Dennis Gabor Honoured for Inventing Holography

June 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Today Google is recognising Dennis Gabor by changing the logo on it’s main google.com web page. Changing logos on the home page is common practice by Google [GOOG] and is referred to as Google Doodle. Examples of past one such as the playable PacMan logo that was up there recently can be found over on the Google Logo site.

Today Dennis Gabor is honoured because he invented holography. 110 years ago on June 5 1900 Dennis Gabor was born and 47 years later in 1947 he managed to discover holography to which a patent was file in December of the same year. [Read more…]

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Aiptek 3D HD Camcorder Ready for Pre-Order

June 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Yesterday we wrote about a new pocket sized 3D HD camcorder that was launching soon called the Aiptek 3D. We now see that Amazon has a pre-order page up for the camera with a price tag of $199.

The camera has two lenses each with a 5 megapixel sensor behind and are capable of capturing 3D HD at 720p. The screen on the front of the device measures 2.4 inches. Early indications suggest the 2.4 inch screen can show 3D without glasses although the Amazon page doesn’t mention this. [Read more…]

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New Sony 3D TV Advert

June 4, 2010 by 1 Comment

Sony is launching a new advert to promote their new 3D TV’s. The advert features the Brazilian footballer Kaka and the ad is designed to be watched on both 3D and 2D TV sets. When watched in 3D you get the full 3D effect whilst watching in 2D you get double images that make you want to grab a pair of 3D glasses and watch it correctly.

The advert can be viewed online (embedded below), or if you want to watch it in full HD, selected Sony Style stores will have the advert running starting June 12.

The advert was directed by Jonathan Glazer (Blur, Radiohead). We have an additional making of documentary available if you’d like to see it.

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Asphalt 5 on Nokia N8 Video Demo

June 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Nokia N8 looks to be quite a nice smartphone despite the early review of a leaked model.

The video below was provided by Gameloft and shows Asphalt 5 running on the Nokia smartphone. If real, it looks quite amazing. We just mentioned “if real” in that SlashGear rightly point out that the game “might” be rendered or perhaps not showing it actually on a Nokia N8. There are no disclaimers to say other wise, so perhaps it is the real deal. [Read more…]

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HTC Hero Android 2.1 Rolling-out Today in Asia

June 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment

It appears that HTC Hero owners over in Asia today are starting to get the Android 2.1 firmware update. Conformation came from HTC on it’s Chinese Plurk account saying the roll-out would be June 4, which is today.

There was no mention of a European roll-out though with some translated instructions briefly explaining how the update can be installed.

The translated message says….

On June 4, 2010 to open up the wireless software update, the main update function as follows: Android 2.1 operating system upgrade!

System will continue to send updates prompt, when you receive a system prompt as long as you can by clicking Download or wireless network connection 3G/GPRS way to complete your phone system updates. Note: We recommend you to choose to have free Wi-Fi environment, download the update. If you are currently using 3G network, the download may have to pay the additional cost carriers, please make sure to have unlimited Internet access rates apply for rentals before use.

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World Cup Live on iPhone in UK

June 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment

ITV in the UK will be broadcasting the World Cup live, starting June 11, to iPhone users. The service comes from Red Bee Media who will provide ad supported free live video streaming of the whole World Cup event this month.

Both ITV 1 and ITV 2 will be streamed to iPhone users over 3G and WiFi connections. The service and webpage isn’t live just yet, but on or around June 11 you will be able to watch the World Cup over here on your iPhone.

From what we read at Pocket Lint, the ITV is the only UK broadcaster that will screen the World Cup on mobile. [Read more…]

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World Cup goes On Demand and enhanced in 3D

June 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The World Cup is starting June 11 and runs for a whole month. Comcast has announced that it will be showing the World Cup in 3D on on ESPN 3D. The first match will be the South Africa vs Mexico and will be followed by 25 other matches also in 3D.

As well as broadcasting the World Cup in 3D, Comcast are going to be showing all 64 World Cup matches live and On Demand. The matches will be shown on ESPN and Univision. The company also notes that the time zone for South Africa is GMT +2 which is why on-demand might be a benefit to some viewers. [Read more…]

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Apple iPad Could Kill of in-flight Movies

June 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The CIO of Jetstar believes that the Apple iPad could eventually replace in-flight entertainment systems. By giving passengers an iPad to use (ie, renting it out), it allows them to watch movies, browse the web (internet not confirmed) and interact more with a large screen device.

“A lot of airline customers do this now with iPods [and] MP3 players; however, the usage take-up was limited by size of the screens,” he said.

This interview was first uploaded to the web on January 29 by ZDNet. [Read more…]

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HTC EVO 4G Storage Bug

June 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The HTC EVO 4G launches today in the US. The new smartphone is capable of 10X the download speed of a 3G phone making it the quickest around today. Of course, that assumes you are in a 4G area under good network circumstances. However, the launch was hit with a slight snag in that some reports are saying that a problem with the 8GB microSD card that ships with the EVO 4G in that there is a permissions problem that won’t let users write data to the card.

‘It seems to be fairly widespread among those who received the phones, says Andy Y, an Evo user who has been in touch with Google and HTC tech support over his faulty Evo SD card. ‘It’s a troubling trend. He has posted extensively on an online Android forum about his experience, where he says about 20 people have complained of similar problems.

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ASUS EPad Announced

June 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment

ASUS is following the usual trend and bringing out different versions of the ASUS Eee Pad. This time the product is called the ASUS EPad that’s essentially a cut down version of the Eee Pad. Remember here that the ePad is a tablet device and that the ASUS Eee Tablet is actually an eBook reader with a clever screen if that makes sense.

Back to the ASUS EPad, the device was spotted over at Computex along side the two other Eee Pad models we mentioned earlier this week. This particular model is a 10 inch version that will run Windows 7. It was spotted at the Intel Booth indicating it has an Intel CPU inside.

It isn’t clear at the moment if the EPad will be a real working device, or if ASUS managed to get a prototype working just enough to show off in the Intel booth. We also do not know what Intel CPU is inside this one. [Read more…]

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HTC Scorpion to get 1.5GHz CPU and Android 2.2 on Verizon – Rumour

June 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Back in February we heard of rumours about a new smartphone from HTC called the HTC Scorpion. At the time it was rumoured that the smartphone would run a new 1.5GHz processor from Qualcomm (meaning an update to the 1GHz Snapdragon) and run the Android 2.2 operating system from Google [GOOG].

Another rumour has been added to the HTC Scorpion set of rumours with the new one saying the device is real and that it is going to be launched on the Verizon [VZ] network and will include support for WiMax. [Read more…]

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Dell Streak on O2 Now Available in UK

June 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Today is the launch date of a few good devices. Over in the US the HTC EVO 4G just became available and here today in the UK the Dell Streak is now being made available on the O2 network.

Price wise, the Dell Streak free on all tariffs from £25/month and above which is a good deal although for £25/month you get data only and not Voice calls bundled in. You could possibly get away with using a service such as Skype to make calls though. The phone it’s self has a 5 inch screen. The screen is multitouch and can display 800 x 480 pixels. It runs Google Android, has an all-day battery life. [Read more…]

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