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Entries from January 2008

Mr. Burns USB Webcam

January 31st, 2008 · No Comments

This Simpsons inspired webcam comes in the shape of Charles Montgomery Burns himself, the owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. A high-quality webcam shaped like Monty Burns at his desk includes a large clip that allows it to be attached to your flat-panel monitor or laptop screen.Features:30 fps @ 640 x 480 with built-in […]

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Tags: Gadgets · Camera · Accessories

Motorola to leave handset market?

January 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Motorola may leave the handset market, said Richard Windsor, an analyst with Nomura International. Probably, the company will concentrate on becoming an “enterprise and government” company. Reportedly, the recent rumors suggest that Chinese vendors are about to acquire the company, but the deal is unlikely to be completed. Richard Windsor added if any of those […]

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Tags: Motorola · In The News

First LiMo-Based Mobile Linux Platform Arrives from Azingo

January 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Today Azingo announced the immediate availability of Azingo Mobile, an entire suite of open source mobile software and services that is based on LiMo Foundation Linux specifications. The platform was designed to enable hardware manufacturers and network operators to quickly customize services and bring phones with the latest technology to market quicker. It is supported […]

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Tags: Linux

PSP 3.90 firmware update with Skype available

January 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Oh yes, Skype for your PSP-2000 (aka, PSP Slim & Lite) series is now a reality. At least outside of Japan. It’s only available via network update at the moment and adds expanded support for PLAYSTATION Network titles. You do have your $20 PSP Headset right? Good, so what are you waiting for punk, get […]

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Tags: Internet · Portable Gaming · Software · Gadgets · Portable Video · Portable Audio

TEAC unveils in-ear balanced armature headphones

January 30th, 2008 · No Comments

TEAC recently unveiled the inCore Audio ZE-1000 headphones that use high-definition drivers to provide rich and lifelike sound. TEAC claims the headphones provide a full range of audio, and provide superior sound isolation due to a five-layer cushion around the driver. The speakers use a balanced armature, which reportedly gives natural dynamics to sound, and […]

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Tags: Headset · Gadgets · Accessories

Gemei Drops the X100 PMP

January 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Gemei’s new “United States” series model is a shiny piece of media-playing slimness. Sure it looks rather like an LG Shine in all its metallic glory, but imitating LG’s Chocolate II hasn’t exactly been bad for Chinese MP4 players. Looking at the X100 on profile on the left of the picture, this one has got […]

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Tags: Cellphones · Portable Audio

KDDI Boosts Infrared Transfer Speeds

January 30th, 2008 · No Comments

KDDI’s research lab has improved infrared transfer speeds from a theoretical limit of 4 Mbps to 1 Gbps. The gains were achieved by using a new kind of semi-conductor laser that can “blink” faster than the existing LED systems. This faster laser is paired with a larger piece of non-volatile memory so data is not […]

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Tags: Technology · In The News · Data

Nokia Location Tagger: link coordinates to the picture

January 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Nokia Beta Labs has posted Nokia Location Tagger application for S60 3rd edition smartphones. It automatically links location data to the That is the application automatically saves GPS-coordinates to an EXIF-file of a photo taken by the smartphone camera. Then you can tag the photo to the map. Nokia Location Tagger was tested with Nokia […]

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Tags: Software · GPS · Smartphone · Nokia

Hitachi W61H Gets E-Ink Display

January 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Now this is definitely one cell phone that all customization lovers would love to grab a hold of. The Hitachi W61H clamshell handset that will be made available this spring from KDDI features a black and white 2.7″ e-ink display known as “Silhouette screen” on the front, featuring 95 pre-installed graphic patterns where the user […]

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Tags: Hitachi · Cellphones

Sprint Offers Firmware Upgrade for LG Rumor

January 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Today Sprint released a firmware upgrade for the LG Rumor. The free upgrade is available both over the air, and at Sprint retail stores. The software will update the text messaging application and overall user interface. To upgrade over the air, simply go into the menu, settings and tools folders to the firmware update application. […]

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Tags: Software · Sprint Nextel · Smartphone · Rumor · LG Mobile Phone