iPod touch 4 Case Spotted

August 27, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Rumours about an iPod touch 4 have been going around for a while now. A number of leaks of the screen with a front facing camera have been published on the web along with iOS details that indicate the next gen iPod touch 4 will get email activated FaceTime calling abilities.

The next detail shows an iPod touch 4 case that has a cut out for a camera on the back that is slightly wider indicating that a flash will also be included.

Some design changes to the new device could include getting rid of the curved back and replacing it with a flat back. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Music Gadgets

Facebook App Developer thinks Android is Hideous

August 27, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Facebook mobile app has been installed on millions of devices from BlackBerry, Android and iOS based smartphones.

Joe Hewitt is the man responsible for developing the Facebook apps for mobile devices and has had a little rant on Twitter about how he finds the operating systems that he works with. His main gripe is with Android OS that Google [GOOG] develops by saying it’s too hard to use. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Tech News

Apple Preparing Yerba Buena for September 1st Event

August 27, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Apple [AAPL] is holding an event on September 1 to launch some “music related” gadgets and services. It is expected that the new iPod touch 4 will be launched along with iTV and potentially 99 cent TV show downloads.

The event is being held at Yerba Buena and the picture above and below shows what’s going on at the moment in preparation for the launch. [Read more…]

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JooJoo Gets a Software Update

August 27, 2010 by Leave a Comment

FusionGarage has provided a new update for the JooJoo tablet. The new update brings the JooJoo up to version 0.2.4.

New in version 0.2.4 is the ability for the JooJoo to remember passwords such as Twitter, Facebook and others. When previously logging in to a site, closing it down and re-opening it, you had to re enter your password. Now you don’t.

Also included is basic USB support and the ability to calibrate the screen. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Computer Gadgets

Xbox Live to get Audio Quality Boost in Next Update

August 27, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Microsoft [MSFT] will be pushing a new update out to the Xbox in November that will give the audio quality on Xbox Live a boost.

The update will make changes to the audio codec and will launch at the same time as the Microsoft Kinect. When the update is installed, users should notice better quality when communicating in games. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Computer Gadgets

iOS 4.0.2 Jailbreak Will Not Happen

August 26, 2010 by 1 Comment

The iPhone Dev Team has mentioned that iOS 4.0.2 and iOS 3.2.2 will not get a jailbreak.

The reasons are not due to them being stuck and not knowing what to do. Instead, they are waiting for a major release to be launched such as iOS 4.1 for the iPhone so that more iPhone users can take advantage of the exploit.

Now it’s a few weeks later, and Apple has closed the jailbreakme.com hole. They’re shipping devices with FW 4.0.2/3.2.2, impervious to this particular jailbreak. So now, people will begin to ask: will there be a jailbreak for devices that shipped with 4.0.2/3.2.2, out of the box?

No, there won’t be. FW 4.0.2/3.2.2 was *only* released to fix the jailbreakme hole. With FW 4.1 still in its beta stages, it makes no sense to escalate the ‘cat & mouse with Apple for FW updates that only fix the jailbreak holes.

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Filed Under: Cell Phones

Monopoly GO Square Near the London Eye

August 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Hasbro has managed to figure out where the “Go” square on a Monopoly London edition is located in the real London.

By using an Ordnance Survey digital map they managed to figure out that Go is right where the London eye is sat, or very near to where it is sat. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

iPhone and Palm Pre Bundled in to One Device

August 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment

If you can’t decide between an iPhone or a Palm Pre then perhaps this import device might be for you. According to the site that sells it, it’s a Palm Pre with QWERTY keyboard that not only has webOS running inside, it also has iOS (well, a fake iOS we should say). Looking closer at the pictures you can see it’s clearly not the real deal in terms of Apple [AAPL] software.

Other features include an iPhone home button, dual SIM card slots, 3 inch touchscreen with a 240 x 400 resolution, dual cameras, FM Radio, microSD card slot (up to 4GB), Bluetooth and WiFi. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones

Samsung Galaxy Tab Preview

August 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment

It’s getting closer to the official announcement of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, yet here we are again with another one captured on camera.

This time the Samsung Galaxy Tab was captured in Korea. It runs Android 2.2, has WCDMA 3G, 802.11n wireless networking and a screen with an aspect ratio of 16:10 that measures 7 inches.

Previously, the Galaxy Tab was only seen briefly with not much on the UI and how it runs. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Tablets

Android Tablets on Orange FR Arriving Soon

August 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Orange in France will be offering Android based tablets in the near future. The tablets will be self-branded and will be launched before Christmas this year.

Price wise, the Orange Tablets will be priced at ‚¬250 and are being built by an Asian OEM which could mean Acer or MSI for example. As they will be sold by a carrier it is also expected that each of them will have 3G built in. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Tablets

Facebook on iPhone has 44 Million Users

August 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Facebook has announced that 44 million iPhone users actively use the Facebook for iPhone app. This number came after claiming yesterday that over 100 million iOS users had installed the software. Today, a clarification came to resolve that.

“There are currently 44 million monthly active users of the Facebook for iPhone app. We recently changed the definition of mobile active users to exclude those who have only liked or commented on stream stories. Instead we are counting “active” users as people who have taken explicit actions within an application. This practice is more aligned with how we count overall active users for the site.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones

ASUS Eee PC 1015PN and PEM Launching with Dual-Core Atom

August 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment

ASUS has announced (and then pulled the press release) the ASUS Eee PC 1015PN and PEM models.

The ASUS 1015PEM will be powered by a 1.5GHz N550 CPU. It will support up to 2GB of DDR3 memory and when launched will cost around $440.

The ASIS 1015PN will use the NVIDIA Ion 2 platform and will launch sometime in the US in September. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Laptops