Last week I mentioned a new eBook platform from Neonode that promised to bring touchscreen eReader tech to market at a low price called zBook . The zBook tech has the Neonode zForce touchscreen technology at its core. The company has announced today that the zForce tech from its eBook platform has landed in a new reader
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Neonode zForce eReader platform turns up in Koobe Jin Young Reader
There’s not much to go on here, but according to alleged sources of Gamervision , Sony’s planning a relaunch of sorts for the PSP Go . The oft-maligned portable hasn’t exactly taken the world by storm — and with its lack of an UMD drive, despite the company’s continued support of the format, that arguably wasn’t the point of its existence, anyway. An apparent marketing blitz is in the cards (unsurprising), and additionally there’s speculation that a price drop might be coming, too. That seems a bit early given it only launched back in October, but if the company’s really wanting to get aggressive and pushing units of its admittedly pretty hardware , that’s a pretty good way to do so. Then again, its hands might be full adding some vigor to its other gaming machine.
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PSP Go ‘relaunch’ in the works?
Over at xda-developers they’re pathologically addicted to getting software to run on devices it was never intended to, and fed up of waiting for Sony Ericsson’s debut into the Android ecosystem, the XPERIA X10 , they’ve focused instead on getting Android onto an earlier phone. Normally the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 is found playing nicely with Windows Mobile, but you can now dual-boot it with that and Android 2.0.1. There’s apparently been a fair bit of customization to get it all up and running with the X1’s hardware, but the touchscreen works and it’s not as sluggish as some hacks we’ve seen. So far everything bar the Bluetooth, camera, GPS and LCD auto-brightness function, but it’s still a work in progress
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Android 2.0.1 dual-boot XPERIA X1 hack [Video]
Apparently it’s been around for fifteen years but using foil impressions to pick locks is new to us. This is similar to using bump keys but it works on locks that are supposedly much more secure. This method uses a heavy gauge aluminum foil to grab and hold the pins in the correct place for the lock to be turned. The foil is folded over and slits are cut where each pin will fall
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Foil impressioning defeats security locks
We have seen quite a few of Stuart Hughes’s creations here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest one is an iPod that is going to set you back a cool $95,000. Although it is slightly cheaper than some of his creations, like the $3.2 million iPhone 3GS . The iPod SUPREME Rose Edition is covered in 263 grams of 18ct rose gold, and if that wasn’t enough for you it also features a platinum Apple logo which has 53 VVS1, color F diamonds. The navigation button has also been made from platinum and it features 4.5ct of VVS1 ,color F diamonds.
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The $95,000 iPod From Stuart Hughes
Garmin is releasing its third smartphone in the line, and from the looks here, a much improved version of the previous ones. It will be loaded with the windows mobile operating system and have a 3.5-inch touchscreen. With 4GB of internal memory and up to 32GB of optional microSD card capacity, the phone will be primed for plenty of photos through its 5 megapixel camera. Of course because it’s a Garmin, the photos will be automatically tagged with the location that they were taken through the automatic geoencoding.
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Garmin Nuvifone M10 – GPS Smartfone
Cisco earnings (CSCO) for the fiscal second quarter ended January 23rd have beat analysts expectations due to more customers upgrading their hardware for increased wireless and internet traffic. Sales rose to $9.8-billion and profit totaling $1.9-billion from $1.5-billion the same quarter last year. Continue reading to see a holographic Cisco telepresence video from 2007
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Cisco Earnings Beat Expectations
It’s not quite ready for an alpha release, but it’s nice to know that development of Firefox on Android has progressed to the stage where they’ve actually got a screenshot. [via AndroidCentral ] You’ll note that this is the full Firefox interface, and not the Fennec/Firefox Mobile UI; we’re testing with the full interface because it’s significantly more complex than the mobile UI and stresses Gecko much more. So, if the full UI works, then Fennec should work fine as well. Given the interest in Android on netbook and tablet devices, an updated version of the full Firefox UI might find a home on some of these.
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Firefox fires up on Android
Here is another fun geeky t-shirt for today, although you will need two of these for them to work properly, one for yourself and one for your other half. The Locked On Proximity Sensing T-Shirt lights up when it detects another Locked On Proximity Sensing T-Shirt t-shirt nearby, as soon as you are within a few meters of each other. Buy one of these glowing shirts for yourself, and gift one to a friend or enemy (co-worker, boyfriend, girlfriend, fembot 2000…).
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Locked On Proximity Sensing T-Shirt
High Definition. Those two words are the very soul of what’s driving consumer electronics and pushing broadband Internet, and Microsoft’s sleek LifeCam Cinema is no exception. As one of the first webcams to boast an magnificent 1280×720 resolution with a price that doesn’t break the bank, it won’t be long before we’re able to marvel at the next Star Wars Kid with each and every one of his clogged pores clearly visible. Now that’s entertainment! But to get back to the webcam side of business, we put Microsoft’s latest gizmo to the test and found the results to be quite resounding. Find out why after the break
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MS LifeCam Cinema HD Webcam Review
JVC has added another camcorder to their range with the launch of the JVC Everio GZ-HM340. The JVC Everio GZ-HM340 comes with 16GB of built in storage, plus an SD/SDHC card slot. The JVC Everio GZ-HM340 features a built in 20x optical zoom and a 1/5.8 inch 1.37 megapixel CMOS sensor and built in image stabilization. The JVC Everio GZ-HM340 also features a time lapse recording mode, that lets you record videos over time from one second intervals to eighty second intervals.
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JVC Everio GZ-HM340 Camcorder
Tokyoflash had released a new Bluetooth gadget, the Tokyoflash Escape C Bluetooth Necklace, and as you can see from the photo is looks like something out of a Sci Fi movie. The Tokyoflash Escape C Bluetooth Necklace is designed to be used with your Bluetooth mobile Phone or music player and it can connect to devices up to thirty three feet away.
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Tokyoflash Escape C Bluetooth Necklace
Called Prepeat, this inkless and tonerless printer can write, erase, and then rewrite documents using a special thermal process along with plastic paper. Unfortunately, “each printer comes with a price tag of about $5,517 (500,000 yen), and the plastic sheets come in lots of 1,000 at the price of $3,300.” Video after the break. Such a hefty price tag means that only large paper-users might consider PrePeat. Smaller offices and individual consumers will likely stick with their old-fashioned printer and paper combos for now. [via Popsci ]
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Prepeat: The Inkless Printer That Can Erase and Rewrite Documents
Technology companies are scrambling to jump on the application store bandwagon which has blossomed in the mobile arena and is now moving into the netbook and desktop computing realm. The latest app store venture may be originating from Google, which is rumored to be developing its own suite of business applications designed to compliment its Google Apps service.
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Google to launch its own business application store?
The rest of the world is catching on rapidly but overall, Japan is still the world’s most advanced society mobile society . That being said, you’d assume that the first 4G (LTE) device to get an official certification from Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications must be coming from one of the many mobile companies over here, but it was South Korea’s LG who got the bragging rights [KR] for that today. Just look at how proud the model in the picture is holding said certification in her hands. The Korean company will sell not a handset but a 4G-compatible data modem, the LD100, in Japan. Japan’s biggest mobile carrier NTT Docomo is ready to distribute the device in its home market (Docomo said just in November 2009 it will kick off 4G operations in Japan in December this year )
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LG gets bragging rights for Japan’s first certified 4G device
Here is another fun t-shirt that would make a great addition to your geeky wardrobe, especially if you are an AV geek, the AV T-Shirt. This fun AV t-shirt features every connection you would need for a high end home entertainment setup, printed on the back of the t-shirt, although it looks like it only has two HDMI ports which night not be enough if you have a lot of equipment. If you want one, the AV t-shirt is available for $18 from Threadless
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The AV T-Shirt
Fujifilm has added a couple of compact digital cameras to its FinePix rane, the Fujifilm FinePix F80EXR and Z700EXR. The Fujifilm FinePix F80EXR features a 12 megapixel sensor, and 10x optical zoom, as well as a 3 inch LCD display, it can record HD video in 720P and has a range of built in features which include face recognition, and picture rotation. The Fujifilm FinePix Z700EXR features also features a 12 megapixel sensor, and 10x optical zoom, but this model has a 3.5 inch touchscreen LCD displau and it can also record HD video in 720P, it comes with the same range of features as the Fujifilm FinePix F80EXR.
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Fujifilm FinePix F80EXR and Z700EXR Compact Digital Cameras
Google [GOOG] and artist Andrew Bell of Dyzplastic have teamed up to produce these fun vinyl figurines, called Android Mini Collectibles. These look to the the first in a range of Google Android themed mini collectibles as they are called series one, and there will be twelve different Android Mini collectibles in the range. Andrew, an avid Android user himself, teamed up with some friends at Google to bring their little green mascot to life. Series 1 features 12 different designs in blind-boxed cases of 16
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Android Mini Collectibles
Apple [AAPL] has updated its iPhone OS to a new version, 3.1.3, which is supposed to bring a number of fixes to the iPhone OS. iPhone OS 3.1.3 contains a couple of bug fixes, one of which is improved battery level reporting, although we haven’t had a chance to test this one yet to see what difference it makes. There is also a fix for iPhone App crashes on launch and a fix for App crashes while using the Japanese Kana keyboard
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Apple Updates iPhone OS To 3.1.3
You can make a camera trigger without a micro controller , but this system allows you to easily add sensors or variable timers, making it extremely flexible. [Thanks Haje] There are loads of reasons for why you could want to trigger your camera remotely – to avoid camera shake, for example, or to be able to take a photograph of yourself without having to rely on a timer. If you want to build more ambitious projects, however, you may have to consider getting more exotic. In the Maker Shed: Make: Arduino Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Arduino | Digg this!
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Arduino powered laser trigger for your camera
Google [GOOG] has released an update for their Nexus One smartphone which is designed to fix a number of bugs and also add a range of new features to the Nexus One. The main feature in the Nexus One update is the addition of multi-touch, which now adds pinch and zoom function in the Nexus One’s web browser, gallery and maps. Google have also provided a fix to the Nexus One 3G issues that users were experiencing, although we are not sure as yet how well the fix works. Google has also added Google Goggles to the Nexus one, and the application is available in the All Apps menu. Google has also updated their Google Maps application to Google Maps 3.4.
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Google Nexus One Gets Multi-Touch