[Back this Campaign] This is an Indiegogo campaign that’s passed its fund raising goal already. There are 29 days left, at time of posting, and they’ve raised $30,000 of the $10,000 they were asking for. The keyboard is interesting because it allows for lots more screen space on smartphones and tablets while you’re tying but […]
British scientists create Red Dwarf’s Holly
Read the article on the BBC. This talking head is Zoe. She’s been created by developers in Cambridge. She’s remarkable because she is the most expressive controllable avatar ever created. It’s suggested that Zoe could be used on smartphones or tablets. It’s hard to look at this without thinking of Holly from Red Dwarf. Holly […]
HTC and EE partner for 4G HTC One SV launch
Today the government run auction on the 4G space in the UK starts. However, EE is already active (in some cities) and there are already some 4G LTE phones. HTC has timed this well; announcing their new 4G LTE phone that’ll be available via selected operators and retail partners. The launch partner is EE. The […]
Je-ee-esus! Fenton remake
That ad for ee is based on this YouTube clip which had the UK in stiches. EE is the new name for “Everything Everywhere” which came about from the merger of Orange and T-Mobile networks in the UK. EE got in the news again because it managed to wrangle permission to launch its own 4G […]
Rumour: Could the LG Optimus G Nexus run Key Lime Pie?
Reports and apparent leaks of the expected next Nexus device are coming in. It looks like Google might have picked LG to be the next manufacturer to score the honour of producing the latest Nexus branded phone. One report said; ”I can confirm the next nexus is LG Optimus based. The phone looks surprisingly like […]
Sony Xperia’s “Unleash your music on the world” ad ramps up NFC
Apple has announced an event for September 12th and so the speculation around the iPhone 5 begins. One heated area is NFC (near field communication) and whether the iPhone will support it or not. Lots of people want the feature but some of the best tipped pundits are saying it is unlikely. This Xperia ad […]
The Nikon S800C – the 16 megapixel phone camera
I think this is the natural evolution of the camera phone. After all, I bet most readers reach first for their smartphone to take a picture these days and leave their digital camera only for those trips you suspect will feature a lot of photography. I know I do. So, what is the natural evolution […]
Turn your phone into a robot – meet Romo
I think this is a good idea – but let me know if you disagree. Romo was a Kickstarter project that funded last year and raised just just of $115,000. It lets you turn your smartphone into a robot. Romo is still pretty basic but, we’re told, he’s fast learner. This is him messing around […]
HTC’s new Desire C includes an NFC variant
The headline news is that HTC is launching a Desire C model today. The HTC Desire C. Featuring Beats Audio™ phone might come as a surprise to people who thought HTC was putting all its eggs into the “One” range. The HTC Desire C seems to be trying to be a bit of everything for […]
Race car science as micro arc oxidation helps create HTC One S cases
Sometimes the science aspects of this blog merge with the tech aspects of this blog. Makes sense, right? The surprise is that it doesn’t happen more often. I suspect that the science isn’t often seen as exciting enough by the marketing departments and so no cool videos are created to explain it. Horrah, then, for […]
