Better than iPhone? Nokia’s N97 Might Be!
Nokia's N97 just might have the features and advancement to beat the Apple iPhone. which the New York press peeked at last night. The 3G phone has a full-body touchscreen that slides up when in landscape mode, just like the Sony Xperia, to expose a full QWERTY keyboard and also has virtual keypads and keyboards on the touchscreen. The phone’s distinctive feature is a customizable home screen. Just like the Apple OSX or Windows Vista, for example, the N97 supports “widgets”, which are small programs or links to programs that provide snippets of information, such as the latest Facebook updates or ...
First gaming system with Intel Core i7
Asus launches their first system desktop with processor Intel Core i7, for Gamers. Taiwanese manufacturers have changed the Ares CG6150 with new processors from Intel, Core i7, by taking out the Core 2 Extreme processor and the result was the model ROG CG6190. The carcass remained the same from the previous model, being preserved reader prints in the front. Configuration has a motherboard with the X58 chipset being created for the fastest processors from Intel. This has 6 slots for DDR3 memory type, which can support 12 GB of RAM. Part graphics are the most advanced video boards, consisting of ...
Mercedes-Benz Splitview LCD Screen
Imagine this: You're driving down the highway, following the route guidance on the navigation screen, when the person sitting in the passenger seat decides he wants to watch Dark Knight on DVD. Mercedes-Benz and Bosch together devised a gizmo that can satisfy both viewing requests. It's a dual-view LCD monitor system called Splitview. Splitview is a LCD screen that is mounted on the dashboard that allows the driver and passenger to view two different images at the same time. How does it work you ask? The eight inch active matrix, backlit color monitor nests a second image feed on adjacent pixels ...
Lotus creats wild Evora 414E Hybrid plug-in concept car
April 7, 2010 by Max · Leave a Comment
Set to debut at the 80th International Geneva Motor Show, the Lotus Evora 414E concept is a hybrid plug-in technology demonstrator that uses a 1.2 liter, three-cylinder engine and independent electric motors for each of the rear wheels. The result is 0-60 mph (97 kph) in under 4 seconds and power output of 414 PS [...]
Piezoelectrics and rubber together to form flexible, wearable energy harvester
April 7, 2010 by Max · Leave a Comment
Piezoelectrics are nothing new — though most applications, they’ve proven to be far more theoretically useful than practical. Still, the technology is starting to move in a direction that could prove more applicable to everyday situations — and a new piezo material recently developed could really get the ball moving. Called PZT, it’s made of [...]
Nokia C5 combines with S60 3rd edition OS pretending to be a ‘smartphone’
April 7, 2010 by Max · Leave a Comment
We’re not going to kid you, the already leaked C5 is not going to woo many smartphone hunters as we traditionally understand this defining term for high-end handsets. Although Nokia dubs it as such, the 2.2-inch display riding 2GB of storage (with microSD expansion) and S60 3rd OS just doesn’t hold up. It does, however, [...]
60,000 Google Android Handsets Being Sold Each Day
April 7, 2010 by Max · Leave a Comment
It looks like Google’s Android platform is becoming more popular, as Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently revealed that there are a total of 60,000 Google Android powered mobile phones being shipped every day. The figure includes all mobile phones running the Android platform, including the Nexus One, Google’s own Android handset, and the every growing [...]
Nissan’s Mixim all-electric concept car
April 7, 2010 by Max · Leave a Comment
We’ve seen a lot of all-electric cars come and go, but scant few from the major automotive manufacturers — aside from the EV1, of course — so Nissan’s Mixim concept caught our eye with more than just its swoopy lines . The baby hatchback weighs just 2100 pounds and clocks in at a tiny 145 [...]
Archos 7 And Archos 8 Home Tablets Appear
April 6, 2010 by Max · Leave a Comment
Archos has added a couple of new tablets to its range with the launch of the Archos 7 Home Tablet and the Archos 8 Home Tablet. Both of these new devices run Google Android. The Archos 7 Home Tablet features a 7 inch touchscreen display, and it comes with either 2GB or 8GB of built [...]
eviGroup Paddle Windows 7 Tablet
April 6, 2010 by Max · Leave a Comment
The eviGrouop has just released details of its new Windows 7 tablet the eviGroup Paddle. This multitouch tablet is powered by a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor and will be available in a range of storage capacities : 160GB, 250GB or 320GB. There will also be a solid state drive version with either 16GB or 32GB depending on your [...]
Mio Moov V780 Tablet
April 6, 2010 by Max · Leave a Comment
Mio, who make satellite navigation systems has launched a new tablet device, the Mio Moov V780 Tablet. The Mio Moov V780 features built in GPS navigation and a 7 inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 800 x 480. The Mio Moov V780 features a built in web browser, support for adobe flash, and also [...]
LG OLED TV Hits Europe in May
April 6, 2010 by Max · Leave a Comment
LG is launching the worlds largest OLED TV during May, which will be available in Austria to start and then the US. The not so huge but very thin 15″ OLED TV LG 15EL9500 will be the worlds largest at the time of its release. The 15″ OLED LG 15EL9500t has a 10.000.000:1 contrast ratio, [...]
Nokton HyperPrime 50mm ƒ0.95 Lens
April 6, 2010 by Max · Leave a Comment
If your looking for an ultra fast lens for your Micro Four Thirds camera the American company Noktor has justed released details of the launch of its new HyperPrime 50mm ƒ0.95 lens. The HyperPrime 50mm ƒ0.95 lens is totally manual and the 50mm focal length is effectively doubled by the M4/3 sensor to the equivalent of [...]
