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iPhone 2.0 and Other Apple Phone Rumors
2008-04-17 04:33:00 Our friends at GenerationMP3 have it on good authority that Orange France has already seen iPhone 2.0 a.k.a iPhone 3G. In fact, Orange is testing the device right now. Launching coming soon. Even better rumors have come CrunchGear’s way. Their source says that Apple is going to announce an entire line of iPhones or Apple ... More About: Iphone , Rumors
Archos PMP to Have GPS
2008-04-16 16:43:00 French PMP manufacturer Archos is up to something big next week, April 23. According to T3, new PMPs from the company will feature GPS. Archos’s plan is to “direct you to your destination of choice in Europe, the USA or even China, and you can then pass the media player to the back of ... More About: Navigation
Teclast T50 Has iPhonesque UI
2008-04-16 16:21:00 More details have come out from Teclast (Taipower) about the T50, a PMP with capacitive multitouch screen that supports finger-swiping and pinching commands just like in the iPhone. The new product photos of the T50 suggests a significant redesign from a player that was curved on the edges to a more rectangular look. The screen ...
Viewo V8, Not to be Confused W/ Other V8 PMPs
2008-04-16 01:22:00 Viewo’s V8 is difficult to mistake for PMP models from other brands, but sometimes people get confused anyway. Take the recent release by RAmos using the same V8 name. Viewo’s V8 was released sometime ago early last year. It boasts a huge 4-inch (480 x 272-pixel) 16 million-color screen, 16.6mm thickness, AVI, ASF, WMV9 ...
COWON D2 16GB Almost Available
2008-04-16 00:41:00 It seems that after Apple announced a 32GB iPod Touch everyone is racing to release a 16GB version of their own PMPs. After announcing it months before, COWON is the latest to add a 16GB model to one of its most popular products, the D2. The 16GB D2 has not officially arrived and it ... More About: Cowon
RAmos V8 Has 4.3-inch (Possibly) Touchscreen
2008-04-15 10:54:00 Though RAmos was good enough to provide photos of its new V8 PMP, official details are scarce about this 4.3-inch player. To tell the truth, the design doesn’t look too original, but a bigger screen PMP, especially if it happened to be a touchscreen (which in this case we are not sure yet), is always ... More About: Ramos , Inch , Touchscreen
Cheaper iRiver E100 at Amazon
2008-04-14 21:51:00 One can now purchase the iRiver E100, a rather capable PMP, for less than the announced price at online store Amazon and J&R. The 8GB, which was priced at around $200 is selling for $160 at Amazon, while the 4GB is selling for $110. Unlike the other players iRiver released at CES, the E100 still uses ... More About: Iriver
Pandora: Do-it-All Emulator and UMPC
2008-04-14 21:25:00 Pandora is both a UMPC and and a gamer. It’s got a QWERTY keypad and gaming buttons similar to your SNES console. Don’t be fooled by how these buttons are arranged. If you noticed the coins put in front of the device for size comparison, the Pandora is an tiny little beast. The Pandora is ... More About: Pandora
Eee PC 900 Unboxed
2008-04-13 23:02:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY2azHo0LA U The 8.9-inch Eee PC is identical to the original 7-inch one with a few improvements. The screen, of course, is bigger, and the trackpad as well, which in combo should almost justify the price upgrade, and you ave to include the 12GB SSD. The weight (under 1kg) has bee maintained, which is good, and battery ...
Unboxing the Ainol U80SE PMP
2008-04-13 16:21:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SLIfnLCE3 0 The Toshiba Gigabeat doppelganger, U80SE from Ainol has just been unboxed at AllPMP. It’s a mighty thin PMP and the cross buttons seem to work intuitively enough, from the video. It plays RM, RMVB, AVI, FLV, DAT, ASF, MP4, WMV, 3GP, MPG. [via allpmp]
Nintendo DS 2 Coming?
2008-04-13 01:29:00 Is there a DS 2.0 in the works. Hirokazu Hamamura, the head of the company that owns Famitsu mag, says that Ninetendo will unveil a new DS at E3 2008. As you know, Sony PSP has been gaining ground on DS in Japan even though it will take PSP some time yet to beat the ... More About: Nintendo , Nintendo Ds
LG T80 Touchscreen DVB PMP
2008-04-12 20:22:00 The T80 does not look much better than LG’s previous PMP models and I wonder if this wasn’t a deliberate attempt to not look like the iPod Touch. We have to remember that this is the manufacturer of the Prada phone we’re talking about and if there’s a manufacturer out there that has every right ... More About: Korea , Touchscreen
iPhone to have Broadcom GPS Chip
2008-04-11 21:36:00 Another very interesting iPhone rumor. Apple to add Broadcom GPS chip on the 3G iPhone. For Apple fans that have always complained about the lack of 3G and GPS on the iPhone, now is their chance to finally shut up and just buy the new iPhone when it comes out. And did I forget to ... More About: Iphone , Rumors , Chip
Rumor: 32GB iPhone 3G
2008-04-11 19:08:00 The latest word on the unannounced iPhone 3G is that a 32GB version will be available for the price of the original 8GB. Yes folk, for $599, still cheaper than many smartphones, you can get the maximum amount of storage for a handset. The 8GB and 16GB iPhone 3G will be available in $399 and ... More About: Rumor , Iphone , Rumors
MobiBlu T10 Gets Reviewed
2008-04-10 23:48:00 MobiBlu’s T10 does not just have a passing resemblance to the Teclast T39 TouchMusic; it’s technically a repackaging of the T39. CNET does seem to be too keen on the MobiBlu T1, however, and gave it a very poor rating. The biggest problem is the touch user interface, which only responds tolerably well with the ...
Simplify Media on iPhone
2008-04-10 17:29:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0mc3TmDOc A Simplify Media lets you take your music collection with you anywhere you go. Sounds like an old advert for the portable media player, but it’s quite literally what Simplify Media does. Now, even a 32GB iPod Touch does not offer enough storage for your entire music collection, but with Simplify Media, any WiFi HotSpot would ... More About: Phone , Iphone
D?Cube D9 Hits the Spot
2008-04-09 22:31:00 If the pretty D7 and D5 PMP’s from D’Cube didn’t appeal to you, the new D9 will. There’s something about the looks of the D9 that says it’s a good accessory to have in your car, home and even purse. It has a 3.5-inch 260,000 color 320 ื 240 resolution TFT LCD screen and support ... More About: Korea , Spot , Hits
Dust-Proof PMP From Go Quick Design
2008-04-09 20:22:00 Shenzhen’s Go Quick Design Engineering Co., Ltd. has no time for fancy touchscreen devices. Their engineering and seign team have better priorities. Making a PMP impregnable by dust, for example, can do wonders for the users. Imagine having your PMP around for the journey across the desert and getting hit by a sandstorm and still ... More About: Proof
Nokia ?Tube?: iPhone Killer or iPhone Clone?
2008-04-09 17:24:00 It’s not official yet and thank God for that. Imagine Nokia designing a phone that actually has more than a passing resemblance than this group from China, and in fact it can definitely pose asbig brother to this slim guy or this guy or just about every Chinese gadget with a prominent touchscreen and a ... More About: Phone , Iphone , Tube , Clone
RAmos RM935 Knocks Off Teclast M25
2008-04-08 23:31:00 If you thought only Apple gets to be the target of cloners, think again. Chinese manufacturer Teclast introduced the M25 PMP a month ago featuring a click wheel with spokes. We thought it was some kind of special that a PMP had mag wheels and RAmos, apparently, agrees dropping the RM935 a few days later ... More About: Ramos
G108, a Watch Phone You?ll Actually Buy
2008-04-08 19:44:00 We’ve seen watch phones or phonewatches getting dropped by unknown manufacturers and blown away like leaves in autumn, but the G108 from a Chinese manufacturer has the looks of a success. Word is practicality. The G108 uses an analog display at the face as the only watch component. The face can be flipped open revealing ... More About: Watch , Phone
MobiBlu Cube3, another iPod Shuffle Killer
2008-04-08 17:52:00 Just when we thought the Shuffle was going to be beat by a $25-PMP from China, MobiBlu, a regular in the tiny player category (just look at these babies MobiBlu has released in the last year alone), has dropped the Cube3. CNET thought the Cube2, the Cube3’s predecessor, was incredibly compact but difficult to navigate. ... More About: Ipod , Killer
Gemei M5 Screenless DAP With Mirror
2008-04-07 21:36:00 The Gemei M5, a media player that exclusively plays audio is top contender for the brickiest DAP ever - that is if it isn’t so tiny (go to the break for another look). Gemei is Chinese manufacturer not known for its sleek devices but it is capable of producing beauties - well, depending on your ... More About: Mirror
Egoman 4.3-inch PMP is Slim
2008-04-06 19:47:00 It’s been a while since we posted an Egoman PMP or, for that matter, from a Chinese wholesaler site. I believe, however, you’d agree that the MP810RSTD-43 is one PMP that is hard to miss. The 4.3-inch touchscreen supports 16.7 million colors and a 480 x 272-pixel resolution, goo enough for playing WVI and RMVB ... More About: Inch , Slim
Quake 3 Ported on the iPhone
2008-04-05 21:49:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvci1vTXyU o My favorite first-person-shooter game can now be played on the iPhone . You move your character around using the iPhone’s built-in accelerometer. You shoot by tapping on the screen. It actually looks like a fun way to play Quake 3, but I doubt if you’re going to be beat anyone on a keyboard and mouse. Apparently, ... More About: Iphone
iRiver E100 Video Preview
2008-04-05 21:39:00 If you’re looking for a basic PMP with video playback and horizontal or landscape viewing, the E100 is good alternative to the iPod Nano. While the Nano is strictly an earpiece player, the iRiver E100 has speakers and an FM tuner to boot. For $215 for the 8GB player, it’s definitely a good buy. For ... More About: Video , Preview , Video Preview , Iriver
iPhone Germany Now 99 Euros
2008-04-05 01:00:00 T-Mobile, the exclusive operator of iPhone in Germany , has lowered the price of the Apple Phone to only 99 euros. That’s only around $155. We didn’t know an operator could do that. Aren’t Germans lucky, but then, one must read the fine print because this offer is only good if you buy into a ... More About: Iphone , Euros
3G iPhone Gets Photographed
2008-04-05 00:14:00 This is supposed to be the backside of the iPhone 2.0 a.k.a 3G iPhone. Apple has actually redesigned its phone, which is now sporting a glossy all-black back. It also seems, somehow, smaller or shorter. The location of the camera seems odd. It’s as if Apple does not want 3G iPhone users to shoot straight ... More About: Iphone
KNC M-700 PMP has Nokia 5310 Side Buttons
2008-04-04 20:12:00 KNC will release the M-700 PMP this May 1 or thereabouts commemorating the Ching Ming Festival. Now, we don’t presume to know anything about the Ching Ming Festival but we love how the M-700 looks, especially those side buttons that reminds us of the Nokia XpressMusic 5310. The player has a 2.6-inch (?) 16:9 widescreen ... More About: Side , Buttons
N-Gage Software ready for Gaming
More articles from this author:2008-04-04 17:25:00 Nokia’s N-Gage software is now available for download. If you own a N81, N81 8GB, N82, N95, or N95 8GB, point your browser to n-gage.mobi/d. I take N-Gage will be official on Monday and eventually other phones will be added, particularly the N73, N93, and N93i models. Other Nokia phones will follow. [n-gage via cellphones] More About: Software , Gaming , Phone 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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