Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
The iOS 4.1 download brings HDR photography to iPhone 4 users only.
HDR works on the iPhone 4 by capturing three photos with slightly different exposure settings. The pictures are then merged together to bring out the dark spots and light spots on a picture so that all details are made visible.
Unfortunately for iPhone 3G and 3GS users, you don’t get access to this as Apple [AAPL] has restricted HDR to the iPhone 4 only. There is good news though… [Read more…]
When Apple [AAPL] announced the iPod nano last week, the music player was seen with a watch filling the small square screen. This of course made a number of people look at comparing this thing to a watch and wearing it around a wrist.
Well, you can now do just that for $17. The strap is 22mm wide and is a Matatac Nylon band that has a section cut out for the clip to attach to. It comes in a number of colours. [Read more…]
Google [GOOG] has announced a new update to Google Maps for Android. The latest version to download is now 4.5 and introduces Walking Navigation (beta) to the app. Street View smart navigation has also been added to the app.
When using the new Walking Navigation features, the app gives walking directions that follow paths (when paths are in Google maps) rather than keeping you to roads like previously.
“your phone will vibrate when you need to make a turn. You can even turn off voice guidance and just use these notifications while soaking in the sights and sounds around you. To help you orient yourself with your surroundings, the map will rotate with you as you turn the phone, and walking mode uses satellite view by default. Use it like a virtual compass with satellite imagery to look ahead or help pick out landmarks along the way.”
Best Buy will have the T-Mobile G2 available for pre-order starting today. The price of the new smartphone will be $199 with a two year contract of course.
As for a launch date, the T-Mobile G2 is expected to be in stores on October 6 at Best Buy. T-Mobile has not confirmed it’s self yet when it will be launching the G2 in its own store although we expect it to be sometime around the 6th October. [Read more…]
Google [GOOG] has hinted that current version of Android is not optimised for use on tablet form factors. This would include the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Tab which Google suggested was just a large phone.
It appears that Google could be making a specific tablet version of Android to improve the user experience on a larger screen device. Google also confirmed that Froyo isn’t a platform for iPad rivals. [Read more…]
Google Instant launched a couple of days ago. The service works by updating the search results as you type in a query which helps you to find things more quickly as well as take hints at what you might be looking for.
Now that Google Instant is available, it’s time to unveil YouTube Instant. YouTube instant isn’t an official Google [GOOG] service. It was created by Feross Aboukhadijeh who is a student at Stanford University.
The idea works in a similar way to how Google Instant works in that as you type something in the search box, the content of the page gets updated. In this case, a new video is pulled with what YouTube Instant thinks you are going to want to type in. [Read more…]
The video below is a demonstration of what HDR video looks like. The HDR video was created by putting two Canon 5D Mark II digital SLR cameras together. By using a beam splitter they were able to get the cameras to look at exactly the same object. Each camera has a slightly different exposure setting and when the two are combined, it creates the HDR video.
The full details of how this was accomplished are not provided. As can be seen in the results below though, it looks great. [Read more…]
Apple yesterday announced that third party apps could be used to develop iPhone apps. This was a big u-turn from the previous decision that had been made.
The decision to block third party apps was made earlier this year and which point, forced Adobe to stop developing the iPhone Packager software as it was no longer allowed to create apps for iPhone. Now that Apple [AAPL] has changed it’s stance, Adobe has announced that development of the iPhone Packager Software is now moving forwards again. [Read more…]
Apple [AAPL] might be launching a clip on zoom lens for iOS devices. The information comes from a patent found by Patently Apple that reveals a small attachment that clips to a device such as the iPod touch or iPhone.
We have seen a few different third-party lenses before for the iPhone, but none of them were officially created by Apple.
It is unknown at the moment if Apple will move ahead with the idea, or if it will just stay an idea. We suspect that with the increasing pace that technology changes that a need for this type of lens might be irrelevant if the glass and optics of the small cameras can be enhanced enough within the body of the phone. [Read more…]
Yesterday, Google [GOOG] introduced Google Instant Search. The service creates search results real-time as you type a query in to the search box. The aim is to get the results to you faster.
LifeHacker has put together a tutorial of how to make Google Instant Search even quicker. The tutorial goes through a number of shortcuts that helps speed up the text entry and search selection results such as hitting tab to auto complete a word. [Read more…]
Amazon has just uploaded the eLocity A7 Tablet and made it available for pre-order on it’s site. The eLocity A7 runs Android 2.2, has a 7 inch screen, 512MB DDR2 RAM as well as 4GB of flash storage.
Other specs show that the device includes a 1.3 megapixel camera, runs an NVIDIA Tegra II T-20 processor and for connectivity it has Bluetooth as well as 802.11b/g wireless.
Connections on the device include a 1080p HDMI output along with a USB 2.0 port. [Read more…]
Qvaq has launched. The website was developed by Robert Birming and Martin Lindkvist from Stockholm, Sweden.
Full details of the site and what you can do at Qvaq can be found below in the video and press release. [Read more…]
