Archive for September, 2010

Google Launches Phone Gallery

Google has today launched the Google Phone Gallery, an online database designed to help search the growing range of Android handsets available across the world. Covering seemingly all networks across 16 countries the service provides a searchable list of devices. The gallery only lists phones that have Google services installed (Marketplace, GMail, Maps etc.), and [...]

NEXT offers £180 Android Tablet

While the Samsung Galaxy Tab and Archos have been grabbing most of the press for Android Tablets there have always been cheaper alternatives on ebay, but many people aren’t confident enough to risk buying something from China. Well NEXT (yes the clothes and catalogue retailer) has made available their own Android Tablet snappily named the [...]

Dell to announce a 7″ Android tablet very soon?

There has been much speculation about the 7″ Dell tablet since Michael Dell casually pulled it out of his pocket on stage, but now the WSJ has Dell Greater China President Amit Midha quoting  “[Dell] will launch its seven-inch tablet in the next few weeks and a 10-inch tablet within 6-12 months”. “Mr. Midha confirmed [...]

Sony Ericsson announces LiveView(TM) micro display for Android

Sony Ericsson has announced a LiveView(TM) micro display device, designed to be an accessory screen for selected SE Android phones. The screen is a 1,3″colour OLED display, 128×128 pixels, and connect to selected SE Android phones via Bluetooth with a 10m range. It is compatible with the Sony Ericsson Xperia(TM) X10, Sony Ericsson Xperia(TM) X10 [...]

RIM Unveils The BlackBerry PlayBook

RIM has announced today their anticipated tablet offering – the “Blackberry Playbook”. The 7″ widescreen tablet supports Flash 10.1, HTML 5 and 1080p video. Specs include: 7” LCD, 1024 x 600, WSVGA, capacitive touch screen with full multi-touch and gesture support BlackBerry Tablet OS with support for symmetric multiprocessing 1 GHz dual-core processor 1 GB [...]

Xmarks Service Shutting Down in 90 days

As a long time user of Foxmarks and then Xmarks, it’s sad to see that the service has announced it will be shutting down in 90 days. A recent email and blog post state that running the xmarks service for free has eventually taken its toll on the company, and the search for a sustainable [...]

Another video on the HP Slate Tablet Prototype running Windows 7

After the release of the initial HP Slate prototype video, YouTube user ‘x313xkillax’ promised a followup video to answer any questions people left, and it’s now released! The second video is just over 8 minutes compared to the 4 minute first version. We now know there is a Consumer and Business model (this is the [...]