Month: May 2011
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Phone Oximeter Saves Life
The University of British Columbias Electrical & Computer Engineering in Medicine Team managed to bring its Phone Oximeter to our attention, a handy little device for monitoring vitals outside a hospital setting. The meter hooks up to a smartphone iPhone for trials (works with Androids, Windows and Others) displaying wearers blood oxygen level and heart…
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Garmins Montana GPS Rugged And Versatile
Montana, the GPS-makers new handheld series, offers three models, includes tow built-in with 5MP camera. The base model Montana 600 includes a 3-axis compass and 4-inch sunlight readable touchscreen display for $550, while the Montana 650 features a camera and costs $630 and Montana 650t pairs that camera with pre-loaded topographic maps costs $700. All…
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Fujitsu To Launch 7-inch Android Tablet
Fujitsu is now gearing up to release its 7-inch Android tablet. According to DigiTimes, Fujitsus forthcoming slab is scheduled to hit the market during third quarter of this year. It will run on Android 3.1 Honeycomb. It is also unclear that the tablet will sport a same stylus support and a keyboard that its Windows…
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Sony Tells Developers PlayStation Store Will Return On May 24th
We just told you about the Welcome Back package from Sony, now our first indication of when the PlayStation Store will finally return to PS3 and PSP users. According to memo reportedly sent by Sony to its publishing partners and obtained by Gamasutra, the store is set to return on May 24th. They bring it…
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HTC Trophy Launch On Verizon May 26th
HTC Trophy arrives on Verizon wireless, finally got the official announcement that it will be launched on May 26th. It runs on Windows Phone 7, and features 3.8-inch WVGA display, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 16GB on-board storage, costs $149.99 on contract. For more details read the press release.
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Mophie Juice Pack Plus Charging Case For iPhone
Verizon iPhone users are looking for Mophie battery boost had some options lugging around PowerStation plug-in, setting for measly 1500mAh battery, slipping into Juice Pack Plus. Now Mophie Juice Pack Plus announces its own 2000mAh battery and its compatible with both carriers, giving users up to eight more hours of 3G talk time and few…
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VIERA Connect For Connecting Withings Body Scale And Panasonic TV
Withings Wi-Fi Body Scale only to be dismayed by its inability to display your weight on your living room TV? The Company has just announced that a Withing app is now available for Panasonic VIERA Connect-enabled TVs; access your complete health dashboard from comfort of your crouch or recliner as the case may be. For…
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Sony SmartAR Delivers High Speed Augmented Reality
Sonys augmented reality is been slowly losing its appeal given its sometimes laggy and unreliable performance most implementations required a weird marker to be in clear sight and graphics rendering speed on your handheld device. Sonys SmartAR announcement came along and said the technology took us by surprise with its super slick responsiveness, and marker…
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NXP And Choda Teach Cars Communicate With 802.11p
The first standardized and hardware platform for peer-to-peer automobile communication called C2X, the module inside is the product of Choda Wireless and near-field communications at NXP, and it uses 802.11 Wi-Fi to let equipped cars see another around blind corners, through other vehicles, chat with traffic signals up to a mile away. Pocket-lint got a…
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Motorola Droid X2 Launched Online Today, In Stores May 26th At $200
The Droid X2 makes the official announcement yesterday, the 4.3-inch Android2.2 can be upgraded to 2.3 smartphone with a qHD screen resolution and dual-core 1GHz processor, 8MP camera with auto-focus and HD video recording, it will cost $200 on contract and will be available to buy online from today and will hit the stores on…
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Samsung Electrowetting Displays At SID 2011, Coming To Consumers This Year
Samsung entices with its electrowetting displays at SID 2011. There was a monochrome model that operates at low frequencies to cut down on current consumption. According to Mirasols tech, electrowetting has ways to go to match the image quality of IMOD. They said that its reflective screens can be constructed with minimal mods to existing…
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D-Wave One First Commercial Quantum Computer
D-Wave One is the first commercially available quantum computer, its 128-qubit processor can only handle very specific tasks and is easily outperformed by traditional CPUs, it represents a revolution in the field of supercomputing. D-Wave scale up to thousands or tens-of- thousands of qubits, complex number theory problems, and cryptographic systems can crumble before the…
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Boxee Box Update Fixes Surround Sound Problems
The recent Boxee Box1.1 update fixes the surround sound problems, brings back volume control. The company has completed the work on the fix and released the version v1.1.1 update. Users of the Box can now matrix stereo audio sources through their surround sound setup again and if you prefer volume control to be on, its…
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Fujitsu LifeBook T901 Tablet PC Now On Sale In US At $1899
The Fujitsus LifeBook tablet PC hits in US for the cost of $1899. It features Intel Core i5-2520M Processor, 13.3-inch, 1280*768 LCD supports NVIDIAs Optimus Graphics, display also got active digitizer, for that you have to pay an additional $100 for dual digitizer that enables five finger capacitive multi-touch. For extra life, there is a…
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RecognizeMe Unlocks Jailbroken iPhone Using Your Face
A facial recognition unlock tool RecognizeMe uses the front facing camera in your iPhone4 and iPad2 to unlock the user of the phone.
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Garmin nuLink! 2390 Torn Apart By FCC
Garmin announced the high-end GPS navigator, the nuLink! 2390. It was Europe only affair, leaving American consumers wondering why the company was giving us the cold shoulder. We now spotted the unnamed 4.3-inch Garmin making its way through FCC. The newest nuLink!-enabled device is even showing its face in companys US website. It is not…
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ASUS Eee Pad Transformer And Acer Iconia Tab A500 Getting Android 3.1 In June
Motorola was the first one for getting the update of Android 3.1 after releasing it by Google. Now Acer and ASUS are following the suit with plans to freshen up their tablets. To recap the Android 3.1 benefits includes resizable widgets, support for USB peripherals, new Movies and Book Apps, and some other perks. Acer…
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KDDI Announces Android-Based INFOBAR A01 Smartphone
KDDIs just announced INFOBAR A01, hits the country by July. It runs Android 2.3, completely custom UI designed by Yugo Nakamura that follows similar glanceable design principles to Windows phone 7, KDDI describes it as a single band of information. It boasts 3.7-inch qHD display, 8MP camera, 1seg TV tuner, dual-mode GSM/CDMA connectivity; it got…