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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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Kobo’s eReader gets reviewed
Posted on11. Apr, 2010 by kanna.
So, how much e-book reader can $149 get you? Well, Kobo’s eReader might not be heavy on the feature set, but based on the general impressions from Electronista’s review, we’d say quite a bit. In exchange for dropping the 3G, WiFi, color screen and audio playback frills of the Kindle and Nook, Kobo’s barebones device puts [...]