Tuesday, November 06, 2007

PICTURES: Apple iPad Touch Tablet Concept

If Apple made a multi-touch Tablet computer, this is what it might look like. From the pictures, it looks to sport a detachable / slide-out keypad. Click here for one more picture.

Aesthetically, Factory Joe's "iPad Touch" tablet mockup doesn't wholly differ from the pretty slick one our own Jesus Diaz conjured with his magic Photoshop fingers, but it does ratchet up the iPhone design elements
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Monday, November 05, 2007

Samsung Joining Touch-Screen Phone Frenzy


Samsung Electronics is launching its first touch-screen, full Internet-browsing mobile phone to occupy the domestic smartphone market before the arrival of Apple's iPhone here.

The Korean electronics giant said Sunday that it will start selling the M4650 ``Multi-touch Phone'' via LG Telecom at around 500,000 won, excluding rebates from the mobile carrier. The handset has a 2.8-inch LCD screen which doubles as a keypad, which is smaller than iPhone's 3.5-inch display and thus is used with a stylus pen.

``The smartphone market is getting bigger in other countries thanks to the development of the wireless Internet infrastructure,'' Samsung company said in a release. ``We hope that the Multi-Touch phone will stimulate the smartphone market in Korea as well.''

Phones with touch-sensitive screens are becoming ever more popular in the high-end market since the successful debut of the iPhone in the United States, where many people use it for listening to music, checking e-mails and for casual Web surfing.

Smartphones have been showered with so much praise and admiration that they may become the PC of next generation thanks to their mobility and wireless Internet capability. Apple was the first to implement the full-browsing Internet function into its iPhone. In an extravagant fashion, it was even lauded as the world's best invention of the year by Time Magazine last week.

In Korea, LG Electronics has pioneered the touch-screen phone field with the launching of Prada Phone earlier this year. But such phones are not as popular here as in North America or Western Europe because Korea's well-established broadband Internet network makes people less inclined to buy big phones with Internet functions.

As Samsung's phones usually are, the new Multi Touch phone looks less pretty, but performs more powerfully than most others. Other than the Internet capability, it can also play terrestrial DMB (digital multimedia broadcasting) TV broadcasting, and a hidden screen vibrator that gives a gentle shake whenever the screen is touched for certain key input, Samsung said. But the screen isn't capable of recognizing multiple touches unlike its name suggests, the company added.

The price of 500,000 won is also thought to be moderate since phone prices usually go down dramatically when mobile carriers begin to provide subsidies. For example, LG's Prada Phone was sold at over 1 million won when it was first introduced as a luxury good, but nowadays it is available at less than 100,000 won in multi-year contracts.

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Saturday, November 03, 2007

VIDEO: DelFly II - The Tiny Robot Spycam

The DelFly II is basically a 16-gram "ornithopter [that] can fly for at least 15 minutes (at a maximum speed of 30mph) or hover in place for 8." Video after the break.

While government agencies are not admitting to using such things, you can see how this hovering electro-insect with a camera on board might come in handy for some serious snooping
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New Crysis TV Spot

EA has just released a new Crysis TV spot that makes waiting for the official launch even harder. Continue reading to watch. Click here for more images.

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VIDEO: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Plane Takes Flight, Breaks World Record

Horizon Technologies' hydrogen fuel cell-powered UAV broke the world distance record, flying 78-miles. Video after the break.

The distinguished group of scientists who created the Pterosaur say it only used a quarter tank of fuel, anticipating more world records to be broken with this plane that has a range of 310 miles
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PICTURES: 612hp Biturbo Maybach 62 Laundaulet Unveiled

They Maybach 62 Laundaulet features a biturbo V12 engine that produces 612hp @ 4800-5100rpm and 1000 Nm torque @ 2000-4000rpm. Click here for more pictures.

Based on the Maybach 62 S sedan...the Landaulet's front seats are fully enclosed and separated from the rear passenger compartment by a removable divider. Back seat passengers, however, get a sliding soft roof that lets them take in the sun from the comfort of the trick Barcaloungers that pass for back seats in the Maybach
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Gran Turismo 5 Prologue - Tokyo Game Show Feature

In this feature, we "travel to the Tokyo Game Show, where Kazunori Yamauchi gives an in-depth preview of the new game and its many improvements." Video after the jump. Click here for more pictures.

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Feature: Functional Star Wars AT-ST Made from Old Computer Parts (with Video)

At first glance, this AT-ST may just look like a sculpture, but stick in a NiCad battery pack, and it comes alive. Unfortunately, reader Jake reports that this AT-ST isn't for sale, and was a custom creation. Videos after the break. Click here for more pictures.

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Call of Duty 4 - "Making of Overgrown" Featurette

In this featurette, we "get a behind the scenes look at how Infinity Ward creates a level of the game." Video after the break. Click here for more pictures.

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Telefonica sale of O2 Asia Pacific to MWG unlikely to affect supply chain in Taiwan, say sources

The Telefonica Group's planned sale of 02 Asia Pacific to Mobile and Wireless Group (MWG) is unlikely to result in a significant change in the supply chain of O2 Asia Pacific in Taiwan since MWG has decided to continue operating O2 Asia's handset business, according to sources from Taiwan's handset industry.

MWG, utilizing the original management team from O2 Asia, will continue developing Microsoft Windows Mobile-based smartphones, and the company will market the new smartphones, starting in 2008, under a new brand, the sources indicated.

Under the request of O2 Asia, the company's contract makers in Taiwan, including Quanta Computer, Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Communications and Arima Communications, stopped shipping new models to the handset vendor from the third quarter of this year, the sources noted.

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Feature: Steampunk Laptop is Turned On with Key - Linux Powered (with Video)

Built by Datamancer, this amazing Steampunk-style laptop, based on an HP ZT1000, is fully-functional and turns on with an antique clock-winding key. It also runs both Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux. Video after the break. Click here for more pictures.

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PICTURES: Super Inline Skates Look High-Tech, Won't Make You Faster

What sets these "Super Inline Skates" apart from the others are its "wheels -- set on independently rotating gears instead of an inline track." No word yet on if this concept will go into production. Click here for more pictures.

With this added feature, the skater gains the ability to spin 360 in place and skate sideways. Now you can imagine the kind of tricks one could pull off in these
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The Real Hustle: Valet Steal

In this The Real Hustle segment, "Paul overhears a conversation and uses it to his advantage." To pull this off, Paul will need a real valet ticket, but does he manage obtain one? Find out after the break.



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Friday, November 02, 2007

Jon Tickle: How to save a phone thats gone down the toilet!

Everyyear, Britons drop 850,000 phones down the toilet at a cost of over 300 million.In this Dial-a-Phone tutorial, Jon Tickle, star of Big Brother and Brainiac explains what to do the next time your phone takes a swim!WPvideo 1.10Cheers Jon, very helpful!So just to recap then…

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Shipments of GPS-enabled mobile handsets to more than quadruple by 2011, says iSuppli

Global shipments of mobile handsets equipped with GPS capability are expected to more than quadruple from 2006 to 2011 due to the US government's mandate for emergency 911 (E911) capability as well as initiatives by wireless operators to offer location-based services (LBSs), according to research firm iSuppli.

GPS-equipped mobile handset shipments will increase to 444 million units by 2011, rising from 109.6 million units in 2006. By 2011, 29.6% of all mobile phones shipped will have GPS capability, up from 11.1% in 2006.

"Besides cameras, multimedia capabilities and connectivity solutions, mobile-handset OEMs increasingly are investigating the integration of GPS functionality in mobile devices as a value-added product differentiator," said Tina Teng, analyst, wireless communications at iSuppli. "Wireless carriers are looking at introducing various new GPS-based, revenues-generating services to increase average revenues per user (ARPU)."

Such LBSs are the key services that could drive up ARPUs. LBSs include a broad range of value-added services that incorporate user location pinpointed by satellites or other tools with location databases. The most common services are user location, turn-by-turn navigation, location search, tracking, information services and social networking.

E911 mandates also are driving the expansion of the GPS-enabled handset market in the United States. The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1996 issued a report that requires all operators to precisely locate the position of wireless callers making emergency 911 calls.

The regulation was implemented in three phases: Phases 0, I and II. Phase II of the E911 implementation requires all operators to deliver specific latitude and longitude information of the caller, also known as automatic location identification (ALI). This can be accomplished using a GPS-enabled mobile handset.

Qualcomm, the dominant supplier of code division multiple access (CDMA) solutions, began to integrate GPS processors into its digital baseband semiconductors in 2000. This company always ensures its CDMA network infrastructure products support the functionalities that its digital basebands deliver, including GPS.

Because of this, the CDMA-dominated nations of the United States and South Korea are expected to be the leading regions for GPS-enabled mobile handsets. Europe will be the next largest GPS-enabled handset market as GPS functionality penetrates into smartphones. In September, a Nokia smartphone with GPS capability was the top model purchased on the website of European carrier O2.

Semiconductor suppliers, wireless network operators and device manufacturers are already in the GPS game. LBS will encourage more suppliers to provide the most efficient solutions in terms of power consumption, time to first fix (TTFF) and affordable pricing for A-GPS adoption.

Semiconductor suppliers include baseband providers that offer complete solutions from cellular products to various connectivity options; companies that specialize in GPS and that provide GPS chipsets and software packages not only to handset manufacturers but also to automotive and personal navigation system manufacturers; and companies that specialize in radio frequency (RF) and that integrate GPS receivers into their current cellular RF receiver offerings.


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Google Phone out within a Week Again

Here we go again there has been some breaking news this week from the likes of The Wall Street Journal that the long awaited Google Phone could be released WITHIN A WEEK! Do I believe it No! Over the last few months they have been numerous stories about the Google Phone Launching in Two Weeks, [...]

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Video of Nokias iPhone Copy - the Nokia S60

WPvideo 1.10Here is the first video the forthcoming Nokia S60 Touch. The S60 Touch offers a similar user interface as the iPhone, but supports both finger and stylus input, plus tactile feedback (haptics).Key features of the Nokia S60 Touch are:Efficient and intuitive Touch UI with tactile feedbackAdvance sensor technologies and UI Accelerator toolkitFlash Lite 3 [...]

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