Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
Toshiba has launched the GigaBeat. It has a 3.5″ screen, built in speaker and according to stats, it can play video for 8 hours and 12 hours of audio playback. Storage has been upped to 60GB and also included is a 1Seg TV tuner.
Formats supported are MP3, WMA, WMA lossless, WAV, Windows DRM 9/10 and WMV 9/10 media files. The player comes in 3 colours which are black, white and red. Not much else is known right now.
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The GSP 1700 arrives as the worlds smallest satellite phone to hit the market. It is built by a company called Qualcomm and can operate in more then 120 countries and 6 continents. The battery can provide 4 hours of talk time with 36 hours of standby time.
The antenna is on the large side, but is detachable and can be attached when needed.
Via: OhGizmo
Sharp are launching a few new MP3 players in to the market. At first look I have to agree with Ubergizmo with that they do look like calculators. On the front are 9 buttons. Both feature an integrated FM tuner, FM recording with Line-ni, a miniSD slot to boost the memory capacity.
The player will play MP3, AAC, WMA and WMA-DRM which is a pretty standard and ample selection. It weighs just 2.2 oz and is 3.4″ x 1.9″ x 0.3″. Two memory options are available which are 512Mb and 1GB and they sell for 135 or 180 dollars depending on the version you choose.
Via: UberGizmo
Arima have launched the UM650UV1 UMPC. It’s fairly light weight at 1.5lbs. The touch screen is 6.5″ and has an LED backlight. There is no pricing yet for this 1GHz UMPC.
Other features of this device are a 40Gb P-ATA hard disk drive, 512Mb DDR2 RAM and it runs XP.
Via: TechEBlog
SlashGear managed to create a video of the Zune’s menu system which covers all the options. The Zune is looking very good!
Via: SlashGear
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
