Japan says Apple iPod nano is a possible fire hazard Japan’s industry ministry has just ordered Apple to report on selected steps it will take concerning cases of its iPod nano portable media player overheating, bringing along the risk of having it catch fire in the process. So far, overheating cases concerning the 2005 iPod nano while charging has...

Motorola Explains The Misunderstanding Of The Droid X Bootloader The recent Droid X bootloader controversy isn’t the kind of situation that you want to be in, but despite that, Motorola seems to be going through a rather happy mood at the moment, especially since the Droid X managed to sell out all over the place. According to a statement released by the company,...

Getac Updates Its V100 Rugged Tablet With Intel Core i7 Processor Folks looking for a rugged and powerful notebook computer should be quite happy to hear that Getac has updated its V100 rugged tablet with Intel’s 1.2GHz Core i7 processor, and RAM up to 8GB. The 10.4-inch display can be viewed in the sunlight, and supports multi-touch. In terms of ruggedness, it...

Acer Announces Its Slim S1 Series Of Monitors Acer has announced its new S1 Series of LCD displays, which are touted to be extremely thin, and also eco-friendly. Display sizes range from 18.5-inch to 23-inches, and they measure in at just 13mm-15mm thick. The EcoDisplay logo is displayed, indicating its low environmental impact, thanks to the use of...

Thanko Bluetooth Handset Digital Watch Can’t be bothered to bring your Bluetooth headset around with you in your pocket or around your neck? Why not just wear it like a watch? That’s what the Bluetooth Handset Digital Watch from Thanko offers, and it sports a nice large LCD display, capable of displaying your basic call information,...

Quirky Tilt Case For Your iPhone Doubles Up As A Stand Despite the fact that Apple is now offering free bumper cases in order to diffuse the whole Death Grip issue, you can be sure that there are many folks out there who want something different. The Quirky Tilt bumper case for the iPhone 4 has a rather interesting design. Aside from doing its usual job of...

The iPhone Antenna Song – Friday fun video Apple held a press conference today to discuss the antenna issue on the iPhone 4. To open the conference, they showed a YouTube video titled “The iPhone Antenna Song”. Even though the song takes Apple’s side, it’s great to see Apple have a sense of humor about this whole mess and...

Apple posts iPhone 4 Antenna Press Conference Video, Antenna Information Page That was fast! Apple has not only posted up the video of their iPhone 4 Antenna Press conference from earlier today (sadly, without the Q&A), they have also put up a dedicated page to discussion signal strength issues with the death grip: On a mobile phone, signal loss typically occurs when your hand...

iPhone 4 Antennagate: free cases or return it if you’re not happy Photo courtesy of allthingsD This morning, Steve Jobs started by saying how great the iPhone 4 is, so great in fact that Apple has sold 3 Million so far, or about 1 Million per week. He also said that this was not unique to the iPhone 4 and showed the same thing happen on a Blackberry Bold 9700 (I have not...

Sharp Introduces Its First 100GB BDXL Blu-ray Disc The BDXL specification was finalized a little while ago, but Sharp has decided that it’s ready to churn out some high-capacity discs, as the company’s latest VR-100BR1 triple-layer discs will sport a juicy 100GB worth of data storage capacity. If that isn’t enough for you, word is that the...