iOS 4 Terms and Conditions Reveal Privacy Changes

June 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment

iOS 4 became available yesterday for download and with that download comes a new privacy policy which by default, lets Apple track where you are and provides that real time information to partners and licensees. What this means is that the new ad system, iAd can be use your location data to customise ads on your phone.

iAd does have an “opt-out” policy allowing you to not send your location based data to the company. In doing so you’ll still see iAd ads, but the relevance of the ads will be dropped a little and wont work based on location. [Read more…]

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Microsoft Kinect on Jimmy Fallon

June 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Jimmy Fallon show last night had the Microsoft Kinect being demonstrated. The Kinect is a new device from Microsoft [MSFT] that uses a camera system to track your body movements and basically use you as the controller.

The demonstration looks quite good. There is a little bit of lag in the game play in that when the people jump, the characters follow shortly after. However, it does look like a cool way to interact with games and could be a lot of fun when launched in a few months time (by the way, pre-orders are detailed here). [Read more…]

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Nintendo 3DS Graphics Chipset Revealed

June 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Nintendo finally unveiled the Nintendo 3DS last week at E3. The system uses a unique 3D screen that gets rid of the requirement to wear glasses. We now have heard some of the technical details which shows what chip powers the 3D graphics.

The chip is called the PICA200 chip and from what we understand, it is quite capable although generally unheard of. It is clocked at 200MHz and is capable of shifting 15.3 million polygons per second or 800 million pixels.

This chip can run the 3DS with anti-aliasing at full screen also. [Read more…]

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Amazon Kindle 3G now $189

June 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Amazon has lowered the price of the Amazon Kindle bringing from $259 down to just $189. It is believed that the price drop was in response to Barnes & Noble dropping the Nook down from $299 to $199 just recently although Amazon hasn’t confirmed if this was what sparked the price drop.

The Amazon Kindle at $189 is the smaller 6 inch model. The large 9.7 inch DX still cost $489 although that “might” drop in price soon to follow.

Perhaps another reason could be for Amazon to release a new model although right now, we have not heard anything to indicate this is the case. [Read more…]

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iPhone 4 Boxed at Walmart

June 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Walmart appears to have received it’s batch of iPhone 4’s ready for sale on June 24.

The iPhone 4 pictured above (and below) shows what the box will look like when you can get your hands on it in a couple of days time.

The CDMA written on the box in the background is not an iPhone box, but rather an LG 290C which Walmart also stocks. We didn’t want you to get excited too quickly that a version for other carriers was being made available for launch. [Read more…]

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Why the iPhone 3G Lacks Backgrounds in iOS 4

June 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Yesterday saw a pretty big launch in terms of OS upgrades. iOS 4 was introduced for iPhone 3G, 3GS as well as newer gen iPod Touch devices.

The 3GS managed to get all the features working but the 3G lacks a few things. One of the big ones was multitasking which we have known about for a long time. Another feature is backgrounds. This is one that a number of people couldn’t figure out as it is thought that using backgrounds wouldn’t require much from the iPhone 3G.

A Gizmodo reader called Erica decided to ask the top man himself, Steve Jobs at Apple [AAPL] about why this is the case… [Read more…]

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Dell Streak Bluetooth Keyboard Support

June 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Android operating system has problems in general with the Bluetooth HID profile that is needed to connect up keyboards and mice via Bluetooth. The Dell Streak is an Android based device and this actually supports the profile out of the box.

A user over at StreakSmart managed to easily connect up a Think Outside Bluetooth Keyboard without any problems at all to his Dell Streak.

The keyboard was reported at responding very well and working well on websites such as GMail with no lag reported. [Read more…]

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Microsoft Kinect Sensor – $150 and Ready for Pre-Order

June 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Microsoft [MSFT] has revealed that the Microsoft Kinect will cost $149.99. The price was confirmed on the Microsoft store website where the Kinect just went up and has been made available for pre-order.

The official shipping date is not revealed although we expect that it isn’t too far away with pre-orders being made available just now.

The Kinect was announced at E3 last week where we found out that Kinect was the official name of Project Natal. Full details of what it can do and what’s included in the box are found below. [Read more…]

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iBooks for iPhone Launches on iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4 and 2nd Gen Touch

June 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment

iBooks for the iPhone 3G, 3GS and iPod Touch 2nd and 3rd gen has now arrived. The iBooks app requires iOS 4 to run and brings a number of new features to the iPhone.

The new features include the ability to read PDF files and sync with the iPad version or other versions such as the Touch version.

You can grab the app for free right now assuming you are running a compatible OS. [Read more…]

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HTC Mozart Windows Phone 7 – (Photoshopped)

June 22, 2010 by 1 Comment

Over on XDA-Developers a picture was posted showing a poster of the HTC Mozart running Windows Phone 7 and coming in October this year.

The picture, larger below, is actually a badly photoshopped HTC Desire with Windows Phone 7 kind of stretched partly over the screen. However, the poster is real and seems to confirm that the HTC Mozart with WP7 is landing in a few months time.

Conflipper also chipped in on the thread by saying the HTC Mozart does exist and that it is coming to T-Mobile in the US as well as Telstra. [Read more…]

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Apple iPhone 4 Pre-Orders Could Arrive Early

June 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Apple [AAPL] is starting to send out emails to those who pre-ordered in time for a June 24 delivery of the iPhone 4. The email is worded in such a way that it indicates the iPhone 4 could be delivered a day early on June 23 (tomorrow).

Dear Apple Store Customer,

You recently received a Shipment Notification email from Apple advising you that your iPhone has shipped.

This email is to confirm that your delivery will occur on June 23rd. Although Apple and FedEx tracking information may currently indicate a later date, you can check the FedEx website the morning of the June 23rd to track your package to your doorstep.

In the event that you will not be available to accept delivery on June 23rd, it may be more convenient to use our pre-sign delivery option by visiting our Order Status website at

Sincerely,

The Apple Store Team

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iOS 4 Jailbreak Arrives for iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 2G

June 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The iPhone DevTeam yesterday launched a new unlock for iOS 3.1.3 that allows any iPhone running the now older OS to unlock the phone.

As well as releasing an unlock for the older 3.1.3 iOS, the team also launched the iOS 4 Jailbreak. The Jailbreak is only compatible on iPod Touch second gen and the iPhone 3G (not the 3GS just yet). We are expecting that the 3GS will be jailbroke soon though.

As with all iOS jailbreaks in the past, Redsn0w makes it simple in that you tether your phone, load up a program and the jailbreak is applied. [Read more…]

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