Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
XDA-Developers has managed to confirm that the next version of Android will be Android 2.3 and not 3.0. The 2.3 update is also known as Gingerbread.
The information comes from some pictures captured of the Google Nexus S. Android 2.3 was seen to be running on the device with the about screen showing Android version 2.3 along with the Kernal information, Model Number and others information normally found on that screen. [Read more…]
The Nintendo DSi will be launching in a couple of new official colors in the next few weeks. Nintendo is launching a couple of holiday bundles that see the DSi launching in both green and orange as well as being packaged with a game.
The new bundles are limited edition and once all sold out, no more will be made available to purchase. Price wise, they will cost $150 each and will be going on sale this Black Friday, November 26. [Read more…]
Nokia announced the Nokia X2-01 a couple of days ago. Along with that announcement they also passed out details of the Nokia C2-01. The C2-01 falls in to the budget range of phones and from what Nokia tell us, it’s there cheapest 3G mobile phone available.
On the front is a small colour screen along with an alpha-numeric keypad. On the back is a 3.2 megapixel camera. For storage it has an SDHC card slot that can accept up to 16GB SD cards. [Read more…]
Acer will be launching a new smartphone although the name of it is unknown at the moment.
From what we have heard, it will have a large 4.8 inch screen with a resolution of 1024 x 480 pixels. Acer describe the smartphone as 100% smartphone and 100% tablet with a screen size of 4.8 inches. The operating system running on the phone will be Google Android. [Read more…]
Amazon has a bunch of new deals ready for today in the Amazon Black Friday run up. The first deal starts at 6:45am PST followed by 7:45am, 8am, 8:45am and onwards throughout today.
Not all deals are known at the moment, but some upcoming deals that are listed include 60% off Pinnacle SUB-SONIX 10 inch subwoofer, a deal on the 160GB Apple TV and on to a deal on the Asus A52F-XE2 15.6 inch laptop. Savings are not known on the latter two. There’s 4 other deals listed but right now they are just listed as “Upcoming Deal”. These should be revealed closer to the launch time.
All deals for Black Friday at Amazon are listed over here. [Read more…]
Back in May, ASUS announced a few new tablet/ebook reader/notepad style devices that had slightly confusing names. One of them had an eInk display and it was called a Tablet.
It seems that to bring the naming schemes back in line with what the products actually are, ASUS has decided to give that particular device a new name. The device will now be called the ASUS Eee Note which better reflects the product you actually are buying. [Read more…]
The photo below shows what could be the Motorola Olympus Tegra 2 smartphone. It was sent around the tech blogs recently and the pictures show a smartphone that has a smooth front panel, large screen and a possible front facing camera.
Although it cannot be confirmed as the Olympus, if we go with the thought that it is then from what we understand it will have Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and dual band 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi. [Read more…]
Amazon has a number of Garmin Black Friday Deals on this week that see a number of Garmin Satnav units heavily discounted, with all models getting at least a 40%+ discount with one particular model being discounted by 70%.
A full list of the Garmin (and other) satnav discounts can be found over here. We have picked 8 of the best Garmin models available with discounts starting at the top of the list with the best discount price first. [Read more…]
The Kinect controller for Xbox has certainly done very well. It uses an array of cameras to track where you are and track your movements. This data is then used to make you as the controller in various games.
The video clip below shows what happens when you decide not to do anything at all other than sit there… Of course this wont work for all games, but just for fun we thought we’d show it anyway to reveal what games with auto steering (or bouncing off walls) can achieve. [Read more…]
THQ, Inc. has launched the Star Wars Arcade: Falcon Gunner App for the iPhone.
Falcon Gunner brings Star Wars to your iPhone (4, 3GS only) and allows you to use the camera to create an augmented reality game. By mixing the camera with the gyroscope and compass, you get to accurately see Tie Fighters and other ships bombing around your living room. Your task is to shoot them down. [Read more…]
Inspite of it’s massive launch earlier this month and selling millions of units world wide, the funky camera is still receiving a lot of stick from not so eager “hardcore” gamers. They have good reason too. Just taking a quick glance at the titles available at the moment, it seems to be the more casual gamer that will benefit the most from Microsoft’s latest tech with games tending to fall into family/party/minigame/rhythm gaming genres. [Read more…]
Engadget managed to get hold of some pictures showing an upcoming LG smartphone. The new device has a dual-core Tegra 2 chip inside along with the ability to capture 1080p video thanks to its 8 megapixel camera.
The screen on the new LG device measures 4 inches. [Read more…]
