Just two days ahead of time, Kevin Rose at a Diggnation Live show at SXSW mentions some things about what’s coming, and what’s not, with the new iPhone 3.0 software. Kevin says the iPhone 3.0 will have copy and paste and that the interface is much like the magnifying glass — you use two fingers … Read more
It is believed that Apple is going to try and squeeze some extra money out of companies planning to produce earphones for the new iPod Shuffle. iLounge is reporting that the new iPod shuffle can only be controlled by headphones with a special hardware authentication chip. That means that third parties will have to pay … Read more
Samsung have announced the latest addition to there candy bars. The Lucido, Italian for sleek, is the replacement for the Samsung U800 and sports many of the features of the Tocco Ultra. The Lucido retains the brushed metal look of the U800 and adds on the following features: 2.2-inch AMOLED display a-GPS (with built-in Google … Read more
According to Palm Info Center Numerous Spanish media outlets are reporting today that Telefónica’s Movistar will exclusively offer the Palm Pre in Spain, UK and Latin America. The Spanish newspaper Expansion reports (Translated) that Telefónica will offer the Pre in Spain "before summer." More interestingly the paper also reports that Telefónica’s subsidiary brand O2, will … Read more
Philips have just launched their new phone, the Xenium X530. This is touted to have an ultra long life allowing you to talk for 8 hours at a time. It also has tri-band GSM/EDGE, a 2.2 inch internal TFT 240 x 320 pixels 262K colors display with a 1 inch OLED external display, Bluetooth 2.0 … Read more
Nokia have “accidently” let slip 3 new music orientated handsets that they plan to reveal tomorrow. The entry level model is the 5030 XpressMusic, a candy bar with a speaker on the back, an integrated FM transmitter and no camera. Battery life is reported to last for 24 hours of music playback and should be … Read more
Available in 32 inch, 42 inch, 46 inch and 52 inch models Sharp’s new AQUOS DH77 LCD TV features full High Definition support and 100Hz technology. All the models will have a “green eco-button” on the remote control allowing viewers to lower the energy consumption of the TV when in use. The new AQUOS HDTVs … Read more
Asus has released a new flagship model of its EEE Box PCs. The new Eee Box B208 could be an ideal HTPC as it now is fitted with a 256MB ATI Radeon HD 4350 that gives it true, hardware-accelerated HD video playback. It also provides HDMI output which is ideal to hook up to your … Read more
From today, customers can save a £5 a month with the two new 24-month tariffs. The cheapest option now comes in at £20 per month and sees the 8.9-inch Dell Inspirion netbook provided for free with a 1GB data allowance. The other tariff also sees the netbook free and for £25 a month gives the … Read more
Ok yes there are 2TB hard drives now but the new Samsung 1.5TB EcoGreen F2EG hard drive has a few tricks up its sleeve. Thanks to its EcoTriangle technology it will use around 40% less power in idle mode and 45% in read/write mode than most normal HDDs. It will also give off less heat … Read more
Ok the video is a bit cheesy and annoying but Samsung have had a viral video created to show of their Solid State Drives. Using 24 SSDs in Raid (RAID 0?) they managed to achieve 2GB a second throughput. In comparison your average HD will likely have speeds of around 100MBs a second.
If you are a PC enthusiast and have more money than sense then the OCZ Z Drive is quite likely the thing for you. This is a PCIe enclosure that’ll contain 1TB worth of SSD storage with maximum read rates of up to 600MB/sec and maximum write speeds of up to 500MB/sec whith a sustained … Read more
The LG Viewty II or GC900 was first displayed at the MWC. NewMobile has managed to get some information on the specification of the new phone. The phone will have the same 3D interface that is used on the LG Arena and comes with a 3" WQVGA resolution touchscreen. The camera is 8-megapixels with autofocus, … Read more
A new page on Vodafone UK’s site confirms that the HTC Magic will launch at some point during April 2009. No pricing or specific launch dates are given, nor is there any way to preorder the Magic; instead would-be buyers can register for updates. The HTC magic is very similar to the T-Mobile G1 in … Read more
We have already had a few details about the range of phones HTC will be releasing this year including the Diamond 2 and the Touch Pro 2. Now we have a few more details about all the other phones they are planning to release: Whitestone: 3.6″ WVGA display GSM and EVDO Qualcomm 7600 at 528MHz … Read more
We posted about the Asus Eee keyboard back in January when it was seen at CES. Asus has now revealed some more details about the self-contained PC, as well as potential release dates, at the CeBIT show in Hannover. The Eee Keyboard will be based on a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, and will be equipped … Read more