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128GB iPod touch 5th-gen prototype with touch-home leaks?

, Apr 5th 2011 Discuss [14]

What could well be the first Apple iOS device to ditch the physical home button and replace it with a capacitive key looks to have leaked. Images of what's tipped to be the fifth-gen iPod touch have been sent to CrunchGear, complete with 128GB of internal storage and both front and back cameras. Read The Full Story

Toshiba Resistive Multi-touch from Embedded World

, Mar 23rd 2011 Discuss [1]

By now we're all used to multi touch capacitive displays where the slightest brush of our fingers can zoom and pan the application. At Embedded World in Nuremburg, Toshiba showed off their prototype of a Resistive Multi-touch display using an ARM Cortex-M3 micro-controller. Most people don't have any problems with just using a capacitive screen, but in industrial and medical applications it's often necessary for the users to wear gloves, negating the benefit of capacitive screens. Resistive screens are also much less expensive than their same-sized capacitive counterparts, and are often more durable. Toshiba will have the ability to market this technology to touchscreen markets from ATM's to Point of Sale registers and beyond. Read The Full Story

Samsung 55-inch glasses-free 3D HDTV could hit market in 3 years

, Mar 17th 2011 Discuss [3]

Samsung has demonstrated a 55-inch glasses-free 3D HDTV prototype which, the company claims, could be commercially ready in just three years time. Shown at FPD China 2011 this week, Tech-On reports, the display actually uses two LCD panels: one for the actual picture, and another, overlaid on top, the optical refraction index of which can be changed to flip between 2D and 3D modes. Read The Full Story

Samsung’s Galaxy S II gets glowing prototype preview [Video]

, Mar 10th 2011 Discuss [1]

Samsung's Galaxy S II may have been soundly teased before its MWC 2011 debut, but it's still one of the dual-core Android smartphones we're most interested in from the show. mobile-review has managed to acquire a prototype Galaxy S II, and has wasted no time in putting it through its paces in a preview. Video demos after the cut Read The Full Story

64GB iPhone 4 prototype caught on video

, Mar 9th 2011 Discuss [4]

A 64GB iPhone 4 prototype has apparently been spotted in Hong Kong, suggesting Apple is at least considering - or has considered - versions of the fourth-gen smartphone with greater capacity. Currently only 16GB and 32GB versions of the iPhone 4 are on sale; however, MIC Gadget found a grey market vendor who claims a "small quantity" of 64GB devices leaked from Foxconn's Shenzhen facility. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

HTC Flyer palm-rejection wins tableteer approval [Video]

, Mar 4th 2011 Discuss [9]

As the tablet ecosystem hurriedly juggles to face the new iPad 2 threat, attention turns to slates with differentiating features to see if they've got what's needed to stand their own against the Apple juggernaut. The HTC Flyer's stylus input option may not have met with universal approval at its MWC 2011 launch, but it looks like those keen on digital inking may well have a solid experience with the 7-incher. Carrypad tested out one of the most important features, palm-rejection, to see if the Flyer could hold up to proper pen use. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Olympus single-shot HDR camera in development tips insider

, Mar 4th 2011 Discuss [1]

Olympus is reportedly working on a new camera with single shot HDR capabilities, able to create a high dynamic range image from a single frame. Most conventional HDR systems - such as that on the iPhone 4 for example - combine at least three frames of varying exposures to form a single picture with extra detail in both brighter and darker areas. However, according to 43 Rumors' source, Olympus is developing an in-camera HDR system that can do it with just one original frame to work from. Read The Full Story

Fraunhofer bi-directional OLED prototype incoming: Display & Camera in one [Video]

, Mar 3rd 2011 Discuss [0]

We first covered the Fraunhofer Institute's bi-directional OLED display technology - which basically combines a display with a camera - all the way back in 2009; now the R&D company is bringing its latest prototype out to play. Set to show at the Smart Systems Integration 2011 expo later this month, the current model consists of a 0.6-inch 320 x 240 AMOLED panel with an integrated 160 x 120 CMOS camera. Update: Video after the cut Read The Full Story

Sony translucent mirror DSLR prototype gets covetable casing

, Feb 9th 2011 Discuss [0]

Sony has been showing off a new translucent mirror DSLR camera prototype in Japan this week, borrowing the same technology from the A33 and A55 cameras announced last year, and capable of live image previews and auto-focus in both still and video modes. Impress snapped some shots of the prototype, which is clad in a suitably transparent plastic shell. Read The Full Story

Intel Medfield smartphone prototype gets brief preview

, Jan 31st 2011 Discuss [5]

Squint, or you'll miss it. The tiny slab of shininess clutched in the hands of Anand Chandrasekher, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Ultra Mobility Group, is apparently a Medfield based smartphone that, according to the Maemo forums, was shown off at an Intel sales conference last week. Read The Full Story

Double USB – It goes both ways

, Jan 27th 2011 Discuss [1]

Inserting a USB connector is generally a fairly simple task. But there's always that little pesky split second you spend checking which side is on top. Now considering how many devices these days rely on us plugging and unplugging their USB connectors, we are possibly wasting loads of time each day. This problem may now be solved should the Double USB design from Yanko be adopted as a standard. Read The Full Story

Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play gets pre-release preview [Video]

, Jan 26th 2011 Discuss [45]

Sony Ericsson's MWC 2011 announcements keep getting chipped away; first the Hallon got an in-depth preview, and now it's the turn of the XPERIA Play to get the same. A PlayStation Phone prototype turned up at Engadget and they did the only sensible thing and put it through its paces, coming away reasonable impressed with what functionality is working so far. Read The Full Story
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