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It seems we can always rely on FujiFilm to stuff a camera with an almost unbelievable loadful of features, and the newest Z800EXR FujiFilm FinePix Touchscreen camera is no exception. You will find there ‘Super Intelligent’ Flash, Motion Panorama 360, Touch Shot, Face and Pet Detection and Intelligent Image Stabilization. Very much web-minded , Z800EXR provides Easy Web Upload feature complete with the Face Recognition possibility if you want to put a name to a face in the picture – identifying up to 10 faces simultaneously! All the features are supported by a fine array of technical equipment including a 3.5-inch touchscreen , 1920×1080 resolution capability, 720p HD recording capability, and 12MP Super CCD EXR sensor. High Speed Auto Focus is provided. Fujinon’s quality 5x optical zoom lens make your camera’s eye. Coming in black, red, and soft gold and pink versions, the FujiFilm FinePix will be there for us by the end of summer.

British jeweler Stuart Hughes who regularly excites gadget geeks with massively expensive editions of popular devices has come up with “ice” iPad made with white gold – iPad Supreme Ice Edition . The British jeweler covered Apple’s iPad with 18ct white gold case, making the gadget weigh at 2 kg. It is no wonder the novelty will cost a fortune, about $122 000. Specifications of iPad remained the same. The gadget will be available as a limited edition of 50 units.

Rapper Jay-Z follows the steps of his wife Beyonce Knowles by branching into business. In July, his company will launch headphones Roc Nation Aviator exclusively for Skullcandy . Headphones are made with aluminum, stainless steel and polycarbonate. It will be available in white, black and brown. The headphones come with nylon cord that would not get twisted and a built-in speaker. The price tag for the headphones will be at $149.95.

Panasonic's HDC-SDX1 HD Camcorder packs full HD video capability with advanced features like image stabilization, but is light and compact enough to be used as a webcam. Weighing just under 0.41 lbs, it features a new 35.8mm (35 mm equivalent) Wide-Angle Lens with 23x zoom, and optical and electrical hand-shake reduction. It's flip out 2.7 inch LCD monitor features touch screen operation. It has full-HD AVCHD recording capabilities with 1920 x 1080 image quality Other features include Face Recognition, AF/AE Tracking, Intelligent Scene Selector, Face Detection and Intelligent Contrast Control. Face Recognition finds the registered faces of subjects and automatically optimizes the focus and exposure, while continuously tracking them as they move around within the LCD frame. The SDX1 features a 3.32 megapixels, 1/4.1" MOS sensor. In addition to being a camcorder, the SDX1 also serves as a Web camera and microphone, allowing for users to connect with online...

Dell Streak, the anxiously awaited 5" display smartphone-tablet hybrid, finally has a price tag, but its July end release date is getting increasingly uncertain. The first serious competitor to the iPad will sell for $300 with a two year lock in contract with AT&T, and for $550 without the contract. A video posted on YouTube on Monday by Kevin Andrew from the Dell Streak development team showed an Android 2.1 powered Streak - with Dell user interface enhancements, like an animated screen saver - suggesting Dell may release the device in the US with Android 2.1, instead of release 1.6 that powered the devices released in the UK in June. Later this year, Dell will release over-the-air platform updates: Android 2.2 Foryo, Adobe Flash 10.1, plus other enhancements like video chat applications and more. A presale offer on the Dell website had raised hopes that the release of the device is imminent. However, a Dell spokesman told Computerworld on Tuesday, July 27, ...

The first to introduce mirrorless DSLR cameras, Panasonic has now become the first to announce a 3D lens for its Lumix G Micro System. The 3D lens for the LUMIX G Micro System features two optical systems installed within the diameter of the lens mount, creating stereo images from the left and right lenses that are then processed with a 3D image processing system. This new compact 3D-capable interchangeable lens will be easy to handle and allow instant 3D shooting, without distortion or time lag between left and right images – even when shooting moving objects. Panasonic plans to release this new lens for sale before the end of the year. Mirror-less DSLRs, also called compact DSLRs, feature DSLR capabilities in a compact-camera form factor. Their image sensors are as large and capable as those of DSLRs, and they support interchangeable lenses. Olympus and Panasonic launched the world's first compact DSLR cameras in August 2008 based on their Four Thirds standard. Ca...

Panasonic has for the first time placed HD 3D recording capability in the hands of the consumer with its HDC-SDT750 camcorder. The HDC-SDT750 can be made 3D capable by simply attaching a 3D conversion lens that comes with the camcorder. It is otherwise a capable conventional HD video camera that records at 1080/60p for NTSC or 1080/50p for PAL. The 3MOS system comes with image stabilization and improved noise reduction (NR) for recording dimly lit images with clarity. The camcorder will go on sale in Japan on August 20, to be followed in other countries in fall of this year. Panasonic has now made its 3D offering comprehensive. Earlier this year it launched its Full HD 3D VIERA plasma TVs and 3D Blu-ray DiscTM players for homes as well as the world's first professional 3D camcorder. Combined with a VIERA 3DTV3 and Blu-ray DiscTM player/recorder4, the SDT750 camcorder makes it possible to save precious memories of friends and family in vivid, lifelike 3D images.

Panasonic's HM-TA1 has a Flip like form factor and easily fits into a pocket. It can record full HD, 1920 x 1080 pixels-video and 8 megapixel stills. It features a 2.0" LCD monitor, Electrical Image Stabilization and 4x digital zoom. It measures a mere 2.09 inch (w) x 0.70 inch (d) x 4.09 inch (h), and weighing just 0.25lb (with battery and SD card). Its built-in USB terminal facilitates easy charging and uploads to video sharing sites such as YouTube and Facebook. When plugged in, it doubles as a web camera for use with video chat programs, such as Skype. The TA1 also supports the Apple iFrame video format (960 x 540/30p), which is optimal for Mac users to import quickly and maintain small file sizes. When using iMovie, the iFrame video data in the video camera is the same format as the one that is used to edit. A wrist strap makes it easy to carry and facilitates spontaneous videos and still photography. It has an easy-to-use design with single-function butt...

Samsung added the Flip like HMX-E10 with a swiveling lens to its point-and-shoot camcorder lineup. 270-degree swiveling lens allows consumers to put themselves in the frame with their friends and family. The HMX-E10 features a large, high-performance 1/3.2 inch CMOS sensor that captures 1920x1080 full HD resolution video (30p / H.264) and eight mega pixel digital stills. The back of the camera has a 2.7-inch wide, touch screen LCD that is set vertically. When recording video, the HMX-E10's LCD screen is divided into two sections; the top displays the live view showing what is currently in the frame and the bottom displays a series of touch-screen controls, including record, stop and play. When reviewing footage, you hold the HMX-E10 horizontally, so that they can leverage the entire display to view their video in widescreen. The HMX-E10 features a built-in USB port to plug the camera into a computer to charge its batteries and upload or view videos. Plugging the H...

Samsung's new Wi-Fi enabled ST80 point-and-shoot camera lets you take 14.2 mega-pixel stills and 720p HD video at 30 fps. It features a 3x optical zoom and a large, 3.0-inch wide WQVGA touch screen on the back. After clicking a photo or recording a video you can use an available Wi-Fi internet connection to mail it to an email address stored in the camera. You can also upload images and videos directly to social networking sites such as Facebook, Picasa, YouTube, Photo Bucket or even Samsung's own Web site (www.samsungimaging.com). The camera comes equipped with Samsung's new 'Smart Crop' feature that allows you to edit images on the camera itself. You can crop images taken at any angle or slant, such as banners or signs, and then straighten them as if they were originally taken straight on. Other features include Samsung's Smart Auto (Still & Movie) scene recognition technology that recognizes the user's current shooting environment an...

The new Kindle is smaller (21%), lighter (15%), and faster. It retains its 6-inch-size reading area, but features 50% better contrast. Its storage has been doubled to 3,500 books, and the battery now lasts for one month. The new 3G wireless version costs the same as the earlier 3G version - $189. However, a Wi-FI version, priced at $139, has been introduced for the first time. The Wi-Fi version weighs 8.5 ounces, with the 3G version tipping the scale a notch higher at 8.7 ounces. In June, Amazon slashed Kindle's price from $259 to $189, in response to Barnes & Noble's lowering of Nook 3G's price to $199. Amazon claims that following the price reduction Kindle sales tripled. It is now hoping the new Kindle will push sales up even more. "At these price points, we're starting to accumulate evidence that this is a mass product," said Chief Executive Jeff Bezos in an interview at company headquarters in Seattle. "This is a very broad audi...

Windows 7 tablets powered by Intel processors are a top priority with Microsoft, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts on Thursday, July 29. "We have got to make things happen with Windows 7 on slates," Ballmer said at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, during a meeting that was streamed live on the Web. "It is job one urgency around here, nobody's sleeping at the switch," he said. Ballmer didn't give specific release dates but indicated new Windows 7 tablets will be released this year as soon as its hardware partners - which include Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Asus, Dell, Samsung, Toshiba, and Sony - start rolling them out. "We're working with our hardware partners, we're tuning Windows 7 to new slate hardware designs." Microsoft will not just "deliver something," he said, but "deliver products that people really want to go buy," alluding to the formidable competition that the comp...

Samsung's Galaxy S tablet computer powered by Google Android operating system will release this quarter, reports Reuter. Samsung is likely to become the second vendor to challenge Apple iPad's total domination of the tablet computer market. Dell has already launched its 5" tablet cum Smartphone hybrid - Dell Streak - in Europe and is poised to release the product in US. The Apple iPad has sold more than 3 million units since its April launch. It is believed that the 7-in display Galaxy Tablet will feature "full phone functionality" like the Dell Streak, with a standard SIM slot and 3G data connectivity. The device is claimed to be as thin as an iPhone (0.37"), and like the iPad features a main camera as well as a front facing camera for video chats. Other features include WiFi and teethering using WiFi or USB. The battery cannot be removed, as with the iPad. A Vietnamese site had earlier reported that the Galaxy Tablet features an A8 proces...

Samsung plans to launch a Windows Phone 7 Smartphone named Cetus SGH-i917, reports Bluetooth SIG. The phone will feature a 4-inch WVGA AMOLED screen, GPS, Wi-Fi 802.11n, FM Radio, microUSB port, Bluetooth v2.1 and 5MP rear camera with front-facing VGA camera. Microsoft recently shipped a beta release of its new generation Smartphone OS to testers and developers on a Samsung device. The company is confident that despite its late entry, Windows Phone 7 OS will be ranked amidst market leaders like iOS-4, Android and BlackBerry. Other vendors expected to launch Windows Phone 7 devices include Dell, Asus, LG, and HTC. Dell's Windows Phone 7 offering is called Dell Lightening. It is fitted with a portrait QWERTY slider, packsa 1GHz processor, 4.1-inch OLED display, 5-megapixel camera, 1GB of internal memory plus 512MB of RAM, an 8GB microSD card, GPS, accelerometer, compass, FM radio and full support for Flash.

It is Adlens that decided that what works for field glasses may as well work for city glasses, uhm, any glasses. Their adaptive-lens eyeglasses can become more or less powerful, obedient to your turn of the dial knob. The trick is as follows. The eyeglasses have hollow lenses with a plastic sheet attached to them from the inside. By adjusting the knob you inject into the space between the lens and the sheet a special clear fluid with high refractive properties. The amount of the fluid pumped in will regulate the curvature of the sheet – the more fluid in, the more curved the sheet and the more powerful the glasses. Adlens thought to target developing countries whose people may have difficulties getting a good optician for themselves, but actually the vision-improving gadget may come in handy for a lot of people who require two pairs of different glasses for reading and for walking or may be indispensable for individuals with a dropping eyesight. Who knows, even a co...

Those who care to possess a mobile laundry to do a quick spell of washing or are ready to trade a bulky and not-so-decorative washing machine for a lighter gadget – sit up and take notice of a device called the Dismount Washer. Outwardly it’s a sort of a tub of your own where you dump the laundry . Then you mount the tub onto a wall projection called the “energy stick”, fiddle with the menus on the touchscreen display and have the washers inside do the job for you aided by high-pressure steam. Here’s a perfect small version of a Laundromat that you will find easy to carry about when necessary.

Where are you going tonight? Chances are you will get your favorite drink there or will it be worth your while to slip a bottle in your handbag? Or, if you don’t want to be so damn overt about it, what price using your bosom as a secret cache? Not practicable? Wait until you’ve checked out a Wine Rack Bra , sold for £20 at baronbob.com. Well, it doesn’t look like a great improvement on a common sports bra , but sip here, it allows you to carry a bottle of wine , all 750ml, on you. Oh yes, and included is a straw to facilitate the access for you at the time of dire need. Some girls have already figured out that it is a fine way to get more prominent curves, and correct, the winestore bra can make an impressive D out of your modest A, but the drawback is that after a while you will have to choose between losing your newly-acquired lure and keeping yourself (and maybe someone else) off the drink. Some choice, that! Now clubs, movies and sports events are no longer imperme...

Are you accustomed to keeping your cell phone lying around on your desk? Then you will surely appreciate the new phone idea conceived by Jeremy Innes-Hopkins and manufactured by Nokia . Their brainchild, the Nokia Kinetic , is designed to stand up once you get a new message or an incoming call. Unusual? Yes, and convenient if you want to get rid of an annoying ringtone buzzing or your phone blaring a tune upon you when you are unprepared for distraction. Besides, you can stretch your hand and pick up the handset easily without fumbling among other gadgets cluttering your desk. The Nokia Kinetic is fitted with a thick bottom end hiding an electro-magnet that controls the balance of the thing. Once you receive a message or there’s a call it begins to lift its head slowly, sending you a visual notification that your attention is required. Tap to get it back in its prone position if you are not willing to take the call straightaway.

Panasonic has announced its new high end compact camera, DMC-LX5K, a follow up to its DMC-LX3K released in 2008. The LX5 will feature a new Leica DC Vario-Summicron lens with 3.8x zoom, against the 2.5x zoom of the LX3. The lens has a 35mm equivalent focal length range from 24-90mm, against the 24-60mm of the LX3. Maximum aperture varies from f/2.0 at 24mm to f/3.3 at 90mm. The LX5's ISO Range is much greater at 80 to 12,800 as compared to LX3'S 80 to 3,200. Like the LX3, the LX5 will feature an optional optical viewfinder and 10.1 megapixel 1/1.63" image sensor. High End Compact Cameras offer some DSLR like capabilities in a form factor that allows them to be easily slipped into your coat pocket. They are much easier to use than DSLRs, and typically cost $100-200 lesser than the cheapest DSLR. These cameras are best when spontaneity is important; for capturing those precious moments, at home or on vacation. The defining features of High End Compacts, a...

Canon has hinted that it may not throw its considerable weight behind the mirror-less compact DSLR design. However, the company is convinced DSLR sizes need to be reduced to keep up with prosumer perceptions. When quizzed by Reuters, Canon's Masaya Maeda said: "It's not a question of whether or not you have a mirror. There is a consumer need for good-quality cameras to be made smaller. We will meet this need." Maeda hinted that canon would be able to compact DSLR size without eliminating its mirror box assembly that is essential for using an optical viewfinder. Optical viewfinders use incoming light phase detection for predicative and near instantaneous focusing on a subject, allowing rapid shooting with accurate focus. Mirrorless DSLRs lack an optical viewfinder; they use an electronic viewfinder for focusing using contrast detection, a much slower technique. Interestingly, a Pentax official had earlier hinted that his company may not adopt the...

Microsoft has announced that Dell, Asus, LG, HTC, and Samsung will release Windows Phone 7 devices to the market later this year. The partnerships were confirmed by Microsoft senior product manager Greg Sullivan to technology website Pocket-lint. Sullivan also told Pocket-lint that Microsoft would not enter into exclusive single vendor tie-ups in any country, as Apple did with its iPhone. "We want as many people as possible to be able to get it", Sullivan said. Microsoft recently shipped a beta release of its new generation Smartphone OS to testers and developers on a Samsung device that will not be marketed. The company is confident that despite its late arrival, Windows Phone 7 OS will soon be counted amidst market leaders like iOS-4, Android and BlackBerry. "We will offer the best aspects of Android and the best of the iPhone, giving users the flexibility of different form factors, but with the rigidity of apps that are guaranteed to work on every de...

FujiFilm's FinePix F300EXR compact super-zoom for the first time offers the fast and predictive phase detection autofocus technique in a compact camera. Phase Detection autofocus has so far been confined to the domain of expensive DSLRs with mirror box assemblies. Compacts and mirror-less DSLRs have used the much slower contrast detection autofocus technique. You can read more about the two techniques at the knol Compact vs Traditional DSLRs Its 1/2" CCD sensor has built-in phase detection pixels, making it the first sensor in the world with both contrast and phase detection auto focus. The camera automatically uses the faster, phase detection autofocus in bright light, switching to the more reliable, albeit slow, contrast detection autofocus in low light conditions. Phase detection sensor pairs on the EXR sensor work like the sensors of a DSLR. For Phase Detection AF, the EXR divides incoming light into image pairs, performs a single calculation of the phase ...

FujiFilm's FinePix F300EXR compact super-zoom for the first time offers the fast and predictive phase detection autofocus technique in a compact camera. Phase Detection autofocus has so far been confined to the domain of expensive DSLRs with mirror box assemblies. Compacts and mirror-less DSLRs have used the much slower contrast detection autofocus technique. You can read more about the two techniques at the knol Compact vs Traditional DSLRs

When you ensconce yourself on your towel on the beach and feel the sun caressing your skin, what else could be lacking to make the day perfect? Only a nice tune or two to put in that extra touch of sweetness and get your mood propelled in the right direction. Well, here’s a convenient accessory which combines outdoor pleasures, Hi-Sun , a beach towel equipped with speakers. It is designed to pick up music from your MP3 player, iPod or iPhone via a 3.5mm universal jack. No hefty speakers and surround sound. A Li-ion battery can be recharged through a built-in USB port. When it’s time for a dip you just detach the speakers and make use of a soft 100% cotton towel. When it’s time to go back home, your gadget-equipped towel folds into a pretty backpack, so you’ll have to make a careful choice from black, blue, pink or red to match your favorite holiday outfit.

Generally Bluetooth headsets offer us the facility of carrying on a conversation within a 20-meter range, but when the other person is close to the outside limit, you may get annoying connection breaks. And why should we settle for anything if we can get more? Or so thinks Callpod . Consequently, what Callpod did was turn out two Bluetooth headsets with extend the wireless conversation range to impressive 50 meters, and over. The company’s two-way walkie-talkie gadgets are called Callpod Onyx and Callpod Vetro that can be connected to whatever you carry on you, a cell phone, a smartphone, PDAs and VoIP, any device that has Bluetooth, naturally. Dual-microphone noise suppression will clear off background noises. 3-hour charge through your wall outlet or your PC’s USB will give you up to 5 hours of handsfree, noisefree wireless conversation over – oh, go and check how much they cover over 50 meters!

A mailbox that gives you a wink as soon as you get a message … There’s nothing new about it, and it will keep one of your USB ports occupied. But then again, are you waiting for an important e-mail? You don’t want to stay out of touch with your Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo group friends for long, and you want them to be in it when you have something to share? So maybe this gadget can come in useful after all, and you can have it flashing it out for you from Gmail and Windows Live Mail. $18 and you have it blinking red or green to tell you just how many messages you haven’t clapped your eyes on so far.

It may be easy enough to get a pop maker, but mark, Zoku Quick Pop Maker is a bit more than that… it is a Silver winner at Idea 2010 in the Home Living section. Propeller Inc.’s bright idea, Zoku , having ensconced itself in your kitchen, will have your family smacking their lips over the ice pops it makes. Striped pops? Yogurt pops? Oh no, you favor flavored core pops! Excellent. Please put the compact base into the freezer and as soon as it’s frozen, you can make pops, nine two-ounce ones maximum for one go. And here go your favorites, frozen for less than 10 minutes without eating up your energy.

Sony has blurred the distinction between SLRs and Camcorders with its new NEX-VG10, which features an APS sized CMOS sensor and supports interchangeable lenses. The NEX-VG10 launch commemorates the 25th anniversary of Sony's Handycam consumer camcorders. We think there couldn't have been a better tribute. The NEX-VG10 features the same CMOS sensor as in the newly introduced NEX-5 and NEX-3 mirror-less DSLRs, and also uses their E-mount series lenses. It is also compatible with "A-mount" interchangeable lenses used by Sony's existing alpha DSLR camera lineup via a mount adapter (sold separately). The camcorder's ExmorTM APS HD CMOS sensor realizes high resolution video and 14 megapixel still images. Besides shallow depth of field, which allows for background defocus, the large sensor gives greater sensitivity for sharp low light video capture. Image stabilization adds to the camcorder's low light capability. The NEX-VG10 can capture full 19...

The next step in searching for a perfect iPod hoodie is called LimbGear iHood that has the iPod control buttons on its sleeve. A fine idea, undoubtedly, but along with the technical progress we observe the price going up. The LimbGear hoodie retails at $69, and that is not all – you’ll have to shell out $24.95 more for a gadget called PANiQ controller , without which the hoodie will shirk on its job. That means the new iHood’s price falls little short of $100. While the hood is fine from the user’s point of view, some price adjustment may be considered for the following ones, do you agree?

Losing or misplacing your keys will become much more difficult once you know where they are – safely in these Buckle Up Key Holders mounted on the wall where it’s most convenient for you. It’s almost an idea you yourself could have thought of – to reuse the buckles of old seatbelts, simple, effective and eco-friendly, with one swift movement to engage or disengage your keys .

LG has announced that it will release an Android 2.2 powered tablet before the end of the year, in addition to four new smartphones. The South Korean electronics giant will release the products in South Korea before the end of the year in a bid to catch up with its market rival Samsung. The new smartphones will feature 3.8" display and TI OMAP 3630 processors. They will be capable of shooting HD-video and feature HDMI / DLNA output. LG will upgrade its Optimus Z (Model: LG-SU950/KU9500) smartphone with the 2.2 release of Android. LG unveiled a prototype of its Windows 7 tablet UX10 at Computex in June 2010. The device had a 10.1 inch LED capacitive screen and featured an Intel Atom Z530 processor, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, a 1.3 megapixel front-facing webcam, an SD card slot, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, a 7200mAh battery and a micro-HDMI output. Via Endgadget LG

The Samsung Galaxy S will debut on AT&T network as Samsung Captivate on July 18 for $199 with a contract. Samsung recently announced that it will launch four smartphones with Galaxy S specs in the US market each for a different network - the Captivate for AT&T, Fascinate for Verizon, Epic 4G for Sprint and Vibrant for T-Mobile. Each of the phones will have the core Galaxy S features - 4-inch Super AMOLED screens, 1GHz Hummingbird Cortex A8 CPUs, and a 5 MP main camera that can capture 720p video. The Captivate features 16 GB on-board memory for photos, videos, and music - expandable memory up to 32 GB. A complete list of Samsung Galaxy S specs and how they compare with other top of the line smartphones maybe viewed here.

Nikon plans to introduce a new concept DSLR with enhanced video capability, possibly mirrorless, company president Makoto Kimura told Bloomberg on July 8. "It could be any time this fiscal year or the following year, as new models are starting to sell," Kimura said in an interview in Tokyo. Mirrorless or compact DSLRs do away with the mirror box assembly and pentaprism that are used with the optical view finder (OVF) in traditional DSLR, allowing for a more compact form factor. Olympus and Panasonic announced mirrorless DSLRs cameras in August 2008. Their cameras retained the 18x13.5 mm sensor of their Four Third DSLRs but dropped the mirror box assembly. The Pansasonic offering was called Lumix DMC-G1, while Olympus marketed its product as E-P1. Samsung jumped on the compact DSLR bandwagon in 2009 with its NX10 series. Sony unveiled its compact DSLR concept at the PMA 2010 and announced its NEX-5 and NEX-3 in May. The introduction of mirrorless DSLRs is par...

Samsung has released a 4G version of its Galaxy S smartphone in the US. Earlier alluded to as the Galaxy S Pro, it features a slideout QWERTY keyboard. The CDMA phone will work with the Sprint's WiMax 4G and EVDO 3G networks, becoming Sprint's second 4G offering after EVO 4G. You can text and tweet with the speedy Swype text entry on the virtual keyboard, or choose the slideout QWERTY. Besides QWERTY keyboard and 4G WiMax support, Epic adds a front facing camera for video chats, and mobile hotspot capability supporting up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices. The phone features six axis accelerometer with Ashphalt 5 racing game preloaded. Samsung has released a 4G version of its Galaxy S smartphone in the US. Earlier alluded to as Galaxy S Pro, Epic features a slideout QWERTY keyboard. Like the Galaxy S, the Epic 4G is powered by a Samsung 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird Application Processor. It features the same main camera as the Galaxy S: 5 MP with autofocus, Power L...

Smartphones powered by Intel processors maybe shown at the CES in January 2011, or the Mobile World Congress conference in February 2011. "That would clearly be the window of opportunity for us," Intel CTO Justin Rattner told Wired.com. The first smart phone powered by an Intel processor will likely debut in early 2011. According to IDC estimates, 54.7 million smartphones shipped during the first quarter of 2010, a 56.7% rise over the same period last year. The smartphone market is currently dominated by processors based on Intel rival ARM's architecture. Companies that have licensed the architecture include Qualcomm, Samsung and Apple. The 32 bit RISC instruction set architecture of ARM chips makes them suitable for low power applications. Intel earlier attempted to enter the smartphone market with its Atom processors but there were no takers, because the chips use more power than those based on the ARM architecture. Intel is now targeting the market w...

The dramatic drop in signal strength being reported by iPhone 4 users when the phone is held in a certain way is not a real drop, but an indication you are in a weak signal area. Some iPhone 4 users have reported a drop of 4 or 5 bars when the iPhone 4 is tightly held in a way which covers the black strip in the lower left corner of the metal band. There has been speculation that the drop is caused by a faulty antenna design. In a letter addressed to iPhone 4 users, Apple says that a small drop in signal strength when a mobile phone is gripped is usual, not just in iPhone 4, but also in iPhone 3G and many Droid, Nokia and RIM phones. The cause for the dramatic drop seen by some users of iPhone 4 "is both simple and surprising," the letter explains. "Upon investigation, we were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong. Our formula, in many instances, mistakenly displays 2 more bars t...

Will we be too far off if we agree that our sleep and the food we eat make up a great hunk of our health? What about following these factors up any time you want, without too much fuss and a decent measure of accuracy? Sounds fine, right? Well, here’s a gadget to do it for you and it promises to stand out of the line of that sort of thing. KiFit armband is ready to tell you how much calories you burn throughout the day and assess your sleep at night, like a good guardian should! It was designed using hospital technologies for watching over patients on life support. KiFit sensor system will pick up information on your movements, body’s temperature and perspiration. All this lets it know the amount of calories you burned and whether you had enough restorative sleep. Connecting it to your PC, you can view the results on a big screen or online. All these features were priced by the company at $300, and with a $20 monthly subscription as if it wasn’t enough. But it’s quit...

In an attempt to strip away all the superfluous quazi-artistic stuff from clocks and give us pure unadulterated basics The Wrong Objects , working out the concept of the Front & Back Clock , came up with a clear white disk. It certainly looks fine, but what about telling the time? And, by the way, since it’s so old-fashioned that it is powered by AA batteries , where do we make the battery compartment? The Wrong Objects put two and two together, making two clock hands out of two batteries. By choosing the battery brand you can change the color palette of your new clock. If it will make it into production. For the time being it was only displayed at the 2010 DMY International Design Festival in Berlin.

These new headphones will be out of your sight and therefore unable to cheer you up on a drab day, but they will certainly make you look brighter and happier for passersby. Combining a genuinely modern tech appearance with the simplicity of color pattern, JayBird SB2 Sportsband Bluetooth Headphones will hardly match the strict official style but will go along with any outfit that is more relaxed and are sure to make you girls stand out. The JayBirds can be yours for $99. The sportsband headphones promise CD-quality wireless sound and are equipped with both Bluetooth A2DP and the newer apt-X Bluetooth audio codec that they share with Apple’s new Mac Mini. To be used with other gadgets like iPhone, however, they require a little adapter that will put you back another $50. The iSport offers compatibility with iPhones and iPods and the uSport that will pick up sound from any other audio source you may be accustomed to carrying about.