Monday, April 12, 2010

Dell Streak / Mini 5 makes a cameo appearance at MTV


It's been a while since we've heard much about the Dell Streak / Mini 5, but it seems like the plus-size phone (or mini-size tablet, whichever you prefer) went on a bit of an undercover media promotion tour last week: Viacom MTV exec Greg Clayman tweeted that it's "amazing," while Rob Enderle brought one to the set of John C. Dvorak's Cranky Geeks and said it would launch for around $300 on contract. What does it all mean? We're assuming it's being shown off in an effort to drum up some content partnerships: we've already heard about tie-ins with Amazon's MP3, video, and Kindle stores, and we'd bet that Dell's also going after newspapers, magazines, and video sites hard in an effort to push back at the iPad -- especially since the company is planning to bring out an entire "family of tablets" in the future. Or... it's nothing at all, and AT&T is going to completely wreck this thing before it launches, like it did with theAero. Dreams or nightmares, the choice is yours.

Moonwatch for you favorite werewolf


Now instead of just glancing at your watch and looking for hands that point at numbers, you can stare at the moon cycle. This Monwatch is meant to be very deep and thought provoking. Although truthfully I think it’s probably just created by a Twilight obsessed fan. Just a theory. Apparently, it’s meant to establish some sort of a relationship between the moon cycle and a person’s emotional state. Yes, they really said that.

Sharp develops the worlds first Four-Primary-Color 3D LCD


Upping the ante of the heated 3D battle, Sharp has announced the four color 3D LCD TV which feature the industry's highest brightness. Sharp has been selling Quatron TVs in the USA which feature RGB colors, however these will include yellow as well. As of now Sharp is tight lipped on the technical details and no announcement has been made on future TV series featuring the panel.

Twitter offers Tweetie for the iPhone


Twitter has acquired Tweetie, a popular iPhone Twitter client. Currently available for $2.99 on the iTunes store, the application will be soon renamed to Twitter for iPhone and offered free of costs to millions of Twitter users. Loren Britcher the brains behind the application has joined Twitter's mobile team and are already working on a version for the iPad.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Aceeca's PDA32 keeps the PalmOS dream alive


We'd heard earlier this year that Aceeca would be sticking with PalmOS for at least a few more devices, and it looks like those hopes have now finally become a reality in the form of the company's PDA32 device. In addition to a leading-edge, one-inch-thick design, this one packs a 320 x 480 display, along with a 400MHz Samsung S3C2440 processor, 64MB of RAM, 128MB of flash storage, an SD card slot for expansion, and optional Bluetooth and WiFi (in case you don't need such things). Still no official word on a release date, but a preliminary spec sheet that's turned up lists April 10th, and a price of just $199 -- belt holster not included.

Samsung C20 Ultra Compact “Touch of Color” Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom


Wouldn’t this look nice in Mom’s hand for Mother’s Day? The new SMX-C20 adds a level of style and beauty to shooting home videos. It offers offer Samsung’s signature ToC design, which features a hint of color that is naturally blended into the deep black body of the camcorders to create an attractive crystalline appearance. To make shooting home videos more comfortable, the new model boast Samsung’s Active Angle Lens design. Unlike traditional camcorders that force users to hold their arm up at a 90-degree angle while recording video, the Active Angle Lens design, exclusive to Samsung, allows users to hold the camcorder in a more relaxed and natural position due to the fact that the lens is angled downward by 25-degrees. This more natural recording position reduces the overall stress on the wrist and elbow and also removes the LCD screen from the user’s line of sight, enabling them to always keep an eye on their subject while recording.

Features

  • records to SDHC memory cards (not included)
  • one-touch sharing button for easily transferring video to your PC and the web
  • 2-11/16″ LCD
  • Record High-Quality Video & Digital Still Images

Recycled Keyboard Turned Into Clutch


All sorts of keyboards get tossed aside pretty regularly. Be it due to them no longer being functional or just someone finding something far better than their old keyboard. Then again it could just be because you don’t want to dig the endless supply of crumbs out from underneath the keys. Well thankfully someone has taken the time to turn those keyboards into an incredibly geeky little purse. Now you can remember your old worn out keyboard fondly. Just pick up one of these clutches for $37.95 and save one more keyboard from being sent to the dump.