Since Microsoft [MSFT] announced their latest mobile phone operating system, Windows Phone 7, many people have been wondering what would happen to their existing mobile phone platform Windows Mobile 6.5.
It looks like Microsoft plans to continue to offer support for Windows Mobile 6.5, which is good news, and they will also be renaming it to Windows Phone Classic.
It looks like HP is aiming to price its Slate Windows 7 Tablet more competitively than Apple’s new iPad, as details have been leaked that mention the tablet will come with 3G and will have similar specifications to the 3G iPad, but it looks like it will cost less than the $629 Apple will be charging for their 3G iPad.
Hp Executives are meeting up over the next few weeks to finalize the pricing details, and it will be interesting so see how much cheaper the HP slate is than the Apple iPad.
Sony has added another compact digital camera to their range, although this model is designed to withstand the elements and take a beating the Sony DSC-TX5.
The Sony DSC-TX5 features a 10.3 Exmor R CMOS low light sensor, optical image stabilization, it can take photos on 10fps continuous burst shots and it also features Seep Panorama, plus it can shoot HD video in 720p at a frame rate of thirty frames per second.
Ever since Apple announced the iPad, a number of manufacturers have released details of their new tablets, the latest one is iiView with the launch of their new Vpad tablet.
The iiView Vpad tablet features a 10.2 inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, it features an Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor, the choice of either 1GB or 2GB of RAM, and an Intel 945 chipset.
We have seen a number of different battery backup solutions for the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest one certainly looks more interesting that the previous ones we have seen, the iV Plus iPhone Battery Pack.
Active Media has launched a new range of external storage solutions that are USB 3.0 compatible, the Aviator 2 USB 3.0.
The Aviator 2 USB 3.0 features a range of different sized solid state drives (SSDs) and can connect to your computer via the new USB 3.0. There are three different models available in the range, although they are a little more expensive than a standard portable hard drive.
Bug Labs has updated their modular gadget system BUG to add support for Google Android. BUG is basically a modular system where you can snap together various components to build a new mobile device.
The new version is compatible with Google Android, the previous one ran on Linux and it is also compatible with existing Android applications.
Students at Yale university have developed a spokeless bicycle wheel , as you can see from the photo only the rear wheel is spokeless, this was done for cost reasons as the prototype was expensive to produce.
The nine students developed the wheel as part of their mechanical engineering project, and the design would allow for both wheels to be made spokeless.
3D seems to be the popular format for movies this year, but if you wanted to make your own 3D movie, you would have had to shell out around $20,000 for a 3D video camera.
Scientists at the Weber State University have come up with a innovative solution, that lets you shoot 3D video, with two cheap hand held video cameras and a few other parts that costs a total of $250.
HTC has launched another smartphone, although this one is aimed at the budget smartphone sector, the HTC Smart. The HTC Smart is based on Qualcomm’s Brew mobile platform, and it will feature the latest version of HTC’s custom users interface, the Sense UI.
The HTC Smart will come with a 300MHz Qualcomm processor, and it features a 2.8 inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels.
The BBC has announced that it will be launching a range of mobile applications for the Apple iPhone from April, and that they also intend to launch the applications for other mobile phone platforms which include Google Android and for the BlackBerry range of handsets.
Initially there will be two iPhone applications available, one for news and one for sport, and that the applications will be available to download in April from the iPhone application store.
LG the world’s second largest TV manufacturer has just launched a range of new plasma display projection (PDP) televisions in Korea the X Canvas 60” 60PK550 and 50” 50PK550, 2 PDP TVs with a 600Mhz panel with a 25mm thin edge around the screens.
The images on the displays are significantly brighter than twice as clear as that on the older versions say LG Electronics.
