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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 caused at least 27 incidents, where out of those half a dozen fires were recorded which required firefighters to be called - this was made known via an official from the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry. Apart from that, four different people suffered burns when they touched the device which overheated during charging. It seems that the ministry issued Apple Japan to take market measures numerous times, but nothing has been done to date. Do you think iPod nanos in other countries also suffer from the same fate? If that is the case, things aren’t too rosy for Apple considering it has the Death Grip issue to contend with that might cost the company at least $175 million to fix.
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It's not surprising to see companies releasing promotional videos to promote their products or services, but a rather cute YouTube video was released by RIM recently, promoting the benefits of using its solutions, but using paper cut-outs with sticks and magnets. Considering the video is about technology, it's quite cute to see that they've reverted to using paper cutouts. Check out the video after the jump.
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A head-mounted Mobile Video Communication System has been demonstrated by the smart folks over at the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo. This system sports acceleration and position sensors built into the head-mounted display, allowing the remote camera to move in relation to your head's movements. Such technology would be pretty useful when it comes to videoconferencing, as it could promote effective communication by allowing users to make eye contact. Of course, the issue is, if everybody is wearing this, you wouldn't be able to see each others' eyes. Check out a video of this in action after the jump.
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Indesit Company and Freescale have collaborated to come up with a Smart Washer that uses a Freescale ZigBee node, allowing it to adjust its cycle starting time according to the variable energy cost, accessing information from the local power utility via a ZigBee enabled Internet connection to the Smart Grid. With all our home appliances becoming smarter and smarter, we're looking forward to the day where we don't have to do anything to keep our house and clothes clean anymore.
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 The folks over at Microsoft probably aren't going to be too happy with the date that they chose to announce its latest Wireless Mobile Mouse 3000v2, since Apple had just announced its Magic Trackpad. While we do understand that normal mice and the Magic Trackpad are going to coexist for a long time more, you'd expect Apple's new offering to get more attention at this point in time. The Wireless Mobile Mouse 3000v2 sports rubber grips on its side to make it comfortable, and is usable by both left and right hands, while the USB nano receiver is small enough that you can leave it plugged into your notebook without having to worry too much about it. Battery life is rated at a good 10 months, with a power status indicator also present to notify you when it's running out of juice. Finally, this mouse sports three buttons, a scroll wheel, and 1000dpi for better precision. It's priced at £19.99 ($31), though it doesn't look like it'll be making it stateside.
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HTC must really be getting serious about improving its position over in China, as word is out that HTC will be shipping all its Android phones in China with Android 2.2, and that includes the HTC Wildfire, Desire, and the Tianyi. This is in line with previous rumblings that the Android 2.2 update for HTC devices is ready for prime time and will be delivered very soon. Now hopefully HTC will be bringing more of that Android 2.2 love stateside.
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Don't think your headphones are retro enough to make you stand out from the crowd? If you don't mind putting in a little bit of work, you can always follow some simple instructions to get a rather cool looking headphone that looks like it's made from Lego bricks. It shouldn't be too daunting a task, and if for some reason you chicken out of this, you can still opt for the Lego brick earphones from Elecom.
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Patriot Memory has just announced the availability of three new capacities of its Inferno series of SSDs, which are the 60GB, 120GB, and 240GB drives, improving on the previous 100GB and 200GB models in the same family. These drives are designed around the SandForce SF-1200 SSD processor, and offers read and write speeds of 285MB/s and 275MB/s respectively. They also come bundled with a 2.5-inch to 3.5-inch adapter plate for easy installation into your desktop computer, and is covered by a 3-year warranty. The SandForce DuraClass technology used claims to offer enhanced endurance and reliability by an average of 20x over traditional SSD controllers.
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Iriver has just introduced its new sleek and elegant looking framee-Smart digital photo frame over in Japan. The framee-Smart sports a 7-inch 480 x 234 pixel display, and surprisingly only supports JPEG pictures, so that means no BMP, GIF, or TIFF format files. This classy looking photo frame will be available in either black or white, and will be going for 8,000 Yen ($91).
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While iOS 4 offers many improved features, particularly to iPhone 3GS owners, but it seems that iPhone 3G owners who opted to update to the latest firmware are also experiencing some problems, most notably with performance and battery life. According to user feedback in the forums, iPhone 3G owners have complained about slow keyboard response times, frozen unlock screens, and bad battery life. Fortunately Apple has confirmed that it's now looking into the complaints, and we do hope that the issue for iPhone 3G owners will be addressed soon.
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