NEC has announced that later this month it will be launching a new
LED backlit desktop computer monitor it’s cheap and environmentally
conscious. The display is called the AccuSync AS192WM and has a 19-inch screen. The display is aimed at small to medium businesses looking for a green monitor on a budget.
NEC
promises that the LED backlit display consumes 33% less power and is
20% lighter than a comparably sized CCFL backlit monitor. The display
also includes a special ECO Mode carbon footprint meter tool. The
display has a native resolution of 1440 x 900.
For a long time if you wanted to protect the screen of your iPad
from scratches and drops, you had to use a case or a sticky adhesive
film. The problem with those adhesive films is that they rarely stick
well leaving you with bubbles to look at. Siedio has unveiled a new
screen protector that works for the third and fourth generation iPad as
well as the iPad 2.
The
screen protector promises to protect the screen from scratches and from
cracks sustained from a drop. Rather than being a sticky film, the VITREO is a sheet of tempered glass that fits over the entire surface of your iPad. The glass has a hardness rating of 9H and sticks to the iPad using an included silicone adhesive.
If
you ever want to remove the screen protector, the silicone adhesive
promises to come off cleanly, leaving no residue behind. The
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Even though Apple has only just launched its new iPad
Mini, the smaller tablet is already in high demand and stocks
are struggling to meet demand. However sources close to the supplier AU
Optronics, who currently provides the 1024 x 768 panels for the new iPad mini, say that production is already gearing up to create an iPad Mini retina display with a resolution of 2048 x 1536.
The
current iPad Mini has the same resolution as the original larger iPad
tablet, but the iPad Mini’s smaller 7 inch screen size has helped
enhance the clarity of the display when compared to the original iPad
and its helped the new iPad Mini support all application designed for
the iPad in the Apple App Store.
Now DoNews reports, that the new iPd Mini Retina Display
is approaching production with a
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After announcing the delay of the mass production of their flexible
AMOLED screens, Samsung has released a new video providing a quick
glimpse into their concepts and ideas for uses using the new flexible
and transparent displays.
The video after the break shows the new
screens being used in everything from watches to transparent
touchscreens within the workplace.
With the technology even capable of
replacing the tablets of today in the near future.
Even
though we would all be delighted to see this technology land in high
street stores very soon, but it thought that the mass rollout of the
technology into everyday life is still around five to ten years away.
But as always whenever any more information comes to light
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If you are looking for a little extra protection around your iPhone 4
or iPhone 5 smartphone, you might be interested in a new case which has
started its journey over on the Kickstarter funding website called
the iXtreme.
The iXtreme iPhone case
has been designed by Matt Parrill and has been created to provide both a
gaming case and an outdoor adventure case, offering rugged case and
hand grips for extra support.
Matt Parrill explains a little more about his iXtreme iPhone Case "You
can Grip it, Mount it, or Wear it. When you strap it on – or click in
the Grips and take it out – it’s an adventure case. When you want a
wide-angle picture of life as you’re living it, it’s a camera case. When
you want to relax and get a better grip for gaming, it’s a gaming case.
That’s why we call it an Adventure a
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Blendtec has been at is again this week blending expensive electronic
gadgets for the sake of science, well entertainment at least.
This time
Blentec has taken a new Apple iPad Mini, Google Nexus 7 tablet
and a Kindle Fire tablet, folded them in half and set the blenders on
dice.
Watch the video after the jump to learn more about the results and
see the carnage in action.
As
you can imagine the video isn’t for the fainthearted, as the poor
electronic tablets receive a deadly battering before they even make it
into the blenders for testing.
However the $500 Blendtec blender does
perform extremely well transforming the tablets into dust. Enjoy!.
Earlier today we heard that the new Nokia Lumia 920
Windows Phone 8 smartphone will be available from AT&T, this Friday
the 9th of November, the device will retail for $99.99 when you sign up
to a new two year contract with AT&T.
AT&T will also be offering the Nokia Lumia
920 contract free, which means if you have an existing contract, you
can buy the device, although the contract free pricing is quite a bit
more at $449.99.
The Nokia
Lumia 920 comes with Windows Phone 8 and features a 4.5 inch HD display
with a resolution of 1280 x 768 pixels, processing is provided by a
dual core Snapdragon S4 processor.
Other specifications on the Nokia Lumia 920 include an 8.7 megapixel
rear facing camera with a Carl Zeiss Lens and there is also a front
facing 1.2 megapixel camera for video chat.
Hardcore Assassin’s Creed fans or those looking to get started on the
series might be interested to learn that a new book set is launching
this month in the form of the Assassin’s Creed Anthology.
The Assassin’s Creed Anthology consists of every Assassin’s Creed console game and DLC add-on for the Assassin’s Creed series for £120, view a full list of everything included after the jump.
The Assassin’s Creed Anthology also includes a Assassin’s Creed 3 Season Pass,
which saves gamers 25 percent over buying each Assassin’s Creed 3 DLC
individually. With the first Assassin’s Creed 3 DLC expected to arrive
in December 2012.
- Assassin’s Creed - Assassin’s Creed 2, plus Sequence 12: Battle of Forlì DLC and Sequence 13: Bonfire of the Vanities DLC
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Microsoft recently launched their new Windows 8 App store along with the launch of Windows 8, and now it would appear that there around 13,000 apps in the Windows 8 App store.
According to a recent report from Win App Update,
Microsoft has added roughly 3,000 apps to the Windows 8 app store in
the last 8 days and are on target to hits 20,000 apps by the end of
November.
It looks like Microsoft is on target to add around 10,000 apps to the
Windows 8 app store per month, if it continues at the same rate, which
would mean that there would be around 30,000 apps available by the end
of the year.
Lenovo has this week released new details about the shipping dates for its new Windows 8 ThinkPad Tablet 2, confirming that it will be arriving on November 16th for $649 on their website.
To re-cap the Lenovo ThinkPad 2 was expected to launch the same day as Windows 8, but after a slight delay the ThinkPad Tablet 2 is now ready and preparing for launch.
The ThinkPad
Tablet 2 is equipped with a 10 inch multitouch screen sporting
a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, powered by a Atom Clover Trail
processor and comes running Microsoft’s new Windows 8 operating system,
offering 10 hours of battery life.
Other features of the Windows 8 ThinkPad Tablet 2 include micro HDMI port,
full sized USb port and an 8 megapixel rear camera, with 2 m
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LaCie has today launched updated versions of its storage solution the LaCie Cloudbox, which has been re-designed to allow families easy access to media from multiple devices.
The
Lacie Cloudbox when it first launched was available with 100 GB of
storage both locally and within the cloud. However the newly updated
versions of the Lacie storage are no longer supplied with cloud storage,
but instead have increased local storage. Watch the video after the
jump to learn more.
The
storage now available within the Lacie Cloubox includes a 1, 2 or 3TB
capacity NAS, and works as a personal cloud server. However it doesn’t
come with any RAID capability. Lacie explains:
"Mom can share
her photo albums with out-of-town family and friends by sharing a secure
download link,”-”She
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Edifier has created and added to their range a very unique looking
set of speakers that combine both curves and straight lines, in the form
of the E10 Exclaim 2.0 high-performance speakers.
The new E10
Exclaim 2.0 speakers are equipped with 6 internal active speakers
creating a combined 36 watts RMS of power, including 2 passive radiators
which have been fitted in the mid range/tweeter housings to raise
efficiency and dynamic range, says Edifier.
The E10 speakers are also fitted with 3 inch woofer and a 3 inch passive bass radiator in the base of the speaker housing for maximum deep bass effect. Edifier explains that:
"the all-new Exclaim is a fully active bi-amped
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Some of our readers will remember the LG Viper 4G LTE that launched
on Sprint back in April, the handset originally came with Android 2.3
Gingerbread, if you own one, there is some good news as Sprint is
releasing the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the LG Viper.
The
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the LG Viper is being rolled
out it batches and should be available for all users within the next two
weeks, there are no details on what devices will get it first.
You
should receive a notification on your LG Viper when the update is
available for your device, it will be available as an OTA update, if you
have received the update on your handset leave a comment and let us
know.
Smartphones and tablets have become incredibly popular over the last few years, according to research firm Gartner, there will be a total of 821 million smart devices sold by the end of 2012.
This
is set to increase significantly, with projections of around 1.2
billion smart devices in 2013, where tablets and smartphones are set to
get even more popular, and tablet sales are set to grow substantially
next year.
Both Apple and Google’s Android are the top players in the smart devices at the moment, with Apple’s iPhone, and a number of Android devices like the Samsung Galaxy S III being the top players at the moment.
It
will be interesting to see how things develop over the next few years,
with devices like Google’s Nexus 7 and Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets, as
well as Apple’s iPad range becoming even more popular.
Apple and Samsung
are in the middle of a number of court cases around the world, and now
it would appear that Apple wants to add some new devices ti its lawsuits
against Samsung.
According to a recent report by Bloomberg, Apple is accusing Samsung of infringing some of their patents with the Galaxy Note 10.1, and it has also said that Samsung’s implementation of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean infringes on Apple’s patents.
Andrew
Liao, an Apple attorney, told Grewal today that the Galaxy Nexus is the
only phone with Jelly Bean that Apple seeks to add to the patent complaint. Liao also said Apple wants to add 17 devices that could use a stylus even though the products don’t ship with a stylus.
Victoria
Maroulis, an attorney for Samsung, said the company wants to add only
one product, the iPhone5, to its complaint. Maroulis
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Microsoft’s new range of Windows Phone 8 smartphones will land on US
mobile carrier AT&T this Friday the 9th of November, and all devices
will be available to pre-order from AT&T from today.
The new Windows Phone
8 devices which are headed to AT&T on Friday include the HTC
Windows Phone 8 X which will be available for $99.99 for the 8GB model
and $199.99 for the 16GB model when you take out a new two year contract
with AT&T.
Nokia’s new Windows Phone 8 devices will also be available on Friday, the Nokia Lumia 820 will retail for $49.99 when you take out a new two year contract with the carrier and the Nokia Lumia 920 will retail for $99.99, this is also with a new two year contract.
Last week Apple launched their new updated iPad
4 along with their new smaller iPad Mini, the device had been available
to pre-order from the 26th of October, although it sold out quickly and
the shipping time changed to 2 weeks.
It looks like Apple has now caught up with the demand for the new iPad
4, as they are now listing the device as ‘in stock’ on their website,
which means you will not have to wait a couple of weeks to get one.
Apple’s
iPad Mini is still showing a shipping time of two weeks, we suspect it
may take them a little longer to catch up on the demand for the iPad
Mini, you can find out more details about both devices over at Apple.
Motorola, which is now owned by Google, launched the Atrix HD
smartphone back in July, and now Motorola has announced a new version
of the smartphone, which is designed specifically for developers, the Motorola Atrix HD Developer Edition.
The Motorola Atrix HD Developer Edition shares the same
specifications as the original device, although it comes with an
unlocked bootloader, which will allow developers to create custom ROMs on the device.
We’re happy to announce that the MOTOROLA ATRIX™ HD will be available
in a Developer Edition and also be a supported device in the Bootloader
Unlock program. It has the same features and specs as the regular
MOTOROLA ATRIX HD, but allows the infinite customization possibilities offered by an unlockable bootloader. Unlocking a bootloader isn’t for everyone, but for some, it’s a must-have.
Virgin Media has today announced the launch of their new TV Anywhere
service app that allows you to view your Virgin TV package wherever you
may be via your iOS, Mac or PC.
As well as remote controls and DVR queuing features, the new TV Anywhere application also provides 45 live TV channels for venires to enjoy.
To use the new TV Anywhere Service from Virgin Media all you need is a PC or Mac, laptop, iPad,
iPhone or iPod Touch, together with a broadband connection as
everything else is included free with your Virgin TV package. For more
information jump over to the Virgin Media TV Anywhere website.
"Virgin TV Anywhere. It’s our new app
that lets you take your Virgin TV package wherev
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Microsoft recently launched Windows 8, and their first tablet, the Microsoft Surface,
we already know that Microsoft has plans to produce more hardware under
their Surface brand, as this was confirmed by the company’s CEO, Steve
Ballmer.
Now according to a recent report by the Verge, one of
these new devices under the Surface brand, will be a smaller 7 inch
Surface tablet, which is designed for gaming, and may come with the name of the Xbox Surface.
The
Xbox Surface tablet is expected to feature an ARM based processor, and
it isn;t expected to run a full version of Windows, instead it will run a
custom Windows kernel with the focus on gaming, but with other features
like messaging and more.
Microsoft branding the device under
their Xbox brand is a smart move, if they are trying to sell a gaming
orientated tablet, then
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Microsoft has launched the next installment in their Halo series on the Xbox 360, Halo 4 and Microsoft has put together from their launch event on London which you can see below.
Microsoft are expecting Halo 4 to be their most popular game in the Halo series to date, it will be interesting to see if it is as popular as previous versions of Halo.
You can find out more information about Halo 4 over at the official Halo website.
Ainol has this week added a new 10 inch Android tablet
to their range in the form of the Ainol Novo 10 Hero, which comes
supplied running Google’s latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating
system.
Chinese manufacturer Ainol has equipped their new tablet
with a choice of processor depending on your budget, with the Ainol
Novo 10 Hero II sporting a 1.5 GHz Actions Semiconductor ATM7029
quad-core processor while the less expensive Novo 10 Hero is equipped
with a dual-core 1.5 GHz Amlogic 8726-MX processor.
Other features of the new Android 4.1 10 inch Ainol Novo 10 Hero tablet
include, ARM Mali 400 graphics supported by 1GB of RAM and 16GB of
internal storage. Together with front and rear cameras, microUSB, mini
HDMI, and microSD Card slot for expansion when required.
We have been hearing more and more about the new HTC
Droid DNA over the last week, earlier today we saw a leaked press shit
of the Droid DNA, and now it would appear we may have a possible launch
date.
HTC and Verizon have sent out press invites for the 13th of
November, and the event will take place in New York at 11AM EST, and
whilst they have not said what will be announced we suspect it will be
the new HTC Droid DNA.
The HTC Droid DNA is Verizon’s version of the recently announced HTC J Butterfly, and the Verizon version
is expected to feature the same specifications as the original, which
include 5 inch HD Super LCD 3 display with a 1080p resolution and 440
ppi, the device is powered by a quad core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 pro processor, and it will feature 2GB of RAM.
Other
specifications on the device include an 8 mega
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Motorola has released a new software update for their Photon Q
smartphone, unfortunately the update is not Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, but a
software update that brings a number of bug fixes and improvements to
the device, and it remains on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the
moment.
The Motorola Photon Q features a slide out QWERTY
keyboard, processing is provided by a dual core 1.5GHz processor and it
comes with a 4.3 inch touchscreen display.
Other
specifications on the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE features two cameras, on
the back there is an 8 megapixel camera which can record full HD video
in 1080p up front there is a HD camera for video chat, the update should
be available for your device as of now.
It would appear that Microsoft has plans for a new ‘Cloud TV’
platform, the details have been revealed in a Microsoft job listing,
with the job listing mentioning a Cloud TV Team at Microsoft.
The job listing also says that applicants will get in on the ground
floor of an ambitious new project, obviously Microsoft has yet to
announce anything about a new Cloud TV platform.
If you are looking for a portable keyboard to use with your iPad tablet you might be interested in this innovative iPad case which conceals a pivoting QWERTY keyboard.
The design of the case incorporates a split keyboard which neatly
folds back in to the case when not in use. However the case doesn’t come
cheap and is priced at an expensive $210, which definitely puts it at
the top of the keyboard case range for iPads.
It looks like HTC are getting ready to launch their new HTC
Windows Phone 8X in an other country, as according to the guys over at
Mobile Syrup, the HTC 8X will land in Canada on the 15th of November.
The HTC Windows Phone 8X will be available with Canadian carrier Bell
Mobility from the 15th of November, of course this date has yet to be
officially confirmed.
New game design studio Red Barrels has released more details
regarding its new Outlast first-person-shooter horror title they are
currently developing, which is powered by the Unreal Games Engine.
Outlast will be launching on Steam next summer, but the studio
released a trailer for the new game on Halloween. Watch the video after
the jump to learn more about the Outlast project and see it in action.
In an interview with games website Joystiq Red Barrels co-founders
Philippe Morin and David Chateauneuf explained a little more about the
game and its dynamics.
Microsoft recently launched their new Surface Tablet, the device
comes with Windows RT and features 32GB of built in disk space, and
Microsoft advertises the device as coming with 32GB of storage.
It would appear that you will only be able to use around half of the
actual 32GB of storage to stores your files, as Windows RT apparently
uses around half of the 32GB available storage, have a look at what you
get below, direct from Microsoft’s website.
Here’s how much hard disk space you have available out of the box:
Samsung has today announced that their new Samsung Ativ Smart PC tablet will be arriving with AT&T both in stores and online on November 9th, offering 4G LTE connectivity.
The new Samsung Ativ Smart PC is equipped with a 11 inch PLS display
sporting a resolution of 1366 x 768, and is powered by a 1.5 GHz Intel
Atom Z2760 Clover Trail processor, supported by 2GB of RAM.
It looks like LG and Cricket Wireless
are about to launch a new smartphone, the LG Optimus Regard, which
according to Cricketusers is Cricket’s first 4G LTE smartphone.
The following photo was posted to Twitter by @eveaks, and the device
is rumored to feature a display with a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels
and will come with a 1.5GHz processor.
