Apple’s iPod Touch is one of the world’s most recognisable portable devices and is sold in over 30 countries. So we decided to run the Techlogg.com international price check on the popular third-generation iPod Touch 32GB model to find out which country had the cheapest price. We gathered prices from Apple store sites in each [...]
Archive for July, 2010
Everynow and then, Techlogg.com takes a look at how prices of popular gadgets around the world stack up, to see who’s getting the best bargains. This time, we’re turning our attention to the new Apple iPad. We’ve looked at the prices of the entry-level 16GB WiFi-only version in ten countries around the world, compared them [...]
A survey by handset maker Ericsson has found that there are now over 500million 3G phone/data subscriptions around the world and that demand is strong enough to handle two million signups per day. In total, the world has just passed the five billion mobile subscription mark, which was estimated to have occurred on July 8 [...]
Taiwanese PC component manufacturer ASUS has released its first motherboard with front-panel USB3.0 ports. The P7P55/USB3 features USB3.0 support on the rear panel plate and on the front-panel thanks to an extra NEC USB3.0 chip with access for two front-panel headers. The board is based on Intel’s P55 chipset and features an LGA1156 CPU socket. [...]
Taiwanese optical drive specialist Lite-On has released its second-generation 12X-speed Blu-ray drive. Called the iHBS212, the new drive will burn single-layer BD-R (write once) discs at 12X-speed, and double-layer BD-R media at 8X-speed. DVD write speeds include 16X-speed for DVD+R/DVD-R, double-layer DVD media at 8X and rewritable DVDs at 8X (+R) and 6X (-R) respectively. [...]