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The Wall Street Journal just confirmed that Motorola Droid Bionic launch is delayed until summer, it might not be available for purchase until sometime. The reason for the delay, a Motorola Spokesperson says that the company is improving several enhancements to make this an even better consumer experience, based on feedback its received since the phone was announced way back at CES.
HECTOR or Hexapod cognitive autonomously operating robot, was designed to help that how exactly the animals manage to move so gracefully. It is developed by Germanys Bielefeld University folks. HECTOR sports 6 legs, with 18-joints in total, that protrude from an exoskeleton made of carbon fibre reinforced plastic. Its legs are given a life-like range of motion provided by a special set of elastic joint drives and a series of biologically inspired algorithms, and its exoskeleton can carry a load of 30kgs the robot itself weighs a mere 12kgs. HECTORs is built to learn from its experiences. Dont forget to check the video after reading.
Today the BlackBerry came to the sale with the starting price of $500 for 16GB of storage. The wait for a dual-core device with an up to date operating system and stylizes BB logo is now over, a lot of stores in US and Canada are now ready to sell you the PlayBook. The basic productivity apps like native email and calendar are not yet available, Androids app compatibility hasnt been rolled out, and the PlayBook has an unfavourable dependency on having a BlackBerry smartphone with you to be the best tablet it can be. The RIMs ability to overcome those early software hurdles, the PlayBook is ready for ownership in exchange for $500 for 16GB model and $600 for 32GB model or $700 for 64GB model.
The new Galaxy Tab 10.1v has finally found itself in pre-order host over at Vodafone Australia, with select customers receiving newsletters shown in the picture. The exclusive offers enables Vodafone customers camped out in the Land Down Under to pre-order the Hoineycomb slate, with trio of payment options available. A two year agreement will cost you zilch upfront (but AU$39 a month over 12 months), a one year plan dings your credit card for AU$259, and off-contract the tablet is AU$729. Anyways about the price list the device will be shipping on May 1st. Dont forget to check the video
Good news for all jailbreakers, the latest iOS 4.3.2 update is still vulnerable to the same untethered hacking method used by redsnow for 4.3.1, so Dev-Teams at ionic simply had to port his code over to the new kernel to keep the jailbreak alive. The iPad2 is still not supported here, and ultrasnow unlockers are reminded to wait for the new Pwnage Tool release later this week, rest of you can grab the tool now. The updated version is now too getting some issues. And the fixed version is on the way. Click on the source link to download
The Dells much leaked Alienware M14x and M11x laptops finally available now. The gaming laptops are available now in Dells official websites of Malaysia, US, Australia, New Zealand, and UK. This is a Alienware laptop and M14x is available for around $1,600 of price. It features a Core i7 2820QM Processor, 8GB of RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT555M Graphics with 3GB of DDR3 memory and Optimus technology. You can choose a choice of resolution either 1366*768 or 1600*900 on 14-inch display. There is now much news about the specs of M11x yet.
If you are looking for a straight forward and geeky Geiger counter, the Libelium gang has your back. En route to the Tokyo Hackerspace as we speak, the Radiation Sensor Board for Arduino is a low cost alternative to existing devices. It is available now either with a compatible Geiger tube for $135 or without for $50. Check the video after reading.
Nokias just launched beta version of Ovi Maps 3D. There is some little help from Navteqs maps and some software wizardry, its now able to display cities in a new 3D view that you are able to zoom in and around to your hearts content. You can also do the same thing on Google Earths 3D view too, but Nokia just might have a leg up in some respects. For more Read the Press Release. To download Nokia Ovi Maps 3D click on the download link.
Texas Instruments just unveiled its next generation, Qi-compliant wireless power receiver chip today. It is fully 80 percent smaller than previous chip. That promises to make it easier for manufacturers to implement in everything from cell phones to game consoles to digital cameras and that small size apparently comes without any compromises, with it providing 5W of output power and 93 percent peak efficiency. The complete bq51013 wireless power package is now already available for just $3.50. For more Read the Press Release.
MSI has rolled out two new laptops now, its new 15-inch CX640 and CR640 models, which each boast what MSI calls a clutter free design and budget friendly prices. As for specifications, both packed with core i3-2310M Processor, 4GB of RAM and 500GB hard drive, and USB 3.0 ports. While the silver CX640 upgrades things from basic integrated Intel HD3000 graphics on the black CR640 model get NVIDIAs GeForce GT520M with Optimus technology. The price for CR640 and CX640 are $630 and $680 respectively. For more read the Press Release.
Samsung told to Maeli Business Newspapaer that a high-ranking company official has disclosed Samsungs intention to deliver a dual-core smartphone that runs at a 2GHz. That is 2GHz for each core, not the specious 1GHz multiplied by two. ARM already has a dual-core Cortex A9 design capable of scaling such speed heights, which is probably on the basis on which Samsung is building its future processor on.
If you want a phone that got protection against water, and you like a slimmer phone means, NECs also got you the one. According to pamphlet obtained by datacider, the MEDIAS family soon will be welcoming a Gingerbread- powered NEC N-o6C, which is 0.2mm thickness and 10g weight. It got touch buttons instead of physical one. But we had check more on the IPX5 and IPX 7 waterproof ratings. Apart from 1GHz processor it got 14Mbps FOMA download speed, the rest it got are 4-inch 480*854 LCD, 1GB ROM, 512 MB RAM, 802.11n Wi-Fi, and 5MP camera with 720p video. There is no clear indication of release date. But we got the spec sheet.
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