Archive for February, 2010
Top Weekly Roundup of Gadget News and Reviews: 26.02.10
If things have been a little busy for you this week and you haven’t been able to catch up on the latest news and reviews from across the tech world, then don’t despair as we’ve have compiled a weekly round up to satisfy your much needed tech cravings from Gaj-it as well as some of our neighbouring popular tech blogs.
Review: Blackberry Curve 8900
The Blackberry Curve 8900 is perhaps Blackberry’s first populist smartphone. With features for novices and veterans alike, it is set to become one of the most popular ‘BB’ handsets.
Facebook Credits: Ready for Full Launch Soon!
Facebook Credits or ‘virtual currency’ is getting closer to its full launch. A recent post on Facebook Developer Blog explains how the system will work, what we can expect from this virtual currency system as well as disclosing of how much revenue they will be taking.
“By providing a single, cross-application currency, our goal is [...]
iPhone 4G Release Date Proposed for April 2011 as 4G Chip Won’t Be Ready?
Rumours of the iPhone 4G’s features, specifications and releases dates have be filtering around in the tech world for quite some time now. As well as this, one important thing which the iPhone 4G is expected to include is an increase in operating system to include fourth generation communication.
Tech blog, MacVideo caught up with [...]
Samsung 3D HDTVs already Available to Buy before Release Date!
We know we told you in our earlier blog post that Samsung’s 3D-ready HDTVs were supposed to release next month, but it would appear that both Amazon and Sears are listing 3D-ready Samsung the UN55C7000 and the UN46C7000 on their websites with shipping of immediate delivery.
The Samsung the UN55C7000, touting a 55 inch panel is [...]
Window Phone 7 for LG to be Released in September
Although Steve Balmer revealed that Window Phone 7 is to be released at the end of the year, Engadget China have confirmed that LG could be preparing for the launch of its first Window Phone 7 Series handset between September and November.
Confirmation came after Chinese Engadget reported back from a meeting they had with LG [...]
A crash helmet that mimics the scalp only a year away.
Did you know that when you hit your head your scalp slides across your skull helping to deflect up to 60% of an injury? It’s a gross image but without it even minor head bumps could lead to serious injury.
It works like this-
It’s with that fact in mind that Dr Ken Phillips has designed a [...]
Augmented Identity Apps could give us Terminator-like Eyes
We might all dream about the possibility but we all know that it is not humanly possible for us to have Terminator like eyes which allow us to have access to data through just seeing; however there is hope in the future that technology could give us a helping hand to achieve this.
Also known as [...]
Lady Gaga helps bring in 25% of Vevo’s Traffic
Lady Gaga is a household name and I pretty sure most of us will have one or if not many of Lady Gaga’s music and videos downloads on our MP3 players, so it is unsurprising to hear that 25% of visitors to Vevo, the new video music site owned by three of the largest record [...]
Sexually Explicit iPhone/iPod Applications to get an ‘Explicit’ Apps Store
Days after Apple decided to ban some of its explicit applications from the Apple Store, developers saw a new category appearing on their developers website for submitting apps to the ‘Apps Store: Explicit’.
The new category didn’t show up in the Apps Stores but there was speculation to suggest that this would be a place for [...]
