Gadgets

Zotac Nettops Go Stylish With Integrated Blu-Ray Drives

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

Zotac has unveiled new nettops which combine stylish looks with energy efficiency, higher performance and integrated Blu-ray drives. The ZBOX Blu-ray HD-ID33 and HD-ID34 come with plenty of features to capture your mind. Both the devices come equipped with Intel's 1.8 GHz Atom D525 dual-core processor and NVIDIA's next generation Ion platform taking care of the graphics. The HD-ID34 comes with ...

iPod Touch 4G Lets You FaceTime Friends & Capture 720p Videos; No Stills Though

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Wouldn’t you like to have your iPod Touch to flaunt features such as front and back cameras that would allow you to FaceTime your friends and also capture 720p video? It’s time to gear up for such a device. Apple is set for launch of the new iPod Touch with all these add-ons. The new iPod Touch 4G may be seen ...

Toshiba AC100 Android “Smartbook” lands in the UK

Monday, September 6th, 2010

We had notebooks, netbooks, nettops, tablets and smartphones. Now there is another category, the "smartbook", which is supposed to fit in between a smartphone and a netbook, or a smartphone and a tablet, or a tablet and a netbook. The new Toshiba AC100 is one such beast. Its a smartbook running on Android 2.1, weighing 1.9 pounds and packing a ...

Go truly wireless with the Global Qi Wireless Power standard

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

There have been a few wireless charging devices on the market lately, lie the Powermat and the Touchstone. But lack of an industry standard has been an obstacle for this genre of devices to grow. Now to end all that, the Wireless Power Consortium has introduced the Global Qi wireless power standard, and announced the first few products as well, ...

Amazon’s Kindle now available at Staples

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

The top-selling eReader, Kindle from Amazon, will soon be available for purchase at Staples. Customers can already get a Kindle direct from Amazon or at Targets. Staples, one of the world’s leading office supplies retailers, is to stock the Kindle, Amazon’s hugely successful e-reading device in more than 1,500 of its US stores, according to Reuters. The deal, which ...

iPod Touch 4G Now Official, Pre-orders Begin; Release Date Next Week (Sep 10)

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

This is something we all have been waiting for, right? Apple has come out with an official release date for the new iPod Touch 4G, and it will start shipping one week from today, on September 10. And, significant enough is the announcement that you can place your pre-orders any time now. Apple has brought into its new iPod Touch 4G ...

New Xbox 360 Controller Features “Transforming” D-Pad, On Sale November 9

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

There have been some frequent complaints about the quality of the Xbox 360's D-Pad and its durability, as well as the flexibility it offers. It appears that Microsoft have finally decided to answer the public's pleas and have unveiled the new model for the console's controller, featuring a "transforming" d-pad. The basic idea is that the plastic that the d-pad is ...

Samsung Fascinate Launch Date on Verizon Could be September 8

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

A few hours ago there were reports that the Samsung Fascinate, Verizon’s variant of the Galaxy S, will be launched on the 9th of September. But now, a spec sheet has revealed that the phone will be released a day earlier. The new information comes from a screen shot of a Verizon document. From the spec list we also get information ...

Toshiba Folio 100 is Toshiba’s Tegra 2 powered Android Smart Pad

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Images of Toshiba’s unannounced Android tablet had been spotted in some of the tech sites a while ago, along with some of its features. The latest we get to hear is that a name has come out along with some more specifications. The Smart Pad is claimed to be called Folio 100 and it will be coming with a docking station ...

Garmin Edge 800 Touchscreen-based Cycling GPS; to be Available Post-October

Friday, August 27th, 2010

Garmin has announced the Edge 800 GPS for cyclists and it comes with a variety of features. The device seamlessly combines the most popular aspects of the industry-leading Edge 500 and Edge 705 while adding an intuitive touchscreen interface. The Edge 800 comes with a 2.6-inch touchscreen display and with new mapping options such as Garmin's BaseCamp route planning and BirdsEye ...

Orange France sub-€250 Android iPad Rival in the Works; Expect it during the Holidays

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Orange will be releasing an  Android tablet by Christmas. Les Echos, the French publication, has got hints that Orange France is preparing to sell a tablet under the Orange brand made by an unnamed Asian company, and it will be part of a three-pronged tablet attack in time for the Christmas shopping period. This is not the first tablet Orange has ...

Amazon Kindle 3rd Gen is the fastest selling ever – starts shipping to Mongolia

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

E-readers may not be the greenest option, but that hasn't stopped Amazon's Kindle 3rd generation E-Reader from selling like hot cakes. Amazon has confirmed that the ereaders are their best selling products. This has also been helped a lot by generally falling prices in the ebook reader market thanks to competition from many other rivals. The original Kindle had retailed ...

Apple Media Event on September 7, According to Bloomberg

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Apple is said to be gearing up for  a special event on September 7 and that event might see the company unveiling new iPods and the new Apple TV. Bloomberg has reported that a new Apple TV, rumored to be renamed iTV, will come with a more tempting $99 price-tag. It will be equipped with a smaller hard drive, used primarily ...

LG Tablet to Arrive as an Extremely Productive Device ; to be Sold Under Optimus Line

Friday, August 20th, 2010

We finally have something about the proposed tablet computer that is in the works at the LG assembly line. To be sold under the Optimus line of devices, the tablet device is expected to arrive  - yes, we knew that earlier - by the fourth quarter. The Google Android-driven device is seen as being positioned by the South Korean company ...

Sanyo VPC-PD2BK Full HD 1080 Pocket Movie Dual Camera Makes an Entry

Friday, August 20th, 2010

Sanyo has unveiled the VPC-PD2BK Pocket Cam and it comes with a variety of features that can capture your mind. The extremely portable and easy to use cam is capable of shooting Full HD 1080p video at 30fps and can take 10 Megapixel Digital Photos as well. It comes with 3x optical zoom for both video and photos, and also ...