Next SE XPERIA Won't be From HTC

Sony Ericsson entrust their new smartphone production to a Taiwan-based company called Mobinnova.

*Source: GSMArena

iPhone nano??

*Source: Lowyat.NET

ThinkPad Keyboard

Well, now you could have a keyboard that gives you exactly the feel of typing on a laptop keyboard.

*Source: Engadget

Apple Announces Its Last Year at Macworld

Today, Apple announced that this year is the last year the company will exhibit at Macworld Expo.

Click here to read more!

New Mac Mini Coming to Macworld 2009

Apple will launch an upgrade to Mac Mini at January's Macworld Expo in San Francisco.

I wish this is true!

*Source: Wired.com

Dev Team Unlocked iPhone 3G Finally!

It has been a long time coming. It seems that the iPhone Dev-Team has finally done the impossible, they'e gone and unlocked the iPhone 3G. According to the team, the hack will be release on 31st of December.

*Source: Engadget

Palm New-ness??

Time for new Palm OS?

*Source: Engadget

Sony Ericsson Joins Android Camp

Sony Ericsson today announced its membership of the Open Handset Alliance, and confirmed that the company is planning on developing an Android-based handset.

*Source: Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog

Unlocked G1 at $399

Now, developers can get a fully SIM-unlocked T-Mobile G1 with unlocked bootloader that allows flashing of custom Android builds. The device known as Android Dev Phone 1 will be available to all developers registered at the Android Market from 18 international markets.

The Android Dev Phone 1 currently costs $399 with free shipping within the States. To own one of this device, the developer have to register at the Android Market, which will set you back a one-time registration fee of $25.

Click here to read more!

Lenovo P80 ~ The Chinese Sushi

Lenovo is not a new brand in the laptop market but it is in the phone market. The P80 comes into play with the features like 2.8" primary display, 1-inch external OLED display, microSD expansion and 2mp camera. All this packs in a "Japanese design" calmshell with seven tasty colour.

*Source: Engadget Mobile

Nokia N97

Nokia unveils their new flagship phone, N97. The N97 packs a 3.5" touchscreen display with 640 x 360 pixel and a slide out QWERTY keyboard. The phone will be running on Symbian S60 5th Edition OS. Since this is the flagship phone, the spec can't runaway from having 32GB onboard memory with microSD expansion, 5mp camera with Carl Zeiss lens, HSDPA, WiFi & A-GPS.

*Source: Engadget Mobile, GSMArena

YouTube Now in Widescreen

YouTube video playing resolution now available in widescreen format.

DIY iPod Speaker

I know many of the iPod user never use their white earbud that came with the iPod package, as the sound may not sound as good as other earphone. Here's a cheap mod that you can turn the small little white earbud into a pair of speaker.

Materials:
-Paper Cup x4
-Toothpick x2
-Earbud
-Blade / Box Cutter

Instructions:
1. On the underside of the 2 cups, use a cutter to cut a cross in the center of the cup. Cross should be long enough to fit an earbud through and securing it. This will be the speaker.

2. For the stand, use the sharp end of the toothpick to poke through te underside of the other 2 paper cups, ans the securing the speaker onto it.

*Source: lowyat.net

Gmail Themes

This week, Google added the theme feature into Gmail.

Personally I feel my inbox look a lot better now!

Boot to Vista in 4 Seconds

No more slow boot to Vista with ASRock. Even a Linux take 5 secs to boot up.

How does it work?
When you shut down, it restarts the OS and puts it into Suspend Mode. When you turn the system on, it quickly resumes from the suspended mode.

*Source: HardwareZone

iGoogle

Recently I've tried out iGoogle, I found it not bad, I use it as a "Web OS", which means I can check my RSS Feed, Gmail, Calendar, To-do list.... whenever I am, as long as I can connect to the Internet. The best part is you can personalize your own iGoogle page with gadgets.

Click here to try iGoogle, you just need a Google account to sign in.

Apple Store Malaysia

Yeah! We get an Online Apple Store finally after many many years. It also means that we (students) can buy a Mac or iPod with Education Discount : ) or Apple will bring in unlocked iPhone and sell it in online store like the Hong Kong's store??

Click here to start shopping!

ATi Radeon HD 4830

AMD rolls out budget ATi Radeon HD 4830 graphics card. The card is price at less than USD$ 150 that includes a 256-bit GDDR3 memory interface, 640 stream processing units, DX 10.1 support, two dual-link DVI ports and support for ATi's CrossFireX technology.

Click here for review.

Source: Engadget

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 Unboxing

The graphic interface seems like laggy!

*Source: Engadget

Oct 14 Apple Notebook Event

It's almost time for Apple to refresh their MacBook lineup. Rumours has been going on around the net said that, the new MacBook will be based on nVidia chipset. Will Apple also unveiling a whole new form factor (netbook) which price under $1,000?

*Source: Engadget, Gizmodo

Asus EeePC S101

Asus Eee Air??

2nd Gen WD Caviar Green

Western Digital announced their second generation Caviar Green Drive. The HDD features the firm's own GreenPower technology to reduce power consumption compared to other hard drive. The second generation Caviar Green is based on WD's 333GB per platter technology with 32MB cache with sizes ranging from 500GB to 1TB.

WD claim that, the new hard drive consumes up to 20% less power and offers a 10% increase in performance over the previous generation.

*Source: Engadget

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

Nokia announced their first Symbian S60 touchscreen phone. It's alternately known as the "Tube", this is also Nokia first production device to run S60 5th Edition.

Spec:
3.2" Touchscreen (640 x 360)
3.2mp Camera with AF (Carl Zeiss Optics) & Dual LED Flash
GPS
WiFi
3.5mm Jack
HSDPA


Nokia 5800 XpressMusic: Music Player from smashpOp on Vimeo.

For those who can't get an iPhone in Malaysia, this is definitely a good alternative. At least i can share music or picture through Bluetooth with others.

Click here for hands on pict!

*Source: Engadget, SymbianPOP

New MBP??

Is this the new Macbook Pro??

*Source: Engadget

T-Mobile G1 (Android)

The long awaited Google Android phone finally released last week. Apple will have another competitor for iPhone in the US Market. The design of T-Mobile G1 looks similar to the sidekick which released sometime ago, whereas the UI a bit like OMNIA-ish.

Spec:

Windows Live Messenger Beta

Click here to find out more!

Canon EOS 5D Mark II

The long awaited upgrade for EOS 5D finally is here! This time, Canon thrown in a full-frame 21.1 megapixel CMOS sensor, DIGIC 4 processor with 14-bit analog-to-digital conversion and the ability to capture Full HD (1920 x 1080) video, just similar to the Nikon D90 but with higher resolution.

The camera will be out at end of November wih the selling price USD$ 2,699 (Body only) or bundle with Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS USM Zoom Lens for USD$ 3,499.

*Source: Engadget

HTC Touch Series Update

The previously leaked HTC Touch HD & HTC Opal (now known as Touch Viva), HTC has made both of it official today with addition of another new model - HTC Touch 3G.

HTC Touch 3G Spec:
-Qualcomm MSM 7225 Processor (528MHz)
-Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
-256MB Rom
-192MB Ram
-2.8" QVGA TFT-LCD
-Next Gen TouchFLO
-HSDPA
-WiFi
-GPS with A-GPS
-3.2mp Fixed Focus Camera

HTC Touch Diamond coming in White...


*Source: Engadget

HTC Touch HD

Another inspired by iPhone PDA from HTC, or shall i call it Samsung OMNIA killer??

Leaked Spec:
-Qualcomm 7201a Processor (528MHz)
-512MB Rom
-288MB DDR SDRAM
-4" 65k colour 480 x 800 pixels display
-Accelerometer
-Windows Mobile 6.1
-TouchFLO 3D
-5mp Camera with AF
-GPS with A-GPS
-Wi-Fi
-HSDPA
-3.5mm Audio Jack

*Source: GSM Arena

XPRERIA X1 Coming Sep 30

Sony Ericsson launching first round of XPRERIA on September 30. Sweden, Germany & UK will be inaugural launch sites come September 30, with no fewer than 32 more on tap in asia, europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin america for the fourth quarter of the year.

*Source: Engadget

2008 iPod Lineup Refresh

This morning, Apple finally refresh the entire iPod Lineup.

iPod shuffle
Capacity: 1GB / 2GB
Batt life: 12hrs (Music)
Price: USD$49 / $69


iPod nano
Capacity: 8GB / 16GB
Batt life: 24hrs (Music), 4hrs (Video)
Price: USD$149 / $199






iPod classic
Capacity: 120GB
Batt life: 36hrs (Music), 6hrs (Video)
Price: USD$249

iPod touch
Capacity: 8GB / 16GB / 32GB
Batt life: 36hrs (Music), 6hrs (Video)
Price: USD$229 / $299 / $399