It looks like we’re getting closer to having that wire-free life we’ve all been longing for, you know, for as long as we’ve been plugging in stuff. We’ve already seen the Touchstone from Palm, that utilized inductive charging to give the Palm Pre some new life, but it’s something sacrifices speed for convenience. So we’ve all been hoping for something that fits the standard, and not so much the exception. According to the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC), we’re getting there.
Are you tired of having a clock that shows numbers? Or looks like a clock at all? Then it’s time you moved up the evolutionary chain, and grabbed yourself a Clockman. These little guys are based in Japan, but surely would love to jump across the pond and find their way to your bedside desk, so it’s the first thing you see every morning. If you can stand colorful things that talk to you, Clockman is waiting for you.
The media portion of the upcoming Zune HD is something of considerable consideration recently, as many people are wondering if the upcoming PMP will strive to defeat the iPod Touch, or even start a fight with it. And, as we’ve seen recently, Microsoft seems pretty determined to get the ball rolling on developers working with their peripheral. But, one question that hadn’t been pressed much, was how the future games of the Zune HD could be developed and implemented.
Verizon Wireless is on the road to improvement, especially in the network department. They’ve announced today that they’ve just completed the first initial tests for LTE. Utilizing end-to-end data calls, they are approximate calculations of real world usage. The initial tests in Seattle actually occured back on July 15, but in Boston it went down today. This kept with Verizon’s initial estimations of testing on the 700MHz spectrum.
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Today's full of announcements, and the next one comes straight from PowerTraveller Ltd, which has just launched the minigorilla, a portable charger for netbooks and other mobile products that will give users up to six hours of extra power on their device.
Plastic Logic announced today that Olive Software will be a key service provider and partner for the Plastic Logic Publishers Program. Together, they plan on developing content publishing solutions that enable major newspapers, magazines, web content, and other publishers to simply and efficiently optimize and distribute their content for the company’s forthcoming eReader. The Plastic Logic Reader is designed specifically for mobile business professionals, and is due in the market in early 2010.
Let’s be blunt: iLuv’s portable USB adapters aren’t the first we’ve seen, and nor are they the handsomest, but they are at least relatively cheap. The iLuv iAD116 – which has one USB port – and the iLuv iAD117 – which has three – each have folding mains pins and come in at under $20 each.
Since the Zune HD’s 480 x 272 OLED display isn’t actually high-enough resolution to display the 720p video the PMP is capable of, we’ve been waiting to see how much Microsoft charge for their official Zune HD AV Dock. That accessory – and the rest of of the Zune HD peripheral range – have finally been added to the Microsoft Store for preorder along with the touchscreen PMP itself.
Sometimes we need a break from the daily grind, and what better way to do that then to take a look at some completely insane news from around the world? What we have here is a man who really, really loves his Gundam and it seems he took the whole “do anything for you” thing a bit too far.
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