Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
The Wi-Spy 2.4i Spectrum Analyzer allows you to scan wireless signals that could cause interference with your home or office wireless network.
The device can be used to analyze the busy 2.4GHz band which can be used by various gadgets as well as microwaves, cordless phones etc… [Read more…]
Taken from the Star Trek Model Gallery we have here an Enterprise record player. It was designed from the NCC-1701 from the new Star Trek movie and uses the saucer section as the turntable where the music entitled “Space” can be seen playing.
Unfortunately it’s not real and just designed along with 24 other real random looking Enterprises from the film. [Read more…]
The iLogic Sound Hats come with built in speakers that cover your ears to provide surprisingly good sound quality when worn. The Sound Had connects up to your iPod or any other MP3 player.
3 colours of the Sound Hat are available which are pink, white or black. [Read more…]
This retro designed cake is made in the shape of a Commodore C64. For some reason they show it playing a simple game of Pong although we all know there were more colours like that on the screen’s of the C64 games. That aside, it looks quite cool in my opinion.
It was made for a bloke who lives here in the UK called Andy by his wife for his birthday and I have to say it looks amazingly tasty. [Read more…]
For just $18.50 you can get one of the most tastiest USB flash drives ever created. It is called the Magnum USB Flash Drive and is shaped like a Magnum Ice-cream bar.
The Magnum Flash Drive includes a matching box to store it in and a strap to hang it around your neck. It measures 2 7/8″ in length alone and the strap is 20″ long. [Read more…]
iPhone owners now have Duke Nukem 3D that they can download and play. Duke Nukem 3D is a classic first person shooter from a number of years ago and works quite well ported over to the iPhone.
The iPhone version uses slider style controls with a TapShoot function. It’s different to other games but according to those who have tested it, it works well (after learning the system). [Read more…]
Amazon have a great deal on the Nextar SNAP5 slimline portable satnav starting today. The normal price is $429.95 and today they are selling it with a 56% discount knocking around $240 off the price bringing it down to just $189.99.
The Nextar SNAP5 has a 5 inch touchscreen display and is enclosed in a 0.7 inch thick casing making it quite a slim personal satnav unit. As well as a fairly good sized display the Nextar has a magnetic dock allowing to to be quickly mounted in your car and the unit has 2 stereo speakers for good sound quality. [Read more…]
RAmos have introduced a new PMP (portable media player) called the T11 RK. The T11 RK is a new and upgraded version from it’s predecessor in that it’s innards have been upgraded. The outer looks is very similar to the original T11.
The RK version is powered by the Rockchip RK2806 chipset. The unit has a 5″ touchscreen that has an 800 x 480 resolution. [Read more…]
The Acer Aspire Timeline 1810T is starting to show up around a few places. The Aspire 1810T measures from 22mm at it’s thinnest upto 30mm thick and has an 11.6″ screen that has a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels as well as an LED backlight.
The 1810T netbook is powered by an ultra-low voltage processor that runs at 1.4GHz and uses the GMA 4500MHD graphics chip. [Read more…]
Apple recently rejected the new Google Voice app in it’s app store which caused a bit of a stir in the industry. The FCC jumped in to this last week. All that aside, it has started to annoy developers that Apple have such a heavy hand on this matter. It appears that more and more developers are moving over to an underground app store for the iPhone called Cydia. This is the app store which is home to apps that Apple doesn’t approve.
The 5 month old store is run by Jay Freeman and is currently growing at a tremendous rate. About 10 percent of the 40 million iPhone/iPod Touch users have logged in to the store to download software. About 470000 users per day connect to the store which is an increase of just a few months ago that saw 350000 per day. [Read more…]
A Touchable Holographic display was on show over at Siggraph recently. As you will more than be aware, holography cannot really be touched. It’s just floating images that when you reach and grab them your hand slides right through them.
A company have been working on tactile feedback for holography and have created a system which uses 2 wii remotes to detect location of a real object (ie, your hand for example) and then an airborne ultrasound tactile display is used by giving feedback on the users hand. [Read more…]
Apple have now fixed the iPhone’s SMS security flaw. This fix secures the phone from a remote attack that could have been exploited. The patch is available via iTunes update.
If you are unaware what the vulnerability is on the iPhone then read on. Last week a couple of researches found out that by sending an iPhone a string of text messages that it could give them access to your iPhone. The text messages sent included executable code which was embedded in the iPhones memory opening it up for remote access. [Read more…]
