Archive for October, 2008
October 26, 2008
Filed under: Handhelds, Wireless
Aigo’s P8860 MID was already a potent, handsome piece of machinery in its factory form, but adding in 3G is like adding melted chocolate to a glazed hot doughnut from Krispy Kreme — it’s just better, even though it’s tough to accomplish and potentially harmful to your health. Far-reaching metaphors aside, our pals over at jkkmobile have put together an all-telling 18 minute video that explains how to add 3G HSDPA to this here MID. For seasoned DIYers, the process of opening it up, soldering a mini PCI-e connector / SIM card slot and tossing in a 3G card / antenna won’t seem that difficult. For everyone else, we’d recommend watching thrice to make sure your confidence level is at the appropriate position before delving in. Vid’s after the break, per usual.
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October 25, 2008
Filed under: Digital Cameras
While being the first DSLR to shoot HD video sounds mighty excellent on paper, it’s not worth much if the execution isn’t there, right? The general consensus was that Nikon’s D90 was a stellar DSLR, but the 720p movie mode was simply a so-so cherry on top. The gurus over at CamcorderInfo decided to take things one step further and actually write up an in-depth review on the movie mode alone. The long and short of it is this: the D90′s movie mode simply can’t produce the same results as a dedicated HD camcorder, and while it was “often able to produce impressive results (especially in moderately low light),” the unfortunate “wobble effect” really put a damper on things. In essence, the aforementioned problem causes objects to look like Jell-o when the user pans quickly from left to right, and the only real way to avoid it is to utilize a tripod or slow down your pans — neither of which are terribly convenient. Critics did find quite a bit to praise, and they certainly appreciated the inclusion in an otherwise amazing camera, but it’s still far from being ideal in all scenarios.
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October 25, 2008
Filed under: Digital Cameras, Displays
As Westinghouse realizes that the digital photo frame market is about as over-saturated as possible right now, not to mention just how boring the whole notion has become, it has resorted to pulling in a “world renowned” name in photography in order to help push its forthcoming line. But it doesn’t end with just a namedrop — oh no, Westy’s latest release has completely and entirely failed to divulge any information whatsoever on the specifications of any of its impending frames. No screen sizes, no resolutions, no capacities, nothing. Just paragraph after paragraph of how awesome it will be to have some of Anne Geddes’ photographs mixed in with your own lame attempts at capturing life’s most precious moments when you buy one of these elusive units this winter (at undisclosed price points, no less). Nice going, Westinghouse.
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October 24, 2008
Filed under: Transportation
We knew good and well it was on the way, but now we’re bubbling over with excitement. The forthcoming Model S — an all-electric, five passenger sports sedan that will ride on a platform developed entirely by Tesla — has apparently been revealed. Of course, there’s still a real possibility that the image you’re drooling on above isn’t a finalized look, but Road & Track has a pretty good record to fall back on. We’re also hearing that the 2010-bound whip will get around 240 miles per charge while still doing the zero to sixty in under six ticks, and the $60,000 base price just makes it all the more appealing. For those with a thing for rear bumpers, check out Autoblog’s link below for a sneak peek of the fanny.
Read – Road & Track writeup
Read – Sneak peek of the rear
October 24, 2008
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
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October 24, 2008
Filed under: Laptops
We’ve long since known that MSI was a fan of overclocking. After all, just about every last one of its gaming notebooks come with one-button OC’ing courtesy of the Turbo Drive Engine technology. Now, it seems that the company is giving the spoils once reserved for the Crysis crowd to those with netbooks, or more specifically, the Wind. The freshly released (and absolutely official) v1.09 BIOS update enables simple overclocking by mashing Fn+F10, giving users the ability to push things 8%, 15% or 24% beyond their normally specified limits. Electric Feel over at ElectricVagabond has found that the update provides up to a 30% boost in performance, which he claims is quite noticeable in processor-intensive apps like Photoshop. You know you’re dying to give your Wind a little lift, so hit the via below for the step-by-step of getting this installed.
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October 24, 2008
HP has released its USB Floppy Drive Key that offers a 2-in-1 USB media solution that boasts the ability to read the USB flash drive as a standard storage device or a floppy device. All you need to do is connect the USB flash drive to a computer, copy files required onto the USB floppy section and transfer the flash drive over to the selected computer and boot up. Kiss goodbye to dedicated USB floppy disk drives since floppies are all but extinct for many years already. You can pick up the 256MB and 1GB models for $49 and $79, respectively. Wonder what happened to the 512MB model? Strange to see HP leave that out.
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Repeated rumors about using the iPhone as a modem (tethering) have surfaced over the past few months. MacBlogz claims that an insider gave them the reason: “Regardless of how many billions of dollars AT&T pours into their 3G network, it hasn’t been stable enough to handle all you iPhone users”.
To make a long story short: iPhone tethering is in the works, and it might appear at some point. It’s unbelievable that AT&T’s network can’t keep up with the traffic increase. Even if it was possible, most people will not use their iPhone as a modem at once – not evel close. (photo from cellfanatic)
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October 23, 2008
Still can’t get enough of NES quality games? Well, let Sonilex help you out with its latest console which retails for approximately $32, bringing you the latest 2008 NES catalogue – wait a minute, something’s not right here. Ah well, it seems as though even Tekken has been “ported” over to the NES, so the screenshots of this title will be most interesting to have a gander at. Definitely not something you would like to show off in your living room to visitors, no, this belongs to the darkest recesses of your basement.
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October 23, 2008
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
Leave it to Access to completely underplay the debut of one of the most anticipated mobile operating systems of the decade — anticipation that’s certainly waned, but we’re sure somebody’s at least a little excited. ALP 3.0 and ALP mini are about ready for mass consumption, with ALP mini available to licensees immediately, though no word yet on when ALP 3.0 will hit. From the sound of it, ALP 3.0 concentrates on a fancy, transition-filled smartphone OS, while ALP mini is more stripped-down and ready for featurephone use. Both operating systems are Linux-based, with some strange amalgam of Palm OS-ness, though ALP mini drops Garnet compatibility and can’t run native Linux apps like big brother 3.0, which is LiMo compatible. NTT DoCoMo is planning ALP phones in the second half of 2009, that Edelweiss ALP phone for Russia has been outed, and we’re still struggling to care.
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