Archives for June 2010

Apple iPad gets a USB Typewriter

June 14, 2010 by 1 Comment

Most external keyboards for the iPad are designed to help you type faster. Also, they are designed to give you some tactile feedback which is handy for those who cannot, or do not like touchscreen keyboards.

The USB Typewriter for iPad certainly adds some tactile feedback. The USB Typewriter (as demonstrated below on video) actually works and allows you to tap out messages on the iPad. It connects over the 30 pin dock connector via a USB cable and lets you punch away on the keyboard. To get a line break you simple grab the metal lever and drag the top section to the right just like you do on old typewriters. [Read more…]

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AT&T Apologise to Those Effected by Apple iPad Email Leak

June 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Remember last week when a problem at AT&T caused 114,000 email addresses of iPad owners to be leaked? AT&T [T] have now published a formal apology to those 114,000 customers to make all things a little better.

No compensation was offered which is to be expected, but the company does go in to detail what happened and what is being done to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Lets just hope that they sent all the emails BCC rather than populating the To or CC field. The text of the apology is pasted below. [Read more…]

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Samsung Galaxy Tab Now Called Galaxy Tape – Runs Android 2.2

June 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment

More details of the Samsung Galaxy Tape have been revealed. The Galaxy Tape was formally called the Galaxy Tab and has a 7 inch screen. We now hear that the Galaxy Tape will run Google Android 2.2 and have an A8 processor that runs at 1.2GHz which should make the device rather snappy.

The battery in the Galaxy Tape has a 4000mAH capacity although run times have not been provided just yet. We think the 10 hour bar should be reached and made a standard by any tablet though.

The Samsung Galaxy Tape weighs 370 grams. Technical specs show that the Tape has 16GB of on board storage that can be increased by a further 32GB by using the microSD slot. [Read more…]

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iPhone 4 iMovie Details Arrive

June 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Details of iMovie for iPhone 4 have been revealed.

Last week when the iPhone 4 was announced by Apple [AAPL], a demonstration of iMovie was presented. The iMovie applications lets iPhone 4 users edit HD video and create themes, transitions, titles and other features beyond the usual editing that we normally see on a smartphone.

Although the demonstration showed some impressive features, there are still some unknowns to iMovie such as the compatibility with an older iPhone. TidBits managed to get some information from Apple regarding the new features and how it will work, what it will work on and so forth. [Read more…]

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Nokia X5 Unveiled

June 14, 2010 by 2 Comments

Nokia [NOK] has announced the Nokia X5-01 over at the Nokia Connection event in Singapore. The new device from the X-Series range of phones is designed for those who enjoy music and movies on the go.

Design wise, the Nokia X5 looks like it’s almost a square in shape. It comes in 4 colours which are blue, pink, green and black and leans towards those who want to text, email and use social networks while on the go as well as those who enjoy music.

Just like the Nokia X6, the X5 is supplied with the Comes With Music service (depending on country) and the Surprise Me is basically a random track player that is accessed by spinning your phone. [Read more…]

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HTC EVO 4G Screen Glass Problems

June 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Some problems about the HTC EVO 4G screen are being reported online which reveal that the glass is coming away from the EVO 4G on the front of the device.

As pictured above, you see that the bottom right corner of the screen is starting to fall away from the body of the EVO 4G. This problem according to a post on Android Forums has effected 80% of HTC EVO 4G smartphones.

That information came from Radio Shack who also sell the EVO 4G. The employee did comment that Sprint are replacing the handsets although due to 80% seeing the problem it isn’t known how long it will take to replace the device. [Read more…]

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Microsoft Kinect Revealed – Project Natal Official Name

June 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Microsoft [MSFT] has made the Microsoft Kinect official. Kinect is the new and official name for Project Natal.

The Microsoft Kinect allows you to interact with games as well as make four-way video calls. At the E3 event there were no prices revealed unfortunately and no launch dates either. Some rumours indicate that the Microsoft Kinect could cost as high as $150 when launched though and some are expecting that we might have to wait till late this year to get our hands on the Kinect.

From what Engadget have noted it appears that many games are one person at a time with just a couple of games allowing for two people to play. Games can be played with two players online in some cases though. [Read more…]

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Microsoft XBox 360 Slim Spotted

June 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Adverts for a new XBox 360 console appeared briefly on a number of sites this weekend. The ads revealed that Microsoft [MSFT] could be introducing the Microsoft XBox 360 slim sometime soon.

Update: Google Translate indicates the text in the image says… “alive today ready for the future of tomorrow Technology”.

The advert also revealed Kinect which is the new name for the XBox 360 Project Natal (more information on that shortly). What we also see in the Microsoft advert is a slimmer XBox 360 along with details that a 250GB hard drive can be found inside. WiFi is also included from what we understand in the advert.

Nothing official has been announced by Microsoft and it appears that the ads showing might have been running a little earlier, or that they “might” not be real. We doubt the latter as it would be a pointless task for someone to buy up a load of adspace for a few hours only to pull the ads. [Read more…]

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Archos 13 Ultraslim Notebook Dual-Core Atom Now Available

June 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Archos has decided to get in to the notebook game by creating a Dual-Core Atom based ultraslim device. The notebook by Archos has a 13 inch display that can display 1366×768 pixels. The screen is LCD. Memory wise it has 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive.

The processor powering the device runs at 1.66GHz and is an Intel Atom D510. The device supports 720p video thanks to the processor although it isn’t clear yet how capable it is of a decent frame rate. We suspect it will handle 30fps at that resolution.

The operating system running on the Archos 13 Ultraslim notebook is Windows 7 Home Premium. [Read more…]

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Apple Has Begun Accepting iOS 4 Apps

June 11, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Apple [AAPL] is starting to accept applications designed and updated for the new iOS 4 that launches June 21.

At the moment there are no third-party apps on the iPhone that can multitask. This is because iOS 4 needs some code to be executed in the app to enable multitasking.

If developers decide not to upgrade their applications then those apps that are not updated wont be capable of being multitasked and instead, will just close out and re-open from scratch rather than opening from where they left off. Of course, not all apps will need to be multitask enabled due to what they do, but on the other hand, there will be many that we expect to see with the feature enabled. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones

Adobe Flash Could be on 250 Million Devices by end of 2012

June 11, 2010 by 1 Comment

Adobe [ADBE] has reported that it expects to see Flash installed on over 250 million devices by the end of 2012. A scaled-down version of flash has been created that allows the software to function on less powerful phones.

Apple’s Chief Executive Steve Jobs has sharply criticized Flash, calling it unreliable and ill-suited for mobile devices such as the iPhone and iPad, raising questions about its security and power-management.

Although Apple [AAPL] has resisted using Flash and instead has promoted the use of the HTML5 standard, companies such as Google [GOOG] are embracing the technology and we will soon see it in Android 2.2 when it launches. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones

HTC EVO 4G Scratch Test

June 11, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The HTC EVO 4G is a new smartphone on the market launching just last week. Already, someone has decided to do a scratch test on the screen to see how the screen holds up under the strain of a razor blade, key and a screw. The reason the scratch test was done was due to a screen defect and the device having to be returned… so the owner thought it would be good to test how durable the screen it.

Surprisingly the screen held out very well with the owner saying that there was “absolutely no scratch on the phone.”

The same test was performed on the lens of the 8 megapixel camera around the back and rather than using glass there, it appears that the HTC EVO 4G uses plastic or regular glass as it scratched too easily. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones