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Archerfish mobile video surveillance sees what you want to see

By Paul Best

01:01 June 11, 2009 PDT

The Archerfish surveillance system alerts you by text or video only when certain “ev...

We’re both a watched and watchful society. In spite of the Big Brother overtones, the reality is many like the comfort and sense of secureness that video surveillance brings. And where would reality TV be without security cameras posted on just about every street corner. In a similar fashion, the Archerfish Mobile Video Intelligence surveillance system empowers us to keep a close eye – some might say, spy – on what we value whether it’s our kids, home, business. The difference with the Archerfish system is that alerts you only when you decide something’s up. Read More

Hands on with HTC Touch Pro2

By Dave Weinstein

04:19 April 1, 2009 PDT

Hands on with HTC Touch Pro2

Live from CTIA. Dave Weinstein is on the scene at CTIA in Las Vegas, and was able to get some hands-on time with HTC's latest flagship device, the Touch Pro2. Click through to see the photo gallery of this groundbreaking device. Read More

Plastic Logic eReader to be used by Detroit newspapers

By Darren Quick

20:32 March 31, 2009 PDT

The Plastic Logic Reader with magazine camouflage

Many have predicted that the rise of the internet and the free availability of online news resources would sound the death knell of the humble newspaper. While that hasn’t happened yet the industry realizes it must adapt or indeed face extinction. The Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News have seen the writing on the wall and think the time is right to go digital by partnering with Plastic Logic to offer digital content delivery and distribution with the forthcoming Plastic Logic Reader. Read More

Follow Gizmag on Twitter

By Tim Hanlon

06:07 March 26, 2009 PDT

Gizmag does Twitter

If you're looking for a way to keep up to date with Gizmag, but our RSS feed and e-mail newsletter aren't doing the trick, we've recently added another option that might interest you - a Twitter feed at @gizmag. Read More

Ericsson claiming a major breakthrough in broadband - 500Mbit/s over copper lines

By Paul Evans

17:19 March 22, 2009 PDT

VDSL2 deployment scenarios: fiber to the cabinet (FTTCab), fiber to the exchange (FTTEx),
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The next generation of Super Broadband DSL is just around the corner. Swedish Telecommunications giant Ericsson has demonstrated 500-Mbits/s transmission rates over copper cabling by using new crosstalk cancellation or "vectorized" VDSL2 based modems. The data rate is over 20 times faster than the fastest ADSL2 services currently on offer in most countries. With products using the technology likely to be available by the end of the year, this will open up the possibility of broadband services such as video-on-demand over IPTV networks. Read More

Internode offers 100 Mbps fiber to the home

By Darren Quick

13:42 February 26, 2009 PST

Optical fiber - fast and pretty too

When it comes to the Internet there is no such thing as too fast, and while Fiber to the Home (FTTH) technology is becoming more and more popular internationally with stats showing more than 13 million FTTH-connected homes in Japan, six million in the US, a similar number in China and nearly two million FTTH subscribers in Europe, it's only just reaching countries with lower population densities like Australia. Read More

Skype 4.0 for Windows launched with full-screen video calling

By Noel McKeegan

20:27 February 3, 2009 PST

Skype 4.0 released

Skype has launched version 4.0 for Windows offering full-screen video calling, a new built-in bandwidth manager that optimizes calls in relation to your connection, a new audio codec which promises wideband audio quality using 50% less bandwidth than required by previous versions, plus a number of changes designed to make the user experience easier. Read More

Asus releases world's first Skype-certified standalone Videophone

By Loz Blain

13:50 January 7, 2009 PST

The Asus Eee Videophone AiGuru SV1

January 7, 2009 As Internet connectivity extends further around the world and broadband uptake becomes almost ubiquitous, Skype finds itself in an excellent position dominating the Internet telephony business with its simple, familiar software and free Skype-to-Skype calls around the world. It's certainly our preferred communication tool at Gizmag, keeping our globetrotting team in touch without any fuss. And now it can be completely divorced from the computer, as Asus has shown with its AiGuru SV1 standalone videophone at the 2009 Vegas CES. The US$300 AiGuru can connect to the net through your home wifi, and with its built-in speaker, camera, screen and microphone, you've got a fully functional videophone right out of the box, ready to connect to the world's biggest videophone network. Read More

Zivio Boom Bluetooth headset with flexible, extendable... boom

By Loz Blain

01:52 January 7, 2009 PST

Zivio Bluetooth headset

Phone conversations in noisy environments present interesting challenges for makers of Bluetooth headsets. And while BlueAnt decided to go with a sophisticated noise canceling algorithm, the Zivio Boom goes about the task of getting a clearer voice out of the microphone in a much more old-fashioned way - with an extendable, bendable Nitinol boom mic that you can position right in front of your mouth. How better to isolate your voice? Read More

MAGNET Beyond project envisions the 4G wireless world

By Kyle Sherer

16:26 November 17, 2008 PST

The 4G wireless landscape

Anticipating a future in which individual consumers have hundreds, or even thousands of wireless devices, the EU-funded MAGNET Beyond project has designed a wireless network structure that will easily and securely link them all. The 4G “Network of Everything” would be a secure multi-network, multi-device, multi-user personal network that gives users constant access to all their devices, no matter what the distance is between them. Read More

Eight sweet free iPhone apps we love - and 4 we can't get

By Loz Blain

00:34 October 27, 2008 PDT

Apple's iPhone - our pick of the best free apps

The all-conquering iPhone is a pretty impressive gadget out of the box - but it's the fantastic App Store that really keeps the honeymoon going, giving users access to literally thousands of downloadable third-party applications. From the sublime to the ridiculous, they're only a few taps away - and a large number of them are free. Useful? Sometimes. Perfect? Rarely. Addictive? Hell yes, show me an iPhone user that hasn't thumbed through the app store late at night and I'll show you somebody who should have bought a Nokia. Here's a few of our favorite freebies - and a couple of things we want to know why we can't have! Read More

Smartphone trend report shows continuing growth

By Noel McKeegan

17:55 September 15, 2008 PDT

Apple iPhone doubled US traffic in August according to AdMob

The latest metrics data from advertising firm AdMob provides an interesting snapshot of the continuing rise of smartphone usage in the global marketplace. Smartphones now account for more than a quarter (25.8%) of worldwide traffic according to the company's August figures with the Nokia N70 leading the pack with an 11.7% share. In the US, the BlackBerry 8100 is the weapon of choice garnering 14.7% of traffic but the big mover - somewhat unsurprisingly, is Apple's iPhone, which the report found to be the fastest growing device in the world last month putting it into fourth spot in the US where its traffic doubled (7.8%) and ninth globally ( 3.8%). Read More

DonateBandwidth uses Torrent model to increase internet speeds in developing countries

By Kyle Sherer

09:57 August 28, 2008 PDT

Internet users by country, 2007.
 
 Image via Internetworldstats.com

DonateBandwidth, a project in the alpha phase of testing, will allow users to download data for each other in a fashion similar to BitTorrent. The project aims to establish a communal cache in order to streamline Internet browsing in countries where ISPs are not yet up to the task. Read More

BlueAnt V1 voice controlled Bluetooth headset

By Emily Clark

02:28 August 27, 2008 PDT

BlueAnt V1 voice controlled Bluetooth headset

BlueAnt Wireless has launched the V1 Headset, a totally hands-free unit billed as the "world’s first fully voice controlled Bluetooth 2.1 headset". The new headset allows users to dial and control other call functions on their phone without even looking at it. Read More

Universal mobile phone jammer with 32 foot radius

By Darren Quick

11:00 August 18, 2008 PDT

The Hand-held Portable Universal Cell Phones Jammer
 Pic courtesy Oh Gizmo.

The Hand-held Portable Universal Cell Phones Jammer allows users to block a range of mobile phone frequencies to provide a 32 foot (9 meter) radius cone of silence... but before whipping out that credit card be warned that these devices are illegal in many parts of the world, including the US. Read More

IOCELL's Contents Phone records phone calls to internal hard drive

By Tim Hanlon

02:42 July 28, 2008 PDT

The IOCELL Contents Phone

July 28, 2008 IOCELL's Contents Phone includes a built-in hard drive that enables the hassle-free recording of POTS telephone conversations. Read More

iPhone app helps you find your parked car

By Loz Blain

23:14 July 10, 2008 PDT

G-park application for the iPhone

Here's a handy iPhone application that's set to launch tomorrow when the iPhone 3G drops around the world: G-park is a very simple program. When you park your car, you hit "park me" and it drops a GPS flag on your current location. When you can't remember where you parked, you just hit "where did I park?" and Google maps gives you turn-by-turn directions back to your car. Read More

Sharp flip top, swivel screen mobile phone launches in Japan

By Darren Quick

23:08 July 10, 2008 PDT

The Sharp 923SH.

Sharp has released a new clamshell mobile phone in Japan that boasts a swiveling 3.3-inch, 480 x 845 resolution AQUOS LCD display. The Sharp 923SH can be used as a traditional clamshell handset when making calls, then transformed into a mobile widescreen TV by turning the screen on its side and taking advantage of the in-built 1Seg, (Japan’s mobile terrestrial digital broadcasting service), tuner. The phone’s battery is good for around 4 hours and 45 minutes of continuous digital TV viewing or approximately 240 minutes of continuous talk time. Read More

Motorola’s “Napolean” Q9 world phone

By Darren Quick

18:02 July 9, 2008 PDT

The Motorolas “Napolean” Q9 phone

July 8, 2008 The folks at Boy Genius Report have got their hands on a new Motorola smartphone codenamed the “Napolean”. It’s a CDMA EV-DO Rev. A Q9 with full GSM world roaming capabilities, including the U.S. 850MHz/1900MHz bands. Features of the phone revealed so far include a fingerprint scanner, Windows Mobile 6.1, quad-band EDGE, 2 megapixel camera with flash, stereo speakers, 320×240 resolution screen, Wi-Fi, and a 1500mAh battery. BGR report the full QWERTY keyboard isn’t as good as the first Q9 or Q9m, and the d-pad is a little on the stiff side and difficult to use but the sound was good, and the screen seems to be the same as the original Q9s. The leaked phone is Verizon branded and will launch on Verizon, but BGR confirmed the phone also worked fine with an AT&T SIM. Read More

Samsung OMNIA brings a PC environment to your mobile

By Emily Clark

02:53 July 9, 2008 PDT

Samsung OMNIA SGH-i900

Samsung has unveiled its new all-in-one maxi-phone, complete with multimedia enhanced smartphone features. The OMNIA (Latin for “everything”) brings together your work and personal life by coupling high performance business content with style and a fun. Read More

AwareSpot location based alert system for mobile phones

By Emily Clark

01:41 July 2, 2008 PDT

AwareSpot location based alert system for mobile phones

Developed by the makers of the Trapster, AwareSpot is a new location based service for mobile phone users with a variety of applications. The free service is designed so that police, public safety and community service organizations, media, clubs, businesses, and more can quickly and easily set up community alert broadcast channels that deliver location based, relevant, timely information to their audiences. Read More

Sqish: the camouflaged satellite dish

By Kyle Sherer

20:57 June 25, 2008 PDT

Sqish satellite receiver

Maybe satellite dishes were some kind of status symbol, but now that the novelty has worn off they just look like big and ugly hunks of metal on your roof. The Sqish, a rectangular wall-mounted dish, has circumvented this problem in an unusual way – when you order your dish, you send in a picture of your wall, and they send you a “squishoflage” sticker to cover the offending protuberance. Read More

TANDBERG debuts 1080p telepresence system

By Noel McKeegan

23:29 June 17, 2008 PDT

TANDBERG T1 telepresence system

Saving on time, travel expenses and making instant face-to-face communications possible over huge distances, video-conferencing has become a must have technology for doing business in the 21st century. The latest offering from TANDBERG, the T1, is the company's first telepresence system to incorporate 1080p resolution and features a slim-line 65" custom LCD screen, high quality stereo sound and a PrecisionHD 1080p camera designed to enhance direct eye contact. Read More

Timetranslator delivers world times to your mobile phone

By Emily Clark

23:59 May 7, 2008 PDT

Timetranslator screen shot

May 8, 2008 With mobile phone calls become more and more affordable, many people use them to dial internationally. This then begs the question: what time is it there? The Timetranslator is a software solution converts numbers in your phone into the local time at the destination being called. Read More

Clarity's C420 amplified telephone

By Emily Clark

05:03 April 30, 2008 PDT

Clarity C420 telephone

Clarity, a division of Plantronics, has developed the C420 amplified telephone to help those who suffer from hearing loss to improve the quality of their conversations. The cordless phone is equipped with Clarity Power, designed to make phone conversations clearer and easier to understand for people with a mild to moderate hearing loss. Read More

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