HTC Sensation XL With Beats Audio Gets Official

We have been hearing about the HTC Sensation XL, which was codenamed the HTC Runnymede, for a while now, its official and it comes with a 4.7 inch multi-touch touchscreen Super LCD display with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels.

Processing is provided by a single core 1.5GHz processor and it comes with Android plus HTC Sense, it also features an 8 megapixel camera with an F2.2 lens, a dual LED flash and a BSI sensor, it is capable of recording HD video in 720p.

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Microsoft Says The Zune HD Isn’t Dead Yet

Yesterday we published an article which said that Microsoft had decided to discontinue the Zune HD, the news came direct from Microsoft themselves, who posted the following statement on a support page.

Euro Space Agency Reveals Plans For Interstellar Conquest

Despite the poor fiscal state that much of the Western world is in, this setback doesn’t mean man’s aspirations to travel beyond our planet have gone away. The European Space Agency have announced two of its most ambitious missions to date that will broaden our collective knowledge about the universe. The initiators of these grand endeavors are pictured below.

Drinking Thru Ice Straws Will Make Your Brain Numb

If you’ve ever tried sipping really cold beverages, you know what we mean. The intensity of cold liquid running through your mouth leaves a sensation that’s both excruciating and unsettling at the same time. Forgive the excessive dramatization, but little else can be written about these newfangled ice straws that really grabs the reader y the collar.

Toshiba’s new ad breaks Guinness World Record

I remember seeing all sorts of examples of “bullet time” a year before The Matrix came out, and then I ended up seeing years of knock-offs. This commercial by Toshiba called “Time Sculpture” is “bullet time” with a machine gun.

Go ahead and watch the video after the jump, and you will see how impressive simple moves are when put together, and viewed in 360 degrees. I hope that you appreciate the work that went into it.

It took 200 cameras on a rig to get this shot, and the circular rig that surrounded the actors had to be taken out with a computer. It took about 110 hours worth of film with 20 terabytes of data, and it has broken the Guinness Book of World Records as the highest number of moving image cameras in a composite shot.

LG Optimus 3D finally launched, deets and price inside

After relentless months of continuous teasing, LG’s Optimus 3D, the company’s first 3D smartphone has finally landed locally. The Optimus 3D still sports a large, 4.3-inch 3D LCD touchscreen, a dual-core, 1GHz ARM Cortex A9 processor, 8GB of storage and comes with a 3D capable 5 megapixel camera for taking 3D photos and videos (though you’re limited to 720P for 3D videos, 1080P for good ol’ 2D).

APP OF THE DAY: Bit64 review (Android)

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For many the N64 represents the pinnacle of console gaming. It was the first time serious 3D graphics and gaming were brought to the living room and had some of the best titles Nintendo ever produced.

HTC Sensation XL vs Samsung Galaxy S II

Which will you be spending big on?

The HTC Sensation XL now makes that three flagship Android handsets from the Taiwanese mobile makers. Peter Chou and his team have also once again team up with Dr Dre and Jimmy Iovine to bring Beats Audio software and headphones to an HTC smartphone and that gives this package one hell of an extra shine, but is it quite shiny enough?

Contour GPS Camera

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The Contour GPS Camera attaches to your helmet to take hands-free movies on the slopes. It produces high quality full HD videos. And the built-in GPS also tracks your location, speed and elevation. This information is used to create overlay maps for your videos that show where you were when the movie was taken. See below for a demo video.

The ContourGPS has Bluetooth support and there's a mobile App that turns your iPhone or iPod Touch into a viewfinder. You get a goggle mount in the box (as well as surface mounts). You get a 2GD Micro SD card (you might want to get an additional card) and the Contour GPS has a rechargeable battery - you can get a spare battery for an extra 2 hours recording.

Steven Spielberg Halo Movie Rumors Alive Once Again

Here we go again. Steven “The Man” Spielberg is going to be on top of Halo the movie thanks to a cryptic press release. This story unravels like a thriller, so be warned. The intriguing part is despite the lack of credible evidence, the movie is supposed to be out by next year. Time to examine the facts.

Selk’Bag Camping Apparel Is Beyond Words

Exactly, since it’s more than an outdoor suit and a mere sleeping mat. It’s something else; a whole new breed. For adventurers who prefer frigid climes, a Chilean graphic artist has conceived the ultimate in outdoor wear. It’s called a Selk’Bag after an indigenous Andean tribe. What it does is insulate the wearer from the bone-aching cold while also doubling as a sleeping bag.

Ali Spagnola’s Power Album Shot Glass USB

I would have to say that I have no personal experience with drinking games. I can honestly say that this product is not for me, and I don’t think I can recommend it simply because I didn’t try it out.

At least I didn’t try out the drinking part. The Shot Glass USB comes with a USB drive that has 60 songs, all of them approximately one minute long. As the first song by Ali Spagnola states, you take a drink after each song ends.

In case you are worried about getting too drunk to hold the shot glass, it comes with a removable lanyard. The USB drive full of the music stashes nicely underneath the cup itself.

Road Torq from Eton

Eton is very good at making emergency products that are crank-powered, and the Road Torq is specifically designed for automobiles.

Have you ever had to change a tire at night? Not much fun, is it? The Road Torq won’t make the task any more fun, but it will make it easier, and safer. The Road Torq is a light with three retractable legs for easy storage that also give it the power to stand up on its built-in tripod.

The Road Torq has a 1.7 W LED flashlight with 90 lumens, and it is on a hinge so you can shine the light at some good angles. On the opposite site of the flashlight are 3 red LED flashing beacon lights, which will alert other drivers that you are at work.

Nextbook Premium 8 Android Tablet Launches

If you are going to try and break into the tablet market with a new offering, you need to either be clearly better than the competition or you need to be lots cheaper. The Nextbook Premium 8 is going for the cheaper side of that equation apparently. The company has a new tablet called the Premium 8.

HIOD One Lets Bicyclists Chat Handsfree

I am not a big bicycle rider, but I live off a highway where during the few cool months of the year in Texas you will see massive packs of bicyclists riding. The thing I have noticed when they zip by my neighborhood is that they have to scream to be heard when talking.

Each iPhone 4S Costs Apple $203 To Make, Says Report

A report has been compiled by the UBM research firm revealing the estimated cost to make a new iPhone 4S costs Apple approximately $200. UBM has analysed the overall cost history and the breakdown of each major component within the new iPhone 4S, an estimated a cost of $203 for each 32GB model produced.

Which puts it in around the same range as last years iPhone 4. Apple is selling their new 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB iPhone 4S models for $649, $749, and $849, respectively.

Microsoft Planning Universal Gaming Portal?

Microsoft may have some big plans for its Xbox gaming service in the future according to a recent report, Microsoft is planning a universal gaming portal that would let you play your purchased games on a number of devices.

According to the report, if you purchase a game for one platform, say the Xbox 360, you would also be able to play the game on your PC or Windows Phone 7 smartphone, without having to buy another copy of the game for each device.

Pantech Vega LTE Android Smartphone With HD Display Announced

Pantech has announced its latest Android smartphone, the Pantech Vega LTE, which will come with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and features a 4.5 inch multi-touch touchscreen HD display.

The 4.5 inch display features a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, and it is powered by a dual core 1.5GHz processor, plus 1GB of RAM and 16GB of built in storage.

Miramax Considering Partnership With Google TV And YouTube

This week the film distributor Miramax’s CEO Mike Lang has revealed that the company would like start a content partnership going with Google’s YouTube and Google TV.

During an interview with New Media Age at the MIPCOM conference in Cannes, Lang explained that Miramax is aiming to expand its digital distribution content partners and hopes to include Google TV and YouTube within its partnerships.

Miramax is well known for its films such as Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, The English Patient and My Left Foot along, together with cult hits like Amelie and Chocolat.

Blizzard Unveils Diablo 3 Weapons & Equipment

If you are looking forward to playing the new Diablo 3 game when it launches next year you might be interested to know that Blizzard have now unveiled the equipment and weapons that will be available to classes within the game. Including some very tasty statistics and DPS scores. However the list doesn’t show the statistics they will produce once you have crafted and modified them. Enjoy!

Rdio Launches Ad Free On Demand Music Streaming

The guys over at Rdio just dropped us an email to let us know about the launch of their free, on demand music service offering with no ads, which the company said will redefine the digital music pace.

Users of the new service will be able to stream full music tracks on demand, see and hear what their friends are listening too, and share their favourite tunes on Twitter and Facebook.

Pandigital SuperNova Android Tablet Announced

Pandigital has announced their latest Android tablet, the Pandigital SuperNova which comes with an 8 inch touchscreen display and features a resolution of 800 x 600 pixels.

The Pandigital SuperNova will come with Android Gingerbread and features a single core 1GHz processor, and 4GB of built in storage plus a microSD card slot.

Garmin Forerunner 910XT Sport Watch Targets Hardcore Swimmers And Triathletes (video)

Garmin has unveiled a new sports watch the Garmin Forerunner 910XT which has been designed with hardcore swimmers and triathletes in mind. The Garmin Forerunner 910XT watch is the only all-in-one GPS-enabled device that is able to provides detailed swim metrics and tracks distance, speed/pace, elevation and heart rate for running and cycling in one device.

BluestSoft DiskArchiver OneTouch Home

Many a time, we are told to make a backup of all our work, but the daily (or weekly, depending on your backup schedule) 

discipline seems to escape us majority of the time. Well, we tell ourselves, “If only there was something that can perform those backups for us with minimal effort.” Come on now, if you value your hard work on the digital platform, surely you would take all the necessary precautions to ensure there is a copy somewhere? I suppose since you’re all busy folk, a gadget that takes out most of the guesswork is perfect.

Hence the relatively small BluestSoft DiskArchiver OneTouch Home being introduced, where this USB device shares somewhat similar dimensions with that of the iPhone – albeit carrying not the functionality of a portable media player cum communications device, but will be embedded with powerful backup software instead.

HEX supports new iPod nano with polycarbonate Icon band

We were introduced to a new iPod nano just a couple of days ago, and you can bet your bottom dollar that companies are scrambling to churn out accessories for Apple’s little portable media player that could in order to capture a slice of the market. Well, HEX is an old hand at Apple peripherals, and they continue this tradition by unveiling a new line ofIcon watch bands.

They are created in a vibrant range of custom polycarbonate, making the HEX Icon watch band the perfect accessory when the latest generation iPod nano is placed in it. Since you have 16 different kinds of clocks to choose from with the new nano, you can be sure that having the HEX Icon wrapped around your wrist is a surefire way of wearing a “new” watch every single day, more or less. There are also integrated buttons as well as easy access to the iPod nano’s 30-pin connector for compatibility with other accessories.

You will be able to choose from five colors including blue, green, purple, white and black, while a ceramic-like texture adds more detail to the timepiece. If you’re interested, the Icon watch band will retail for $39.95 apiece.

iPhone 4S Pre-Orders On Verizon Start October 7th 3:01 AM

Verizon Wireless has announced that it will start taking pre-orders on Apple’s fifth generation iPhone, the iPhone 4S from tomorrow, Friday the 7th of October at 3:01AM EST.

The iPhone 4S will be available on a range of different contracts with Verizon Wireless, with prices starting at $199 when you sign up to a new 24 month contract.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Google Nexus Prime) Specifications Revealed

Samsung and Google are expected to show off their first Android Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone next week, we have already seen a teaser video on the Samsung Google Nexus Prime, and now according to the BGR we have the full specifications for the device.

According the the BGR the Samsung Google Nexus Prime will be called the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and it will come with Android 3.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and will feature a 1 4.65 inch Super AMOLED HD Display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, and it will feature a curved glass display.

Apple’s iPod Nano 7th Generation Teardown

The team over at iFixit have already been busy on Apple’s latest 7th generation iPod Nano to which they have already applied their tools to see what makes the new Nano tick.

As expected there are no screws to access the case of the Nano but iFixit had little trouble opening it up to reveal a few of the same components as with the 6th iPod Nano such as the same 240×240 pixel  touchscreen display. However a few things did require a little more effort than others dude to the amount of glue holding components in place.

SMELLIT Aroma System Brings Smells To Your Movies And Games

Smell-a-vision is not a new concept but now Olf-action are hoping to enhance your movies and gaming experience with a new aroma device called SMELLIT. Its been designed to provide a four dimension to your gaming and movies by providing a range of smells to compliment your experience as you watch or play.

Olf-action has already designed and constructed a similar smell-synchronisation device for use in movie theaters called Odoravision, so there is a good chance that the SMELLIT system might actually make the jump from concept to production some time soon.

Sprint Taking Pre-Orders On iPhone 4 Today, iPhone 4S From Tomorrow

Earlier today we heard that Sprint would be offering the new iPhone 4S in the US with an unlimited data plan, and now Sprint has put the original iPhone 4 up for pre-order from today, and you will be able to pre-order the new iPhone 4S from Sprint from tomorrow.

Sprint are obviously hoping that their unlimited data plan will attract iPhone fans to their network, as both AT&T and Verizon Wireless no longer offer unlimited data with the iPhone.

Alien Dalvik 2.0 Brings Android Apps To Your iPad

If you are the proud owner of an iPad you might be interested to know that a new application called Alien Dalvik  is under development, that will allow you to run Android applications directly from your Apple iPad.

Myriad the developers of the new app will be demonstrating their Alien Dalvik 2.0 app running Android apps on Apple’s iPad, for the first time, at CTIA Enterprise & Applications 2011 this month. The CTIA Enterprise & Applications 2011 conference runs from October 11th – 13th October.

Plextor Announces New M2P Series Solid State Drives

Plextor has announced a new range of Solid State Drive, the Plextor M2P series, and these new SSDs are the follow up to the Plextor M2S series that were announced earlier in the year.

They will be available in 128GB and 256G capacities, and feature random read and write speeds of 70,000 / 65,000 IOPS, and according to Plextor they are designed to be reliable even after years of continuous use.

HP Flyer Dropped To $100 At Best Buy

It looks like Best Buy may be trying to get rid of some HTC Flyer tablets, earlier in the week we heard that best Buy had dropped the Android tablet down from$499.99 down to $299.99.

Now it would appear that Best Buy has dropped the price of the HTC Flyer tablet down to $99.99, although at this price we suspect they will sell out of the tablet pretty quick.

Spotify Arrives On Your TV Via Western Digital’s TV Live

Today Western Digital have unveiled their fifth incarnation of the WD TV media player which now provides Spotify and Wi-fi connectivity. Unlike previous versions of the WD TV device the latest WD TV Live device has no built-in internal storage and only comes equipped with one HDMI connection.

As with Western Digitals previous TV devices it will allow you to stream digital content including photos, music, and video in virtually all popular formats and with support for different audio streams and subtitles.

RFID Music Table Created Using Arduino, iPod And RFID Tags (video)

A cool RFID music table has been created using Arduino, iPod and RFID tags to make it easy to change albums by simply changing the RFID tag. Each RFID tag has an individual code number relating the album and tracks on it which is them played from a connected iPod.

The design has been created for a disabled child who has trouble loading disks in to CD players and navigating menus using small buttons on mp3 players. To understand exactly how the concept works watch the video after the jump to see it in action.

Mozilla Blocks Firefox McAfee Add-Ons Due To Excessive Crashes

McAfee’s Firefox plugins, Site Advisor and Script Scan have been causing a few problems lately for Firefox users and have been crashing the browser more often than not, resulting in Mozilla now blocking the scripts from Firefox for the second time this year.

Users of Firefox 6.0.2 and Firefox 7 seem to be most affected with the add-ons creating around 3,432 and 6,691 crashes in the week ending September 28th.

A Closer Look At The New Samsung Google Nexus Prime

Yesterday Samsung released a teaser video of the new Nexus Prime Android smartphone, which is the latest smartphone in Google’s Nexus range, and we got a brief glimpse at what the handset will look like from the side profile.

One Reddit users decided to do some work on the image with Photoshop, and the first image below is what he came up with, you can see the original Samsung photo below, which is the second one.

BT Openreach Will Offer 300Mbps Broadband In The UK By 2012

BT Openreach one of the UK’s main broadband providers has announced this week that its launched its Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) product which will enable 300mbps broadband in key locations around the UK by Spring 2012.

Currently six initial locations have been selected:  Bradwell Abbey in Milton Keynes, Highams Park in North London, Ashford in Middlesex, Chester South, York and St Austell. But BT Openreach hopes to roll out the new super fast broadband to more locations.

Disc Dumbbell Concept Makes Use Of Your Old CD,DVDs

If you have piles of old CD and DVDs discs lying around, you could use this innovative dumbbell concept to put them to good use and even help you workout and add a little muscle at the same time.

The unique disc dumbbells concept have been designed by Seung-il Kim and allow you to use the old discs as weights within the dumbbells. Recycling those old redundant discs in the process to create a handy pair of weights.

Dell Streak Pro 10 Gets Android 3.2 Honeycomb Update

The Dell Streak Pro 10 went on sale in China recently and came with Android 3.1, Dell has just released the Android 3.2 update for the Dell Streak Pro which brings a range of new features to Dell’s latest Android tablet.

The Dell Streak Pro 10 features a 10.1 inch multi-touch display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, and it comes with Android Honeycomb and features a 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and 1GB of RAM.

Kindle 4 Now Has A $30 Advert Opt-out Option

If you have purchased the new Kindle 4 device supported by special offer adverts, but have come to the decision that actually you can live without them. Amazon has now made it possible to remove adverts from your new Kindle 4 device via a $30 advert opt-out upgrade available from the Amazon Online Store.

To remove the adverts from your Kindle 4 device visit the ‘Manage your Kindle’ webpage where you can edit your subscriptions for the newest entry-level Kindle 4 e-reader.

Real Racing 2 HD Update Enables Wireless Splitscreen Multiplayer On iPhone 4S And iPad 2 (video)

If you enjoy a little racing on your iOS device you will be please to know that Firemint, the developers of the awesome Real Racing 2 HD racing app have this week announced a new updated which will bring with it wireless splitscreen multiplayer features.Currently you can stream the game wirelessly from an iPad 2 through an Apple TV onto a bigger HD screen but the new v1.2 update will feature a Party Play mode. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action.