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Star Trek VoIP Communicator Coming
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Trekkies, to your stations! We've seen, and even played, with toy versions of the Star Trek Communicator but now a company called Dream Cheeky is making a real one. The new VoIP/Skype speakerphone looks just like the real deal and will no doubt burn its way up many Trekkie's gadget list when it's launched to coincide with the arrival of the new movie. Hell, if CBS is making 3 different Star Trek colognes [read about them here] then a working Star Trek Communicator isn't really all that absurd. There have been Bluetooth versions but this USB communicator/speakerphone lets you make those Skype calls from your office command chair with all the aplomb of a Starfleet Captain.
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Gizmodo, 06 Feb 2009
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Google Latitude Pinpoints Your Friends On The Map
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Google Maps is fast becoming one of the most essential 'must-have' services on the web and having recently announced the Google Latitude service has added yet another powerful feature. This one allows you to find out where your friends are based on their smartphone or notebook location, with profiles popping up on the map to show their position and offer you shortcuts to contact details so you can call, text or IM.
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Gizmodo, 05 Feb 2009
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Toshiba Airs iPhone/G1 Challenger With Supermodel TG01 Smartphone
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Toshiba is going up against Apple's iPhone and the G1 with the first unveiling of its wafer thin TG01 smartphone which is the first to use Qualcomm's super-fast Snapdragon chipset. The handset measures in at just 9.9mm, making the 12.3mm iPhone 3G look like its eaten all the pies. It also sports a stunning 4.1in touchscreen display with an 800 x 480 pixel resolution. It supports HSDPA data, GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and runs Windows Mobile - which will make a certain number of potential customers groan in disappointment. There's a 3-D Toshiba user interface though to hide clunky Windows behind and most features are accessible by finger-swiping or tapping icons.
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Gizmodo, 04 Feb 2009
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New Asus Eee Netbook Boasts 9.5-hour Battery Life
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Netbooks are cheap and great for taking on the road thanks to their size but, some are let down by short battery life of just 3-4 hours. Netbook pioneer Asus has just launched its latest model, the Eee PC 1000HE, which promises a hugely impressive battery life of 9.5 hours [using Windows XP], which puts most laptops to shame. At 9.5 hours it's 2.5 hours more than previous 1000 model and well ahead of its netbook rivals. Of course, promising 9.5 hours and delivering 9.5 hours is not necessarily the same thing but, if the 1000HE manages more than the typical 8-hour working day, it will be quite an achievement.
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Gizmodo, 03 Feb 2009
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Exploding Mobile Phone Kills Chinese Man
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We've heard of mobile phones exploding or bursting into flames in the past but thankfully, it's not that often they kill people when they blow. A young Chinese worker at a Lenovo computer shop in Guangzhou died tragically when the mobile phone in his shirt pocket exploded. The blast impact was such that it severed a major artery in his neck, resulting in massive blood loss. He died at the scene. The make and model of the phone and the battery have not yet been released.
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Gizmodo, 02 Feb 2009
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Apple & Adobe Working On iPhone Flash
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Despite Adobe Flash being used by 98% of the world's PCs and 800 million handsets for viewing Web video and animation, Apple has refused to use the software on its iPhone. That is all about to change though. Adobe Chief Executive Officer Shantanu Narayen has said in a Bloomberg TV interview that it is now working with Apple to create iPhone Flash. "It's a hard technical challenge, and that's part of the reason Apple and Adobe are collaborating. The ball is in our court. The onus is on us to deliver."
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Gizmodo, 02 Feb 2009
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ASUS Releases SV1 Video-Caller, Crikey It's Pricey!
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If you want to make video calls on the cheap to friends or family abroad but aren't happy messing about with webcams and IM software and the like, this dedicated Skype phone from Asus could fit the bill. The AiGuru SV1 is about to arrive on our shores and features a 7" screen to view images and a 640x480 camera to send them. It can connect directly to a wired or wireless network and works just fine without a computer, even including a rechargeable battery so you can carry it around with you or find a comfy spot on the sofa for long calls.
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Gizmodo, 30 Jan 2009
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Dell Getting Into Smartphones Too?
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Deep throats at Dell have be chin-wagging with the Wall St Journal and the story seems to be that Dell could be entering the smartphone market as early as next month. The news follows on from Acer's official announcement yesterday that it will unveil its first smartphone at the Mobile World Congress next month in Barcelona. Dell has said that it will not be attending the event but those sneaky sources claim that Dell has been building prototypes of smartphones for a year now and has versions running the Google operating system Android and Windows Mobile. There's even one with a touchscreen, like the iPhone, if reports are to be believed.
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Gizmodo, 30 Jan 2009
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