Archive for August, 2007
iPhone unlocking dispute continues
There are a few organizations that state to have managed to unlock the iPhones. One of them is Unique Phones and they were preparing to release their software two days ago. Unfortunately for them, AT&T obliged them not to do it through legal ways.
Currently, we don’t even know if their software was working, but probably [...]
Nokia 500 PMP and GPS announced
Nokia has released an all in one PMP, with Portable video, Portable audio and in-car GPS navigation, called 500. The Navigation device features a 4.3 inch display, handsfree Bluetooth calling, can direct you to addresses stored in the contacts list and give you details of the POIs you pass. Also, it sports Nokia Traffic Message [...]
27Aug2007 | Martin J. | 0 comments | Continued
Nokia announced BH-902 and BH-903 headsets
Nokia has announced two headsets, the BH-903 and the Bh-902. The Nokia BH-903 weights 23 grams and sports an OLED display and supports AVRCP, PBAP, A2DP, HFP and HSP Bluetooth profiles. It should be available in Q4 this year for $274 and it’s battery lasts for 15 hours of talk or music.
The Nokia BH-902 weights [...]
Nokia 6555 Announced
A new cell phone has been released by Nokia, the 6555. It features 3G, quadband GSM, 30MB of internal memory, expandable via the microSD memory card slot and a 240×320 QVGA 16 million colors display.
The Nokia 6555 will be available starting next month for about €200, without taxes and subsidy, so expect to be priced [...]
Samsung Announced 1.8inch 160GB HDD
Two months ago, Samsung announced a 1.8 inch, 4,200RPM, 15 ms seek time and less than 1W power consumption, 120GB HDD, called SpinPoint N2. Now, they announced a HDD with the same features, but with 160GB capacity.
21Aug2007 | Martin J. | 0 comments | Continued
Sony’s DSC-T200 Short Preview
Sony will be releasing a very nice digital camera, the DSC-T200. It will be of 8 megapixel and comes as an upgrade for the popular DSC-T100 and the DSC-T70. The new camera will feature a 3.5 inch touchscreen, an optical zoom of 5X, a max ISO of 3200, VGA video at 30 fps, face detection [...]
19Aug2007 | Martin J. | 0 comments | Continued
The New Mat - Tube for Yoga
This is one of the most innovative devices we have seen in some time but there is a big question behind it: how popular will it become? The talk is about a new concept that was created by Hui-Zong Chen. It is a snazzy yoga mat that can let you relax while you do [...]
19Aug2007 | Martin J. | 0 comments | Continued
Sony Announces 3 New DVD Burners
Sony USA made an interesting announcement. Three new DVD burners are to be released on the market. What is interesting is that 2 of them are external. This comes as a paradox as there is a much bigger need of such devices in Japan because of the fact that most laptops come with a flash-based [...]
19Aug2007 | Martin J. | 0 comments | Continued
The New Jabra BT8030
The new Jabra BT8030 is a device that could turn very popular. The company is renowned for their innovative design solutions and this one is interesting as they basically created a transformable product that can be used in different locations and with different purposes. The first design was that of laptop speakers and as [...]
19Aug2007 | Martin J. | 1 comment | Continued
Typing on the iPhone - Twice as Slow
User Centric recenty did a study on 20 people. Half of them were given mobile phones with QWERTY keyboards and the other half had numeric keypads.
Results showed that QWERTY users spent almost twice as much time to create the same message on the iPhone as compared with the other group. There was improvement over [...]
Asus Eee - The Cheap UMPC
Asus seems to apply an interesting marketing technique, trying to get their new little UMPC, Asus Eee, to sell as much as possible. There are rumors going around that there will be models available even at $200. What is interesting is that the cheap model will not be available in USA. Another one that [...]
19Aug2007 | Martin J. | 0 comments | Continued
Amazon’s Second Leek: Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III
Since Amazon made the mistake with the Canon EOS 50D, it is hard to believe that they would make another but they did. The problem at hand was probably lack of communication as another product, again from Canon had details it shouldn’t have had. The EOS 1Ds Mark III, a special 21.1 megapixel camera for [...]
19Aug2007 | Martin J. | 0 comments | Continued
Amazon Leeks Canon EOS 40D Data and Price
Even large corporations make mistakes. It is Amazon’s turn to do a leak. The site posted delivery and specs for Canon’s EOS 40D, not official of course until all will be released. Listed availability was September 20. We can also tell you the listed specs including 10.1 megapixel, a self-cleaning CMOS sensor, APS-C sized, 9 [...]
19Aug2007 | Martin J. | 0 comments | Continued
Aruba Gains in Wireless LAN Race
Wireless LAN supplier Aruba Networks has enjoyed a lot of success since going public in march. Now it stands in direct competition with Cisco Cystems. Both are quickly gaining market shares, this leading to the belief that soon the wireless networking competition will become a close fight between the two companies.
Last week Aruba signed [...]
Ricoh Caplio GX100 Digital Camera Review
The Ricoh Caplio GX100 digital camera is a dream come true for some photographers out there. It is compact and delivers wide zoom range, including a true wide-angle. Combine this with the high resolution and the RAW image storing, add increased wide-angle, pixels and optical zoom with image stabilization when compared with the DIWA Gold [...]
19Aug2007 | Martin J. | 0 comments | Continued