White Samsung Galaxy S II Unveiled

Samsung UK has officially confirmed the availability of the white Samsung Galaxy S II. Consumers will be able to buy the newly painted phone from August 1, 2011 via major retailers. The white Samsung Galaxy S II has a similar specification to the black model. The handset features a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, a 1GB RAM, a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display, an 8MP camera with full HD video recording and playback, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a 16GB internal memory and a microSD card.

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Qriocity video service arrives on Xperia arc

Own a Sony Ericsson Xperia arc. Well, we are pleased to announce that you can now get your movie fix even when you are not in front of the TV or computer, and nay, you need not pre-load your iPod with movies beforehand. What we are looking at would be the upcoming launch of Qriocity's video service that will be made available on select Sony Ericsson Xperia handsets from August 1st onwards. It is said that this will deliver all your favorite movies and TV shows without having to go through a steep learning curve.

Ubergizmo, Qriocity video service arrives on Xperia arc

BookBook iPhone 4 casing now available

TwelveSouth, the same company that brought you the BookBook MacBook casings has decided to shrink the design down with the iPhone 4 in mind. So instead of looking like you're carrying around a huge tome, you now look like you're carrying around a smaller tome which judging by its looks could totally pass off as a Bible; in fact, load your iPhone 4 with a Bible app and it wouldn't be too far from the truth. It looks pretty good and very classy from afar, although some reports are indicating that the "spine" of the casing is made out of distressed embossed leather which sort of cheapens the whole effect.

Ubergizmo, BookBook iPhone 4 casing now available

Canada: SaskTel releases the HTC Wildfire S

After having become available from Bell, the HTC Wildfire S is now also sold by SaskTel in Canada. HTC's lower-midrange Android-powered smartphone may not be all about the features, but it is a lot more affordable than today's high-end devices. SaskTel offers the Wildfire S for $29.99 with a new three-year contract. If you'd rather get a two-year agreement, the phone will cost $149.99. If you want to commit for just one year, the price will jump to $229.99.

Unwired View, Canada: SaskTel releases the HTC Wildfire S

10-Inch Dell Streak Pro Pictured Next to its Smaller Siblings

Dell has been working their way up the ruler over the past year or two, releasing the 5-inch Dell Streak followed by a 7-inch version of the tablet. But with the Dell Streak Pro, the manufacturer is finally playing with the big boys. The 10-inch tablet has been pictured sitting pretty next to its smaller counterparts, flexing its Honeycomb muscle in all its glory. The Streak Pro marks Dell’s first Android 3.0 slate and also sports a dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 CPU, 1GB of RAM, and dual cameras.

Android Phone, 10-Inch Dell Streak Pro Pictured Next to its Smaller Siblings

RIM releases BlackBerry Messenger 6 with BBM connected apps

BlackBerry users rejoice - RIM has announced that starting today, its users can upgrade their phone's messenger client, BlackBerry Messenger (BBM for short) to version 6. In addition to BBM6, the company will also be releasing selected apps that now integrate the functionality of BBM. These BBM integrated apps will allow users to communicate and interact with each other from within the app over BBM - this means no more having to exit an app to send a message over BBM.

Ubergizmo, RIM releases BlackBerry Messenger 6 with BBM connected apps

USB Optical Mouse with Pocket Digital Scale

Seriously Brando. You guys never seem to amaze me – and your latest gizmo is actually an optical mouse that has a built-in pocket digital scale, now how about that. Guess it isn't such a crazy idea now to have a netbook or notebook placed permanently in the kitchen just in case you need to weigh some stuff, right. Either that or drug lords can always make sure their stash is of the right weight – while attending to their Facebook account.
The $22 USB Optical Mouse with Pocket Digital Scale is capable of handling a weight range of 0.1 gram to 500 grams.

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Microsoft signs off on Windows Phone ‘Mango' RTM build

There's still no news of a proper launch date any more specific than "this fall", and well guess what, "this fall" has just arrived. To keep things moving, Microsoft has announced a fairly big milestone for Windows Phone ‘Mango' today.

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HTC CFO says it's time to ‘figure it out' with Apple

HTC's CFO Winston Yung appears ready to make a deal with market rival and patent nemesis Apple. The Taiwanese company has had some rather harsh words for the Cupertino crew, and it hasn't seemed any more conciliatory after getting slapped by the ITC. That may be starting to change, as Yung told Bloomberg, “we [Apple and HTC] have to sit down and figure it out.” He went on to say that the house that Sense built was open to discussions with Jobs and co. but did not venture to guess what a final agreement might look like.

2DayBlog.com, HTC CFO says it's time to ‘figure it out' with Apple

SaskTel Releases HTC Wildfire S In Canada

SaskTel has launched the HTC Wildfire S in Canada. Powered by an 800MHz processor, this entry level Android smartphone features the Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS with HTC Sense UI, and a 5-megapixel camera. SaskTel offers the HTC Wildfire S for $29.99 on a 3-year contract, or $299.99 with no contract agreement.

TechFresh, SaskTel Releases HTC Wildfire S In Canada

Apple and AT&T Planning for Mid-September iPhone 5 Launch

After truckloads of rumors, everyone is expecting for Apple to release the next iPhone this September. In case you weren't convinced, new rumors are here to fortify all the previous speculation. A Boy Genius Report has told the website that AT&T has informed its retail locations to finish any employee training as soon as possible to prepare for the influx of foot traffic in September.

2DayBlog.com, Apple and AT&T Planning for Mid-September iPhone 5 Launch

Students and staff in the Owensboro, Kentucky to receive free MacBook Air notebooks

Thanks to a hefty $5 million that was collected for stimulus funding in Owensboro, Kentucky; public schools will be getting 2,200 MacBook Air notebooks for students between grades five and twelve, as well as teachers and staff in those schools. This means a MacBook Air for every student and teacher in the district. The notebooks are meant to help the teachers in teaching, and help the students with learning in classes. As of now, it has been reported that teachers have already received their notebooks, but students will have to wait about a month or so into the school year before they get theirs.

Ubergizmo, Students and staff in the Owensboro, Kentucky to receive free MacBook Air notebooks

Hyun film 51 Full HD PMP

Chinese-based company Hyun has recently unveiled another one of its upcoming Full HD PMP called the film 51. Featuring an aluminum alloy casing, the player packs a 5.0-inch 800 x 480 LTPS touchscreen display, an 8GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot (up to 16GB), an e-book reader, a USB 2.0 port, a TV-out and supports up to 1080p Full HD video playback. Pricing info is still unknown at the moment.

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Olympus America brings a new 36x Camera with the SP-810UZ

Olympus introduced yesterday a few camera in Japan with the VG-145 and its 5x optical Zoom and the very stylish SZ-11 and its 20x optical zoom, but as you know in America everything has to stand out of the crowd in style and Olympus America just announced the SP-81UZ a another well design 14Mpix shooter that comes however with an amazing 36x optical zoom, the world's longest for a compact camera. If you put aside for a minute this gigantic 36x optical zoom (28-864mm), the SP-810UZ is also a very capable shooter with a nice 3" monitor, 720p video recording (better have a nice IS once shooting video at 36x) and even a 3D image mode.




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Olympus SP-810UZ Superzoom Digital Camera

Here's the newest addition to Olympus' superzoom digital camera range, the SP-810UZ. This compact camera sports a 14-megapixel CCD image sensor, a 36x wide optical zoom lens, a 3.0-inch LCD display, a TruePic III+ image processor, an SD/SDHC/SDXC card slot, 3D photo shooting mode, an HDMI port and 720p HD video recording capabilities. The SP-810UZ will hit US market from September for $329.99.

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Microsoft Adds RAW Support to Windows. At Last

Windows users can finally view RAW photos taken with their six year old Minolta Maxxum 7D. Photographers who use Windows machines can rejoice. The Microsoft Camera Codec Pack adds support for RAW image viewing to Windows Explorer. You can now look at images from over 200 different cameras right there on your computer, without having to open then in a RAW photo editing application first.

Most new cameras from the major brands are supported.

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Bowers & Wilkins C5 Headphones

Earphones are designed for different uses. There are earphones that are used for casual listening. But such type of earphones may not necessarily be ideal for listening while doing other activities like jogging. Users may need a more secure and stable earphones that won't fall off when moving. The new Bowers & Wilkins C5 Headphones are designed with such issues in mind.

The new Bowers & Wilkins C5 Headphones look sleek enough and stylish in terms of its design for an in-ear headphones. But its design also offers a useful feature- its adjustable secure loop design helps hold the earphones firmly in place.

Gadget.com, Bowers & Wilkins C5 Headphones

ASUS launches noise cancelling gaming headset

Not only is it a tedious bore, the real world can be such an unnecessary distraction when trying to listen for footsteps coming around the corner or place that last block on a Minecraft masterpiece, which is obviously why ASUS is launching a noise cancelling headset just for the likes of us. They're called the Republic of Gamers Vulcan ANC Pro. The acronym stands for 'active noise cancelling' - although they have been launched so close to Nelson Mandela's 93rd birthday that I can't help feel they're missing a trick for South African sales of the bright red set of cans.

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Mozilla to build smartphone OS using Android kernel

On Monday, Mozilla, the developer behind the popular Firefox web browser, revealed preliminary plans for a universal-platform mobile OS called Boot to Gecko (or B2G). It will feature the Linux-based Android kernel and device drivers beneath a custom user interface and application stack based on Gecko, the Firefox and Thunderbird HTML rendering engine. Although the team already has a demo up and running, the project is still in its “infancy” as Mozilla research engineer Andreas Gal states - bits and pieces still remain in their heads, others aren't fully explored.

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Zero1.tv VooMote One Universal iPhone Remote

The new Zero1.tv VooMote One universal iPhone remote works with a free app to convert your iPhone and/or iPod touch into a universal remote control. The VooMote One automatically captures more than 30,000 infrared codes and thousands of electronic devices. It recognizes 574 TV brands, 995 Top Box/DVR brands, and 151 audio and CD brands. The VooMote One code library is also constantly being update to ensure that virtually all IR (infrared) codes are available. The VooMote One will be available on August 5th, 2011 for $99 each. The VooMote One app can also be downloaded for free at the iTunes store.

TechFresh, Zero1.tv VooMote One Universal iPhone Remote

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to launch in TWELVE separate hardware options

The imminent launch of Samsung's new Galaxy Tab 10.1 is going to be a rather confusing affair, as the hardware maker is planning to launch an unbelievable TWELVE separate memory/radio versions of the new Android tablet in the UK. According to the individual listings over at Dixons, you'll be able to buy black or white versions of the 10.1, with each model also coming in 3G and wi-fi only options. Which means you can have any of the below configurations:.

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DIY Segway costs just €300

Watched Mall Cop and loved every single minute of it. Well, getting around on Segways in a large mall makes perfect sense since such buildings are massive, especially for those suffering from joint pains. Well, purchasing a Segway outright might prove to be too much for your wallet to handle, but what happens when you fuse both passion and technical know-how. You get the DIY Segway, of course. Petter Forsberg is the brain (and hands) behind this do-it-yourself Segway that costs him a mere €300 (that is $434 in our currency) in parts.

Ubergizmo, DIY Segway costs just €300

Barnes & Noble to offer over 175 periodicals to NOOK for iPad customers

Barnes & Noble has just announced a treat for its NOOK for iPad users in the coming days. The world's largest bookseller has stated that iPad NOOK customers will be able to access one of the largest selections of digital periodicals including more than 175 full-color, interactive magazines and leading newspapers. NOOK Kids for iPad app users will be able to access over 550 interactive children's picture books through the newly updated app.

Ubergizmo, Barnes & Noble to offer over 175 periodicals to NOOK for iPad customers

Charge your iPhone faster with this new Eneloop Mobile Booster

Sanyo has announced in Japan a new pair of their Eneloop Mobile booster with the KBC-L54D (5400mAh) and KBC-L27D (2700mAh). Both models keep the same basic design as previous Mobile boosters, but comes with more "juice" with an increase of approximately 8% as well as being capable to recharger either your smartphone or tablet 1.5 times faster thanks to their new higher output. The new mobile boosters can not only recharge the latest smart phones and tablet PCs such as iPhone and iPad*1 series, but they can also power various gadgets with USB power ports.

2DayBlog.com, Charge your iPhone faster with this new Eneloop Mobile Booster

BlackBerry Touch/Volt and Torch 2 press shots

Our friends over at Pocketnow do receive some exclusives from time to time, and this time around, we have the BlackBerry Touch – also known as the BlackBerry Volt by certain quarters. If you're one who tracks your BlackBerry collection through model numbers, then the BlackBerry 9860 would be just that. The official press shot leak just confirms the impending release of the Touch/Volt, leaving no room for doubters that such smartphones do not exist in the physical realm. The Touch/Volt and Torch 2 will run on the new BlackBerry OS 7, where they are tipped to make an appearance across a bevy of carriers here in the US.

Ubergizmo, BlackBerry Touch/Volt and Torch 2 press shots

Samsung introduces world-first Zero Client Monitor NC220 using Cisco UPOE Technology

Samsung Electronics has teamed up with Cisco to release the world-first zero client monitor using UPOE (Universal Power over Ethernet) technology, opening a whole new era of virtual desktops and changing the paradigm of the traditional office landscape. Samsung Electronics showcased the NC220 monitor last week at Cisco Live in Las Vegas. The NC220 monitor with Cisco UPOE technology connects individual monitors via the Ethernet network to a virtualized main server that handles all tasks and applications.

2DayBlog.com, Samsung introduces world-first Zero Client Monitor NC220 using Cisco UPOE Technology

Google adds recent popularity graph to web Android Market

Google has pushed out another small change to the web-based desktop Android Market site, with each app's listing page now featuring a graph that traces the app's number of installations over time. No extra data is included other than the usual number of installs bracket that's been there all along, with the little graph simply showing movement over the last 30 days. Here it is.
Obviously given the non-stop explosive growth Android's experiencing at the moment, we'd imagine every app is going to show upward movement of some degree purely thanks to the increased number of people using the system.

Eurodroid, Google adds recent popularity graph to web Android Market

Lenovo ThinkPad T520i Intel Core i3-2310M

The Intel Core i3 runs like a charm in collaboration with the T520i's Intel HD graphics 3000 and the 500 GB hard drive that whirls around at 7200 rpm. No complaints when it comes to speed with the exception of application startup. It's been my experience to hold off on multiple application launches all at once on ThinkPads. They tend to take twice as long to startup when this occurs.
ThinkPads get a high value mark among laptop users for its resistance to change, but it'd be nice to have seen Lenovo take this ThinkPad model into the chiclet keyboard stage that so many other laptop models are being produced with.

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Solar energy to power toilets in Dubai

Going green is the new black and Dubai, one of the cities in the UAE (United Arab Emirates) has been doing a good job of late in promoting an eco-friendly lifestyle of late. The latest additions to the city's lineup of green projects are solar-powered toilets. According to reports, Dubai will soon be using solar power to juice up the fluorescent lights, exhaust fans and small water pumps used in public toilets. Seeing how the sun is always blazing in Dubai all the time, solar-powered structures are definitely a step in the right direction.

Ubergizmo, Solar energy to power toilets in Dubai

Kyocera Mi-Look Cell Phone for the Elderly

Being based in a country where 20% of the population is 65 years old and above, Kyocera unveils a cell specifically designed for the Japanese elderly. The Kyocera Mi-Look is three devices rolled into one. It works as a basic cell phone with a 2-inch QVGA display and three large button, a pedometer that tracks the number of steps taken (the data is then sent to the caretaker via e-mail), and a GPS that family members can use to monitor their aging relative's current location (just in case they forgot their way home).

Gadget.com, Kyocera Mi-Look Cell Phone for the Elderly

“Find great architecture” with Android app Buildings

Android app Buildings has been “designed by architects” to give building-spotters and architecture enthusiasts a way to learn about the hidden gems dotted around our cities. It's geo-aware, so can grab your location and ping up any structures deemed particularly interesting. It claims to be “most up-to-date and detailed database of buildings in the world today” which is a boast we are not equipped to argue with.
You just need to remember to look UP occasionally, instead of walking around staring at your telephone all day.


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Sarotech introduces the iStor i3 a new USB 3.0 HDD Enclosure

Available in 1, 2 and 3TB the iStor i3 is Sarotech latest HDD enclosures that feature both a new Fan-less cooling system and USB 3.0.


Akihabara News, Sarotech introduces the iStor i3 a new USB 3.0 HDD Enclosure

Energy Sistem Energy 6030 8GB Widescreen PMP

Download your favorite movies and enjoy them in this widescreen PMP ‘Energy 6030′ from Energy Sistem. This ultra slim player features a 2.8-inch TFT 16:9 widescreen display, an 8GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), an FM radio, an e-book reader, a voice recorder, a built-in speaker and a built-in rechargeable Li-ion battery. The Energy 6030 retails for 60.21 Euro (about $86).

TechFresh, Energy Sistem Energy 6030 8GB Widescreen PMP

Personal Audio sues Apple again

A couple of years ago, Personal Audio LLC filed a lawsuit against Apple, accusing them of allegedly unauthorized use of Personal Audio's playlist-related IP. The case was settled, with Personal Audio being awarded $8 million as a settlement fee. Now it looks like Personal Audio isn't satisfied with the money and is out for more blood. Because the previous lawsuit was filed back in 2009, it only covered the old iPods that were out back then. Apparently Apple's devices that have been released since the original lawsuit infringe on Personal Audio's patents as well and the company has decided to go after those as well.

Ubergizmo, Personal Audio sues Apple again

Relive the glamour of supersonic flight with the Concorde Experience

New Android app The Concorde Experience gives aeroplane enthusiasts a stack of information on the sadly departed supersonic icon, from way back when rich people could get to America very quickly indeed. Developed by National Museums Scotland, the app features an audio tour of a parked-up Concorde by a former pilot, photos, technical data and more. Here's what it looks like. Sensitive readers may wish to look away, as the word “cockpit” is visible in the starboard screencapture:

Check out the app's listing on the Android Market. It's free, plus there's a photo of a Vulcan up there too.


Eurodroid, Relive the glamour of supersonic flight with the Concorde Experience