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Nexus S Release Date and Pricing Revealed for US/UK

Yesterday was a good day for Android fans as we saw the Android 2.3 OS being made available to Nexus One owners and we also got the Nexus S release date which is confirmed as being December 16 in the US and December 20 in the UK.

We also now know the price tag for the Nexus S and have found that in the US, it will be priced at $199 locked on contract for 2 years or if you prefer it unlocked and off contract, it costs $529. Best Buy in the US will have exclusive rights to sell the Nexus S. [Read more…]

iPad 2 to Begin Shipping Late February

DigiTimes is reporting today that Apple [AAPL] has notified Foxconn that the iPad 2 must begin shipping as early as the end of February 2011.

As the source is DigiTimes, it doesn’t 100% guarantee this is true although shipping at the end of February would tie in with an iPad 2 release date of perhaps, sometime early April which is 1 year after the launch of the original iPad. [Read more…]

Android 2.3 SDK Unveiled

Google has announced the Android 2.3 operating system today along with releasing the 2.3 SDK/NDK.

Android 2.3 brings a number of new features to compatible smartphones such as better support for games and better support for developers. Also included is VoIP support, video calling for those devices with a front facing camera as well as a gyroscope and NFC integration (as suggested earlier). [Read more…]

Canon PowerShot SD4000 Deal

Amazon has the Canon PowerShot SD4000IS on offer today. The full price is normally $299.99, but today Amazon has taken 30% off the price bringing it down to $209.00 which is a $90.99 saving.

The Canon PowerShot camera comes in three colors which are black, red and silver. As for the most important part, the technical specs, the camera has a 10 megapixel CMOS sensor. It has 3.8 times optical zoom and a large aperture at f/2.0. [Read more…]

Tour of NYC Skyline With an RC Plane

The video below shows New York City being captured on video by an RC plane. It was captured using a Ritewing Zephyr plane along with a video camera attached and when mixed together, it created some stunning visuals of the city. [Read more…]

PeeWee Power 2.0 Laptop for Kids Launches

PeeWee has launched the PeeWee Power 2.0 laptop that is specifically designed for children.

Each of the PeeWee models has been designed to be used by children at home and at school. The PeeWee 2.0 is a basic model that is essentially a netbook that has been made more rugged so it can take a bit of a beating from time to time. [Read more…]

Archos Tablets Android 2.2 Froyo Update

Archos has announced that a good number of its Android tablets will be getting an update to Android 2.2 (Froyo) shortly.

Model numbers that will get the update include the 23, 32, 43, 70 and 101 series. The new version will be Android 2.2.1 which allows for better performance on the tablet, better battery life as well as a few other new features. [Read more…]

Canon EOS 5D Mk II and 7D Get Optional Locking Dial

Canon has announced a service that allows you to purchase a Canon EOS 5D Mark II or EOS 7D with a lockable dial. What this does is allows you to push a button down and lock the dial in place to prevent you knocking it in the middle of a photo shoot.

The service is an optional extra that has a price tag of $100. [Read more…]

WP7 Handyscan App Personal Document Scanner

Handyscan is an app for the Windows Phone 7 operating system. What it does is allows you to capture pictures of documents and store them as JPG or PDF files on your smartphone. Once captured and stored, you can then use email to send the docs to your email address.

The Handyscan software allows you to scan multiple pages per document and it also gives you the ability to rotate and crop images after taking them. [Read more…]

Two Kinects Connected For Even Better 3D

Back in the middle of November we posted details of a project built by Youtube user okreylos. The first video use a Microsoft Kinect connected up to a computer that could read the video stream from the camera as well as depth details. Those details could then be made in to a real-time 3D model that could be rotated around. The main problem with using just the 1 Kinect was that the back of the model was not there.

This latest project from the same guy now puts two Kinects together so that more of the scene can be captured in to a 3D model. The results, although not the best visual quality, actually work very well with three sides of a box now being tracked. [Read more…]

Sony Ericsson PlayStation Phone Could Launch December 9

A mysterious press event is being held in France on December 9. The captured ad for the event shows several familiar logos which includes a phone symbol, X, Circle, Triangle and Square of course with the latter four of the five being Playstation controls. Mix that with the phone just before it… is the Playstation Phone about to be announced?

The image (in French) says that this event is to be the most anticipated in the last 10 years. The event will be hosted by Pierre Perron who is the DG of Sony Ericsson in France. [Read more…]

Pleco 2.2 for iPhone and iPad Finally Launches

Pleco for iPhone and iPad has finally been approved in the iTunes store. The new 2.2 version brings OCR to the app allowing you to capture a word via the camera and have it scanned and converted in to English. The meaning of each character loads up as it is recognised.

Added an amazing new “live” Optical Character Recognizer (OCR) system as a paid add-on; using this, you can point your device’s camera at a word to instantly look up its meaning (no need to take a photo and wait for a result). This is currently only supported on devices with autofocus cameras (i.e., the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4). To try a free demo version of OCR, open Pleco, tap on the menu button at the bottom right corner of the screen, tap “Add-ons,” tap on “Optical Character Recognizer” and tap on the button to download and run the demo.

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