mobile 6.5.

The original Touch HD was first released running Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and it was expected that the second version of the phone would follow. Although a surprising move it’s not overly surprising as HTC have been using Android on a number of phones over the last year or so. Other phones running Android have been the original G1, the Magic and the Hero. [Read more…]

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Nokia N900 Hands-On

September 7, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Nokia-N900PC Mag managed to spend an hour or so with the new Nokia N900 so that they could test and see what it’s all about. The N900 is described as being a dramatic upgrade to Nokia’s internet tablets in that it actually is the right size to being a smartphone. It measures 4.4″ x 2.3″ x 0.7″ and although still not the smallest of smartphones out there, it is an OK size.

The 3.5 inch touchscreen has 800×480 pixels. It uses resistive touch rather than the more responsive capacitive touch type screen, but still works quite well. [Read more…]

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GLB PP-P68 / P88 TouchScreen Net Tablets

September 7, 2009 by Leave a Comment

glb_pp-p88_1GLB have created a couple of new internet tablets named the PP-P68 and PP-P88. Each have a 10 inch screen and run Intel Atom 1.6GHz N270 processors. The 10 inch screens have a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels and are touchscreen.

For connectivity the devices have option 3G and GPS can also be selected too. Wireless B/G is built in as well as three USB 2.0 ports, a VGA output as well as wired Ethernet. A card reader is built in and data is stored on a 2.5 inch 160GB hard drive. [Read more…]

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