Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from February, 2011

THIS WEEK IN TECH

NB:  Apologies for no images for this post, I understand that it is unappealing but blogger was refusing to insert images so it was not possible, i will try to edit the post later and insert the images at a later date. Dan. >> Android Devices News HTC is being sued by ChaCha search ( http://www.chacha.com/ ) over the name of one of their newest devices released at Mobile World Congress, namely known as the HTC Chacha. The phone features a full physical QWERTY keyboard, and a social facebook button. NEC are set to release the world’s thinnest android smartphone at only 7.7mm thick, the NEC MEDIAS N-04C features a 4” display, a TV tuner and NFC technology. Running Android 2.2 (Froyo) out of the box, the NEC MEDIAS N-04C beats the current slim champion, the Samsung Galaxy S II which measures 8.49mm. Google have released a great info graphic video showing the world in chronological order of Android activations to tease how much Android is growing. Although it will pr...

Sony Ericsson @ MWC

Just a quick catch up and roundup of the Sony Ericsson stand at Mobile World Congress last week. Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Merging the world of gaming and mobile communications, the Xperia Play raises the bar for gaming in the mobile market. The Xperia Play features a slide out gaming controller for the on-screen games, with touch sensitive controls and PSP style gaming buttons and layout. The device is expected to be released in March this year. See the specification breakdown below: Spec Breakdown: OS: Android 2.3 Gingerbread CPU: Qualcomm 1 GHz MSM8255 RAM: 300MB ROM: 400MB Display: 4” 480 x 854 LED-backlit LCD Camera: 5MP / WVGA SD / Single-LED flash Battery: 1500 mAh Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro This was the only device that Sony Ericsson managed to keep under covers, with the rest of the range being leaked, regardless, this is the only phone released from Sony Ericsson with a physical slide-out keyboard for the messaging enthusiasts out there. A compact phone featuring Sony’s f...

Trip

Hey guys its Dom here and I'm here to say I'm going to Barcelona for a week, i know its taking the piss really, why couldn't it be last week so i could go to MWC and get myself a hands on with the device that stole my heart The galaxy S II. anyway back to the point, i'm not allowed to bring my laptop so i cant do any coverage while i'm in Spain, all then news should be coming from Daniel, so if its not please try to make him. there should be a this week in tech coming up from daniel and some cool mobile news whilst im not here Bye guys ill try not to have too much fun without you Dom

THIS WEEK IN TECH

Mobile World Congress, being the highlight of this week, and one of the most important weeks for all the mobile and technology lovers out there to come and see what technology has in store for us in the future is unfortunately, over and we will all have to wait until next year to see MWC again. We have seen many new releases, and awesome gadgets being shown at MWC this year and shall keep you informed as they become available to the public and as soon as more details are leaked. >> iOS Devices News iPhone Nano, is a no no, iPhone Giga, is a yes yes. Coming from an anonymous apple executive, apple are considering making a cheaper version with lower specs, but not a smaller iPhone. The big iPhone is supposedly enlarging the screen from 3.5 inches to 4. On the other hand, the iPad 3 is rumoured to get a smaller display than the current iPad 2 with a prediction of the device to have a display somewhere between the size of the current iPhone and the current iPad with a resolution of...

LG @MWC

not very much was introduced by LG at MWC this year , they only really gave us a more in depth look at the products they showed us at CES in Las Vegas so lets have a look again : LG Optimus Pad (T-mobile G-slate) the LG Optimus Pad is LG's Honeycomb packing Tegra II Wielding tablet , but with a twist, it uses 2 5MP AF cameras to shoot 3D video, pretty cool not going to lie im intrigued on how well 3D will work on a tablet but anyway , it has an 8.9inch capacitive multi-touch scr een with a resolution of 1280x 768 (not too shabby) , 15:9 aspect ratio, Oh and did i mention it can decode 1080p HD video , thanks Tegra II like i said its a honeycomb tablet, so that means its freakin' sweet, and best of all, like all honeycomb tablets so far, its stock android, which i quite like, honeycomb looks sweet and carrier skins will ruin it in my opinion,but that's for another post. LG Optimus 3D This is slightly more interesting in my opinion, a 3D smartphone ,with a 3D scr...