Archive for October 24th, 2007
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones, Displays, Portable Audio, Portable Video
Remember Toshiba's round LCD displays? Good, 'cause they've got a whole range of prototypes on display at FPD to demonstrate several possible usage scenarios. As an example, how does this cellphone powder your fancy? It's all future-looking stuff so prepare yourself for a ...
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones, WirelessRegrettably, Verizon Wireless isn't the only carrier out there that once (or still does) recognized a mighty skewed definition of "unlimited" when it came to data plans, but for those still jaded from being cut off for "excessive use" earlier this year, justice has finally been served. ...
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Filed under: Displays, HDTVWe won't be waiting long for Hitachi's new thin LCDs, the company announced they will make their U.S. debut in 2008. No details on price, but we can still take a look at the feature list for the 42- and 37-inch Ultra Thin 1080p HDTVs, coming in ...
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones
Sprint's low-cost QWERTY-enabled slider was on display for all to see this eve and we dodged crowds and brutal lighting conditions to bring you some pics. As a refresher, the LG Rumor is a Sprint foray into feature packed-ish handset for little or no money down, in this ...
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
You know all that talk about GPUs being the new CPUs? Well it's not just a lot of hot, ventilated air. Thanks in large part to the launch of development kits like nVidia's CUDA, Russian outfit Elcomsoft has just filed for a US patent which leverages ...
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Filed under: Gaming
In what actually seems like more of a slight than a good-willed apology acceptance, the Church of England's Very Reverend Rogers Govender was quoted as saying "we do forgive Sony for what they have done, even though they still believe they have done nothing wrong." The Dean of ...
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Filed under: Digital CamerasNot content with simply destroying our laptops and cellphones, those evil little lithium ion packs have just escalated the human-battery conflict once again by sacrificing many of their number to lay waste to an entire building. Actually, it's not clear what started the fire at Matsushita's Li-ion ...
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones, GPS
Hitachi's no stranger to GPS-laden cellphones, and it now looks to be upping the ante even further, with it recenlty introducing a new phone that seemingly aims to replace your car's GPS entirely. As with its previous W51H model, the new W54H phone (also called the "Wooo") ...
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Filed under: Gaming
Everyone's favorite last-gen feature is just about ready to make its grand appearance on the PS3: although firmware 1.94 hasn't been officially released yet, ShackNews is reporting that copies of Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction contain an updater to Sony's latest code, and it provides support ...
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Filed under: Portable Audio
While the image above would suggest it's still a ways from being ready, China's Starsway Electronics is nonetheless now shopping its MP405B PMP around to potential customers, with it boasting at least one somewhat unique feature. That is a built-in kalium (or potassium) battery, which the company ...
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