Acoustic Research ARS35i Rotating Docking Station for iPad

Acoustic Research ARS35i Rotating Docking Station for iPad

Acoustic Research launches the ARS35i, a rotating speaker docking station for iPad. The dock offers motorized 90-degree rotation, allowing users to switch from portrait to landscape at the touch of a button. It is app-enhanced which means it can be used with supported iPhone/iPad apps to extend the functionality.

Wi-Ex zBoost Metro YX540 Cellphone Signal Booster

Wi-Ex zBoost Metro YX540 Cellphone Signal Booster

Wi-Ex launches the zBoost Metro YX540 cellphone signal booster. Compare to the zBoost SOHO that covers 3000 sq ft, the Metro is intended for smaller home or office, offering a 1500 sq ft indoor coverage. The device basically enhance cell signal in your home of office to increase voice and data transmission and decrease dropped or missed calls.
The YX540 supports all all U.S. carriers and mobile devices using 800 and 1900 MHz. It can handle multiple users at the same time. You can get the zBoost Metro at Amazon for $199.99.

Alcatel One Touch XTRA for Orange

Alcatel launches the One Touch XTRA mobile phone for Orange. The phone is an entry-level device with a side-slide QWERTY keyboard and a touchscreen display. It comes with a 2 Megapixel camera with video recording and webcam capability, built-in MP3 player, FM radio with RDS and a microSD card slot.

Sony WHG-SLK1 iPod/iPhone Video Shelf

Sony showed its multimedia shelf system called the WHG-SLK1 at the CES 2010. The slim system features a 9-inch LCD display and touch-sensitive buttons. It is compatible with iPhone and iPod for charging, playback and control. The WHG-SLK1 hsa built-in DVD player and is also to play music and video files from USB storage, Memory stock and SD cards.
Sony’s WHG-SLK1 offers 100W sound output and provides video in and video out.

Is this the Motorola Milestone 2 / Google Nexus Two?

Is this the Motorola Milestone 2 / Google Nexus Two?

While the Nexus One has just been released, A guy over at Mobile01 has posted two pictures that suggest to be Google’s Nexus Two. In fact the design of the device looks more like the successor to Motorola’s Droid/Milestone. Of course it is totally possible for Google to take the phone from Motorola and sell it as the Nexus Two, which is rumored to be getting QWERTY keyboard.

 

 

Emblaze Mobile ELSE Smartphone (Videos)

 

Emblaze Mobile unveiled in London its ELSE (known then as Edelweiss) touchscreen smartphone. The device is based on the ELSE INTUITION, a mobile platform based on ACCESS Linix Platform 3.0, jointly developed by ACCESS and Emblaze.

The sleek, stylish, black ELSE is equipped with TI’s OMAP 3430 (ARM Cortex A8) processor, that powers also iPhone 3GS, Palm Pre and Motorola Droid, 256MB RAM and 16GB internal flash memory. It has a 3.47-inch 480×854 capacitive touchscreen, a 5 Megapixel auto focus camera with advanced stabilization technology and 480p video recording at 30fps. It supports GPS/A-GPS, Bluetooth and WiFi 802.11b/g connectivity. The device packs also Proximity and Light sensors.
The ELSE supports quad-band GSM/EDGE and tri-band WCDMA/HSDPA 3G networks. The handset includes ACCESS Linux Platform v3.0 Advanced UI Engine that enables advanced graphical effects and supports full hardware graphics acceleration via OpenGL ES 2.0. It will be outed as soon as Q2 2010.
ELSE First Teaser Video

 

Magellan Premium Car Kit and RoadMate App for iPhone/iPod touch

Magellan Premium Car Kit and RoadMate App for iPhone/iPod touch

Following TomTom’s Car Kit, Magellan is going to release a similar product named Premium Car Kit. The device features a fully adjustable mount that works with any skin or case, built-in GPS receiver for enhanced signal and the ability to do in-car charging.
With built-in noise-canceling speakerphone and amplified speaker, the Premium Car Kit can be used for Bluetooth hands-free calling. Users can rotate the kit for both portrait and landscape use. Other than use with iPhone, it’s built-in GPS receiver also turn iPod touch into a GPS navigator.
Magellan Premium Car Kit works with any GPS or location based iPhone app. The company does release the RoadMate app that features NAVTEQ Maps, Spoken Street Name Guidance, Highway Lane Assist, 3D Landmarks and Pedestrian Mode. The RoadMate App is priced at $79.99 and the Car Kit has no price and release date yet.

 

Sparkz iPhone/iPod Dock Projector

Sparkz iPhone/iPod Dock Projector

Sparkz Products introduces the “world first” iPhone/iPod dock portable projector. The Sparkz is able to play your iPod and iPhone directly and it can charge the device when you are watching. The projector features up to 1024×768 resolution, 15 lumens brightness and a 3M LCoS lens.

The Creative Vado HD 2G with Vado Central for Mac

Creative announced the second generation of the Vada HD 720p HD pocket camcorder and the new Vada Central software for Mac OS X. The latter allows you to transfer and import captured videos directly to iMovie. Like the original Vado HD, the device records 720p HD video and has a 2-inch LCD display.

As shown in the picture above, the new Vado HD is available in 4GB in glossy white with green accent or 8GB in glossy black with red accents. They are priced at $179.99 and $199.99 respectively.

EXOvault Solid Metal Case for iPhone

What you see above are the EXOvault, iPhone cases handcrafted from solid metal. These cases are to “provide you with a distinctive beautiful handcrafted object that sets itself apart from the average modern plastic world.”

The EXOvault can be machined from aluminum, classic brass or aerospace grade titanium. Cases are built one by one, for all generations of iPhone. The aluminum and brass version both cost $95 and the titanium is priced at $300.

IPhone 3GS Handsets Overheat, Turn Brown

The iPhone 3G may, at least for some users, have an additional, undocumented feature: It can be used to toast bread.

Reports are coming in that the new, million-selling iPhone is suffering from overheating issues. The handsets are getting so warm, in fact, that the plastic cases of the white models are discoloring to pink. The picture above is from Ben on the French site Le Journal du Geek.

It’s not just anonymous forum posters, either. Melissa J. Perenson of PC World has a toasty 3GS, too:

And at some point, I became aware the handset had become very hot. Very, very hot — not just on the back, but the entire length of the front face, too. I was using a game, and then later the Web browser for reading the news about Michael Jackson, all over a Wi-Fi connection while plugged in. And in those circumstances, well…toasty doesn’t even describe how surprisingly hot it got. It was too hot to even put the phone against my face. No discoloration to report, though; I have the black handset, and didn’t see any effects.

Other reports across the web, including the Apple discussion forums, seem to point at GPS use and playing games as the culprits. Of course, there are problems with product launches all the time, and Apple users tend to be more vocal than most. And Apple is notoriously reticent to admit anything is wrong, Remember the first gen white MacBooks that turned yellow on top?

If true, these overheating issues may even end up in an exploding battery scandal. To add to the confusion, I have noticed my 2G iPod Touch getting a lot hotter than usual since updating to the v3.0 software. This happens while web browsing, and the battery is draining fast, too. I have no idea if this is related, but if it is it could point at some bad power-management software in OS 3.0.more

Onda VX797HD 720p PMP

If Onda’s VX565HD’s 5-inch screen is not big enough for you, you may consider the VX797HD that has a 7-inch 800×480 touchscreen LCD display. The VX797HD basically has same features as the VX565HD. It supports 720p video playback and TV-out.

Onda’s PMP supports MP3, WMA, WAV, FLAC audio and RM/RMVB, AVI, FLV video formats. JPG, BMP, PNG image files are also supported. The player includes also FM tuner and FM transmitter and microphone for voice recording.

Onda VX797HD is priced at 799 Chinese Yuan.

Apple iPhone 3G S Introduced

At the WWDC 2009, Apple officially introduces its iPhone 3G S, an update to the iPhone 3G with the “S” stands for Speed. The iPhone 3G S, the fastest iPhone ever, is boosted by a faster processor delivering 2x faster speed and the original iPhone 3G.