by Techno Witch on April 28, 2009
Having around a weather station isn’t entirely necessary. After all, you could just hop online to find out the weather forecast for the day. Making weather stations just another gadget to collect dust. So looking for a new angle, one company decided to come out with a weather station covered in Swarvoski Crystals. It does all the usual weather oriented tasks, but makes weather just a touch more shiny.
Just from the photo the design does look a little cheesy, but if you adore all that glitters then you probably appreciate the look. The weather station can tell you the time or by just waving your hand you can view the indoor/outdoor temperature. On the side in crystal form it lets you know the forecast for the day. It does so by showing the symbols instead of spelling it out. The clock is an atomic clock, so very precise and will automatically update for daylight savings time. It isn’t out just yet, but once it is it’ll cost you $139.
Source: TechFresh
by Techno Witch on April 28, 2009
Convergence devices are cool in their own right since they allow you to do more with just a single device, saving you money as well as space in the process. The Trispecs is one of such devices, masquerading as a standard pair of fashionable sunglasses while doubling as a Bluetooth headset and earphones without anyone else knowing the better. There are three buttons located along the arms of the shades that allow you to control your MP3 player as well as phone functions, making them look slightly more bulky than usual although that ought to be fine since many fashion sunglasses do feature outrageously huge arms from time to time. The retractable headphones also feature noise cancellation technology courtesy of the boffins at STEP Labs, while their STEPvoice software provides voice-recognition to further enhance the performance of the Trispecs. Depending on your choice of Trispecs, it will retail anywhere from $199 to $224, and will be available in black, white, red, blue, gold and silver colors.
Source: Popgadget
by Techno Witch on April 28, 2009
With reports of notebook and iPod batteries exploding keeping us on the edge of our seats in the past, why not take the necessary precautions to ensure the precious family jewels remain safe if you’re one who works on your notebook most of the time? The Belkin CushDesk is here to help as it keeps your legs cool and protected at all times.
With CushDesk, you can use your laptop comfortably anywhere in your home?on your couch, your bed, or the floor. Its solid molded top provides a smooth and sturdy surface, or ?work space.? CushDesk is designed with a slight angle so you can easily view your laptop screen at a more comfortable angle. Additionally, its slim design lets you easily store it in your living room or bedroom.
The Belkin CushDesk will retail for $29.99 and comes in pitch black/soft gray, espresso/fuchsia, pitch black/pitch black, and pitch black/dark sky color combinations, working with notebooks no larger than 17″. Strangely enough, it isn’t available for purchase yet despite being officially announced.
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by Techno Witch on April 28, 2009
What do you think keeps the Apple iPhone faithful so faithful? The main reason could well be the Apple iTunes App Store and their huge amount of iPhone apps.
Recently Apple reached the magic 1 Billion downloaded applications milestone, and that 37 million Apple iPhone and iPod Touch handsets have been sold which equates to an average of some 27 downloaded applications per device according to computerworld.
Obviously some iPhoners haven?t installed any apps while other must have maxed their handset out to the tune of 144 apps which will rise to 172 maximum with the arrival of OS3.
by Techno Witch on April 28, 2009
Orangatame Software has released the latest version of TwitterBerry client for RIM Blackberry smartphone and is TwitterBerry 0.9 Beta 6 confirms remarkable.
TwitterBerry 0.9 Beta 6 features support for Twitgoo! While bug fixes are font size configuation affects timelines and not entire app, improved robustness of image uploads, identify the OS version when installing from ALX package, and TwitterBerry removed from BlackBerry Options screen.
So all you BlackBerry toting Twitter fanatics now you can update to the latest version of TwitteryBerry so you can tweet to your hearts content.
by Techno Witch on April 28, 2009
Opera has announced that there has been an increase of 157 percent in usage of Opera Mini web browser over the past year and 12.1 percent usage growth since February 09.
In March, 23 million mobile phone users where using Opera Mini to browse the Internet, seeking 8.6 billion web pages in March which equates to a 255 percent year on year increase and 17.4 percent monthly increase.
This indicates that Opera Mini is arguably one of the world?s best mobile web browsers that is capable of delivering full form web pages with desktop accuracy and speed.
by Techno Witch on April 28, 2009
Obviously gaining the HTC Magic simply isn?t enough for Italy?s TIM as they have now also added the Nokia N97 to their portfolio according to BGR.
One small problem is the price tag as far as we can see, as the HTC Magic will be offered at ?449 whereas TIM will be offering the Nokia N97 for ?599, which is some ?150 difference in anyone?s calculation.
So given the price difference maybe the HTC Magic will simply out do the Nokia N97 purely on budget reasons, that is unless the hard core Nokia fan base grabs them all up.
by Techno Witch on April 28, 2009
Samsung?s first Android platform smartphone is becoming a reality and the guys over at engadget mobile have the low down.
Apparently the Samsung I7500 is to be the first Sammy Android and will be launching “in major European countries from June.”
Spec wise the Samsung I7500 Android is quad-band GSM, tri-band 7.2Mbps HSDPA, 3.0 inch AMOLED touch screen, 5 megapixel camera with Power LED, GPS, WiFi, 8GB storage, 3.5mm jack, and microSD expansion up to 32GB.
The Samsung I7500 will be on bands 900/1700/2100MHz, and that 1700MHz could well point to the Samsung I7500 going with T-Mobile USA.
by Techno Witch on April 28, 2009
We android toting mortals have to wait until May to gain some Android Cupcake goodness while if you are an Android developer you can get Android 1.5 as of right now from the HTC website according to talkandroid.
Apparently HTC had now updated their website with instructions for developers on how users can flash their Android Dev Phones with factory Android platform system images and radio images.
With said files the Android devs can restore a corrupt device to its factory state, test Android apps on multiple Android platforms, and keep up to date with the latest Android system images.
by Techno Witch on April 28, 2009
Well apparently there just may be according to a post over on wmpoweruser. Apparently they are reporting that the founder and chief exec of Skyhook Wireless who are a clearinghouse that is used by the Apple iPhone, seems to have dropped a hint that there is to be a Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 on its way.
Now obviously as the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 was a success it?s not too much of a surprise that Sony Ericsson would follow with an Xperia X2 sooner or later.
But so far there?s been no word, so when the Skyhook exec happens to mention they lost the contract to power the Windows Mobile base Xperia X2?s location based platform to Google that comes a good confirmation that Sony Ericsson is indeed planning an X2 for the future.