PSP went on diet and gets more popular in Japan as it passes 1 million unit sales within two months. The slimeline PSP went on sale in Japan on 20th of September and according to Sony, it managed to sell 500,000 units within the first two weeks. Sony sheds 19 percent of the slim PSP thickness and 33 percent of its weight. Despite its slim down, the PSP gains more features such as a video-out port. However, Sony still behind Nintendo in handheld console wars as Nintendo’s DS Lite stays ahead in the game.
PSP 'Lite' passes 1m sales mark in Japan [via reghardware]
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Sony’s Slim PSP sold over one million unit since its launch in September
USBConnect 881 for HSUPA network from AT&T
AT&T unveiled its new mobile broadband adapter called USBConnect 881. The USB adapter is made by Sierra Wireless and compatible with Windows and OSX. AT&T stated the device would connect to their HSUPA network and resulting in faster data transfer ranging from 600kbps to 1.4Mbps and upload speed of 500kbps to 800kbps.
The USBConnect 881 is also backwards compatible with AT&T’s slower HSDPA network and quad-band EDGE or GPRS when there are no 3G coverage.
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iPhone 1.1.2 firmware released – Jailbreak no longer works
The 160MB firmware update brings few minor changes to the iPhone handset itself; the update includes patches for the TIFF exploit, languages setting, and international keyboard. Oh did I mention Jailbreak is not working anymore? So if you are still attached to those third party applications, don’t upgrade yet.
Apple release 1.1.2 update: little feature churn, Jailbreak broken [via myitablet]
Sony releases PS3 firmware version 2.0
Sony posted the latest PS3 firmware update; version 2.0. The new firmware includes a new function called “Remote Start” that was build on Remote Play – a feature that gives PS3 owners the ability to stream content from their PS3 to a PSP using the PSP as a remote to the console when a PSP is within the wireless hotspot range.
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Steve Jobs officially said YES to 3rd Party SDK for iPhone
Steve Jobs has posted an open letter saying that Apple will be making 3rd party SDK for iPhone and iPod Touch available to application developers. The upcoming SDK will use a digital signature system, that means the development might not be open to everyone (selected developers only) according to MacRumors.
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Sony Ericsson K630 features turbo 3G and MS Exchange
Sony Ericsson announces the K630 phone; it is available in Havana Gold and Quick Black. The phone supports turbo 3G (HSDPA) and delivers PC-;ole web surfing experience.
The K630 is preloaded with Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and RSS feed reader. It sports 2.0 megapixel camera. The phone comes with 256MB of Memory Stick Micro (M2) and supports up to 4GB.
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Firefox for your mobile phone – renders full web
Tired of “mobile version” of the web on your phone? Get an iPhone and you will enjoy full web on Safari – at least for now. The people at Mozilla has decided to work on a full fledge browser for mobile phone.
The new mobile browser will be able to render full web pages instead of “mobile version” or WAP version. Mobile Firefox will not be available until next year according to TechCrunch.
FireFox mobile will definitely gives the mobile browser market a different perspective on how web pages should render on mobile phone - following Safari's lead of course.
Wi-Fi Detector Shirt
Want to be a walking Wi-Fi detector? Get the Wi-Fi Detector Shirt and wear them when you are in town. The shirt has a signal waves design on it that will glow according to the signal strength of the wireless network.
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Viewsonic introduced four new value LCDs
Viewsonic has added four new LCD monitors to its product portfolio. The first three are widescreen display modeled VA1926w (19"), VA2026w(20"), and the VA2226w (22", 21.6" viewable), while the VA926 (19") monitor is a 4:3 format display.
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InfoBar 2 by Sanyo – No longer a concept phone
It was originally announced as a concept phone in October 2006, the INFOBAR 2 mobile phone has finally being commercialized by KDDI amd continue its simple style from the first version which was released in 2005.
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AMD launched Radeon HD 2900 Pro
AMD introduces its new Radeon HD 2900 pro graphic card today, a mainstream version of 2900 XT. The ATI Radeon HD 2900 Pro is clocked at 600Mhz with 512MB of GDDR3 memory that runs at 800Mhz.
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Samsung WEP500 Bluetooth Headset is now available
Samsung Telecommunications America announces the availability Samsung's ultra slim, circular designed WEP500 Bluetooth headset. At a mere 7.7mm thick and comparable to the size of a quarter, the WEP500 is one of the smallest headsets available today and hosts the latest Bluetooth technology.
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