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It would appear that the ebook reader competition is now heating up as Endless Ideas’ has just launched their BeBook Mini in the United States. It has a price tag of $199, and a 5-inch display. Unfortunately, there is no wireless connectivity, and so you’ll have to download via USB for content. However, it probably is one of the cheapest ereaders around.
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Gallery: BeBook Mini eReader now available for $199
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JVC PICSIO jumps into HD pocket cam market at $200
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Cameras, Handhelds, HDTV, Portable Audio / Video,
JVC is throwing its hat into the US pocket HD camcorder rat race, officially bringing their PICSIO cam to the US, a few weeks after announcing the PICSIO’s Japan release details. JVC is advertising the PICSIO GC-FM1 as a 1080p cam, which is a lie, since it actually does 1440x1080 at 30fps. You also have a 720p mode that shoots at 60fps, which is where we think the sweet spot is on the PICSIO. The device can also capture still 8 megapixel images, a nice value-added feature, and all the content gets recorded onto an SD card that you’ll have to provide yourself. You can get the PICSIO in purple, black, or blue, and at $200, it’s definitely a competitor to the Kodak Zi8, despite the PICSIO’s lack of mic input port.
Looks like Amazon has the JVC PICSIO for $179, a $20 discount.
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Gallery: JVC PICSIO jumps into HD pocket cam market at $200
Looks like e-readers are a hot item, as LG is the latest company to jump on the bandwagon. Their devicee has a 10x10 centimeter solar cell that is designed to work in conjunction with the 6-inch TFT LCD. This allows the reader to get a whole extra day of reading with just four to five hours worth of pure sunlight.
Pricing and availability have not been announced as yet, but we’ll keep you updated.
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Gallery: LG announces solar cell e-book
Griffin Reveal iPhone case review
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, Apple, Smartphones, Handhelds, Product Reviews,
Griffin has recently released a minimalist case for the iPhone 3G and 3GS that they call Griffin Reveal. Right, we know what you’re thinking - with all the various iPhone cases out there, what’s so special about this one? Well, for starters, the Griffin Reveal is meant to stay out of the way. It isn’t bulky, and barely adds any thickness to your iPhone. In fact, it just adds 1.4 mm in thickness to the iPhone 3G or 3GS.
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iPhone OS 3.1.2 now available
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Smartphones, Handhelds, Software,
Apple has just released iPhone OS 3.1.2. According to Apple, the update contains bug fixes and improvements, including:
- Resolves sporadic issue that may cause an iPhone to not wake from sleep
- Fixes an issue that may interrupt cell network services until the phone is hard-rebooted
- Fixes a big that would cause an occasional crash during video streaming
If you’ve got an iPhone, iPhone 3G, or iPhone 3GS, go ahead and update. Of course, if you are jailbroken, you’ll want to wait until a jailbreak tool for 3.1.2 is available.
Gallery: iPhone OS 3.1.2 now available
Samsung unveils kid-friendly CorbyTXT and CorbyPRO phones
Posted by Mark Rollins Categories: Smartphones, Handhelds,
Samsung recently announced their Corby series of mobile phones. These phones are designed for the tween market, and they have recently released the specs on the CorbyTXT (B3210) and CorbyPRO (B5310).
The CorbyTXT is a quad-band GSM with a 2.2 inch display, microSD slot, plus a 2-megapixel fixed focus camera. As for the the CorbyPRO, it is a Quad-band GSM with 7.2Mbps HSDPA, Wi-Fi, built-in GPS, microSD slot, a 2.8 inch QVGA resistive touchscreen, and a 3.15 megapixel fixed-focus camera.
A definite price has not been stated for each of the models for now, and it looks like the Corbys will have a strictly European release.
Read More | CNET
Gallery: Samsung unveils kid-friendly CorbyTXT and CorbyPRO phones
Rumor: Foxconn is making the Apple Tablet
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Handhelds, Rumors,
You’ll definitely wanna file this one under “rumor,” but if DigiTimes is to be believed, that Apple Tablet that we’ve all been waiting for with baited breath will be manufactured by Foxconn. The peeps at DigiTimes are saying that Foxconn will be shipping up to 400,000 devices by April 2010, and that these devices will have a 10.6-inch display.
Hey, it’s fun monitoring these rumors, but I’m tired of having my emotions played with, Apple. Give me a touch-sensitive tablet next in the first quarter of 2010, okay?
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Gallery: Rumor: Foxconn is making the Apple Tablet
Sony celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness Month with pink products
Posted by Mark Rollins Categories: Corporate News, Design, Handhelds, PC / Laptop,
If you didn’t know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. SonyStyle is supporting Breast Cancer Awareness with the purchase of the Pink W Series Mini notebook PCBundle or Rose Reader Pocket Edition. They plan on donating $110,000 in conjunction with the October sales of these two products.
They are also planning on donating all profits earned at SonyStyle stores from 6PM to 8PM on October 20th to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and that applies to all purchases, pink or not.
Read More | Sony Press Release
Gallery: Sony celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness Month with pink products
AT&T TerreStar Genus is the first cellular and satellite smartphone
Posted by Mark Rollins Categories: Smartphones, Handhelds,
It would appear that another world’s first in electronics has been made as AT&T is launching the TerreStar Genus, a smartphone that combines both standard cellular phone connectivity alongside satellite connectivity. This phone is aimed at subscribers in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, specifically for government, energy, utility, and transportation officials.
The Terrestar Genus uses Windows Mobile, and has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and a 2.6 inch touchscreen. As for radios, it packs in GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, and HSDPA, along with that whole satellite thing. It will be available early 2010, but no price has been announced.
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Gallery: AT&T TerreStar Genus is the first cellular and satellite smartphone
SanDisk flash memory cards for PSP and DSi
Posted by Mark Rollins Categories: Handhelds, Storage, Video Games,
SanDisk is responding to the portable video game market with a new line of memory cards. Its new line of M2 memory cards is for the PSP Go, and will be packaged with the Memory Stick Pro Duo adapters if the user has another kind of PSP. SanDisk is also creating a special SDHC card for the Nintendo DSi (and by special, we mean it’s the same as any other SDHC card, but with a DSi logo on it.)
The prices for these cards vary. The M2 cards are $27.99 for the 2GB, $44.99 for the 4GB, $74.99 for the 8GB, and $142.99 for the 16GB. As for the Nintendo SDHC cards, they are $32.99 for the 4GB, and $47.99 for the 8GB.
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