Archive for August, 2010

Archos unveils 5 new Android tablets

New Android tablets are rife at the moment, and not to be left out, the original Android tablet manufacturer Archos has just unveiled 5 new ones. Information from liliputing.com states: None of these tablets have access to the Android Market or Google suite of apps — at least not out of the box. On the [...]

New Xbox controller confirmed

Major Nelson has just posted a YouTube video (shown after the break) detailing the new Xbox controller that will be released in the USA on November 9th and in the UK and rest of Europe around February. The new D-pad is just a disc in the normal configuration, but rotating it raises the crossbars about [...]

Hannspree announces Android 2.2 10.1-inch tablet

“Hannspree will soon try to quell that 1080p-sized hunger in all of us with its freshly announced €399 ($507) Froyo tablet. There’s no lack of spec sheet ambition here: a 1GHz Tegra 2 SOC is surrounded by 16GB of internal storage (expandable via MicroSD), an accelerometer, WiFi and Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity, a 1,024 x 600-pixel [...]

Sanyo announces new mobile device charging

Samsung have today announced a new portable charging system for mobile devices, with the catchy name of ‘eneloop mobile booster’ or the ‘eneloop stick booster’. There are 2 devices, a typical slab battery with USB out (KBC-L2BS) and a ‘stick’ style battery with custom connectors for ‘Nintendo DS Series (DSLite and DSi/DSi LL)’ – portable [...]

Viewsonic Android tablet confirmed – Viewpad 7

Viewsonic has today confirmed some details about it’s tablet due to be released at IFA this week. In the press release the company confirms some of the Viewpad 7 specs as: Capacitive touch-screen Front- and rear-facing cameras 3G for phone and data Full Sized SIM Micro-SD storage (up to 32GB) A-GPS

AOL Answers finally launches

AOL Answers has finally gone live since AOL acquired Israeli startup Yedda back in November 2007. AOL Answers is a Q&A site, with no real differential from Yahoo Answers or Answers.com except for tapping into the AOL userbase. Give it a go and let us know what you think…

iPhone 4 solar charging battery backpack from Frostfire

Frostfire have released a battery ‘backpack’ (or sled as they used to be known) for the iPhone 4 that includes a solar panel for charging. Called “Mooncharge” you can simply flip your iPhone 4 over and let the sun recharge the internal battery, which in turn will recharge your iPhone. If you live in the [...]