You’ve seen it get featured on Gizmodo before, we were lucky to have been sent one of these a few weeks ago, so far, we’ve been testing it for well over a week and we thought it was time to share a few comments.
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Here are some leaked shots from nedge2k.com of the latest upcoming HTC T8290. From the front, it’s design looks similar to the Touch Diamond just with a larger screen. The HTC T8290 is said to be a GSM + WiMax device, with 3.8-inch display screen with an impressive 800 x 480 WVGA resolution, built in WiFi and Bluetooth. At the back, you see a Yota logo, that’s the Russia WiMaX network provider. There is also speculation that HTC could be bringing this to the US instead of the latest HD version of the Touch…
If you’ve got the latest iPhone 3G, you will be aware that it’s capable of a much faster internet connection compared to the first generation iPhone as long as you’re not heavily limited by your ISP. This is why the folks over at June Fabrics Technology decided to exploit this by moving on their popular PdaNet application from Palm and Windows Mobile, towards the iPhone.
With the latest PdaNet for iPhone 3G, you will be able to turn your iPhone into a wireless router, sharing your iPhone’s wireless internet connection with nearby WiFi compatible gadgets and computers.
The only downside is that your iPhone will need to be jailbroken in order for this application to work, also it’s abit heavy on your iPhone’s battery! More info is available here…
Just saw this really cool WiFi + RC car mod from our friends over at Geeky Gadgets and thought it deserved abit of mention, it’s been made by Jonathan Bennet from JB Projects. Basically, this DIY project has created a car in which you can control using a computer of any kind that’s connected to the internet. And because it’s controlled via WiFi, it’s got an incredibly long range of up to 500m!
A remote control car that can be driven over the internet or with a laptop wirelessly from up to 500m away. It has a live-feed network camera so that it can be driven without line of sight and a horn so that you can honk at people. Adding a network camera, router, heavier batteries, extra circuits, and a whole bunch of wires adds a lot of extra weight that the car wasn’t designed for. Because of all of the additions, you’ll need to find a pretty large RC car. Thrift stores often sell RC vehicles (without remotes!) for $3-5. I have bought a number of cars this way for taking apart. Vehicles in the 1:10 size ratio or bigger are appropriate; you probably don’t want to go any smaller. I bought this car for $5 at Value Village.
Check out this video, featuring the car in action…
I believe with a bit of modification it could certainly be controlled using an iPhone like the RC we previously featured!
The Sony Ericsson C905 mobile phone is the first slide-open handset to carry the popular Sony Cyber-shot badge. As you would expect, it’s packed with a premium quality 8.1 MP camera with 16 x digital zoom, Xenon flash, image stabiliser, etc, believe me this badboy would see other camera phones – literally worthless. The C905 also features GPS for Geo-tagging, HSDPA, WiFi, bluetooth and has TV-out making it an all-round excellent soon to arrive entertainer. More specs available here.
We’re not here to tell you about the specs, but we are here to show you some exclusive pictures, you see, according to Carphone Warehouse, the C905 we will be getting in about a months time (suggested to be in October) will only be in black. However, here are some pics of the C905 in a colour that we expect you not to be able to find anytime soon – white!
Hey folks, remember the LG Viewty? It was just this time last year when we spoke about it and it was probably one of the first few high megapixel touch screen phones by LG to launch in the UK. What it was renowned for was its success in high quality camera and video recording functionality and one very exclusive feature, the ability to directly upload onto YouTube.
Now a year later, we have the Viewty’s successor, the KC910…
The KC910 boasts a 3″ WQVGA 240×400 pixel display that is fully touchscreen. The camera is a ISO1600 8MP camera with Schneider-Kreuznach optics, digital zoom, image stabiliser and geotagging. The video camera has VGA capability at 30fps and QVGA capability at 120fps and DivX and Xvid. Connectivity is important, with HSDPA connectivity, GPS, Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi and and TV-out support. It can also take SD cards with a capacity up to 8GB.
We will definitely look forward to seeing how it’s release next month will turn out, meanwhile we will try to retrieve our own KC910 for some live shots and a review of our own.
Hopefully the KC910 will be a much better version of the Viewty, in particular the added WiFi feature and how well this massive 3″ display will work in conjunction with these new features is what I’m interested in. In terms of the camera, I would expect a great deal of quality simply based on what I’ve seen from its predecessor and with a capacity of up to 8GB, that’s not too far away from what I expect from a new phone these days. All in all, I do expect a great deal from this new and hopefully much improved phone, meanwhile here are some pictures and a demo video…
Just a few days after we featured the next gen Zune Contact design concept by Adam Huffman, Microsoft’s rolled out the official next gen Zune, just a day or so before the Apple Event (hmm, let’s not go into that…)! Anyway, now that the specs have been officially revealed, let’s take a look…
