Posts Tagged ‘Google’
Samsung and Google team up to launch the Galaxy Nexus
The ever-competitive Smartphone market has just entered new territory with the immediate release of the Galaxy Nexus. The Nexus is the world’s first Smartphone to run Ice Cream Sandwich, the rather amusing name for the Android 4.0 operating platform. With power in mind, Samsung have given the Nexus a 4.65″ HD display using AMOLED technology. This gives a crisp resolution of 720p, making it one of the most vibrant displays…
Chrome OS preview
So what is Chrome OS? Not to be confused with Google’s browser of the same name, it’s a Linux-based operating system, which has been designed to work with web applications. It won’t be available to download, but will only be shipped on certain hardware from Google’s manufacturer partners. Since it was announced last year, the techie world has been anticipating the launch of the first laptop – but we won’t…
Nexus S: Google and Gingerbread – just in time for Christmas
While mobile phone reviewers are still pleasantly surprised when they encounter a phone that incorporates Android’s 2.2 version, the Google Nexus S is taking things to the next level, offering Android 2.3. ‘Gingerbread’ as it is called, is not the only new thing on the phone – it also boasts new hardware, NFC. NFC you ask? It stands for Near Field Communications apparently, It’s a short-range wireless technology already used…
Zeal Optics GPS Goggles: A James Bond gadget for the slopes
If you’re heading to the slopes this winter, the Zeal Optics GPS Goggles are the latest must-have accessory. Now you can head down the black run and – just like something out of a James Bond movie – in front of your eyes will appear all the data about just how fast you’re really going, how far you’ve travelled, and indeed, where you are. The trick is in the goggles’…
Logitech Revue – at long last Google TV
Tech journalists were treated to their first glimpse of the first Google TV set top box in San Francisco and New York last night. Google TV is designed to bring the web and television together, and this box – called the Logitech Revue – will simply be connected to your TV and your broadband connection to bring a new experience to the TV viewer. The Revue will be shipped with…
Google set-top box: Rumour round-up
It’s been rumoured as far back as 2007 that web giant Google is looking to move into the digital TV market, but solid facts have been painfully slow to materialise. The strongest indication yet that the company are developing a web-enabled set-top box, which could arrive in living rooms sooner than we think, was recently reported in the New York Times. It claims the company is planning to launch the…
Hands on with Google’s Buzz (kill)
The idea sounds great: let people connect to those they’ve emailed using their Google account. Let them share Twitter updates, show pages they’ve visited, videos they’ve watched on YouTube and swap more online content than ever before. Yes, it’s a lovely idea, but, in practise, it has proved to be a dramatic failure. When Buzz was launched, a Google algorithm selected up to 50 contacts of each account holder to…
Gmail users crying out for a GBoard?
I didn’t realise that Gmail’s usability needed improving. But clearly it does because an American company has launched GBoard: an USB add-on keyboard providing shortcuts for the most used Gmail actions. This 4.88″ x 3.5″ x 0.38″ keyboard offers 19 functions, plugs straight into a USB port, works with Windows and Apple Macs and doesn’t require a software download. Once you plug in, just make sure to turn on shortcuts in Gmail’s…
Google announces first phone: Nexus One
After a lot of behind-the-scenes work, including the development of a mobile operating system and pulling the strings behind the Motorola Droid, Google has finally come to market with a product that it spear-headed itself – the Nexus One. Despite being released for sale only a few hours ago it’s already on prime time news across the World. However, promoting the phone would be easy for Google even without the…
Mewbox: Android’s answer to iTunes
D’Angelo’s quote says “Don’t reinvent the wheel, just realign it.”. Mewbox have stuck to this principle with their foray into the digital music market, unleashing the first mp3 store for Google’s fledgling mobile platform, Android. As the first in its class, Mewbox has a lot to live up to. Fear not, however; with DRM-free mp3s, an intuitive interface and a music blog on the sidelines, Mewbox delivers. The company tagline-…
