Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
Check out the iPhone 4 antenna kit that is designed to fix the problems with the iPhone 4 signal. The antenna kit attaches to the dock connector on your iPhone 4 and includes a lengthy cable with a long antenna attached.
By taking the antenna away from the phone allows for no drops at all in signal strength always ensuring you get to make calls when you want. [Read more…]
Augmented reality has been showing up more often this year. The idea behind it is that the camera on your iPhone or any other phone streams live video from the camera to the screen and the software augments the footage to include information to the user. The system can be used for satnav, driving safety and for fixing car engines to name a few things.
The latest version we have come across is called ARFootball. The ARFootball application is a game that you can play where you hold the phone down towards your feet and kick up a virtual football.
The game is simple in it’s idea and lets you juggle the ball between both feet. The application has different levels of difficulty along with two versions which include a free play mode and an arcade mode. [Read more…]
The guys at Spotify have created a preview version of their popular software Spotify that brings the service to Linux users. The software it’s self is still a little behind other versions such as the one for PC due to it being an early preview build.
Features lacking in the new version include no support for local files and no visual advertising which restricts it’s use to premium subscribers only.
Andrea Sehr from Spotify said the following… [Read more…]
When Apple [AAPL] announced iOS 4 they said a large number of enhancements had been included. These of course include multitasking as well as many other popular features that have been publicly known. Another one of the new features is called iPod Out which appears to have been overlooked somewhat. Thankfully, BMW has an all seeing eye and spotted the new feature allowing them to create quite a decent interface for their cars.
iPod Out is a function that enables an external screen to display and control music playback. Docking an iPhone running iOS 4 for example, could allow a car to have a screen installed and all the iPod controls appear on screen within the car.
BMW will be doing this with their BMW and Mini entertainment systems. The iPod Out function works on any iOS 4 device which includes the iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4 and iPod touch second and third generation. [Read more…]
HTC DROID ERIS users can expect to start seeing an OTA (over the air) update notice starting July 16. The update will be rolled out over the following week and will bring a few new features to the old ERIS Android smartphone.
The downside here is that it’s not Android 2.2 that is being released. From what we see over on Droid Life, the update just brings a few enhancements to the smartphone which include improved audio, enhanced speed dial, improved text, video and picture messaging as well as some tweaks to some of the features. [Read more…]
Microsoft [MSFT] is looking for iPad users to join them at the MS Campus so the company can study how people use the iPad. In particular the company is looking for students to watch for a couple of hours so they can study how students interact with the iPad and how they work with it.
The information comes from a Facebook event page which asks users to visit the MS campus between July 16 and July 21 for the study. Each user will be watched for two hours and in return, they will get some sort of MS gift which we are guessing is an older Zune. [Read more…]
The Canon EOS 60D is said to fit somewhere between the EOS T2i and the 7D. The camera it’s self hasn’t been officially announced yet. It was expected to be announced tomorrow but it seems like it could be announced in August sometime now according to the Canon Rumors website.
A couple of dates in August have been mentioned which includes August 11 as well as August 24. Any announcement next month would come just before the Canon EXPO 2010 that will be held the first week of September (2/3rd). [Read more…]
With the Sony PS3 3D update comes a few new paragraphs in the terms and conditions for using the games console. The new paragraphs recommend that users of 3D games be careful when viewing 3D imagery due to the strain it can put on eyes.
What Sony say is that some people experience discomfort as in eye strain, fatigue or nausea whilst watching 3D and if it effects you, you should stop playing and rest a while.
Recommendations also suggest that regular breaks are taken whilst watching 3D content. They also go on to say that children, specifically under six years old, should visit an eye doctor before playing 3D games due to the children’s eyes developing at that young age. [Read more…]
Droid-Life managed to get hold of some screen shots showing how many DROID X smartphones a number of locations across the US will be getting. From what the numbers show, it appears that the DROID X inventory will be limited.
Some of the stores are seeing as little as 5 units whilst some of them are a bit higher in the 60’s. Most numbers look to be between 15 and 40 per store.
Of course this might be the “current” inventory with the stores getting more delivered tomorrow and Thursday ready for the launch. [Read more…]
The Windows Steam Blog is pushing out some content today. We have heard a few things from them today including the Windows Phone Developer Tools beta launch.
What we hear now in their latest post is that Windows Phone Live will offer remote wipe capabilities as well as the ability to track the location of the phone. The Windows Phone Live website will allow two sets of functions to be performed. The first set handles the syncing of data with the cloud such as pictures, contracts and any other data that you store on the device. The second function handles the phone hardware whereby you can activate the GPS if the device is lost, perform remote wipes as well as lock it, ring it and interact with the phone in a way to help it be returned to it’s owner. [Read more…]
EpicWin is an app launching soon that spruces up your To-Do list a little by making it in to an RPG game. Most to-do lists are just lists of items stored on paper, in Outlook or wherever that show a list of things you need to do. Often the reminder gets delayed 5 minutes and another 5 minutes and another day etc… until nothing really gets done.
What EpicWin attempts to do is make completing tasks more rewarding. You enter your to-do list on to the EpicWin iPhone app and it becomes part of an RPG. When you mark off your to-do list one at a time, ie – you accomplish tasks rather than postponing them, you get rewarded in the game. As you complete more tasks you jump up levels, get more stamina and other bonuses. [Read more…]
Microsoft [MSFT] has extended the deadline for users wanting to downgrade from Windows 7 to Windows XP. The deadline has now moved all the way to 2020.
Microsoft had planned to remove this feature this year and many users would not have been able to downgrade after 2011, but have decided to extend it as many business still use Windows XP and want to standardize operating systems over all their computers.
As well as being able to downgrade to Windows XP Professional, users can also opt to downgrade to Windows Vista if required. The end was supposed to be around the time Windows 7 Service Pack 1 launched but now is a lot further away. [Read more…]
