Archives for August 2010

Two-in-One iPad Connection Kit from China

August 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment

When the iPad launched a camera connection kit was also launched along side it. The kit contained two connectors. The first connected direct to your camera and the second allowed you to attach an SD card to the iPad so that image files can be read direct from a memory card.

The is new version is a two-in-one version that puts both together in to one unit for the same price. Right now, it’s only available over in China and isn’t officially made by Apple. It costs $29 just like the official kit that comes in two parts. [Read more…]

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E-Ink Ruler Concept

August 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The guys at Yankodesign have posted a concept gadget called the E-Ink ruler. The e-ink ruler is a Tape Measure that uses e-ink on the tape rather than fixed drawn on measurements. By using e-ink the measuring system can be easily switched between metric or imperial to show a number more familiar with you.

The e-ink tape would be designed flexible to allow it to roll up like a regular tape measure and thanks to e-ink technology, the battery could last a month or more. [Read more…]

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Apple Mac Pro with 12-Cores Now Available

August 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Apple [AAPL] took the Apple store down briefly earlier today so that the Apple Mac Pro with 12 cores could be added.

The cheapest Mac Pro you can pick up has a starting price of $2,499 (quad-core model) with the 12-core version going up to a starting price of $4,999. For that price you get two 6-core 2.66GHz Intel Xeon Westmere processors along with 6GB of RAM and a 1TB hard drive on the basic spec.

If you want to max out the whole order then expect a bill of $25,673.85 for all the available options should you have a bit of spare change in your pocket. [Read more…]

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Install iPhone Flash in 3 Easy Steps

August 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment

We wrote about getting iPhone flash working earlier this morning. When we first came across Frash (the iPhone version of Flash), we came across a set of instructions with 8 steps to complete the installation process. The steps required you download the software, log in to you iPhone via SSH, enter a username and password along with port numbers as well as a bunch of other things.

Thankfully a more simple install process has already arrived thanks to a Cydia Repo. Rather than going through the whole process of SSH’ing in to your iPhone from a Mac, you can now simply do it in 3 or so steps. We say “or so” as jailbreaking is a requirement as well as tapping on the Cydia icon to load it up with the latter not really being a step as such.

Either way, jailbreak if you haven’t, open Cydia and add the following…

Add this source http://repo.benm.at Frash on iPhone 3
Go to search and type in Frash. Install it. Frash on iPhone

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Filed Under: Cell Phones

Token Multitouch Surface for DJing

August 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Check out the video below to see what the future of DJing could all be about.

The display is called the Token and it accepts multitouch inputs on a surface designed for DJ’s to use. The system works with a sheet of glass and a rear mounted projector. When the glass it touched, the input is detected and fed back to the computer to make the necessary changes to the video stream and to the audio stream that plays the music. [Read more…]

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Nokia N8 Release Date – August 26 in UK – Rumour

August 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Nokia N8 was announced all the way back in April with the first hints of the new smartphone being found as early as March as well as even more details reaching back in to February.

All along we have been told to expect the end of August as the release date and in this instance, it seems Nokia [NOK] were exact in what they said as we hear now that the launch date in the UK will be August 26.

The information comes from a mobile phone retailer in the UK who called MobileFun who has the N8 listed on it’s site with an August 26 release date and a price tag of £419.95 inc VAT off contract we assume. [Read more…]

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HTC Schubert – Windows Phone 7 Captured on Video

August 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment

HTC has already said it will have a Windows Phone 7 smartphone available on or shortly after the release of Windows Phone 7. We don’t know the official date yet that Microsoft [MSFT] has set, but we suspect it’s coming up soon.

247windowsphone managed to get hold of the HTC Schubert which looks to be the first Windows Phone 7 based smartphone from HTC.

The device has a Nexus One look from what BGR point out, and looks to run Windows Phone 7 very well although the version on there won’t be the final version. We suspect it won’t look as minimalistic as seen in the video although reports do say it is quite a minimal approach in terms of graphics used. [Read more…]

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BlackBerry Curve 3G (9300) to get BlackBerry OS 6

August 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment

RIM has announced the BlackBerry Curve 3G (9300). The smartphone will come supplied with BlackBerry OS 5, but in the coming months an upgrade to OS 6 will be made available to download and update the device.

The smartphone is compatible with HSDPA networks, has a QWERTY keyboard, has built in Wi-Fi and GPS and can be used with microSD cards up to 32GB in capacity. [Read more…]

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Sharp 3D Smartphone Launching this Year

August 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Sharp looks set to be launching a 3D smartphone that requires no special 3D glasses to be used to see the effect. The screen is believed to work in a similar way to how the Nintendo 3DS screen works in that you need to look at it head on to get the full depth of the 3D screen.

Sharp is believed to be launching the 3D smartphone before the end of this year. As well as having a 3D screen it is also believed a 3D camera will be installed on the device allowing you to capture in 3D.

As for the operating system, it isn’t known if Sharp will use it’s own software or if it will use something like Google Android. [Read more…]

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Apple iPad Gets Genius

August 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment

For those of you with an Apple iPad, you might have noticed that on Friday, Apple [AAPL] added the Genius option to the menu on the App Store.

To access Genius you simply tap on the icon. Once done, you are presented with similar apps based on apps you already have installed. The list goes on for a number of pages depending on how many apps you already have installed. To let Apple know what you do and don’t like you can just tap the not interested button under each app for it to be taken out of the recommendation list. [Read more…]

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Microsoft Kinect Teardown

August 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Microsoft Kinect has been torn down to reveal what’s inside.

The teardown doesn’t go in to the depth that we see with some of the Apple [AAPL] products, but you do get to see how the Kinect is put together and what is used to capture video.

It’s made of two main parts: a projector and an IR VGA camera. The former bounces out a laser (don’t worry, Microsoft insists it’s safe) across the entire field of play, which the camera picks up to separate you from your sofa on what’s called a ˜depth field.’ It’s essentially all the pixels that Kinect gets back as IR noise measured in varying colour dependant on how close they are to the system. That way bodies appear a bright shade of red, green etc, and things further away appear grey.

[Read more…]

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RIM BlackPad Could Arrive November at $499

August 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment

RIM is still rumoured to be working on the BlackPad. We heard last week that the device was to get a 9.7 inch screen, Bluetooth, WiFi as well as cameras on the front and back.

We now hear that Quanta will be manufacturing the tablet and that they will be building two million units in September in preparation for a launch in November.

Price wise, the tablet is also rumoured to be starting at $499. When we say starting, it isn’t clear at the moment if several models will be launched like Apple [AAPL] did with the iPad, or if RIM will just stick to the one model. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Tablets