Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts
Nov 9, 2012
Video: Nexus 4 (The Verge Review)
The design of the LG-made Nexus 4 is very much an iteration of the Galaxy Nexus. That is, you kind of can't tell the two apart if they're sitting next to one another on a table. It's when you get closer that you begin to notice the differences — and there are many significant differences. For starters, the device is made mostly from glass. Gorilla Glass. The screen is coated smoothly from edge to edge, and it almost feels like the glass is melted over the sides. Google's head of user experience Matias Duarte claimed that the curved sides helped swiping left or right on the phone, and much to my surprise, it did seem to make things easier to shuffle around near the edges of the screen. The back is flat glass with a holographic stipple pattern which you can't always see, but looks playfully futuristic in the right light. The two glass surfaces are joined by a soft touch band which wraps around the entire device, giving it a solid, weighty feel in your hand. Watch the video to learn more...
Source: The Verge
Oct 30, 2012
Oct 18, 2012
An 8-Bit Grand Theft Auto: Retro City Rampage Review
Verdict: Try It
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Aug 31, 2012
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Jul 7, 2011
Skype and Facebook get deeper Integration
Today Facebook and Skype announced that both services will be integrated on a much deeper level starting today. Starting with Skype 5.5 BETA for Windows, Facebook chat will come to Skype. Users of Skype will also be able to find the Skype handle of their Facebook friends. Skype users can also update their Facebook statuses from the Skype client just like in the previous version of Skype (5.3).Even bigger is the announcement that Facebook.com will get video calling powered by Skype. Users will be able to make video calls to their online Facebook and Skype contacts right from the browser. The BETA client is available for Windows users. No word was given about an updated client for mac, but it is expected that such an update is in the pipelines.
In related news, Facebook announced that they have crossed the 730 million user mark.
Jun 10, 2011
50 Cent Debuts New iPhone App
Definitely not the first celebrity to launch an iPhone app, and certainly won't be the last, 50 Cent has made true on his promise and has also expanded his empire. The app, dubbed Uber50, features a soundboard of 50 Cent's voice as well as gunshot sound effects (some the rapper seems to be very familiar with).
The app was the result of Curtis Jackson's (50 Cent's real name) recent buyout of UberSocial.
Motorola Photon 4G Coming To Sprint!
Sprint, the network that prides on its long line of firsts in the mobile industry, held a press event in NYC today showing off their latest handsets. What’s special about this particular event is that it marks a re-kindling of a dormant relationship between Motorola and Sprint. While Sprint isn’t the industry first this time, they are winding up to deliver their first NVIDIA powered Tegra 2 handset with Motorola. This afternoon, Sprint is announcing the Motorola Photon 4G!
On a network that has been dominated by the HTC Evo 4G–and with all of the commotion that has surrounded the sequel, the Evo 3D– Motorola has some pretty severe competition on Sprint. Fortunately, the Photon 4G is no slouch. This 4.3″ monster is packing a 540 x 960 resolution quarter High Definition (qHD) display to show off the power generated by the NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and 1GB of RAM. It’s also bringing to the table a few things the EVO 3D seems to have lost along the way, like a kickstand and an 8MP camera. Throw in a Front Facing Camera, 16GB onboard with a microSD slot hungry for 32 more and polish it off with Android 2.3, and you’ve got a really impressive piece of hardware that is sure to serve as a proper competitor for the EVO 3D come launch day (sometime this summer).
Since it’s a shiny new Motorola device with a striking resemblance to its AT&T brother, the Atrix, it stands to reason that you’ll be able to snatch up such goodies as the Multimedia Dock and the Laptop Dock, both of which will allow you to turn your phone into the Motorola Webtop. With the Webtop, you are given the “proper operating system” look and feel with a legit version of Mozilla Firefox for Ubuntu to surf the web on, essentially making your Photon a fantastic smartphone and a chromebook in a single device.
Naturally, pricing isn’t yet available, but given Sprint’s recent activities, I’m sure you can expect the Photon to live right around the $200 range, with pricing on the docks to be comparable to what is already on the market. With Sprint regaining Motorola as a partner, I have a feeling Sprint customers all over have been given a front row seat to one of the hardest decisions of the summer – Motorola Photon or HTC EVO 3D?
Nokia CEO says all Android devices look & act the same; we disagree
What do you do when your company is falling apart and no one is buying your product? You diss the competition, of course. Nokia CEO, Stephen Elop, has once again let us know how much he doesn’t like Android.
At the Open Mobile Summit in London today, Elop talked about a wide range of topics, like: how Nokia is doing better than ever (if by better he means dying, then yes, much better), how Android exists only thanks to the iPhone, how he plans to become a carrier’s best friend and how Windows Phone is not doing well because OEMs prefer Android instead.
However, there was one part of his speech that really caught our attention. Elop claimed that Android devices all look and act the same and that “if it’s too hard to differentiate on a platform, commoditization steps in. But then differentiation starts to creep back in through fragmentation.” In other words, if OEMs want to differentiate themselves, they’ll have to fragment Android.
Mr. Elop seems to have forgotten that Nokia will soon be making Windows Phone devices, which allow for even less differentiation than Android. As some of you might know, Microsoft has some very strict rules on what OEMs can change about Windows Phone devices on both the software and hardware side. Android, on the other hand, doesn’t have such limitations. Instead, Google encourages people to put Android on as much devices as they can.
Because of this openness, we have Android phones that range from very affordable to very expensive, from earth-loving to Apocalypse-ready, and from girly to business-friendly. At the same time, all these Android phones are compatible with each other.
Seeing how worried Elop is about differentiation, it’ll be interesting to see how Nokia manages to stand out from the extremely homologous Windows Phone crowd. Will Microsoft give preference to Nokia and allow it to change Windows Phone? If so, how will HTC and Samsung react? We’ll have to wait and see.
Jun 7, 2011
Apple 2011 WWDC Day 1 Roundup
Although Apple did not announce an iPhone 5 as many people were speculating, the company used the first day of their WWDC conference to announce a list of new features coming to he Apple product line.
First on the list was OSX Lion which will be available in July exclusively on the OSX App Store. Among he over 200 features added to Lion, fullscreen applications and a multitude of new gestures are also on board. The company will also debut its iCloud service which is similar to Google Music but will incorporate the syncing of all types of documents across multiple devices such as an iMac, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, or MacBook Pro.
On he mobile front, Apple introduced iOS 5 which will be coming to the iPad, iPhone 4 and 5 as well as iPod Touch 4th Gen and later sometime this year. The updated OS brings slew of new features to the table including a much needed unified notification system similar to that of Android. There is also a shortcut for the camera button as well as deep Twitter integration, updated keyboard and others.
Apple will continue WWDC tomorrow with the entire event wrapping up on the 10th of June.
Jun 6, 2011
Microsoft Lands Big Punches at E3
Both Microsoft and Sony had press conferences today at E3, but as it would appear, so far it has been the Redmond based company that has stolen the show, at least for now. Hot on the heels of exceptional sales of it's Kinect accessory for Xbox 360, the company is introducing larger support for the peripheral including major integration being included in upcoming games such as Splinter Cell and Mass Effect 3.
The company also announced an updated dashboard for the Xbox 360 which will feature the same minimalistic styling that is currently on the Zune media player and Windows Phone 7 OS. Microsoft will be adding IPTV streaming support to the Xbox 360 in the holiday season of this year as well.
But the most exciting news comes to us VIA the games that will be making their way to the console this year and next. Along with the launch of Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3, Microsoft will launch Halo 4 next year as well as the next installment of the Tomb Raider franchise. Forza Motorsports 4 is also in the works for the platform though Microsoft did not give any details on it's development during the press conference today.
Sony PlayStation Vita Becomes Official
With the holiday season approaching, technology companies are hyping up their lineup for the thousands of holiday wishlists they hope to appear on. One such company is Sony who has officially announced the NGP (Next Generation PSP) in America at their E3 conference today.
The device will be known officially as the PlayStation Vita and will cost $250 for the regular version and $299 for the 3G version. The device features such things as an OLED screen, GPS and for the first time there will be no physical disks (UMD) allowed. All media on the Vita wll be downloaded from a computer or PSN.
Sony is currently handing out demo units to select developers and hopes to have over 50 titles available at launch.
Jun 3, 2011
Android 2.3 Gingerbread arrives on Evo 4G
HTC Evo 4G tooting owners who are willing to snack on Gingerbread can do so now as Sprint has released Android 2.3 for the HTC Evo 4G right on schedule. Those keeping up with the technology world might remember that news leaked of this update not too long ago.
Anyone willing to download the update can look for improvements in the UI as the camera application has been redesigned, internet calling is now supported along with a revamped keyboard and support for new media formats such as Google's own WebM open container format.
Those geeks among us will be glad to know that the Linux Kernel has also been upgraded and the device is sitting on version 2.6.35 of the kernel.
Apr 17, 2011
HTC Sensation 4G
The HTC Sensation is HTC's new Flagship phone for T-Mobile. It sports a monstrous 4.3 inch Super-LCD display with a qHD resolution, Qualcomm's new Dual Core Snapdragon processor clocked at 1.2 GHz. An 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash and a 1.3 VGA front facing camera in the front. Hi-Fi Stereo sound, HDMI, DNLA Technology and it will be running Android 2.3 Gingerbread with HTC's Sense UI 3.0. It will be headed to T-Mobile sometime this summer, so all you T-Mobile fans get happy!
Jan 29, 2011
Jan 27, 2011
Inside Gaming: Marvel vs Capcom 3
Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds is set to be released February 15th. This newest addition to the Marvel vs Capcom series features 36 different characters with some of your favorites making a return as well as many new editions. This game is definitely something to look forward to and will be dropping on both Playstation 3 and X-Box 360.
Jan 11, 2011
Fashion & Technology: HM2 SV Watch Collection by MB&F
The release of Horological Machine #2 by Maximilian Büsser and the folks at MB&F has finally come to fruition. The HM2 SV Watch is a limited edition timepiece that was slowly created at the speed of 3-4 pieces per month. The watch that is reminiscent of a cassette tape come in black & green and black & red colorways and limited to a run of 18 pieces. The SV in the watches’ name is for Sapphire Vision that describes the clear view to the HM2’s 349 piece heart.
Jan 8, 2011
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