Upcoming Gadget Launches of 2011!

1. Apple iPhone 5

Apple’s most famous is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. This summers apple is expected to be appearing in the market with it’s iPhone version 5. No media announcements are made till date but the rumor is in circulation. The phone is expected to be faster, thinner and lighter with more storage. It’s launch date, features and pricing details are unknown.

2. Microsoft Xbox 720

This spaceship like fragile gaming console is the futuristic design of the new xbox 720. In an interview the head of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business division, Peter Moore told the press that the production team from the Xbox 360 is working on the next Xbox 720. There is no more news about the shape, specs, pricing and launch date of the new product.

3. 10-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab

The 10-inch touchscreen Samsung Galaxy Tablet is hitting the market with the latest Android 3.0 OS (Honeycomb). It is expected to launch in the first half of 2011 as the General Manager of Samsung Ireland announced the launch of the tablet in early 2011. It will also have V8 JavaScript engine.

4. Apple iPad 2

Apple hasn’t yet confirmed the second-generation iPad, but the company has put in the request for its Asian partner Foxconn to produce and ship the second-generation iPad within 100 days, with plans for a spring 2011 release, most probably April 2011, according to a Taiwanese publication. The news is a rumor as the company has not made any public statement but the company also has a habit of updating its other prominent iOS devices–the iPhone and iPod Touch–every year. There’s no reason to expect its handling of the iPad to be any different.

5. Asus U36 Ultraportable Laptop

This thin and light laptop from Asus is ultraportable. The product has hit the market with Core i3 or i5 processor, NVIDIA Optimus graphics, a four cell battery for ten hours of battery life. It has a 13.3 inch LED backlit screen, Intel Core i5-460M CPU, 2GB of system RAM, 500GB 7200RPM hard disk, HDMI output, USB 3.0 port, and Windows 7 Home Premium. It’s priced at $1000. A competitor to the Dell Adamo and the MacBook Air, at 0.75 inch the U36 is slightly thicker than either the Air (0.68 inch) or the Adamo (0.65 inch).

6. Sony Vaio 3D Laptop

Sony Vaio’s 3D Laptop is a strategically designed laptop to convince people to upgrade their laptops. The laptop is equipped with a 16.0″ full HD 3D LED widescreen backlit display that works with the same active shutter glasses used with the Bravia 3D TV. It’s main features include: Intel Quad Core i7-2630QM, Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit), up to 8GB DDR3 1333Mhz SDRAM – 6 GB standard (4GB+2 GB), 640GB SATA 7200rpm, 16.0” (40.6cm) Full HD (1920 x 1080) 3D VAIO Display Premium with LED back-lit control, NVIDIA GeForce GT540M graphics with 1GB DDR3 VRAM and DirectX 11 support, Standard Lithium-ion battery, Blu-ray Disc Drive, HDMI output, WLAN 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, HD web camera powered by Exmor, S-force 3D with Inbox bass-reflex speakers and Sound System: Intel High Definition Audio with Dolby Home Theater technology. The price is unknown.

7. Hewlett-Packard WebOS Tablet

The one-panel touchscreen, WebOS 2, touch and stylus inputs featured Hewlett-Packard WebOS Tablet will disclose it’s features at a media briefing on 9th February. A competitor to iPad, the new WebOS-based device would be about the same size as Apple’s iPad, but it would run on an updated version of Palm’s highly regarded WebOS, the smartphone OS in a tablet is anticipated to be a big winner for HP, and may pose a credible challenge to the iPad. It will be available in market sometime in march this year.

8. Panasonic Lumix GF2

Panasonic is introducing company’s smallest and lightest digital interchangeable lens system camera with flash. Even more, the LUMIX GF2 is compatible with Panasonic’s new 3D interchangeable lens, the LUMIX G 12.5mm / F12, so users can take 3D photos. The camera has touch-screen LCD with a 460,000-dot-resolution. The main features include: 12-megapixel resolution, 3D still image support, 1080i and 720p video capture, RAW, JPG, mostly touchscreen controls and 3-inch touchscreen LCD. It is expected to be available in market in early 2011. The camera pricing will be announced approximately 30 days prior to shipment.

9. Nintendo 3DS

Nintendo 3DS is a 3.53-inch widescreen gaming console with 800-by-240-pixel resolution, glasses-free 3D, two rear-facing cameras (0.3 megapixel) for 3D imaging, one front-facing camera for head tracking, touchscreen, stylus inputs, ad hoc multiple-device Wi-Fi connection and 802.11 Wi-Fi. The new generation Nintendo 3DS, can be played without the need for special glasses. The chief executive Satoru Iwata told a news conference in Chiba that it will debut in Japan on February 26 and cost 25,000 yen (290 dollars) and will be available in US and Europe markets sometime in March. The currently available versions are the Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi which sell for about $130 to $170.

10. Sony Ericsson PSP Phone

The phone has expected launch in February 2011. It features android 3.0, 1GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 1GB of ROM, 3.7-inch or 4.1-inch screen and MicroSD slot.






 

Evolution of the Nokia camera phone

2002 – Nokia 7650
Specs:

• 0.3 MP
• 640×480 VGA

2004 – Nokia 6630

Specs:

• 1.3 MP, 1280×960
• Video calling

2005 – Nokia N70

Specs:

• 2 MP
• 0.3 MP second camera, VGA

2005 – Nokia N90
Specs:

• 2.0 MP, Carl Zeiss Optics, autofocus LED flash
• Videocalling

2006 – Nokia N93
Specs:

• 3.15 MP, 3x optical zoom, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, LED flash
• CIF videocall secondary camera

 2006 – Nokia N73
Specs:

• 3.2 MP (Carl Zeiss Tessar lens with autofocus and 20x digital zoom)
• 640×480 VGA second camera with 2x digital zoom

2006 – Nokia N95

Specs:

• 5 MP (Carl Zeiss optics autofocus, LED flash)
• CIF video call second camera

2007 – Nokia N82

Specs:

• 5 MP with Carl Zeiss Optics, autofocus and Xenon flash
• CIF video call on second camera

2009 – Nokia N86

Specs:

• 8 MP with 28mm wide camera lens
• VGA video call on second camera

2010 – Nokia N8

Specs:

• 12 MP with Carl Zeiss Optics and Xenon flash
• VGA video call on second camera
  

Upcoming ExoPC All In One Dual Core Touchscreen PC

ExoPC has made expand its product offer by bringing out two new all-in-one PCs running Microsoft's Windows 7. Set for a June release, the AiOs currently in the works at ExoPC have 18.5-inch and 23-inch touchscreens, the former model being powered by a dual-core Atom processor, while the latter is equipped with a more powerful chip, likely still coming from Intel. The June arrival would suggest a Computex launch but ExoPC may offer more info about the two PCs earlier than that.

Memory Hoarder: Recycle Old Memory Cards in a Flash

It seems that no matter how hard we try to keep our tech stuff neat and tidy, we always amass piles and piles of obsolete gadgets. Things like old phone chargers, unneeded discs – and memory cards. Scads of memory cards! This funky design would actually take all of those old microSD cards cluttering up your workspace and turn them into something much more useful: a USB flash drive which is more than the sum of its parts.

Designed by Fang-Chung Tsai, the Collector USB Flash Drive would have its own base amount of memory. Add up to three microSD cards and you have got yourself a decent amount of storage space for only the cost of the original flash drive. The Collector is sadly not in production at the moment, but if this baby ever becomes a real-life gadget there are throngs of geeks out there who would love a storage solution like this.

2 Watch Phones Hit the European Market

We thought we’d never see the day, but the watch phone has actually arrived. We’ll not beat around the bush: we think it’s a dumb idea. It may sound cool to be able to call someone from your wristwatch, but they’re big and bulky, while the touchscreen seems tiny enough to necessitate button-mashing. And who uses their phone just for talking these days? Never known for heeding our warnings, though, LG and Samsung both went ahead and unveiled watch phones over the summer.

LG’s GD910 is pretty much just what you’d expect from a watch phone: it’s big, it’s thick, it’s kind of uncomfortable. According to Engadget’s review, it functions just fine, other than having somewhat difficult-to-navigate menus. The big drawback for any watch phone is, of course, having to buy and use a Bluetooth headset because you don’t want the whole world listening to both sides of your conversation. And then there’s the issue of the price: over $800 US. That’s a lot of cash for what amounts to a flashy toy.

The Samsung 9110 is a little less bulky, a little less pricey (about $639 after conversion), but has a little less memory (40MB vs. LG’s 2GB). The scratch-resistant glass, stainless steel body and real leather wristband look nice, but still has the issues inherent with any phone you wear on your wrist. It also features a touch screen in that awkward size between “small enough to fit on a watch face” and “big enough that I can actually use it.” But if the watch phone happens to be your thing, you could do worse than the Samsung.

Nokia W7 and W8 will be Nokia’s next Windows Phone 7 Phones

Well, this is nothing but a rumor but According to Eldar Murtazin, the next Nokia high end phones with Windows Phone 7 will be the Nokia W7 and Nokia W8. We know nothing about the specs yet. (As its still a rumor)

Eldar also says that as per Microsoft’s requirements all the Nokia WP7 prototypes are built upon Qualcomm Chipset. According to him, the Nokia W7 is based on X7 hardware base and W8 is based on N8′s hardware base. (As you can see in the picture above)

A dozen of Windows Phone 7 powered Nokia devices will come in the start of 2012.

Look Around You: Unique 360-Degree Panoramic Camera

 

Panoramic cameras can produce some truly fascinating images, but how often are the cameras themselves made with a gorgeous design? The Lomography Spinner 360 is an awesome spinning camera that takes unique images in a variety of ways…and the camera itself is just as awesome as the pictures it produces.

 

The camera works with the simple pull of a string: the user pulls the string and lets it go, and the camera’s top portion spins around while exposing the 35mm film inside. By holding the camera in different ways or controlling the speed with which the string retracts, the user can completely customize the way the images will turn out.