Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
The Info SD card will be showing at CES in 2007 which is just a couple of months away. The card is made by A-Data and features a unique display which shows how much space is available on the card. It’s a bi-state display technology which requires no extra power to work.
Via: UberGizmo
Helio Drift is a new phone which has just gone official. The phone looks cool and has some great features such as built in GPS and Google Maps also. The GPS and Google maps when used together can do a cool thing. You can set your phone to be a beacon via the Buddy Beacon and if a friend has the same phone you will be able to see each other on the map. This kind of reminds me of Sony’s GPS sat nav system where you could see all other Sony sat nav users on the road with you. The main problem is that not many will have this phone to start with. For this concept.. or idea to go anywhere then this technology will need to be taken onboard by other mobile phone creators.
The phone has a 2.12 inch screen, Bluetooth, 128Mb of memory, a MicroSD slow and the camera is 2 megapixel. Out of contract it will set you back 225 dollars which is not a bad price point at all.
Via: Gizmodo
The Turn Table PC is a concept laptop that could very well hit the market in the next couple of years. It has a touch sensative panel on the cover of the laptop to allow you to playback and control music being played on the laptop. The laptop has 5.1 channel surround sound although that is virtual.
Via: OhGizmo
A new Linux Smartphone is on it’s way called the FIC-GTA001. The phone is going to be released along with an SDK which will then allow users to create their own programs and functions for the phone.
The FIC-GTA001 has a 2.8 inch VGA screen, USB file sharing, multi touch sensor recognition, GSM, GPS, 128Mb RAM which a Samsung ARM9 processor. It will also play MP3’s.
Multi Touch
Multi touch technology gives the user the option of touching the screen with 2 fingers which will help with a bunch of tasks.
Giving the SDK along with the phone makes this an interesting step. I can see a lot of developers jumping on this concept to create their own software to power their new phone and then share it with the world.
Via: Gizmodo
SHOJI or Symbiotic Hosting Online Jog Instrument comes form the people of Tokyo University. According to the creators it can sense the mood of a room via various means such as temperature, humidity, infrared, ultrasonic waves and movement of people to name a few. It will then process all this information real time and adjust the colours of the lamp accordingly. If you find your self angry then the lamp should change red. Other colours are blue for sadness, yellow for happiness and green for peace.
It is expected to sell for around 3000 dollars when it arrives next year.
Via: Engadget
Iris recognition will be hitting your mobile phone soon. Oki Electric have announced that they are releasing Iris Recognition which will be a software app which can install on to compatible phones. The phone can then not be used unless the correct eye is captured by the camera on the phone. With living in an age of carrying important information in our pocket, it stands to reason that we want a quick, yet secure way of securing our data. Iris scanning is reliable and can help combat the problems posed if information is lost on your phone.
Via: OhGizmo
The new Sony Vaio wireless mouse looks rather odd although it could be a mouse that grows on you as you use it more. The VGP-BMS30 is wireless working with Bluetooth technology.
Via: Fosfor
Samsung have launched an interesting phone/pda/umpc. The SPH-P9000 aims to be all 3 in one with a unique unfolding keyboard and screen as can be seen above. It has a 1 Ghz CPU, 256 Mb RAM and a nice sized 5″ TFT screen.
Along with the nice specs it has CDMA EVDO, WiMAX and a 1.3 megapixel camera. Multi functional devices are needed more and more. With needs such as a cell phone, PDA, GPS, MP3 player and moving on to using devices to pay for hotel’s etc… there is going to be a HUGE demand to throw everything in to 1. The Samsung shows one way that this can be done and they have done it with some style too. More pics are over at akihabaranews
Via: TechEBlog
The Zune is almost here. Microsoft are releasing it on the 14th November in the US. The latest version is brown in colour and by looking at the picture it is kind of growing as GearDiary mentioned. The Zune crams in 30Gb, Zune to Zune music sharing via Wifi, a bright 3″ LCD screen.
The PSP has been cloned. The new V191 mobile handset is a Sony PSP look a like. Well, it almost is a PSP look a like. To the untrained eye it might get confused. The phone will play games and the phone can be held like a PSP. However, the games play a Nintendo emulator. The phone has a micro SD slot, 1.3 megapixel camera and can play music and video.
The price tag is rather healthy at 650 USD in Hong Kong. I think I will give this one a miss.
Via: UberGizmo
Above we can see a size comparison of the Zune vs the iPod. The Zune has some nice specs with it’s built in wifi and nice screen. Size wise, it’s still larger then an iPod. Overall the iPod is the smaller of the 2. Several models are compared in size and the width of the Zune is the only dim that compares.
However, all is not lost. The Zune is the 1st model. The iPod has taken a few generations of it’s iPod to slim it down. No doubt the Zune will shrink down a lot more when the next model comes out.
Via: Gizmodo
Gizmodo posted a few images of the Nikon D40 Digital SLR camera. It falls in to the catagory of a budget DSLR but we are not sure what price range that puts it in. The Nikon D40 has a 6.1 megapixel sensor and a 2.5″ LCD screen. Not much information was given, but hopefully over the next few days we will have more information for you.
Via: Gizmodo
