Every hardware tweaker will know about BUGLabs‘ build-a-phone, kinda like a Modu self-build, but now it’s had a refresh.
BUG 2.0 is now faster and Android ready.
The latest BUGBase, which is essentially the brain and nerve center, has been upgraded to TI’s OMAP 3 platform.
Before I get “huh?” from you – this actually brings the base up to spec with the likes of Motorola’s Droid and the Palm Pre.
Because it now stands shoulder-to-shoulder with top-end smartphones it’s only reasonable that it should support Android – thankfully it does. This also gives the new BUGBase tastey access to the Android App Market.
Worry not gadget builders! Although the BUGBase is new and sparkly it will still play nice with all those other bits you’ve been using to create your frankengadgets with – whether they be WI-Fi radios, GPS receivers, speakers or the BUGMotion accelerometer.
As yet there’s no price or release date for the new BUGbase.
When I heard that Creative were going to shove it into an egg I was mightily confused….
Until I discovered that the Creative Zii EGG is actually a PMP that will be packing Android.
Not only that but it’s set to taunt the Touch as it both records and plays HD video!
The 3.5-inch Creative Zii EGG has more than a passing resemblance with the iPod touch but runs Creative’s Plaszma platform, as well as Android, and some other bits ‘n’ bobs.
The EGG has a 320×480 capacitive screen (like the iPhone and iPod touch) and has 32GB of memory (yup), Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth but then it starts getting interesting.
You can increase the storage via the SD slot (I reckon microSD would’ve been neater), it shoots HD video and it can play back 1080p movies on a big screen.
This means that the EGG can also take on the Zune HD as well in this PMP survival of the fittest!
At the moment, the Creative Zii EGG is only available for developers and manufacturers (BOOooooooo!) but perhaps those developer people will sling in 3G to really upset the apple-cart
Would you buy one instead of an iPod Touch or Zune HD?
Hillcrest Labs has released what at first glance appears to be some funky geek jewellery but is infact the Loop controller.
The Loop controller is a Freespace mouse which is apparently aimed at those with some sort of Home Theatre PC (HTPC) setup.
The bangle is stylishly displaying four buttons and a scroll wheel and sports [...]
We’ve all read how clumsy government officials, tax departments and our very own security departments are when it comes to data.
Bank employees have left laptops full of account details, names and addresses of various high rollers have been found in coffee shops and the list goes on – and these are just the ones we [...]
Have a look at the picture.
It pretty much sums up what the is app for the iPhone does.
Yup, it’ll display blinking lights which, when you swing it like you just don’t care, will create what they call a “POV effect”.
C’mon, you know what I’m talkin’ about.
It will, of course, work with your normal vision via [...]
I thought employing cats to advertise FEAR was a great idea but, frankly this is stacks cooler!
Terminator Skynet robots are popping up in the post.
SkynetResearch.com has cropped up promoting its vague goals to help advance mankind.
The best bit though is that they’re offering samples of real-life “robotic enhancement modules” to anyone that signs up - I’ve just [...]
Stealth have been quite quiet since the release of their tiny LPC-350PCI PC over a year ago.
But now they return with the even tinier LPC-650.
It’s 6.54 x 6.18 x 1.89 inch alluminium body holds a Core 2 Duo inside.
Its packing a gigabit Ethernet, a slot-loading optical drive, optional SSD, WiFi, 1GB of DDR2 RAM and, [...]
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