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LG Thrive: Meet AT&T’s First Prepaid Smartphone
Posted on13. Apr, 2011 by kanna.
AT&T and LG have launched LG Thrive, the first Android smartphone to be available as part of AT&T’s GoPhone prepaid plan. LG Thrive is a 3.2-inch device with a 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus, Wi-Fi, HSDPA and 160 MB of memory expandable via SD memory cards up to 32GB. The device will be powered by Android [...]
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Apple iphone – 4G
Posted on08. Jun, 2010 by kanna.
While Apple may tinker with the final packaging and design of the final phone, it’s clear that the features in this lost-and-found next-generation iPhone are drastically new and drastically different from what came before. Here’s the detailed list of our findings: What’s new • Front-facing video chat camera • Improved regular back-camera (the lens is [...]
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Stanford researchers harvest electricity from algae
Posted on16. Apr, 2010 by kanna.
While we’ve seen plenty of stabs at viable green energy, from underwater turbines to the Bloom Box, we’re always up for another. Running along the same lines as Uppsala University’s algae-based batteries, researchers at Stanford are generating electrical current by tapping into the electron activity of individual algae cells. The team designed a gold electrode that can be pushed [...]
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Microsoft Zune HD Personal Multimedia Player
Posted on15. Apr, 2010 by kanna.
The 64GB version of Microsoft Zune HD personal multimedia player lets users store about 20 hours of 720p HD video, or 6,400 songs at 320Kbps. The price compares favorably to an iPod touch of the same capacity, which costs $400. Each ships alongside firmware 4.5, which adds more codecs support, including DivX, access to Microsoft’s Marketplace [...]
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Sanyo Xacti Full HD Camcorders
Posted on15. Apr, 2010 by kanna.
Sanyo brought out two new Xacti camcorders, the vertical CG100 and traditional GH1 both capture 1080p at up to 30 frames per second at 1080p and can move up to 60 frames at 720p. Either adds SDXC and can now take on 64GB or more of removable storage. The two have 5X lenses with a unique [...]