October 31, 2009
Written by Gadget Gurus
Launched in the first half of 2008, Nokia’s N-Gage mobile gaming platform will end its life sooner than everyone has probably thought. Nokia has just announced that N-Gage.com and the N-Gage Arena will stop being operational after 2010, while N-Gage games will be available for purchase until September 2010 only.
The reason for all this is Nokia’s new Ovi Store, which, apart from providing various apps, Maps and Music, will act as a “one store front with an even broader portfolio of games – games for everyone.” From now on, there will be no new Nokia phones to come with N-Gage. However, there will still be previously-announced models that will be shipped with N-Gage pre-installed.
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The Sony Ericsson Xperia X3 (aka Rachael) is definitely going to be announced on November 3, as previously rumored. Sony Ericsson posted a teaser video with what’s going to be unveiled on this date, and the phone we can see in the video is the white version of X3 / Rachael (spotted several times until now around the Web).
Sadly, the video doesn’t tell us much, so we still have to wait until November 3 to finally take a look at the official Rachael X3 (or X10, or whatever Sony Ericsson will name it in the end). The Rachael will be Sony Ericsson’s first Android smartphone. Its features should include a 4 inch WVGA touchscreen display, 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, Wi-Fi, GPS, 8MP autofocus camera and a 3.5mm headset jack.
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Today’s technology makes it possible for some simple motion to generate sufficient electricity to power some simple gadgets. Designer, Rochus Jacob has proposed a rocking chair that comes integrated with an OLED lamp which can provide sufficient light for you while you’re rocking in the chair, reading your favorite story. The best is the lamp of this chair is powered by your rocking motion.
Besides, OLED lamp also consumes comparatively low power, making it possible to be powered by little electricity generated by the rocking motion. The chair has advanced nano-dynamo technology built in to the skids that generates electricity for the lamp. OLED technology also allows the lamp to be easily bendable to suit different angles of your reading.
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While you’re on the run carrying an iPhone or iPod, you’d occasionally stop by some places, where you’d probably wanna show off those videos or photos taken using your iPhone on a bigger screen like television.
Here comes the VisualDock, a docking station that features TV out and comes with a remote control, which allows your iPhone to playback videos/photos or music on a TV or stereo. It comes complete with S-video and line outputs, allows easy setup. It’s also compatible with various iPhones and iPods including iPhone 3GS. The dock has a little switch at its back which you can choose between charging or iTunes syncing modes.