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BB storm 3

2010-11-20T17:45:00.000+00:00

BlackBerry Storm 3 looks pretty nearly identical to the second Storm The main difference is in the middle. New Storm 3 is reportedly more RAM to handle the OS sixth Leaked photos are from a unit of assessment. It is likely that he will present the new RIM BlackBerry 9570 by next week at the BlackBerry Developer Conference.

Motorola Droid 2

2010-11-20T17:37:00.000+00:00

Motorola Droid 2, 1.2GHz processor, a small screen 3.7 inch, just 8gb internal storage, resonable camera 5mp. More info about this product have bgr, view the link.

Samsung "flagship"

2010-11-20T17:21:00.000+00:00

Not sure about the display 4.3 or 4.5 but it might have Super Amoled 2. Specs so far looks great 8 megapixel camera capable of 1080p video capture, 14.4Mbps HSPA, Bluetooth 3.0, a 1.2GHz core of some sort, and 16GB of storage onboard. The design seems to be very very cool, check the pic below to convince yourself.

Release date, somewhere in the Q1 of 2011, price reallt yet no ideea.

ITG xpPhone, the 4.8" beast

2010-11-19T01:01:00.003+00:00

Finally we have received information about the ITG xpPhone. This is a big 4.8” device with Microsoft WES2009 OS, and I won’t say anything else about the device because it has too many good features, including 1xVGA out, anyway; I will let you be the judge of it.

We don’t have any reviews about the device, because nobody had the opportunity to play with it, but as soon as someone has information about it, you will be the first to know. Until then, enter HERE: http://en.xpphone.com/ and just look at it.

Samsung GT i9100 or so called Samsung Galaxy 2

2010-11-17T23:18:00.000+00:00

The revealed specs of the Samsung Galaxy 2 (Samsung GT i9100) seem to be excellent enough for the so called successor of the Samsung Galaxy S. The details of the phone are out in the web and Eldar Murtazin, a respected Russian mobile reviewer, claims that he used and tested the upcoming product from Samsung.

The report suggests that the forthcoming device is a much more advanced one with the integration of dual-core processors. It is offering better operational speeds with the dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 design based Orion microprocessor with Mali 400GPU.

With smartphones like the i9100 gaining better processing speed, it is obviously a threat towards the netbooks and Intel can have worries for their Atom processors.

It is expected to be out with a 4.3-inch to 4.5-inch super AMOLED 2 touchscreen. The Retina-like display is likely to offer a better experience and can be tagged as the super AMOLED experience.

The company is expected to debut this smart device in the early quarter of 2011. If the guesses are not going wrong, the Samsung Galaxy 2 GT-i9100 will be seen at the Mobile World Congress in February 2011.

No further details are available about this device which seems to fascinate everyone. Stay tuned for more updates.

source http://www.techmagnews.com/samsung-gt-i9100-with-dual-cores-to-succeed-samsung-galaxy-s.html

you can also find some information here http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/14/samsung-i9100-is-the-dual-core-galaxy-2-sequel-to-the-galaxy-s/

Simplest Phone on Earth, John's Phone

2010-11-17T14:33:00.000+00:00

You are probably thinking, what am I talking about, well here it is; the simplest phone on earth, the John's Phone. The only option you have with this phone is to call and hung-up, that's it, oooo I almost forgot, you also have a notepad and a pen at the back of your phone where you can write down with your pen the phone numbers of your family or friends.

I think that this phone is the best for our grandmothers and grandfathers because we all know how good they manage their old phones, with a small screen and small keypads, but one think that I don't like at this device is that the screen is on the top of the phone and it's very small, and I am thinking why in the world would you build

a phone for old people and put such a small screen on it, what's the point? and the second is the price, it's just £67 or 79.95 euros and I think that this is enormous for a phone like this and I don't see myself buying a phone like this at that price, no way; But it's a good idea having only the keypad and only the option to call and hung-up.

Diedriekje Bok, John Doe creative, said "With an abundance of choices and information channels operating, it's nice to develop a simple gadget. It is also a useful phone for travelling, exercising or weekend sailing.

"With John's phone, you always reach your close family and friends, so the rest of the world on your smartphone does not matter. John's phone can be used when your smartphone is empty or if you're in a distant country".

But they don't say if the device is waterproof because it should be at this price, and other features for old people. But anyway they create it and now they expect to sell it.

But what do you think? are you willing to pay £67 or 79.95 euros for that phone? will you buy a phone like this one?

Below are more pictures with the phone.

Sony Xperia x7 and x7 mini coming in early 2011? (Is it fake?)

2010-11-15T23:03:00.001+00:00

http://www.slashgear.com/rumor-pegs-sony-ericsson-xperia-x7-and-x7-mini-inbound-in-q1-15114107/

It’s smartphone rumour time. Before I continue let’s bear in mind a rumour is a rumour. It’s totally unconfirmed it could be completely true but it could just as easily be a load of rubbish; that said; two new smartphones could be on their way.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X7 and the X7 Mini smartphones.

Apparently the devices are set for a Q1 2011 launch. They will run Windows Phone 7 and the ‘big’ X7 is pegged for a 4.3-inch WVGA resolution screen and a 1.2GHz Qualcomm processor. The ‘big’ X7 is also supposed to have an 8MP camera and 720p HD video with HDMI output.

Whereas the X7 Mini is said to have a 1GHz CPU and 3.5-inch WVGA display and a 10.1MP camera with 720p video recording capability (and 3x optical zoom.)

It seems likely that Sony Ericsson would want to start 2011 with a bang. The rumours stem from a professional looking ‘leaked document,’ (above) I must say I’m convinced. Check out this video of the X7 mini document
and see what you think.

There’s no doubt that these are impressive specs if Ericsson do indeed intend to pull them off and judging by the success of the Andorid running X10 range these bad boys might just sell like hot cakes when they do emerge.

http://www.gaj-it.com/27231/sony-xperia-x7-and-x7-mini-coming-in-early-2011/

Advent Vega Tablet Set To Hit Shelves This Weekend

2010-11-15T23:01:00.000+00:00

The Advent Vega tablet which has been expected to come out in Dixons stores across the UK today has been delayed from it’s expected release date (which was today) for a release this weekend. The low-price tab which is supposedly to appeal to ‘the masses’ is expected to become a formidable player in the tablet market, especially in the competitive Christmas season.

A spokesperson for Advent regarding the matter of the delay said that “We want to get the Advent Vega exactly right. There’s no point getting the Vega onto the shelves if it’s not right” and that we should be seeing the device come in sometime after Thursday with devices expected to be hitting shelves over the weekend. There have supposedly been sightings of the tablet in the UK, although it seems these sightings are sadly mistaken as there is supposedly not a single one in the UK at this time.

The Android 2.2 Froyo packing Advent Vega tablet is boasting a 10-inch 1024 x 600 HD highly responsive touchscreen, an NVIDIA CPU, a 1.3-megapixel webcam, and 802.11bg WiFi. For a full video demonstration of the Advent Vega see the video link below. Is the Advent Vega your idea of an ideal tablet for Christmas? Let us know what you think of the device in the comments.

http://www.gaj-it.com/27252/advent-vega-tablet-set-to-hit-shelves-this-weekend/

Pixel Qi-display

2010-11-13T14:49:00.000+00:00

What, pixel Q what display, actually the name is not that hard but I have never heard of it.It's a new display made by some company. This new display works very great outdoor even when the sun shines directly your screen, check their website and read there, it's very coool I want a laptop with this new technology.
http://www.pixelqi.com/

So read that and tell us what you think.
Have a good one and seeya soon

Should we say that Windows Phone 7 is a big failure?

2010-11-13T14:48:00.003+00:00

Everywhere we look around the web we will find that Microsoft sold merely 40,000 Windows Phone 7 devices on launch day Monday. And this compared to Apple iPhone is a pittance, which sells millions of devices on their launch day.

One problem with this information is that it comes from one report from TheStreet that quotes an unnamed “market research source”. As we know all those research firms like to come up with stories about big firms like Microsoft, because in this way they will be known to the public.

This same author is known to get many big stories wrong. One example would be the one when somebody said that Palm Pre would never land at Verizon and this in fact happened. Sensational stories from unknown sources always attracted this author, which almost all turn out to be wrong.

Despite the fact that they sold only 40.000 devices (if that's true) they are already launching an update on January 2011 and if we look at the fact that more and more smartphones will support Windows Mobile 7, we should think again before making any assumptions. Dell for example is launching a few devices which will support Windows Mobile 7, and HTC will also launch WM7 devices, and this should make us think, is WM7 a failure? Or they are just paying Dell, HTC, Samsung, etc lots of money to promote their OS.

Google’s Android also got off to a lacklustre start, but now as we can see, they are doing a pretty god job, because they are now on top of the charts in the US and they have strong ambitions to take down Symbian (we will see about MeeGo).

It will be hard for Microsoft; the platform is good but not that mature as iOS, Android, Blackberry or even webOS, but this has to be reviewed once the update will come out in January.

My personal opinion is that Microsoft has to do more work to finish their OS, I like the concept, all the ideas but they still have to work on their OS, they should think about small stuff like wireless indicator and so on.

Lenovo IdeaPad U260

2010-11-13T14:38:00.001+00:00

It has 12.5-inch ............ (first thing that comes through your mind is a netbook, I know that is was I had in mind when I first set my eyes on the picture,but in fact it's a) notebook. Lenovo want's to strike back with a very ultra light and portable notebook, the new IdeaPad is also in the same group as MacBook Air. I know there is a small competition against them at the moment, read more if you want to know why I think that.

As I said above the Lenovo is a good competitor to Apple. There is quite a difference between them, configuration, design two different things but at the same time very similar.

DESIGN:
It has 18mm across it's body (Apples's changes from a side to the other), as I've seen so far it has only two colours mocha brown and clementine orange (pictures somewhere below with the colours). It has 1.4 kilograms (11-inch Air has 1.06kg and 13-inch Air 1.32kg). It's build from a one-piece magnesium-aluminium frame (just like Apple's uni-body). It has 2-usb ports, bluetooth, VGA and HDMI ports, audio in/out and ethernet (Apple has the same, but instead of VGA and HDMI they have a Mini DisplayPort).

DISPLAY:
It has 12.5-inch HD-resolution display with anti-glare finish (Apple 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch, both high-resolution LED-backlit glossy widescreen display) and its capable do display 1366x768 resolution (same by Apple).

CONFIGURATION:
Under the hood Lenovo looks great it has an option of not one but two Intel processor one from the i3 family i3-380um and one form the i5 family i5-470um (Apple is good with their core2duo processors).I am not certain with how much memory comes the Lenovo but I know that supports up to 4gb (same as Apple), I think that it will come with a standard 2gb and is you personalize it you can get the 4gb maximum available. Hard-drive is up to 320gb not certain but I think its solid state drive, if not it would be a very big waste (Apple on the 11-inch has 64gb and 128gb, on the 13-inch 128gb and 256gb). (after a little more research I found that they will put a 360gb hard drive, yep not solid state drive and to make things a little better it come with a minimun 4gb of ram to offset any difference in the storage speed). Lenovo has an Intel HD graphics (Apple has the NVIDIA GeForce 320M).

BATTERY:
Lenovo comes with a 4-cell battery which they say that is going to last up to 4 hours (Apple has up to 5 hours on the 11-inch and 7 hours on the 13-inch).

OTHER FEATURES:
It has a multi-touch with scroll function (Apple's multi-touch track-pad is way better), Dolby Advanced Audio system with stereo speakers (Apple has only stereo speakers) and spill resistant keyboard (I think Apple has this one out)

This are some of the info I found, Lenovo says its “Enhanced Experience for Windows 7″ delivers speedy boot-up and shutdown times, but it will be interesting to see how the U260 matches up to the Air’s performance. It will only be in USA and you will be able to buy it at around 900 us dollars, it's release date will be 15th of November, which is in two days, so If you are in USA go check it yourself at the nearest Lenovo shop and then reply to us with your impression about it.
It would be nice for them to show up in Europe with this product.

Nice writing about the Lenovo here, I guess that's what I have to say, except one more thing,
Have a good one and seeya soon

Bendy Super-AMOLED Samsung screen

2010-11-13T14:09:00.003+00:00

If you want a Smartphone that you can wrap around your wrist then Samsung is the right manufacturer for you, because Samsung is developing bendy Super-AMOLED screens.

Bendy or morphing, depending what name you want to give it, Samsung wants to bring to the market something new. And now you will say that flexible displays have been done before, like E Ink paper by Sony and rollable OLED ones, but nobody tried to come up with Super-AMOLED ones, and this is very big news.

Samsung wants to make the Super-AMOLED display available in 800x480 pixel resolution that can be rolled down to a radius of 1cm.

I really want to see how they will manage to do that and how the device will really look. What do you think? Will Samsung launch their Bendy Super-AMOLED screen? Or this is just another rumour that won’t have a launch date?

Dell

2010-11-12T01:09:00.001+00:00

Yep Dell again.

I have nothing special with Dell if you were wondering, but I searched about Dell products this past few days. To be honest not to much info, nada, niet, nothing.

Maybe my research was not good enough but I still managed to get something out from some of my sources. I found it interesting and I decided to write something about it. Still rumours though but looks like future projects. Dell is coming in to market really strong now in mobile phones, if you check our forum later you will see some new Dell phones which are likely to come up, my friend is still working on that.

So what was I talking about ... yeah remembered.

Dell new Alienware m17x the third generation "Alienware m17x R3" (in case you were wondering R3 stands for Revision 3). The design is pretty much the same, but they might use a new special red colour for the exterior. Battery life is more likely to be improved in a 9-cell battery for longer surfing time, I would say play time but it's better to run applications, like games with your power adaptor in. Not info as I said above but the rumor has it that the 17-inch might come with some new graphics cards like Mobility Radeon HD 6000 graphic line (6870 or 6970) or the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M. Dell will also focus on HD video playback, with a SiBEAM-made chipset providing wireless HD video transfer to your TV. Apparently users will also be offered the option of a 3D display for Blu-ray movies and games that support it.

This is not all I found. Dell also wants to produce a really cool Inspiron. As you all know the actual Dell Inspiron they are showing maybe a future Dell Inspiron Duo. Dell what's to do a first in netbooks, if you take a closer look in the picture below you see what I am talking about.

All the big names in the industry have produced an laptop/notebook with a convertible design at some point, but our friend here Dell wants to be the first who does a convertible design to a netbook. Not to much information on the specification yet, but what is for sure is that the screen will be 10-inch and a September report from Engadget says the computer has a dual-core Intel Atom N550 processor and runs Windows 7 Premium. Dell said that this product will be available at the end of this year, to be honest it's a short journey till there, less the 1 month and half, the new year is coming soon. If you check the video on YouTube you might find some videos with the new Inspiron Duo (let me make your life easier link1 link2 ).
To add something to the finish, it's a good challenge brought to the IPad, at least that is what I think.

This is all I have to say about Dell this night, have a good one and seeya soon.

Dell “Opus One” could be the Successor of Dell Streak

2010-11-12T00:52:00.002+00:00

Dell “Opus One” could be the Successor of Dell Streak

Accordingly to sreaksmart, Dell “Opus One” could be the next smartphone from Dell. The device will be Android based and it’s expected to sport the new Android 3.0 OS. For the time being, the existence of this tablet PC is only a rumour, but the guys over at streaksmart suggest that the chances for it to prove really are high.

We also have some specifications for the Dell “Opus One”; it appears that Dell would plan on making the device with a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor inside, a Qualcomm second-generation Snapdragon series. Motorola Droid 2 has already used the 1.2 GHz processor, so Dell will probably use the same processor with the next generation of Streak.

But we should not consider that “Optus One” will be the predecessor of Streak, in fact Dell is building a

completely new series of smarphones, including: Dell Smoke (expected Q2 2011), Dell Aero (which is already launched in USA), Dell Thunder (expected late 2010, maybe only in USA), Dell Flash (expected Q1 2011, USA and Europe), Dell Looking Glass 7” ( not really sure on launch date, but expected late this year) and last but not least Dell Venue Pro which was announced on 26 October at the Microsoft Press Conference and this device is absolutely amazing. I also posted pictures with the phones on the left hand side.

Now back to Dell Opus One. I want to say that this device will include a higher 1280x800 pixel resolution display which will have the same dimensions as Streak, namely 5-inches.

I personally would like to find out more about Dell upcoming smartphones, because I like their laptops and I think that they are doing a pretty good job.

Motorola Tablet

2010-11-10T19:37:00.000+00:00

Like Apple everybody nowadays is launching a tablet and this is exactly what Motorola is doing. Early next year, sometime around February, they will launch their own tablet.

Motorola is working on a tablet that is said to have similar dimensions as the Apples iPad.

Motorola’s Co-Chief Executive Sanja Jha said: “We want to make sure that any tablet we deliver is competitive in the marketplace. We will only deliver that when that occurs. Hopefully that’s early next year.”

As we can see from their announcements, it looks like both Motorola and HTC are waiting for the release of the Android 3.0 aka Gingerbread or Google Chrome. We also think that HTC and Motorola are waiting for the next generation of dual-core processors to be tested and ready to work on their tablets.

Motorola tablet is also known as the XT701 and it looks like the tablet will sport a 3.7” touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and flas, AGPS, FM-radio, WiFi and Bluetooth and it can store up to 32GB of data (via MicroSD card).

With all these new tablets coming early 2011 I am looking forward to see what HTC has to bring on the market.

What new features do you think that HTC will bring on their devices? And what features do you aspect from HTC? Leave comments.

Dell shows up their new XPS

2010-11-10T15:48:00.000+00:00

Yes it's true, you're not seeing double. Dell has come back from inactivity with the XPS series, they weren't in activity just sat a bit on the bench. to be honest Dell XPS never really went away they produced the Studio XPS and Adamo XPS. The XPS was put aside since they bought Alienware, they came up with new products but not so often and they weren't really good in configurations, because they wanted the Alienware to be the best in gaming so the company's refocusing its efforts and bringing back the tried and true multimedia laptop brand

At first the new Dell XPS appeared in US only and they didn't say when they are going to launch it in the UK, but after a few weeks they made that step as well. So far they only brought the 15" and 17" versions. Here is the US link and the UK link

The new XPS wants to have the looks of a Studio and the performance of an Alienware. It has the new Intel processors from i5 and i7 family, with 4096MB, 6144MB, 8192MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM, the 15" comes with a standard 15.6 High Definition WLED TL (1366x768) 720p which can be upgraded to 15.6 Full HD B+RGLED TL (1920x1080) 1080p, the new and improved Bluetooth Card 3.0, it also comes with new features like new graphics cards, JBL system and Skype certified web camera and a few more features which you can see when you customize your product.

The new XPS came back with crazy NVIDIA graphics cards and 3Dplay support(details on the graphics click here ) like 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 420M Graphics Card and 2GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 435M Graphics Card which at the moment they are the greatest you can get on a laptop. XPS even has the NVIDIA Optimus Technology which intelligently optimizes your notebook PC, providing the outstanding graphics performance you need, when you need it, all the while extending battery life for longer enjoyment (more information about NVIDIA OPTIMUS Technology click here ).

They also brought a sick JBL system sound, I haven't had the chance to actually test it, but I bet ya its very loud and as far as I know looks to be the best sound ever put on a laptop. (details on the sound click here )

Dell and Skype looks that they made some agreement between and Dell XPS is the first Skype certified

laptop.( details on this click here ).

A few pictures can be found here on the Dell's website quick link here which takes you direct to the photos.

Overall it's a good laptop, what am I saying it's really great laptop, configuration speaking. The design it looks a bit bulky but that doesn't sound like a really big problem, as I heard somewhere, I don't remember where exactly, but he said that the new XPS is not made to sit on your lap, it's right place is on a table.

So it has a really good configuration and you can make it even better if you have a bit of money, design looks similar with Studio, it's a bit heavy and the price is really affordable for its configuration. I would like to test drive it for a few days to be honest. It may be a future laptop for me, because I don't have one at the moment and wrote this because I researched about it on the internet. I want to buy me a new laptop and the new XPS might be a potential one.

Hope it was interesting, hearing from me soon.

Check Out this YouTube Video

2010-11-10T13:33:00.003+00:00

Check Out this YouTube Video !!!

http://www.youtube.com/profile?annotation_id=annotation_980821&feature=iv&user=tippexperience

Very Funny? Isn't it?

iPhone5 to be released in January 2011 ???

2010-11-10T12:48:00.000+00:00

We all know that iPhone is the most successful product from Apple, but with their last iPhone4 they had a lot of reported problem about the antenna, and that almost everyone loose signal whey they try to call someone. That it’s way they decided to launch the new iPhone5 earlier that the normal launch date, and this could be on January on their first KeyNote.

A lot say that iPhone5 will be the same as iPhone4 but with the antenna fixed, but this is very hard to believe and I would expect something big from them. It will also be expected that the new iPhone5 will run the new version of Apple's iOS.

Here is a leaked photo of the new iPhone5.

Sony Ericsson PlayStation Phone Android

2010-11-10T12:36:00.000+00:00

Engadget claimed to received a leaked snapshot of the upcoming handset, Sony Ericsson PlayStation Phone.

It is said that is will run Android 2.3 Gingerbread and sport some really sophisticated hardware. This phone will be targeted solely at gamers.

The picture I have is from Engadget site, and they say that this is the photo of the upcoming handset, Sony Ericsson Playstation Phone. The phone will sport a 1 GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 processor, a512MB RAM, a 1GB ROM and support for microSD based storage expansion, a multitouch pad on the lower half of the slider for the best gaming experience. The touchscreen will be between 3.7” and 4.1”.

New Samsung Galaxy S2 i9200

2010-11-10T01:38:00.000+00:00

Samsung Galaxy S2 i9200

Yes, I know, it looks like rumours won’t stop coming; but we have info about the new Samsung Galaxy S2 i9200.

According to the rumours we’ve heard the Samsung Galaxy S2 i9200 is going to be equipped with 2GHz processor. It will be launched in 2011 but we don’t know the dates yet. As you can see from the pictures, the device is very nice but the main issue is the hardware bit.

Samsung Galaxy S2 i9200 is likely to feature 4.3 inch Super AMOLED 2 touchscreen with 1280x720 resolution. It’s 1GB RAM will accompany 4GB of ROM and 32GB of build-in flash memory. The camera is going to sport good 8 MPs and is expected to support HD video recording of at least 720p. It will incorporate Bluetooth and WiFi, and just like Apple iPhone 4, Galaxy will also sport an accelerometer with Gyroscope.

The biggest rumour is that Samsung Galaxy S2 i9200 is likely to run Google 3.0 OS, which itself is in the “rumour stage”, but even that we heard that the new Samsung Galaxy S2 i9200 will run on the new Google 3.0 OS; Google officials chose to quip that “rumours are not official announcements.”

Anyway, I am looking forward to 2011 :D

New BlackBerry Storm 3

2010-11-10T01:23:00.002+00:00

It’s not yet to be announced officially but I have found a photo of the new BlackBerry Storm 3 together with some detailed specs of the device.

As we can see from the picture it looks similar to HTC, Samsung and Iphone 4G but it has it’s unique features like the BlackBerry home button and BlackBerry logo at the top of the phone.

I think that this will be a powerful and nice locking device, but because they have incorporated an Amoled display there will be issues regarding battery life.

It will be available on sale early in 2011 and may support 4G networks.

Here are the new BlackBerry Storm 3 Technical Specifications:

·
Networks: GSM/GPRS/EDGE and WCDMA/HSPA

· Platform: BlackBerry OS 6

· Display: Touchscreen, Capacitive, multitouch, 3,7 “, AMOLED

· Camera: 5 megapixel or 8 megapixel with dual LED-flash

· RAM: 1 GB

· ROM: 1 GB

· Internal memory: 8 or 16 GB

· Memory card: microSDHC (up to 32 GB)

· A-GPS

· Bluetooth 3.0

· Wi-Fi

· MicroUSB 2.0

· Optical trackpad

· Audio: MP3/WAV/eAAC/WMA

· Video: MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV

· Battery: 1200 mAh

· Talk time: up to 9 hours in GSM, up to 5 hours in WCDMA

· Standby Time: up to 432 hours in GSM, up to 480 hours in WCDMA

· Form factor: monoblock with touchscreen

· Type: Smartphone

· Date of announcement: early 2011

· Release date: early 2011

New Nokia N9 with MeeGo OS

2010-11-10T01:02:00.002+00:00

MeeGo Smartphone will possible be the a Nokia device

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has stated that the first Nokia MeeGo phone will be the event of 2011. Many people think that the first phone to run on the new MeeGo will be the Nokia N9 and a few days ago I found out that is actually the real thing.

The first Nokia MeeGo will be Nokia N9. All we know for now is that it has a tilting display; we don’t know the resolution but, it has a flat looking Querty keyboard.

Many commentators have stated that it is the best chance they have against newer software platforms such as Android, Windows Phone 7 and Apple OS, The MeeGo OS is still in the beta form, but it expected to be a big surprise.

Nokia will replace their Symbian OS with the new MeeGo top-end OS (you can see Symbian OS in Nokia N8).

It’s still unknown when the Nokia N9 MeeGo Smartphone will be officially announced, but we’re hoping it will be soon.

Logitech - V550 Nano Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks Review

2010-11-09T23:57:00.000+00:00

I think that almost everyone has a mouse with their notebooks because we all know how annoying it’s to use the touchpad provided with your notebook. The laptop touchpad it’s perfect when we are in a car, or travelling by train or by plane, but most of the time we will use our notebooks on a desk and for comfortably surfing the internet we need a proper mouse.

Logitech has come up with what I think is the best idea; although the V550 is quite old, it still does a very good job and has one thing that the new Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX doesn’t have, and that’s the Clip-and-Go dock. That little thing sticks on your laptop like white on rice :)),

Click Here for YouTube VideReview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXU7JfGwgyg

(but if you watch my video you will see how well it does the job), but seriously, your mouse will definitely stay on your laptop anywhere you take it.

The 2 AA Duracell batteries that come with the mouse are pretty impressive; on the box it says that they will last for 18 months and this is true, I’ve used my first v550 for 1 year before I replaced the batteries, and those batteries were the previous model and I reckon that with this new model it will last for 18 months like they say.

As you can see from the picture and from the video, the V550 has an usb extension cable with a curved plastic bit at one end which can be used if we have a desktop pc, but honestly I don’t seem to find a use for this usb extension, I mean this mouse is made for use with laptops, why in the world would you put that inside the box? Who will ever use and usb extension with their laptop? But anyway, it’s good to have it; maybe you will give it to someone who really needs it.

I won’t talk a lot about the performance of the mouse and about the design, because I’ve already done that in my video, but I wanted to say a few things about the mouse in here as well before you watch the video.

I hope you have found this useful and if you want me to write a thorough review I will do so.

Here are the Details that are written on the back of the package:

1. One less thing to carry. Easily attach the dock to your notebook, clip your mouse and go.

2. Hyper-fast scrolling.

3. Plug-and-forget nano-receiver.

4. 18 months battery life.

5. Advanced 2.4 GHz cordless technology

Package contents:

· Logitech V550 Nano Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks

· 2.4 GHz nano-receiver

· 2 Clip-and-Go docks, 1 storage box

· 2AA Batteries

· Desktop usb extension stand

· 2 cleaning wipes

· Quick-start guide in English

· 3-year manufacturer’s guarantee and full product support

One last thing, Logitech are really good with their product support; I’ve told them that my old mouse broke and they’ve send me a replacement in 4 days, and in my opinion that is pretty fast.

You can acces the YouTube VideoReview here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXU7JfGwgyg

Xmi X-mini II Review

2010-11-09T01:19:00.001+00:00

I bought my xmi x-mini II about one month ago, and at first sight I was amazed by it. But I want to talk about it before and tell you what I liked and what I didn't.

I can't describe them as hi-fi because they’re not, but these powerful speakers are the best regarding power, size and sound quality. Xmi x-mini II is the predecessor of xmi x-mini 1; I will tell you about the new features later.

The second edition of x-mini, the one I am reviewing is just a little bigger that the first one. So instead of a 52 x 52 x 35mm unit weighing 52g with a 36mm speaker, you now get a 60 x 60 x 44mm unit weighing 83g unit with a 40mm speaker. Power output has gone up too, from 2.2W to 2.5W.

Those dimensions are for a close unit, if you twist the top half of the unit, then a 15mm concertina section will spring open. This will increase the base of the unit substantially. They call this "Base Expansion System" and they build it like this because in this way you will not gain more weight to the unit or a bigger unit, with this system they managed to increase the base substantially and believe me when I say that it's amazing. This is the one of the best feature of this little device.

The device has an internal battery which can't be removed and they say that it will last from 4 to 11 hours on a full charge, but the first I used it for about 14-15 hours before the battery dried out; the first 5-6 hours was at 50%volume and after that 100% and I think that this is amazing.
They have done a pretty god job with the battery as well but, and this is a big BUT, because a lot of people had problems when they tried to charge it for a second time and even for the first time. What happed is that the battery either wouldn't charge or it would stay on red light forever. On their website there is a section where they talked about this problem and advised people to try and charge it and listen for a few good minutes in the same time, or to charge it on a mains socket and not through the usb port.

For a lot of people worked and for those less fortunate, the xmi team agreed to replace or give refunds for the units. But beside the battery problem everything is good with the unit.

The unit has a 120mm jack cable that stows away at the bottom of the speaker, a circular volume control, an on/off button and it has a Buddy-Jack which allows several Mini II's to be linked together in series. If you link two or more units together it will not give you a stereo sound, just mono sound but you can buy a left/right mono splitter; but be careful when you search for this because I couldn’t find a cable like this on Amazon. The only one that I have found is Maplin L39BA - 3.5mm Stereo to 2 Mono Splitter and it's about £6.

XM-I supplies a USB-mini cable that splits off providing a USB interface and 3.5mm audio connection, so you can charge the unit via USB and play music simultaneously with just the one lead.

The unit is pretty impressive and I don't think that you will find anything more powerful and smaller than this one. First it was £20 but now has gone down to £12.99.

Beside the battery it's almost impossible to find any downsides. You can't compare these speakers with proper desktop speakers but they will beat any laptop speakers. If you travel a lot and you don't like to use headphones these are the best choice, I personally use them as desktop speakers because they are small and they give a rich and clear sound.

Here are the technical specifications:

Technical Specifications
Dimension (L×W×H): 60mm×60 mm×44mm (closed resonator)
Net Weight: 83g
Speaker: MAGNETISM PREVENTФ40 MM 2W/4Ω
Loudspeaker Output: 2.5W
Rating Power: 2.0W
Frequency Response: 100Hz-20Khz
Signal-to-Noise: ≥80db
Distortion: ≤1.0%
Playback Time: Up to 11 hours
Battery Voltage/Capacity: 400mAh
Battery Charging Voltage: 4.2V±0.05V
Battery Charge Time: 5V - 2.5 hours.
What's in the Box:
1 X-mini Speaker

1 Charging Cable

1 Pouch

1 User Manual

If you want I can do a video about them. Just let me know. (Timis)

How it all started

2010-11-08T23:19:00.000+00:00

If you are curious or not, this is our little, if I can say little story, anyway here it goes.

We met in the first year of high school, Timis and I weren't in good relations from the start because I stole his chair :)), which btw I don't remember, he reminds from time to time, it’s funny to remember stuff u did long time ago. But we settled things straight after a few days and become really good friends as u can see; we are still friends after 6 years and probably more to come. We had one thing in common even back then "GADGETS", he was crazy about phones back then, not that this changed though, but back then was different. I like computers, and was a bit geeky back then, now I'm normal :)). We were a good team, we even came in the same place at university, which btw was a bit of funny story, but some other time :P.

When we came here in UK, we wanted stuff from internet, especially Amazon, (I prefer Amazon, don't like eBay, it can be a bit deceiving), but first we searched on YouTube reviews or any information we could find about the product we wanted to buy. But one day it hit us, let’s become reviewers ourselves. That was a good idea, so we searched on Google how to do it, it was a big long wait (like 2 years), we didn't searched to good, after we visited a few websites we gave up because there was no important info, during this two years we did this search several times, but every time same result. One day a few days ago, Timis called me and told me he found something interesting, I’m not going to say where he found it (two reasons: 1. your going to steal our job and 2. I don't remember (joking about 1.) :D ); I was away so I didn't hear him properly on the phone and he got mad a bit because he had to wait until I got home from my trip.

The next day we started to do some review, it was a bit strange at first, hearing your voice and not believing that it’s you and sometimes we just froze and not knowing what to say, but we got through that and here we are, in the next few days we are going to put videos or post links with our reviews and as many information we can find about the reviewed product.

So here it was our short story, which is not that short but anyway :).
Hope you like this and won’t be a waste of our time, personally I don’t think it’s going to be a waste because it’s useful for us and funny at the same time. (Timis agrees with me).

Ta