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Samsung Galaxy S Available for Pre-Order in Germany

May 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Amazon in Germany has made the Samsung Galaxy S available for pre-order on it’s site. The Galaxy S can be pre-ordered and will cost ‚¬649 when launched. The smartphone of course, will be unlocked.

The Samsung Galaxy S has a 1GHz ARM processor that is based on the Hummingbird design and is supposed to be faster than the similar spec 1GHz Snapdragon CPU that’s more commonly used in new smartphones.

The Galaxy S has a 4.1 inch display and uses a Super AMOLED touchscreen that provides amazing visuals on the device. The camera is capable of capturing video at a HD resolution of 720p. [Read more…]

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Holiday Inn to Allow Smartphones to Access Rooms

May 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Holiday Inn is soon to start trials where smartphone users will be able to use their devices to unlock their room at a hotel.

The system will be tested in June at Chicago O’Hare Rosement and another Holiday Inn at Houston, Downtown Convention Centre.

The system being tested comes from a company called Open Ways. The hotel had looked in to RFID before, but favour the technology that Open Ways offers what allows virtually any smartphone to unlock a door with an application. The software will be available for iPhone, BlackBerry and Android devices. [Read more…]

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Apple Confirms Steve Jobs Keynote 10am June 7 at WWDC

May 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Apple [AAPL] has confirmed that Steve Jobs will deliver the keynote address at WWDC at 10am June 7. The keynote will kick off the five day event that will be held in San Francisco.

It is expected that Steve will announce the new iPhone 4G (or whatever name it will get such as the iPhone HD for example). The press release can be found below. [Read more…]

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Sky Mobile TV iPad App Launches – £35/Month Wanted

May 24, 2010 by 4 Comments

The Sky Mobile TV app has been updated to now work with the yet to arrive Apple iPad in the UK. On Friday when the iPad launches, users will be able to stream Sky news and sports content to their iPad over the internet connection (WiFi and possibly 3G).

When using the iPad app you get access to 6 channels although those using the app on the iPhone or iPod touch get 8 channels. The downside is that to have access to the service, you need to cough up £35/month.

What is Sky Mobile TV on the iPad?

– Watch 6 live channels (Sky Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, Sky Sports News and Sky News)
– Enjoy our new high-quality iPad streams (Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 2, Sky Sports News & Sky News only)
– New interface allows you to continue watching whilst browsing the 24-hour channel guide. [Read more…]

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Google Pac-Man Logo is Playable – 256 Levels

May 21, 2010 by Leave a Comment

May 22 1980 was the day when Pac-Man was first introduced. That’s 30 years ago tomorrow. To celebrate the launch of Pac-Man, Google [GOOG] has decided to make a fully playable version of Pac-Man as the Google Logo. The Google Pac-Man Logo allows one or two players to play against the ghosts and pick up all the power pellets.

For those who do not know about Google Logos, a couple of times a month the company change the logo on their search page to reflect a historic event such as Teachers Day in Korea, Childrens Day in Spain and April Fools day each year. All the previous logos can be found over at Google.

Back to Pac-Man, the two player version can be played by hitting the insert coin button. Controls for the second player are the WASD keys for Up, Left, Down and Right. [Read more…]

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AT&T ETF Raised for Smartphones

May 21, 2010 by 1 Comment

AT&T [T] is raising the ETF (Early Termination Fee) for those who sign a new contract starting June 1 this year.

The new early termination fee, specifically for smartphones here, is being raised from $175 to $325 and as AT&T say, to make it more fair for those who get cheaper phones.

The idea is, and we think that it’s fair approach, that if you spend less on a device, your early termination fee should be less. If you spend more, your early termination fee should be more.

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Apple iPod Touch gets Camera

May 19, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Vietnamese site Tinhte.vn has managed to get another breaking news story where the guys there managed to get hold of an Apple iPod Touch with a rear facing camera. The new iPod Touch looks the same as the previous iPod Touch other than the addition of a camera on the back.

The iPod Touch has been captured on video to give a brief demonstration of what it can do. However, it appears that the Touch is still in some sort of diagnostic mode similar to what the iPhone 4G was although the Touch gets to a very basic graphical interface that is usable. The camera seems to function as it should although there was no interface specifically for the camera to be used in. Instead, a group of icons showing various functions of the phone are displayed on this prototype model with a video feed in to one of the icons. [Read more…]

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Google Android Battery Life Should Last a Whole Day

May 19, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Google [GOOG] has said that your Android battery should last a day. This information first came from Larry Page over at the Google annual partner forum, Google Zeitgest. This information was then backed up by Eric Schmidt.

The problem as described by Larry is that people install applications that constantly keep data going such as Twitter and other apps. When applications constantly run in the background they tend to eat up battery life and drop the life of the charge down significantly.

“I have noticed there are a few people who have phones where there is software running in the background that just sort of exhausts the battery quickly. If you are not getting a day, there is something wrong.”

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Omnivision OV2720 1080p Image Sensor

May 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Omnivision OV2720 is a very small image sensor that is capable of capturing video at 1080p (Full HD) resolutions. The new sensor has been compacted down making it about 1/6 of an inch in size making it ideal for being embedded in to devices such as smartphones, laptops and perhaps the iPad 2.

When recording video in 1080p, the device is capable of capturing up to 30 frames per second. The device also uses a process to achieve better image quality in low light situations which is also a bonus, especially where smartphone cameras are concerned.

Omnivision has said in the past, or at least hinted in the past, that the Apple iphone 4G could get to use the sensor, but due to manufacturing on a mass scale not happening till next month of this sensor, it could be a little late for the next generation iPhone. Instead, Devicemag believe that the OV5650 will be used instead as that sensor is also capable of capturing video at 1080p. [Read more…]

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Google Android 2.2 Froyo Could Launch this Week – Flash Enabled Sites Highlighted

May 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment

This week we expect that Google [GOOG] will officially announce and perhaps release Android 2.2. When launched, it will be available for the Nexus One, DROID and HTC Evo 4G off the starting blocks and of course, other devices will follow over the coming months.

Google hasn’t released a list of what will be included just yet although a number of leaks and information found on other sites such as Adobe has indicated that Flash 10.1 will be built in to the Froyo build. In regards to flash we also hear that when a 2.2 updgrade is complete the Flash 10.1 feature will be highlighted by Google along with a list of sites that will function correctly (as pictured above). Of course the list isn’t limited to what you see above as Adobe has just highlighted some of the best and most popular sites.

Other features believed to be included are the ability to create a WiFi hotspot with your Android phone along with USB and wireless tethering. [Read more…]

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Apple MacBook Leaked – New Model Could Arrive this Week

May 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Vietnamese website Tinhte seems to be the source of Apple [AAPL] leaks this past week. Just last week they managed to get hold of an Apple iPhone 4G and now this week, they seem to have their hands on a new Apple MacBook.

The new Apple MacBook will more than likely have a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, run an NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics card that has 256MB RAM and be more in line with the MacBook Pro (13.3 inch model).

Some rumours around the internet indicate that the next gen Apple MacBook could go on sale as early as tomorrow, or perhaps sometime this week. [Read more…]

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Androis OS runs on iPod Touch

May 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Just a few weeks ago we came across a guy who successfully loaded up an Android OS build on to an iPhone 2G. Shortly after the same happened to the iPhone 3G. We now heard that the iPod Touch is now running Android.

The iPod Touch used here is the first-gen model and although the port is currently working, there are still a few loose ends that need closing off.

Meanwhile, I am working on some stuff that is slightly more fun. Last night, I brought openiboot for the first-generation iPod touch up to scratch so that it supports all the features the other ports of openiboot support: sound, multitouch and SDIO (for WLAN) are the notable things I had to fix. Earlier today, I figured out how to drive the piezoelectric tweeter on the iPod touch.

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