Apple, Gadgets, Android, Microsoft
Gearbox Software released a Duke Nukem Forever trailer, they are skeptical about the promised May release date, since DNF has a long gamings answer to Chinese Democracy, and sure enough it got bumped to June 10 (International Release) and June 14 (North America Release). But now the game has gone gold, means real life physical copies, rather than just one gamings longest running vaporware jokes. For more details read the Press Release
Splitfish is now bringing its flagship PC and PS3 mouse controller to the Xbox, albeit packing on odd wireless caveat. It needs a wired Xbox360 gamepad to act as an intermediately between itself and the console. The wired controller plugs into the Sharks wireless USB; the macro-equipped fragchuck and mouse themselves are completely untethered. It will be coming in late August, for more details read the press release
If you are in US and had a Sonos whole-home audio system than the world of streaming audio is now yours. Today Sonos adds the MOG music service with high-quality 320kbps streams available on-demand or through customized artist only radio stations. You can sample the 11 million songs library for free over the next 14 days before being asked to subscribe to $9.99 per month. For more details read the press release
Students at California State University will be at least make a set up to fast food. CSU announced a 3 year deal with Nature Publishing Group for low-cost, interactive, web-based textbooks with access options for disabled students. Students on the L.A., Northridge, and Chico campuses will each have varying payment and licensing models, but $49 gets anyone a full edition starting September 1st. It includes 175 interactive lessons, access to database research papers, and assessments for students. For more details read the press release
Qualcomm confirmed that Microsoft has chosen it to bring a new generation of Windows Phone devices exclusively featuring Qualcomms Second Generation Snapdragon Mobile Processors to the market. The companys executive vice president says that Qualcomm is excited about next Windows Phone Mango Release, and it will leverage the synergy of our highly integrated second generation Snapdragon Processor and Microsoft Windows Phone software.
Thomas Pleasance reports that AirPlay for Windows Media Center add-in seems to be one of the smoother combinations we have seen and its still in beta. After installing Apples Bonjour service and the free client on your Media Center PC you should be able to stream video or pictures to it from an iPad or iPhone with a click. Click on the source link to download yours.
Pantech released its new Android Tablet Phones and named it as Vega No.5. It features 5-inch, runs on Android2.3.3 powered by Qualcomms brawny dual-core 1.5GHz MSM8660. Its packed with Vega Racer: 800*480 LCD display, 8MP camera with 1080p and front facing camera, 1GB DDR2 RAM, 16GB Memory, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, 14.4 Mbps HSPA+ connectivity. No words on availability but expect to hit Korea by this month. Dont forget to look at the video.
Opera released the version 6.0 of its Mini Mobile Browser, which has support for all iOS devices, including iPad, and iPad2, and a specific shortcut for iPhone 4 retina display. The design of the web browser is freshened up with a new look and feel; the social networking function let you blast URLs into Twitter and Facebook directly from the app. It includes the ability to load tabs in background and improves support for non-Latin alphabets like Arabic and Chinese. For more details read the press release, dont forget to look at the video. Hit on the source link for your free download of Opera Mini 6.0.
Windows Phone Mango update would bring 500 new updates that are what we said before today. In addition to the long awaited landscape mode address bar, IE9 for Windows Phone promises to bolster performance through GPU acceleration and an improved rendering experience. The browser update features: the aforementioned GPU-accelerated browsing, full-screen video through HTML5, GPS-based geo-location, ECMAScript5, 2D CSS3, etc.
In MeeGo Conference San Francisco, the newly noted device is i-Buddie Oak Trail Tablet. Its a 10-inch tablet made by i-Buddie and built on Intels recent Oak Trail architecture. It is running MeeGo, but we cannot able to connect it with internet missing one is Wi-Fi drivers, according to Intel Rep told us to snatch the tablet from our eager paws.
Microsoft had some Mango-flavored updates in store for its Windows Phone operating system. Steve Ballmer promised over 500 new features in the next major release of the OS and we cant wait to hear him list them all out.
Many of the consumers have figured out how to overclock it. Now XDA forum posted a custom kernel allows the hackers to crank the tablets clock speed to 1.4GHz, the same peak reached by ViewSonic G Tablet. The performance at that speed is unreliable anyways, so for now the dev recommends a more modest 1.2GHz to avoid data loss, a meltdown, and injury of assorted puppies. Click on the source link to xda-developers forum
The Security nightmare just continues, plenty of Sonys executives beginning to wish someone would pinch them already. It taken a PR and financial beating over the PSN breach, now the Greek site of Sony BMG has been hacked and account info of thousands of users has been posted online. According to Naked Security, the attack does not appear to have been particularly sophisticated and was carried out using an automated SQL injection tool that demands more patience and skill. The dump reveals usernames, real names, and email addresses of Sony registered users (SonyMusic.gr customers), other fields including passwords, telephone numbers are either empty or contain fake data suggests that hack was not entirely successful.
i3D is a new app can create glasses-free 3D display on iDevices, using a technology called HCP (Head Coupled Perspective). Developed from Engineering Human-Computer Interaction (ECHI) Research Group, HCP uses front facing camera to track movements of users head, allows the app to adjust the display. The result is a monocular 3D screen that creates the illusion of looking into a box. i3D is now available for free in iTunes Store and runs on iPad2, iPhone4 and fourth generation iPod Touch. Dont forget to our video comparison of both iOS and Ice Cream Sandwich 3D generators.
Some sources from Taipei says that Amazon launch 10-inch LCD tablet before holidays and they also heard of 7-inch models and plans to use NVIDIAs new quad-core Tegra SoC. Tims sources say that Amazon wanted to use a switchable black and white E Ink display and a color LCD hybrid but two vendors approached. It wont be ready to display until 2012 or 2013. None of this has been verified up to now, but we stay tuned to get some updates from them.
You may have already seen the leaked pictures of Droid 3, but now TechBuffalo claims the inside scoop. According to them Motorola is upgrading it well, 4-inch qHD panel, inside one of them is a dual-cores of all cool phones may be a Tegra2 variety. It has a new 5-row keyboard layout and front facing camera for video calls, while rear facing camera will be 8MP. The Droid 3 will be lack in LTE. We cannot confirm these specs up to now.
Livescribes note-recording smartpen now getting some apps, hacks, and upgrades, the company now got a software update called Connect, lets you to share your scribbles like Emails, Google Docs, Facebook and Evernote, through the Pencast platform of Livescribe. Some of the sharing options are already available but Connect is speeding up the things by letting you set sharing instructions even you jot down a note. Draw a double line and write, say, Facebook or Google Docs somewhere on the page, and sharing will take place automatically next time you Sync to your Mac or PC. Most of them are free. The new entry level will cost you at $99.95 2GB Echo you had to buy $15 upgrade. Dont forget to look at the video and for more details read the press release.
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