Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
The Toshiba AC100 MID smartbook is now ready in the UK.
The Toshiba Smartbook is a Tegra 2 based system that runs the Google Android 2.1 operating system. Rather than using a basic vanilla 2.1 build, Toshiba has created a custom UI.
Price wise, it costs £292.52 including VAT. This gets you the non 3G model although it does still have wireless connectivity at 802.11b/g/n speeds as well as Bluetooth. For storage it has 8GB of flash memory. [Read more…]
The price of the Samsung Galaxy Tab is looking rather random at the moment, partly because Samsung hasn’t made an official announcement. We are not sure if prices are to be fully believed online. The US price is supposedly somewhere between $200 and $400 while the UK price is £679.99 over on Expansys which is the equivalent of $1045 at todays exchange rate.
Over in Germany the price tag has been revealed on Amazon at the equivalent of $1019 which almost lines up with the UK pricing.
We are guessing at the moment that Expansys and Amazon in the UK and Germany respectively, will be selling the device unlocked with no contract. If the US pricing is to be believed then it looks to be selling with contract. [Read more…]
Nike has created a new Nike+ app for the iPhone and iPod touch that lets users track their running progress without using the external sensor attached to a shoe.
The new app called Nike+ GPS is compatible with the iPhone 4, 3GS and the iPod touch 2nd gen through 4th gen. Of course the iPod touch doesn’t have a GPS sensor. For those with a touch, you’ll be restricted to tracking runs through the accelerometer which means you wont get maps of your run (unless you have an external GPS case). [Read more…]
T-Mobile and Orange merged a while back and became “Everything Everywhere”. Silly name aside, the two networks still operate as single entities as in all T-Mobile customers get billed by T-Mobile and Orange customers are billed by Orange although the companies are both part of Everything Everywhere.
When the announcement was first made, the network said that they would by the end of this year allow roaming across both networks allowing you to have a better signal in areas if your own network was bad.
From 5th October, 30 million customers – the combined customer base of Orange and T-Mobile in the UK – will be offered the opportunity to access both networks, enabling them to make calls and send texts in more places in the UK for no extra cost.
Samsung has confirmed that it will be using a Super TFT LCD screen in the Samsung Galaxy Tab when it launches. This is a different screen to the Samsung Galaxy S that currently uses Super AMOLED technology.
The reasons for using a Super TFT screen is apparently to do with them being cheaper to manufacture and that the screens run more efficiently which increases battery life. [Read more…]
The iPad 2 when launched next year, is expected to have a couple of cameras installed. One of which will be used for FaceTime calling.
This rumour has been further strengthened by the image above which shows a video call debug screen running on the current iPad. [Read more…]
Pricing for the Samsung Galaxy Tab hasn’t been officially revealed just yet although the WSJ mentions that a Samsung executive has said in the US it will cost somewhere between $200 – $300 depending on subsidies from carriers.
The Korea Times also indicates similar pricing although the upper end is extended from $300 to $400. With the Samsung Galaxy S costing $200 in the US on contract, we expect that the price tag will be closer to $300 or perhaps even $400 with a contract. [Read more…]
The latest generation iPod touch has a vibration motor installed. This is revealed thanks to the FCC teardown that we mentioned last week.
It is expected that vibration will be used for incoming FaceTime calls. The motor is also confirmed by Apple [AAPL] on the accessibility page (quoted below).
If somebody wants to start a video call with you, you?ll receive an invitation — along with a vibrating alert — on your iPod touch asking you to join. Simply tap Accept, and the video call begins.
Over the past weekend, the Apple site in the UK briefly mentioned that the iOS 4.1 release date would be September 8 which puts it at this Wednesday. Shortly after though the date was pulled with a Coming Soon message being in place.
It isn’t clear if you’ll be able to grab the new update this Wednesday. If not then it will be sometime this week at lease as Steve Jobs confirmed it at the Apple [AAPL] event held last week. [Read more…]
The Sony Bloggie Touch MHS-TS20K is a HD video camera capable of capturing at full HD 1080p. It has a 12.8 megapixel sensor inside that can capture through an F2.8 lens.
The 12.8 megapixel sensor used in the camera is an Exmor CMOS sensor. Storage wise it comes in either 4GB and 8GB capacities.
Connectivity wise, it has a built in USB connector along with a HDMI output. The camera integrates with social networking sites to make uploading of photos and videos easy. [Read more…]
Royal Mail has created the worlds first Intelligent Stamp. The new stamp is capable of working with image recognition technology.
The intelligent stamp works with an augmented reality app called Junaio. When receiving a letter with a new stamp attached you can hold the camera of an iPhone or Android phone over the stamp. The software recognises the stamp and is able to pull up information, video clips and other details about what is on the stamp and play back the information to you. [Read more…]
Recently, Google [GOOG] rolled out a new feature to Gmail users called Gmail Calls. The service allows those in the US to make calls to any phone direct from the Gmail interface.
We reported last week that within the first day of Gmail Calls going live that there were 1 million calls made.
In the first full week of being live, 10 million Google Gmail Calls have been made which is a very impressive number. The first 1 million was thought to be high due to many people testing the new service out. However, the number per day continues to grow as even more people find out about the service. [Read more…]
