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.

nPower PEG Personal Energy Generator

A company called Tremont Electric introduces the nPower PEG (Personal Energy Generator), which is a small, lightweight device that allows you to create renewable energy while you walk or run.
Users simply put the PEG vertically in their backpack, briefcase, or handbag. As they move, the PEG will harvests the kinetic energy that you’re already generating and converts it into usable power for recharging your cell phone, MP3, or other handheld device. According to the company, the PEG is compatible with 90% of hand-held electronic devices using adapter tip (compatible with tips from iGo).
The nPower PEG is available now in serveral packages, such as pack for Apple, for Blackberry..etc. Each pack is priced at $149.99.

Verizon HTC Droid Incredible Android Phone Now Official

 Verizon officially adds the HTC Droid Incredible Android device to its Droid lineup. The Incredible is HTC’s latest Android device, which runs the Android 2.1 OS with HTC Sense UI, Friend Stream for unified Flickr, Facebook and Twitter updates and “Leap” view for quick access to all seven home screen panels.
Powered by Qualcomm SnapDragon 1GHz processor with 512MB RAM and 512MB ROM, the HTC Droid Incredible gets a 3.6-inch razor-shape 480×800 AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, a 8 Megapixel camera with dual LED flash, an optical joystick for navigation, and dedicated touch-sensitive Home, Menu, Back and Search buttons. The phone features also integrated GPS, WiFi 802.11b/g connectivity, 3.5mm headset jack, proximity sensor, light sensor and digital compass.

Verizon Wireless will release HTC Droid Incredible on 29 April 2010 and the price will be $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.

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.

Sony’s S-Series Walkman gets a price, and so does the E-Series

It’s sometimes hard to believe how valueless the Walkman brand has become in the 21st century. Perhaps the most iconic gadget of the 80s, the Walkman has lost all of its branding cachet to Apple’s iPod, and Sony has spent the last few years trying to reinvent the Walkman line to go head to head with Cupertino.

The latest S-Series of Walkmans is Sony’s newest attempt to do just that. Not intended to go toe to toe with the iPod Touch, the Walkman S-Series is a 2.4-inch QVGA LCD portable media player coming in both 8GB and 16GB varieties.

The S-Series has a recordable FM Tuner with 30 station presets, a rechargeable lithium ion battery rated for 42 hours of audio or 6.4 hours of video playback. It also includes built-in stereo speakers, which will drop the music to 17 hours, and video playback to five hours. The usual host of formats is provided: JPG, MP3, WMA, AAC, H264, WMV and MP4.

The 8GB S-Series will retail for $110 and the 16GB for $130.

Sony have also announced a cheaper E-Series flavor, for those who eschew using a Walkman as a boombox. It ditches the speakers, shrinks the screen to a 2-inch QVGA, and removes H264 support. The 8GB E-Series is a paltry $80, while the 16GB will set you back $20 more.

All Sony’s Walkmans support iTunes and Windows Media Player, and come in a panoply of chromatic options. Likely to replace the iPod with the Walkman in the minds of consumers? Unlikely indeed. But at least we can all count on the fact that someday, the iPod will be just as retro-iconic a gadget as the Walkman.

Read more at PR Newswire

AT&T Sony Ericsson C905a and W518a Mobile Phones

AT&T launches two new Sony Ericsson mobile phones in the US market, including the C905a Cyber-shot and the W518a Walkman phone that is the enhanced version of the W508 Walkman with additional A-GPS support.

The C905a Cyber-shot features a 2.4-inch LCD display and a 8.1 Megapixel camera with Xenon flash, auto focus, GPS geo-tagging and face detection. On the other hand, the W518a Walkman clamshell has a 3.2 Megapixel camera with geo-tagging, a 240×320 color display, an external display and Bluetooth.

Both phones support Memory Stick Micro (M2) memory cards. The Sony Ericsson C905a and W518a will be released on 19 July for $179.99 and $49.99, both after mail-in rebate with a 2-year contract.

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.