Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Cars

Carbon Fibre YikeBike Is Useful 21st Century High Wheeler

11:40PM September 2, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

This weird thing is a 1.2kW electric motor powered, carbon fibre foldable bike called the YikeBike. It’s real, unfolds in 15 seconds, and aims to solve the eternal problem of urban mobility, and probably become Woz’s favourite new toy. More »

Cameras

Is This The Full-Frame 18MP Leica M9 And Mysterious Leica X1?

11:39PM September 2, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

A supposed shot of Leica’s M9—expected to be announced 9/9/09—complete with specs, was found on this Flickr page that’s now locked, and it looks way interesting: a full-frame 18MP CCD sensor. Oh, and what’s this, the Leica X1? More »

Sequels To The First Decent Headphones I Ever Owned

11:20PM September 2, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

The first decent headphones I owned were Sennheiser’s PX-100. I got ‘em for $US30, and I was blown away, since it was the first time I heard something truly better than $US20 shitcans. Now, Sennheiser’s got a sequel: PX-100 II. More »

Gaming

The PS3 Slim Loads Game(s) Faster With Firmware 3.0

10:47PM September 2, 2009 | Mark Wilson

In videos from last weekend, we learned that the PS3 fat boots itself faster than the Slim, but the Slim had the edge when it came to loading games. Now with new firmware 3.0, the Slim loads games even faster. More »

Mobile

Sony Ericsson Aino Is One Part PSP, Every Other Part Sony Ericsson

10:44PM September 2, 2009 | Mark Wilson

The PSP Phone has become a phantom of the industry, a “does it really exist” product of perpetual rumour/intrigue. Now Sony Ericsson has released something close called the Aino, a touchscreen slider that can connect to the PS3. More »

Kodak ESP 3250 And 5250 All-In-One Printers Skimp On Ink Costs

10:00PM September 2, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Kodak updated their all-in-one printer line with the ESP 3250 and ESP 5250. Both use Kodak’s Kodacolor technology, which lets them subsist on extremely cheap ink, which is great for extremely cheap people like myself. More »

Mobile

HTC Mega Becomes Touch2 WinMo 6.5 Smartphone

9:20PM September 2, 2009 | Danny Allen

Meet the HTC Touch-successor: the Touch2. The 2.8-inch touchscreen will run HTC’s TouchFLO interface over WinMo 6.5, which will have a revamped Internet Explorer mobile browser, My Phone backup service and access to Windows Marketplace. More »

Computing

Nokia Dishes Booklet 3G’s Full Specs And Price

6:46PM September 2, 2009 | Danny Allen

After teasing its 10.1-inch netbook with 3G and Assisted-GPS, Nokia has confirmed an impressive 16-cell (12-hour) battery and coughed-up full specs: Windows 7, 1.6GHz Atom Z530 processor, 120GB hard disk, 1GB RAM, 802.11n Wi-Fi and HDMI. Price: €575 (AU$980) before-subsidies. More »

Mobile

Nokia N97 Mini Gets Official: €450 (AU$770) In October

6:03PM September 2, 2009 | Danny Allen

An extensive preview filled us in on the N97 not-so Mini, but it now has a price: €450 (AU$770) pre-taxes and subsidies. It should be available off contract in “many markets”, and includes Lonely Planet guidebooks and Facebook “Lifecasting”. More »

Computing

Nokia World Kicks Off: X6 And X3 Music Phones Debut

5:36PM September 2, 2009 | Danny Allen

And the Stuttgart craziness begins. The X6 is like a slimmed down 5800 XpressMusic, (3.2-inch touchscreen, 5MP camera), and the 2.2-inch (non-touchscreen) X3 has a slide-out numeric keypad and is the first Series-40 OS phone to be Ovi Store-enabled. More »