The IEEE 1394 standard, better known as FireWire, will be receiving a new specification that is capable of supporting bandwidth of up to 3.2Gb/s. This is a huge boost, considering the current FireWire 400 and 800 specifications run at 400Mb/s and 800Mb/s, respectively. Good thing backwards compatibility will be retained, otherwise most of the computing world will kick up a huge fuss about the situation. Tags: gps, TV, Ogg Vorbis, MP3 (Read the full post about ‘FireWire Gets Speed Bump’…)
Nokia isn’t going to play nice with its customers, forcing them to take a tough stand as the Finnish cell phone company won’t be supporting BlackBerry Connect. “RIM are a competitor and have done a reasonable job in a space that is traditionally ours, so it’s no great surprise that we see this as an opportunity to give consumers a proper choice on what email solution they want.” Could this decision come back to haunt them some time down the road? After all, there is a pretty large amount of folks who use the blackberry Connect service for work, and this move might alienate them towards RIM devices. Nokia isn’t exactly the name to come into your mind either when it comes to a user-friendly email client. (Read the full post about ‘No BlackBerry Connect Support from Nokia’…)
Subscribers of T-Mobile can now hop aboard the 3G bandwagon as the mobile carrier company will be rolling out its 3G service from this October onwards in the following cities :- Atlanta Austin Birmingham Chicago Dallas Denver Detroit Houston Kansas City Las Vegas Long Island Los Angeles Memphis Miami Minneapolis New England New York City Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Portland Sacramento San Diego San Francisco Seattle Tampa Washington DC Tags: video games, wi-fi, gprs, PDA (Read the full post about ‘T-Mobile To Roll Out 3G In October’…)
Filed in archive Scanning & Printing by jim on July 31, 2008 Are you a frustrated artist like me, who, despite your best efforts, just can't seem to draw or paint what you envision in your mind? If so and you still would like to put something you created on an actual artist's canvas then why not have one of your digital camera photos printed on an actual stretched artist's canvas. There are several ways to do this and prices vary wildly but the easiest way is to upload your image file to an online printing service. Now, bear in mind that you don't have to upload an image straight from your camera; you can add your own artistic touches to it. (Read the full post about ‘Put Your Digital Photos On Canvas’…)
InfoSync reviews the Motorola Z9 and writes, “Images taken with the Moto Z9 weren’t horrible, and that’s being generous to a camera phone. Colors were okay, but edges and details were fuzzy at best, and oversharpened at worst. Images were noisy, even at the camera’s best settings. We did like that the camera isn’t hidden by the slide, but with middling performance, and the fact that the camera crashed on us sending an MMS message, means we won’t be relying on the lens for anything more than celebrity sightings.”
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Tags: wireless, gaming, cable, high definition TV
Sat Nav, move over, Sat Nag is here to take your throne. Aptly named, the system is a lampoon of Sat Navs and backseat drivers who can’t seem to keep it down. If you’re a bit of a masochist and can’t drive without someone nagging you all throughout, the Sat Nag is the perfect device for you. The trenchant remarks go from PG to something that’s better if you don’t let your children hear, but nothing too outrageous. (Read the full post about ‘Sat Nag: The Anti-Sat Nav and Digital Backseat Driver’…)
CNET Australia does a first take review of the HTC Touch Diamond and writes, “It’s simple arithmetic: you take the interface of the iphone and you mash-it-up with the hardware of the Xperia X1 and you get a product capable of superseding them both. Anyone waiting for either an iPhone or the X1, and who isn’t madly fanatical about either, should add the Diamond to their to-compare list…From the information we have so far there is a lot to like about the Touch Diamond, as well as a few notable shortcomings. We look forward to seeing the Diamond in our Labs closer to its release at the end of Q2 or early Q3.” Read more about the HTC Touch Diamond. (Read the full post about ‘HTC Touch Diamon First Take REview - CNET Australia’…)
by Thomas Ricker, posted Jul 31st 2008 at 12:35AM We’ve been following the rumor since January, today it’s official: LG’s BD300 Network Blu-ray Disc Player will begin streaming Netflix movies in the US this September. The player will cost “well under $500″ and allow Netflix members to stream more than 12,000 standard definition TV and films through the device at no additional increase to their monthly paid subscriptions. Members will use the Netflix website to add movies or TV to their individual instant queues. Movies will begin playing in as little as 30 seconds when selected from the TV where users can browse, make selections, read synopses, rate movies, and fast-forward / rewind video streams using the BD300’s remote control. (Read the full post about ‘LG’s BD300 Network Blu-ray player to stream Netflix in September’…)
Walking through the airport-security checkpoint could get even more annoying if guards start checking travelers’ MP3 players for pirated music. News Digital Media sheds light on a leaked document containing the Australian government’s plans to search music devices in airports in the effort to combat illegal-music downloads. The proposal is also being considered in an international treaty, which includes the United States. If the proposal goes through, anybody caught with illegal music would be subject to fines or even jail time. Before you freak out and toss your ipod into a lake, keep in mind this is just a proposal. It would need to be thoroughly discussed and agreed upon before it would be implemented. (Read the full post about ‘Australian Government Proposes Checking MP3 Players at Airports’…)
For those of you rushing out to get your Sidekick 2008, you may notice that you’ll get an update shortly after connecting to the T-Mobile network. That’s right, a 0 day OTA for the Sidekick 2008 to fix a few performance issues. There’s no official changelist as to what this fixes, but the word on the street is that Sidekick 2008s with v4.7/227383 are getting a “Temperature icon” that signifies overheating when they try to charge. The simple OTA will upgrade you to v4.7/231400 and so far we haven’t been hearing any reports of this overheating alert appearing. So if you’re new device is getting that weird icon, wait till your OTA is received before you run back to the store to return it. (Read the full post about ‘Sidekick 2008 OTA’…)
