Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
Google has “kind of” officially announced that Android Ice Cream Sandwich will be launching in October or November of this year. The current Gingerbread version has been around a while now and a new version will be welcomed. Eric Schmidt said the following:
We have a new operating system, internally known as Ice Cream Sandwich for some reason, which is being released in October/November, which everyone’s really excited about.
The LG Optimus 3D is a device that takes the smartphone in to the realm of glasses-less 3D. The screen is quite unique in that when watched in landscape mode, you can watch 3D content that appears to pop out of the screen. Lets take a look to see if it’s any good.
Steve Jobs has announced that he is stepping down as CEO of Apple with the following information:
I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.
The picture below shows a camera attached to a CineSkates camera mount.
CineSkates™ are a set of three wheels that quickly attach to a tripod and enable fluid, rolling video in an ultra-portable package. Watch the video to see what they are capable of… CineSkates were used to film it!
Google has rolled out a Chrome OS update that makes it faster at resuming and brings a few new features. Google begins its announcement by saying:
One of the things that excites us about Chromebooks is that unlike other computers, the user experience automatically gets better over time.
The term ‘Internet TV’ refers to a television service that is available online. Much like conventional television, it allows viewers to select what they want to watch from a directory of channels. Many major Internet TV web sites are available on an on-demand basis. Unlike conventional Digital or Satellite TV, on-demand Internet TV viewers aren’t limited to only what is currently being broadcast. They can choose from the most recently aired shows or take a trip into the past with a visit to the site’s archives.
Yesterday at PocketNow, some leaked pictures of various smartphones were released. Along with a few mentioned smartphones, details of a Motorola Xoom 2 were released. The Xoom is a honeycomb based tablet that launched earlier this year (pictured below).
The pictures appeared to be accidentally published online by Motorola but were removed shortly after.
After a few months of seeing pictures of the Acer Iconia, we now hear it’s actually going to be shipping in the next few weeks.
The Iconia is a dual-screen Touchbook that allows users to work with two 14 inch touchscreens. When opened like a laptop, a virtual keyboard can be set on the lower screen while a regular OS running on the top screen.
The technical specs reveal that the device runs an Intel Core i5 chip. The operating system is Windows 7 and the screens are covered in Gorilla glass to make it extra strong. [Read more…]
Mozilla has announced that Firefox 4 will be officially launching on March 22. In a message posted on Google Groups, Damon Sicore, the Sr. Director of Platform Engineering at Mozilla Corporation, announced in a meeting held yesterday that the new version of the browser was ready and will be launching on that date.
Today’s triage session concluded with all systems go for a Firefox 4 launch on March 22nd. We will continue to have triage sessions on a daily basis to watch for major issues; however, at this point, we’ve concluded RC1 will become Firefox 4 final.
Facebook will soon become a place where you can rent Warner Bros. movies. The first of which will be The Dark Knight when the services goes live.
To get the movie, all you need to do is visit the official Facebook page of Warner Bros. and once there, select the movie and click to apply Facebook credits. The cost will be $3 which is the equivalent of 30 credits. [Read more…]
YouTube user TheRasteri decided to see what would happen if Windows 1.0 was installed and updated, one version at a time, all the way through to Windows 7. All major versions of the OS were included in the update process which means Windows ME was left out as you only had the option of Win 2K or Me but not both.
Windows 1.0 was first introduced in 1985 on November 20 and required that MS-DOS 5.0 be installed so that Windows could be installed within that. This is how the update procedure worked… DOS 5.0 and Windows 1.0. To check that all worked throughout the several upgrades, Doom 2 and Monkey Island were installed at the beginning and were tested throughout the install process. [Read more…]
Along with the launch of the iPad 2, Apple also unveiled the Smart Cover. The cover is different to a case in that it doesn’t wrap around the whole device. Instead, it uses magnets to attach on to the front of the device to keep the screen free from being knocked.
The magnets used are self aligning which means when you attach it, it always sits in the right place. The cover also controls switching the device on and off if needed. When you open the case, the screen enables. [Read more…]
