Navteq to use their maps in select Panasonic Lumix cameras

Navteq to use their maps in select Panasonic Lumix cameras

by Edwin - on March 31, 2011

Navteq is definitely a name that many of you have heard of before if you’re familiar with GPS navigation devices, as the company does offer its fair share of maps that ain’t too shabby to say the least. Well, the world of consumer electronics does seem to move towards another level of convergence with digital cameras, too, entering the GPS fray.
Of course, we already have geotagging going on for some time, but the newest Panasonic LUMIX DMC-TZ20/ZS10 and DMC-FT3/TS3 digital cameras will benefit from Navteq’s map and location content.
The cameras mentioned are the latest members of Panasonic’s acclaimed Lumix Series of digital cameras, where with the help of Navteq, you can geographically organize your photos in an effortless manner, letting you determine the exact location of where the photo was taken and when. Apart from that, there is also a timestamp feature that lets you determine the precise date and time a photo was taken.
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Guzzini Espresso Coffee Machine

Guzzini Espresso Coffee Machine

by Edwin - on March 31, 2011

There is nothing quite like waking up early in the morning to a nice, steaming hot cup of coffee. Of course, it takes a seasoned hand to know how to make a good cuppa, but then again a good machine would also probably do its part in the process. The Guzzini Espresso Coffee Machine that will come in both red and white color choices is now available for pre-order, and it isn’t an April Fool’s joke when it ships on April 1st for £134.99 each.
Experience an eye-opening dose of a perfectly brewed cup of coffee in the morning with the Guzzini Espresso Coffee Machine, where it is not only simple to use, it is also small and extremely tasteful in design. Capable of accommodating freshly ground coffee and ESE pods, the Guzzini would be comfortable residing in just about any kitchen, regardless of whether it is an apartment or a huge landed piece of property.

Hasbro My3DNow comes to the iPhone

by Mark R - on April 1st, 2011

If you grew up in the seventies, you might remember a toy known as a Viewmaster.
If you don’t remember it, it sort of looked like this My3DNow that you see here, except instead of sticking an iPhone in front of the binocular viewer, you stuck this circular reel, and you could see still images in 3D.
I guess since many people are demanding 3D for their movies and home content, it was only a matter of time before someone perfected it for the iPhone. If nothing else, this should tide you over until the iPhone does get a glasses-free 3D screen. (I’m sure that will happen eventually if these glasses-free 3D mobile phone screens make it big.)
The plan for the My3DNow is to get programs with 3D content on the iPhone, and then view it with these along with headphones. I wonder how Avatar will look on these, but it will probably not be as good as the theater.
If you want to get the My3DNow from Hasbro, then you should be able to get to Target on April 3rd for a price of about $35. If you want, you can get more information and even possibly pre-order it at My3DNow.com.

T-Mobile Releases Hands On Sidekick 4G Video

T-Mobile announced the new Sidekick 4G Android smartphone earlier this week, and now they have released a hands on video which shows us some of the features as well as the user interface on the new T-Mobile Sidekick 4G.
As a reminder of the specifications, the T-Mobile Sidekick 4G is made by Samsung and it comes with Google’s Android OS, and features a 3.5 inc Super AMOLED display plus a slide out QWERTY keyboard, have a look at the video of it in action below.

Other specifications on the Sidekick 4G include a custom TouchWiz user interface, and it will come with Android 2.2 Froyo, there is also a front facing VGA camera for video calls and a three megapixel camera on the back.

New Google Chrome Logo

Following on from the new logo design for Google Chromium, Google has now released a new logo design for its Chrome browser which follows in the same flattened style of the Chromium one.
The new Chrome logo is currently only available within the Developer channel and was released in the Chrome 11.0.696.12 version released yesterday. As with the Chromium logo the new Chrome logo is expected to roll out across other stable versions in the future.

Comparing the new with the old logos pictured below, you can see how the new designs have lost their 3D appearance and are now a more stylised, cleaner, flattened version of the original. The images above and below, show the Google Chromium logo on the left and the Chrome logo on the right.

What do you think? Is it an improvement or did you prefer the 3D look?

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NGP Digital & Physical Games To Be Released Day & Date

Sony’s definitely one to work harder at succeeding where they previously failed, the NGP itself is proof of that. And they’ve hardly had a more stinging or recent failure than the PSP Go. You may remember it as that digital-only console Sony made and then released UMD-only games for usb flash drive.

“One thing we learnt from PSP, is that we want to have simultaneous delivery in digital and physical for NGP,” SCEE president Andrew House explained. “Just to clarify that, all games that appear physically will be made available digitally.” That’s nice and all, but a word of advice, Sony.
My platform strategy experience is shall we say limited, but it would be neat if people who buy a physical copy of the game would get the digital copy for free. Just something to mull over while you go through George Hotz’s underwear drawer or whatever it is you do for fun these days.

Nintendo 3DS Is The Most Pre-ordered Console On Amazon UK

The Nintendo 3DS is scheduled to go on sale in the UK next week, on Friday March the 25th, and it has been available to pre-order on Amazon and a number of other retailers.
Amazon UK has released some details on the amount of pre-orders for the Nintendo 3DS, and whilst they don’t quote any specific unit sales, they have revealed that the Nintendo 3DS has now taken the title of the most pre-ordered console.

According to Amazon, the previous record was held by Sony’s PlayStation 3, and they have now received 20 percent more pre-orders for the Nintendo 3DS.
“It’s unusual for a handheld console to attract this amount of excitement in the run up to launch, such high levels of interest are normally reserved for the play-at-home hardware like the ground-breaking Nintendo Wii and last year’s Microsoft Kinect,” said Amazon UK’s usb director of video games, Chris Poad.
It will be interesting to see how populat the Nintendo 3DS becomes, it could end up becoming the most popular handheld games console if sales figures keep up with the pre-order figures.