Samsung Reveals 13 New Handsets
[Boy Genius]
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | 0 Comments
Google Chrome Update Even Faster / Has New Features
When I first watched the 5 second clip, I couldn't even figure out how to do the new tab drag myself, but after about a minute of frustration I finally figured it out. If you drag a tab to the side and center of another window it will split the tabs. If you drag the tab to the middle and top of your monitor it will maximize. And if you drag the tab to the middle and bottom of your monitor it will expand to cover the bottom half of your screen. 2 more tab drag features are dragging the tab to the middle and left or right of your monitor which imitates the new Windows 7 feature. It maximizes to either the left or right side of the screen. My explanation may be lengthy, but if you're on the Google Chrome build 2.0.169.1 just drag the tabs around and you'll find out what I'm talking about on your own. Anyways, here's the clip.
[Lifehacker, Beta News]
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | 0 Comments
iPhone 3.0 OS Press Conference Semi-Live Blog!!
EA began to show off a game, The Sims, and as of right now there has still been no mention of the rumoured cut and paste. They show the ability to stream ESPN. Anyways, after a bunch of uninteresting information they continued it by announcing a new game called "Touch Pets." I LOL'd. They also mentioned a new FPS game for the iPhone called LiveFire. Apparently, Touch Pets looks like Nintendogs with the addition of multiplayer and "content expandibility." Afterwards, they show a live demo of LiveFire and the person showcasing the game actually got owned. It just looks, to me, like a bunch of apps meaning to suck all of the money out of your wallet. Thankfully, the demonstrator got a kill right before they ended the demo. They show a hilarious app called Leaf Trombone: World Stage, talk about an attractive name. If you couldn't guess what it is, it's a music app and they went right on ahead and played "Phantom of the Opera." So far this press conference has been pretty uninteresting, but I'm sure the intensity will pick up sooner or later.
I was right! They've finally mentioned the use of Cut, Copy and Paste, and after a big applause they demonstrated it. It works across all apps!
Keep your heads high iPhone users, with the new iPhone 3.0 OS you also get MMS support. The iPhone Calendar is getting CalDAV which is the "sharing protocol used by Google Calendar and a number of other online calendar services." The iPhone is also getting a Homepage facelift, called "Spotlight" which is a place to search anything you want on your iPhone.
Apple recaps the new iPhone 3.0 OS mentioning: Cut, Copy and Paste, MMS support, stereo Bluetooth, Calendars getting CalDAV, Voice Memos, and Spotlight. The new 3.0 OS will be available starting today as a developer beta. The iPhone is available in 80 countries, but only 62 of those countries are App Store compatible. Starting today they have added 15 countries to that list, so make it 77 countries that are App Store compatible. I feel sorry for those 3 left out countries. The new iPhone 3.0 OS will be shipping as a free update to all iPhone owners and will be available for $9.95 for iPod Touch users this Summer (June). All features will work on the original iPhone except for MMS and stereo Bluetooth, sucks for those users. After the actual press conference there is a Question & Answer slot. They confirm that there is still no Flash support! Too bad iPhone users. Last, but not least, they also mentioned that they are still working on tethering for the iPhone.
[Engadget, TechCrunch]
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | 2 Comments
PS3 Price Drop Coming March 22?
[2 Old 2 Play, Game Guru]
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | 1 Comments
Continue The Samsung Party; First Android Device?
[Engadget]
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | 0 Comments
The Samsung Lucello and Chianti
The handset above is the Samsung Chianti. This smartphone is also a slider (but not a dual-slider) and it reveals a QWERTY keypad. The display is a decent, but small, 2.6-inch TFT with a 320 x 240 resolution. The phone also comes with the same 2MP camera, microSD slot, Bluetooth, GPS, and 3G, but is, again, clearly missing the WiFi action. The 4 Samsung handsets (Ace II, Dash, Lucello, Chianti) do have very similar features, but they differ in the fashion department. Ranging from a full touchscreen (see Dash) to a dual-slider (above Lucello). You can expect the Chianti in Q3 this year, via Sprint.
Update on August 5th: We finally got an update on the Samsung Chianti. It is rumoured to be available on Sprint starting on August 16th and will be launching as the Samsung Reclaim M560. Check out more about it here.
[Phone Arena (Lucello), Phone Arena (Chianti)]
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | 4 Comments
The Samsung Dash From Sprint
On the first glance, the Samsung Dash (Samsung Instinct successor) really does impress. With its gorgeous 3.2-inch touchscreen display that sports a 320 x 480 resolution and its 5 megapixel camera, the Pre could be in some trouble. I lied. The Dash is lacking a physical QWERTY keyboard, going with the full touchscreen look instead. It also has a microSD slot, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS. The phone has a good spec sheet and will be released under Sprint in Q2 of this year. Of course, there is no word on the price of the phone, so just look out for it in the upcoming months.
[Phone Arena]
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | 0 Comments
The Samsung Ace II From Sprint
The Samsung Ace II is expected to be released by Sprint in Q3 of this year, so it's not too far away. If you're waiting for this phone, you have come to the right place. The specs are as follows: a 2.6-inch TFT display with a 320 x 240 resolution, a 3 megapixel camera, FM radio, a microSD slot, a QWERTY keypad (obviously), Bluetooth, 3G, WiFi, and GPS. Sad news? It will be running on Windows Mobile 6.1 which, everyone should know by now, is god-awful. Price is unknown, but you should see it in Q3 this year, after the Palm Pre's launch.
[Phone Arena]
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | 0 Comments
Motorola VE465; Not Innovative At All
[Boy Genius]
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | 0 Comments
2 More HTC Android Handsets By The End Of The Year
[Engadget]
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | 0 Comments
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Delayed Until June
[The Register, Maximum PC]
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | 0 Comments
Dell Adamo 9 and Studio One 22
[Engadget]
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | 0 Comments
BlackBerry 8325; The Real [Ugly] Gemini
I talked about the BlackBerry Gemini before, but apparently my sources were incorrect and had a mix-up between two devices. So, the sexy BlackBerry 9300 (codenamed Javelin or Onyx, I'm not sure) was mistakenly placed with the Gemini codename, but this is in fact incorrect. The Gemini is actually the BlackBerry 8325. And my, oh my, it reminds us why BlackBerry's should indeed stay black. The BlackBerry 8325 looks like it is an ugly cross between the 8300 and the 8900. Not a good thing. The BlackBerry itself comes with OS 5.0, a 320 x 240 resolution, a QWERTY keypad (of course), Quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE, a 2.0MP camera, and also WiFi 802.11b/g (and possibly also n). Personally, I think it's an ugly looking BlackBerry, what do you think?
[Boy Genius]
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | 0 Comments
Details On The New Dell Adamo
[Engadget]
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | 0 Comments
Bang & Olufsen's BeoVision 8 LCD HDTV
[Engadget]
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | 0 Comments
Dell Adamo Available Today
[Engadget]
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | 0 Comments