Author: Katherine Hannaford
First official photo of the touch-screen BlackBerry Thunder
The first official picture of the touch-screen BlackBerry Thunder has appeared online, and it’s rather interesting to note that it’s not unlike the design Boy Genius Report mocked-up a month ago. It’s almost as if they knew…
The picture above from BGR helpfully shows what each button will control on RIM’s first touch-screen device, and that it’ll be available…
Shiny Video Review: Plantronics Discovery 925 Bluetooth headset
Admittedly Bluetooth headsets aren’t the most thrilling of products to review, so we made a good call getting Zara to do the video for it. I think I could watch her reviewing toast and still be entertained!
The headset features an improved antenna and microphone due to the extended shape, plus has DPS technology for noise cancellation and voice clarification. Out…
Leaked images of iPhone 2 show it's 3G, has video-chat and a Product (Red) version too
You know you have nerdlinger friends when someone texts you at 8.15 on a Saturday morning, alerting you to leaked iPhone photos. And you know you too are a nerdlinger when you get out of bed, grab your laptop, and actually write about them, even though you’d normally be asleep for hours longer. Thanks for the ruined beauty sleep, Jason!
Still, it’s news that even I can get excited about – leaked iPhone 2 photos which actually look like the real thing. There’s a second camera located on the front for video-calling (or iChat AV as it’s been dubbed), and it appears to come in two colourways – black, and red, just like the Product (Red) iPods that raised money for fighting AIDS. And yes, it IS 3G enabled…
Australian resellers claim they received suspicious boxes from Apple – 3G iPhones?
Australia hasn’t even had the luxury of selling a legal iPhone yet, but already there are rumours they’ve just received the 3G model, due to some resellers showing photos of mysterious Apple boxes they aren’t allowed to touch until after the WWDC expo next week.
The date in which they can open them is June 10th, next Tuesday – just a day after Steve Jobs is expected to announce the phone. Now, I’m sure some sneaky store-workers have already prised the lids off a box already, so all we can do is sit back and wait for the rumours to swell over the weekend. Or, for dozens of reported injuries by Australian sneaks who got burnt with Apple’s idea of a practical joke….
Qik allows Window Mobile users to live-stream video from handsets
I’ve never used Qik before, but know from many of my Twitter contacts that the mobile video streaming service is hugely popular, particularly with heavyweights such as Michael Arrington, Loic Le Meur, and Kevin Rose.
The reason I’ve never used it before is because until today, it’s been limited to a select few S60 handsets, and not Windows Mobile-enabled phones, like I use. However the company has launched a limited Alpha test for Samsung Blackjack and Motorola Q phones, and will hopefully roll the…
Sennheiser helps poor iPhone users with the compatible MM 50 headphones
Apple really screwed with a lot of their customers by putting a recessed headphone jack on it instead of the usual 3.5mm jack – I can imagine they alienated a lot of the early adopters who’d bought expensive headphones for previous iPods, only to discover they couldn’t actually use them with their new phone.
Sure, you can get adapters, but that’s just something else to cart around with you. Sennheiser has listened to the cries of iPhone users, and just announced the MM 50 ‘phones, part of their CX range, which are iPhone-suitable. In addition to listening to music, you can also receive…
Listen to tangle-free music with the Music And Sons headphone-jack t-shirt
Gym-goers should appreciate this product, a graphic t-shirt which has an inbuilt pocket with headphone jack, where you can pop your MP3 player.
The headphones hook in at the collar, which means those 45-minute sessions (ok, 4 minute sessions, I know you too well) on the cross-trainer won’t actually half-garrote you like they currently do.
Keeping your blood supply firmly in your neck’s veins does come at a price though – $70, I’m afraid, gym-goers…
Kickflip your old Sidekick away, and get the Tony Hawk LX Sidekick instead
As suspected yesterday, Sidekick has formally introduced the Tony Hawk LX to all the Vans shoes-bedeckled Lagwagon fans hungry for a video-tastic semi-smartphone.
By way of T-Mobile, we now know that the LX will have a ‘grip tape-like’ texture on the back, plus eight screws, resembling a skateboard. It will ship with exclusive videos of Hawk skateboarding, plus various wallpapers and sounds. As with all Sidekicks, the full QWERTY keypad will enable easy IM and emailing, and the music player will support MP3 and AAC files, however the LX will be the first…
Shiny Video Review Exclusive: Acer Aspire One sub-notebook
Dan and I were the first people in the world yesterday to get hold of the Aspire One sub-notebook, which was announced on Tuesday. We used it for the majority of the day, and were deeply impressed with how ‘grown-up’ it was in comparison to the Eee.
Check it out in the video above, and if you’d like to get your fingerprints all over that glossy exterior, you’ll have to save up £199 for the Linux version, or £299 for the Windows XP version, which both launch in July….
Your music will sound louder with the 'Speak-er' speech bubble speaker
Got something to shout out, and your normal rectangle-shaped speaker just won’t cut it? A designer, Sherwood Forlee, has whacked up this humorous speech bubble-shaped unit for that very purpose.
Putting the ‘speak’ into speakers, it’s called the Speak-er, and sadly is – as everything awesome – just a concept for now….
