Hasta La Gadget!

As the world runs short on snarky phone titles (and in fact, starts using a couple of the gems on more than one occasion), we’re left to overlook the moniker here while focusing on what’s important: that display. In fact, the 4.7-inch WVGA Super LCD shown here actually does seem to extend on for Eternity, and if HTC Inside‘s leak pans out, we could be looking at the world’s next WP7 superphone. It’s bruited that this fellow will be shipping with a single-core 1.5GHz processor, 8 megapixel camera (autofocus, dual LED flash), a 720p movie mode, front-facing 1.3 megapixel camera, 16GB of storage, DLNA support, Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS and a 1,650mAh battery. That’s a pretty startling list of features, and savvy Windows Phone followers will recognize that the Mango update will indeed be necessary before that front-facing shooter becomes useful. Needless to say, we’ll be keeping an ear to the ground for more, as essentials like price and release have thus far eluded us.

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Company has improved finger tracking, for example, and says that even more advances for the motion-gaming peripheral are coming in the next couple years.

Originally posted at The Digital Home

The handsome EPL3 has the same sensor and internals as the top-of-the-line EP3

In addition to the new top-end EP3, Olympus has also announced a pair of smaller Micro Four Thirds cameras. These are more like Sony’s NEX range, or the new Panasonic GF3 than their big brother, but they’re still pretty capable cameras.

First is the EPL3, and update to the EPL2. It has a new tilting three-inch, 460,000-dot LCD in a slimline metal body. It also sports the same new 12.3MP sensor and processor found in the EP3, which means 1080i video capture and low-light shooting at ISO 12,800.

The Pen Lite also has the same sensor, in an even tinier package

Next up is the EPM1, or Pen Lite. This tiny thing will slide into your pocket, and yet still has the same sensitive sensor and circuitry as the other cameras. And of course it will work with any Micro Four Thirds lens available.

It’s good to see Olympus adding to its range with these smaller, simpler cameras, instead of going the Panasonic route and just forgetting about the enthusiast and pro users and concentrating instead on the lower end.

Unlike the EP3, the prices and availability of the EPL3 and the Pen Lite have yet to be announced.

Pen Lit and EPL3 press release [Olympus]

Pen System product page [Olympus]

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Fifty-five percent of cell phone buyers chose a smartphone in the three months ending in May, compared with 34 percent for the same period a year ago.

Originally posted at Android Atlas

DeLorme’s GPS unit lets you send short messages without cellphone coverage

Delorme’s InReach GPS Communicator lets you send text messages, even when you are in the wilderness and far away from cellphone coverage.

As befits a GPS device, it’s all done with satellites. Delorme has teamed up with Iridium, the satellite phone people, to offer a $10-per-month messaging package.

It works in two ways. First of all, you can set three messages before you head out and then “send” any of them direct from the device. If you send an SOS message to search and rescue, you will receive confirmation of its receipt via a color-change in the unit’s SOS LED.

And if you have an Android phone, you can pair the two and tether the connection to send SMS messages (or short 160-character emails). These too will receive a confirmation when they are read. Using this conduit, you can even update Twitter.

The InReach also uses Delorme’s library of maps to give you various topographical, nautical and aerial data.

Clearly the best use of this tech is to pair it with a phone, but even without it’s a cheap and lightweight way to make sure you can get help at any time. The price of the unit, along with the launch date, have yet to be announced.

DeLorme inReach—two-way satellite communication [DeLorme via Werd]

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