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Nikon now announces its D5100 DSLR camera and ME-1 external mic

2011-04-05T14:12:00.003+08:00

Nikon DSLR D5100 camera with ME-1 external mic

Last time, when Canon released its new T3 DLSR camera. Today, Nikon had finally announced its new model D5100 DLSR with an ME-1 external mic. This said new gadget will be coming this April 21, 2011. It has a heavy focus on video, with continous autofocus and special effects.

D5100 have its 3 inch LCD that can rotate 180 degrees and it is viewable in different angle and have extremely sharp imagery of 920k. Video captures can be in 720p or 1080p at either 24 or 30 frames per second. Other great features of this camera is that you can capture video at night vision, can create HDR ( high dynamic range) photo by merging two photos of the same subject.

The external microphone ME-1 featured stereo recording and noise dampening components.The microphone rests on the camera's hotshoe and connects via the standard 3.5mm stereo input jack, making it compatible with virtually any D-SLR with these ports. The Nikon ME-1 microphone with be available this month and sell for $179.95.

The D5100 will feature the same 16.2 megapixel image sensor as the pricier Nikon D7000. Other specs for the D5100 include still captures at 4 fps, 11-point autofocus and price tag of $799.95 (body only) or $899.95 with a Nikon NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR lens. The D5100 will be available later this month.

Take a look at the snapshot of specifications of this camera below. Please click the image to enlarge if you cannot read.

Nikon D5100 specifications

Other informations will come out here as we get more info about this gadget. Check this out!

Microsoft's Kinect used for Video Conferencing is pretty cool

2011-04-05T11:44:00.004+08:00

Nowadays, we can communicate with each other by lots of software and devices being featured. But are we really satisfied already with those existing gadgets? I think those gadgets haven't prove yet their values because of continuous innovations that we have now.

Microsoft Kinect used for Video Conference

Today, MIT Media Lab researchers have used the Microsoft Kinect powers of depth and human perception to create video conferencing. There are four features implemented for this Video Conference: Talking to Focus, Freezing Former Frames, Privacy Zone and the Special Augmenting Reality.

Talking to Focus
From the first image above which is the upper left corner, the person who is not the center of conversation is temporarily blurred. While the one who is speaking have the relevant information displayed on the screen like the time she is talking, her name, etc.

Freezing Former Frames
Here you can freeze the gesture of the person who is not the center of the conversation letting the other person move as normal. This technique is being used for some short task like checking emails, text messages and other task relevant to the conversation.

Privacy Zone
Here the background is being eliminated from Kinect when there is a disturbing movement around during video conference.

Special Augmenting Reality
This is using the 3D position of the objects which can be assigned in an augmented status. People can click the objects on the screen (on the other space) to see the augmented information remotely.

Take a look on the video below for details of these four features:

Panasonic's rewriteable 100GB BD-RE XL discs will launch this April 15

2011-04-05T10:31:00.001+08:00

100GB BD-RE XL discs from Panasonic

If you are looking for the higher capacity disc, Panasonic Japan finally have their first 100GB BD-RE XL rewriteable disc. To give you some information, this new disc will store around 12 hours of 17Mbps terrestrial broadcast full HD or 8 hours and 40 minutes of 24Mbps HD. This new disc will launch this April 15. So, don't missed it.

If you are intending this new disc for your back up, I don't think it is cheaper for you. Just go with the cheaper hard-drive because this disc is three layer sandwitched with a fingerprint- and scratch-proof coating that cost 10,000 yen or $119 per disc.

Samsung - Nexus S 4G Mobile Phone from Google coming this April 6?

2011-04-05T08:46:00.008+08:00

Samsung-Nexus S 4G Mobile Phone from Google

It was officially announced a couple of weeks ago that Samsung-Nexus S 4G mobile phone from Google will arrive on Sprint. It was spotted from the reliable source that from the website of BestBuy preorder the arrival would be expected this coming April 6. But the shipping message was change to "coming soon". Would it be a mistake or not? Let's see two days from now if this will be true or not.

For more information, Samsung-Nexus S 4G is running on Android 2.3 operating system, 4" AMOLED contour display, 1GHz Hummingbird processor, 5 megapixel camera (rear part) and VGA in front, 16GB internal memory, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth and NFC Support. Initial price will be at $ 199 with 2 years contract.

If you plan to buy this phone, take a look on the detailed review by Ubergizmo.

Update 04/05/2011: Just want to include a message that Official Gadget Book is not yet conducting actual review of the gadgets since this site is just newly born last March 13, 2011. But we are planning to include it here soon for better reference to our readers and exerting more effort to give you relevant informations about the latest gadgets.

This Week in Gadget Book: Happy 30th Birthday to Portable Computer

2011-04-04T18:32:00.002+08:00

This portable computer shown below is already 30 years old last April 03, 2011- it was only yesterday where it just started last April 03, 1981 when Adam Osborne unveiled it in San Francisco. He called it the Osborne 1.

Osborne 1 Portable Computer is now 30 years old

It is just hard to believe that this portable computer was a popular before. You can't just even imagine that it was a portable compared to the latest laptop or PC, tablets and smartphones that we are using nowadays which does a lot of tasks. This portable computer was a very popular before and at the steepest revenue growth ever seen - Osborne 1. Due to mismanagement, it was bankrupt after one and a half year of its first launched. In line with this, the next generation of product was announced while the current generation still on shelves.

This portable computer is just now a memory of the past. Others called it the state of the art of its time. Its parts are CRT, with four drive bays (which could served as floppy disk if there are no disk-drive installed) and full sized keyboards with a processor and operating system that already fade compared to the latest technology today.

Early portable computing industry

Harry McCracken have a very good story at Technologizer. The best time to read this is during week end for those who are interested in the history of computing device. Innovations in terms of technology is very fast nowadays. Over the past 30 years, we are now in the generation of tablet pc. What do you think is the next generation of computing device we'll be using for the next 30 years?

Next iPod nano gen display module leaked with camera?

2011-04-04T14:20:00.005+08:00

Leaked display module for next generation iPod nano

The next generation of iPod nano have a leaked module from China. The display module shown above believed that the next iPod nano generation will be including the camera.

According to Apple.pro, they will be putting back the camera on their popular music player on the seventh generation of iPod nano part keeping the current model size and display. The display module above shown the small hole on the upper right corner where the camera is to be placed. With this added feature, Apple is planning to re-position the belt clip or to resized it smaller. The camera from iPod nano was already included way back its fifth generation. Let's wait for the next move and it has to be approximately release in September time according to engadget.com. I think this is not comfortable to use an iPod nano with small camera. Let's see....

Hands Free Faucets is not good for the health say scientists

2011-04-04T12:34:00.002+08:00

It was three years ago when the University of Westminster, London conducted a study that the hand warm air dryer could easily infect you because it left more bacteria in your hand compared than just simply wiping your hand with a towel or a piece of tissue paper. The theory is now the same when using the electronic eye hands free faucets that we are using nowadays. This study was proven by the researchers at the John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore wherein the hands free faucet contain more Legionella bacteria compared to the conventional faucets.


Hands Free Faucets contains more Legionella bacteria say scientists

Although the process of hands free faucets has no touching compared to the conventional one, John Hopkins surprised that in the hands free faucets, Legionella bacteria is growing 50 percent from the cultured water samples of the 20 hands free faucets compared to 15 percent only from the conventional one of the same area. Legionella bacteria is not dangerous that dangerous but not good for the individual with weakened immune systems. They are suspecting the reason why hands free faucets have more bacteria than conventional one is that, hands free faucets have complex parts and there is a chance that more bacteria can hide and grown compared to conventional one with few internal parts only.

John Hopkins had replaced the 20 hands free faucets with conventional one of their hospital. They are still working for the remaining 100 hands free faucets. Researchers are now working with manufacturer to do something about it.

Dell Inspiron M102z AMD Fusion notebook now available for Australian customers

2011-04-04T11:22:00.001+08:00

Lately, Samsung announced their latest laptop and that is the Samsung 9 Series Laptop. Finally, Dell achieves its M102z AMD Fusion notebook and it is now available for Australian customers with the starting price of $599.

Dell Inspiron M102z AMD Fusion notebook

This laptop has an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display. It has 6 cells battery and runs with Windows 7 Home Premium, with 802.11 b/g/n WiFi and an HDMI ouput and weighs about 3.4 pounds.

Dell Fusion M102z Fusion notebook is now available for Australian in two models. The first one runs at 2GB of RAM, 1GHz AMD C-50 processor and Radeon HD 6250 graphics with a starting price of $599. But if you want the faster one, just add $100 to make it $699. It runs at 1.6 GHz AMD E-350 processor, Radeon HD 6310 graphics, and 4GB of RAM.

The only difference of M102z Fusion from M101z is that the AMD latest chips combined the graphics and the CPU function into single chips. But the M101z offers better graphics and lower power consumption and the E-250 processor is not much powerful when compared according to liliputing.com

Sony to supply image sensor to Apple for 8 megapixel camera of iPhone 5?

2011-04-03T18:59:00.004+08:00

There is a rumor that Sony will be supplying an image sensor to Apple to feature the 8 megapixel camera for its next generation of iPhone - the iPhone 5.

What is inside for Apple iPhone5?

This rumor comes from the interview of the Sony CEO Howard Stinger and Walt Mossberg of Wall Street Journal. Stinger mentioned in the interview the irony of supplying camera components to Apple which is the image sensor. He also said in the interview that " it always puzzles me" he said. "Why would I make Apple the best camera? "

Sony does not currently supply image sensor for iPhone and iPad. In the interview it is not clear what device they are referring to. But there is a rumor that it is the iPhone 5. Sony will be intending to supply image camera to Apple for iPhone 5 to feature the 8 megapixel camera. Stinger also stressed out in the interview that because of devastating earthquake in Japan, 15 Sony companies are affected and the supply of the components will be delayed.

iPhone 5 is the next generation of Apple's iPhone. Majority are expecting that Apple will be using the " dual core A5 processor" used from iPad 2. Also, they are expecting to launch iPhone 5 with 64GB model just like the iPhone 4 prototype.

Apple dual core A5 processor

As a gadget lover, I'm expecting likewise that mentioned above will happen. Let's wait and see for the next movement of Apple.

HP ePrint Printers now supports Google Cloud Print

2011-04-03T14:15:00.002+08:00

HP finally announced their HP ePrint enabled printers that supports Google Cloud print from your mobile device.You don't need such additional software, PC connection or drivers for you to print. All you need is to cloud. Only HP ePrint is the only available cloud ready printers today.

HP ePrint that supports Google Cloud Print

With the used of Google Cloud Print, you can make your printers available to you. Cloud ready printers like HP ePrint are directly connected to the internet or the wireless network. In order to connect your HP ePrint to Google Cloud Print, just send the email address of your printer at this page. There are available software from HP which could help you organize your documents with the used of Google Cloud Print. Here is the presentation video below:

You can also visit Google Cloud Print for your guidance and HP ePrint for more detailed instructions. It would also help you up to which type of documents you can print and its limitation.

Google launches Gmail Motion as a new way of communication

2011-04-03T12:18:00.001+08:00

Last April fool's day, Google launches another technological innovation in terms of communication - this is the Gmail Motion. Many says that it is just a humor but now it turns into reality and it will really happen. Google says that mouse and keyboard are the outdated technology that's why they made something different and this is the application of kinetic or the motion.

Below images are some of the demonstrated actions of this Gmail Motion. One of the main objective of Google that I really impressed is to increased the physical activity. They have a point here because nowadays there is a significant increased of people who are being diagnose with heart problem. It's time to move and increase our physical activity which will improved our health.

Some of the demonstrated Gmail Actions

Gmail Motion uses built in camera of your PC to translate your movement into meaningful characters and command. Only make sure to clear the area around you and take a break every 30 to 40 minutes just like the way you are typing using keyboard.

Schematic Diagram of Gmail Motion

With the use of the Gmail actions, you can open your email, reply, send and even compose your email etc. This is a very good stuff from Google. The video below explains the feature of this new technology by Paul McDonald - Product Manager of Gmail.

You can also visit the Gmail Website for more information and hands on of this new technology.

Play your games with the PSP Phone Sony Ericsson Xperia Play

2011-04-03T09:59:00.003+08:00

Sony Ericsson had already introduced the new smartphone with the new features that let you immerse with the games you want. This is the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is a the worlds first PlayStation certified smartphone. It has a combined PlayStation with the latest Android smartphone technology.

Viewing in portrait mode, the users will offers the best-in class entertainment experiences with the existing range of Xperia smartphone. It has a 5 megapixel camera just like other smartphones, with the 4 " multi-touch screen, and a great social networking features.

When you slide out the gaming control, the users will experience the new world of mobile gaming. The slide out pad have digital D pad, two analogue touch pads, two shoulder buttons and the four PlayStation icons: circle, cross, square and triangle. Qualcomm’s optimized Snapdragon processor with a 1Ghz CPU and embedded Adreno GPU graphics processor deliver silky smooth 60fps play-back 3D mobile gaming and Web browsing with minimal power consumption.

If I got a chance to hold the actual unit of this smartphone, I will show you the other features in detailed.

Below is the summary of the features of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play :
Camera

5.1 megapixel camera
Auto focus
Flash / Photo light
Geo tagging
Image stabiliser
Send to web
Touch focus
Video light
Video recording
Video blogging

Music

Album art
Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
Google™ Music Player
Music tones (MP3/AAC)
PlayNow™ service*
Sony Ericsson Music player
Stereo speakers
TrackID™ music recognition application

Internet

Android Market™*
Bookmarks
Google™ search*
Google™ Voice Search*
Pan & zoom
Web browser (Webkit)

Communication

Call list
Conference calls
Facebook™ application (from Android Market™)
Google™ Talk*
Noise Shield
Polyphonic ringtones
Speakerphone
Sony Ericsson Timescape™***
Twitter™ application (from Android Market™)
Vibrating alert

Messaging

Android Cloud to Device messaging (C2DM)
Conversations
Email
Google Mail™*
Instant messaging
Picture messaging (MMS)
Predictive text input
Sound recorder
Text messaging (SMS)

Design

Auto rotate
Keyboard (onscreen, 12 key)
Keyboard (onscreen, QWERTY)
Picture wallpaper
Touchscreen
Wallpaper animation

Entertainment

3D games
Dedicated gaming keys
Flash Lite™
Gesture gaming
Motion gaming
Video streaming
YouTube™

Organiser

Alarm clock
Calculator
Calendar
Document editors
Document readers
E-Manual
Flight mode
Google Calendar™
Google Gallery 3D™
Infinite button
Phone book
Set-up Wizard
Widget manager

Connectivity

3.5 mm audio jack
aGPS
Bluetooth™ technology
DLNA Certified
Google Latitude™
Google Location Service
Google Maps™ with Street View
Media Transfer Protocol support
Micro USB Connector
Modem
Synchronisation via Facebook™**
Synchronisation via Google Sync™
Synchronisation via Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync®
Synchronisation via Sony Ericsson Sync
USB 2.0 high speed support
Wi-Fi™
Wi-Fi™ Hotspot functionality

At a glance, here is the hands-on video for Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. This is the short review by TechTV.

Fuuvi Pick, the digital camera made for youngsters

2011-04-02T21:11:00.001+08:00

There is another cutest gadget made. This is the cutest digital camera called the Fuuvi Pick. This is being marketed as "digital toy camera" made especially for youngsters.

Fuuvi Pick a digital toy camera with 3 cm height

Fuuvi Pick is a 1.3 megapixel digital camera and can shoot at 720 x 480 with a 3 cm height. Some of the coolest feature of this has a built in USB drive, just like a flash drive. It has a capacity of 16GB on a micro SD card and can be use for your PC for data storage. This gadget are available in different colors as shown on above images. This is just cheap as $59.

I think one of my cutest nephew can't wait to avail this coolest gadget. Youngsters are very thankful nowadays due to latest technology.

This Week in Gadget Book: Tupperware Turret, watch out what's inside the cake container

2011-04-02T18:53:00.002+08:00

This is another series of weekly featured post f rom Official Gadget Book. My today's post is something that I can say amazingly cool because it is just an improvised light airgun inside the cake container. Take a look on the video below released via Make.

This mini airgun uses a small microcontroller and an IR sensor to accept commands and it can twirl around and tilt up and down to take the attackers from all sides. It has a remote control that controls the movement of this mini airgun. By pressing the green button it fires and the red button stops the gun.

Oh, this is just another weapon that you can build for self protection against the enemies nowadays. This is very possible. The only problem here is the steps that will take to produce this stuff. Now, watch out my enemies! your time is near!

Google +1 button on search engine result page, powerful or not?

2011-03-31T09:13:00.001+08:00

Google implemented another button which is called the +1 button which appears on the side right after the link on each search engine result. See the image below for illustration.

This is where the +1 button appear on search result

You have the option to undo the +1 button after pressing it

This Google +1 button would help the users or readers which among the webpage are relevant on the search engine result page based on the +1's number of recommendation. This is another feature of telling people or friends that you recommend a certain webpage discovered after doing your search. Without sending an email, you can tell your friends "hey! this is something cool and useful" by just pressing the +1 button feature. The video below source released officially by Google:

This new feature is now running Google.com english.You may also opt to join the Google Experimental Labs.

Just like Facebook "like" button" the number of people "likes a particular webpage" only shows that it is the best recommendation or something cool for the users.

Do you think this feature is the answer of Google to Facebook "like" button" ? I'll leave that query to you...

New Flex Touchscreen Interface developed by researchers

2011-03-31T08:02:00.001+08:00

There is a new flex touchscreen interface now developed by some researchers at Osaka University. Take a look on the video below from Digital Info.

The principle of this new flexible touchscreen interface is just simple. It just treat the screen as elastic material, that is when you touch the screen and the content just squeeze as it moves at the edges of the screen in which you could still see other area in focus, rather than browsing it back just like the existing touchscreen nowadays. The video above demonstrated on Google Maps on large touchscreen. The researchers says it would just be applicable to phones and other touchscreen technology. It only means that it will be implemented soon and it is obviously possible.

Samsung 9 Series Laptop now comes with 11.6" for $1,199

2011-03-28T15:06:00.001+08:00

Samsung had launched their new series 9 laptop with 13.3" last week. Unfortunately, they did not include this 11.6 " which says that it has a better specs than MacBook Air.

Samsung Series 9 11.6" Laptop

The above laptop have 64GB SSD (Solid State Drive) and the specs are just similar with the 13.3" except for the the lower SSD capacity. If you are after with this SSD capacity specs, think first before you own this laptop. Below are the complete specification of Samsung Series 9 11.6" laptop.

11.6-inch LED HD display
Powered by an Intel Core i3 380UM processor
Runs Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OS
Supports 802.11abg/n Wi-Fi, Ethernet LAN connectivity options
Equipped with WiDi Capable/WIMAX, & Bluetooth 3.0
Intel HD 3000 graphics
2GB DDR3 memory
64GB solid state drive (SSD)
3W Stereo speaker (1.5 W x 2) with HD Audio
1.3 megapixel HD web camera
Duralumin chassis, & an 81 key backlit keyboard
Brings 6-cell Lithium Ion battery

Samsung Series 9 Laptop also measures 11.7 x 7.8 x 0.62 ~0.65 inches and weighs 2.31 pounds. It is available at $1,199 in US.

This Week in Gadget Book - iPad 2 Glass vs. Original iPad

2011-03-28T13:08:00.002+08:00

Do you have your original iPad and the new model iPad 2? Well, it's time for you to evaluate and the test below that I will show is the proof that iPad 2 glass which is thinner is stronger than the original iPad. The video below was performed by iFixyouri.com.

The test performed by iFixyouri.com company. There are two wooden blocks prepared with different elevation. The first one is "one inch elevated" and the other one is " two inches elevated. The flexibility will be tested by propping the glass on those elevated wooden blocks mentioned and by pressing it down with a wooden plank.

The video shown that iPad 2 glass survived the test on both elevation while the original iPad gave up on this first test.

iPad 2 glass was tried to break using the hand but the one who performed on the video seems like he exerted more effort just to break the glass.

From the test performed above, it only shows that Apple considered not only the feature of the applications of their devices but also its durability.

So now, what do you think? Are you impressed with Apple's gadget?

Canon Rebel T3 DSLR good for photography?

2011-03-27T18:29:00.001+08:00

Canon EOS 1100D which is also known as Digital Rebel T3 is the new entry- level model of Canon's extensive range of digital SLR cameras which is very affordable but loaded with great features in which the photography enthusiast will really appreciated.

Canon Rebel T3 DSLR

According to one of the photography blog, this newly released model replaced its 3 years old 1000D model of canon. The features are great because it has 12 megapixel CMOS sensor, 2.7 inch LCD screen, 3fps continuous shooting mode, 9 autofocus points, 63-zone iFCL exposure metering, ISO 100-6400 sensitivity, on-screen Feature Guide, and 720p HD video capture. It has a user friendly interface in which the users will have a creative controls without the need of photography experts. It also supports up to 60 different lenses that include Speedlite flashes giving the users a lot of room for improvement.

For the first time for an EOS camera, the 1100D is also available in 3 different colours other than black - red, silver and brown - all with the EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II lens. The red EOS 1100D is available exclusively from Comet in early April 2011, priced at £499.00 / €599.00. The silver EOS 1100D is available exclusively from Jessops in early April 2011, priced at £499.00 / €599.00. The brown EOS 1100D is available exclusively from Harvey Norman’s in Ireland in early April 2011, priced at £499.00 / €599.00. In the Philippines it is approximately PHP 31,900.00

Here are the other technical specifications for this Canon Rebel T3 DSLR camera:

* Screen: 2.7-inch wide viewing angle LCD (230k-dot resolution)
* Sensitivity: ISO 100-6400
* Shutter speed: 30s – 1/4000 sec
* Basic+ creative point-and-shoot mode
* 63-zone iFCL exposure metering
* Supports sRGB, Adobe RGB, ColorMatch RGB, Apple RGB and Wide Gamut RGB colour spaces
* Eye-Fi wireless SD card compatible menu options
* Auto Lighting Optimizer (ALO)
* Digital Photo Professional (DPP) software

Now if you have your own digital camera other than this, compare it and get the best camera that suits your need.

iMobot that can rolls, crawls and creeps

2011-03-27T12:28:00.003+08:00

iMobot that can crawl, stand up and rotate as a camera platform

Graham Ryland and Professor Harry Cheng developed iMobot while Ryland was studying for his master's degree in mechanical engineering and conducting research in Cheng's Integration Engineering Laboratory at UC Davis.

iMobot can be used for research and education tool according to the genius creators. It can also be used for industrial applications for prototyping complex robotics. Besides, this little creepy technology may eventually form the basis of robots for search and rescue operations. It has four controllable degree of freedom, two rotating joints, the individual module can crawl, or stand up and act as an autonomous camera platform. I'm really interested for the next move of this newly invented technology. Please check out related video below:

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Officially Announced

2011-03-27T11:06:00.002+08:00

Samsung has officially announced the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 - the new generation of tablet devices which is more thinner than 10.1 inch Samsung Galaxy Tab "an ultra thin tablet".

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 measures 8.6 mm thick or 0.33 inch thick, which is thinner than iPad 2 which was officially released by Apple earlier this month. It also weighs 470g or 1.03 pounds and it has a Google Android Honeycomb and a custom Touchwiz UI. Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 comes with a 1GHz dual core processor with a resolution of 1280 x 800 and capable of playing full HD video of 1080p.

Other specifications of Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 are 3 megapixel camera that can do 720p and a front facing camera for video calls.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 comes with two different sizes of WiFi models. I can say that the pricing of these two models are competitive. The 16 GB model will be retail for $469 and the 32 GB model which will retail for $ 569. There is no exact date of launch for this new Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9. The update will be post here once I get more information. So stay tuned !

iPad 2 On Sale in 25 Countries, Asian Countries Have to Wait

2011-03-26T22:17:00.002+08:00

iPad 2 on Sale. People can't wait to claim their own iPad 2 unit.
Picture taken at Montreal Canada

As previously announced by Apple, iPad 2 will be available to 25 countries both WiFi and WiFi plus version. Japan was included originally in the list for the launch of iPad 2 but Apple decided delay it so that the country could concentrate more on the recovery from the present disaster.

Presently, the 25 countries below are now enjoying their new iPad 2. The following countries involved are:

Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Luxumbourg
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
UK

Apple also announced that iPad 2 will be available in Asian Countries including Hongkong, Korea and Singapore this coming April. No official announcement yet about the availability here in the Philippines.

HSUPA on Atrix 4G, Inspire 4G will enable by AT&T in April 2011

2011-03-26T20:03:00.002+08:00

AT&T the leader of telecommunication services confirmed to CNET that HSUPA will be enable to Motorola Atrix 4G and HTC Inspire 4G this April via software update.

Motorola Atrix 4G and HTC InspIre 4G

HSUPA stands for High-Speed Uplink Packet Access is a data access protocol for mobile phone networks with extremely high upload speeds of 5.76 Mbps. It only means that the two 4G mobile will be more 4G compared before. But according to CNET, AT&T did not provide the specific time frame for this. Also, Samsung Infuse 4G will also ship with HSUPA enable this April. Faster speed will now be experience for the mentioned smartphones.

LG Finally Announced Wireless Charging Pad (WCP-700)

2011-03-24T11:05:00.001+08:00

LG WCP-700, Wireless Charging pad

LG finally announced its Wireless Charging Pad ( WCP-700) just like HP has its own Touchstone and also Powermat from another independent mobile accessory company. Wireless charging for smartphones and tablet devices would be another trend of latest technology nowadays.

Wireless Charging Pad is a portable charging system in which uses the principle of magnetic induction technology, wirelessly charging compatible mobile devices when placed on top of it- transferring electrical energy from a power source into the battery of mobile devices.

I'm looking forward that more and more wireless charging pad will be announce this year for other mobile and tablet devices.

Here are the features of LG WCP-700:

Visual, audible and tactile feedback – allows user to see, feel and hear when the phone is placed properly on the pad
Power LED – Blue = Plugged in
Battery LED – Orange = Ready to Charge
Battery LED – Flashing Green = Phone is Charging Correctly
Battery LED – Solid Green = Phone is Fully Charged
Slim and sleek design – allows for convenient storage, taking up minimal space
Effective Range – 7mm from center of placement guide
Dimensions – 6.29”x3.54”x0.39”

LG WCP-700 price is $69.99 and will be available on April this year.

The Powered Suit Skeletonics

2011-03-24T08:03:00.006+08:00

A small team of Japanese Engineering Students made this project called Skeletonics, a hybrid words "skeleton" and "mechanics". The purpose is to extend the movement of the human arms and legs without the aid of any motors. The whole suit is made of aluminum sheets and pipes. The advantage of this passive design over the active exoskeleton is the significant reduction of weight and complexity from motors and software. It took up to six months to complete as a basic working unit.

Here is the related video for you to see the basic sketches. Unfortunately, specifications as well as their website are written in Japanese. The use of the Google translate is a little help for you to see the specific details. Anyway, the video below is pretty awesome and hope you will enjoy watching this.

Thnak you for reading and watching!