Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
While watching the TV tonight I came across a quick review of the Philips Readius. It was good to see a video of this device actually working and I was impressed with the results. Yes, it’s only gray scale currently, but given time a nice colour solution will be out and roll up screens will be the norm soon after that. The next few years are going to be very interesting.
This TV is huge. It’s the new panasonic 103″ high definition screen. The TH-103PF9 is over 6 feet wide and has full 1920 x 1080 HD resolution. The price is expected to be in the $70k range and needs to be professionally installed due to the size and weight of it.
The display was powered by a blu-ray drive in the video below and the colours and size were very impressive.
Geardiary reviewed the Hermes Dopod recently and one down side that was mentioned was the blue LED’s used behind the keys. Well, someone wasnt afraid to take it apart and geardiary have reported on a Hermes with white LED’s lighting up the keyboard. I have to say it does look rather good!
Check out the full details at the links below.
Via: GearDiary. Mods made at PalmisLife
Mobilepirates have done a great video review of the Nokia N95. This phone looks absolutly amazing. Features built in are GPS, Maps, wifi, DVD/MPEG4 quality 30fps video recording, 5 mega pixel camera, dual sliding phone, 3.5mm headphone output, TV output and more. The web browser has had a huge enhancement over the average mobile phone browser and boasts the ability to run several pages and switch between then just as you would on your PC.
Sony have announced it’s debut games titles for the US launch of the Playstation 3. The launch date is expected to be the 17th November 2006 and more then 20 games will debut with the PS3. Titles from popular genres will be launched all most likely to be under the $60 price tag.
Games such as Resistance: Fall of man, will utilise the blu-ray disk and titles such as NBA 07 will take advantage of high def running at 1080p. It’s an exciting time of year with this console due out before christmas with this amount of games. The power of the playstation 3 enhances graphics and game play to hyper-realistic details never seen before on a games console.
SCEA Launch Titles
Resistance: Fall of Man(TM)
NBA 07
Genji: Days of the Blade(TM)
Third Party Publisher Titles
Blazing Angels(TM) Squadrons of WWII Ubisoft
Call of Duty(R)3 Activision
EA Sports(TM) Fight Night Round 3 Electronic Arts
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Bethesda Softworks
F.E.A.R.(TM) Vivendi Universal Games
Full Auto(TM)2: Battlelines Sega
Madden NFL(TM) 07 Electronic Arts
MARVEL(TM):ULTIMATE ALLIANCE(TM) Activision
Mobile Suit Gundam(R): CROSSFIRE(TM) NAMCO BANDAI Games
NBA 2K7 2K Sports
Need For Speed(TM) Carbon Electronic Arts
NHL(R) 2K7 2K Sports
RIDGE RACER(R) 7 NAMCO BANDAI Games
Sonic the Hedgehog Sega
Tiger Woods PGA Tour(R) 07 Electronic Arts
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six(R) Vegas Ubisoft
Tony Hawk’s Project 8(TM) Activision
Untold Legends(TM) Dark Kingdom(TM) Sony Online Entertainment
Sony have also revealed online and network services provided through the PS3 which can offer some great functions for users and developers.
XMB (Xross Media Bar) is the way in to the Playstation network and this is the basis of the navigation system for the console. Through XMB you can access games, network and web connectivity and other media features such as audio and video. If you are a user of the Sony PSP (Playstation Portable) then you will be familier with how XMB works.
The PS3 will be available as a 20Gb model and a 60Gb model retailing at $499 and $599 respectivly. It will come with the cell broadband engine, built in BD player, internal HDD as mentioned above, it will have HDMI output as standard (cable not included), a wireless controller known as SIXAXIS and network capability. It seems like the 60Gb model will include wifi only.
The controller costs $49.99 for the SIXAXIS. A memory card adapter is available for $14.99 which has the ability to transfer your PS2/PS1 saved games on to the harddrive of the PS3. The BD remote control will sell for $24.99.
Via: Playstation
The BodyGard micro tool is a keychain unit which can help you in several critical situations where you need to get out of your car. In the extremly compact device there is a glass breaker, seat belt cutter, 140dB panic alarm, bright flashing LED and an emergency red flashing light. Sounds cool. I want to try the glass smasher 🙂
When trapped in a vehicle you just strike the base of the device against the glass which releases a spring loaded steel pin. It will not release accidently. There is an attachment which uncovers the cutter to get you out of the seat belt if stuck.
The bodygard tool glows in the dark and is water resistant.
Via: AjPrindle
The solar powered radio uses the sun to keep it going. However, it does have a backup battery in there which is a AAA battery. It’s bascically just a standard AM/FM radio which can be tuned by way of roll overs located on each side of the device. The volume is also a manual control. The radio is small at 9 x 6.5 x 2cm. Coolest-gadgets have a size comparison on the link below which will show it next to a deck of cards.
Via: Coolest-Gadgets
Aving reported on the Samsung 17″ ultra slim AMOLED display.This display is an active matrix / organic light emitting diode hybrid (AMOLED) and give bright vivid colours and very thin formfactor. The reason for this is that no back light is needed. This 17″ display is capable of 1600 x 1200 resolution and has an amazing response time of less then 0.01ms. It has 1000:1 contrast ration also. It isnt going to the market yet as it’s a concept device, but I will be getting my self one when it does 🙂
Via: TechEBlog
This new technology from Siemens looks interesting. It is designed for your car and has a camera built in which reads road signs, processes the image, displays the speed on your screen and tells you if you are over or under the spead limit for that particular road. It makes me wonder if it can detect the good old national speed limit signs here in the UK which can mean either 60 or 70 depending on what type of road you are on 🙂
Via: UberGizmo
D-Link announced their latest and greatest Xtreme N Gigabit router named the DIR-655. This new range of routers feature intelligent wireless QoS, Gigabit LAN and WAN ports, a wireless security wizard, network management software and other standard features also. The DIR-655 is 802.11n compliant and can deliver 14x faster speeds then the 802.11g which pushes it to ludicrous speed at the moment. Bear in mind that the 802.11n is draft at the moment. Also the range has been boosted 6 times which makes this one mighty powerful router.
High Quality Features
Although the router is draft 802.11n compliant it is also backwards compatible with both 802.11g and 802.11b devices which means you do not need a whole new set of equipment to make use of this powerful device. With the speed of this router it makes wireless networking more desirable for transfering large amounts of files, music, video, printers and network storage. Of course the standards of encryption are included to help make your wireless network safer. The device has 3 external antennas and 4 ports running at 10/100/1000 speeds.
Intelligent QoS
When I first spotted intelligent QoS was included I wondered what it was capable of. A quick read over on D-Links site explained this clearly. Some routers route all wired and wireless traffic such as VoIP, video streaming, gaming and browsing as one stream of traffic all mixed together. Of course if you have VoIP this can sometimes cause an issue where it cannot have enough bandwidth provided for it to make the call clear.
Intelligent QoS sorts this out automatically and can sense what type of traffic is flowing. Anything that streams (VoIP, video streams etc..) is automatically given priority over items that do not stream (such as web browsing). This then prevents the choppyness that can be found on some other devices when overloaded.
Security
Wireless connections have always presented a security problem for homes and businesses. The problem is that a wireless connection is just like being able to tap directly in to a network cable, but with being in another building unspotted. Also there is the issue of packet sniffing and being able to crack WEP keys, or even worse… no encryption. The Xtreme range supports all the latest wireless security protocols which are WEP, WPA and WPA2 which encrypt your data to prevent attacks. The firewall built in also secures both SPI and NAT making the threat from the WAN port side be squashed.
Overall this looks like a nice step forwards in terms of performance on the speed side, network coverage (more appropriate for a large office) and security features.
Via: D-Link
PSM3Mag luckily got their hands on a demo unit of the new Sony Playstation 3 as well as a number of demo games for their enjoyment. The machine looks top quality with some seriously nice quality images. Check out the full review over at their site, linked below.
Toshiba have introduced a palm sized LCD projector. The TDP-FF1AU weighs just 1.7lbs with a rechargeable battery attached. What stands out to me is that this thing fits on your palm, can run for 2 hours by battery. It has a rating of 400 lumens which is not huge, but this projectors size gives it a nice advantage. It also has an SVGA resolution of 800×600.
The palm sized projector will retail for $699
Via: OhGizmo
