Apart from making cut/paste and tethering a reality on the iPhone, the other notable feature in iPhone firmware 3.0 is that it will allow developers to create 3rd party accessories for use on the iPhone. We’ve seen some concept iPhone gaming accessories in the past such as the iControlPad, and now, Qualcomm has voiced their [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 27, 2009
For a limited time (until the end of May), iPhone Japan will be free for new Softbank customers. The Softbank iPhone 8GB used to sell for the equivalent of $235 with a contract. The reason is the lukewarm reception of the Japanese. The Japanese are one of the most well-off people when it comes to mobile [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 3, 2009
Mobile TV may not be an inherent feature in the iPhone, but the folks at Softbank have found a way to enable such an entertainment feature to work with Apple’s mobile phone courtesy of their 1seg TV tuner/battery charger. This TV tuner add-on may almost be as big as the iPhone itself, but it pretty [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 26, 2008
The EB-T80 from Resun Electronics doesn’t do those newfangled DVB-T, DMB or 1seg technologies, preferring old-school portable TV through VHF, UHF and CATV (PAL, NTSC or SECAM formats). It also plays nice with a host of file formats, including MPEG-1, MPEG-2 ,MPEG-4, DivX3.11, 4.x, 5.x and 6.x, AVI, MPG, WMV, MP3, WMA and JPEG. Incorporating an [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 19, 2008
In this age of Wi-Fi downloads (like Apple and Archos], some people out there are still buying portable DVD players that are over a kilo each. Toshiba has three new models for these people. The largest is a 9-inch screen monster measuring 267 x 167 x 34mm when folded and weighing 1.2kg. It has a [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, November 25, 2007
These days, everything is mobile and this includes watching your favorite TV shows and movies. Unfortunately, most gadgets don’t come protected from the elements–except, that is, for the new Sanyo LVT-WD40. This shiny white PMP is completely waterproof, meaning if you want to watch videos in the shower or in the rain, you [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 25, 2007
Nintendo is reeling from the recent successes of the Sony PlayStation Portable are rushes to add a 1SEG TV tuner on the former bestselling portable gamer in Japan. The tuner doesn’t stick all too subtly at the back of DS but it will be functional at least. The spine that is the TV tuner reaches [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 19, 2007
Sanyo’s line of PNSes (portable navigation systems) gets better with the NV-HD880FT Gorilla. Not only does this slim (206.8×121x38mm for 950g), shiny new baby have a large 8-inch touch screen. It also has a dual TV tuner (1Seg and terrestrial), an FM tuner, and can be used out of the car! So if ever you’re [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 3, 2007
At Japan’s CEATEC exhibit, Toshiba revealed a PMP prototype that uses fuel cells to give long-lasting battery life. While other features such as supported file formats weren’t mentioned, we know that the product has a built-in 1seg tuner and can reportedly do TV playback for about 10 hours. The company expects to have models [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 27, 2007
Sony just showed off the NW-A910 Video Walkman series, which (like Toshiba’s Gigabeat V41), supports 1seg broadcasts. Slated for an early November release in Japan, the A919 (16GB), A918 (8GB) and A916 (4GB) models can handle MPEG-4 AVC and H.264 videos, ATRAC, AAC, MP3 and WMA audio files, and JPEGs. All three versions come with [...]
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