ARCHOS G9 Tablets Announced

ARCHOS announced two new Android tablets. They include two for factors; the 80 G9 (8″ 1024 by 768 display) and the 101 G9 (10.1″ 1280 by 800 display). They also ship with the fastest dual-core processor,  a CORTEX A9 OMAP4 1.5 GHz. In addition to putting the quickest processor in, they add a couple more features to stand out from the crowd. A 250 GB Hard Drive option and a 3G option that can be added after you buy the tablet.

The 101 G9 is listed for $399.99 for the 16GB model, and $499.99 for the 250GB model.


The Gadgeteer

Planex announces the MZK-WD300DH a new WiFi to HDMI solution

Intel's WiDi is by far the best solution for you to send Full HD Video to a compatible Monitor or TV Wirelessly. However if your hardware is not WiDi compatible will have to rely on these many third party solutions like today's Planex MZK-WD300DH that will let you turn any PCs running on XP, Vista or Windows 7 to stream Full HD Video to any HDMI sources. Announced at a rather affordable price of 10,000 Yen the MZK-WD300DH comes with a 300Mbps Wi-Fi dongle that will need to be plug to your PC and a compatible HDMI base for your TV.




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Sonic Generations Demo Hits Xbox Live

The demo version of Sonic Generations is now available for download via Xbox Live. According to Sega, the demo will only last 20 days, so you better hurry.

TechFresh

Report: Renault 4 panel wagon headed to Bonneville

Renault 4 Bonneville racer – Click above for images. Folks down at the salt flats in Utah are used to seeing all manner of machinery making high-speed runs, but this year they're set to get an eye-full of European machinery. Not only is Skoda taking a modified Octavia to Bonneville, but Renault is now set to join the fray with a unique adaptation of the classic Renault 4.


Autoblog

Archos Arnova 7 Budget-Friendly Android Tablet

As mentioned by Engadget, Archos have a new of budget-friendly android tablet that already approved by FCC, called the Arnova 7. Priced at just $99, the device gets WiFi 802.11b/g connectivity enables the access to the AppsLib store, 4GB of flash memory, and a 7-inch 800x4800 resistive touchscreen (no capacitive touchscreen, Sorry…). The Arnova 7 also can handle  H.264, MPEG-4, RealVideo video playback up to 720p resolution at 30fps, built-in speaker, microphone, USB connector, USB HOST connector, a microSDHC card slot, and runs Android 2.2 Froyo OS.

Today Gadgets

Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray coming soon to Three UK

Announced yesterday alongside the Sony Ericsson Xperia Active and the Sony Ericsson TXT featurephone, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray has already found a future home in the UK: Three has confirmed that it would offer the handset to its customers sometime soon (although it didn't say how soon).



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Google TV 2.0 ‘Fishtank' developer kit revealed running Honeycomb and apps

As Google TV gears up for a Honeycomb-based v2.0, the team announced at the I/O event that developers could get access to “Fishtank” hardware for them to test their apps on and here it is, revealed by Geek.com. The hardware itself is a relatively nondescript box packing an Intel CE4100 processor (no ARM…yet) and a Logitech Revue wireless keyboard that connects wirelessly via a USB dongle, plus a few more ins and outs than retail boxes have including coax.

2DayBlog.com

New iPhone 4S / 5 tipped for September launch (again)

While there's still confusion regarding the name of Apple's fifth-generation iPhone (will it be iPhone 5. iPhone 4S. Something else?), here's new pseudo-evidence that the smartphone will be introduced pretty soon. Bloomberg has it that "people familiar with the plans" say the new iPhone will arrive in September. We've certainly heard about this before, as well as about the features of Apple's next-gen handset, which should include a dual-core A5 processor, and an 8MP camera.

Design-wise, it's said that the new iPhone will "closely resemble" the iPhone 4 (pictured below).

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Pentax Q specifications leak out

The Pentax Q is not even out yet, but that doesn't mean there is no room for rumors surrounding the shooter. In fact, specifications for the interchangeable lens digital camera have already leaked out, and from what we can tell, this is the model with the smallest and lightest body in the world in its class. First of all, there is the Q-Mount Lens System that offers convenient interchangeability with a range of specialty Q lenses, where you can opt from prime, zoom, and fisheye lenses amongst others.

Ubergizmo

Fretlight guitars teach users how to make play music

The ability to play an musical instrument without having to sit through a single lesson is probably something every human wants to be able to do but unfortunately, unless you're a musical prodigy of some sort, it's not going to happen. While we all harbor dreams of being able to do such a thing, the folks over at Fretlight Guitar are putting their minds together to come up with a solution.

Ubergizmo

USB Mixtape Memory Card

Memory cards are dime a dozen, so why not attempt something different than with the USB Mixtape Memory Card. This is one of the more interesting peripherals out there that take the road less traveled, where it will also help those who grew up during the 1990s reminisce about the good ol' days. After all, back then, the mixtape was a pop culture, and proved to be the tool that can be used to share compiled music with your friends and mates. The actual sharing experience is no longer there with the advent of MP3 file formats and super fast Internet connections, so why not purchase the USB Mixtape Memory Card to relive the past.

Ubergizmo

HTC Evo 3D (Shooter) and Samsung Galaxy S Plus to be launched by Telstra soon?

Here's some good news for Android lovers over in Australia: Telstra, the country's largest mobile carrier, is getting ready to launch two new high-end Android handsets (both running Gingerbread). Firstly, Ausdroid reports that Telstra is secretly testing the so-called HTC Shooter, which seems to be that GSM edition of Sprint's Evo 3D that we've been hearing about in the last few months.


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Kia gets wickedly suggestive with children's fairy tales for Sportage print ads

Advertising here in the United States is rather tame compared to what the rest of the world sees. At a recent festival in Cannes, creative works from around the globe were shown, and one of the advertisers at the awards event was Brazilian agency Moma, a company that works with Kia.


Autoblog

Tamawa billiard ball flash drive

Tamawa has just introduced a new mini flash drive that's made out of Bakelite - the same material that is used to make billiard balls. When closed and not in use, the flash drive looks like two billiard balls fused together. Users can choose from seven different colors for each half of the ball to come up with their own color combinations for the thumb drive. The drive stores 8GB (not much I know, but it should be enough for most of your necessary documents/files that need transporting.
Although the flash drive isn't exactly the largest drive around, it costs a whopping $124.

Ubergizmo

Apple's iPhone Patent Could Prove Problematic for Nearly All Touchscreen Devices

Apple was just awarded its iPhone patent three-and-a-half years after filing. Patent number 7,966,578 was awarded for “[a] computer-implemented method, for use in conjunction with a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display, [that] comprises displaying a portion of page content, including a frame displaying a portion of frame content and also including other content of the page, on the touch screen display.” Depending on how loosely you interpret that excerpt and others from within the filing documents, the patent could grant Apple control over nearly any device using a capacitive screen and multitouch interface.

Android Phone

Amazon to Launch Own Tablet in August?

After months of rumors and speculations, DigiTimes reports with certainty that Amazon will be coming up with its own LCD tablet. The report specifically states that Quanta Computer will be responsible for assembling the tablet, which will supposed to feature a TI processor and Wintek touch panel. DigiTimes adds that Amazon hopes to ship around four million units of these tablets in 2011 alone.

Gadget.com

The Case-mate iPhone Case Costs $300; Why?

Is the recession not affecting you and have $300 to spend on an iPhone 4 case. Then Case-mate is for you. But wait, why does it cost that much. Apparently, using titanium as the main material could be costly, even for an iPhone 4 case. That metal is known for its strength, light weight, and anti-corrosive features. I should know; I have a titanium frying pan that also doubles as a wok. That thing has been with us for almost 10 years now.

But then again, for an iPhone 4 case, I think you could be better off with the aircraft aluminum-made Vapor, which is way cheaper.

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Hitachi Wireless Hard Drive Streams Media Direct to Phones, Tablets

Hitachi's G-Connect is another network hard drive that can be accessed by your iOS device, or from any mobile device with a web browser. The 500GB G-Connect has an 802.11n radio to allow you to connect to it from either an iOS app (to be released in the fall), or just direct through the browser. Better, the drive also has an Ethernet connection, meaning you can hook it up to your current router and put it on your home network. This should solve one big problem of standalone Wi-Fi drives: that you have to disconnect from your home Wi-Fi, and therefore the internet, to use them.

The G-Connect will be available in July for $200.

Gadget Lab

iPhone 4 is Flickr's most popular camera

If there was a popularity contest, then surely the Apple iPhone would have picked up a fair number of accolades to date, including being the most popular camera used to capture images that are then uploaded onto the popular photo sharing site, Flickr. The iPhone 4′s 5-megapixel shooter has passed the Nikon D90 at long last as the top camera, which took a year since it debuted in June 2010. This means under the iPhone 4 would be the mainstay D90, the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi and the EOS Rebel T1i.

Ubergizmo

ATR's Ubiquitous Market concept

The future always ushers in plenty of hope, and ever since 2009, the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR) has been hard at work on a futuristic concept known as the Ubiquitous Market (UbiMart if your tongue gets a bit tired), where it will make use of networked robots and sensors to help you out during your purchases. The current system is undergoing tests in a mock convenience store, where it will track your shopping habits within, recording the kind of items that you purchase before analyzing them to deliver product recommendations as well as provide directions to your preferred items down the road.

Ubergizmo

OnSwipe Makes HTML5 Webpages Feel Like An App

Lots of magazine publishers are starting to hop aboard the app train by offering up magazine subscriptions through their apps and allowing their customers to view and read entire magazines through their specially designed apps but now thanks to OnSwipe, the need for those apps could start seeing diminished use. OnSwipe is a platform that would translate publishers' existing content to look and feel like like a touch screen optimized app on various devices, like the iPad for instance.

Ubergizmo

STATS: Phones are used as phones 15% of the time

Some interesting research published by Neilsen today gives us a bit of insight as to how people use their fancy modern smartphones. Apps are the #1 source of fun, absorbing 56% of our total smartphone activity time. Next up is email and messaging, on 19%, with using our phones as actual phones in third place, taking up 15% of our phone time. Here's the rest of it:

More data in the report reveals how people find their apps, with the majority discovering things through searching app stores from the mobiles. Read the full analysis here.

Eurodroid

BEST DEALS: Xperia PLAY down to £399 at Play

Online retailer Play.com has sliced a few pounds off the Xperia PLAY Android gaming phone, taking its RRP down to £399. And that's direct through Play, so there's no additional postage cost to pay. Plus it'll be unlocked for use on all networks.

Eurodroid

Samsung NC215S Solar Cell-Equipped Netbook To Hit Russia In August

Samsung has decided to launch their newest solar cell-equipped netbook in Russia this August. Called the NC215S, this particular netbook is equipped with a solar panel at the back of the notebook lid which gives an hour of battery life after charging for two hours in the sun. In terms of specs, this mini laptop packs a 10.1-inch 1024 x 600 Superbright LED-backlit display, an Intel Atom N455 N570 processor, an integrated Intel GMA 3150 graphics, a 1GB RAM, an SD card slot, a webcam, WiFi and a 6-cell battery. The Samsung NC215S will have a starting price of 13,999 Rubles (about $496).

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Mauro Calo sets world record for longest drift with Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG

Who would you think would hold the record for the world's longest drift. Tanner Foust in a Scion. Sam Hubinette in a Dodge. Ken Block in a Subaru or a Ford. Maybe Vaughn Gittin, Jr. in a Mustang? If you guessed the latter, you would be right.

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First Drive: 2012 Hyundai Accent Five-Door

It's been a busy two years in the subcompact world. Newcomers like the Ford Fiesta and Mazda2 have made it clear they intend to give models like the Honda Fit, Toyota Yaris and segment volume leader Nissan Versa a run for their small-displacement money. Even General Motors is getting into the fray with the upcoming 2012 Chevrolet Sonic after years of trying to pass off the Aveo as legitimate transportation. So when Hyundai announced it was taking the knife to its Accent, we knew to expect good things.










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McLaren opens first of 35 dealers worldwide for sold-out MP4-12C

McLaren London at One Hyde Park – Click above for images. Know what you're looking at right now. An empty showroom. (Or rather, a preview rendering thereof.) McLaren London will open its doors at One Hyde Park as the first of 35 new dealers opening in 19 countries around the world. Thing is, they may not actually have any cars to sell.
Reports quoting McLaren's regional director for Asia, the Middle East and Africa (that's a big chunk of the world right there) suggest that the new MP4-12C, which we sampled in February, is already sold out for the next three years.


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McLaren opens first of 35 dealers worldwide for sold-out MP4-12C

McLaren London at One Hyde Park – Click above for images. Know what you're looking at right now. An empty showroom. (Or rather, a preview rendering thereof.) McLaren London will open its doors at One Hyde Park as the first of 35 new dealers opening in 19 countries around the world. Thing is, they may not actually have any cars to sell.
Reports quoting McLaren's regional director for Asia, the Middle East and Africa (that's a big chunk of the world right there) suggest that the new MP4-12C, which we sampled in February, is already sold out for the next three years.


Autoblog

Judge Wants Apple and Samsung to Settle Out of Court

A U.S. district judge has had enough of the back-and-forth accusations and legal maneuvers between Apple and Samsung that she told their lawyers to just settle the matter outside of court. “Can't we all just get along here,” asked Judge Lucy Koh. “I'll send you with a box of chocolates, whatever.”

Apple's lawyer Harold McElhinny then revealed to the judge that “executives at the highest levels” of both company are “in fact meeting and talking” about the matter.

Gadget.com

Nokia Introduces N9 Smartphone In Singapore

Nokia today introduced the new N9 pure touch smartphone at the Nokia Connection event in Singapore. Available in black, cyan and magenta, the Nokia N9 packs a 3.9-inch AMOLED display, a polycarbonate body and a choice of 16GB or 64GB internal storage capacity. The phone also has an 8-megapixel AutoFocus camera with Carl Zeiss optics, dual LED flash, a super wide 28mm lens, and supports HD video recording and true 16:9 resolution photos. Other specs include NFC capabilities, Bluetooth, WiFi and GPS navigation.






TechFresh

Google and the British Library plan to digitize 250,000 out-of-copyright books

Great news for fans out old, out-of-print literature that's practically impossible to get your hands on nowadays. The British Library and Google have announced that they will be working together to digitize 250,000 out-of-copyright books from the Library's collections (from years 1700-1870). The aim of this move is to increase access to anyone who wants the books for research or reading purposes. The books will be selected by the British Library, while Google will have the dirty job of digitizing all the books. The books will be made accessible through Google Books and the British Library's website for free.

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