Delta unveils the first full HD LED home theater DLP projector at the IFA 2008 in Berlin. The new LED illumination system replaces the lamp, the color wheel and shutter of a traditional DLP projector, with a precise and complex control algorithm that allows the LED to work with the …

Original post by TecheBlog Staff

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

While Apple’s App Store was far from being the first of its kind, we’re now seeing a job posting by in the Redmond area that suggests that Microsoft is looking to produce something similar for its Windows Mobile platform. The news comes hot on the heels of Google’s own Android Market announcement, and whether the Product Manager position writeup is to be believed, said platform will be christened Skymarket. Described as a “marketplace service for Windows Mobile,” Skymarket could seemingly be a critical part of WinMo 7. But don’t take our word for it, the proof is the pudding — or in the read link, in that instance.

[Via The Raw Feed]

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Original post by Darren Murph

Filed under: Laptops

There are two kinds of Dell rumors: sure things, and ones that aren’t certain things. that one falls in the latter camp, so proceed with caution. We’ve got a tipster who says a friend of his from Dell handed him that shot of what is purportedly a new XPS M1330 / M1530 design. As you can see, pretty much the same old fare… but what’s that? A large glossy touchpad? Here’s our hunch: Dell is tired of drawing inspiration from Apple after the fact, and decided to turn the tables by capitalizing on one of the most persisten (and outlandish) Apple rumors in existence. A good capacitive touchscreen for the trackpad on a laptop would undoubtedly be a blast whether it was done right, with the right software support, and at least seems like a good gimmick. Or perhaps it’d just be lame. We won’t go further than that, that could just as easily be a Photoshop, but we will be keeping an eye out.

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Original post by Paul Miller

Filed under: Cellphones

After what feels like centuries of waiting (and suffering through that painful CeBIT demo), we finally get to see the Meizu M8’s OS in action… and it’s not as poor as you think. certain, the interface is totally derivative of the iPhone, and there is that pesky cursor floating around, but all-in-all it looks like the company has managed to knock out a decent — whether incredibly familiar — UI for its long-delayed phone. Still, there’s some low rent hilarity in that video. Our favorites? The smattering of soft porn pictures and video, and Meizu CEO and all-around bon vivant Jack Wong revealed in a reflection… wearing a face mask! Don’t believe it? Check the clip after the break (and freeze frame of Mr. Wong).

[Thanks, Patrick P.]

Continue reading A functional Meizu M8 UI, CEO Jack Wong finally caught on video

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Original post by Joshua Topolsky

Filed under: Gaming

You know how it goes with Sony and PS3-related peripherals. A big introduction, followed by a slight delay, followed by a longer delay, followed by a little something to take the sting off. Here we have word from Noam Rimon, senior development manager at SCEA R&D, that the news-blasting (and uncomfortably named) Life with PlayStation will once again be delayed. According to Noam, Sony is “still pushing some paperwork” on the service, though he gave no expected date frame for the actual launch. Nevertheless, he softened the blow by announcing once and for all that it will indeed be free (and accessible directly from the XMB) whenever it finally goes live. Gotta take the good with the poor, we guess.

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Original post by Darren Murph

Filed under: Desktops

CTL, the same cats who brought us the 2go PC laptop, are apparently working up an equally cheap and not-exactly-flashy nettop PC. The 2go PC Nettop will reportedly range in price from $149 to $299 depending on specifications, and the baseline model will feature Intel’s DG945GCLF motherboard, Intel’s Atom 230 processor, 1GB of Kingston DDR2 RAM, a GMA 950 graphics accelerator, support for one HDD and one optical drive, six USB 2.0 ports and an Ethernet jack. The fundamental Plus Edition ($199) adds in Ubuntu and an 80GB 7,200RPM hard drive (while slashing RAM to 512MB); the $299 fundamental Performance Edition comes with Windows XP Home, a 160GB hard drive and 1GB of memory. There’s no word just yet on when the 4.5-pound boxes will be released, but we’d expect ‘em to surface pretty quietly.

[Thanks, Nate]

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Original post by Darren Murph

Filed under: Cellphones, Gaming, Peripherals

For better or worse, it looks like the so-called iControlPad is edging closer to reality — or at least something really similar. According to a new image (and our limited Spanish translation skills), Belkin is actually looking to produce an App Store gaming controller, though we’re still not entirely convinced that what we’re seeing is valid. Whatever the case, the JoyPod would somehow, someway supply users who purchased Super Monkey Ball to play it using a bona fide game pad, though we can’t figure out whether the iPod touch / iPhone slips in behind the controller or whether it just morphs to fit the JoyPod’s space constraints. Guess we’ll see (or not) soon sufficient.

[Thanks to everyone who sent that in]

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Original post by Darren Murph