As well as announcing the Olympus PEN E-P5 the company also added another new Micro Four Thirds camera to their range with the launch of the OLYMPUS PEN Lite E-PL6.

The Olympus PEN Lite E-PL6 features a 17.2 megapixel Live Mos sensor, plus a 3 inch tiltable LCD display with a 16:9 aspect ratio and 460,000 dpi, plus it comes with support for SDHC, SDXC, UHS-I support, Eye-Fi cards.

Main Features

Touch AF Shutter – a new style of shooting that combines FAST AF with touchscreen operation.

Superb image quality continued from the flagship of the Olympus mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera, the OLYMPUS OM-D E-M5.

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A new Android games console is preparing to launch in the form of the BlueStack GamePop, which looks to be gearing up to go head-to-head against the Ouya console.

The BlueStack GamePop console is currently available to pre-order during the month of May and offers you a free console and controller when you sigh-up for a 12 month subscription at $6.99 a month.

The BlueStack GamePop console and controller would normally set you back $100, but the offer allows you to enjoy a complete free console and controller.

Watch the video below to learn more about the new BlueStack GamePop Android games console, which when shipped with run Google’s latest Android 4.2 Jelly Bean operating sys ... Read more »

To bolster their developer community Mozilla is now offering free FireFox OS powered smartphones to developers in the how they will create awesome applications for the new operating system.

To be eligible for a free FireFox OS smartphone, you’ll need to submit a proposal to Mozilla outlining the application you are considering building or porting to its new mobile platform.

If accepted Mozilla will then supply you with a free Geeksphone Keon, normally priced at $119 and equipped with a 3.5-inch screen. Powered by a Qualcomm 1GHz processor and a 3 megapixel camera, and 512MB of RAM, 4GB of ROM, MicroSD card slot,which has been designed by Mozilla for the budget conscious and lower end markets.

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According to a recent report by reserved firm Canalys, there we over 300 million smart devices shipped in the first quarter of 2013, which is apparently up 37.4 percent for the same quarter in 2012.

Canalys also revealed some details on the percentage share of those 300 million devices by operating system, and according to the report 59.5 percent of those 300 million devices used Google’s Android OS.

‘Despite its slowing growth, Apple still shipped over 37 million iPhones,’ said Pete Cunningham, Canalys Principal Analyst. ‘But HTC and Samsung have raised the bar with their latest handsets and Apple needs to respond with its next iPhone. The iPhone user interface is now six years old and badly in need of a refresh. Hardware-wise, the biggest dilemma that Apple fa ... Read more »

NEC has this week added a wealth of new additions to their range of business laptops, in the form of the newly launched NEC VersaPro VX and a range of 12 different types across 28 models of NEC VersaPro.

The new NEC VersaPro range of devices is launching in Japan, and the NEC VersaPro UltraLite Type VG laptop is a super light model weighing just 875g, and measuring just 14.9mm thick.

The new NEC VersaPro range includes :

VersaPro UltraLiteType VG (Ultrabook) ¥261,000〜
VersaPro UltraLiteType VB (Mobile laptop) ¥193,000〜
VersaPro Type VH (Mobile laptop) ¥223,000〜
VersaPro Type VD (Laptop) ¥165,500〜 ... Read more »

The Nokia Lumia 928 is still not official, Nokia started teasing the handset yesterday on their website and now they have posted a video showing off the PureView camera on the Nokia Lumia 928.

The video below shows the Nokia Lumia 928 camera being compared to the camera on the iPhone 5 and the camera on the Samsung Galaxy S3 ... Read more »

There is some speculation that Google will be opening a number of retail stores to sell Google Glass. The stores will not only sell the device, but also customize them for each sale, to make sure that each Glass user gets the proper experience while wearing the device. Experts in the store will also teach users how to set-up and use Google Glass.

 
The developers who bought Google Glass go through a similar experience when they pick up their purchase, an experience that might feel like if Google does open retail Google Glass stores anyway. The Glass owners are walked through the set-up and customization of the hardware, and are taught how to use the device.

Take it with a grain of salt, but it does make sense. We will have to wait and see if Google wants to comment.

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A company called ShoreTel has unveiled an interesting, yet strange new accessory for the iPhone or iPad aimed at business users. The accessory is called the ShoreTel Dock and turns your iPhone or iPad into a desktop phone. The device is designed to allow users to slide their iPhone or iPad into the dock and get instant access to the comfort, battery life, and call quality of a business desk phone.

The dock has a power adapter and keeps the iPhone or iPad charged so the batteries always full. The docking system also works with mobility and conferencing applications from the company. Users can dial calls using the desk phone keypad or from the screen of the iPhone or iPad.

The device is expected to launch in Q3 of 2013. The price for the dock is set at $349. The idea with ... Read more »

External storage device maker Synology has unveiled a new storage solution called the DiskStation DS213j that promises to be a affordable storage solution for the home or office. The manufacturer says that it is a budget friendly two bay network attached storage server specifically designed for file storage and sharing with data protection.

The drive has a new floating point unit enabled processor that allows for faster rendering of image thumbnails and image previews. It also features 512 MB of RAM for better multitasking and supports wake on LAN capability.

The storage solution is also a DLNA compliant media server. The company promises performance of 100 MB/second reads and 70 MB/second writes. The storage solution will be available soon at ... Read more »

Samsung recently announced their new Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 tablet, the device comes with a 7 inch display, and now it looks like we will also see an 8 inch and a 10 inch version of the Galaxy Tab 3 later this month.

As yet we do not have any specifications on the 8 inch and 10 inch versions of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3, although they are expected to be similar in terms of processor and more to the 7 inch version which was announced recently, you can see the specifications on this device below.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 features a dual core Cortex A9 processor with a clock speed of 1.9Ghz, plus a 7 inch WSVGA displays with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels at 169PPI, plus Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7 features front an rear facing cameras with ... Read more »