Just days after we digested the Nokia N900 that was considered to be its portable internet tablet, here comes Nokia’s official netbook entry. Rumors of a Nokia netbook were going around since long, but we didn’t expect it to come out with something full fledged so soon. Booklet 3G as they term it, this mini laptop looks a little more empowered than your regular netbook and has a 10.1″ display and Windows OS (rumored to be Windows 7). Nokia has just released a teaser (video below) for us to drool over without revealing specifications in particular. However the device looks good, full featured (yeah HDMI, GPS, 3G etc) and compact enough. Loads of Nokia customizations / integration can also be expected.
The most exciting part such as the pricing and availability isn’t revealed, it might well hit the streets sometime in October-December to encash the holiday season along with the Windows 7 official launch. This is one netbook that I would certainly consider, but only if it can match the pricing. Something below $500 would be great! (video downstairs)
For the ones who keep getting lost and love to enjoy music while doing so, Nokia is bringing the Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition. The Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition cannot be exactly called as the successor of the Nokia 5800 XpresMusic, but it definitely is an upgraded variant of the same.
The Navigation Edition comes bundled with a lifetime Drive and Walk navigation license, a car stand and a car charger for converting the your phone into a fully functional GPS device. The navigation license will be valid only for the region of purchase. The phone would come equipped with the latest version of the Ovi Maps and a new Chrome and Black color styling.
The Navigation Edition would be available in three different types, dependent mostly on the availability of the type of networks in the area. While all three would be Quad-band GSM phones, only two of them would be available with WLAN and dual-band 3G with HSDPA.
The Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition is expected to roll out in Q4 and would be available for 285 Euro before any subsidies or taxes. Hit the jump for the promotional video of 5800 Navigation Edition.
If you have some real love for Transformer style bots (and cars), then you better go and grab this bumblebee costume that actually lets you dress up like a robot and then transform into a CAR! Now if only you could get something to power those wheels and maybe some firepower (I would content myself with the Transformers Flash drive for now). Video downstairs(more…)
While we are all excited about James Cameron’s Avatar, here is something to spice out interest in the sci-fi movie a little more. The first footage of the Avatar Game which would release alongside the movie in December 09.
Also do catchup with us for the Avatar preview on 28th August.
I am certainly tired of losing flash drives every now and then, such that I have bought a dozen in the past 2 years alone. However this $150+ Terminator 4 – Cyborg Skull Flash drive gives me some hope that it won’t be misplaced so easily. Partly because it will scare of the thief’s and after paying more than 10 times the price of a regular Transcend, I am sure I won’t dare to lose it!
For years Microsoft has denied the existence of a Microsoft Smartphone. But here is an exclusive leaked ad for the upcoming Microsoft phone called the ‘Fune’.
Do you have a poor signal strength in your office, home, meeting rooms, and other places like that? And you always wonder why dosent the cell phone company do something for you? Or are they even concerned?
Well, looks like ThinkGeek is concerned. And they have come up with this amazing USB Cellphone booster. Just plug it in your laptop’s USB port and place the antenna anywhere in a range of 15 feet. The antenna will boost the signals by 2-3 bars in all the cellphones within 5ft of range. The antenna takes its power from the USB port, so no need for charging and problems of low battery and other issues. For $99.99 you need atleast one bar of signal on your cell phone.
ThinkGeek believes that you cant boost something out of nothing.
Sony recently announced the PS3 slim along with a price cut for the classic version of the PlayStation 3. This leaves the Xbox 360 ‘Elite’ as the most expensive gaming console in the market along with with some increased competition from the Sony PS3 for Microsoft to handle. However it is being rumored that Microsoft already had plans to reduce the pricing for Xbox 360, but the announcement is being delayed to allow the PS3 Slim hype to settle down.
A leaked Walmart ad has confirmed a $299 Xbox Elite in pipeline (the current price is $399). This would bring the Xbox pricing at par with the upcoming PS3. While the companies play price war, you know who benefits
The Apple iPhone has been a revolution. The iTouch has changed the way smartphones are thought of, something that has truly empowered the handheld. From killer apps to ground breaking UI, the Apple iPhone has placed itself as the most desired gadget for many. Here is a quick look at the achievements of the Apple iPhone in the past two years.
Sony Ericsson has launched two new Walkman series phones viz W395 and W205. The two walkman series phones are clearly targeted to the ones who love some quality music in their mobile phone without too much to shed out from their pockets.
W205 is the successor of the popular W200i. The phone is a slider with all those features that can be expected in a SE Walkman series phone. For the music, the phone has the Walkman player, FM radio with recording and TrackID music recognition. W205 has a 1.8″ display with 65k colors and a screen resolution of 128×160. Other features include 1.3Mp camera, Bluetooth, GPRS, EDGE and M2 card support with a 1GB card onboard. The W205 is priced at Rs.5,795 and is available in the market.
The W395 is also a slider. Along with the features of W205, this phone has special stereo speakers. The phone comes bundled with HPM-62 stereo headset. The phone has dedicated music keys for uninterrupted music play. The phone also has a 2″ screen, motion gaming support and 2-megapixel camera. The W395 is priced at Rs. 8,395 and is available now.
After being in production for more than 10 years, ‘Avatar’ would officially hit the cinemas this December. Apparently the making of the movie has brought about a whole new 3D ‘Fusion Camera System’ into existence. In what is being termed as a ‘ground breaking’ technology for the future of film making, the Fusion Camera System or the Reality Camera System was developed jointly by the Titanic Director James Cameron and Vince Pace. The lack of special effect technology in the early 90′s forced Cameron to delay the project and this certainly leaves us excited about what we shall see when Avatar hits the theaters on December 18th!
The film follows the central character “Jake” to the distant planet of Pandora where he hopes to join the ‘Avatar’ programme and replace his disabled body. Avatar is a mega project with an investment of £123m. Such ventures puts cinemas across the globe under pressure to update their projection systems to stay relevant in the future of 3D cinema.
A few lucky OnlyGizmos readers can join me for an exclusive India preview of Avatar in Mumbai / Chennai. Just drop a comment if interested and I shall revert back with the details.
Wi-Fire is a nice geeky USB WiFi adapter that I have been testing for a week or so now. It works flawlessly with my WinXP based desktop and my Acer notebook powered by WinVista. And the good thing for many techies is the Linux compatibility.
Wi-Fire certainly performs better than my old D-Link DW-G122 adapter as well as my internal WiFi adapter on the Acer. The installation process is simple and you can easily configure this thing in minutes. Wi-Fire has a very innovative design taking a different approach than the standard USB sticks that we see. WiFire can cling to your LCD monitor or any other location pretty easily and you just need to rotate the antenna to optimize the WiFi range. The connection to the system takes place with the help of a mini USB cable.
For me the Wi-Fire improves the WiFi connectivity by 20-30% (thats like doubling the range available at times) with three wireless routers being shared around my neighbourhood. Since I use a desktop for regular work, I really don’t mind using the WiFire as it hangs around on unused airspace on my table, however if you plan to use this with a notebook, be sure you are adding a not so small accessory to your bag. WiFire is priced at $59. (More images after the jump)
A free App Store app brings to you one of the most wanted features on the iPhone / iPod touch. ‘Bluetooth Photo Share’ lets you transfer images between any two iPhone’s or iPod touch (2nd generation) using bluetooth. Currently all data sharing apps on the AppStore that lets you transfer a file between two iTouch’s requires WiFi or 3G connection, however this FREE app does the trick using Bluetooth.
The iPhone OS 3.0 allowed usage of Bluetooth for multi-player gaming, but file transfer was never discussed. One of the major downers for the iPhone in all our reviews has been the lack of Bluetooth file transfer and USB mass storage mode. Though this app does not allow you to transfer audio files or other documents, its a good feature to have at least for image sharing. If only now Apple lets it talk to other smartphones, or probably we are wishing for a little too much
Update: Just to clarify, we have heard of iBluetooth for Jailbroken iPhones. But the app never got the updates to accommodate many features that the developer had promised. Doubt if anyone enjoys that and nevertheless Bluetooth Photo Share is official!
Sony has confirmed the existence of a Slimmer version of its latest gaming console, the Playstation 3 (PS3). The rumors of a PS3 Slim is being heard of since a long time, however its only now that the 120GB Slim Playstation 3 has been confirmed for an September launch. PS3 loses 36% weight and 1/3rd of its volume (32% smaller) in the slimmer version. This comes without compromising the features like inbuilt Blu-ray and WiFi.
The 120GB PS3 slim would cost $299 (and hit the stores in first week of September) while the regular 80GB PS3 shall cost $299 from tomorrow today (and might well be discontinued after the Slim version goes mainstream). Sony has managed to reduce the manufacturing cost of the PS3 by 70%, and would hope to better compete with the Microsoft’s Xbox and the Nintendo Wii.
This device named Rotgutonix tells you if you are being served the right stuff. The device is capable of understanding the taste of six different kinds of brands viz Johnnie Walker, JB, DYC, Havana Club, Pampero and Brugal. When you order one of these brands and the drink ends up tasting something else, just dip the Rotgutonix in your drink and you would know your drink.
The Rotgutonix shows ‘Rotgut’ for fake drinks. Rotgut is the term used for a local booze that the bars try to fool customers with. So be sure that no one makes fool of a drunk geek – get your Rotgutonix now
When the mobile phones are replacing the PDF readers, Internet devices, Electronic Business diaries and others; then why not the GPS devices too. Talking of GPS and mobile phones, what better to think of then iPhone and Tom Tom. TomTom, the company known for its user-friendly portable GPS devices, has come up with an iPhone application.
The turn-by-turn navigation tool launched by Tom Tom is now available for sale on iTunes. The mobile application is compatible with iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS and is currently available for Europe, UK and Ireland maps only. The application costs around £60 / $99.
“With TomTom for iPhone, millions of iPhone users can now benefit from the same easy-to-use and intuitive interface, turn-by-turn spoken navigation and unique routing technology that our 30 million portable navigation device users rely on every day,” said Corinne Vigreux, Managing Director of TomTom.
“As the world’s leading provider of navigation solutions and digital maps, TomTom is the most natural fit for an advanced navigation application on the iPhone.”
The application would also include some popular Tom Tom tools like IQ Routes and safety camera position. The application would soon be available for iPod Touch and other iPhone models.
The rumors of Dell getting into smartphone production gets a official confirmation today with the much rumored Dell Mini 3i being officially announced in China. Not impressing me too much, the device lacks 3G and WiFi (probably due to the Chinese regulations) but has a 3.5″ touchscreen, Bluetooth connectivity and a microSD card slot. Dell Mini 3i runs the Android based Open Mobile System and is launching on China Mobile’s network in China.
Mini 3i features a 3.2MP camera and pictures reveal a LED flash light and a micro USB port. No details on the pricing, release date or global launch yet.
It seems as if some Nokia retailer who had the opportunity to go hands-on with some of the most awaited Nokia phones of the year accidentally leaked out a photograph revealing the N97 Mini, Surge (6760), A 5800 shaped touchscreen that may be the Nokia 5900. Also seen a couple of slider phones and the Nokia E72 + E52.
Corsair has launched what it claims to be the world’s fastest USB flashdrive. The Flash Voyager GT, as it is called, is a 128GB high capacity USB flash drive.
Flash Voyager GT can read at the top speed of 32Mbps and has the writing speed of upto 25.6Mbps which is almost the speed limit of the USB 2.0 bus. Even with the high data holding capacity, the flash drive is 75% smaller than regular flashdrives of less than half the capacity.
“High performance is a key requirement for super-high capacity flash drives, such as the 128GB Voyager GT, simply because it is able to store such a large volume of data,”says John Beekley, VP of Applications at Corsair. “The 128GB Voyager GT is nearly twice as fast as other high-capacity flash drives, which means less time waiting for your music, video, or office files to copy to and from the drive.”
The other flashdrives of 128GB capacity available in the market are Kingston’s DataTraveler and DiscGo. The Flash Voyager GT costs $400. Too much? well its currently the cheapest 128GB flashdrive available
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has released information about a new virus that uses the social networking platforms like Twitter and Facebook to attack computers. The virus called Koobface spreads through a (more…)
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After being in production for more than 10 years, ‘Avatar’ would officially hit the cinemas this December. Apparently the making of the movie has brought about a whole new 3D ‘Fusion Camera System’ into existence. In what is being termed as a ‘ground breaking’ technology for the future of film making, the Fusion Camera System or the Reality Camera System was developed jointly by the Titanic Director James Cameron and 
