Archive for December, 2006

HTC Athena X7500

HTC Athena X7500 is a Windows Mobile PC Pro-powered device that boasts a 3.5-inch QVGA touchscreen display with stylus and detachable QWERTY keypad, 64MB RAM, 256MB ROM, a 2.0-megapixel camera, SD expansion, 400MHz Samsung processor, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, QWERTY keypad, GSM/GPRS radio and USB connectivity. No word yet on pricing and availability. via Techeblog

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

Hand-Shaking Robot

The researchers from Japan’s Ishikawa Namiki Komuro Labs have perfected “grasping using high-speed visual feedback”. Here is a short demonstration video of this hand-shaking robot. This system consists of an active vision with the parallel processing vision system called SPE-256, and a multi-fingered hand-arm system like a human hand. This is controlled using a multi-DSP [...]

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

Samsung SGH-E900

Samsung SGH-E900 music phone comes with a 2.0-inch TFT-LCD display, 2.0-megapixel camera, 80MB of internal memory, microSD expansion slot, USB connectivity, Bluetooth, TV-output, and EDGE data transfer. Media support include MP3, WMA, AAC, AAC+ and AAC+(e) formats. It measures 93 x 45 x 16.5mm and weighs 93g. TrustedReviews review Samsung SGH-E900 and writes, “There are [...]

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

Sanyo M1 Review – Infosync

Sanyo M1 features a QVGA TFT-LCD display, 2.0-megapixel camera, 1GB of internal memory and Bluetooth w/A2DP. Infosync reviews Sanyo M1 and writes, “Almost every camera we’ve tested on a mobile phones has been disappointing, and the Sanyo M1 — which excels at almost all other functions — is no different. Indeed, the snapshots we took [...]

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

Pioneer PDP-507XD

Pioneer PDP-507XD 50-inch plasma TV offers 1366 x 768 native resolution, 4000:1 contrast ratio, 1100cd/m2 brightness, dual HDMI inputs, a built-in digital TV tuner and 2 x 15W speakers. It measures 1224(w) x 717(h) x 115(d)mm and weighs 34.7kg. TrustedReviews reviews Pioneer PDP-507XD and writes, “With LCD doing a frighteningly good job of winning over [...]

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

Dragonfly Robot

FlyTech’s Dragonfly Robot is touted as the World’s First Winged Robot. Here is the video demonstration of Dragonfly robot. It doesn’t use propellers or glide around with fixed-position wings like a fraudulent flying insect wanabee. No, this Dragonfly debuts as the world’s first robot to use brute flapping-power to remain airborne. And despite what you [...]

Saturday, December 16th, 2006

Samsung SPH-P9000

Most of the people love having a PDA, mobile phone and UMPC. But hate to carry all three? You have to check out Samsung SPH-P9000. It is one of the first viable convergence devices to hit market. It features a 1-GHz processor, 256MB of memory, 5.0-inch TFT screen, CDMA EVDO, WiMAX and a 1.3-megapixel camera.

Saturday, December 16th, 2006

Samsung CX225MD LCD

Samsung CX225MD LCD is claimed to be a “Full-HD”. In other words, this 22-inch LCD TV supporting 1080p with a resolution of at least 1920 x 1080. It features 5ms response time, HDMI, component inputs, an HDCP-enabled DVI port and a built-in TV tuner. No words yet on pricing and availability. via Techeblog

Friday, December 15th, 2006

ASUS V2

ASUS V2 is the business notebook with HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) wireless broadband capability. It features an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, a 14-inch WXGA+ LCD, ATI Mobility Radeon X1450 graphics with 256 to 512MB of memory, 80 to 160B Hard Disk, Bluetooth 2.0, 802.11 a/b/g WLAN, a biometric fingerprint reader which guards [...]

Monday, December 11th, 2006

O2 Stealth

O2 Stealth is O2 latest Windows Mobile 5.0-powered Smartphone. It features a 2.4-inch touchscreendisplay, 2.0-megapixel camera, 416MHz Intel Xscale PXA 272 CPU, 64MB RAM, 192MB ROM, 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It measures 110 x 53 x22.5mm and weighs 140g. Here is a hand on video of O2 Stealth and shot some great footage of [...]

Monday, December 11th, 2006