Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
If you own a Kindle and enjoy playing word games like Scrabble then you’re in luck.
Scrabble now makes its way to Kindle after Shuffled Row and Every Word and with the few user reviews its received so far, its all good and has been rated pretty highly. There are a few game modes to try out such as whether playing solo or ‘pass ‘n’ play’ with a mate.
In the past we’ve written about robots that mow your lawn or guard your house while you’re away. You’d think by now, in 2010, that some bright sparks could get something to clean your windows without you too…
Well now they have, for the South Korea Pohang Institute of Intelligent Robotics or ‘PIRO’ (as we’ll call them for the remainder of this post) has done just that and have brought us Windoro the window cleaner.
Apple [AAPL] is beginning to take payments from those who pre-ordered the Apple TV when it was first announced at the beginning of this month.
What this means is that those who ordered right at the beginning can expect a delivery to arrive any day now.
The information comes from a buyer who emailed Engadget with a copy of the email sent from Apple saying that the charges were being taken. [Read more…]
Google [GOOG] has released an update for Google Earth on the iPhone and iPad. The new version is 3.1.0 and brings a few new features to the 3D globe.
New features are as follows…
• Native support for iPhone4 and Retina display
• Underwater bathymetry and ocean surface
• Ocean content layer [Read more…]
Have you ever wondered what goes on at home when you’re not around?? Rovio (as the title suggests) is a wireless robot. This means that however you get online, Rovio will be your new friend. So whether you use your iphone, games console or PC, you can literally be anywhere in the world and Rovio can stay at home. But that’s not all…
Apple [AAPL] announced the new Apple TV a few weeks back and at that time, said it would be shipping soon at the end of September.
What we have learned about the device is that it could run iOS for an operating system thanks to a few details spotted in a configuration descriptor on another iOS device.
The Apple TV doesn’t run the regular springboard application that you see on other iOS based devices, but it could still be possible (if it runs iOS) that some form of jailbreak could happen. [Read more…]
Could this be the iPad killer?? There’s a veritable plethora of reasons why it could be.
The new Samsung Galaxy Tab will be on sale in the US as of next month, across many of the major networks such as Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint. As already mentioned in a previous post found here, we know of rumours dotted around the internet at the moment of prices for the Galaxy Tab ranging from between $200 – $400 on contract and around $600 – $700 as an unlocked package so nothing set in stone just yet. But later rumours spreading now sees pricing to over a grand in Europe alone (is this too much??) and as usual with wireless networks these days and based on their own marketing projects we’re still unsure on contract prices.
Mophie already have the Juice Pack for the iPhone. The company has now launched a similar version, this time for the iPad.
The new iPad power pack is called the Juice Pack Powerstation. What it does is provides extra juice for the iPad while you are on the move. Up to 2.1 amps of charging output can be achieved. The capacity of the battery is 3600mAh making it the most powerful external battery pack for the iPad available. [Read more…]
Yes thats right, the title is correct. Surely, come winter, you head down stairs to your computer or laptop when its nice and frosty outside. You don’t want to have to lug your bed covers with you and you don’t want to have to sit in front of a roaring fire with laptop in hand do you?
So what better way is there than to have with you a USB heated blanket? They come in 3 colours, pink, grey and navy blue.
With the blanket you get 2 USB cables. You can use one if its not sub-zero outside or both if the temperature decides to take a nosedive for that added heat and comfort. Its a novel and innovative idea to be able to sit on your couch with a laptop and be snug as a bug while being wrapped in this USB heated blanket.
Spotify is about to announce that it has hit the 10 million user milestone. The information comes from a “special party” that some press have been invited to.
Tech Crunch compare the number of users to being almost the same as the available tracks on the service.
Spotify offers a few different access models for users. The more popular service is the free one which lets you access most of the music. It is believed 19 out of 20 users use the free service. There are various paid services also which we assume 1 in 20 subscribe to these pay services. [Read more…]
With the advent of Sony’s Playstion Move and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect soon upon us, which will it be? Both have very different marketing strategies but both naturally want as many people to buy into these new little gadgets as possible. With Nintendo Wii being the dominant console over the last few years, with regards to its motion sensitive gameplay, can Move and Kinect really level the playing field or rise above it all with their all-new ground breaking technology soon approaching our living rooms? [Read more…]
Google TV is expected to launch any time within the next month. Just a few days ago we heard information from the CEO of Intel who said that the Google TV release date was actually this month although a letter was emailed in to Engadget today that suggests that a two week delay is happening and that the launch is now October 17 (estimated). According to the document, the original release date was October 3 which had two weeks added on to it.
Of course, we are not looking at rock solid proof here and the information does go against what the Intel CEO said, but either way we can expect to see Google TV land in the US in the next 4 to 5 weeks it appears. [Read more…]
