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Power Bullet Charger

May 6, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Power Bullet Charger is a device that can charge up to 2 USB powered devices at the same time in your car. As well as connecting up to the lighter socket in your car, it also has pins on it allowing it to be plugged in to a wall.

The Power Bullet mobile charger costs $14.99.

Power Bullet Features

* USB charger for your home or vehicle
* Connect and charge 2 USB devices at once
* Power plug folds up when using Power Bullet in the car
* No more fighting over whose phone stays charged on long car trips!
* Great for geeks who travel – use it in your hotel room [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

Solar Cells Printed on Paper

May 6, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Solar panels can be great in that they can provide power anywhere there is light from the sun. Right now though the panels are quite expensive to produce and require a bit of equipment to store energy captured for use at a later date.

A company are now looking at printing solar cells on to paper. By using carbon-based dyes the cells are created with an efficiency of about 1.5 to 2 percent…

The materials MIT researchers used are carbon-based dyes and the cells are about 1.5 percent to 2 percent efficient at converting sunlight to electricity. But any material could be used if it can be deposited at room temperature, Bulovic said. ‘Absolutely, the trick was coming up with ways to use paper, he said.

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Filed Under: Concept Gadgets

ClamCase turns Apple iPad in to a Laptop

May 6, 2010 by Leave a Comment

ClamCase is a device that converts your Apple iPad in to a laptop style device. The unit has a keyboard that the iPad attaches to.

To connect the keyboard to the Apple iPad, Bluetooth is used. The idea appears to be just concept at the moment although the company behind it hope to have it available to purchase in the fall of this year. Prices are not known just yet either.

As well as converting your iPad to a laptop, it also serves as a protective case when folder up. Also, the keyboard can be opened up to allow the iPad to stand on it’s side, or prop up the iPad for easier use. [Read more…]

Filed Under: iPad

Google Chrome Speed Test – Browser battles a Potato

May 6, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Google [GOOG] tend to be quite creative when it comes to launching new versions of products or even new products. Rather than using the traditional javascript speed tests and other various methods that we normally see to measure the speed of a browser, Google went ahead and set up a number of tests that put up a potato vs Chrome to see which of the two was the quickest.

The hardware used for the test included a MacBook Pro with Windows installed, a 24 inch ASUS monitor, a 15 MBps internet connection and a Phantom v640 high speed camera that can capture up to 2700 frames per second at a resolution of 1920 x 1080.

“Why does allrecipes.com in the potato gun sequence appear at once, and not the text first and images second? And why does it appear to render from bottom of the screen to the top?”

Chrome sends the rendered page to the video card buffer all at once, which is why allrecipes.com appears at once, and not with the text first and images second. Chrome actually paints the page from top to bottom, but to eliminate a shadow from the driver board, we had to flip the monitor upside down and set the system preferences in Windows to rotate everything 180 degrees, resulting in the page appearing to render from bottom to top.

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Filed Under: Tech News

MSI CX705MX 17.3 Inch Laptop Announced

May 6, 2010 by Leave a Comment

MSI has added a new notebook computer to their classic series. This model is the MSI CX705MX that comes with a 17.3 inch screen that is powered by ATi Radeon HD 545V graphics. The screen is backlit by LED and has an aspect ratio of 16:9.

The notebook weighs less than 3Kg which isn’t the lightest notebook around, but for a device with a 17.3 inch screen it isn’t bad at all.

The laptop has a cross hatch design with a colour film print coating to protect it from scratches and general wear and tear. The keyboard on the CX705MX is a Chiclet style. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Laptops

Apple iPhone 3G / 3GS Form Factor Patent

May 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Apple [AAPL] has finally been granted a patent that basically protects the form factor of the iPhone 3G and 3GS. The patent number is D615083 that protects the shape of the iPhone preventing others from legally copying it.

Looking over the images found below we see that all features seem to be in place such as the volume control, silent switch, SIM card slot, headphone jack, ear speaker, microphone and loud speaker, dock connector etc… but for some reason the home button towards the bottom of the screen on ALL iPhone variations is not included. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones

ASUS Eee 1005PR Arriving Soon

May 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment

ASUS announced that the ASUS Eee PC 1005PR netbook is now available to buy from authorised resellers.

The ASUS 1005PR is a 10.1 inch netbook that has a battery life of 11 hours. It runs an Intel Atom N450 processor running at 1.66GHz. The 10.1 inch screen has a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels and is backlit by LED. Intel UMA graphics along with a Broadcom Crystal HD accelerator provide the power to run the graphics.

Memory wise it comes standard with 1GB of DDR2 memory and that can be increased to 2GB if required. For storage it has a 250GB hard drive that spins at 5400RPM and ASUS also provide up to 500GB of online storage for you to use if needed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Laptops

Deal of the Day: $20 Voucher with Various Flip UltraHD Cameras

May 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Amazon have an offer on at the moment that will give you a free $20 Amazon voucher when purchasing various Flip HD camcorders.

For a limited time, purchase one of the Flip UltraHD camcorders below and get an Amazon.com gift card worth $20. Simply add both the camcorder and the gift card to your Shopping Cart and we’ll automatically deduct the price of the gift card at checkout.

Applies only to products sold by Amazon.com; does not apply to items sold by other merchants on the Amazon.com website. Offer good for a limited time, while supplies last. Limit three per order. Terms of gift card use prohibit using any gift card funds already on your account to pay for new gift cards. At checkout, uncheck the box on the Payments page that reads, “Use your Gift and Promotional Balance.” See Terms and Conditions.

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Filed Under: Camera Gadgets

Nokia N8 32GB Could be Launched, QWERTY Keyoard?

May 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Nokia N8 has received a bit of coverage here on gadgetvenue over the last few weeks. We are now hearing that there could be a 32GB version of the N8 launching. Originally just a 16GB model was announced although there is no official information on the larger storage model.

The 32GB information comes from a review unit that SaudiMac managed to test that showed 32GB printed on the box. This shot has now been taken down though.

Next up is the USB port that is capable of connecting to a card reader or portable hard drive which is a handy inclusion. When a drive or memory card is attached via the USB cable, the file manager app automatically opens up. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones

Jailbroke Apple iPad 3G Sends SMS Message

May 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment

MuscleNerd has been working away on his new Apple iPad 3G this weekend it seems. As well as him and the dev team launching the Apple iPhone OS 3.1.X and 3.2 untethered jailbreak, they also managed to get the Apple iPad 3G to send an SMS message.

There is no GUI for this though and right now it is only working via command line, but either way it’s still a great accomplishment indicating that next in line is phone calls.

The SMS couldn’t be sent over the AT&T network though as there seems to be some block on the AT&T micro SIM sending messages. Instead, a T-Mobile SIM card was chopped up and made in to a micro SIM and this SIM was used to send the messages. [Read more…]

Filed Under: iPad

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Coming to Vodafone Soon

May 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment

In the May edition of the Vodafone magazine a picture of the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini can be found indicating that it will be launching soon on that network. This is just the X10 Mini though and there is no mention of the X10 Mini Pro this time around.

A quick re-cap on what’s included in the X10 Mini show that it has a 5 megapixel camera. It runs the Android operating system. The X10 Mini has no QWERTY keyboard like the Mini Pro does, but other than that it’s essentially the same phone. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones

AT&T Micro SIM Ready for Apple iPad 3G Launch

April 29, 2010 by Leave a Comment

With the Apple iPad 3G launch being tomorrow, those who want service on the AT&T network will need to use a micro SIM. A micro SIM is very similar to a regular SIM card other than it’s about half the size. A user posted an image over to BGR showing how the new micro SIM cards look.

What we see is that the contacts are in the same location as a regular SIM card (which we already were aware of), but what we also see is that AT&T seem to be shipping micro SIM’s to customers now where if a larger SIM is needed in a device the user can punch out the larger card and if an iPad 3G or iPhone 4G is being used the smaller SIM can be punched out of the larger SIM.

However, once the micro SIM is punched out it wont be able to be used as a regular SIM unless a 3rd party adapter is used. We do not know of any 3rd party adapters yet for the new SIM card format, but no doubt someone will create one. [Read more…]

Filed Under: iPad