OK, let me undesrtand Techcrunch. Google may not be making a Google GPhone phone, because that will compete with all the Android phones already in existence. Just as Google’s Andy Rubin said, Google is not making hardware but they’re enabling other manufacturers to build them. Google will not compete with the supporters of Android. That [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 9, 2009
The Multimedia Internet device that goes by the name of SmartQ V7 should now be ready for order. It isn’t cheap, based on the lack of information on storage. Since SmartQ isn’t announcing the capacity, we assume users will have to depend on microSD cards to store files. The 7-inch touchscreen tablet has 1080p video [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 2, 2009
Singaporean manufacturer Creative has leaked its own eBook Reader–the Zii MediaBook eReader. Surprisingly, the Zii Plaszma will throw its own set of unique features on an eBook reader. One more surprise: the Zii MediaBook will not have an e-ink display. Rather, what potential users will get is a touchscreen of unspecified size. It will be [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 31, 2009
We bring to you once more another dirt-cheap PMP from China. Yinlips is becoming a popular brand here at PMP Today. If this company keeps churning out interesting-looking devices like the Phantom PMP and mini projector and price them cheaply, we’d also keep on posting about their products. The Yinlips YDP308 is an under-$100 PMP [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 30, 2009
Completing their iPhone app line-up, IK Multimedia has just released the last pair of GrooveMaker packs – Electro and D’n’B packs. The GrooveMaker Electro pack features “mechanical and aggressive uptempo beats, weird and chemically altered sounds.” It’s composed of 4 songs (1 free when you register), and a total of 315 loops in 85-98-100-120-135 BPM ranges [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 22, 2009
Boy Genius Report has a working unit of the Motorola Droid, and they say it’s “a bad ass mama jama.” One highlight mentioned is the support for HTML5. It will also have Flash 10 support by 2010. Things that can be confirmed:
Continue reading...Thursday, October 22, 2009
Honestly, I don’t remember the exact date I began writing for PMP Today, but after almost three years and 4,000 posts, we can look back and tell ourselves that we have come so far. We started as a couple of part-time bloggers and even now we remain just
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Multimedia Internet devices are invading the Chinese market and SmartQ is one brand name to watch out for. The SmartQ V7 Internet Tablet is one of the more intriguing MID designs out there, though we will not be surprised if this were only a relabel of the SmartQ 7. They sure look the same. The [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 21, 2009
I think the main purpose of MIDs (multimedia internet device) is to outdo the iPhone. I have a strange feeling about this. They have bigger screen space, connectivity that often includes 3G, besides WiFi. Dell, the computer manufacturer, will soon add to their mobile hardware the Streak MID. This is a 5-inch 800 x 480 [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 12, 2009
Qualcomm’s FLO TV is a stand-alone mobile TV that it’s trying to sell to the public spoiled by iPod Touch and other premium and not so-premium PMPs, not to mention multimedia phones. Yes, this is not a PMP but a personal television with 3.5-inches of portable viewing screen. They have priced this at a prohibitive [...]
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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