Just when you thought that things couldn’t get any cheaper, Arnova come out with their new $99 USD tablet. It has Android 2.2, 7″ TFT screen, 802.11 b/g. The tablet can support up to 720p video playback and has a USB 2.0 host port to enable you to plugin a mass storage device, keyboard or mouse. There is no word on processor or RAM specifications.
The Telstra Smart-Touch is Telstra’s first under $100 smart phone. It features Android 2.1, a resistive touch screen, GPS, MP3 player and FM radio, back facing camera and NextG network compatibility.
The phone features the standard Android installation and a stylus to use with the touch screen.
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Since hacking seems to be part of everyday now, there has never been a real way to check if your email account has been hacked – until today. A Sydney-based security researcher, Daniel Grzelak has developed a website which allows people to check if their email accounts have been compromised.
Here is the Acer Iconia A500 tablet computer running the brand new version of Android, Honeycomb. This version of Android has been optimised for tablet’s and it has really shown.
The Iconia features an NVIDIA processor, plenty of RAM and plenty of internal storage. Check out the full review of this tablet after the break.
Just a few months after the release of Firefox 4, the team at Mozilla have pushed out Mozilla Firefox 5. The update doesn’t bring any UI improvements but it does feature some behind the scenes improvements for example Improved canvas, JavaScript, memory, and networking performance and as well improved standards support for HTML5, XHR, MathML, SMIL, and canvas. You can check out the full Release Notes here.
Today Telstra has launched their fastest (and the world’s fastest) 3G Wi-Fi hotspot. It’s called the Telstra Ultimate Mobile Wi-Fi and it allows five devices to connect simultaneously.
The Ultimate Mobile provides speeds ranging from 1.1Mbps to 20Mbps in Ultimate coverage areas which include Australia’s capital city CBDs and associated airports, selected metropolitan hubs and more than 100 regional centres.
In this weeks episode, we discuss Rebecca Black’s legal troubles with her song on YouTube, Microsoft’s monopoly of the IM market and the things that LulzSec do to, well…. make us Lulz.
Finally, the next installment of TECHGEEK Tips. And this episode we focus on downloading YouTube Videos using a great plugin for Google Chrome. If you have ever needed to download a YouTube video in full 1080p quality or convert that Rebecca Black parody to MP3 for your Windows Phone 7 device, then this is the perfect plugin for you!
PlayStation Network is turned back on in Asia, Windows Phone 7 Mango looks good, we examine the MacBook Air competitor, and is there going to be a PlayStation 4? Wait, what? All this and more on this week’s edition of TECHGEEK Weekly.
This post has been updated with new information.
You may have seen it on the internet or you may even have MACDefender on your computer right now. It’s a new trojan coming to a Mac near you. The trojan appears to be an anti-virus pretending to find viruses on your Mac. The solution to remove those “viruses”? Enter your credit card information, pay a huge fee and the viruses will magically be removed.
Just think… a long long time ago kids where carrying huge boom boxes on their shoulders and pumping music – some not nearly as powerful as the Jawbone Jambox – a miniature, powerful and amazing wireless speaker which is capable of 10 hours of continuous play. Available in multiple colours, check out the review after the break.
Terence has finally left the podcast and Stewart takes leadership this episode – there are alot of changes and the layout is modified abit. We talk about about the new Chromebook from Acer and Samsung, Microsoft buying Skype for 8.5 Billion and Angry Birds is now available on the Chrome Web Store.
Toshiba have introduced three new notebook computers set to be released next week. These new notebook computers include, the Portege R830, Tecra R840 and Tecra R850. These new business have productivity in mind, with Intel Sandy Bridge chips inside. All laptops can be modified to use a Core i7 chip. Some other features include, 10-12 hours of battery life, 3G embedded modem, USB3.0, HDMI and much more. Check out the press release after the break.
Due to the easter period, the TECHGEEK Weekly podcast will not release an episode this Sunday. We will be back with the podcast on the 1st of May 2011.
Everyone here at TECHGEEK.com.au, wishes you a happy easter.
If you like me, who has a HTC 7 Mozart, lots of music, pictures and podcasts, you’ll quickly find out that 8GB of space really isn’t enough. Due to the limitations of Windows Phone 7, it’s currently impossible to add additional space to your phone by a Micro-SD card or similar. However, thanks to a brave individual, it turns out your 8GB storage is simply a Micro-SD card buried deep in the device. You can simply dismantle the phone, replace the card and extra space is available to use. Check out the guide after the break.