The LG KH1000 is a new handset to hit the market. It is a HDSPA enabled slider phone which has a 2.2 inch widescree TFT screen. A built in 1.3 mega pixel camera. 2GB flash memory with 1GB SDRAM. Something that grabbed my attention is the video conferencing ability. It has a hefty price tag but seems like a powerful device with nice amounts of built in memory to justify that.
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LG KH1000
November 2, 2006 by Leave a Comment
WirelessHD
November 1, 2006 by Leave a Comment
WirelessHD is set for a launch in 2008. WirelessHD works on the idea of having everything connected together without cables. Just looking around the back of my TV shows that this idea is great. I have several cables behind my TV and without touching them they get tangled and look a mess.
WirelessHD is a joint venture between LG, Panasonic, NEC, Samsung, SiBEAM, Sony and Toshiba. It is named WirelessHD or WiHD and it is intended to enable high definition audio and video streaming to consumer electronic devices. The system will run on the 60Ghz frequencies and data transmit speeds are supposed to be incredible. This in turn will create point to point display for HDMI and DVI.
More details will follow as they arrive.
Via: Fosfor
Cowon iAudio D1
October 31, 2006 by Leave a Comment
Cowon’s iAudio D1 looks quite the bees knees. It supports all the main formats that you expect from a player. What Cowan have added to the device is digital audio broadcasting, line-in and voice recording. It also sports a photo and text viewer.
Battery life is around 30 hours which is a nice amount for a player. The screen is an OLED 1.3″ running at 160 x 128 pixels. It will come with a 4Gb capacity and will cost 295 dollars.
Via: UberGizmo
iPod Rumours
October 26, 2006 by Leave a Comment
A number of rumours and drawings of touch screen iPods have been going around the internet for a while now. Apple announced recently that 2007 will be their biggest year for devices. The iPod touch screen is one such rumour which methodshop even posted some iPod patent pictures early on this year.
Along with this rumour is more news (rumour) which say the touch screen iPod will have a wide screen aspect ratio unlike it’s would be competitor from MS, the Zune. If iPod do go ahead with this and rumours are true then the Zune is doomed. Well, maybe anyway 😉
A quote from someone anonymous…
‘In a very matter of fact tone I was told that the product was not designed for the current generation of device, but the official 6G iPod¦ which is to be released in December. His company’s device only comes onto the market shortly before then and would benefit hugely because the new iPod would sport a screen that filled the full side of the device and consequently offer higher resolution video¦ This is why Jobs isn’t afraid of the Zune,’ he said, though he had no knowledge of whether wireless would make an appearance.
Check out more details over at Coolest-Gadgets.
How Blu-Ray and HD Discs are Made
October 25, 2006 by Leave a Comment
Imation have put together a nice movie called “Into The Blue” which shows the process of how HD and Blu-Ray discs are created. Check out the clip at the link below.
LaCie Biometric Drive
October 25, 2006 by Leave a Comment
LaCie have created a Biometric Drive which has some good encryption built in. It’s an external USB hard drive with a finger print scanner built in. The data is encrypted and it takes 3 succesful swipes of the same finger to allow unencrypted access to the drive. It’s a great idea because anything portable can go missing. The cost of the device is often not even a fraction of the value of what data is stored in it and loosing data can cause headaches because of not knowing who is looking at it.
The biometric reader is Triple DES enabled and is compatible with both the MAC and PC.
The verdict: If you need to feel secure with your data on the go, the LaCie SAFE Mobile USB Hard Drive will do just that, but with costly tradeoffs.
Via: OhGizmo
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Palm Treo 680
October 23, 2006 by Leave a Comment
Engadget have revealed that the Palm Treo 680 is to be sold via Cingular. The Palm Treo 680 is a nice looking device which has a built in QWERTY keyboard. The phone is capable of email, messaging and web access. The software has built in contacts, calendar, photos and music. The device, as seen below, has a nice large colour touch screen and the keyboard appears to look easy to use.
Panasonic 103″ HD Screen
October 23, 2006 by Leave a Comment
This TV is huge. It’s the new panasonic 103″ high definition screen. The TH-103PF9 is over 6 feet wide and has full 1920 x 1080 HD resolution. The price is expected to be in the $70k range and needs to be professionally installed due to the size and weight of it.
The display was powered by a blu-ray drive in the video below and the colours and size were very impressive.
Sony PS3 Launch Titles
October 21, 2006 by Leave a Comment
Sony have announced it’s debut games titles for the US launch of the Playstation 3. The launch date is expected to be the 17th November 2006 and more then 20 games will debut with the PS3. Titles from popular genres will be launched all most likely to be under the $60 price tag.
Games such as Resistance: Fall of man, will utilise the blu-ray disk and titles such as NBA 07 will take advantage of high def running at 1080p. It’s an exciting time of year with this console due out before christmas with this amount of games. The power of the playstation 3 enhances graphics and game play to hyper-realistic details never seen before on a games console.
SCEA Launch Titles
Resistance: Fall of Man(TM)
NBA 07
Genji: Days of the Blade(TM)
Third Party Publisher Titles
Blazing Angels(TM) Squadrons of WWII Ubisoft
Call of Duty(R)3 Activision
EA Sports(TM) Fight Night Round 3 Electronic Arts
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Bethesda Softworks
F.E.A.R.(TM) Vivendi Universal Games
Full Auto(TM)2: Battlelines Sega
Madden NFL(TM) 07 Electronic Arts
MARVEL(TM):ULTIMATE ALLIANCE(TM) Activision
Mobile Suit Gundam(R): CROSSFIRE(TM) NAMCO BANDAI Games
NBA 2K7 2K Sports
Need For Speed(TM) Carbon Electronic Arts
NHL(R) 2K7 2K Sports
RIDGE RACER(R) 7 NAMCO BANDAI Games
Sonic the Hedgehog Sega
Tiger Woods PGA Tour(R) 07 Electronic Arts
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six(R) Vegas Ubisoft
Tony Hawk’s Project 8(TM) Activision
Untold Legends(TM) Dark Kingdom(TM) Sony Online Entertainment
Sony have also revealed online and network services provided through the PS3 which can offer some great functions for users and developers.
XMB (Xross Media Bar) is the way in to the Playstation network and this is the basis of the navigation system for the console. Through XMB you can access games, network and web connectivity and other media features such as audio and video. If you are a user of the Sony PSP (Playstation Portable) then you will be familier with how XMB works.
The PS3 will be available as a 20Gb model and a 60Gb model retailing at $499 and $599 respectivly. It will come with the cell broadband engine, built in BD player, internal HDD as mentioned above, it will have HDMI output as standard (cable not included), a wireless controller known as SIXAXIS and network capability. It seems like the 60Gb model will include wifi only.
The controller costs $49.99 for the SIXAXIS. A memory card adapter is available for $14.99 which has the ability to transfer your PS2/PS1 saved games on to the harddrive of the PS3. The BD remote control will sell for $24.99.
Via: Playstation
BodyGard Micro Tool
October 19, 2006 by Leave a Comment
The BodyGard micro tool is a keychain unit which can help you in several critical situations where you need to get out of your car. In the extremly compact device there is a glass breaker, seat belt cutter, 140dB panic alarm, bright flashing LED and an emergency red flashing light. Sounds cool. I want to try the glass smasher 🙂
When trapped in a vehicle you just strike the base of the device against the glass which releases a spring loaded steel pin. It will not release accidently. There is an attachment which uncovers the cutter to get you out of the seat belt if stuck.
The bodygard tool glows in the dark and is water resistant.
Via: AjPrindle
Samsungs Ultraslim 17 inch Display
October 19, 2006 by Leave a Comment
Aving reported on the Samsung 17″ ultra slim AMOLED display.This display is an active matrix / organic light emitting diode hybrid (AMOLED) and give bright vivid colours and very thin formfactor. The reason for this is that no back light is needed. This 17″ display is capable of 1600 x 1200 resolution and has an amazing response time of less then 0.01ms. It has 1000:1 contrast ration also. It isnt going to the market yet as it’s a concept device, but I will be getting my self one when it does 🙂
Via: TechEBlog
McDonalds MP3 Spyware Give Away
October 17, 2006 by Leave a Comment
McDonalds, the food giant, had a promotion to give away free MP3 players which unfortunatly turned out that they were riddled with spyware. Oops. This all began in Japan when a text to win competition was running. You would text in a code written on your drink and if you were one of the “unlucky” 10000 winners then you received a nice bit of spyware. The MP3 players were Mac branded DAP with 10 tunes loaded. Unfortunatly these were infected with QQpass.
McDonalds have apologised and have set up a support line for those who need information on how to get rid of the spyware. It makes you wonder where this came from. Surely it wasnt MC’D’s who did this! Well, in my opinion I doubt they knew about this at all till it came to light.
Via: DailyTech
