Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

Niko is a Nokia N900-Based LEGO Robot, Shown in Action (Video)

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

After having a glance at the tiny cardboard robot based on an Android handset, we stumbled upon a LEGO robot that uses a Nokia N900 unit as its brain. A similar initiative based on an iPhone could be seen in the past and we're sure that HTC also had its ...

Samsung SCH-W960 AMOLED 3D Phone Gets Pictured Live

Friday, March 19th, 2010

We've just come across a bunch of shots portraying the first AMOLED 3D screen phone, Samsung SCH-W960. The device features a 3.3 inch screen and specs have also been leaked together with the live images. The handset also comes with DNSe 2.0 audio technology, a DivX player, dual DMB and ...

Samsung Details Super AMOLED Phone Displays (Video)

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Samsung Mobile Display has recently unveiled a video showing the feats of the Super AMOLED display with integrated touch function, possibly the best screen option on handsets. See what its advantages are in the following vid: The real dynamic Super AMOLED display provides an ultra brilliant image, with an unbelievable quality ...

Nokia Prepares the Next Gen Batteries; Self-Regenerating and Piezoelectric-Based

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Nokia recently announced that they want to patent a "piezoelectric kinetic energy harvester", a way to capture energy from the phone's movements. This may remind you of the kinetic wristwatches, based on the same principles and generating clean energy. Nokia's technology allows the heavy internal components to move on rails within ...

Android Phone Becomes the Brain of a Robot

Monday, March 8th, 2010

We've seen gizmos like these before, but mostly in the case of the iPhone - robots controlled by smartphones. This time we go back in time to the days of the HTC G1 and witness it being used as a robot brain. This initiative belongs to Tim Heath and Ryan ...

“AAA” Battery Powered Phone Goes Live in India, via Olive

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Olive Mobile is an Indian handset vendor you probably haven't heard of, but you'll surely remember this name, because they've just launched something revolutionary: an "AAA" battery powered handset. Available in India, the product is pictured below and detailed after the break. Olive is known for its partnership with Haier, probably ...

Intel Unveils 1.83 GHz Atom CPU

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Intel has just announced the updated Atom CPU, known as Intel Atom Pine N470 and providing a speed of 1.83 GHz. Its power consumption is 5.5W, enough to provide a long battery life for any device. This chipset supports DDR2 and will probably reach loads of netbooks. The new CPU will ...

InfoSonics Verykool i270 Touch is a Decent Handset for Latin America

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

InfoSonics is a company that handles the distribution of handsets in Latin America especially and we learn that they've just announced the availability of a new touchscreen phone called Verykool i270 Touch. The quad band GSM/GPRS device packs a 2.4 inch QVGA touch display and it gets pictured below. Verykool i270 ...

Zii Platform Gets Peripherals, Android Support

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Remember the Zii platform shown by the folks of Creative back at CES 2009? This HD-capable system took the shape of a smartphone reference design in December 2009 and little news about the project has surfaced since then. Meanwhile, Creative added a bunch of new peripherals to the design, including ...

Synaptics Fuse Concept Phone Shown in Action at MWC 2010 (Video)

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

We're still gathering bits and pieces of info from last week's MWC 2010 event and we've uncovered some hands on action with Synaptics' Fuse concept phone. This prototype relies on sensor technologies to implement alternative means of handset control and input. Synaptics Fuse comes with a capacitive touchscreen display, plus accelerometers, ...