5 Rumored Features of the BlackBerry PlayBook 2

1) 10-Inch Screen 

This choice can be subjective. We prefer the larger screen. Many, however, seem to enjoy the smaller form-factor of the PlayBook and devices like the Galaxy Tab. Their 7-inch screens don't sound much smaller on paper, but it ends up roughly half the size of an iPad. Looks like RIM hopes to fix this by introducing a 10-inch tablet. If they keep the smaller tablet in the market as well, perhaps they can cater to two types of users, or even determine which is a more viable business option.

2) Two Color Options

According to the rumors, the upcoming PlayBook upgrade will have two color options, black and white. This is similar to the iPad 2, which comes in the same colors, signifying that RIM definitely wants to take their shot at grabbing some of the iPad's tablet market. 

3) Thinner Bezel

A thinner bezel is always welcome. No matter what device you use. A thinner bezel means more screen space for the surface. Of course you don't want to cut out too much of the bezel, either. Otherwise, you have a full touch surface, which may make it harder to use the touchscreen correctly while you hold it. We're sure RIM has thought that one out, and they will find a nice way to accommodate tablet users.

4) Native Calendar and email Apps

One of the things that really hurt the PlayBook in the consumer market was the lack of a native email application. It sounds crazy to anyone with a smartphone or tablet, but the PlayBook didn't have its own email app. This of course led to speculation that RIM rushed the device to market. It's hard to say, and perhaps they did what they had to. They needed to let everyone know that they were in the tablet race, and releasing something sooner rather than later was the way to do it.

  

5) Wifi/4G

It's already known that the current version has wifi and 3G connectivity. The current models will also be updated for 4G. These new tablets are rumored to have the 4G connectivity as well. Depending on when RIM releases these, that can be a deciding factor for some users. If Apple sticks to 3G with their iPad 3, it will be no contest to users who want speed.

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Solar panels can help you make your home more environmentally friendly by drawing power from the sun, but there’s just one problem – they’re very ugly. Solar panels typically come in one form – giant black rectangles that go on the roof of your home, and that’s just not very attractive. Solar Ivy draws inspiration from nature. It looks like ivy, but each “leaf” is actually a small solar panel that can draw energy from the sun to help power your home. Thanks to Solar Ivy, you can go green, and still keep your home looking good.

Never Let Your iPad Go With The Speck HandyShell Case

There are a lot of sleeves out there that you can use to keep your iPad safe from impact. If your drop your iPad while it’s in its sleeve, the fall won’t break it. There’s just one problem with that – you have to take your iPad out of the sleeve to use it, and that’s when you’re most likely to use it. The Speck HandyShell not only allows you to use your iPad while keeping it safe, but it also has a built in handle for you to slide your hand through. That handle may very well keep you from dropping your iPad to its doom while you’re using it. $55

Google Brings Chromebook To Screw Windows

Google has unveiled its first range of laptops running the web-based Chrome operating system, as it tries to take on Microsoft’s Windows – with a UK release date set for June.

The Chromebooks – the first of which are made by Samsung and Acer – run an operating system that gets rid of almost all the standard features you’d expect in an OS like Windows or Apple’s Mac OS X, and instead focuses entirely on accessing the web through Google’s Chrome browser.

It’s part of Google’s attempt to get people to ditch traditional desktop programs and instead do all their work in ‘the cloud’ – using products like their own Google Docs to do work, and streaming music and video rather than storing it on a hard drive.

They boast that the laptops will boot up in just ten seconds, letting you get online much faster than a standard operating system does (although it’s worth that’s not massively quicker than the boot time on the MacBook Air.)

The Chromebooks will go on sale in the UK on June 15, the same day they’ll be released in the US, France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy and Spain.

Samsung’s Chromebook will come in two versions, one WiFi-only and one with an integrated 3G data connection, much like Apple’s iPad does. It will cost £349 for the WiFi version, and £399 for the 3G – quite a steep

transatlantic price rise, as in the US it’s priced at $429 and $499 (around £263 and £306). Acer have yet to announce their UK prices, but they’re expected to be slightly cheaper.

Acer’s Chromebook will have an 11.6-inch screen and up to six hours of battery life, while Samsung’s version has a 12.1-inch screen and up to 8.5 hours of battery. Both models lack hard drives, instead offering 16 gigabytes of flash memory, similar to tablets and smartphones – although you can plug in external storage devices if you need more space.

In an innovative move to encourage uptake, Google is offering three-year subscription plans to businesses and schools that replicate the mobile phone industry’s approach of subsidising handsets when bought on contract. For a monthly cost of $28 per user for businesses, and $20 per user for schools, Google will give you the laptop, tech support and a warranty for the duration – and will replace the Chromebooks at the end of the three years.

Google has been working on the Chrome operating system for two years, announcing it at a time when it was widely believed that lightweight ‘netbooks’ like this were the future of personal computing. Of course, in the intervening years, Apple’s iPad and other tablets have made a huge dent in the netbook market – so it remains to be seen whether Google can convince large numbers of people to return to the netbook fold.

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Top 10 Gadgets in 2011

10.BlackBerry PlayBook

Research In Motion’s BackBerry Playbook is set to escort the company into the tablet market in or around the first quarter of 2011. The tablet supports Flash 10.1 and HTML 5, has a 7-inch screen, HDMI support, dual (front and back-facing) HD cameras, 1 GB of RAM and a 1 GHz dual-core processor.

9.Kindle 3

As great as the iPad is, it still doesn’t improve upon the book-reading experience of Kindle’s e-ink. This year’s model is improved in just about every way: faster, lighter, longer battery life, better contrast and bigger storage.

8.IPad

The iPad rumour mill is now completely full, and from what we’ve heard, the new specs sound great. Based on the rumours, the newest iteration of the iPad will sport both a front & back facing camera, a lighter & smaller body, USB ports, a newer display technology and a new 3-axis gyroscope.

7.Ultrasonic Touchless Input technology

Elliptic Labs is demo-ing their ultrasonic touchless input technology this year at CES and it looks super cool. It’s similar to the technology built-in to Microsoft Kinect that allows users to execute actions without physically touching the device or a controller.

6.Sonos S5 Zone Player and BR100 ZoneBridge

Sonos keeps raising the bar for home music-listening, and now you can control your listening, whether through iTunes, Pandora, Internet radio or Wolfgang’s Vault via an iPhone/iPad app.

5.MintPass tablet

This upcoming MintPass tablet supports dual-boot tablet and will be able to run both Microsoft Windows and Google Android operating systems. The tablet has dual touch-screens that employ the new SpaceTouch technology and can be used both in combination and separately. The picture above shows the Korean company’s previous tablet, the MintPad.

4.Logitech Harmony One universal remote

One remote to rule them all. Sleek design, both in terms of cosmetics and ergonomics; sharp LCD that offers a touch-screen interface and touch-sensitive buttons for navigation of onscreen menus; web programmable via Windows or Mac PCs; excellent button layout and design; rechargeable lithium-ion battery and docking.

3.Apple iPhone 5

The new anticipated installment in Apple’s iconic smartphone series is rumored to have a form factor that is completely new to the said series. It is speculated that the iPhone 5 might employ NFC (Near Field Communication) short-range wireless technology to function as an electronic wallet of sorts, complete with debit/credit and identification/passkey applications.

2PlayStation Phone by Sony

Sony, the leader of innovative technologies is ready to launch playstation phone code named “Zeus” in early 2011. Zeus would have Andriod 3.0 Gingerbread operating system. It also contains 8GB of memory with 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 processor. This superb phone also contains 1GB ROM and 512 MB RAM. 3.8? touch screen and its touch pad is just like gaming console of PSP.

1.ElectroHub

ElectroHub is a new charging station that will offer compatibility for a huge amount of devices including the TV remote, toys and smartphones. Similar to the Powermat chargers, ElectroHub requires additional add-on cases to make your smartphones compatible although it will charge tons of other gadgets with its use of AA and AAA batteries. It will charge up to six devices at one time (including smartphones) and works by replacing a gadget’s original AA & AAA batteries.

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