Category Archives: Hardware
Comparison between SuperLCD and AMOLED on Smartphones
What is the difference between TFTs, AMOLED and the new SLCD displays. HTC has changed the screen type of the HTC Desire from AMOLED to SLCD due to shotages of Samsung at the production of AMOLED screens for mobile phones. … Continue reading
Sony Nex 5 – The next Generation of Camera
Sony has recently started shipping their new Micro Four Third camera called NEX 5. Sony promises a very good image quality even in low light. In bad light conditions pictures of compact cameras look very blurry. With this camera Sony … Continue reading
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Tagged ad, camera, e mount, mft camera, micro four thirds, nex, Sony, sonyericsson, system camera
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Motorola Milestone 2 called XT720 focusing on photo and video
Motorola has introduced their Android-Smartphone “Milestone XT720″, focusing on video and photo quality. The gadget includes a 8 Megapixel camera with a build in Xenon flash light. The mobile phone records videos up to 720p HD videos which can be … Continue reading
How to use a compass
Do you know how to use a simple compass. I guess not many people can use a compass the right way. Watch this video if you are interested in using a compass right: This video was embedded using the YouTuber … Continue reading
HTC Android Handset Collection 2010
Following pictures show an in-official selection of HTC Android phones coming to market first half of 2010. According to Androidpit.de the pictures including specifications were released during an internal presentation in Vienna. These 5 prototypes were introduced: Codename: Legend Size: … Continue reading
Can you remember? – Vintage computer parts compared with current ones.
Following Hardware chart includes historic and current parts of computer hardware and arises nostalgia. Different types of notebook ram, hard drives, ports, processor card sockets and ports, peripheral cards, CPU sockets, desktop ram and power connectors. (click on the image … Continue reading
“Intel Star” TV ad – The (real) image of an Engineer?
Intel has started a new ad campaign called “Sponsors of Tomorrow”. In this campaign they try to focus on their engineers rather than their products. One of their first video is really well produced and funny. The overall message of … Continue reading
GPS for 1,20 USD
Infineon has introduced a new Chip, the BGM681L11. This chip is currently the smallest full integrate-able GPS-receiver, with a size of 2,5 x 2,5 x 0,6 mm and a volume of 3,75 mm3. Infineon claims that there is a high … Continue reading
New Lenovo ThinkPad W700 for digitizing maps?
Lenovo has introduced recently new notebooks of the ThinkPad series. For example there is the T400 and T500 series. This 14.1″/15.4″ notebooks are based on Intels new Centrino 2 platform. There is also the ThinkPad W700, a 17″ Centrino 2 … Continue reading
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Tagged digitizer, GIS digitizing, Lenovo, notebook, thinkpad, w700
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