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Future Apple iPhones May be Solar Powered

27. May 2008

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Apple is taking more steps to be greener. The patent application, found by Engadget, specifies “solar power for portable devices.” This could also mean MacBooks but we’re betting that Apple will be focusing on iPod and iPhone-friendly solar cells to cut down on power coming from batteries. Reducing complaints on iPod battery replacements is a [...]

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Aigo’s Patriot MV5920 Dual-Core MP5 Player Breaks Through W/ HDTV Playback

9. May 2008

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They’re calling this a breakthrough device, a PMP with WiFi and supports mobile TV. But that’s not the breakthrough yet for this HD (up to 160GB) MP5 Player (a PMP in China that supports RealMedia). The MV5920, due to its dual-core technology no doubt, also supports video playback at HD 720p (1280 x 720 pixels), [...]

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Sunview PMP Projector Announced by Sunlink

18. April 2008

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Sunlink International Holdings has just made my dream come true of a portable media player that can also function as a media projector. The only other manufacturer interested in having a projector built into a portable device is Motorola and it’s in deep trouble. The Sunview PMPP (portable media player projector) was announced in Hong [...]

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Samsung 8 Megapixel Phone Camera

19. March 2008

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� Samsung has announced the most powerful phone camera yet, and it’s super thin, able to fit better in a phone than current 5 megapixel lenses. The sensor has “up to ISO 1600 light sensitivity, anti-blur and noise correction, and both face and smile detection for portraits.” Other features include flexible optics with 30mm wide-angle capture [...]

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Baylis Eco-Media Player

14. March 2008

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The Eco-Media Player is available in Planete Green Europe for 199.95 euros. If you have forgotten about this player, it’s a PMP that you can wind up for power. Yep, this baby will play videos (asv/mp4, wmv, avi, mpegs) and music (MP3, WMA, ASF, WAV, OGG) via old school cranking. The Eco-Media Player plays 40 [...]

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Nokia Morph Rocks Nanotechnology

25. February 2008

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  Currently the Morph concept from Nokia is at its theoretical stage. Theoretically, nanotechnology can be incorporated in the design of a handset. The research is in partnership with Cambridge Nanoscience Centre. The idea behind mode is to take portability a few steps up the ladder of evolution. The Morph will have a wrist mode, wherein [...]

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GiFi is Faster Than WiFi

22. February 2008

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Researchers at Melbourne University has achieved data transfer rates of up to 5Gbps at a radius of 10 meters. The technology is called GiFi and it could be the next big feature in portable electronics. The technology uses existing complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology resulting into a 5mm square chip. The manufacturing cost of such a [...]

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Pico Chipsets now being manufactured and will be available mid-2008

20. February 2008

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Texas Instruments’ DLP pico projector was just a concept a couple of months ago but word has it that the Pico Chipset is currently in production. The Pico Chipset will allow you to share images and video from your mobile phones or PMPs by projecting them into a big screen or wall. Apparently, [...]

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Readius Explained With an Accent at MWC ‘08

17. February 2008

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Readius is looking more and more like the Kindle killer. A lucky few get to paw this HSDPA and Bluetooth-enabled e-Book reader at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Unlike Kindle, you can put the Readius in your pocket. It uses a flexible display that you roll out when you want to read and [...]

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Skype on PSP from MWC 2008

11. February 2008

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At the Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona, Skype demoed its much-talked about version for the PSP. Yes, you can now do free international (Skype-to-Skype), inexpensive SkypeOut, and receive SkypeIn calls. The full package, on something that you actually bought just for amusement. How great is that? Click the link to watch the video of [...]

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