new | oobject - Daily User Ranked Lists

Nokia’s MeeGo device lead exits amid wider chaos

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Nokia suffered another setback in its smartphone plans today with word that the company's MeeGo devices VP Ari Jaaksi had quit the company last week.

Visit site »

feeds.electronista.com

comment »

new

CEATEC 2010: Panasonic’s New Lumix Cell Phone Up And Close

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Panasonic was all mysterious when it announced a "Lumix Phone" last week, teasing it with a special website (now updated, but still in Japanese) that contained neither pictures nor solid information about their newest cell phone.

FringOut for Android Arrives

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Fring just released an update for Android that brings FringOut to the service. FringOut for Android lands at the same time as Skype for Android which indicates some battle between them is starting.Prices for calls in the US start at 1c/min which matches Skype.

Samsung Galaxy S hits 5 million sold worldwide

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Samsung today signaled that it had sold five million Galaxy S phones since they went on sale during the summer. The numbers have been dominated by the US, which accelerated its early sales rate to reach its second million in a month.

Visit site »

feeds.electronista.com

comment »

new

CrunchGear At CEATEC 2010: Hands On With Sharp’s Galapagos Android Tablets (Video)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

CrunchGear is at CEATEC 2010, Asia’s biggest technology and electronics exhibition, which happens yearly in Chiba (one hour away from Tokyo).

Panasonic Jungle MMORPG Portable Gaming System Pictured

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

A great poet once wrote, "It's like a jungle sometimes / It makes me wonder / How I keep from going under." He was not talking about the above product, though, who knows--if the Panasonic Jungle ever does materialize, his words may well be co-opted for some marketing campaign.

Verizon FiveSpot 3G WiFi Hotspot

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Verizon [VZ] has announced a 3G MiFi device called FiveSpot. The FiveSpot is a 3G wireless hotspot that allows you to connect up several devices wirelessly to share a 3G connection whilst on the move.The device connects on to CDMA networks as well as GSM over HSPA networks which allows you to use...

‘Longreach’ Lifebuoy-Firing Bazooka Wins James Dyson Award

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

The Longreach Buoyancy Deployment System has just won the James Dyson Award. Its dull name rather obscures just how cool it is. The Longreach is a bazooka that fires life-belts up to 500-feet, targeting drowning-victims and saving their lives.

MS expects iPad rivals by holidays, may show them October 11

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Microsoft's tablet strategy accelerated on Tuesday with remarks from CEO Steve Ballmer that Windows-based rivals to the iPad would be in stores by the end of the year.

Visit site »

feeds.electronista.com

comment »

new

Sintek denies testing panels for touchscreen iMac

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

A vice president and spokesman for Sintek Photronics, Barry Wu, is now denying claims that the company is involved in producing panels for a touchscreen iMac. On October 1st, industry sources went on record suggesting that samples of panels had been sent to Apple.

Visit site »

feeds.electronista.com

comment »

new

The Challenges of Teaching Sustainability: The RCA’s Approach, by Clare Brass and Octavia Reeve

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Rich Gilbert's Energy Trumps, a creative tool to think about energy at the start of the design process. They provide a fast visual reference for embodied energy to facilitate easy comparison of materials.

Tech objects that stand and deliver

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Two examples is not enough to call it a trend, but we've recently spotted a pair of designs, both from London, with simple but interesting kinetic abilities. Jeremy Innes-Hopkins' Nokia Kinetic concept is for a cell phone with a weighted electromagnet in the rounded base.

Nobel Prize Awarded for Ultra-Thin Carbon Research

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

As if carbon didn't already have enough issues with its body image, two scientists have been award the Nobel Prize in physics for researching the properties of ultra-thin carbon flakes known as Graphene. The Russian-born duo of Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselo will split the $1.4 million prize.

3D Death Star Esque Sounds System With 62 Channels

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

No its not a new Death Star its actually the world’s first sound system capable of representing a moving sound source such as an instrument or a singer in three dimensions Its been developed by NICT the National Institute of Information and Communication Technology and is able to create a 3D...

Visit site »

www.geeky-gadgets.com

comment »

new

Microsoft To Open New Store Opposite Apple’s In Mall Of America (video)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

In a bid to try and regain some of the ground that Microsoft has lost to Apple. Microsoft has decided to build a store opposite the Apple store in the Mall of America. Not only have Microsoft going to open up shop opposite the Apple store it is also going to be over twice the size of Apples.

Visit site »

www.geeky-gadgets.com

comment »

new

Mark Zuckerberg Makes A Simpsons Cameo Appearance (video)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg has joined the likes of Steve Jobs, Mel Gibson, Sting and Stephen Hawking (to name a few) by appearing on The Simpsons. The founder and CEO of Facebook had a cameo which was broadcast during Sunday night’s episode in America.

Visit site »

www.geeky-gadgets.com

comment »

new

Panasonic Jungle games system packs QWERTY, HDMI & more

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Panasonic perhaps aren’t the first people you’d think of to produce a portable gaming system, but the company is hoping to change your mind with their new The Jungle.

North Korea GPS jamming systems can cause 100km deadspots

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Bad news if you were planning to strap on a Garmin Forerunner 410 and head out for a quick jog around North Korea: it looks like the GPS watch won’t be able to track your location while you’re there.

No Comment: Just what do you think of this decal, Dave?

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

This MacBook decal is great, and it looks like it would work well on your iPad, too -- though you might not get that glowing effect that makes it so awesome.

Apple TV Review (2010)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

The second generation Apple TV has just been released and we have managed to get our hands on one. The new Apple TV is much cheaper than the previous version, priced at $99 in the US and £99 here in the UK.

Visit site »

www.geeky-gadgets.com

comment »

new

Asus Launching EeePad EP90 Tablet?

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Israeli newspaper Ynet is reporting that Asus is in the process of releasing a new tablet called the Asus EeePad EP90 Tablet. Details are still a little sketchy at the moment but the new Asus tablet is thought to be equipped with a dual core 1Ghz Tegra processor.

Visit site »

www.geeky-gadgets.com

comment »

new

Hybrid Credit Card Gives Redemption at the Press of a Button

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Redemption sounds like the kind of credit card you would want with you at the Pearly Gates, ready to slip a bribe to the doorman, Saint Peter, to let you come inside. It is not. The Redemption is a payment device, cunningly disguised as a credit card.

Super Microphone Lets You Zoom In to Conversations

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

In the image above, you'll be able to see a large yellow dot attached to the underside of the screens. This is a Super Microphone that has 300 microphones inside along with a camera along side it.

Samsung Galaxy Tab UK Price Revealed

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

After a month or more of waiting, Samsung has now revealed the price of the Samsung Galaxy Tab in the UK.

AT&T pushes Android with Motorola Bravo, Flipout, Flipside

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

AT&T committed to Android in a major fashion this morning by picking up three Motorola phones, all running Android 2.1 with the newest Motoblur layer. The Bravo is the highest-end of the three with an 800MHz OMAP 3610 processor, a 3.7-inch 854x480 touchscreen and a three-megapixel camera.

Visit site »

feeds.electronista.com

comment »

new

North Koreans Have a GPS Jammer

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

North Korea is apparently active jamming GPS signals using truck-mounted systems that overrun signals coming from Russian tracking satellites. South Korea is unable to pinpoint the locations of these jammers because the Army runs them for about ten minutes at a time and then moves them.

Visit site »

www.crunchgear.com

comment »

Category: 'new'

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)

October 5th, 2010 link to (permalink)