Sep 5, 2010

The concept of a pocket WiFi router is one that has always appealed to me. This sort of device reduces your reliance upon over-priced internet services that you may need to acquire when traveling, such as in a hotel room, or perhaps at a coffee shop or an airport. I’ve been using an earlier version of this pocket router for most of this year, and have been...

Sep 5, 2010

Acer this week announced a new range of mobile phones coming into the Australian market. Ranging from the inexpensive entry level beTouch models running Android 1.6, through the Liquid E models and up to the HDMI equipped Stream (both running Android 2.1) there are five different models to suit various budgets and needs. A couple of unique points come to mind...

Sep 5, 2010

Microsoft’s new mobile phone operating system, Phone 7, went gold this week. That means that it has now been released to manufacturing, which in turn means that it’s ow up to the various partner handset manufacturers to to complete their integration of the operating system into their handsets’ firmware and bring them into production. We are...

Sep 5, 2010

This week Sony announced the Australian availability of two models of their eReader, the pocket sized Reader Pocket Edition ($229), and the not-so-pocket sized Reader Touch Edition ($299). Available in September 2010, both devices are both Mac and PC compatible, and support multiple file formats. Apart from the obvious size differences, the Touch edition also...

Sep 5, 2010

In the US, the Virginia-based biomedical engineering firm Exmovere have developed a sleepsuit for babies that uses biosensor textiles to monitor a baby’s essential body functions, such as their heart rate, activity level, and their emotional well-being. Named the Exmobaby, this all-in-one comes with a wireless transceiver and software for your mobile...