March 14th, 2010
Amid rumors doing the rounds for apps specifically designed for the iPad; Barnes & Noble have confirmed that they would be releasing an eReader application. They would be releasing the application around the time the iPad becomes available. The application has been designed exclusively for the iPad and would give iPad users access to millions of eBooks, magazines and newspapers. Existing customers can also access their Nook ebook content through their Barnes & Noble digital library. B&N have announced that the application would be available free, although the cost for the content has not been announced.
Categories: Apple, PMP - Portable Media, Softwares, Tech Industry News, eReaders & Tablets |
Tags: apple ipad, b&n, b&n ipad app, barnes and noble, barnes and noble ereader application for the iPad, ipad, ipad application, Nook ebook application for the iPad | No Comments
March 2nd, 2010
If there is one winner that Microsoft has rolled out in the handheld space, its the Zune HD. Going live against the iPod touch 3G last year, the Zune HD did do a fair enough job. The design & UI were impressive and multitouch came in just on time. Now there is one social networking player who has leveraged the smartphone boom to its advantage pretty well and thats Facebook. Right form the impressive iPhone app to the Palm WebOS, they have taken the trouble to optimize FB for mobile more than anyone else. And it comes as little surprise to us that they have now gone live with the Facebook app on Zune HD. Zune HD users, do let us know whats your opinion on the same!
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Categories: PMP - Portable Media, Softwares, Tech Industry News, mobile app |
Tags: facebook app, facebook for windows mobile, microsoft apps, mobile app, mp3 player, windows mobile apps, zune app, zune hd | No Comments
February 11th, 2010
By the first looks of it,I thought this was some new nail polish bottle. After taking a closer look at it I realised that this ones got a wired tail and it is a digital music player. Now Samsung has introduced the new TicToc player that does all the functions of an MP3 player with just a single button and an accelerometer. The player has no display and is as sleek as its closest compeditor – the iPod Shuffle.
The device has a smart accelerometer sensor that changes track. A slow shake would line-up a slow song while a vigorous shake would play a fast one. The only key on the player acts as both the power button and the volume control key. Holding the player upside down with the key pressed reduces the volume and vice versa. (more…)
Categories: Announcements, First look, PMP - Portable Media, Weird or not?, Wow Gadgets, samsung |
Tags: accelerometer player, ipod shuffle with accelerometer, motion sensor player, mp3 player, samsung, samsung mp3 player, tictoc | No Comments
January 23rd, 2010
While we still wait for some promising ‘tablets‘ to replace them, the e-book readers are not only growing in numbers but also reporting some decent sales figures. For now, the new to join the list of e-book readers is the BeBook Neo from Endless Ideas.
It is the first e-book reader with WiFi and access to eBook stores worldwide. Featuring a 6″ Vizplex display (800 x 600 resolution), it is powered by a 532MHz Freescale CPU. It has an SD expansion support with 512 MB of internal memory. The connectivity options include USB 2.0 and WiFi along with a 3.5mm headphone jack. A full battery charge is good to go for almost 7,000 page turns. It also supports major popular file formats like ePUB, PDF and JPG. For those who love to annotate and add text mark-ups, it has WACOM technology.
The Endless Ideas BeBook reader would start shipping from Feb 2010 and can be pre-ordered now.
via [HotHardware]
Categories: Launch Pad, PMP - Portable Media |
Tags: bebook, bebook neo, e-book, ebook, ebook readers, endless ideas | 3 Comments
January 17th, 2010
After in-flight WiFi, in-flight movie rentals and other such services, comes the in-flight gaming. Patrons traveling to and fro South Korea can now kill time by playing games on the latest portable gaming console from Sony, the PSPGo.
Jin Air, a subsidiary of Korean Air, is offering travelers an option to rent a 16GB PSPGo for just $3.5 (4000 won). The PSPGo would come preloaded with games. No info on what games would be made available for the service, but this is exciting for gamers flying and at the same time good promotion for Sony PSP GO.
via [SiliconEra]
Categories: Gaming, PMP - Portable Media |
Tags: airlines service, inflight gaming, psp go, pspgo, pspgo on rent, pspgo rental, sony | No Comments
December 19th, 2009
Remember the Asus EEE keyboard PC? After almost an year of its display in CES ‘09, Asus seems to still be busy working on it. Apparently Asus is not the only company working on such a concept. Another company, named NorhTec, have unveiled a keyboard PC, dubbed the “Gecko Surfboard”. A video of the keyboard PC is available after the break.
The Surfboard crams an x86 compatible system under a full sized QWERTY keyboard. The processor, graphics, audio and the memory systems are all present under the keyboard, which runs cool enough to avoid (more…)
Categories: PMP - Portable Media, Wow Gadgets |
Tags: all in one computer, gecko surfboard, keyboard computer, keyboard pc, NorhTec, norhtec gecko surfboard | 2 Comments
December 17th, 2009
USB hard drives seem to be .getting more smaller as time passes, which is great for us end-users. For now, the label of the smallest USB drive has been given to the one launched by LaCie. It has been dubbed Rikiki, which means ‘tiny’ in French. The 2.5″ hard drive is 110 cubic centimetres in size and can store upto 640 GB of data. The resistant aluminium exterior gives it a sophisticated look and also protects it from scratches and finger prints.
The Rikiki hard drive is available in three variants – 250GB, 500GB and 640GB costing $74.99, $109.99 and $149.99 respectively.
[Lacie Rikiki via ChipChick]
Categories: Accessories, PMP - Portable Media, USB gadgets |
Tags: Lacie, lacie rikiki, rikiki, smallest usb hard disk, smallest usb hard drive, usb hard disk, usb hard drive | No Comments
December 13th, 2009
The most rumoured Apple product (iTablet/TabletMac) still remains a mystery. But all those rumors did get someone really inspired. We are talking about the aspirations of the Taiwan-based Asuteck Computers, or Asus.
DigiTimes claims that Asus is working on a tablet of its own, which is set to be called the Asus “Eee Pad”. The Eee Pad is rumored to feature a 4″ to 7″ wide screen. According to ‘industry sources”, (more…)
Categories: Future WIP, PMP - Portable Media, rumor |
Tags: asus, Asus Eee Pad, eee pad | 1 Comment
November 18th, 2009
ViewSonic has entered the multimedia player market with its fully loaded, and yet affordable, VPD400 MovieBook. The MovieBook is a high-definition portable media player capable of playing videos, music and sharing photos. The player features a 4.3” display with 720P HD support at a resolution of 800x480 pixels.
The VPD400 can store media upto 8GB internally and also has a micoSD card slot expandable upto 16GB. Users can (more…)
Categories: Entertainment, PMP - Portable Media |
Tags: ViewSonic, viewsonic HD, viewsonic moviebook, viewsonic PMP, viewsonic vpd400, viewsonic vpd400 moviebook, vpd 400, vpd400 moviebook | 17 Comments
November 6th, 2009
At the first look i thought that the iNO CP09 is a special kind of calculator. On the contrary, it is actually a straightforward cellphone. The simple yet beautiful iNO CP09 handset is a very basic phone for those who find the inclusion of too many features more of a hassle than a utility. The oversized keypad and simple-to-use phone is quite ideal for grandparents and kids.
The iNO CP09 features a (more…)
Categories: First look, PMP - Portable Media |
Tags: iNO CP09 mobile phone, iNO-CP09, iNOCP09, simple cellphone, simple monochrome handset | 1 Comment
November 5th, 2009
The mobile giant from Finland has introduced five new handsets for the low-end market. The handsets will be available all over the world very soon. These new handsets are the Nokia 1280, Nokia 1616, Nokia 1800, Nokia 2220 slide and Nokia 2690. Below are the essential specifications of each phone with their pricing. (more…)
Categories: PMP - Portable Media, nokia |
Tags: nokia, nokia 1280, nokia 1616, nokia 1800, nokia 2220, nokia 2220 slide, nokia 2690, nokia economy handset | 4 Comments
October 20th, 2009
Plastic Logic has revealed that they will be releasing a new eBook reader that is supposed to create its own niche within the ebook reader market. The eBook reader – “Que” – has been dubbed the first business eBook reader.
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Categories: Concept / Educative, PMP - Portable Media, eReaders & Tablets |
Tags: ebook reader, plastic logic, plastic logic ebook reader, plastic logic que, proreader, que ebook reader, que reader | No Comments
October 18th, 2009
The Green Power GP 400N is an iPod case that hides a slide-out pair of 1.5w speakers. So the next time you wish to enjoy music on your iPod Nano without the headphones while still maintaining portability, this could be the device for you!
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Categories: Accessories, Entertainment, PMP - Portable Media, USB gadgets |
Tags: 400N nano case, GP 400N, GP 400N ipod nano, GP ipod nano case, Green Power ipod case | No Comments
October 8th, 2009
Creative has launched a new touchscreen MP3 player for the Indian market. Called the Zen X-Fi2, the PMP boasts of a decent feature set along with some exclusive add-on technologies.
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Categories: Entertainment, PMP - Portable Media |
Tags: creative india, creative touchscreen, creative touchscreen mp3, creative zen xfi2, zen mp3 player, zen xfi2 india | No Comments
September 20th, 2009
Zune HD vs iPod touch
When Microsoft announced that its Zune HD multimedia player could play 3D games and released details of some of the titles that would be available on it in the coming days, the big company from Redmond added a new chapter to the battle for portable gaming. Although this has so far been a largely Sony vs Nintendo affair, with special appearances from other players, there are now indications that two of tech’s oldest rivals are getting ready to make portable gaming the arena for their next slugfest. Aye, after going at each other on computers, phones and media players, those two old buddies, Apple and Microsoft are likely to be slugging it out on gaming next.
There will be those who will snigger at such a notion, but given the way in which the iPod touch has emerged as a viable gaming device in its own right (heck, I think it offers much more bang for your gaming buck than the DS or the PSP), it would be foolish to write off the Zune’s prospects in this regard. Mind you, the force right now does seem to be with the iPod – the App Store right now has thousands of games, many of which are free, while the Zune is just starting out in this department. But that is likely to change in the coming days – even the App Store started out small, remember?
We can feel the frowns in the Sony and Nintendo camps already.
Categories: Apple, Gaming, PMP - Portable Media, microsoft |
Tags: apple vs microsoft, DS, gaming industry, handheld gaming, ipod touch, portable gaming, psp, zune hd | 1 Comment
September 10th, 2009
Apple’s music event brought an exciting upgrade to the iPod Nano. Rumors of there being an iPod with a camera had the brightest of the iStreet befuddled much before the event was announced. But as always, Apple still manages to bring in a few surprises.
The camera came, but to the iPod nano (not the iPod Touch) as most of the rumors had predicted. Interestingly, the iPod nano has more than just the camera update. The ever slim-o nano now proudly displays an FM radio, a voice recorder and a pedometer as well.
The camera can take pictures and videos that can also be uploaded to YouTube at a single click. This upload can be done after the iPod has synced with your computer.
The FM radio performs as a normal FM radio should, save for a couple of very sweet details: (more…)
Categories: Apple, Entertainment, First look, Launch Pad, PMP - Portable Media |
Tags: ipod, ipod camera, Ipod nano, ipod nano 5g, ipod nano camera, ipod nano fm, ipod radio | 2 Comments
September 10th, 2009
Apple today announced a refresh to its iPods lineup, released iTunes 9 and killed all rumors for an Apple Tablet / Netbook and iPod touch with camera. The iPod nano got a video camera but the iPod touch didn’t get the microphone or camera. While this might well be a result of the technical snag rumors that claim that the iPod touch 3G was delayed due to some technical issues, I strongly feel that the camera iPod touch wouldn’t come so early as Apple would prefer to have a good difference between an iPod and the iPhone!
Here are the highlights of the event, detailed coverage coming soon. Also watch @ iPhoneHelp
- iTouch OS 3.1 released
- iPod touch becomes 50% faster, better games, 64GB version, no camera!
- No HD, but better gaming support for iTouch with OpenGL|ES 2.0
- iPod classic gets a bump to 160GB
- iPod nano 5G gets a camera, voice recorder and FM
- New iPod Shuffle in new colours
- App Store gets genius support. Suggests apps based on your liking
- 1.8bln apps sold, 75k apps live on AppStore
- 30 million iPhones sold till date, 20 million iPod Touch
- iTunes 9 released
Steve Jobs presented the keynote, he looked healthy and confirmed his liver transplant 5 months ago. Its like Superman returns for us !
Live coverage and Images via GdGt
Categories: Apple, First look, Launch Pad, PMP - Portable Media, Tech Industry News |
Tags: 64gb ipod, app store, apple itouch, camera ipod, iphone sales, ipod games, ipod nano fm, ipod touch, ipod touch sales, os 3.1 | 1 Comment
September 7th, 2009
Altec Lansing has introduced its latest set of portable USB speakers for laptops at the IFA 2009. Dubbed the Orbit USB (or the iML237), the speakers’ circular style allows for a 360-degree audio experience.
The speakers are USB-powered and do not need any additional charging. Its 16″ cord can be wrapped up in its integrated cord storage to help the user avoid any cord management hassles. The speakers also come with a retractable stand, which can be used to face the speakers in the user’s desired direction.
This portable speaker can easily be carried in a laptop bag. Also, the aluminum casing ensures that slight bumps and knocks will not harm the performance of the speakers.
The Orbit USB will be hitting the shelves in October 2009 for US$49.95.
via [Gizmag]
Categories: Accessories, Entertainment, First look, PMP - Portable Media, USB gadgets |
Tags: altec lancing, altec lansing speakers, altec-lansing, iml237, laptop speakers, orbit usb, orbit-usb speakers | 1 Comment
September 2nd, 2009
The annual iPod event, or the Apple music event, has now been confirmed for September 9, 2009. The official announcement came from Apple through press invitations. The event is to be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California.
The invitation includes the classy Rolling Stone lyrics “It’s only rock and roll, but we like it”. It also features the the company’s now-familiar iPod shadow graphic.
Now what can you really expect from this year’s music event? Some of the host of rumours kicked around over the past few months could well be realized.
The first rumour includes the new iPods. Apple is expected to release the next generation of the iPod nano and the rumored iPod touch with camera. The iPod classic is also expected to be upgraded to have point-and-shoot capabilities.
The second rumour applies to the upgrade of iTunes to (more…)
Categories: Apple, Cameras, PMP - Portable Media |
Tags: apple ipod, apple nano, Beatles, Ipod nano, ipod touch, ipod touch camera, itunes 9.0, itunes upgrade, itunes version 9, Rock Band, The Beatles | 3 Comments
August 11th, 2009
Three days and three different leaks for the Zune HD this week. And this Microsoft Gizmo has iPod fans on their toes with what we have seen so far. The first set of image leaks gave us a glimpse of the Bing search, onscreen keyboard and the browser.
Next was the video leak from the GDGT launch party that showed an entire walk through of the Zune HD interface. And here now we have the pricing for the Zune HD leaked out from (more…)
Categories: Leaked / Spyshots, PMP - Portable Media, Videos, microsoft |
Tags: microsoft, microsoft zune hd, PMP, zune, zune hd leaked pics, zune hd price, zune hd pricing | 1 Comment
