If you want another look at the Windows Phone 7 operating system then check out the video below that features an LG E900 WP7 device.
The video is just over 20 minutes long and gives a walk through of many of the features of the device. [Read more…]
Archives for September 2010
LG E900 Windows Phone 7 Hands-On Video Surfaces
September 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Windoro the Window Cleaner
September 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
In the past we’ve written about robots that mow your lawn or guard your house while you’re away. You’d think by now, in 2010, that some bright sparks could get something to clean your windows without you too…
Well now they have, for the South Korea Pohang Institute of Intelligent Robotics or ‘PIRO’ (as we’ll call them for the remainder of this post) has done just that and have brought us Windoro the window cleaner.
Droid X Android 2.2 Update Causing Music and Ringtone Issues
September 24, 2010 by 5 Comments
The Android 2.2 update for Motorola DROID X users went live recently. However, since the roll out it appears that some users are having problems with music and ringtones on the Droid X.
It seems like its a small set of users experiencing the problem rather than a high percentage. Right now Verizon has only said that they are looking in to it when asked.
As its a small percentage, we assume that most users are having no problems at all with the update and that all things went swimmingly. [Read more…]
iPad Users Are Happy with Their Purchase
September 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Reports are indicating that customers of Apple [AAPL] who purchased an iPad are generally happy with that purchase.
The information comes from the American Customer Satisfaction Index that shows 4% more people are happier with their computer purchases when compared to last year.
The report shows 78 on the ASCI 100-point scale which is 4 more than last year. [Read more…]
SteelSeries Shift Gaming Keyboard
September 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The SteelSeries Shift is a keyboard designed for gamers.
The keyboard has the ability to switch the key sets so that the combinations suit different games such as FPS, MMO and other types of games.
As well as having interchangeable keys, the SteelSeries Shift keyboard also has programmable keys as well as a microphone. [Read more…]
Apple Patent Reveals New Camera System
September 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
A new patent application has been filed by Apple [AAPL] that shows a new camera system.
The new camera system uses a new camera flash that is optimised based on what the subject of the scene is. By using a flash redirector, imaging sensors that sense conditions and a touchscreen, it aims to capture better pictures.
The system might be used to direct more light to the dark parts of a photo to more evenly light the scene. If a dark spot is seen on the touchscreen, you could just tap to illuminate the dark portion. [Read more…]
Next Gen Xbox is Years Away
September 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Although the Xbox 360 is nearing 5 years in age, it could still be a number of years before the next generation games console arrives.
The information comes from Xbox UK director Stephen McGill who said… “Well this generation is here for a long, long time,” McGill said. “I think there’s still a lot of legs left with the Xbox 360, so we’re years away from contemplating what comes next.” [Read more…]
Google Chrome Web Store Almost Ready
September 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The Google Chrome Web Store looks like its preparing to go live shortly. The reason for thinking this is that Google [GOOG] has started to ask US developers to start linking their apps up to Google Checkout merchant accounts so that they can preview what the app will look like when it goes live in the store.
Guidelines have also been released by Google to explain the process of uploading to the web store along with details on backgrounds, screenshots as well as icons and promotional images. [Read more…]
Nokia to Use Windows Phone 7 – Rumour
September 24, 2010 by 3 Comments
You need to have a pinch of salt type mind set when you read this rumour. We hear today that Nokia is looking in to using Windows Phone 7 on some of its smartphones in the near future. The information supposedly comes from Stephen Elop, the new CEO of Nokia, who wants the company to investigate alternative operating systems to use on handsets.
A while back, a similar rumour spread about the possibility of Nokia using Google Android. This was denied and hasn’t happened yet. We are inclined to think that this rumour is just the same and that Nokia will continue to work the same way as they have been for a long time. [Read more…]
YouTube Instant Guy Accepts YouTube Job
September 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Two weeks ago, we wrote about YouTube Instant.
YouTube Instant was created by Feross Aboukhadijeh who is a Stanford computer science student. Shortly after creating the YouTube Instant service, Chad Hurley of YouTube sent him a tweet offering him a job. He has now accepted. [Read more…]
Verizon to Introduce Tiered Data Plans
September 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg has commented that the company plan to get rid of unlimited data plans with in the next four to six months.
Replacing the plans will be tiered data plans based on consumption of the user. As for pricing, it is unknown if Verizon [VZ] will go higher or lower than the likes of AT&T [T] who also recently got rid of unlimited data plans.
The CEO noted that Verizon values data differently to its competition. This doesn’t really make it clear if Verizon will become more expensive or cheaper than AT&T on a per MB calculation. [Read more…]
Facebook Down for 2.5 Hours Last Night – Details Explained
September 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Yesterday, Facebook went down for 2.5 hours. Normally this kind of news wouldn’t be covered here as it’s not that interesting. However, as it’s Facebook that has a good number of servers and infrastructure handling the millions/billions of requests per day we thought we’d mention what actually happened.
When a website goes down, like gadgetvenue for example, you just restart a service, quickly find out what happened, fix a script and off it goes again.
When Facebook went down, it was because of a problem with a script. Basically the problem was described as “an unfortunate handling of an error condition. An automated system for verifying configuration values ended up causing much more damage than it fixed.” [Read more…]
