The Kuwaiti Gadgeteer

Meizu's MiniOne GUI

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:36:00 +0000

Meizu released more pics of its upcoming MiniOne Phone, which many believe that it is an iphone rip-off. We've only seen renders so far there is no actual product shots.

SO is it a knockoff, you decide.

via Engadget

Pelican's Cool Looking PS3 Controller Charging Dock

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:56:00 +0000

Pelican introduced its new and ultra cool looking PS3 controller charging dock, It hosts 2 controllers and also it has 2 USB ports at the base of the station. It will cost you $30 and should be available in a few weeks.

via IGN

SATA HDD Rack

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:16:00 +0000

Now this piece of gadgetry i could put to good use. I've got tons of SATA drives laying around but too lazy to switch their SATA enclosure. You don't have to any more, with this piece of hardware you just snap it in and thats it. Its like a modern day ZIP Drive.

PES 2008

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:35:00 +0000

Bought and tried the euro copy, works just fine, going to try the
online capability tomorrow.

Winning Eleven PS3 Out in Kuwait

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:39:00 +0000

Winning Eleven pro Evolution Soccer 2008 is out today an I'm getting my copy, in 2 hrs.

Its a multi-system game but I'm getting it on my PS3, What's released is the European version but should work nicely on any system due that blu-ray PS3 game do not have region coding. will keep you posted.

WD Promises 3TB HDD's

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:37:00 +0000

Yes they did, they achieved 520GB per Sq/inch in an actual demonstration using perpendicular magnetic recording. The catch is that we have to wait till 2010 to get our hands one one of those.

Google Docs on your Phone

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:28:00 +0000

Google just launched Google Docs for mobile. Now you can view your docs spreadsheets and presentations on your phone still no editing but it should be coming.

The New Xtrememac Dock

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:06:00 +0000

Xtrememac is releasing a new ultra sexy ipod dock, the Tango Studio has a beautiful black finish blue leds conceald behind a cloth grill and an FM radio. It also comes with a wireless remote-up to 50 feet and it has an auxiliary line-in jack.

via Xtrememac

The Worlds First Bundled Downloadable Content

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:30:00 +0000

In what would be an "Industry First" - beating Harry Potter to the Punch - twenteeth Centuray Fox is expected to announce that the future release of its upcoming "Live Free Or Die hard" movie will be bundled with a Windows Media friendly file, the release will be on Nov. 20th

via reuters

NTT DoCoMo's Vision for The 4G Network

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:22:00 +0000

Check out this cool video of Japan's NTT DoCoMo's vision for 4g handset and network, it should be out in Japan 2010.

via techdigest

At Last, An Official PS3 40GB Release Date

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:57:00 +0000

Sony came out of the closet and announced the 40GB PS3, it will be out on the 2nd of November not like we previously thought, and get this they also announced a $100 price cut for the 80GB version, which makes it at 499. Now thats good news, for whoever didn't buy a PS3 yet.

via reuters

iPhone is Getting 3rd Party Applications

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:37:00 +0000

Steve Jobs told the world today that apple is going to develop a SDK for the iphone and ipod touch and its going to be available by next February, but apple will still have total control of what and when software get published. Ok apple are control freaks so what else is new?

via informationweek

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:34:00 +0000

Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology recently demonstrated a fuel cell system that can power an RC plane for up to 5 hours on just 500 grams (17 ounces) of liquid hydrogen, and is expected to power a UAV variant of the plane for up to 10 hours when the autonomous pilot system in completed. KAIST hopes to use the tech in a future Korean military UAV, and, pending funding, expects to have a complete production-ready drone within two years. I wonder how a fuel cell will effect my Asus R2H battery life! hmmm

via Autoblog Green

Officially Unlocked iPhone

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:20:00 +0000

It seems that the french won against the Cupertino boys, Apple is forced to release an unlocked iphone in France due to law's that they have that prevent carriers from selling locked phones solely to their network

via orange

Apple New Universal Dock

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:34:00 +0000

After tow years, apple s updating the universal dock, with 5 adapters to accomedate the new line of ipods, comes with a remote but no S-video anymore. Out now for $49

via iLounge

iPhone 1.1.1 unlocking

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:22:00 +0000

OK iphonedevteam just released their free iphone unlocking app. It currently works with virgin iphones only with firmware 1.02 and 1.1.1.

Have fun while it lasts.

Orange and Apple together in France

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:16:00 +0000

It's done at last, after a few bumps due to France's unlocking law's , Orange seems to have finalized the deal with apple and it has a Nov.29th release date

via engadget

Leopard Official Release Date

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:06:00 +0000

Finally a release date is given to the new MAC OSX 10.5 .

its october 26th at 6pm, So it seems I will be updating my MBP very soon.

It will be priced at - $129 single user copy and 199 for the 5-user copy.

oh and its available for pre-order

PS3 40GB spotted

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:54:00 +0000

It seems that the 40GB version of the PS3 will be bundled with Spider-man 3 movie and will be released on the 27th of this month. This was spotted at a Target store in the US, so if you haven't bought a PS3 yet and don't care about back-compatibility then this is for you.

via gamingbits

Nokia's touch interface

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:37:00 +0000

When I first heard of this it was a rumor and Nokia's Executive VP & General manager of Multimedia was quoted "If there is something good in the world then we copy with pride." It seems that they did just that.

Today at the symbian smartphone show, Nokia showcased their new touch interface.

It looks pretty cool, will be out during 2008 and its fully compatible with S60 3rd edition apps unmodified

via allaboutsymbian

A 1080p all-in-one PC

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:11:00 +0000

Lumenlab is releasing a 42", 1080p, 1TB HDD, 2GB RAM with intel core duo proccessor and fan-less operation all-in-one PC, no pricing nor a release date

via Engadget

4 hours of video with new Zune

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:54:00 +0000

The Zune team just released the battery specs today wich includes video:

Zune 80:

Audio : 30 hrs

Video : 4 hrs

Zune 8 & 4:

Audio : 24 hrs

Video : 4 hrs

A reminder that the Zune 80 is the only model that has video-out capability.

via zuneinsider

The Ultimate Headphones

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:23:00 +0000

Sony just announced these cool wireless headphones, the MDR-DS7000 with 7.1ch surround sound, 30 meters range, it lasts 10 hours and even have a game mode.

will be available in japan by Nov.10th, no pricing yet.

If you are looking for an immediate choice its predecessor is a very good alternative with very solid reviews.

via i4u

New macbooks coming?

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:42:00 +0000

There is a rumor that a new line of macbooks will be released by november.

That puts it just after the rumored release of apple's new OS (leopard) which looks that its going to be released by Oct 24th.

So if your thinking of getting a new macbook, it would be a good idea to hold off for one more month.

Via macrumors

1st post...... HTC TYTN II

noreply@blogger.com (The Gadgeteer) — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 03:20:00 +0000

Hmmm what shall i talk about 1st?!?!

Mobiles of course.

I think we are looking at my next phone ladies and gentelmen.

HTC TYTN II (pictured) which I think has every thing you can possibly ask for, here are the specs:

- WM6 professional.

- 3 megapixel camera.

- Bluetooth 2.

- 400 MHz processor.

- 128 MB ram and 256 MB rom.

- Built-in GPS.

- HSDPA

- TouchFLO interface.

Oh and it should be as heavy as a rock i think (190 grams).

Should be released this week here in Kuwait.