Archive for August, 2009

PS3 3.0 Update imminent

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Eric Lempel from the PlayStation Network Operations has posted that the PlayStation 3 3.0 firmware update was coming very soon, “just in instance for the official launch of the 120 GB PlayStation 3″. For more details, watch that PS3 update 3.0 video.
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Free Pass for DEMOFall 09 – Giveaway

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Ubergizmo is a media partner of DEMOFall 09, one of the best emerging technology conference, that will be held in San Diego Sept 21-23. For that specific DEMOFall session, the last one for co-Executive Producer Chris Shipley, 16 tech rocks stars who launched at DEMO during the past 13 years have been invited, including Marc [...]

Leica M9 to be released on 9/9/09

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Leica has been teasing fans by making what looks like the Leica M9 seem for mere seconds (0:54 and 0:58) in the announcement of a Leica webcast on September 9 2009 (Apple launches new iPods on the same day). The Leica M9 won’t be the only product announced, it seems… Stay tuned!
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Nokia Alvin approved by the FCC

Monday, August 31st, 2009

While we were looking at the Nokia N900 video ad, the FCC has approved the Nokia Alvin, a mysterious handset represented by the silhouette above. Here’s what’s known about Alvin:

32MB of internal storage
WCDMA 900/1900/2100Mhz
Bluetooth
WiFi
BL-5J batteries

With that much storage, it has to be a multimedia phone of some sort. And given how faraway it is, it [...]

Ibase shows PC computer with 7.5×5.2 inches motherboard

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Ibase has a cuter motherboard that’s only 7.5×5.2″ big (190×132mm. It accepts an Atom CPU and 2GB of RAM). It has decent connections for most applications. You could can build cool robots or your own setop box… Just look at the specs (from Windowsfordevices):

Processor — Intel Atom Z510 clocked at 1.1GHz
Memory — Up to 2GB [...]

Game Gun: fun, but will get you killed in Quake

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Look at that video of the Game Gun. The concept is simple: stuck a display on a “gun” and use a motion sensor and voila, you get pseudo realistic action. I kind of like the concept, and may be that would be great for Point Blank (hum… may be not), but I know for a [...]

HexaDesk uses carbon fiber for a light but solid desk

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Here’s a desk made of carbon fiber. Its structure and material makes it super-solid, and light… except that there’s a massively heavy piece of glass on top of it. plus, I usually complain about how heavy my desk whether only one every couple of years when I move to a new place. Carbon: hot, hexadesk, [...]

HTC Touch Pro 2 is heading to Sprint

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Sprint users will finally have a chance to get their hands on one of the best Windows Mobile phone from HTC: the Touch Pro 2. HTC has improved upon its TouchFlo user interface to hide as much of Windows Mobile 6.1 as possible so that users can really enjoy the 3.6″ WVGA (800×480) display. The [...]

Dell Mini 3 versus iPhone photo

Monday, August 31st, 2009

You saw it coming and you’ve seen the Dell mini 3 specifications already, but that’s the first date that we see a good front facing picture of the Dell Mini 3 next to an iPhone. We can’t say that Dell did a good job on maximizing the screen size or reducing the bezel thickness, and from [...]

Casio Exilim EX-Z280 digital camera

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Casio just released the EX-Z280, a 12.1 Megapixel pocket camera that has a 26mm lens and a 4X optical zoom. The optical image stabilizer will help at the long-end of the zoom but the real meat comes from Casio’s new image processor, the Exilim engine 4. It’s a committed chip that’s in charge of things [...]

Nokia N900 Advertising hits, and it’s cool

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Nokia has released a video ad for the Nokia N900 tablet (it’s really a handset, but Nokia insists on calling it a tablet). The video shows how the Maemo user interface works and right now, it looks pretty cool. Of course that’s the point of creating an ad! Now, we will have to see whether [...]

Apple next event set for 09/09/09

Monday, August 31st, 2009

It’s official, Apple’s next event will be held on September 9th, 2009 with the “It’s only rock ‘n roll, but we like it” tagline. We expect to see the new iPod line-up but plus details about the company’s album format, codenamed “Cocktail”. Stay tuned!
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Apple event set for 09/09/09

Monday, August 31st, 2009

It’s official, Apple’s next event will be held on September 9th, 2009 with the “It’s only rock ‘n roll, but we like it” tagline. We expect to see the new iPod line-up but additionally details about the company’s album format, codenamed “Cocktail”. Stay tuned!
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Medion Akoya X9613: an overpriced touch PC

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Following in HP’s footsteps, Medion has launched the Akoya X9613, a 24″ multi-touch capable PC. It was spotted by newgadgets.de during the Medion launch event. The computer runs Windows 7, which is a little more finger friendly but to be honest there was no real demonstration of why you would like to have that computer [...]

Lenovo Ideapad S10 goes HD

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Interested in picking up the Lenovo Ideapad S10 netbook? that device is now able to handle high definition video, although the other specifications such as the Intel Atom N280 processor, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard drive and 6-cell battery remains the same. Available from a good electronics store near you soon, the newly equipped, high definition [...]

FCC approves trio of handsets

Monday, August 31st, 2009

The FCC just gave their nod of approval to three new handsets that will produce their mark via T-Mobile USA, featuring 850/1900 GSM and WCDMA 1700 connectivity. They are the Nokia RM-509 (also known as the 3710a), Nokia RM-511 and Motorola T56KV1. The first of the three is actually the Nokia 3710 clamshell, specially built [...]

Samsung Application Store

Monday, August 31st, 2009

We’ve always maintained that value is in the software, which is why the Apple App Store has exploded since it was introduced, with BlackBerry attempting to follow up as well. Samsung’s Application Store additionally plays on the same premise, where their own mobile software service will feature its own native client, featuring unspecified “content guidelines” [...]

Solar Skin: Inflatable good-looking solar panels to speed up solar deployments

Monday, August 31st, 2009

It looks like sci-fi considering it is… to some extent. Solar Skin is a concept from Studio Formwork. The notion is that these inflatable eye-shaped solar panels are light and rugged suitable to be assembled in any kind of structure without requiring heavy construction work. The final assembly could be permanent or temporary (easy electricity [...]

Pioneer Hi-def concept

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Pioneer has come up with the Hi-def concept that functions as the perfect camcorder regardless of whether you’re left- or right-handed. that palm-sized device features a lens that can pivot up and down with a display that has been fixed at an ideal angle. Most of the controls are easily accessible through the touchscreen display, [...]

Breathalyzer tryout before you drive

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Toyota and Hino aim to reduce the incidences of drunk driving by joint-testing a new breath-alcohol ignition-interlock system that comes with a handheld unit that can detect traces of alcohol in but a small breath sample, while a digital camera will snap a mugshot of the driver for test-taker identification. Should a pop quiz outcome [...]