Taiwanese company LiteOn IT has decided to shed its OEM route for digital frames and come out with its own brand. Under the brand name Skyla, LiteOn will now be selling Memoir, a digital frame with a built-in scanner. The scanner helps to digitize old hard copy photos (no larger than 4 by 6 […]
Archives for November 2008
Asus P565 is officially the world’s fastest PDA phone
The last time we saw Asus P565 was way back in September. And since then, nothing in the phone has changed except its official status. Asus quietly announced the fastest PDA phone, P565 which sports a Marvell Tavor 800MHz processor. Other exciting features of the phone are its 2.8-inch screen with VGA resolution, 3.6MBps […]
Fujitsu reveals 15,000 RPM 2.5-inch HDD
Fujitsu Japan today announced a new line of 2.5-inch drives. The new MBD2 RC and MBE2 RC series boast a speed of 10,025 and 15,000 RPM and Fujitsu claims that these drives are 60% faster than the current set of 2.5-inch drives. The drives use perpendicular magnetic recording, support 6GB/s SAS (Serial-attached SCSI) that […]
Nimbuzz: IM, VoIP application for mobile phones
For the past week, I have been trying out Nimbuzz – a IM, VoIP client for mobile phones. The application is the creation of a Netherlands based company that also operates under the same brand name. The client works on many phones with its IM support ranging from Yahoo, MSN, Google, AIM, Skype, Jabber […]
Video: HTC MAX 4G in action
HTC Touch HD’s WiMAX brother, MAX 4G has been caught live in an all glorified video. The hands-on person speaks in Russian, an alien language to us but nonetheless kept us entertained by scampering quickly through its worthy features in a span of four and a half minutes. He even put a physical side-by-side […]
Motorola announces MOTO VE240 candybar phone
Hey users on Cricket Communications, Motorola has got something interesting for you – however, interesting only for someone looking for a cheap phone. The VE240 in its candybar form factor has got a few features to boast for, that includes, a music player, Bluetooth with A2DP and an expandable memory slot that supports up […]
Sony develops 12.25 megapixel CMOS sensor for mobile phones
Sony was the first one to launch an 8-megapixel phone and it seems they will be the first one to create a 12-megapixel phone too. The initial step towards it has already been achieved with the preparation of a 12.25-megapixel CMOS sensor. However, this breakthrough won’t be limited to Sony’s boundaries but will soon […]
Nokia Wahoo half-QWERTY phone surfaces
BGR’s Daddy Genius is back again. This time he has managed to uncover Nokia’s half-QWERTY clamshell phone, codenamed as Wahoo. No prize for guessing that Nokia has tried somewhat similar to Blackberry’s SureType keyboard layout. Anyways, leaving aside the comparison, here are the specifications. Wahoo includes support for Quad-band GSM network as well as […]
HTC MAX 4G: First GSM/WiMAX phone
HTC has announced the MAX 4G phone for the Russian market. It is the world’s first GSM/WiMAX cell phone and looks like to be the only one for a long time ahead. MAX 4G’s WiMAX capabilities will be honored by Yota which will also provide other services like live TV, music and even social […]
EA Sports announces Active for Wii
EA Sports today announced their version of Wii Fit better known as EA Sports Active. Good thing about EA’s offering is that it does not require any additional peripheral. Active can played without the need of balance board. However, the Active expands a little in terms of exercises if a user happens to use […]