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Droid in front of iPhone in Time’s Gadget of the Year contest

Published on: 11th December, 2009

Motorola Droid’s first place in the Time’s Gadget of the Year contest was not a major surprise. The Android-based handset won the contest for having a large 3.7-inch touchscreen and a hardware QWERTY keyboard and also for sporting free turn-by-turn GPS using Google Maps Navigation. The iPhone 3GS, ranked fourth, has earned this position thanks [...]

New version of Sugar OS on USB

Published on: 11th December, 2009

Sugar Labs launched, on December 8, 2009, the downloadable Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry OS, designed for children’s education. The program, initially created for the One Laptop per Child XO-1 netbook, can now be installed on any Windows or Mac running PC, but also on Linux-based computers, thanks to this version. The new version [...]

Haier’s Theatre gets capacitive touch

Published on: 11th December, 2009

On December 7, 2009, Haier discreetly presented its first US-meant touchscreen media player, Theatre, after months of no new player’s release. Even if it is considered as being a budget player, Theatre uses capacitive touch, which seems to be more sensitive to finger input. It benefits from an accelerometer for image auto-rotation and also from [...]

AT&T 3G extends e-book reader offering with COOL-ER

Published on: 11th December, 2009

Interead announced its intention to launch the next generation of COOL-ER readers with 3G provided by AT&T in the United States next year. Full features of the product were not unveiled but it is already known that these readers will come with Wi-Fi. What is unclear is whether or not Wi-Fi and 3G will both [...]

Creature III speakers now being officialized by Harman’s JBL

Published on: 9th December, 2009

Harman’s JBL label, after a tease during this fall, has released its Creature III speakers. They are the successors to JBLs 2.1-channel computer speaker and have an alien-like shape but also sports a more compact subwoofer that fits better on a desktop. It also remembers volume settings by means of the touch-sensitive controls situated on [...]

TomTom’s special XXL 540S World Traveler Edition

Published on: 30th November, 2009

A new special edition of the TomTom XXL 540S navigator, named World Traveler Edition, has been presented on November 25, 2009. The new version has, in addition to the classical edition, the maps of the US, Canada and also Europe, all stored on the device’s 4GB memory (XXL 540S contained full maps of Canada, US [...]

Qualcomm-based smartbook from Lenovo to use AT&T

Published on: 20th November, 2009

Qualcomm has unveiled one of the first smartbooks at its investor conference. The Lenovo design is somewhere between smartphones and netbooks in size and is based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors. It will use AT&T-based Internet access besides Wi-Fi. Other details are unavailable for the moment. However, it is supposed to use a custom Linux interface [...]

Eneloop Stick Booster charger by Sanyo

Published on: 18th November, 2009

Sanyo recently revealed its new charger, the Eneloop Stick Booster. Sanyo’s device is a battery pack able to plug into cell phones, MP3 players, portable gaming consoles and other consumer electronic devices provided with USB or miniUSB ports. The Eneloop Stick Booster differs from other dry-cell chargers because of Sanyo’s Eneloop batteries allowing it to [...]

Loudspeaker manufacturer Bowers & Wilkins presents MM-1 desktop speakers

Published on: 13th November, 2009

Bowers & Wilkins announced the MM-1, its latest computer speakers set. Each speaker includes a one-inch tweeter and a three-inch woofer, each driver being powered by an 18-Watt amplifier. The tweeters sport B&W’s Nautilus design to improve high-frequency response and suppress resonance. DSP (Digital Signal Processing) components are integrated to adjust sound balance according to [...]

New USB THX-certified microphone from Blue Microphones

Published on: 13th November, 2009

The line of consumer products of Blue Microphones was completed with Yeti, a USB-attached condenser microphone. The THX certification means that the microphone has the ultimate playback and recording fidelity. It sports three 14-millimeter condenser capsules placed in a triple array and supports polar patterns like omni, cardioid, stereo or bidirectional. Headphones can be attached [...]

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