If you’re interested in the evolution of hardware and the convergence of devices then this is shaping up to be a good year. We’ve got laptops like the Fujitsu Lifebook TH40/D moving towards the tablet space but there’s also phone-like devices moving from the other side of the spectrum. For example, Imerj has a device […]
Fujitsu apologises for Lifebook TH40/D tablet delay
I’m really interested in the convergence of hardware. I’m especially interested to see how mobile computing pairs up with computing. My old “desk” laptop recently became a custom built PC. I travel with an Acer Aspire 1825 which has a swivel touchscreen. I can twist the screen around to turn the device into a chunky […]
DIY wooden dinosaurs with remote controls!
Remember those wooden dinosaurs you would build yourself fom plywood? You’d end up with skeletal structures but that was okay because you had been building skeleton dinosaurs all along! Could those wooden skeleton dinosaurs be any better? Imagine if they had motors and could be remote controlled. That’s right; you could have your home built […]
Nokia N9 – a quick summary
The Nokia N9 looks nice and I suspect it’ll appeal most to brave IT geeks who want to be different. The N9 runs on MeeGo. Nokia are currently rushing to get their WP7 handsets out to market. This is the first pure touch screen phone, according to Nokia, who point out there are no front-facing […]
Sony’s new Android S1 and S2 tabs: one sparkles, one spooks
I don’t think the second of these videos are supposed to be spooky… but it is. How come? It’s the gradual creep, the slowness, and the silence. However, let’s distract ourselves with the first ad. This is shiny. This promises the latest in Android tablet tech. Tech that can talk to your PlayStation. The S2 […]
Steampunk smartphone
Richard Clarkson, aka @Clarkson_Rich, has designed this simply stunning steampunk phone. He calls it a “rotary mechanical smartphone” and I can see why. Clarkson writes that he wanted to include more feeling and life into our digital technology. I think he’s succeeded. Don’t you?
Google puts the blood moon in your phone
There will be a blood moon tonight – a total lunar eclipse. It will be a long one too, lasting for about 100 minutes, that’s the longest since the year 2000. The ecplise starts at about 6:20pm BST (for UK readers) and about 11:20am PDT (for US readers) but, of course, there’s a catch. In […]
Swype 3: Search and Poke for Android tablets
I’m a big fan of Swype. It’s a custom keyboard for Android phones – and now, with Swype 3, for tablets. The bad news for iOS users is that these sorts of apps are illegal in the Apple ecosystem because they replicate features that Apple themselves wish to provide (generally, in Apple’s eyes, to preserve […]
Amazon opens for Toshiba Thrive, the Android tablet, pre-orders in the States
Eagle eyed geeks have noticed that Amazon in the States (not elsewhere such as tech hungry UK) have published pre-order pages for the Toshiba Thrive. This is an Android 3.1 tablet. The RRP starts at $429.99 and that gets you 10.1″ high-res LED screen with Toshiba’s auto-adjusting brightness, duel front and back cameras, two speakers […]
The datamancer’s impressive steampunk laptop
This laptop is impressive. It’s a machine to be proud of, a work of art and given how long it probably took to build I’m sure it’s part of the family by now. A shoutout not just to Datamancer for having the awesome talent to build this machine but to Tiberius at Geek Tyrant for […]
