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iPhone app turns Augmented reality comes closer to Reality

iPhone app turns Augmented reality comes closer to Reality

Augmented reality can be done in million different ways. The New York Times reprted Wednesday on the forthcoming iPhone app called Aurasma that has the power to turn ink and paper publications into interactive mine fields. The app is by the Software enterprise Autonomy, it uses scaled down version of the outfits IDOL pattern recognizer to identify images stored in a vast database, and converts those images into related video. The first release of the app is scheduled for the next month, comes in the form of AR Advertisement / game for an unidentified upcoming movie, the companys founder seems solidly focused on technologys marketing potential.

Cowons Minuscule C2 PMP picks up

Cowons Minuscule C2 PMP picks up

Cowons D2 is getting a bit long in the tooth, the newly revealed C2 is slated to land at end of April or starting of May this year in order to give barebones PMP users yet another alternative. It got 2.6-inch resistive touch panel with 320*240 resolution, composite video output, micro-SD expansion slot, 4/8/16 GB of internal flash storage memory, USB 2.0 connectivity, an internal microphone and rechargeable battery, thats good for 10 hours playback and whooping 55 hours audio listening. We are still waiting to get the price from them, but you can get the device in colours like black, white or gray models.

HTC breaks its own sales and profit records, keeps Thunderbolt smartphone wave to success

HTC breaks its own sales and profit records, keeps Thunderbolt smartphone wave to success

There is a spectacular record break from HTC. The once-small Taiwanese phone maker reports its net income for the first quarter of 2011 nearly tripled earnings in the same period of 2010, and now totalling an impressive $513 million. The success is predictably of demand for Android smartphones and higher speed internet connectivity (as they provides both Thunderbolt and EVO 4G). We all now know why the stock makers love HTC; the company just cant stop growing.

Motorola Xoom UK pricing official at 580 for 3G and 480 for Wi-Fi

Motorola Xoom UK pricing official at 580 for 3G and 480 for Wi-Fi

The Motorola Xoom Honeycomb slate is now officially announced its price in UK. The Xoom tablet initially mentioned prices are 600 for 3G models and 500 for Wi-Fi model. The 32GB equipped 10-inch tablet is now mercifully 20 cheaper at 580 and 480 for each variant. Stores are still showing the Motorola Xoom under pre-order status for now, but that should be changing swiftly if Motorola wishes to live up its promise of availability this week.

Full Specs leak for BlackBerry Bold Touch

Full Specs leak for BlackBerry Bold Touch

BlackBerry Bold Touch full specifications leaked, 1.2 GHz Snapdragon Processor cant overcome ugly. RIMs design department seems to be stuck in an era where last generation is the new next generation, while its internals team has seemingly managed to escape. The handset will boast a 1.2 GHz Snapdragon Processor, 8GB of internal storage, 768 MB of RAM, a micro-SD expansion slot (expandable up to 32GB), 5MP camera, and a 35-key backlit keyboard, 2.8-inch LCD with 640*480 resolution, Bluetooth2.1, a 3.5mm headphone jack, A-GPS, dual band 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi and a 720p movie mode.

Asus releases Eee Pad Transformer source code, physical bits to come later

Asus releases Eee Pad Transformer source code, physical bits to come later

The Asus released its Eee Pad Transformer tablets source code on its official website. The source code for 10.1 inch IPS screen and Honeycomb flavour has just been lobbed up onto the companys site and, with just a few clicks, you can continue its trajectory right onto your storage device of choice- though you will need to run it through an unzipper before it can really have any impact.

Acers Iconia Tab A500 soaks up the WiFi rays, hits on April 28th for $450

Acers Iconia Tab A500 soaks up the WiFi rays, hits on April 28th for $450

The days of spending $600 for an Android Hioneycomb tablet are nearly done on April 28th, the Acers Iconia Tab A500 will wash that price away with waves brushed aluminium. The Wi-Fi only version of Acers Android 3.0 tablet will hit best buy and online retail $450 Sans contract, but with the same basic of specification as Wi-Fi only Motorola Xoom: a dual-core 1GHz Terga processor, 250 SOC, a 10.1-inch 1280*800 LCD screen, 1 GB of RAM, 16GB of flash storage, and a 5MP camera around back and 2MP camera on the front, HDMI out, not to mention 3260mAH battery that Acer claims are capable of eight full hours of life while playing HD video. Its somewhat heavier and thicker too. But if you are attracted to shiny things, than here it is.

BlackBerry Phones hit by Trojan Attack, Symbian and Windows Phones are next the Targets

BlackBerry Phones hit by Trojan Attack, Symbian and Windows Phones are next the Targets

Blackberry smartphones come under a new attack targeting their SMS feature according to security firm Trend Micro. The ZeuS Trojan, identified as BBOS_ZITMO.B, removes itself from the list of applications to be able to stay undetected rather than displaying any GUI. Once it is installed ZeuS sends you a confirmation message App Installed OK, to the administrator number, which is a U.K number, to signal that it can now receive commands.

Sony PSP price dropped to Rs.7990 for India

Sony PSP price dropped to Rs.7990 for India

Sony has just slashed its price of the PSP3000 model by 15 percent there by bringing the price down from Rs.9450 to Rs.7990. The official announcement came from Atindriya Bose, country manager for Sony Computers Entertainment Europe, during an Interview with Financial Chronicle. Along with the price slash, the Sony will also release three India centric games like Cart Kings, Battle Royal and Chandragupta Warriors. Trine Entertainment, Gameshastra and Immersive Games will publish all three games.

PSP starts streaming Music Unlimited on April 14th

PSP starts streaming Music Unlimited on April 14th

The official announcement today is PSP will get a taste of Sonys Music Unlimited streaming services starting on April 14th. The service is titled as Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity by Sony requires a PlayStation Network ID to access all that digital audio. Sony promises a synchronized music experience across your PSP, PS3, PC and other network enabled Sony devices like Bravia TVs and Blue-ray Players: a claim backed by cloud based catalog of some 7 million tracks supported by music sync functionality that will organize your Music Unlimited library. Check the video overview of the service while you ponder the $3.99 basic and $9.99 for premium accounts.

Review: HTC Arrive Review

Review: HTC Arrive Review

For: Design, Nice keyboard, Good and Solid Battery LifeAgainst: Mediocre display, Camera, Not a global phone, Windows Phone 7 still behind the competition with iOS and AndroidThe HTC announced its first Windows Phone 7 devices, the HTC Arrive is finally available from Sprint, is the first Windows 7 Phone available on a CDMA network. Its unusual for an HTC handset to make it long o the subscribers after the announcement. First of all Microsoft havent supported CDMA initially, which explains why both AT&T and T-Mobile have been enjoying the models from Samsung, LG, Dell, and HTC alike while Sprint and Verizon have been patiently twiddling their thumbs.