OnStar is a GM product that is offered on most of the vehicles the automotive giant sells and dials for help automatically in the event of an accident and it can provide GPS assistance to drivers. Drivers who don’t own an OnStar equipped vehicle can now get similar service with the addition of a hands free Bluetooth device to their car.
Nokia’s N900 isn’t the only touchscreen device to make its official debut at Nokia World; the company has also announced the capacitive touchscreen X6, a media-centric device. With a 3.2-inch display and S60 5th edition, as on the Nokia 5800, together with triband WCDMA (850/1900/2100).
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Parrot have announced their latest head-unit, the iPhone-compatible RKi8400, which eschews a dull old CD player for Bluetooth A2DP streaming, an SD card slot, iPod/iPhone connectivity, USB PMP support and standard line-in ports. It also works as a Bluetooth hands-free kit, with the Parrot RKi8400 having a 2.4-inch color LCD display text-to-speech support and a 7-band equalizer.
Hardly a week goes by without a new Android concept design showing up, and today’s promises to bring decent gaming to the table. Based on the same 600MHz Samsung S5PC100 ARM Cortex A8 processor as the iPhone 3GS, the ODROID from Hardkernel also packs a 3.5-inch 320 x 480 capacitive touchscreen, a 720p-capable HDMI output and WiFi b/g.
Only yesterday we were picking through specifications of the Canon EOS 7D, crossing our fingers that the new DSLR would drop sooner rather than later. Now Canon have made their latest digital camera official, and as expected it’s an 18-megapixel monster complete with 8fps continuous shooting, the company’s latest APS-C CMOS sensor, and Full HD 1080p video capture at 24p, 25p or 30p.
And by everyone, we mean it. Considering the way the government is cracking down on cell phone usage while driving, and especially texting, handsfree devices need to improve so that people will want to use them. And while many people might not want to wear those earpieces, or have their phone’s speakerphone on all the time, Scosche has the answer for you: a Bluetooth speakerphone that attaches to your windshield, so that the solar panel on the back can keep your battery fully charged all day long.
If only this were a desktop microwave-cum-coffee-machine, ideal for topping up your caffeine levels and heating up your harried lunches, but sadly it’s just Iomega’s latest NAS. The Iomega StorCenter ix4-200d squeezes four SATA-II 3.5-inch drive bays into a reasonably compact footprint, promising RAID 5, 10 or JBOD setups and up to 8TB of standard storage.
Archos’ upcoming Android MID has been prematurely outed by the FCC, ahead of its expected launch on September 15th. The Archos A5S (model 7501) Internet Media Tablet – a second, sibling device, the A5H (model 7502) was also mentioned in the user guide – bears a strong resemblance to the company’s existing Archos 5, has a 5-inch (or possibly 4.8-inch) touchscreen display and includes WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and an FM transmitter/receiver.
LG hasn’t always been known of releasing strange looking phones, but chalk it up to the BL40 to take that prize, and wear the belt proudly. There is something to gain from having an elongated screen, sure, like watching videos on your new-fangled device, but we can’t help but wonder about every day use. And it looks like the guys over at Mobile Review are feeling the same way, after having some time to play around with it and take a plethora of snapshots.
Pricing for Nokia’s Booklet 3G is so far unconfirmed by the Finnish company themselves, but according to sources speaking to NetbookNews it’s likely to be a $799 device. As for the specific Atom processor Nokia are using, that’s tipped to be the Z530, a 1.6GHz chip with 512MB cache and a 533MHz FSB, likely putting it on a rough par with today’s Atom N270 netbooks.
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