Plantronics has announced the new Plantronics Discovery 975 Bluetooth earpiece. It’s the latest-gen headset one of the expert companies in the field, and delivers an improved audio experience with advanced AudioIQ2 and WindSmart® technologies, which deliver natural sounding voice in harsh noise environments, coupled with Plantronics’ inbound audio quality, comfort, and durability. “Consumers expect great…
iFixit: PSP Go Teardown
Fairly short and sweet this one – if you want to see how a PSP Go is put together (albeit in reverse order), then you could worse than take a look at the latest iFixit expedition inside a gadget! As you can see from the pic above, they had this bad boy completely to pieces,…
New Wrap video eyewear product line from Vuzix
Vuzix Corporation is launching its new line of sunglass-style Wrap video eyewear products in time for this year’s festive season. Bringing an all new form factor together with what they claim is the most advanced performance available, the new Wrap line delivers some great style and versatility for users. The new European edition Vuzix Wrap…
Zune HD: seriously good hardware…
iFixit have been at it again, ripping apart all manner of portable devices for our viewing pleasure. This time it’s the Zune HD that gets the treatment, and iFixit have good things to say: We glossed over one very important detail when we tore apart Microsoft’s new PMP last week. The Zune HD represents a…
Hands-On Preview Of The Jabra STONE
It seems like it was just yesterday when we reported on Jabra’s teaser for their upcoming bluetooth headset, the Jabra STONE. Well, in fact, it was just yesterday. Although the countdown for the release of the Jabra STONE just began, it didn’t stop them from sending out units to members of the press to check…
Samsung starting to produce 512Mb Phase-Change memory
Samsung has announced that it has started producing 515Mb Phase-Change Memory, aka PRAM! Interestingly, this is targeted for mobile devices, as it gives high-performance and low power consumption. Samsung says that a handset using PRAM can extend it’s lifetime by 20%. The 512Mb PRAM can erase 64KWs (kilowords) in 80ms, said to be over 10…
UK: WiFi Hotspot: Want one? Get one!
Hopefully you’ve seen the post Simon put up, noting that for our UK readers, we are giving away a Novatel Portable Hostpot (also known as the MiFi 2352 in some countries). Well, what are you waiting for? Get involved, and enter by: Drop a comment the podcast post tweet using the #intomobile hashtag This is…
Siano Unveils Newest Multi-Standard Mobile TV Chip
Siano Mobile Silicon has announced the launch of a new multi-standard mobile TV receiver chip, the SMS1230. The SMS1230 supports the major global broadcast mobile TV standards of DVB-T, T-DMB, and ISDB-T, and, in addition, digital radio (DAB/+) and FM Radio. The new receiver chip, exhibiting the best performance in the mobile TV market, is…
OLEDs for mobile phones to boom, only cost 8% more than LCDs
OLED-info.com is quoting iSuppli on some news regarding a potential boom of OLED screens in mobile devices… Apparently iSupply says that OLED displays for mobile devices are going to rise from 22m to 178m units, between 2009-2015 – that’s quite a growth! However, in a contrasting statement, OLEDs will still only account for 6% of…
OLEDs in sunlight: basically they are not very good
My buddy Ron over at OLED-info.com has been a busy bunny – he’s been providing analysis on what the screens on a couple of OLED-sceen mobile devices are like. Short summary: not very good. However, before we get into it, a refresher on OLED: OLED is an emissive display technology – it means that the OLED…