Filed under: Cellphones
The European mobile phone community was rocked by the news today that DVB-H (or Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld) is set to become the new standard for mobile TV across the Union. The technology — a superset of DVB-T — has been spearheaded by Nokia, and this move is meant to help widen […]
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Remember when all our hopes were lost after Fuh Yuan retracted a statement that got us worked up over a $299 HD DVD player at Wal-Mart? Ironically enough, an off-brand player is indeed finally available through the aforementioned retailer some seven months later, but frankly, we’re underwhelmed. Sure, the 1080i SHD7000 […]
var digg_url = \’http://digg.com/gadgets/Google_joining_700MHz_party_today_watch_out_Verizon\’; The deadline for declaring an intent to bid on that sweet, sweet 700MHz spectrum in the US is December 3rd. According to the Wall Street Journal, Google will announce their intent, today. Hear that Verizon? All your legal posturing and lobbying to block the Open Access (only to about-face […]
Filed under: Cellphones
Well, would you look at that. If not for the gaudy packaging, $69.99 price tag and blatant Oasis Media branding, we’d swear the Playr was a T-Mobile Shadow (or HTC’s P3300, we guess). Yep, this knockoff does a fairly decent job of mirroring its inspirer, sports 2GB of storage and a miniSD expansion […]
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
We knew the CowonQ5W was coming to our fair shores this week, but now that it’s here, we’ve got some fresh details that make that $549 pricetag seem downright reasonable. You’re still looking at a 5-inch 800 x 400 touchscreen and Windows CE, but Cowon has really thrown down the […]
Filed under: Cellphones
This certainly won’t be the first time that an exploding cellphone battery has been pegged with blame before all the facts shook out, but now it seems that the South Korean worker who perished yesterday was in fact not killed by his mobile. Reportedly, the National Institute of Scientific Investigation “said the injuries […]
Filed under: Wireless
The decision to move to LTE for their next-gen network is old news. However, Vodafone and Verizon’s coordinated trial set to launch in 2008 is most definitely new. Suppliers will include Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia-Siemens, and Nortel with devices anticipated from the usuals (LG, Samsung, Motorola, Nokia, and Sony Ericsson) in addition to […]
Filed under: Digital Cameras
IPEVO, better known for its Skype-related offerings, is gearing up to unveil its PoV handheld webcam at the Taipei Computer Show, but thankfully, it went ahead and uploaded most all of the nitty gritty onto its website for us to pore over. Apparently, the device is designed to enable users to easily […]
Filed under: Desktops
Now that Spider’s hogging the limelight, the question inevitably had to be asked, and it seems the answer is no. The inquiry, of course, is whether or not AMD would keep on keepin’ on with the lukewarmly received Quad FX platform, and judging by comments from the chip maker’s own Suzy Pruitt, the […]
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
Oh HTC, you cads. What did we find while carefully sifting through mountains of seemingly useless and definitely boring FCC data? Well, for starters, we unearthed reports on the HTC-made CLIO200, a heretofore unknown device that appears to be making its way through the approval process. Using our Miss Cleo-like “sixth sense,” […]