Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
The HTC Legend is on it’s way to India from what we read today. This follows shortly after the UK launch that has already happened.
The HTC Legend runs a 600MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. The OS running is Google Android. The device has a 3.2 inch capacitive touchscreen.
Features include WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth along with an FM radio. Storage capacity can be increased via a microSD card. [Read more…]
The Microsoft Courier was first introduced/leaked sometime last year where we saw a dual screen device running a relatively unknown operating system and user interface. However, it looked fantastic and yet we’ve not really had any official word about it’s existence other than a brief slip up on a Microsoft blog.
The NYT has received information from a Microsoft [MSFT] employee indicating that the device is most certainly real and that the same person has seen a working version of it (not just drawings and animations like we have seen).
The Microsoft Courier has been described as being the same size as a paperback book when closed making it ideal to carry around. The main problems at the moment from what we have heard elsewhere is getting a good enough battery life with the dual screen setup. [Read more…]
Photography Blog have done another huge review. This time the camera being reviewed is the newly announced Panasonic Lumix G10 that is being launched along with the Panasonic Lumix G2 around this time next month.
The Panasonic G10 is a Micro Four Thirds camera that Photography Blog say is aiming to being the benefits of Micro Four Thirds to a wider audience with an agreesive price tag (£499 – $599 UK/US).
The G10 as of March, became the worlds lightest Micro Four Thirds camera. It weighs just 336g without lens and has some impressive specifications such as a 12.1 megapixel CMOS sensor along with the ability to capture video in 720p HD resolutions. The camera has a 3 inch LCD viewfinder. FOr storage it is compatible with SD, SDHC and SDXC memory cards. [Read more…]
MAINGEAR announced today a new gaming notebook called the MAINGEAR eX-L 15.
The eX-L 15 notebook has a 15 inch screen that has a HD resolution. The graphics card is an ATI Radeon HD 5870 that can handle resolutions up to 1920 x 1080 pixels. The screen is backlit by LED.
The eX-L15 comes in a variety of options which includes quad-core processors along with Intel Core i5 and i7 CPU’s.
Outputs include DVI, HDMI as well as S/PDIF audio out. Connectivity for other devices includes eSATA, Firewire, 4x USB 2.0 ports and a webcam. [Read more…]
Details of the Google Chrome OS netbook have been revealed by the CEO of Google [GOOG] Eric Schmidt. The price we should expect to pay for netbooks running the Chrome OS will be in the 300 – 400 dollar price range with those prices being led by the proce of processors, glass and other components needed to make it run.
The price of the netbooks are all of what we just mentioned as there is no cost to using the Chrome OS other than the technology required to run it. Google make their revenues by other means rather than selling software licences. In the video below we also hear that Google want carriers to bundle the netbooks with contracts to get them out there at a lower start cost. [Read more…]
The last time we heard about the LG GT540 was back at CES in January. Back then the launch date of the phone was said to be April this year and then I don’t ever remember hearing of the phone since then.
Today the LG Blog in France gave an update to the handset and revealed it will be known as the LG Optimus when launched. The Optimus runs the Google [GOOG] Android 1.6 (donut) operating system.
Other specifications include 5 keys on the front of the device with 3 being physical and 2 being touch keys. The display on the LG Optimus measures 3 inches and has a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels. The processor running inside is a Qualcomm Qualcomm MSM7227 that runs at 600MHz. [Read more…]
Jetyo isn’t a company I have particularly heard of before, but this new camcorder looked unique enough to give it a mention.
What makes the Jetyo HDV-T900 camcorder stand out is it’s dual solar panels that allow it to charge rechargeable AAA batteries that are used inside it. The device is powered by 4xAAA batteries, and when rechargeable AAA batteries are used the solar panels built in, can be used to recharge the device.
Other technical features include a 5 megapixel sensor that can capture a 1280 x 720 image allowing it to record 720p at 30 frames per second. If still images are being captured then these are captured at 12 megapixels. [Read more…]
Two new photoGPS models have been launched by Jobo that bring more capacity and more locations to the GPS tracking devices.
The Jobo photoGPS 2 and photoGPS 4 are devices that sit on the hot-shoe of a camera and track GPS coordinates each time a photo is taken. When transferring images to a computer and the GPS information from the photoGPS module, the details are then merged.
These two new models have more coverage in streets, municipalities and POI’s by 23%, 42% and 27% respectively. [Read more…]
Garmin [GRMN] today announced their new Garmin nuvi 3700 series of navigation devices.
The new 3700 Series are ultra-thin, have large screens and have high resolution displays covered in glass. The glass is also capacitive-touch allowing easy control of the menus and features on the device.
‘Personal navigation is entering a new era, and the n¼vi 3700 series has the stunning design and seamlessly intuitive interface to lead the way
Sprint are launching a new Apple iPad case that they are calling the 4G Case for iPad.
The case is designed to carry an Apple [AAPL] iPad along with one of their 4G wireless hotspots allowing a wireless iPad to connect to the internet anywhere a 3G or 4G signal can be found.
The 4G hotspot used is called the Sprint Overdrive Mobile Hotspot and allows up to five devices to connect up to it simultaneously which in turn, are connected up to Sprints wireless data network that in some areas provides a very fast connection speed. [Read more…]
This year it seems like Apple [AAPL] are actually going to launch the iPhone 4G a little earlier in June if a mixture of rumours and AT&T sources are to be believed.
The reason we think the iPhone 4G is coming in June is due to AT&T sources saying that the carrier has put a block on staff taking vacations in June (normally July in previous years). According to BGR, the only time Apple do a complete block on vacations like this is when a new iPhone is about to launch.
What we don’t understand is why the block is a month early unless the iPhone 4G is launching as soon as the announcement has been made (which we believe is June 22) and then carries on through the end of June in to July. [Read more…]
The Nokia X6 is a music phone that aims to join the touchscreen device area of phones that Apple, HTC and only a few others have managed to make happen well.
The phone it’s self looks to be a slider phone from when you first take it out of the box, but it’s actually not and just a touchscreen device with no stylus or physical keyboard. Reasons for believing it’s a slider is due to it being quite thick (13.8mm) which is a fair bit for a phone without a keyboard. Looks wise it looks quite sleek still even though a little fatter than most phones.
On the front of the device is a touchscreen that measures 3.2 inches. It is capacitive and has a resolution of 640 x 360 pixels which Nokia call nHD although of course, it’s no where near a HD screen in terms of pixels on the screen although it does look very clear when using the screen. Above that is a front facing camera that allows you to make video calls. Below the screen are three buttons which are send call, end call and menu. [Read more…]
