The race to produce a display with the highest pixel density has a new leader. Today, Toshiba introduced its 4-inch HD display, running at a jaw-dropping 720×1280 for an industry best 367ppi. Taking the title from Apple’s Retina display is no small feat, let’s find out more about Toshiba’s amazing screen.
May, 2011
The elephant in the room for Windows Media Center users has long been availability of native HD content from cable providers. Following ATI’s brief stint with external CableCARD tuners, workarounds were achieved by using the Hauppauge HD-PVR or more recently, the Centon InfiniTV 4. Today, a new and affordable networked CableCARD solution exists, say hello to the Silicon Dust HDHomeRun PRIME.
The HTC Flyer is a very different type of slate computer. It’s no iPad or Eee Pad, but a virtual Filofax designed to be carried at all times: it’s almost a return to the era of the Palm Pilot and the PDA. But on crack. Read on and find out whether it’s worth slapping down for one here in our HTC Flyer review.
The big red network’s just announced a new Android smartphone, the Vodafone Smart. It’s a sequel of sorts to the rather woeful Vodafone 845, but this time it’s sporting much more spruced up specs: though the screen is a mere 2.8-inches wide with a 320×240 resolution, it is capacitive so it reacts to finger presses rather than a fusty stylus. It’s also running a more recent version of Android 2.2, and comes with various back plates you can switch in and out.
The Vodafone Smart will be available on Pay As You Go on release, though a launch date and price are still TBC. However, it’ll have to come in well under £90 if it’s to beat the ZTE-made Orange San Francisco, which packs more pixels per pound than any other handset we’ve ever tested. We’ll keep you posted, and in the meantime click the gallery for images.
It’s been another busy morning in tech: let’s see just what went down in our bite-sized, super digestible lunchtime lowdown news round up, shall we? Read on, chaps and chapesses.
LA Noire is a game like no other: where previous Rockstar games have stuck to tried and tested sandbox shooter mechanics, this Team Bondi developed thriller takes an entirely different approach, making you use your noggin rather than your trigger finger.
Our full review is coming very soon, but in the meantime, we thought we’d round up everything you need to know about the game and its development right here. Read on for the lowdown!
Want to unlock your door with your iPhone? There’s an app for that. Yep, really. Lockitron is now selling a hardware and app package that lets you unlock and lock your door via text, using an Android or iPhone app or with a combination of an NFC-enabled phone like the Google Nexus S and the a NFC tag.
You can see the whole system in action after the break and Lockitron says its system is compatible with most popular lock styles. Lockitron connects your phone to the door lock via a device that you plug into your internet router. It does look awesome but we’re a little scared of what would happen if Lockitron’s servers went down. Click through to see Lockitron in action…