Though this one isn’t due until 2009, the next version of Microsoft Windows Mobile 7 looks like its shaping up pretty nicely.
Some of the biggest changes will be the addition of multi-touch gestures (such as flicking, swiping and drawing on screen), motion gestures (shaking the phone), and a UI (User Interface) redesign to give it [...]
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After “detailed research into the anatomy of ears,” Philips has designed two new pair of in-ear headphones to “intelligently adjust” to “so perfectly match your ears that they provide an unparalleled level of comfort.”
Big talk, but it was a press release so we’ll see.
The SHE9800’s will set you back $79 and the SHE9850’s will set [...]
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This has been rumored for a week or two, but Sony has made it official in a press release–a firmware update to the Sony PSP will be coming later this month that will add Skype support.
Using Skype on the PSP, users will be able to:
Free Voice-over-IP (VoIP) to other Skpe users
See when your friends come [...]
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Winner of a CES Best of Innovations Award, the Emtrace Technologies Photoskins is a 4.7mm thick, credit-card sized device with a 2.5-inch LCD TFT display.
What can it do?
Show off photos from from various sites, such as Flickr and Picasa, or display live widgets when sitting in its desktop stand for info like weather, stock, webcames, [...]
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Joining Panasonic’s other high-definition camcorders are two new ones, the HDC-HS9 and the HDC-SD9.
The HS9 is a hybrid model that can record onto either memory card (SD or SDHC) or its built-in 60GB hard drive.
The SD9 is the worlds smallest and lightest full high-definition SD-based camcorder weighing in at just 0.606 pounds.
Each features:
3CCD chip
Advanced MEGA [...]
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JVC has announced five new Everio G Series hard drive based camcorders.
All will feature something they’re calling a “Laser Touch Operation user interface”, which they say is a “touch-sensitive illuminated scroll bar just to the left of the LCD monitor.”
Could be interesting.
All will also feature a 2.7-inch widescreen LCD.
Two of the new models (GZ-MG330, GZ-MG335) [...]
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Toshiba just wrapped up their press conference at CES and while HD DVD was one of their talking points it doesn’t seem like they spent too much time on it.
They restated their disappointment with Warner Bros. over their announcement that they were dropping HD DVD in favor of Blu-ray as well as how they believe [...]
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This won’t be coming anytime soon, but Pioneer just announced a 50-inch plasma television that’s just 9mm thin.
In case you’re not so familiar with the metric system, 9mm is thinner than the Apple iPhone!
[via Engadget]
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If you’ve been following the Meizu MiniOne and hoping to hear some news at this years CES I’m afraid you’re out of luck.
Jack Wong, CEO of Meizu, says that they are busy “finetuning” the MiniOne and it will be making an appearance at CeBIT instead, taking place this March in Hanover, Germany.
I wonder if this [...]
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Samsung is showing off four new digital cameras at CES that they are adding to their NV line.
NV40 (priced at £199, or roughly $392):
10-megapixels
3x optical zoom
ISO up to 3200
2.5-inch LCD screen that will automatically adjust brightness based on the conditions of where you are shooting
ASR (Advanced Shake Reduction) and Red-Eye Fix technology
Dual picture stabilization via [...]
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