Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
Etsy user GeekUnique has created a very unique iPhone Dock called the Rock Dock that users a Nintendo NES Controller to sit the iPhone on.
Each NES Controller iPhone Dock is handmade and carved out of a regular controller and has the docking port embedded in to the top of the controller. The regular wire found on NES controllers has been removed and replaced with a USB cable to connect the dock up to a PC allowing full syncing and charging of the iPhone. [Read more…]
For those of us in the UK we can expect to get our hands on the Acer Aspire Timeline 1820PTZ netbook tablet on 25 January 2010. Play.com now have the netbook tablet available for pre-order on their site.
The Acer 1820PTZ as mentioned, is a netbook tablet. The screen can be swivelled around and folded back down allowing you to use pen input. The tablet is also multitouch allowing more than one finger to make contact with the screen for zooming and gesture input. [Read more…]
A user over on the MyDellMini forums has created a dual touchscreen netbook by using a Dell Mini 9 netbook and a 9″ USB DisplayLink monitor and connecting them together.
The device is the Harlequin Project and was designed to experiment with a dual touchscreen user interface (ie, similar to the Microsoft Courier) as well as design testing.
The Harlequin works as it is now and has Windows 7 installed which can detect both screens and the touchscreen overlays without issues except there are still some calibration issues on the second monitor. [Read more…]
Dell have announced a new laptop in it’s Vostro range called the Dell V13. From what we see the laptop takes a few design elements from the new Dell Adamo we mentioned a few months back. The Dell V13 is thin at just 0.65 inches and when launched will cost $450.
The laptop weighs 3.5 pounds and houses the regular ports found on many laptops, namely USB ports, eSATA, Ethernet as well as a card reader and VGA port.
The Dell Vostro V13 has an Intel CULV Celeron processor on the lower price bracket with options going up to Core 2 Solo processors and on to Core 2 Duo for the most expensive model. [Read more…]
The JooJoo was revealed yesterday amidst a few issues between TechCrunch and Fusion Garage. CNET were the first to get a preview of the newly named JooJoo (formerly CrunchPad) that is a 12.1″ web browsing device. The device looks very sleek being very thin and also having a capacitive touchscreen.
On the right side of the device there are mic, headphone jacks and on the left a USB port to expand memory, or attach an external keyboard to the device. [Read more…]
Planex have launched a new portable wireless router that allows a 3G USB dongle to be connected up to it allowing several people to share the same connection.
The device is battery powered and can provide up to two hours of internet usage on a single charge. These types of router are not new, but it’s always good having other options on the market. [Read more…]
The Lego mouse is a great idea that brings the much loved Lego to the desktop computer. The mouse is designed to look just like a regular 2×4 Lego brick and connects up to your PC by a USB cable.
The Lego Mouse has both left and right buttons as well as a scroll wheel and although it doesn’t look like the most comfortable mouse to use, it’s still one of the best mice I have seen. [Read more…]
ASUS were planning to launch the ASUS Eee 1201N this month, however, it was delayed until next month.
Amazon have the ASUS 1201N available now for pre-order with a tentative shipping date of January 15.
The 1201N netbook is priced at $499 and comes with an Intel Atom 330 processor along with NVIDIA’s ION chipset. [Read more…]
Sony have created the smallest and lightest vein pattern recognition finger scanner in the form of a small USB device. The vein reader is called the Sony FVA-U1 and will be launched December 18 in Japan.
The unit weighs just 33g and measures 70 x 14.5 x 58mm in size. [Read more…]
Due to their small size, Netbooks tend not to have optical drives installed on them. The Portable Netbook DVD drive is an external clamshell USB based drive that allows DVD-ROM’s to be accessed on a netbook.
With the drive being portable it can be easily carried around if needed and connected up as and when you want to access a DVD. The drive is about the size of a CD jewel case and requires just the USB cable to transfer data and keep the drive powered. [Read more…]
ASUS are launching a number of 1201 range netbooks with the next being the ASUS Eee 1201T. The ASUS 1201T differs from the 1201N (ION) and 1201HA (GMA) powered netbooks by offering an AMD Congo MV40 processor inside.
The 1201T netbook is described as having good multimedia performance that can handle video in 1080p full HD format. This is mainly thanks to the ATI Radeon HD3200 chipset found inside.
Battery life on the netbook with the 6 cell battery gives around 4 hours of life. [Read more…]
Dell have managed to create a Google Chrome OS image for booting a Dell Mini 10 from USB in to the new operating system. Before reading on for the details, note that this was just created recently, hasn’t had much testing and is unsupported by Dell.
The new operating system hasn’t been officially launched yet, but already has a number of people going through the source code to create versions that run virtualised on VMWare and other software along with a USB install over at Engadget just last week.
The version from Dell can be downloaded (8GB memory stick needed) and does function with Wi-Fi or wired connections. A couple of problems with this version is that wireless takes from 5 – 10 minutes to actually start working, although it does work. [Read more…]
