Archives for June 2010

HTC EVO 4G Rooted – Gives Unlimted Free WiFi/Bluetooth Tether

June 7, 2010 by Leave a Comment

For those of you who have or are getting a HTC EVO 4G, there’s some good news in that you will now be able to get unlimited free WiFi/Bluetooth tethering. To make this possible your new EVO 4G will need to be rooted.

The application used to achieve this is the Wireless Tether for Root users aka android-wifi-tether.

Before you install the wireless tether for root application on the HTC EVO 4G, you’ll first need to root your device if you haven’t already. Android Police has a guide on how to root your EVO 4G which is easy to follow and is a very quick process. [Read more…]

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AT&T 2GB Plan Could Restrict you to 10 Hours of Video Per Month

June 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

When AT&T announced new plans the other day, they mentioned that 98% of unlimited plan users never went above 2GB of data. However, this was “smartphone users” and not iPad users. We suspect that the iPad has caught them off guard and that with the increasing availability of streaming applications they are probably getting concerned about how much data is being eaten up by iPad users… hence why they probably only reported on smartphone users keeping the iPad users secret.

What seems to be the main reason for the switch is the growing demand for streaming video content over 3G on the Apple iPad. When using an iPad to check email, browse websites and sync with Exchange you hardly use any data. My own iPad 3G is 9 days old now and I activated the microSIM late Sunday night. So far I’ve used about 40MB of data while on the move to check emails, browse the web and an hour or so of streaming video on YouTube… for my daily usage I probably wont go over the 2GB limit if I had that limit (I’m in the UK with different tariffs). But for many who travel on public transport, travel a lot and work away, streaming video could potentially get used a lot more. [Read more…]

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Dell Streak HDMI Dock Spotted

June 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Yesterday, Dell launched the Dell Streak 5 inch tablet device on the O2 network in the UK.

The Dell Streak is an interesting device that has a 5 inch screen making it handy for browsing websites, viewing video while also being able to keep it in your pocket. It’s smaller than an iPad which although has a fantastic screen, it is more awkward to carry around.

Although a 5 inch screen is larger than a regular mobile phone, sometimes it might be just a bit too small which is why Dell has created the Dell Streak HDMI dock. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Tablets

Motorola DROID Xtreme Shots Revealed

June 5, 2010 by

Not much is known yet about the Motorola DROID Xtreme other than a few leaked shots. The latest shots captured show the back of the DROID Xtreme.

On the back an 8 megapixel camera can be found, also HD video is included as seen in very small writing next to the lens and what looks to be a dual-flash.

We hear that it runs the Google [GOOG] OS, Android 2.1 although earlier details did not indicated it was version 2.1. We also see that it has similar styling to the Motorola DROID. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones

BlackBerry OS 6 on BlackBerry 9800 Video Walk-through

June 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

First off, an apology to those who cannot watch the video below. It is restricted to certain regions. If you can view it then there’s around 16 minutes of video walking through the new BlackBerry OS 6. The video shows the new BlackBerry 9800 running OS 6 and over at IntoMobile, there are also a bunch of fresh pictures showing the slider phone and the new OS up close.

BlackBerry [RIMM] looks to be doing a good job with OS 6 making the operating system better than previous versions. A few things to note is that there is no SurePress. A T-Mobile [DT] SIM card is running inside and some of the technical specs show that the 9800 will have 4GB of storage built in along with 512MB of RAM. Wireless 802.11n will also be included. [Read more…]

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Two Dell Adamo Laptops Fit inside a Dell Laptop

June 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The picture might not be super clear, but what you are looking at here is a thicker Dell laptop with the insides all taken out leaving a shell and in that shell, Two Dell Adamo laptops fit snugly inside just indicating exactly how thin they are.

The video below shows a guy taking all the insides out of the chunky laptop and replacing the insides with a cloth and a band that can be used to life the smaller laptops out of the thinner laptops. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Laptops

Apple iPad Orders made before June 7 will get $30 Unlimited Plan

June 5, 2010 by 1 Comment

AT&T [T] earlier this week decided it would be fun to scrap the $30 unlimited plan as of June 7 and start offering a 2GB plan for $25/month. For those using mobile phones is might not seem like too much of a bad deal. I use my iPhone quite a bit and have only just racked up 2GB of data in the last couple of months. However, for iPad owners where the data usage is expected to be more this is quite a blow for some.

We know that Apple [AAPL] recently changed the shipping date of the iPad to June 7 which some thought was part of a sneaky plan to stop the $30 unlimited plan being purchased, however, AT&T has now said that anybody pre-ordering an iPad before June 7 will still be allowed to use the unlimited plan even if their iPad doesn’t land until the changes to $25/2GB plans are made. [Read more…]

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Dennis Gabor Honoured for Inventing Holography

June 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Today Google is recognising Dennis Gabor by changing the logo on it’s main google.com web page. Changing logos on the home page is common practice by Google [GOOG] and is referred to as Google Doodle. Examples of past one such as the playable PacMan logo that was up there recently can be found over on the Google Logo site.

Today Dennis Gabor is honoured because he invented holography. 110 years ago on June 5 1900 Dennis Gabor was born and 47 years later in 1947 he managed to discover holography to which a patent was file in December of the same year. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Tech News

Aiptek 3D HD Camcorder Ready for Pre-Order

June 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Yesterday we wrote about a new pocket sized 3D HD camcorder that was launching soon called the Aiptek 3D. We now see that Amazon has a pre-order page up for the camera with a price tag of $199.

The camera has two lenses each with a 5 megapixel sensor behind and are capable of capturing 3D HD at 720p. The screen on the front of the device measures 2.4 inches. Early indications suggest the 2.4 inch screen can show 3D without glasses although the Amazon page doesn’t mention this. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Camera Gadgets

New Sony 3D TV Advert

June 4, 2010 by 1 Comment

Sony is launching a new advert to promote their new 3D TV’s. The advert features the Brazilian footballer Kaka and the ad is designed to be watched on both 3D and 2D TV sets. When watched in 3D you get the full 3D effect whilst watching in 2D you get double images that make you want to grab a pair of 3D glasses and watch it correctly.

The advert can be viewed online (embedded below), or if you want to watch it in full HD, selected Sony Style stores will have the advert running starting June 12.

The advert was directed by Jonathan Glazer (Blur, Radiohead). We have an additional making of documentary available if you’d like to see it.

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Filed Under: Displays

Asphalt 5 on Nokia N8 Video Demo

June 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Nokia N8 looks to be quite a nice smartphone despite the early review of a leaked model.

The video below was provided by Gameloft and shows Asphalt 5 running on the Nokia smartphone. If real, it looks quite amazing. We just mentioned “if real” in that SlashGear rightly point out that the game “might” be rendered or perhaps not showing it actually on a Nokia N8. There are no disclaimers to say other wise, so perhaps it is the real deal. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones

HTC Hero Android 2.1 Rolling-out Today in Asia

June 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment

It appears that HTC Hero owners over in Asia today are starting to get the Android 2.1 firmware update. Conformation came from HTC on it’s Chinese Plurk account saying the roll-out would be June 4, which is today.

There was no mention of a European roll-out though with some translated instructions briefly explaining how the update can be installed.

The translated message says….

On June 4, 2010 to open up the wireless software update, the main update function as follows: Android 2.1 operating system upgrade!

System will continue to send updates prompt, when you receive a system prompt as long as you can by clicking Download or wireless network connection 3G/GPRS way to complete your phone system updates. Note: We recommend you to choose to have free Wi-Fi environment, download the update. If you are currently using 3G network, the download may have to pay the additional cost carriers, please make sure to have unlimited Internet access rates apply for rentals before use.

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Filed Under: Cell Phones