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New Blackberry Passport – Demo by John Chen
Rovio–Angry birds accused of Violating Patent
Lodsys, claiming that Rovio has violated their patent.
Small company from Texas, says they are the owner of a patent on how to purchase a new level in Angry Birds.
Quoted from The Guardian, in addition to Rovio, in its claim to the Texas courts, Lodsys also lists other major mobile gaming companies like Electronic Arts ( EA ), Atari, Square Enix and Take - Two Interactive. Total, there are five companies that claimed by Lodsys using their patent in mobile games.
Lodsys described, his patent was used in The Sims 3 for iPhone, a compilation of Greatest Hits games for the iPhone and iPad made by Atari, Big Hit Baseball for iPhone and iPad by Square Enix and 2K Sports NHL 2K11 for iPhone by Take-Two Interactive.
| Continue Reading..Google Nexus S and the iPhone will be Taken to Space by Atlantis
The phones will produce the floating pods freedom to be controlled from the ground, cameras for a first-person view, and additional performance than they would cover on their own.
An upgrade will transform the devices into efficient servant robots for the crew, the Intelligent Robotics Group's DW Wheeler told CNET. Among the possibilities are scanning materials or looking for clear flaws. The goal is to ultimately keep ISS crew members paying attention on their missions and not on basic tasks.
The phones' installation is estimated to take place in September or October.
Carrying both of the two major American smartphone platforms can be symbolic for Atlantis. For many, Apple and Google at the same time represent the new forefront of US technology while the Space Shuttle is bowing out over 30 years after it too was the cutting edge. The iPhones and Nexus S phones are both being used to conduct experiments that wouldn't have been achievable on Earth or before modern smartphones.
Atlantis is scheduled to launch at 11:26AM Eastern and, appropriately, will have live streaming coverage optimized both for Android and iPhone viewers.
SPHERES
Via Electronista
| Continue Reading..i3dg turns iphone into 3d display
By using an old-school technique with a half-silvered mirror placed at a 45-degree angle, along with a special app, the i3DG Palm Top Theater turns your iPhone or iPodTouch into a 3D display. By splitting images or video into three layers using the template below, then reflecting them off of the mirrors, it creates the illusion of depth.
i3DG is invented by Jitsuro Mase, a media artist, and produced by DIRECTIONS, Inc, a Japanese media production company. It has won a prize of an international competition, Ars Electronica Festival 2010 Honorary Mention.
i3DG is a playful analog extension to an iPhone or an iPodTouch, converting its 2D display into a layered 3D view. Using the old technique of placing a half-silvered mirror at a 45-degree angle in front of an image, in a new context, the project extends upon 3D displays and iPhones. As a peripheral gadget, i3DG can support a wide range of different applications, from 3D videos and animations to accelerometer-based games.
i3DG–iPhone
Via: japanprobe.
| Continue Reading..One small step for native code; one big leap for Windows Phone 7 jailbreak
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Just weeks after the launch of Windows Phone 7 around the world, the inevitable attempts to jailbreak the operating system is yielding some interesting results. Today, Australian developer Chris Walshie was successfully able to prove a method to run “native” unmanaged code on a retail Windows Phone 7 device.
The pieces started falling into place when user “hounsell” on xda-developers.com noticed the a third-party application in the WP7 marketplace (Network Profile by Samsung) used “native” code, not Silverlight-managed code as all non-Microsoft apps should.
Upon closer inspection, he documented some interesting characteristics of the application that gave it its native capabilities – most notably a DLL called “Microsoft.Phone.InteropServices”, which if poked the right way provided COM access.
Building upon this, Chris was able to successfully code and deploy a valid WP7 application using the developer sideloading process to a Windows Phone 7 device that inherited the ability to run unmanaged code.
Even though this breakthrough pretty much provides root access to the core of the Windows CE-based system including registry and file system necessary for future jailbroken applications, the last and major piece of the jailbreaking puzzle remains – sideloading an application on a common non-developer device, since such an app would never make it through marketplace certification.
Fortunately, you can bet the geniuses at xda-developers will figure something out.
Update: If anyone’s wondering why jailbreaking is important, it’ll be beneficial to indie developers who want to push beyond the limitations of the Silverlight framework and SDK – including but not limited to access to the microphone and camera. Wouldn’t it be awesome if you could override the Bing search button?
Via : istartedsomething.com
| Continue Reading..Attractive IPad Application Website
Since the iPad has been released, the appliance bazaar has been growing rapidly. There are bags of apps advised just for the device. This agency that just like the iPad, abounding of these iPad applications accept their own website.
Microsoft Showcase Cross-Platform Game Using Windows Phone 7
Microsoft recently demonstrated the new mobile OS, Windows Phone 7, which can play video games from various platforms (Microsoft). This demo is done at Microsoft Tech-Ed at Middle East Conference.
Rudder played computer games in the PC, then move to the Windows Phone 7 to continue the game earlier. After previously using a PC keyboard, then he use touch screen and accelerometer of Windows Phone 7 to play in that device. Then, he move to the Xbox 360 device and continue the game using the usual stick.
Microsoft's future is likely to make an application market for all of Windows operating system, with cross-platform content.
Windows Phone 7
LevelUP - Quad Band Dual SIM QWERTY Gaming Cellphone
LevelUP your communications - The LevelUP is a first class quad-band mobile phone that supports the four global standard GSM frequencies (850MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz, 1900MHz) so you can trust it to work anywhere in the world. It has two SIM card slots (dual-SIM) which is perfect for people who want to keep two active phone numbers (personal and business) inside one great phone. That's not all! The CVEM-M94 comes fully unlocked, meaning you can use it with any GSM cellular network provider!
LevelUP your entertainment - The LevelUP is a first class retro gaming system. Go old school and play all your favorite Nintendo games from the dawn of gaming. Remember these childhood favorites?
* Legend of Zelda
* Super Mario Brothers 3
* Final Fantasy
* Contra
* Megaman 2
* Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!
The LevelUP lets you relive those glory days. And to keep it real, it even features a replica Nintendo D-Pad! Simply twist the M94's QWERTY keyboard around and you've got yourself one of the most popular gaming controllers ever invented! (Hint - The X button allows you to jump in games like Mario Brothers)
At a Glance...
* Quad Band, Dual SIM
* Unlocked World Phone
* NES Gaming System
* NES D-pad
* QWERTY Keyboard
* Free 2GB TF / MicroSD Card
More : chinavasion.com
| Continue Reading..Can Windows 95 runs on iPhone?
The hack makes use of a standard Windows 95 image and the Bochs emulator, though as you can expect, the performance is thoroughly crummy. They’re working on getting Windows XP to work too.
From : bink.nu
| Continue Reading..Intel Nokia Band Together
The world's largest chip maker has teamed up with the world's largest mobile phone maker to create what they say will be a "new exciting industry".
Intel and Nokia said their "technology collaboration" would deliver new mobile computing products - beyond existing smartphones, netbooks and notebooks.
But both companies added it was still too early to talk about product plans.
The deal gives Intel its first real breakthrough in the multi-billion dollar mobile-phone market.
"This collaboration will drive exciting new revenue opportunities for both companies and shape the next era of mobile computing," said Anand Chandrasekher, Intel's senior vice president of its ultra-mobility group.
Nokia's executive vice president for devices, Kai Oistamo said: "It will be compelling not only for our companies, but also for our industries, our partners and, of course, for customers."
"Brave new world"
Both companies said the partnership would centre around several open-source mobile Linux software projects, including the Moblin platform for Atom-based processors and the Maemo operating system developed by Nokia.
Intel will also acquire a licence from Nokia that is used in modem chips to connect to third generation cellular networks.
Intel's chips power most of the world's personal computers
Although Intel makes chips for Wi-Fi and WiMax networks, it has previously lacked the technology to provide a complete technology package for portable device makers.
In a conference call with reporters, neither company would not be drawn on what any future products would look like.
"We will talk about products when we are ready to talk about products," said Mr Chandraseckher
"With the convergence of the internet and mobility as the team's only barrier, I can only imagine the innovation that will come out of our unique relationship with Nokia. The possibilities are endless."
ABI Research says that last year a total of 1.2 billion mobile phones were sold globally.
Mr Oistamo was equally tight-lipped on the subject of future products, but he added: "We will explore new ideas in designs, materials and displays that will go far beyond devices and services on the market today.
"The future is truly exciting and there is a lot of room here to redefine what mobile is and what it can do as we create this brave new world."
"Wave of the future"
Intel's microprocessors are found in eight out of 10 personal computers, while Nokia boasts around a billion customers but is not as big a player in the US as it is in Europe.
The alliance could spell stiffer competition for ARM Holdings, which is one of the biggest suppliers of chips in the cell phone marketplace.
The deal will boost Nokia's presence in the United States
Analysts welcomed the collaboration, which they described as significant for both companies.
"Intel has really been trying to get a foothold in the wireless world in the worst way," Will Strauss, principal analyst with Forward Concepts told the BBC.
"They know portability, mobility is the wave of the future. Nokia is the world's biggest cell-phone maker in the world so getting a piece of Nokia's business is a big deal.
From : BBC
| Continue Reading..Prototype Nokia phone recharges without wires
Pardon the cliche, but it's one of the holiest of Holy Grails of technology: Wireless power.
And while early lab experiments have been able to "beam" electricity a few feet to power a light bulb, the day when our laptops and cell phones can charge without having to plug them in to a wall socket still seems decades in the future.
Nokia, however, has taken another baby step in that direction with the invention of a cell phone that recharges itself using a unique system: It harvests ambient radio waves from the air, and turns that energy into usable power. Enough, at least, to keep a cell phone from running out of juice.
While "traditional" (if there is such a thing) wireless power systems are specifically designed with a transmitter and receiver in mind, Nokia's system isn't finicky about where it gets its wireless waves. TV, radio, other mobile phone systems -- all of this stuff just bounces around the air and most of it is wasted, absorbed into the environment or scattered into the ether. Nokia picks up all the bits and pieces of these waves and uses the collected electromagnetic energy to create electrical current, then uses that to recharge the phone's battery. A huge range of frequencies can be utilized by the system (there's no other way, really, as the energy in any given wave is infinitesimal). It's the same idea that Tesla was exploring 100 years ago, just on a tiny scale.
Mind you, harvesting ambient electromagnetic energy is never going to offer enough electricity to power your whole house or office, but it just might be enough to keep a cell phone alive and kicking. Currently Nokia is able to harvest all of 5 milliwatts from the air; the goal is to increase that to 20 milliwatts in the short term and 50 milliwatts down the line. That wouldn't be enough to keep the phone alive during an active call, but would be enough to slowly recharge the cell phone battery while it's in standby mode, theoretically offering infinite power -- provided you're not stuck deep underground where radio waves can't penetrate.
Nokia says it hopes to commercialize the technology in three to five years.
From : YahooTech
| Continue Reading..Some weakness of the iPhone
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However, the severity iPhone 3G appeared to have weaknesses that make this product get a 'rift' brands rather than the other.
As quoted from PC Magazine, Saturday (14/3/2009), the system software iPhone 3.0, have a list of weaknesses:
1. Can not cut and paste. Although simple and unimportant, editing is a case the rather important. And after the iPhone 3G, features cutting and copy any posts is no more in this gadget.
2. Not support with the MMS. Clearly, this will more difficult, because with the MMS is not supported, then you can not send images directly.
3. Can not record video. One odd thing is, if the gadget that is already has the top level of technology, but can not record video well.
4. If iPhone users are running some applications such as Twitter, or instant messaging, the user can not read the messages with the quick and concise.
5. Finally, iPhone is often not energy efficient. This means that many applications that are used will make batteries in gagdet is easy-out. So, will be pitied when using a very wide variety of applications, the battery used quickly exhausted.
E75, the Perfection in Entertainment
So, what the benefits of E75, the latest advanced engine from Nokia?
First, they reinforce the e-mail service. Users can now open the attachment files from HTML. Similar BlackBerry, E75 is also designed to support multiple protocols and different e-mail account.
With the direct access to Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes, the company can save a third of the operational costs because the device does not need additional server or middleware.
Through site-specific mobinity.net, E75 users can enjoy a chat service or Facebook application. Mobinity.net also adopted the concept of citizen journalism.
User can proclaim an event in the form of news, photos or video, and then sent to the mobinity. net. From there, they get a voucher can be exchanged or a particular product.
E75 QWERTY keyboard comes through slide-design. As a substitute for 9300 'Mini Communicator'. E75 Keyboard also designed a special, once provided a special touch buttons: home, calendars, and e-mail.
| Continue Reading..KDDI au Hitachi Wooo H001 with 3D display
The Hitachi Wooo H001 features 3.1-inch 3D IPS TFT LCD display, a 5 Megapixel camera, Bluetooth and IRSimple. THe Wooo H001 support microSD cards.
The Hitachi Wooo H001 measures 51×111x18.6mm and weighs 145g. It will be available from KDDI au in early February.
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$2.99 Minimum Paid App Price at BlackBerry App World!
It seems RIM has decided the minimum price for paid apps will be $2.99. Potentially good news for developers, but bad news for the BlackBerry owners out there thinking that RIM's application storefront would usher in 99 cent BlackBerry app pricing a la the iPhone App Store.
Of course, free apps are still welcome, but as previously blogged the way their developer agreement is currently structured it'll cost money to submit free apps to the store. Most people are willing to pay $3 (or more) for an app if it's a good app. Where the 99 cent and $1.99 tiers fit well are for the not good but fun apps (fart apps, beer apps, etc.) which by the looks of this RIM would rather not see hit their app store. What do you think? Good move or big mistake? Let us know in the comments!
* Update: While going further through the FAQ, I couldn't help but take note of the final question...
Can the user store applications on an external SD card?
Applications cannot currently be stored on or run from an SD card. BlackBerry App World does not permit the downloading of applications to an SD card.
So for those who were hoping the launch of RIM's BlackBerry App World would coincide with a solution allowing you to save apps to the memory card, it appears that isn't in the cards just yet. * (Crackberry)
| Continue Reading..Google Street View, auto-correction prefs in iPhone OS 2.2 beta
A list of enhancements that may arrive in the next version of the iPhone operating system continues to grow with the unearthing of Google Street View support and an auto-correction toggle hidden in the most recent beta of the software.
Last week AppleInsider reported that the first private beta of iPhone Software 2.2 included a redesigned Safari address bar, as well as a new version of the App Store application with interface tweaks and a new bug report feature.
While those changes are visible to developers testing the software, a post at MacRumors details support for a few other features that have thus far remain inaccessible to developers, as they're not yet fully activated in the betas.
Among them is a preference to turn off the iPhone's text auto-correction. A request for this functionality was recently the subject of an online petition that has since received over 20,000 signatures.
Another feature is support for Google Street View in the iPhone's Maps application. Street View provides 360 degree panoramic views of major cities and their surrounding metropolitan areas using still photographs that have been stitched together. Google and T-Mobile recently highlighted support for Street Views on the G1 -- the first Android-based handset due to go on sale later this month.
Separately, and most critically, iPhone Software 2.2 appears to contain the groundwork for emoji icon support. Emoji is a form of Japanese clip art that can be inserted in sentences to spruce up email messages. A lack of emoji support was recently cited by the Wall Street Journal as one of the barriers to adoption faced by the iPhone in Japan.
Apple has offered no indication of when it plans to release iPhone Software version 2.2 and it's unclear whether the aforementioned features will be included in the release or held back for a future update.
Source : appleinsider.com
| Continue Reading..Nokia: 5800 XpressMusic first of many touchphones
At the launch of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, we got the chance to chat strategy with Nokia's director of the Xpress products group, Sven Jagebro, who said the new handset is the first of many touch phones from the Finns.
"Tonight is the release of the S60 touch platform as well this evening," said Jegebro. "We will have multiple handsets, for different consumer types.
"In Nokia we have the different series of handsets, which are aimed at different users. For instance, those for the style oriented, the N-Series with is a bigger experience, and 6000 series, which is more easy to use.
Exploration
"I believe we'll see exploration in more segments, with devices targeted at these different segments."
Jagebro also said that Nokia was in discussions with a number of UK operators to bring the handset to the UK, though these will be made later in the quarter in conjunction with the new carriers.
More : techradar.com
| Continue Reading..Google's Android Arriving Tomorrow
The big news this week will be the announcement for the first Android device from Google, HTC and T-Mobile. T-Mobile sent out invitations to the media to "experience the first Android-powered phone" on Tuesday, September 23rd.
A video demo from Google demonstrates the device's browser and interface of the upcoming device. The new device is said to be priced at $199 and "showcase the Google brand" and incorporate a swivel-out full keyboard along with an accelerometer and a large touch screen.
The new platform will obviously draw comparisons with Apple's iPhone. Google is promoting the openness of its platform at a time when Apple is seeing more criticism about its App approval process. Google will be introducing its own Android Market which provides developers a central repository for application sales and distribution. At launch, the Android Market will only offer free applications, but billing support should be coming at a later date. Unlike the App Store, the Android Market has no approval process and any developer can upload any application.
One of the particularly successful iPhone developers, however, is staying away from Android. Steve Demeter, who made headlines last week for having made $250,000 in sales of his iPhone game Trism, told AlleyInsider that the availability of multiple handset models could introduce more headaches than its worth:
“Do I want to be spending 6 months to write the game, and another 6 months making it compatible? If I had Trism available for Android, and there are 50 Android devices and every time one of them crashes (the users) contact me, do I want that?”
Instead, Demeter has been hiring and is working on 5 more iPhone games.
Source : macrumors.com
| Continue Reading..Microsoft Zune adds wireless downloads, features
Come next week, owners of Microsoft Corp's portable music player Zune will be able to download music wirelessly and tag and buy songs they hear on the device's built-in FM radio, Microsoft said on Monday.
The software company is introducing a host of new features on September 16 for the Zune, its answer to Apple Inc's iPod digital music player, which dominates the market and has sold more than 100 million units since its 2001 launch.
Microsoft will also introduce Zunes with storage capacities of 16 gigabytes and 120 gigabytes, with two new color schemes -- blue on silver and black on black.
The news comes one day ahead of an Apple event, where the maker of the Mac, iPod and iPhone is expected to roll out a new iPod Nano and may give an update on iPhone sales.
The new Zune feature, called "Buy from FM," lets customers tag and purchase songs they hear on FM radio stations using the FM tuner and the device's wireless capability.
The 16-gigabyte Zune will be priced at $199 and the 120-gigabyte Zune has a price tag of $249.99. Microsoft already sells Zunes in 4GB, 8GB and 80GB sizes.
Source : reuters.com
| Continue Reading..Apple iPhone cut/paste found in 2.1 OS & SDK frameworks
Good news for those waiting for the Cut & Paste feature for your Apple iPhone, Apple has so far failed to deliver the cut & paste feature to the iPhone 2.0 operating system, but all is not lost because it seems that Apple has been keeping a lid on things.
It seems they were indeed busy on building their cut/paste framework for the all new iPhone 2.1 OS and iPhone 2.1 SDK.
Apple has only just released the all new iPhone OS revision, iPhone 2.1 OS, to iPhone developers. The new iPhone firmware had by its side the iPhone 2.1 SDK as well.
I am not going to get all technical about the ins and outs of the frameworks; you can read more about that via TUAW. Got to admit we cannot wait to see cut & paste feature on the iPhone.
Source : phonesreview.co.uk
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