Archive for July, 2009 - Page 3

T-Mobile Announces US Availability of HTC Touch Pro2

Long-Delayed US Launch Set for August 12
By on Wednesday, 29. July 2009

As most of you may already know, this isn’t the first availability of the HTC Touch Pro2 as it has been in the hands of users all over the world for some time now. There has been, however, one gaping hole in the phone’s reach and that has been the [...]

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2GB Eye-Fi Geo SD Card Automatically Geo Tags your Photos

WiFi-enabled Secure Digital Card Aimed at Apple Users
By on Wednesday, 29. July 2009

Today Eye-Fi have just added to their wireless Secured Digital card range with the new 2GB Eye-Fi Geo WiFi SD card that allows users to upload photos from their digital cameras to a computer, while automatically geo-tagging them at the same time. Aimed squarely at Apple users, the new Eye-Fi [...]

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Onkyo DV-BD507 Blu-Ray Player Available in US

Mid-Tier Price, Profile 2.0 BD-Live, HDMI 1.3
By on Wednesday, 29. July 2009

Onkyo has announced US availability of the DV-BD507, a new, state-of-the-art, BD-Live interactive Blu-ray disc player. Previously only available in Europe, this full-featured player delivers high-definition 1080p video playback and high-resolution multi-channel audio over an HDMI 1.3a. It has all the capabilities one would expect of a mid-tier Blu-ray player [...]

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Kodak Announces Release of Zi8 Camcorder

Pocket 1080p HD Video Recorder with 2.5-in LCD
By on Wednesday, 29. July 2009

Ever since the initiation of the slow death of the standard film camera, Kodak has been doing its best to remain relevant in the technology marketplace. They have released their own line of inkjet printers, digital cameras, and related accessories and have continued to launch several new products a year [...]

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Hitachi Intros Biometric Vending Machine

Finger Vein Patterns Allow for Cashless Transactions
By on Wednesday, 29. July 2009

The Japanese love their vending machines. Their country has taken the automatic dispensing of everything from electronics to underwear to a level not seen in most other countries and when you couple this with their almost unnatural love for electronics, you get Hitachi’s latest invention, the Biometric Vending Machine.

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Samsung Solstice Low-cost Touchscreen Mobile Gets Leaked on AT&T

Previously Known as Samsung Infinity
By on Tuesday, 28. July 2009

If we’re to believe the rumours, the new Samsung Solstice (formerly known as Samsung Infinity) is set for an AT&T debut in a matter of days. The low-cost touchscreen Solstice, brings in a 3-inch LCD display that features Samsung’s custom TouchWiz interface and an interesting on-screen keyboard with haptic (vibration) [...]

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Creative Zii EGG Handheld Confirmed

Packs the Plaszma Software Development Kit for Developers and OEMs
By on Tuesday, 28. July 2009

We caught wind that the new Creative Zii Egg, the company’s first touchscreen media player, has just been confirmed with a bunch of goodies including the new software development kit for the device called “Plaszma”, which is an open-source OS with C++ support and Android on top of Creative’s Zii [...]

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Withings WiScale Wi-Fi Bathroom Scale

Monitor Your Weight Loss and Body Fat Using iPhone App
By on Tuesday, 28. July 2009

Weight loss and fitness is big business. Consumers spend billions every year in an effort to lose weight and get healthier and high-tech device manufacturers are not about to be left behind. The latest product innovation from Withings, the Wi-Fi scale, allows you to connect directly to the internet to [...]

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Olympus Outs New FE Series Cameras

Olympus FE-5020, FE-4000 & FE-26 Point & Shoot Compacts
By on Tuesday, 28. July 2009

Having issued you with a heads up concerning Panasonic’s new Lumix DMC-ZR1 compact point and shoot camera we felt obliged to confirm that Olympus are set to offer a new set of compact cameras in its FE Series – namely the FE-5020, FE-4000 & FE-26 – which, like the aforementioned [...]

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Belkin 3G Shuffle Headphone Adapter with Remote

3rd Party Headphone Shuffle Compatibility Sorted
By on Tuesday, 28. July 2009

Whilst its not strictly true that third party headphones that have not been specifically designed for use with Apple’s Shuffle 3G are wholly incompatible with the device the fact that the new Shuffle relies solely on an in-line control system means that should you use headphones not designed specifically for [...]

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