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Microsoft Kinect Teardown

August 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Microsoft Kinect has been torn down to reveal what’s inside.

The teardown doesn’t go in to the depth that we see with some of the Apple [AAPL] products, but you do get to see how the Kinect is put together and what is used to capture video.

It’s made of two main parts: a projector and an IR VGA camera. The former bounces out a laser (don’t worry, Microsoft insists it’s safe) across the entire field of play, which the camera picks up to separate you from your sofa on what’s called a ˜depth field.’ It’s essentially all the pixels that Kinect gets back as IR noise measured in varying colour dependant on how close they are to the system. That way bodies appear a bright shade of red, green etc, and things further away appear grey.

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RIM BlackPad Could Arrive November at $499

August 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment

RIM is still rumoured to be working on the BlackPad. We heard last week that the device was to get a 9.7 inch screen, Bluetooth, WiFi as well as cameras on the front and back.

We now hear that Quanta will be manufacturing the tablet and that they will be building two million units in September in preparation for a launch in November.

Price wise, the tablet is also rumoured to be starting at $499. When we say starting, it isn’t clear at the moment if several models will be launched like Apple [AAPL] did with the iPad, or if RIM will just stick to the one model. [Read more…]

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iOS 4.1 Gets Email Based FaceTime Support

August 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment

We have heard previously that FaceTime call requests could soon be made via email. We now see that iOS 4.1 Beta 3 has the email FaceTime call functions available. This indicates that the next generation iPod touch 4 could get a front facing camera.

The option is found in iOS 4.1 Beta 3 in the Contacts application where two options to connect the FaceTime call are given. The first is via the regular phone number and the second, as pictured above, is by email.

The reason an iPod touch 4 would require email to active the FaceTime call is that no physical number can be attached to the device leaving the option of email the next best thing. [Read more…]

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Verizon iPhone 4 Due in January – Rumor

August 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment

According to TechCrunch, we could be seeing the iPhone land on the Verizon [VZ] network in January. The reasons for this are related to tracking what components are in demand. In the case of the iPad, large 9.7 inch screens were being built which helped give some of the details away.

What we hear now is that Apple [AAPL] has placed an order for a large amount of CDMA chips. As the iPhone 4 and other models do not currently use CDMA, it is believed that they are being purchased for the Verizon iPhone 4. TechCrunch also go on to say that the iPhone 4 will arrive on Verizon in January 2011. [Read more…]

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3rd Gen iPod touch With Camera Spotted on eBay

August 6, 2010 by Leave a Comment

There’s around 1 day and 13 hours left for you to get your hands on a 3rd gen iPod touch with a built in camera on the back.

It is believed that the actual product is real, in that Apple [AAPL] created it. However, the specific model with a camera was never launched last year. Rumours about the lack of camera on the 3rd gen model include the blame on a shortage of cameras which meant it had to hit the shelves camera-less.

The details in the auction, found here, indicate that the camera doesn’t actually work due to a lack of software although the seller does say that when the next gen iPod touch 4 is launched in a few weeks time, the software should allow this camera to start working. [Read more…]

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iPod touch 4 Screen Captured

August 6, 2010 by 7 Comments

MacRumors recently was sent some images of what the source claims to be the front LCD and bezel of the upcoming iPod touch 4.

The parts look similar in design to the iPhone 4 although the speaker gap is missing. What we do notice is that a small hole is cut out on the top side right in the middle which could indicate that FaceTime for the iPod touch is incoming. This goes in-line with what we heard recently when some screen grabs of FaceTime being configured by email address was spotted which indicated a slightly different method is needed to activate a FaceTime call on the iPod or iPad. [Read more…]

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HP Slate could be called the eStation Zeen

August 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The FCC unveiled a few documents today that reveal a device called the HP eStation Zeen. Engadget point out that the Zeen name was first spotted in a trademark on a portable handheld device late last year.

The FCC show drawings of a device that looks similar to a HP Slate. The device has a tablet look and has 802.11b/g/n WiFi built in.

Not much else is known about the device although we suspect with HP’s acquisition of Palm will see webOS being used on the tablet. [Read more…]

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iPod touch 4 Case Mockup

August 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Apple [AAPL] could be launching a new iPod touch 4 in the next month or so. The reason for this belief is that a photo illustration of an iPod touch 4 in a case has been revealed that indicates a new version with a camera is coming.

What happens here is that Apple send out technical specs (as in CAD details) to those companies who will be making cases. The drawings don’t show the device in details other than sizes of each part. With this information it appears that a company has created a mockup of what a case and iPod touch within that case will look like.

It’s hard to make out exactly what’s happening in the render, but it appears that “if” the iPod represents a new device then it will keep the curved back rather than a glass back of the iPhone 4. We also see the addition of a camera and possibly a flash also which is one of the wanted features on the device. [Read more…]

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iPhone 5, iPad mini and iPod nano Rumours

August 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

iLounge has posted some rumours that reveal a few new products from Apple [AAPL] are being worked on for an end of 2010 or early 2011 launch.

The rumours come from a source who successfully “predicted” the iPad as well as a couple of iPod nano models.

The first of the rumours follows along with what we have heard before in that different iPad models will be launching. The new model mentioned is an iPad mini that has a 7 inch screen. The iPad mini is supposed to be a finished product that will be announced late this year or early next year and apparently has been in development for a few years. [Read more…]

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MobileMe iDisk Streaming Hints that iTunes Cloud is Getting Closer

August 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Last month, Apple [AAPL] updated the MobileMe iDisk app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The new update sneakily brings in the ability to stream music from your iDisk to your iOS based device. Any music that you upload to iDisk can now be accessed and run in the background on devices that run iOS 4.

This appears to go against what record labels are demanding in that when music is streamed, you need to pay a license fee.

Apple recently pushed a new version of their iDisk software. iDisk is Apple’s online storage service similar to Microsoft Skydrive and Google Docs. Quietly mentioned in the release note of version 1.2 is the ability to play music files from remote storage in the background. I say “quietly” because this capability is not among the bullet list of features. Only if you click the “More” button do you see this listed:

* Play audio from your iDisk while using another app

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Clear iSpot 4G Hotspot for iPad and iPhone

August 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Clear iSpot is a mobile 4G hotspot designed to allow smartphones and tablets to connect to the internet at 4G speeds.

The device is designed for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch and when those devices connect over a WiFi connection, they are then capable of accessing the internet at 4G speeds rather than the 3G speeds that currently can restrict them.

The iSpot is capable of allowing up to eight wireless devices to connect up to it and has been optimised for Apple [AAPL] products. We are not sure what that exactly means, but we assume any WiFi device with a fast enough connection will be able to get the same benefits from it. [Read more…]

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iPhone 4 Jailbreak Uses PDF Explot to Gain Access

August 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The iPhone 4 Jailbreak launched yesterday in the form of a site you load up on your Safari browser on the iPhone. A small file is downloaded at that point which then can exploit the iPhone and allow access to install Cydia etc…

The exploit used takes advantage of an automatic PDF download in iOS that the jailbreak can inject jailbreak code and when you use the slide to jailbreak slider, the jailbreak code is executed that opens up the iPhone to be exploited.

The downside of this is that the vulnerability can also be opened up to malicious intent in that you could visit a website, click a button for example, and have executable code injected in to iOS that has a different agenda to what jailbreaking does. [Read more…]

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