Cell Phone Accessories

Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Mobile, Gadgets / Other, GPS/Navigation

TomTom came out with a GPS that boasts HD traffic capabilities, and it had been a hit in Europe. It recently passed through the FCC, and should be available in the US soon...hopefully. Details are scarce on this GPS, as there is no word on who will be the carrier for this, and how much the services will cost.

Basically, HD traffic uses cell phone data to display real time traffic updates. You might be thinking, there are already GPS’ which can give live traffic updates, what makes HD traffic so special? Well, HD traffic gives up to 5 times more traffic data and it covers up to 10 times more roads than GPS’ with basic live traffic updates. Additionally, it still maintains the same specs as the European version, which include a 4.3-inch LCD screen, 1GB of storage and SIM card.  Unfortunately, no word on pricing or availability at this time.

Via [GPS Tracklog]

Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »

---

Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile

It looks like AT&T will soon be offering another flavor of the hot selling Palm Centro smartphone. The electric blue Palm Centro will be available beginning Friday and in addition to the new color, it will also get a drop in price. Palm however is keeping a tight wrap on just what the lowered price will be, with a simple statement that it will be “more affordable than ever.”

Our guess is that (thanks to mail-in-rebates) it will go down as low as $49.99. The new electric blue color will join the existing glacier white and obsidian black that have previously been available. I am sure that not everyone is interested in, or wants an iPhone 3G, however July 11 sounds like a strange day to release a new color variety of the Centro.

Read [Official Palm Blog]

Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »

---

Section: Imaging, Digital Cameras

Canon USA has officially announced its next generation entry level digital SLR camera, the EOS Rebel XS which officially replaces the EOS Rebel XT. Like we told you not so long ago, the Rebel XS offers up a cheaper alternative to the previously announced Rebel XSi.

Aside from features that we mentioned before such as a 10.1-megapixel image sensor, 2.5-inch LCD, 7-point autofocus system, 81% viewfinder coverage, 12-bit image processing, spot metering and remote control functionality, the Rebel XS also boasts of a 3.0 frames per second continuous JPEG burst rate which will only be limited by the capacity of the flash memory card in the camera. Weighing only 450 grams, the Rebel XS is by far the lightest EOS digital camera that will come out in the market.

And now for the most important information, Canon has announced that the EOS Rebel XS will have a retail price of $699.99. The Rebel XS camera body would come with the standard EF-S18-55m kit lens and is expected to hit the US market sometime in August.

Read [Business Wire]

Full Story » | Written by Arnold Zafra for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »

---

With the imminent release of the iPhone 3G, we are seeing a flurry of new designs laying their claim as the next iPhone killer. However, what I like about this beautiful Black Tab phone by Jaren Goh is…

Section: Computers, Mobile Computers

MSI has begun shipping their Wind U100 notebook computers.  A release from the company says “all” pre orders have shipped.

You can find the 10” U100 Wind at Fry’s and online New Egg, Amazon, Fry’s, ZipZoomfly, MWave.com and Buy.com.  A quick check finds buy.com sold out but Amazon seems to still have some.

You’ll recall the U100 features Windows XP and a 3 cell battery and are priced at $479.99.  A 6-cell battery is due in September as well as a Linux version.  Batteries are upgradable.

Company site: [MSImobile]

Full Story » | Written by JG Mason for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »

---

Section: Peripherals, Storage

You remember Drobo, right? The “robot” that stores your data, from Data Robotics.  Well, its been over a year since its launch, and the makers of Drobo have decided to give their product a little update.  Today, the “Drobo 2” has been announced, featuring not one, but two Firewire 800 ports. The device also added a more powerful processor to support the Firewire ports and a quieter case fan. Data Robotics claims that the Firewire ports allow for two times the data transfer speeds, blowing other competitors out of the water. However, the Drobo still lacks any sort of Ethernet/Wi-Fi connectivity.

You can still get the Drobo for the same $500 price tag, and $900 gives you two 1TB drives; $1,300 gives you four 1TB drives.  If you don’t care for Firewire, the original Drobo is selling (until stock runs out) for $350 or $750, and $1,075 — empty or bundled with either two 1TB or four 1TB drives, respectively.

Via [CrunchGear]

Full Story » | Written by Indraneel Purohit for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »

---

Section: Imaging, Accessories

JOBO AG has added the new Photo Display PDJ152 digital photo frame to its lineup of digital imaging products. The PDJ152 is a sleek-looking 15-inch digital photo frame with three interchangeable clip-on acrylic frames in black, white and silver color. It boasts of a TFT-color display that promises to give justice to digital photos by displaying them in a 1024 x 768 pixel resolution with a high contrast ratio of 400:1.

The PDJ152 digital frame offers two ways of transferring photos into its internal memory. One is as easy as inserting a memory card into the frame’s memory card slot. Or images can also be transferred into the frame by using a supplied USB OTG cable that can be connected to a USB device or to a PC. The digital frame also comes with a wall mount kit and a remote control unit which lets you control the display from afar In addition it’s slideshow feature allows you to zoom photos up to 4x.

The PDJ152 digital photo frame will retail for around $500.

Product [JOBO] Via [Imaging Resource]

Full Story » | Written by Arnold Zafra for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »

---

Have you heard of the new iPhone 3G? One of our Apple ninjas came through for us, and we’ve got some unboxing goodness for you to enjoy. Yes sir — iPhone 3G is in the BGR offices! First impressions? It’s black and shiny. In all seriousness, it’s very sleek, the chrome buttons look great, and it feels just as good as the first one. Our unit is not activated though, so we couldn’t actually explore anything. But then again, we’ve definitely seen OS 2.0 before. Thoughts? We’ve got some awesome detailed pictures all up in our gallery, and we even included some sexy iPhone on iPhone action shots for all y’all wanting to see them side by side. Check it out!

P.S. Hit us up if you want some video hotness on this… not sure if we’re going to do it yet.

Click on over to our iPhone 3G unboxing gallery!

Share / E-mail This