Gadget & Tech

The rumor is that Sony have been in talks with Mozilla lately about possibly porting firefox over to the PS3, but there is no actual deal been reached at this point, it’s great news none the less considering the complaints Sony has been getting about the lack of reliability with their current built in PS3 web browser. Read More

Magellan’s new iPhone navigation app and Premium Car Kit will in fact work just fine with the handheld out of the box, unlike TomTom’s similar Car Kit. Otherwise, there aren’t exactly a lot of surprises, but the cradle is fully adjustable to accommodate a range of sleeves or cases, and it’ll of course also charge your iPhone or iPod touch, and give it some amplified sound courtesy of the built-in speaker. Read More

According to Techcrunch this isn’t really a launch, but rather a chance to give us a first look at the OS, and for Google to detail their actual launch plans.
The plan is to give some technical background information as well as show off some demos, they will be giving a “complete overview” of the new OS, which they say will launch next year. Read More here and here

G11’s full-metal jacket makes it feel indestructible, while the shape evokes the classic cameras you feel like you’re supposed to be taking photos with. It’s thick, remarkably so, in part because of the flip-out swivel LCD screen. And it’s definitely more along the lines of a rangefinder-style camera than a typical point-and-shoot.
The real magic of G11 lies in the dedicated control dials. ISO speed, and shooting mode. Having these settings at your fingers at all times is so much of why the G11 feels like a camera that’s a step above point-and-shoots, a tool for creating photographs.
Read more review of the G11 here

Despite a different interface, the Netflix viewing experience will be essentially the same on the Xbox 360 and PS3, according to Steve Swasey, the company’s vice president of corporate communication. However, accessing Netflix from the two consoles will differ. Whereas Netflix is integrated into the Xbox Live dashboard and firmware, accessing the service via the PS3 will require a Blu-ray disc, which contains the required software.
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The BlackBerry watch shipping in February for $150 has a

- 51mm height x 38mm width x 12mm depth (Dimensions)
- 1.3″ full colour organic light-emitting-diode (OLED) display
- 150 mAh lithium-ion polymer battery
- Bluetooth® v2.0+EDR
- 22mm interchangeable wrist band
- Glass lens and full metal body
- Over-the-air firmware updates
- Vibrating motor
- Micro-USB port (for charging)

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HTC’s HD2 also known as the Leo got, 4.3-inch WVGA capacitive display, integrated FM radio, a 5-megapixel camera, a 1GHz MSM8250 Snapdragon processor, Bluetooth 2.1, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Not available in U.S yet, but it’s going to run €649 in Spain, with additional carriers following after December. Read More and a quick look of HD2 by Patrick Norton and Veronica Belmont from Techzilla video at the bottom of this post.

Verizon has teamed with Google to bring two Android-powered phones and the Google Voice service to its network, in an effort to fight off the iPhone and its exclusive agreement with AT&T.

“You either have an open device, or not,” Lowell McAdam, CEO of Verizon Wireless, said in a conference call Tuesday. “And this will be open. We expect to bring that… application to market when we bring the first device out.”

Verizon’s new “open” stance is quite a change for the company, which has traditionally kept tight controls over devices on its network. Earlier this year, the nation’s largest wireless carrier said it would create its own application store and, at the time, said it would be the only option available for handsets. Read More