KDDI’s WiMAX-Capable Galaxy S II Detailed

Samsung has pushed its Galaxy S II smartphone to a variety of markets and with a great deal of capabilities inside. A new model is getting ready to emerge, and will land on shelves at Japanese wireless carrier KDDI with WiMAX connectivity. At KDDI, the new smartphone will feature model number ISW11SC when made available for purchase, and will run under Google’s Android 2.3 operating system.  The new mobile phone will arrive on shelves with a large 4.7-inch touchscreen HD Super AMOLED display with that can deliver a 1280 x 720 pixels resolution and will be powered by a 1.4GHz dual core  application processor.   The specs list of this device will include 11GB of user accessible memory, complemented by a microSD memory card slot...

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Fujitsu ARROWS μ F-07D Arriving at NTT Docomo on January 20

Fujitsu announced the ARROWS μ F-07D last year, in November, and mentioned vaguely that the smartphone would be available during 2012 at NTT Docomo. Touted the slimmest Android phone available in the market at that time, Fujitsu ARROWS μ F-07D is only 6.7mm thin, only 0.3mm thicker than the recently announced Huawei Ascend P1 S. The folks over at TechCrunch have learned that the Fujitsu ARROWS μ F-07D is expected to hit shelves this Friday, January 20. NTT Docomo will sell the smartphone for a price that will be disclosed in due time. Some of the highlights of the waterproof Android-powered phone include: 1.4 GHz single core processor, 512MB of RAM, 1GB of ROM, NFC and DLNA support, IrDA and Wi-Fi connectivity, microSD...

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Specs of Sony LT22i Nypon Emerge

Next month, Sony should make official new handsets in the Xperia series, and the previously leaked Nypon is one of them.  The smartphone emerged into the wild a few times before, but only a few details on its capabilities were made available.  The handset’s specs list has made an appearance on XperiaBlog recently, so we can learn some more on what Sony might have is store for us in the near future. Sony hasn’t delivered an official announcement on the new smartphone as of yet, but it might announce it as soon as next month during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.  Sony’s LT22i Nypon will hit the market with a NovaThor U8500 dual-core application processor inside, with each core clocked in at 1GHz.  Moreover, the...

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Asus Rampage IV Formula LGA 2011 Motherboard Gets Video Preview

Outside of the Rampage IV Gene that we talked about earlier, Asus’ ROG LGA 2011 motherboard lineup also includes the Rampage IV Formula, a board that comes as a slightly cut back version of the Extreme. The Formula was recently the subject of a close picture preview, and Slashgear reports that even though it packs pretty much the same features as the Rampage IV Extreme the motherboard manages to stay within the standard ATX form factor. Another thing that is easy to notice when taking a look at the Formula is that Asus has decided to give up the eight DIMM sockets of its older brother and instead used only four such ports. Power to the CPU socket is now delivered by an 11-phase Digi+ VRM, while the processor is linked to four PCI-Express...

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Windows 8 Tablets with 720p Cameras, 10GB of Free Memory

Windows 8 tablet PCs will have to arrive on shelves with a minimum set of components, the newly published hardware requirement documentation for Windows 8 logo certification shows.  With such requirements in place, Microsoft wants to make sure that upcoming devices will not lag in performance, and that users will have the experience intended.  This is not something new for Microsoft, as the company adopted a similar approach with Windows Phone (some suggest that these limitations might have prevented the OS from taking off). For example, these tablet PCs will have to pack a minimum of 10GB of internal memory after the initial setup process completes and all things are up and running.  Moreover, Microsoft imposes that there...

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More Details on Sony Ericsson MT27i Pepper Leak

The first details on Sony Ericsson MT27i Pepper leaked about a month ago when everyone thought that the smartphone might be announced during the International Consumer Electronics Show. The folks over at XperiaBlog have learned from sources close to the matter that the Xperia Pepper is a mid-end Android smartphone, which is considered to be Xperia neo V true successor. The phone’s rumored specs sheet includes a 3.7-inch Reality capacitive touchscreen display, a 1 GHz dual core processor, as well as dual cameras. More details on the upcoming Sony Ericsson MT27i Pepper have just been revealed by XperiaBlog, such as the Mali-400 MP graphics processing unit, which confirms that the smartphone will be delivered with ST-Ericsson’s NovaThor chipset. The...

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Nokia Gears Up for Delivering MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan to N950

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is preparing the release of a new software update for its Nokia N950 developer handset, namely MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan.  The company has already informed developers of the availability of this software update, though it did not deliver a specific release date for it, MyNokiaBlog notes.  One of the changes that Harmattan 1.2 will bring along is a system font change, which will impact developers and their applications for the mobile operating system.  “We have done our best to ensure full binary compatibility from Harmattan 1.0 and 1.1 (and 1.1.1 Arabic) to Harmattan 1.2, but we want to offer developers the opportunity to test and verify their apps on the real thing before actual global roll out...

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Raspberry Pi Linux PC Enters Mass Production

Raspberry Pi, a miniature computer with an estimate cost of just $25 (€18.5) and that will most probably run a Linux distro or RISC OS, has entered mass production, according to one of its creators, Eben Upton.  Raspberry Pi is being developed in China and the first shipment should number in the thousands. They will undergo a small testing period, of about two days, and then they will be made available to general public, at first in the United Kingdom market. Raspberry Pi Foundation, the developers of this amazing mini-computer, have funded their work by selling mini-motherboards (ten models). They went on Ebay for ridiculously high prices, some people even paying $5000 (€ 3900) for one item.  Raspberry Pi relies on an ARM...

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EVGA Precision 2.1.2 Available for Download

Good news for the enthusiasts who are into graphic card tuning: a new version of EVGA's proprietary utility, codenamed Precision.  Reaching version 2.1.2, the EVGA Precision brings an integrated GPU Voltage Tuner to offer you more information on your graphic cards. As for the rest, you get the same high flexibility by using up to 10 profiles with in-game assignable keys, independent/ synchronous fan and clock settings, or temperature view in the system tray. The Core and Shader clocks can be altered independently thanks to the Link/ Unlink capability, while the on-screen real-time function allows you to view instantaneous data relating to framerate, temperature or clock monitoring. While offering 4 preset skins, the EVGA Precision 2.1.2...

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Microsoft’s Requirements for Windows 8 Tablet PCs

Microsoft and its partners are gearing up for the release of the first Windows 8 devices later this year, when the platform hits gold status and becomes commercially available. The Redmond-based company wants to make sure that devices running Windows 8 will deliver specific capabilities to their users, and has come up with a specific set of requirements for manufacturers to take into consideration.  The same as it did with the Windows Phone platform, Microsoft wanted to make sure that upcoming devices met Windows performance, quality, and feature criteria, and released the hardware requirement documentation for Windows 8 logo certification.  One of the features that devices will have to include is the option to disable the Secure...

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TP-LINK Intros the TL-WR702N, ‘World’s Smallest’ Router

TP-LINK has recently uncovered a new range of networking products at this year’s CES 2012 fair, including the TL-WR702N router which the company touts as being the smallest device of this type released so far. More compact than a credit card, the TL-WR702N supports speeds up to 150Mbps and was designed so that it gets its power from a microUSB slot that can also be connected to a PC.  Another product released by TP-LINK together with the TL-WR702N is the TL-MR3040 portable 3G battery powered Wireless N router which also supports transfer speeds up to 150Mbps. The built-in battery pack of the TL-MR3040 is said to deliver up to 4.5hours of autonomy, which should definitely be enough for most users. “Championing innovation and ensuring...

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Thecus Launches N4800 NAS with Intel Atom N2700 CPU

Thecus has just announced that it updated its product range with a new NAS solution, known as the N4800, which comes powered by Intel’s Atom N2700 processor and is designed in order to be used by small and medium businesses. The N4800 server can support up to four 3.5-inch SATA drives sporting up to 3TB of storage space and these can be setup to run either in a JBOD mode or in various RAID arrays, including RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, or 10. Additional storage devices can be attached via two frontal USB 2.0 ports and a pair of USB 2.0 ports, the Thecus N4800 also featuring an eSATA connectors for linking an external hard drive.  Another interesting feature of the N4800 is the inclusion of an HDMI output which allows users to connect an external...

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HP TouchPad Gets Android 4.0, Cyanogen Mod 9 Video Available

Yet again, the webOS tablet, which sold in droves after it was pronounced dead and buried, has become the subject of Internet talks, this time due to the impending support for Ice Cream Sandwich.  It was not unknown that people were working on an unofficial Android 4.0 port for HP's TouchPad tablet, which run webOS by default.  Still, since the CyanogenMod team actually got far enough that they were able to put up a promo video, it was obvious that some attention would be drawn.  CyanogenMod 9 is a customized version of the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system that Google released last year.  Android 4.0 was especially optimized for tablets that lack all the standard Android buttons, even more so than Android...

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CyanogenMod 9 Music App Now Available for Download

Andrew Neal, the guy behind the CyanogenMod 9 Music app that replaces the old stock music player has just released the final version of the application and will soon release it in the Android Market.  The application comes with a level of customization that cannot be found in any other application for Android devices, the developer claims. First of all, most of the functions of the application are only a click away. Shopping via Android Market, sharing songs or set favorite songs as ring tones, as well as delete and search certain songs can be done with just one push. Although CyanogenMod 9 Music app can be installed on older versions of Google’s Android platform, the application runs best on Ice Cream Sandwich platform. Those who do...

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Windows 8’s Resilient File System (ReFS) Gets Detailed

Windows 8 is bound to bring along a wide range of changes from the previous versions of Microsoft’s client. Some of them will affect the storage capabilities of the platform as well.  The platform brings along a newly engineered file system, which sports the name of ReFS (Resilient File System). Built on NTFS, it offers backwards compatibility while ensuring that the platform benefits from a new generation of storage technologies and scenarios.  In a recent blog post on MSDN, Surendra Verma, a development manager on Microsoft’s Storage and File System team, explains what the new file system in Windows 8 is all about and what it can deliver to  users.   When developing ReFS, Microsoft focused on providing increased compatibility...

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iPhone 5 May Be Waterproof Thanks to ZGO Tech

A technology that repels water from electronics at a molecular level may be used by Apple and Samsung in their forthcoming devices, according to a spokesperson for HZO, the company that makes the product. Pocket-lint has learned from HZO that the company is in the process of signing deals with major smartphone makers, including Apple, to coat their upcoming devices with the magical material. A demonstration video by ZGO (embedded below) reveals that although the coating is invisible to the naked eye, the substance is so powerfully impermeable it can protect an iPod that has been completely submersed in water. The demo uses a player that has been connected to an external speaker while playing a song. Both the iPod and the speaker have been...

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Printer Can Create Artificial Living Tissue

A group of scientists from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), in Switzerland, announces that it's currently working on developing a very special type of printer, one that will be capable of printing artificial living tissues on command.  The new investigation could finally provide research teams around the world with access to biological samples that would otherwise be very difficult to obtain. In turn, this will help scientists develop new treatments for various conditions, and also make it easier for them to test new drugs.  The Swiss team says that the technology development effort is still in its earliest stages, but add that progress thus far has been encouraging. Various research teams have been trying to...

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