Can we boost smartphone battery life 11x with dark silicon?
We love all the glorious things that our wonderful smartphones can do, but this functionality comes at the price of diminished battery life. Interestingly, a possible solution to this conundrum could be something called dark silicon, a technology that could effectively increase battery life up to eleven times.
Official: Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet has landed
We’ve seen the video, we heard about some specs, and now we have the full-fledged official announcement from Samsung. The Galaxy Tab Android Tablet is official, and it’s one sexy looking take-anywhere piece of mobile computing.
First look: Fujitsu Lifebook T730 Tablet PC
The Fujitsu Lifebook T730 Tablet PC is one beast of a machine. These are some first hand pics for you to take a gander at. It’s a bulky little tablet, but you’re getting a full-fledged power house of a computer packed inside this fliptastic form factor.
Leica M9 skin not official, turns iPhone 4 into a retro shooter
As far as camera phones go, the iPhone 4 does a really good job at capturing the moment. Even so, when you stop to take that picture, you’re quite clearly holding up a mobile phone and not a real digital camera. Why not fool a few folks into thinking you have a snazzy Leica instead?
BlackBerry Torch 9800 on Rogers Sept. 24
Are you ready to take on another BlackBerry form factor in Canada? We’ve already experienced flip phones and touchscreens, but the recently revealed BlackBerry Torch now has a confirmed launch date too. Rogers has announced that it’ll start selling the device on September 24.
SanDisk keeps trying with Sansa Fuse+ MP3 player line
Its quite obvious after todays keynote that Apple is completely dominating the portable media player market with the iPod line, but that doesn’t mean the other companies should just shrivel up and disappear. SanDisk is stepping back up to the plate with the new SanDisk Sansa Fuse+ line of MP3 players.
iPod Touch takes 50% of portable gaming market, ‘outsells Nintendo and Sony combined’
That little iPod Touch that hung around as an advanced MP3 player in its early days has all of a sudden become a mobile gaming powerhouse. Over 1.5 billion “games and entertainment titles” have been downloaded to the iPod Touch.
iOS 4.1 to come to iPhone and iPod, iOS 4.2 for iPad
Steve Jobs today at the Apple keynote said the company will be updating devices to iOS 4.1 very soon. This update will include various fixes and enhancements, including the proximity sensor issue, Bluetooth, and iPhone 3G performance deterioration.
iPod Shuffle gets buttons back, real voice control
Apple has a brand new revamped iPod shuffle, they brought the button back, and will give you 15 hours of battery life. Options are silver, blue green, pink and orange.