Archives for November 2010

iPad 2 Ads Already Shot Last Month

Apple [AAPL] is believed to have created some iPad 2 adverts. The commercials were shot in New Yorks Pier 59 by a photographer called David Sims from Britain. The commercials were said to use the current iPad first gen model although it is believed these particular shots containing the iPad will be switched out with iPad 2s when launch time approaches.

One of the participants told us that even though there weren’t any new products on the scene, everyone had to sign non-disclosure documents and security was tight.

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Windows Phone 7 Copy and Paste Could Arrive Within Weeks

One of the functions lacking in Windows Phone 7 is the ability to copy and paste text between apps. This could be changing soon though as Arpan Shah of Microsoft [MSFT] said in a blog post…

Critics have commented on the lack of specific features like copy & paste and lack of 100s of thousands of applications. And while both are true, copy & paste will be available as an update in a matter of weeks (early 2011) and as for applications, it’s just a matter of time.

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Windows Phone 7 Ported to HTC HD2

We’ve seen Windows Phone 7 before on the HD2 although only a few screen shots have been revealed.

Today, a video of the HD2 running Windows Phone 7 has been uploaded. Unfortunately the video is only available in some regions, so some of you might not be able to watch it. [Read more…]

ASUS Eee PC 1215T Now Available

The sheer amount of netbooks that ASUS launch is a bit silly, but they continue to push them out. The next one just landing is the ASUS Eee PC 1215T that has a 12.1 inch display.

Rather than using an Intel Atom / Ion 2 combination, the 1215T uses 1.7GHz AMD Athlon K125 processor. RAM wise, it has 2GB and for storage it uses a 320GB hard drive. The operating system running on this particular netbook is Windows 7 Home Premium. [Read more…]

Nexus One Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) Update Rumored for Devs This Week

An interesting tweet went out recently by Alvaro Fuentes that indicates the Google Nexus One will be getting an OTA update this week (developers handsets only) bringing Android from 2.2 to version 2.3 aka Gingerbread.

Translated, this particular tweet says…

Prepare your Nexus One (Developer version) for Android OTA update 2.3 (Gingerbread) for the next few days 😀

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No Confirmed Release For Gran Turismo 5 Yet But 6 Now In Development

Though hounded by constant delays and unconfirmed release dates, it does seem however that a real actual launch time is immanent with thanks to Polyphony Digital’s announcement that they are now working on Gran Turismo number 6.
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Ninja Gaiden 3 – A few new details

The Ninja Gaiden series in general has always been notoriously difficult for those less coordinated of gamers and is by no means casual-gamer friendly, but does on the other hand, provide great visuals, stunning boss fights and decent gameplay.

For it’s third installment, Team Ninja have given a few bits of information regarding Ryu Hayabusa’s latest outing including a bloodied concept image above. [Read more…]

Scale Apps on Samsung Galaxy Tab to Full Screen

The Samsung Galaxy Tab has a large 7 inch screen. This causes some problems for some of the apps in that they don’t scale out to use the full screen by default.

Good news is that a handy app is available in the Market Place that allows you to change settings and stretch out those games and apps that run at a smaller resolution. [Read more…]

Dell Offers Staff Free Dell Venue Pro In Exchange for Blackberrys

Dell is handing out up to 25,000 Dell Venue Pro Windows Phone 7 smartphones to employees who hand in their Blackberry for the new device. As well as offering phones to staff, Dell is also offering a service that will help clients make the switch from Blackberry to WP7.

Although the cost of 25,000 Dell Venue Pro smartphones isn’t cheap, the company will actually save around 25% of phone costs due to paying contracts for Blackberry devices as well as handset costs. [Read more…]

Samsung Galaxy Tab WiFi Model Delayed till 2011

Reports today are showing a leaked document from Best Buy that indicates the Samsung Galaxy Tab Wi-Fi only version is being delayed till early 2011. The document says it is being delayed (Post Holiday) as seen in the image below.

The Verizon Embedded version (WiFi+3G model) requires that the device is activated at time of purchase. Android Life believe this could mean a data plan is required which can then be canceled, but perhaps this just means you have to register it on the network and then its your own choice if you actually sign up to a plan. We’ll find out for more soon. [Read more…]

Microsoft Kinect Teardown

iFixit decided to tear apart the new Microsoft Kinect to see what exactly is inside and how it all works.

A few interesting finds include the addition of two cameras, four microphones as well as IR projectors and accelerometers.

The device uses a fan to keep it cool although iFixit believe its a bit of overkill for the amount of heat it will generate but then speculate its to keep things cool rather than face another RRoD problem like the Xbox had. [Read more…]

MacBook Air Screen Flicker Problem Acknowledged by Apple

The new MacBook Air models only launched within the last month. A couple of bugs have already been spotted. The first one is screen flicker that happens when waking the computer from sleep or hot plugging a display. The second problem is where the screen fades from dark to light colour and vice versa while waking from sleep.

Apple [AAPL] has acknowledged problems with the MacBook Air drivers and has said in both cases that the problem will be fixed in a future update. [Read more…]