We have great news for all the owners of the Nook Color eReader tablet. Deeper-blue, who has recently been playing with the Honeycomb SDK, has released the Nook Color port of the Honeycomb SDK preview, and it is now available for download. Right now, it is set to run off of an SD card, and you will be getting the following features at the moment: Graphics acceleration, Accelerometer, Wireless connectivity, Touchscreen, Buttons, and Sleep/Wake. If you want to run Android 3.0 on your device now, you can do that from here. But there is no surety that it will not cause any

The Samsung Galaxy S smartphone has added a new feather to its crown by becoming the first smartphone to be knighted by WiFi Alliance as WiFi Direct certified. WiFi Alliance has listed the smartphone in its WiFi Direct certification docket. For those of you who don’t know, WiFi Direct is a certification which deals with the compatibility of a device as far as WiFi connectivity is concerned. Products with WiFi Direct certification can connect to another WiFi Direct certified device without joining a traditional home, office or hotspot network. This enables them to transfer

Nokia has started shipping its N8 smartphone. Those of you who pre-ordered the N8, which comes with the new Symbian software, will be the first to receive the device. The Nokia N8, which is claimed by the company to have received the highest amount of consumer pre-orders in Nokia history, comes with Symbian^3 operating system on board. The phone will be coming equipped with a 12 megapixel camera, with Carl Zeiss optics and a Xenon flash, that will let you take the highest quality photos and shoot HD-quality videos. The device will have a robust aluminum body in a range of

Toshiba has introduced new 4G WiMax-ready laptops which are designed to give you broader wireless coverage not just at wireless hotspots, but all over town. It will be providing you with unplugged connectivity along with fast download and upload speeds even while traveling. In addition to the previously-announced Satellite U405, we have now got a quartet of older models with a new 4G flair. WiMax wireless chips will be available in the Satellite A665 Series, the M645 Series, the Protege R705-P35, and the Satellite E205-S1908. These are all portable mainstream laptops, with

3M has introduced two new pocket projectors, the MP160 and the MP180, which have been designed with the traveling professional in mind. Both the devices offer 30 lumens of brightness and a lot of other features which will make it easier to share presentations, video and more virtually anywhere. The MP180 comes equipped with WiFi connectivity and Bluetooth compatibility which will enable internet browsing and file transfer from smartphones or laptops. It also features an integrated MP3 player, 4GB of internal memory, a microSD card slot and USB port, and the touchscreen makes

Samsung has announced the PN50C490 3D Plasma TV, the cheapest 3D HDTV in the market, along with two other 3D Plasmas which comes with a higher price tag. The company also showed off the first portable 3D Blu-ray Player and the largest 3D LED-backlit HDTV. The 50-inch PN50C490, which costs $1,099.99 (list price), has a 720p resolution and 2,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio. It also comes equipped with a USB socket, three HDMI inputs, and a pair of component jacks, and of course support for 3D. However, there is no internet connectivity available. It also comes with 600Hz subfield

Flying to Asia in 2012? If you haven’t some travel plans lined up, you could think of buying tickets for Cathay Pacific Airways. For, Cathay Pacific has inked a deal with Panasonic Avionics Corporation so as to bring to passengers the provision of full broadband connectivity. The feature will be made available on all Cathay Pacific and Dragonair passenger aircraft. The provision is expected to be up and running by the early months of 2012. When the new deal comes into effect, Cathay Pacific will be the first airline in Asia to deploy Panasonic Avionics’ Global

Currently, Sony are using a 22-wire ribbon cable for the connectivity between their mobile phones’ screens and their motherboards, which inevitably leads to a lot of restrictions in terms of physical design. It seems their researchers have figured out a way to overcome that limitation though, and have developed a new, single-wire cable that serves the same purpose. The new cable can carry all sorts of data, it can be used to control the phone, transfer video and audio, and supports a transfer rate of up to 940Mbps over a single copper cable. You could imagine how useful

Nokia has unveiled its X3-02 handset which connects the 16-button keypad design with a resistive touchscreen. It seems that Nokia will be doing more than just ‘connecting people’. The super slim X3-02 Touch and Type will allow users to tap quickly on the bright color 2.4-inch QVGA touchscreen, as well as enjoy the familiarity of a standard keypad. Touch and Type is ideal for SMS and social networking where fast and frequent input is needed, while touch is ideal for functions such as setting themes, smooth Internet browsing and controlling applications like music and games.The

[CES 2010] Samsung’s latest range of S Series camcorders offer something new in the form of integrated Wi-Fi connectivity, making it the world’s first to have that with DLNA support as well. The three models to grace this new S Series are the HMX-S10, HMX-S15 and HMX-S16, placing them at the top of the pile where full HD camcorders from Samsung are concerned. All three of them will boast the proprietary new Victoria Engine processor as well as a cutting-edge 1/2.3” BSI (Back Side Illumination) CMOS imaging sensor that work