Archive for April, 2009

Sprint HTC Snap

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

With the recent deluge of iPhone and Palm Pre news, it’s not too surprising that many of you have forgotten about some of the devices from HTC, one of them which is the HTC Snap. It seems that the device will be dubbed the HTC Snap S511, and Sprint is reportedly evaluating the device, indicating [...]

Proprietary iPhone Chips Next Year?

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

It’s widely known that Apple has been planning to design a family of exclusive chips to capability its future iPhone and multi-touch handheld products, though now it seems like such chips may not materialize until sometime next year. Apple is understandably worried that knowledge about its iPhone to leave the company, which is fair, considering [...]

Moto-Terminator Concept

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Titan Books has just released the Terminator concept art of the Moto-Terminator, where a Terminator robot is seen riding a motorcycle – in specific, the Ducati Hypermotard. When the Terminator decides to lower itself and fuse with the bike, it will turn into an motorized killing machine that comprises of red lights eyes, boasting weapons [...]

Buffalo MiniStation Red

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Buffalo has released a whole lot of external storage solutions in the past, but most of the day those are meant for ability users which comprise of mainly males due to the target demographic. Well, looks as though they’ve turned by a new leaf now with the Buffalo MiniStation Red that is not only stylish [...]

Breathing Bud Analyzes Air Quality

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

The Breathing Bud device is a concept that gives a visual indicator of your air quality at home (or wherever else you place it) using color codes. It was designed to look like a pleasant bud, where vents at the base will suck in the air for analysis. A blue bud would point towards good [...]

Palm Eos Stirs Up A Whole Lot Of Anticipation

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

The hyped up Palm Pre isn’t even out yet, and we already have another leak of a new Palm device known as the Eos that looks set to knock our collective socks off. After all, that quadband GSM/HSDPA smartphone will measure a mere 10.6mm thin, tip the scales at 100 grams and come with the [...]

Japan Texture From Softbank

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Softbank has made available a bunch of hand-made lacquered cases under the Japan Texture range, and these are unlike any other case you’ll find on the market at the moment – in Japan, at least. Bear in mind being hand-made, these won’t be cheap since they are not mass produced in some factory somewhere in [...]

T-Mobile G1 Android Cupcake Update Now Available

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

T-Mobile G1 users will be pleased to know that the Android Cupcake 1.5 update is now available, but do take note that customized ROMs will be able to thwart the G1’s ability to receive the update notification. Good thing that removing those cooked ROMs isn’t precisely a fit thing to do, so manufacture certain that [...]

Asus Launches F6V Series Notebook

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Asus has rolled out the F6V Series notebook that is different from the rest as it boasts an infused scent to form certain your workplace always smells great even after you’ve worked out at a gym without taking a shower. Available in Musky Black and wee hours Dew colors, that 13.3″ notebook will come with [...]

Apple Netbook Concept

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Check out that Apple netbook concept that looks set to move a gazillion units whether it were ever to be released, so hopefully some boffin from Cupertino would be reading that and head straight to the drawing board to come up with something similarly stunning. The concept will boast a portable Home directory, where your [...]

Yinlips TDB G80 MicroPC

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Yinlips has rolled out the TDB G80 MicroPC that looks set to offer yet another alternative in the world of Mobile Web Devices (MID) without hurting your wallet too much in these times of economic hardship. After all, for $189.99 you will find that the G80 MicroPC is equipped with the following :-

Samsung S3C443 [...]

Luxeed U5 LED Multicolor Keyboard

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

There is nothing quite like having a space age keyboard on your desk to wow colleagues as well as friends who drop by, and the Luxeed U5 LED multicolor keyboard looks set to do the job well. that version will offer both Mac and Linux support – something that was lost from its predececssor, and [...]

Oppo Digital BDP-83 Blu-ray Player

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Oppo Digital has rolled out its first and latest Blu-ray player – the BDP-83. Normally associated with upscaling DVD players that are able to support a wide range of formats including SACD, DVD-Audio and HDCD, the BDP-83 is no slouch when it comes to performance as it features the following :-

BonusView and BD-Live support
VRS [...]

FCC Approves Sony Ericsson W518a

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Sony Ericsson’s W518a was first leaked out last month, and we were left wondering just how much longer do we have to wait for that clamshell Walkman phone to hit the streets. Well, good news – the FCC has just approved that handset, and we do know that it will be available via AT&T. While [...]

Dell Adds Art Choices For Its Studio Notebooks

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Dell is adding more than 120 designs to its studio line, which was already very diverse. The photos speak for themselves, but you should take a look at all the designs to have a better concept of what’s available.
You might like the designs or not, but we think that it is amazing that Dell [...]

Nokia Takes A Beating Online About Slow N97 Processor

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Nokia is feeling the heat today when citizens on all sides lashed on the Arm11 434Mhz that it is using in the flagship N97 phone. Given the high tag price of the device ($600 without contract?), critics are right to complain the Arm11 architecture is quite old, I think that PDAs actually ran with that [...]

Mobile Phone Shipments Experience Massive Decline

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Research firm Strategy Analytics said that we experienced a drop of 13% in units when compared to 2008. Nokia’s unit shipped dropped 19% to 115.5M, Motorola sold 14.7M handsets a 50% drop. Sony Ericsson is down 35% in unit shipments.
Not everyone is affected the same way: Samsung was down 1%, LG 7% and Apple was [...]

Wii Energizer 2x Induction Charge Station

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

There are quite a few Wii Energizer charging stations, but that one uses induction to achieve wireless charging of the Wii remote(s), with or without the silicon sleeve shown in the photo.
Induction is the same technology that is used to charge sexy gadgets like the Palm Pre, or less sexy devices like electric toothbrush. It’s [...]

Amazon Adds Word 2007 and RTF Format Support To The Kindle

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Amazon has announced an updated to the types of files that Kindle supports. DocX and RFT are fresh additions in the announcement, although some users commented that RTF was already in when Kindle 2 came out.
The fee structure will plus change: instead of a fixed price per file, the fee will depend on the document’s [...]

HTC Theme For BlackBerry Storm

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

HTC has done a great job with the design of its Windows Mobile top-layer: it is beautiful, clean and full of little practical details, even whether the usability could still widely be improved.
This HTC theme for the BlackBerry Storm will bring that neat look and feel to your phone while keeping the strength of Blackberry’s [...]