Hitachi’s new Wooo, part of Japan’s KDDI au Spring line, comes with the unique ability to watch 3D videos. Sounds coool, even if the 3D-induced wooziness will have you switching back to 2D in minutes.
MobileCrunch has lots of photos of the Helio Virgin Mobile, which we last saw in a spy shot a few months back. It’s definitely real now.
The current economic climate has really sharpened the need to ween ourselves off petrol (although the near $2 a Litre pricing six months ago helped form that opinion as well), so the idea of a $30,000 electric car hitting Australian showrooms next year is really quite appealing. Tony Hagon at the SMH is saying that Mitsubishi’ MiEV, which resembles a SMART car and runs exclusively on a 47kW motor, is currently undergoing feasibility studies. However, he’s also quoted Mitsubishi’s Australian CEO Robert McEniry as saying the chances of it being sold next year are “very high”.
The people in charge of Super Bowl CIVIII, or whatever they’re up to now, are going to be using Microsoft’s Surface to coordinate and view the goings on in Tampa this Sunday.
If you’ve been watching the upcoming trainwreck that is the Digital TV transition happening in the US at the moment and thinking, “I’m glad that’s not us”, here’s a sobering thought: K-Rudd yesterday announced a $13.6 million package to supply digital set-top boxes for pensioners in Mildura, where the analogue signal will be switched off next year. Can you sense the impending doom?
The 16GB Leyio File Sharing Device comes equipped with a fingerprint scanner, and can also wirelessly transfer data to your computer and other nearby Leyios. Wait, there’s more.
Hanging electronics from clothes always seem to scream, “please take my things,” but the Kyocera NS01 mobile phone goes one step further because it’s attached to a belt. But that won’t save you from a gun.
Here’s a novel idea: an ink pen that reads the colour of any object you place in front of it, then mixes red, blue and green ink to match it.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Dell might go into the smartphone business. OOOLLLDDD? But today the WSJ reports Dell’s closer than ever, with prototypes built in two different styles and two competing platforms.
Swiss Police, aided by Google Earth, busted a group of “agricultural enthusiasts” who concealed two acres of ganja in the middle of a corn field. The only thing they didn’t account for: satellite imaging.
