LaCie has unveiled its most compact USB flash storage drive ever, the MosKeyto. Offering capacities up to 16GB in a size that is only 0.7 inches long and 0.35 ounces, the device is short enough to lay flush against a notebook while being stored in a bag. It's also equipped with a nylon strap and a cap to protect it when on the move.
Additionally, LaCie has integrated 4GB of secure online storage from Wuala to further enhance the storage and sharing capabilities of the device. The MosKeyto supports Windows, Mac and Linux platforms and starts from $18 for the 4GB version. Stores should already be carrying it as of today.
The Windows Phone 7 development team at Microsoft has completed the Release To Manufacturing (RTM) milestone, ready to pass to various manufacturer and release to market. The team had “ten thousand of Windows Phone 7 devices running automated tests daily” on the development process. It will be interesting to see if it can bring capture the smartphone market share back from Android and iPhone.
Twitter released a new update to their popular Twitter application that makes it a Universal app with native support for the iPad's large display. While native support has been a long requested feature for the official Twitter app, the company has also implemented a number of new interface features that seem quite natural on the iPad's large screen.
The most obvious feature is the use of movable Panes that allow you to actively manipulate content around the screen. Panes can be swiped left/right to move to cover or expose other panes and works surprisingly well.
What Twitter has done is create an amazing user experience for reading information. This is thanks to an intuitive user interface that layers on top of itself. So, for example, if I click on a link in my tweet stream, I’ll have a new layer that rolls over to show that webpage in a customized browser window. If you've used Flipboard, it's somewhat similar, but better because it’s much easier to go back to where ever you previously were before you clicked the link. You simply swipe something to the side to move it temporarily or swipe it again to get it off the screen (in portrait mode anyway, where there's less space).
Beyond that, the Twitter app also incorporates multi-touch gesture support to provide useful but more hidden functionality. Pinch-zoom can be used on a tweet to get more details about the user. Meanwhile, two-finger drag down on a tweet instantly shows the previous replies. Original Posted at Mac Rumors
BenQ is probably best known for producing computer monitors and related devices including projectors. But the company has been dipping its toes in the netbook space for a while, and now BenQ is introducing an Android tablet called the BenQ nReader R100.
The tablet will have a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 resistive touchscreen display and an HDMI output, as well as a battery which BenQ says is good for up to 12 hours. It will support WiFi and 3G and weigh about 1.5 pounds. It will have a 667MHz Samsung ARM-based CPU, and will run Google Android 2.2, although Google Translate isn’t quite good enough for me to determine if it will initially ship with Android 2.2 or an earlier version of the operating system.
It also looks like the tablet will run BenQ’s custom media software for reading eBooks, playing movies, music, and games.
Microsoft has introduced a new wireless controller with a transforming Dpad for Xbox 360 console at the Penny Arcade eXPo (PAX Prime) in Seattle, US. For gamers who'd like to use a Dpad while gaming instead of a second analog stick, this new Xbox controller is the new toy. Users can change the directional pad from flat one to a raised directional Dpad when its base is twisted.
Built with a matte silver finish, the new wireless Xbox Controller with transforming Dpad for Xbox 360 game console can transform the Plus Dpad to a Disc-like circular Dpad. Basically, the Plus format Dpad is used for cardinal directional moves while the circular Dpad usually helps for sweep moves. All you have to do is twist the bottom of the Dpad and the transformation takes place. This new wireless Xbox controller uses 2.4GHz wireless technology that offers gamers to use it from a distance of up to 30-feet from the console.
