When it comes to Android hacking, no one gets it done quite like the folks over at XDA-Dev. They're at it again; this time with the beginnings of Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" ROMs for nine different Android phones.
The phones currently included on the list are the Droid Eris and eight HTC devices, including the Eris, Hero, CDMA Hero, Desire, Wildfire, EVO 4G, Incredible, and Sapphire. The developers are warning that these builds are in the VERY early stages and prone to missing features and other general unfriendliness to the casual rooter. If you've got one of these devices and are feeling brave, hit up the Source Link for downloads and instructions.
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RumorTT-iPad 2 to get dual cameras and a higher resolution screen
With most of the tech world expecting the iPad's successor to make its appearance soon, the rumor mill is spinning with possible specs. According to multiple sources from component suppliers, a few new treats include a higher resolution display and dual cameras which would help the new iPad keep pace with new tablets getting ready to hit the market.
With the tablet market expected to quadruple by 2012, Apple needs to make these moves to keep their dominant share of the tablet market. A lighter and slimmer iPad that improves on an already popular design would help do just that. It wouldn't be Apple without a few unexpected surprises as well; too bad we have to wait until February or so to find out.
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RumorTT-Android Honeycomb home screen leak; Motorola tablet specs
Andy Rubin turned quite a few heads the other day at the Dive into Mobile conference while showing off Google Maps on a currently unannounced Motorola tablet. It seems that he's not the only one with his hands on one, as the leak machine that is the internet has sprouted a home screen shot and some possible specs.
According to the source, Motorola has 7 and 10 inch flavors of the tablet in the works with UMTS, CDMA and LTE versions coming to play nicely with any mobile carrier that would want to carry the device. Dual cameras, NVIDIA's Tegra 2 chipset, as well as 32GB of internal storage are also on the list of possible inclusions. Let's hope that a full release comes soon; maybe at CES?
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Etsy's Razer Orochi soap brings geek cred to your shower
One of the few places it's hard to satisfy your geek gear addiction is in the shower. Etsy has made it their business to change that with their soaps that you can get in shapes like Xbox 360 controllers and Nintendo cartridges. The latest addition is the Limited Edition Razer Orochi soap.
That's right, you can put your mousing skills to work fragging dirt from your dirty self. Priced at $10 a piece, these can be used to clean up, trick your buddies, or sit on your toy shelf next to the Star Wars toys you never took out of their boxes. Check out the whole line at the Source Link.
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Rovio looking to get into the app billing game
Rovio Mobile, who has scored worldwide recognition for the hit game Angry Birds, is branching away from the gaming world and introducing their own mobile payment software. This software would give telecoms the ability to offer app payments on their mobile device bill instead or directly to companies like Apple or Google.
Rovio, based in Finland, will roll the software out in early 2011 by teaming up with the top Finnish mobile carrier Elisa. Allowing mobile carriers to offer paying for apps on their cell phone bills instead of making direct payments to the companies gives mobile carriers a piece of the piece instead of none. Mobile apps were a $4.1 billion business last year, so the carriers will definitely want a piece of that action.
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LaCie offers Tank case to protect your portable HDD and more
If you have an external HDD you carry with you on the road that isn't rugged, you might be worried about dropping it or being caught in the rain and losing all your data. Not everyone wants to replace their existing drive with one that is rugged by design. You might also have other small gadgets that you want to protect from the rigors of daily life. LaCie has a new case that offers a lot of protection called the Tank that might be just what you need.
The Tank is a black case with an exterior that looks like a black rubber tank tread. Inside the case is a foam insert that you can customize to fit your device exactly. LaCie says that the case can be used for 2.5-inch HDDs, a DS game system, digital cameras and lots more stuff. The case is water and dust resistant with IP-63 certification.
The case also meets military drop and shock standards. The case measures 1.6" x 4.8" x 7.3" and weighs 9-ounces. It is made from polypropylene and rubber and is available right now for £19.99. this might be the perfect rugged case if you like to take your camera with you camping and want to protect it from the elements.
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Speakal unveils Cool iPig speaker dock for iPod/iPhone
Speakal is well known for making some crazy speaker docks for the iPhone, iPod and other MP3 players. The company has the iPig, iPanda, iBoo, and other docks that look like flowers or soccer balls. I have used Speakal products before and they actually sound good even if the look a bit strange. Speakal has announced a new device today called the Cool iPig.
The Cool iPig is a lot like the original iPig but with a different design that is a bit edgier. The new Cool iPig gets elongated eyes that look like sunglasses to me. Those eyes are the speakers and the nose has the controls for the tracks and more. The ears on top have motion controls for volume and other functions. The device can dock the iPhone and dockable iPod devices.
Devices that can't dock can connect to the Cool iPig using a 3.5mm headphone adapter. The pig hides a 2.1 speaker system with 23W of power total and it has adjustable bass. The dock can also be connected to a TV and has a removable rechargeable battery for use on the go. Other features include a wireless remote. You can order one now for about $150 at an introductory price.
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GelaSkin offers new protective and cool skins for MacBook Airs
GelaSkins has been making skins for all sorts of notebooks and other devices like smartphones for a while now. The skins have some cool images and artwork on them and they protect your device for scratches in addition to making the notebook look better. If you are the owner of one of the new MacBook Air ultraportables GelaSkins has announced that it now has offerings to fit your notebook.
The skins are offered for the 11-inch Air and the 13-inch Air. You can choose for a bunch of different styles ranging from art to abstracts. My favorite skins are the Frank Miller ones that show Spartans from 300. Some of the designs are a bit creepy as well.
The skins are custom cut to fit the machines precisely. They are large stickers that use 3M adhesive to stick to the lid of the notebook and the skins are very thin at less than 1mm thick. The skin can be removed without any trouble and without it leaving lots of adhesive residue behind. Each of the skins sells for $19.95 and they are available right now.
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Gainward GeForce GTX 570 1280MB Goes Like Hell Video Card Overclocked
Introduction
Gainward offer us a great overclock out of the box when it comes to the GTX 570, but as we always try to do with the first version of a new model, we see just how far we can overclock it.
At the moment we don't have any voltage adjustment ability when it comes to the core, so our overall overclock might not be as strong as it could be when we see future versions of MSI Afterburner. But we wouldn't be bringing you this article today if we didn't get at least a decent bump out of the card.
Since we've already covered the Gainward GTX 570 1280MB Goes Like Hell edition in our standalone review here, we won't go into any real details on the card. Instead we'll just quickly cover the stock clocks the card carries; and more importantly the overclock we managed to achieve.
Overclocking
As we already mentioned, out of the box we see a good overclock already from the Gainward GLH GTX 570. We've seen Gainward bump the clocks to 800 / 1600 / 4000 QDR on the Core / Shader / Memory which is up from a reference card which carries a setup off 732 / 1464 / 3800 QDR.
With a bit of time we ended up with a nice 50MHz core bump, which put that in at a nice sounding 850MHz. That of course increased the Shader clock to 1700MHz. We got a little bit of movement bumping that up 200MHz QDR which brings the final memory clock in at 4200MHz QDR.
These are some nice little gains and we should see a decent performance jump. It'll be interesting to see how it compares to a stock clocked GTX 580.
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