Archive for June, 2010

From Htcyou: Do you recall the iPed that stole some attention during Apple’s Chinese iPad launch? That iPed is a bottom rung slate with a 7″ touchscreen and a slow processor. The Orphan M16 has a 10.2-inch (1024×600) display, Android 2.1, and a fast 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 CPU, and it is obtainable for $290 USD. More »


Every week, there are thousands of tech news and gadget stories. We will spare you the dross and apprise you of the most important information. Here is the filtered version of this week’s happenings. More »


Jung Dae Hoon’s cell phone/projector on a fashionable bracelet is red dot’s 2009 winner for best “design concept.” More »


From Htcyou: Straight from Google is build FRF72 of Android 2.2 for the Nexus One. Before you venture off to perform the non OTA update, ensure that you have the FRF50 build, which must be installed on an unrooted unit. More »


Ah, the JooJoo Tablet…the dreamer that wanted to change the world but instead fell victim to its own shortcomings and the iPad’s success. One thing that the JooJoo has going for it is its versatility. With some work, Windows 7 can be installed on the slate, and now OS X Snow Leopard can also be crammed into the JooJoo. Here is how… More »


Air condition gypsies can feel better about themselves with LG’s introduction of the first hybrid solar powered air conditioner. It is summertime, and in most parts of the world, the mercury is climbing. LG wants environmentally conscious people to enjoy the luxury of cool temperatures even when the sun is sizzling outside. More »


Let us play a game: regularly, we scour allover for the strangest looking gadgets, and then you guess wildly what they are. Very chic and as useful as it looks, this concept fuses high fashion and technology and makes you wish that the designer could have it put into production. More »


From Htcyou: Open to UK residents 18 years and over, Mobile Fun’s Love Your Mobile contest is giving away an unlocked HTC Desire worth £399.95. Entries will be accepted until July 5th. More »


From Htcyou: With smartphones increasingly reliant on multi-touch for web and app navigation, how well the touch sensors on the display perform matters more than ever. Every phone’s multi-touch performance will, as always, be measured against the benchmark iPhone. How does AT&T;’s new HTC Aria fare? Find out from the video. More »


If you have been secluded in isolation for the past year, you could be lightly forgiven for mistakenly believing that the “iPad” is a mousepad or some sort of Wacom tablet from Fujitsu. Unfortunately, this iPad mousepad cannot be called the “iPad,” but it works with real computers. More »


With 3D gaining popularity on the big screen, and now in video games and home televisions, it’s no surprise that now we’re seeing more 3D laptops being released. The Lenovo IdeaPad Y560d is a powerful, 3D multimedia machine. It runs Windows 7, and up to 8GB memory with a 750GB hard drive. It has TriDef 3D technology with 3D glasses and Dolby Home Theater surround sound. More »


From Htcyou: iPhone 4, HTC can do it too. Sprint’s game changing WiMAX smartphone is going white and will be available exclusively at Best Buy starting July 11th. More »


This demonstration of the iPhone 4’s photo and video shooting qualities is not courtesy of Apple but yet another unofficial leak, this time from Prague. Unlike the other illegal Vietnamese and stolen iPhone leaks, the informant “Swenak” has the unit in full working order. Also, he verifies that the new iPhone has 512Mb RAM, double the amount of the iPad. More »


Let us play a game: regularly, we scour allover for the strangest looking gadgets, and then you guess wildly what they are. It is a large machine, manufactured by LG, and is purportedly the first of its kind in the world. Think about all of the political catchphrases that spew from politicians. Think Prius. More »


Enjoy the nearly 10-minute length video teardown of Microsoft’s new shiny Xbox 360. A separate peek by Anandtech into the “Valhalla” motherboard confirms that the “Slim,” using a single chip to integrate graphics, CPU, and eDRAM onto one die, is noticeably quieter (thanks to the removal of one fan), cooler, and significantly more energy efficient than the “Jasper” boards that it replaces. More »


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