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Apple iPad Banned in Israel

April 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Travelling to Israel soon? If so it’s recommended you leave your iPad at home as the country has banned the iPad from entering the country. If you attempt to enter the country with an iPad you’ll have it confiscated and will need to pay a daily storage fee at which point you can then collect it on your way out of the country.

Reasons for this move are due to the higher frequencies that the iPad use and the interference it could cause if the iPad was used by the masses.

“If you operate equipment in a frequency band which is different from the others that operate on that frequency band, then there will be interference,” Nati Schubert, a senior deputy director for the Communications Ministry told AP. “We don’t care where people buy their equipment ¦ but without regulation, you would have chaos.”

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3D Printing in Glass

April 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment

We’ve seen a few 3D printed objects before at gadgetvenue and have been impressed with the progress made in terms of companies being able to print in more than 1 material at a time.

The next material to be added to the list is glass which joins stainless steel, ABS, acrylic, sandstone and other various plastics.

Shapeways are a company who are now offering clients the ability to print 3D objects in glass although it’s not as straight forwards as throwing them a model and them whipping it through a printer for an hour or so. In terms of glass the process is a little longer that uses recycled glass powder that is placed on a mat a layer at a time. This is then mixed with a binder and then baked to harden it up a little. The remaining white power is moved at which point the object is heated up to 750 degrees C in a kiln to make it in to solid glass. [Read more…]

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ASUS Eee 1005PR Available for Pre-Order

April 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The ASUS Eee 1005PR has now gone up for pre-order. The netbook has a 10.1 inch screen and slightly differs from the ASUS Eee 1005PE model in that the 1005PR has a HD screen with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. A Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator is built in allowing HD content to be played back.

The netbook at Amazon costs $399.99 and is ready for pre-order now although no shipping dates have been provided just yet on site.

A list of the specifications can be found below that show what runs on the 1005PR. Some of these include an Intel Atom N450 CPU running at 1.66GHz along with 1GB of DDR2 memory and the HD graphics chipset. [Read more…]

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Scosche Dual USB Charger for iPad

April 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment

If you purchased an Apple iPad this month you might have noticed that USB charging can be a bit hit and miss on some laptops and computers. This is due to the power requirements of the Apple iPad being a little too high for what a regular USB port can output.

The requirement that the iPad has is that at least 10 watts are needed from the port. Most USB 2.0 ports are below this causing the iPad not to charge when connected to your PC. This isn’t a huge problem though as it does come with a wall adapter allowing you to charge it that way.

The Scosche Dual USB charger has a couple of different USB ports on with one of them being designed specifically to provide enough power output to charge an iPad. This gadget is part of the Revive II line that comes with an AC adapter for usage in the home as well as a car adapter to charge while on the move. [Read more…]

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Intel Atom System-on-chip (SoC) Unveiled

April 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Intel have announced a new version of it’s Intel Atom processor that uses a system-on-chip configuration. The Intel Atom SoC has been nicknamed Tunnel Creek and will be based around the Moorestown Atom chip.

The chip it’s self will be designed to be used in computers embedded around the home which could include home media systems, phones, tablets or perhaps even in-car entertainment and navigation systems to name a few things.

SoC allows the chip to contain the CPU it’s self along with a memory controller and graphics cores as well allowing easier integration in to devices. [Read more…]

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Apple iPad to be Sold by Vodafone

April 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Gizmodo are reporting today that Vodafone [VOD] will be announcing pricing details for the Apple iPad in several countries that includes the UK, Australia, Germany, Italy and Spain.

Right now it isn’t clear if Vodafone will have an exclusive on selling the iPad, or if it will be opened up for any network pretty much how the iPhone is at the moment whereby it is available to most carriers over this way.

Pricing and data costs are not known at the moment, but we potentially could see both non subsidised and subsidised plans on the network, if Apple [AAPL] allow it. If not then expect to pay full price for the iPad and a lower subscription cost. [Read more…]

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Toshiba Tecra M11 Launched with Core i3, i5 CPUs

April 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Toshiba have announced the launch of the Toshiba Tecra M11 range of laptops. Toshiba describe these particular M11 laptops as being built for road warriors.

The design is kind of sucky and steps away from the more sleek looking laptops we are seeing this last year, but inside there’s a lot of power going on.

The screen on the Tecra M11 measures 14 inches. It’s a HD screen backlit by LED and has an anti-glare coating on it. It runs Windows 7 Professional. DDR3 memory can be found inside along with Intel Core processors ranging from the i3 to i5. [Read more…]

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HTC Incredible Specs Revealed

April 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment

BGR managed to get their hands on the full spec sheet for the HTC Incredible. Notable features include a 3.7 inch OLED capacitive touchscreen that has a WVGA resolution. Inside is a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor.

The HTC Incredible has 8GB of internal memory and a memory card slot capable of taking up to a 32GB microSD card. For connectivity the Incredible has 802.11b/g/n along with Bluetooth. It functions on a dual band EVDO Rev.A network.

The camera on the Incredible is capable of capturing images at 8 megapixels. [Read more…]

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Nokia C3, C6 and E5 Unveiled

April 13, 2010 by 4 Comments

Nokia [NOK] have announced the launch of three new phones. These are the Noika C3, Nokia C6 and the Nokia E5. Each of the new handsets features a QWERTY keyboard with two of them looking similar to Blackberry devices and the other having a QWERTY keyboard that slides out to the side in landscape mode.

“Our messaging device range is very successful,” said Anssi Vanjoki, Nokia’s Head of Markets. “Services that provide easy access to the world’s consumer and corporate email and instant messaging are really popular on our QWERTY smartphones such as the Nokia E71 and Nokia E63. People want the best messaging and social networking experience on an affordable device, whether it’s sending a simple text or instant message, an email, or a direct message from their Twitter account. The Nokia C3, Nokia C6 and Nokia E5 are made for just that.”

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WePad Tablet Pricing and Launch Details

April 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment

We first mentioned the WePad a few weeks ago and from what we saw, we were quite impressed at the alleged specifications. The whole WePad device seems to revolve around doing things that the iPad cannot do. Features such as a camera have been included allowing for video calls to be made. An SD card slot has been included along with USB and the ability to multitask.

The WePad Tablet runs the Android operating system from Google [GOOG] and has access to the Android Marketplace to download applications.

Overall it looks quite impressive and we hope that the CPU and graphics chip are up to scratch making it run smoothly. Update: It has an Intel Atom N450 CPU and no NVIDIA although it does support full HD, so perhaps another quicker than Intel chip.

From what we hear there are a couple of versions with one being WiFi only costing ‚¬449. This will have 16GB of RAM. [Read more…]

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Motorola DROID Android 2.1 OTA Updates to finish Tomorrow

April 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Finally last week (March 30), Motorola DROID users in the US finally started seeing OTA updates arriving on their phones bringing the version up to Android 2.1. We expected to see that all DROID’s were updated by the end of the week although it seems like updates are still happening over a week later.

If you are still waiting for an OTA update then we hear that all phones should be running it by tomorrow April 9 as Verizon have commented that updates will arrive by the end of this week. [Read more…]

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Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3s Netbook Announced

April 7, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Along with the announcement of the Lenovo C200 all-in-one PC, Lenovo also have announced the Lenovo S10-3s netbook (pictured above and below). The S10-3s runs an Intel Atom processor (up to an N470 depending on what model you choose).

The screen on the S10 netbook measures 10.1 inches and is high-def at a resolution of 1280×720. A lower res version is also available that has a 1024×600 resolution. Each screen is in a 16:9 widescreen format.

The graphics chip on the Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3s is an on-board Intel GMA 3150 chip. Memory wise the IdeaPad comes supplied with 2GB of DDR2 DRAM running at 533Mhz. [Read more…]

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