Filed under: Nokia, Misc
Combining huge screens with usable keyboards in a pocketable package is the challenge phone manufacturers are eternally doomed to try to solve, leading to an endless stream of (mostly comical) patent applications for ridiculous form factors that will never see the light of day. That’s where we think — well, we hope [...]
The Geminids have taken a hit not only from the Moon, but also the weather. Not only many Australian sites were clouded out, a lot of US sites were too. Despite the cloud Thomas Ashcroft got this fireball image. Over in Greece The Elisabeth Observatory got some images of lone meteors. The International Meteor Organisation [...]
Comet Al has noticed that comet C/P 2003 K2 (Christensen), which he just recovered in images from the STEREO spacecraft, was within 8 degrees of the “Smiley Fritz” Conjunction on December 1. As many people were photographing this event, there is a possibility that someone caught the comet while imaging the conjunction.
Neither my nor Comet [...]
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm
A recent offer on the official Guitar Hero: World Tour site has had us scratching our heads all day (much to the chagrin of our dandruff-covered keyboards). The oddly-worded promotion states that if you purchase (or have purchased) the 360 or PS3 versions of the Complete Guitar [...]
Apple has once again rejected an app that probably should have gotten in to the App Store, but this time it may be due to just a simple misunderstanding. The app Peeps from Plausable Labs Cooperative would have let users visually organize their contacts. One method it provided for this included thumbing through a coverflow-like [...]
We were cautiously excited yesterday when we heard about Pastebud, a new web app that hoped to offer a viable copy and paste method for the iPhone and iPod touch. However, when it launched yesterday, users quickly found a critical security issue with the web service. For some reason, users were getting information from other [...]
Apple will be adding more advanced motion-sensing capabilities to the next version of the iPhone, according to unnamed Taiwanese news sources. The MEMS gyroscopes similar to those in the Nintendo Wii MotionPlus accessory, digital cameras for image stabilization, and the Segway, will allegedly be making an appearance in the next iPhone.
Apple has targeted the business market with great success! (OK the new Blackberry won’t be a storm in a teacup (ha ha)), but that aside - there have been some fantastic business apps released over the last couple of months.
Now there is no point in re-inventing the wheel - so if you want to know [...]
Mike Wendland (freep.com) is sold on the Mac in general and the MacBook in particular. In fact, as part of his “12 Days of Christmas Tech Gift Guide,” he says that “when it comes to a notebook computer with power that rivals a desktop and portable convenience that can do just about anything on any [...]
Watch the Treasure of The New York Pubic Library to sense the breadth of materials that New Yorkers can enjoy by visiting their Public Library. The videos available on iTunes U introduce you to the library’s Art Deco collection, offer a glimpse of The Katharine Hepburn Papers, and let you sample some of the delights [...]
Before it reaches theaters next Friday, you can enjoy multiple clips and the third trailer from Will Smith’s new film Seven Pounds on the Movie Trailers site. Directed by Gabriele Muccino (who directed The Pursuit of Happyness), the emotionally charged Seven Pounds also stars Rosario Dawson and Woody Harrelson.
Developer Solrobots has discovered that Apple has updated the App Store with Top 100 lists for individual iPhone app category, including sub-lists for paid apps vs. free apps. They haven’t included links to them on the main page yet, but you can access them if you have a direct link. You can get a list [...]
One of the great things about the iPhone when it first launched was how easy the activation process was. Users used to be able to hop into iTunes and set up an account with AT&T from the comfort of home, but that ended with the iPhone 3G. Now, for those of you buying an iPhone [...]
Citrix has announced that they are nearing completion of a product that will deliver desktop virtualization to the iPhone and other smartphones next year. Both Mac and PC users will have the ability to access the same desktop session that they would if they were on their computer using the Citrix App Reciever.
Ideaswarm has announced AppViz, a cool new application for the Mac that “helps iPhone developers download and visualize their application sales.” Instead of downloading statistics manually every day, AppViz obtains them with the click of a button.
There have been a small handful of projects that aimed to finally fill the gaping void left by Apple when they didn’t add copy and paste to the iPhone, but so far none have managed to deliver. Now Pastebud is giving it a try, and like many of the others, it’s a start.
Today, says Stephen H. Wildstrom, “apps are where the action is, and consumers are reaping the benefits.” Wildstrom points out that “before the iPhone, relatively few owners of any phones — smart or dumb — downloaded applications.” But “‘now everyone wants [an app store],’” he quotes Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, [...]
“Having downloaded a gaggle of programs,” Ed Baig (usatoday.com) believes more than ever that “the killer app for the iPhone is — drum roll, please — the iTunes App Store.” And he talks about some of his favorite apps, including Pandora, Ocarina, Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D, Wurdle, Recorder, and numerous others.
VoIP service Truphone announced that they are adding Truphone Anywhere to their iPhone application. The addition will now let iPhone owners call anywhere in the world for as little as {content}.06 per minute, making it the first viable alternative to expensive international call charges on AT&T and other carriers. They’ve also added the ability to [...]
Over in our General Forum, we’ve started a thread where we’re inviting everyone to post their favorite freeware titles so that we can build up a collection of must-haves. That said, jump on in and tell use your favorites!
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