Month: September 2009
LG to unveil 13 Windows Mobile phones
LG has confirmed that it is still very keen on Windows Mobile and will release no fewer than 13 new Microsoft powered smart phones over the next 16 months. The first three will be unveiled in the next few weeks.
LG confirms GW620 (Etna) Android phone
Oddly LG hasn't mentioned any specs for the phone, but if it is the same as the leak, and the leakers have been bang on so far, it will have Bluetooth and a five mega pixel camera.
Acer revs up Ferrari One laptop
Of course all that the PC has in common with the car is its dancing horse logo and red livery, but don't let that put you off. Under the hood it has a dual-core AMD Athlon X2 L310 1.2GHz CPU and 2GB of 800MHz DDR 2 memory, a 250 Gig hard drive and an ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics processor.
Philips uWand spells out future for remotes
Demonstrated at IBC recently was Philips’ wonderfully named uWand. Unfortunately nothing to do with Harry Potter, it apparently enables you to sit on a sofa and interact with screen menus and objects as if you are actually touching them.
The uWand 3D pointer features a small infrared camera embedded in the handheld device which gives uWand ‘remote touch’ capabilities so you can navigate on-screen applications by pointing, clicking and using fluid 3D gestures.
BBC's Tomorrow's World archive now online
rrow’s World online. For anyone born after 1990, or who lives outside the UK, Tomorrow’s World was an early evening show in which the presenters paraded a range of gadgets and innovations that they predicted were going to change the way in which we lived our lives.
The week Android took the mobile world by storm
Of course there are many reasons why the market has been impressed with Google this week but chief among them is the way that the Android phone operating system is shaping up to be a real player in the mobile world.
Another Android phone – now INQ goes Google
'We can beat Nokia and Sony Ericsson and Motorola at this … we're small, we're nimble, and we're fast,' he added.
Facebook introduces Twitter style @ reply facility in status updates
What is smart though is that when you put in an @ symbol in your Facebook status update a drop-down menu will appear that allows you to choose from your list of friends and other connections, including groups, events, applications and Pages.
Retro Friday – Keith Monks 60s style record cleaner the RUBY
Looks cool, keeps your vinyl pristine
Why was the Apple launch so pants? The top 8 conspiracy theories
I thought it was underwhelming, the US financial community declared it pants and pulled a few % off Apple shares to show its displeasure and even the fan boys had trouble getting excited.
Yep, Apple's Rock and Roll, event on Wednesday turned out to be a as fluffy as a cotton wool factory.
