Entries by Vincent Nguyen
Google have announced their rival to Apple’s App Store, the Android Market. Intended to allow users of Android-based devices - whether cellphones or otherwise - to download new apps and other software directly to the handset, Google have confirmed that a beta version of the service will be present on the first commercially available Android [...]
NZXT have taken the wraps off of their latest E-ATX PC case, which pretty much sets its stall out by its name: Whisper. Claiming it “sets a new standard for silent computing performance”, NZXT have outfitted the Whisper with nine HDD bays and a variety of padding and rubberized mounts to reduce escaping noise.
Lexar has rolled out a pair of 16GB USB flash drives in its JumpDrive range, the FireFly and Secure II Plus. The FireFly is the more basic of the two, with a simple blue LED indicator to show drive activity and red colored casing. The Secure II, meanwhile, has a built-in capacity meter indicating how [...]
Navigon have announced their latest GPS, the 7200T, with real-time Clear Channel Total Traffic updates (and a lifetime subscription), “Reality View Pro”, which instantly creates on-screen lane and sign information to guide you through intersections, and “Landmark View 3D”, which displays 3D landmarks across the US and Canada. The 7200T also accepts voice entry destination [...]
The S740 smartphone is a distant cousin of the HTC Diamond, featuring a similar sleek front and faceted back along with a similar feature set. Unlike the Diamond, the S740 does not sport a touchscreen and powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard.
Talk Bluetooth headsets and the two key names in the business are BlueAnt and Aliph. The two companies take it in turns to hold the top-spot, each trying to outdo the other with noise reduction, added features and general audio quality. For the past few months, Aliph have arguably ruled the roost with their Jawbone [...]
Intel have been holding their annual Developers’ Forum in San Francisco this week, and quite a few prototypes and commercial products have come out to play. Of the former, most exciting seems to be the UrbanMax Tablet PC concept; of the latter, Viliv’s S5 MID and S7 UMPC both promise to crank the netbook market [...]
Palm finally came clean on the Treo Pro smartphone this week, after a variety of leaks and PR blunders tipped customers and media alike to the handset’s existence. Running Windows Mobile 6.1, Palm describe the Treo Pro as “innovative and elegant” and are quick to cash in on the company heritage. Strip away [...]
Early this morning, Palm released two official press photos of the Treo Pro along with a short video of the handset in action. The company didn’t reveal a whole lot of information other than the following: the Treo Pro smartphone features a one-touch Wi-Fi button, GPS, runs the Windows Mobile 6.1 OS and has a [...]
Word is out that T-Mobile looks likely to be the only network on which you’ll be able to buy an Android-based handset in 2008. The HTC Dream, understood to be called the T-Mobile G1, will likely be the first of many ‘G’-type smartphones running Android. Even before the initial platform announcement, Google was being asked [...]
