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Sprint LG Remarq Environmentally Friendly Phone

Sprint [S] are launching the LG Remarq that is built of 19% recycled plastic and when finished with in a few years time, 87% of it can be recycled.

LG have made an attempt to make the phone as green as possible. Other features to add to the environmentally friendly status is the charger that is also a low energy device to help save energy used.

The phone it’s self is relatively basic offering a 1.3 megapixel camera, media player, microSD card slot and a speaker phone. For connectivity the phone has Bluetooth. [Read more…]

SanDisk 32GB microSDHC Card Starts Shipping

SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) have started shipping the worlds highest capacity microSDHC card that can store 32GB of data on it.

The microSDHC claims to be the first 32GB capacity card in this format that has shipped. SanDisk also iterate how much capacity 32GB actually is and compares it to 35 round-trips between San Francisco and New York if filled with music. That’s an impressive amount of data that can be stored.

The memory card is starting to ship today, comes with a 5 year warranty and has a suggested retail price of $199.99 which is lower than I expected for a card of this capacity. I also suspect when Amazon picks them up they will also drop a little further in price maybe to the $190 range. [Read more…]

Sky 3D TV Channel Gets a Launch Date

Sky have announced that are launching their Sky 3D TV channel on April 3rd which is just a couple of weeks away. The Sky 3D channel will be the first channel of it’s kind to broadcast in Europe.

The first programme to be played on the new 3D channel will be a football match between Manchester United and Chelsea. Sky have been testing the Sky 3D service in a number of pups across the UK and already over 1,000 pubs across the UK and Ireland have already signed up for the channel. [Read more…]

Kyocera Zio M6000 Android based Smartphone Announced

Kyocera have unveiled a new Android powered smartphone called the Kyocera Zio M6000.

The Zio M6000 has a 3.5 inch capacitive touchscreen, a trackball for navigation and also has a 3.2 megapixel camera. The handset is compatible with CDMA2000 1x EVDO Rev A networks. Other connectivity options include Wi-Fi that can connect to 802.11b/g networks. A Bluetooth chip can also be found in the phone.

The battery has a capacity of 1130mAh and is good for about 6 hours of talk time, 432 hours of standby, 4 hours of Wi-fi browsing and about 3.5 hours of browsing over a CDMA network. [Read more…]

Samsung Windows Phone 7 Series – 4 to be Launched this Summer

Recently a few phones were displayed at a Windows Phone 7 Series event. One of them was a Samsung device that was later confirmed to be a Samsung Omnia HD that was capable of running Windows Phone 7 Series.

Rumours are now saying that Samsung could be getting four Windows Phone 7 Series devices for launch sometime in the summer although if we look at the release dates that are tentative at the moment, we expect it will be closer to September or even October that the devices will launch. This information comes from a Russian site Mobile Review. [Read more…]

Sony Bravia NX800 range HDTVs Ready for Order

Sony have announced that the Sony Bravia NX800 series of HDTVs are now available to buy. The new TVs were first demonstrated a few weeks back and were seen to have very thin profiles and look very sleek.

Sony now have the new HDTVs ready for pre-ordered as well as some of them being available now to purchase.

The TVs themselves have a few unique features that include a six degree tilt system allowing for a comfortable viewing angle regardless of how low the TV is installed to the floor. [Read more…]

HTC Supersonic Android Phone to be Announced Today

It is expected that the HTC Supersonic will be announced today officially. We first heard of the announcement last week where we mentioned it would be likely getting announced this week, and today is the day that this is supposedly happening.

The HTC Supersonic is Sprints first 4G handset that will use the WiMAX network. When launched it will run Android 2.1 and have the Sense UI overlayed on to it. The screen on the Supersonic measures 4.3 inches and is a capacitive touchscreen. [Read more…]

Motorola i1 Android Push-to-Talk Smartphone Announced by Sprint

Sprint [S] have announced the Motorola i1 smartphone that runs the Android operating system. The new i1 is actually the first phone handset to feature a push-to-talk function that allows it to function like a walkie-talkie device.

The Motorola i1 has a 3.1 inch HVGA screen that is capacitive touch enabled and uses glass that prevents dirt, dust etc… adhering giving an always crystal clear image. The phone also is rugged to military 810F standards allowing it to weather well when shock, dust or water hits it.

For connectivity the phone has Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. The device runs Android although it isn’t known just yet which version of the OS. We hope for 2.0+.

On the back of the device is a 5.0 megapixel camera that can be used for capturing both video and images in a fairly decent resolution. A microSDHC card slot is also found on the device allowing for more storage space to be added if needed. [Read more…]

Nintendo 3DS 3D Handheld Gaming Device Announced

Nintendo have announced they are launching a 3D version of the Nintendo DS called the Nintendo 3DS. The 3DS will follow on as the successor of the popular DS and DSi.

For compatibility the new Nintendo 3DS will accept older game cartridges allowing you to play regular DS/DSi games as usual.

The 3DS will also be glasses-free 3D which should make for an amazing portable console experience. [Read more…]

Apple iPhone now Available Contract free in US

The Apple iPhone 3G and 3G S is now available in the US contract free costing $499 (8GB 3G) and $599/$699 for the 3G S 16GB/32GB respectively.

The Apple [AAPL] device can be purchased without a contract and without having an AT&T account although the phones are still locked to AT&T’s network. If you want to put another SIM in from another network then you’ll need to Jailbreak your iPhone with a tool such as Blackra1n and then apply an unlock.

There is a limit of 1 iPhone per day that you can purchase with a maximum of 10 phones in a life time. [Read more…]

Apple iPad Discounts for Education Institutions

So we’re not far away from the US launch of the Apple iPad Wi-Fi version… coming April 3 which is under 2 weeks away. Apple [AAPL] are giving discounts on the iPad for educational institutions whereby they get a certain amount of cash off the price of an iPad when purchased in bulk, ie in boxes of 10 in a single box.

The various price configurations are shown below that show savings of around $200 (or $20 per iPad) on the Wi-Fi 16GB version. Although not a big saving at least it’s a saving.

BF822LL/A: iPad Wi-Fi (16GB) $4,790
BF825LL/A: iPad Wi-Fi (16GB) with AppleCare Protection Plan for iPad Auto Enroll $5,580
BF823LL/A: iPad Wi-Fi (32GB) $5,790
BF826LL/A: iPad Wi-Fi (32GB) with AppleCare Protection Plan for iPad Auto Enroll $6,580
BF824LL/A: iPad Wi-Fi (64GB) $6,790
BF827LL/A: iPad Wi-Fi (64GB) with AppleCare Protection Plan for iPad Auto Enroll $7,580

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Solar Powered iPhone Charger

The Muzatech iPhone Charger is a device that attaches to the bottom of your iPhone and allows the battery of the phone to be charged by solar power.

The iPhone charger has a 1000mAh battery inside that is charged when left in sunlight. When connected to the iPhone the lithium battery is then used to charge the iPhone battery. The charger can be used up to 2000 charges (or 2000 charge cycles) and if used daily, will last around 4 years. [Read more…]