Tag : Hardware

Dual SIM Adapter for iPhone 4 gives you 2 Phone Lines

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Have you ever wanted 2 numbers on your iPhone, without having to swap your SIM when you wanted to use a different number? One company named Vaveliero has come up with such a solution.

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Microsoft Hiring Hardware Engineers for Next Xbox ?

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Microsoft has posted new job openings for hardware engineers ranging from graphics to audio/video hardware for Xbox. The interesting bit from these job postings is that the team at Microsoft’s Mountain View research campus is looking for defining and delivering next generation console architectures for which the new job postings are up. It looks like Microsoft is hiring new talent for their next generation Xbox. Xbox 720 perhaps?11x0308724msftjobs

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Enable Hardware Rotation Lock On iPhone 4 In iOS 4.3 Beta [GUIDE]

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Apple has introduced a handful of new features in iOS 4.3, second beta of which was seeded to developers almost a week back. One of these new features is the much desired return of iPad‘s hardware rotation lock switch. Though the feature is iPad exclusive, a workaround has been published by FSM to make this work on an iPhone 4. The process is quite simple, though a jailbroken iPhone 4 is required to make this work. Simply follow the easy steps given below to enable hardware rotation lock on your iPhone 4.

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New iPad 2 Mockups Resemble the leaked iPad 2 Hardware Pictures from CES

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It’s not surprising that iPad 2 leaks have started springing just a few weeks before we’re expecting the announcement by Apple. The fact that they’ve started leaking in CES has us in doubts. We didn’t think the pictures of the iPad 2 hardware with a fake UI were real by any means, but new mock up images published by MIC gadget seem to exactly match that hardware.

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iPad 2 Caught On Camera at CES – Turns out to be fake.. or is it?

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The last device you would expect to make an appearance at CES is Apple’s iPad. Earlier, an alleged iPad 2 case with a machined aluminum iPad 2 mockup had been caught on camera which had us wondering if Apple is trying to sabotage other tablets by directing the attention to their own popular tablet. Turns out that there has been yet another instance at CES, when a doubtful few pictures of iPad 2 hardware have been caught on camera according to Mashable.

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Microsoft reveals Xbox Kinect technology

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Microsoft have revealed the technology used in their upcoming motion based gaming device Kinect ( previously called Project Natal ) for Xbox 360. The secret was finally revealed by a patent application filled by Microsoft with the US patent and trademark office.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480/470 are here!

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Finally, and straight from NVIDIA’s website, it’s confirmed. The GeForce GTX 480 and 470 are now available . With their beefy specifications and configuration, anyone would want to lay their hands on one.

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Corsair’s 100GB Force SSD is a speed demon!

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The solid state drive war has been picking up heat since Intel released their X-25 SSD. Corsair took things a little further with this little speed demon, it’s lightning fast and it’s just for 400 US dollars for the 100GB model!

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Notion Ink’s Adam whoops iPad’s butt in specifications, but in software – not so much.

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image You might have never heard of Notion Ink before, but it has been in the talks all over gadget blogs across the Internets. Why? It has way better specifications than the glorious iPad. Adam has almost double the battery life than that of the iPad, a PixelQi screen which can act as both a normal LCD display as well as an E-Ink like color display for longer reading hours and not to forget features like 1080p video support, HDMI output, nVidia Tegra 2 dual core processor, USB ports, 3MP autofocus camera and many more. Check out the complete specifications from Gizmodo after the break:

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Microsoft unveils its thinnest Bluetooth keyboard ever

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Microsoft has unveiled its thinnest Bluetooth based keyboard. With just a few millimeters thicker than a AAA battery, the Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000 is as portable as it gets. It also features a stand-alone Bluetooth Number Pad so that you don’t find it lacking when using the keyboard with a notebook or netbook. It also has a Comfort Curve design for ergonomic typing which encourages a natural wrist position when using the keyboard.

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