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Alex the Android eBook has Two Screens and Smartphone Capabilities

by Jay Garrett on October 19, 2009

alex-ebook-readerEveryone say hello to Alex the eBook reader.

This lovely, and friendly sounding gadget comes courtesy of Spring Design.

This eBook reader not only has the usual black and white e-Ink screen it has another display that features full colour niceness!

Alex also throws in full web browsing over Wi-Fi and 3G (or EVDO/CDMA in America).

I love the idea that publishers can embed links in to the main text and create live footnotes for further reading in the colour section :)

Web content can be cached onto the device’s internal memory, and swapped to the monochrome screen to preserve battery life.

Alex apparently has ‘full smartphone cabilities’ as well but I’m guessing more info will surface ahead of its ‘before the years end’ release.

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Samsung Reclaim – The Most Eco-Friendly Mobile Phone

by Jay Garrett on August 7, 2009

samusng reclaimThe Stateside mobile operator Sprint has just announced what could quite possibly be the most eco-friendly blower yet.

The Samsung Reclaim is a QWERTY slider and is made from 80% recyclable materials, including bioplastics – it’s even painted green just in case you’re not convinced of its credentials!

Other than the paint the green continues in the lack of a paper manual, soy-based ink on the recyclable (of course) packaging and a donation to a land conservation charity with every purchase.

All of that should get you eating lentils and hugging-trees by the time you have the thing charged up and ready to call :)

If being kind to the environment is not enough the price may tempt those that like to take care of themselves as well.

It costs a tempting $50 (£30) with a two-year contract when it comes out on August 16th.

For that you get a 3G mobile with a 2 megapixel camera, GPS, Bluetooth 2.0 and expandable storage.

It’s exclusive to Sprint at the moment but this may be the way forward – of course shipping these over would have to be done in a completely carbon neutral way else the whole thing may become a pointless exercise ;)

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PSP Carnival Colours Released in Japan

January 26, 2009 Click to read more →

Looking to get all the fun of the carnival in your pocket?
Well, Sony have just announced 4 brightly coloured PSP’s to get us in the mood for Spring.
In some kind of Paganistic nod to Ostara (that’s where the name Easter comes from by-the-way) Japanese PSP’s will come in Blue, Yellow, Green and Red.
Starting March 5th [...]

Nintendo DSi To Arrive in Spring

January 14, 2009 Click to read more →

DS.IGN says that the Nintendo DSi, you know – the one with a bigger screen and camera, should be hitting the good ol’ US of A on April 4th -even more excitingly it could hit the UK at the same time!
As for the price; it sounds like it will cost around 50 bucks more than [...]

Widescreen Nintendo DS Rumoured

September 5, 2008 Click to read more →

Word on the streets, well, from IGN, is that Nintendo are up to something in deepest Kyoto…
A third generation of the DS with dual touchscreen displays one of them being widescreen no less.
If this is true then it is big news indeedy. IGN says the rumored release date of April or May 2009 doesn’t give enough time for a [...]