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Sony Alpha A200 Taken Apart

March 29, 2010 by Leave a Comment

After receiving a slightly beat up, but unrepairable Sony Alpha A200 digital SLR camera, one guy decided he might as well just take the whole thing apart to see what was inside and how it all worked.

Amongst various circuit boards and small ribbon style cables attaching all the various aspects of the camera together, a few interesting things were found such as a sensor (or card) seems to move around for auto stabilising shots.

To see the full tear down with a number of comments about what is where, check out English Russia who have all the shots captured and detailed somewhat. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Camera Gadgets

HP Envy 14, 17 and Pavilion dm4 Confirmed – Possibly

March 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Rumours about a new HP Envy 14 and HP Envy 17 have started up again due to some support documents being spotted that confirm the new models in the Envy range. Each will be an upgrade to the Envy 13 and Envy 15 series of laptops.

Reports of a HP Envy 14 are not new though as that particular laptop was spotted last November. That particular report came from a file that was downloaded that contained a reference to an Envy 14 in a couple of different variants with that name/screen size.

The new information comes from a CVA file called HP Support Assistant CVA Documentation, SP47327 where a reference to the HP Envy 14 is added as well as a new Envy 17 that hasn’t been previously mentioned. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Laptops

Sonic 4 Screenshots Revealed

March 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Sonic The Hedgehog 4 is launching in the summer of this year on the XBox 360, PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo Wii. We finally have some screenshots of what the game looks like in it’s back to basics 2D side-scrolling form.

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 was first revealed as project needlemouse back in September last year where we heard at the time that Sega were going back to the look and feel of the original Sonic game from the early 90s.

The new version (Sonic 4) is actually being made available as a downloadable game and is an episode in a line up of new titles. [Read more…]

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Best Buy Preparing for Apple iPad Launch

March 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The US store Best Buy is gearing up for the April 3 Apple iPad launch date by training staff and providing details of events leading up to the launch date.

On April 3 the iPad will only be available to purchase either at an Apple Store or Best Buy (referring to physical locations and not ordering online via the Apple site). The process will see Best Buy set up a store-in-store where a section will be created for Apple products to be purchased. This will happen at 675 of the 1000 or so US locations. Bestbuy.com and the other 325 locations will not carry the iPad.

In preparation for the launch it is believed that Best Buy stores will start receiving display materials early next week which will also contain information that an iMac and a couple of notebooks will not be on display for the iPad launch to make extra space for the event. [Read more…]

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HTC HD2 on Amazon for $99.99 on Contract

March 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Amazon have a good deal on the HTC HD2 at the moment offering quite a large discount on the handset when signing up for a contract with T-Mobile.

The phone as mentioned several times before comes to T-Mobile quite late in the game with other providers already selling it for several months, but due to it’s 4.3 inch capacitive touchscreen and fast 1GHz Snapdragon processor it’s still quite a desired smartphone. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones

Motorola DEVOUR now available at Verizon

March 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Motorola [MOT] and Verizon [VZ] have just announced that the Motorola DEVOUR is available to purchase online from the Verizon store. It is also available in store to buy costing $149.99 which is the price after the usual $100 mail in rebate as well as signing a 24 month contract with the wireless company.

The Motorola DEVOUR is an Android based phone that runs on a 3G network and happens to be the second Google [GOOG] Android device to hit Verizon.

The technical specs of the phone show that it has a 3.1 inch screen that’s capacitive touch. For storage it has an 8GB microSD card included. A full QWERTY keyboard slides out of the left side of the device allowing it to be used in landscape mode. The MOTOBLUR service is also included that aims to bring social media content to the handset in one location rather than on different applications. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones

Samsung ST5000 and ST5500 Announced

March 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Samsung have announced a couple of new digital cameras called the Samsung ST5500 and the ST5000.

The cameras have been redesigned to be more comfortable to use with the shutter button being set at an angle to make it easier to press.

The cameras have a 3.7 inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen (3.5″ for the ST5000) on the back to display the images just captured as well as allow you to work through the various menu systems.

A further premium design enhancement is the ˜da Vinci-inspired design’ of the lens technology, based on Leonardo da Vinci’s famed habit of writing notes backwards to be read later using a mirror. This method ensures that when the camera is turned on, the lens barrel extends automatically and the image’s specifications (focal length and aperture) appear in the concave reflective lens rings instantaneously.

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Filed Under: Camera Gadgets

Apple iPhone vs Google Nexus One Infographic

March 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment

iFixit have created an interesting infographic that shows the Apple iPhone vs Google Nexus One to see overall how they compare side by side in terms of screen resolution, battery life, screen quality and many other things.

The information is quite interesting as in some respects the iPhone beats the Nexus One and in other ways the Nexus One beats the iPhone such as the processor speed although the iPhone has a quicker GPU it seems.

iFixit believe the Google [GOOG] phone needs more attention due to the lack of people buying it when compared to the Apple [AAPL] device (if only they’d just let the carriers sell it rather than the whole silly google.com/phone malarkey) [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones

Motorola MILESTONE Users in Hong Kong to get Android 2.1 Update

March 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment

For those using the Motorola MILESTONE over in Hong Kong, you’ll be glad to know that an Android 2.1 update will be heading your way soon.

According to several sources, Android 2.1 has been uploaded to servers ready for deployment in Hong Kong and Macau.

What we are also hearing is that a Dutch language pack has also been included in the firmware which indicates it is also heading to Europe to be rolled out soon on to MILESTONE devices over this way. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones

Ogon RFID Wallet Protects from RFID Theft

March 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The RFID Wallet from Ogon is a wallet that is more in line with today’s society. When the traditional wallet was made it was designed to carry coins and notes. Of course we now have credit cards that can potentially get scanned by a portable scanner and details stolen from them all while in your pocket.

The new RFID Wallet has a protective shied to prevent the RFID tags being read while cards are in the wallet. Also the wallet is reinforced to prevent cards from getting damaged.

The wallet can store up to 15 credit cards and store cards inside giving plenty of space for your maxed out cards. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 also hits O2 in UK

March 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment

O2 have announced that they are also going to be carrying the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Android based mobile phone. This follows on from announcement from Orange and T-Mobile that they will also stock the handset.

Those on the O2 network, or those who want to switch to the O2 network are able to sign a 24 month agreement at £30/month and get the Sony Ericsson X10 handset for free. With that £30/month contract you also get 600 free minutes as well as unlimited text messages.

The Sony X10 is the companies first step in to the Android OS market over here in the UK. The X10 it’s self will run the Android 2.1 operating system and have all the usual Google [GOOG] apps installed such as YouTube, Search, Mail and Talk as well as have Facebook installed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones

SanDisk Announce 64GB Memory Module for Windows Phone 7 Series

March 24, 2010 by 1 Comment

Yesterday we mentioned that SanDisk were launching a microSDHC card that has a 32GB capacity. This was a fantastic achievement considering they are the first company to ship a microSDHC card with that capacity. Along with that announcement came along another announcement that they have also managed to squeeze 64GB of storage capacity on to a card similar in size to a microSDHC card.

The new card is designed to be embedded in to mobile phone devices. You might wonder why a company would want to embed a card that’s traditionally not embedded so it can be removed. The reasons for this is based around the new Windows Phone 7 Series devices that Microsoft [MSFT] announced would have a fixed (un removable) memory card inside. A card like the one pictures above (the left card out of the 3 pictured) is a card that can be embedded. Unlike microSDHC cards that are currently 32GB in size, these particular cards are up to 64GB capacity now. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones