HTC Patents Screen to Prevent Onlookers and Magnetic Stylus For Capacitive Displays
Like I said, this display will prevent onlookers from viewing whatever is on your screen. This could be a good or bad thing, unless you can somehow turn it off. This display will use G-sensors along with front-facing cameras to centre the screen onto your face and your face only. It will prevent others from seeing what is on your display by altering the angles and stuff that I can't really explain. You can check out the links below for more information. In case you're interested the official patents are here and here.
The patent below has to deal with a stylus that actually functions perfectly on a capacitive touchscreen display. We all know that the stylus - for the most part - is a thing of the past and they function well on resistive touchscreens, but not not so well on capacitive touchscreens. HTC looks to change that by using a magnetic stylus. This stylus will precisely pin-point exactly where your touching the display by using a small current. It seems interesting, but we'll just have to see if HTC puts this to use. The official patent is here.
HTC Patents Screen: WMPowerUser
HTC Patents Magnetic Stylus: WMPowerUser
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
Picture and Specs of the Android-Based Huawei U8220 / T-Mobile Pulse Arise
[Unwired View]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
HTC Touch Pro 2 Not Coming to U.S. Cellular, Samsung Handset Instead -- Tipster Lies
Update on August 15th: According to the comment below, we've been fooled. The CEO of U.S. Cellular is actually not "Gregory House." It's probably coming to U.S. Cellular, so don't worry! This rebate sheet didn't lie after all.
[Phone Arena]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 2 Comments
Lenovo O1 OPhone Hitting China Mobile Next Month
China Mobile is set to release Lenovo's Android-based O1 OPhone soon. It'll be the first 3G handset to run on OMS (Open Mobile System), which is, basically, "China's Android Based OS." This will be the same OS found in Dell's OPhone mini3i. The O1 OPhone has: a 3.5-inch touchscreen display, 8GB / 16GB of internal memory, a 628MHz CPU, and GPS / WiFi support. You can check out Lenovo's O1 OPhone website here, unfortunately the price hasn't been mentioned yet - it'll be available next month.
[Fone Arena]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
Microsoft Zune HD to Have 33 Hours of Audio / 8.5 Hours of Video Playback
Windows Media Video (WMV) (.wmv) – Main and Simple Profile, CBR or VBR, up to 3.0 Mbps peak video bit rate; 720 pixels x 480 pixels up to 30 frames per second (or 720 pixels x 576 pixels up to 25 frames per second). Zune software will transcode HD WMV files at device sync.
MPEG-4 (MP4/M4V) (.mp4) Part 2 video3– Simple Profile up to 2.5 Mbps peak video bit rate; 720 pixels x 480 pixels up to 30 frames per second (or 720 pixels x 576 pixels up to 25 frames per second). Zune software will transcode HD MPEG-4 files at device sync.
H.264 video – Baseline Profile up to 2.5 Mbps peak video bit rate; 720 pixels x 480 pixels up to 30 frames per second (or 720 pixels x 576 pixels up to 25 frames per second). Zune software will transcode HD H.264 files at device sync. DVR-MS4 – Zune software will transcode at time of sync.
[Gizmodo]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
September 7th / 8th Apple Event Will Not Be For the iTablet, That's Coming in 2010
[The Loop, 9 to 5 Mac]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
LG Producing AMOLED Displays For Handheld Devices
[Unwired View]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
Starline NB1000 Netbook Sports An Invisible Trackpad
[Liliputing]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
Acer Aspire 1810T Now Available For Pre-Orders in the US, Disguised as the Aspire 1410
[Netbooked]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
Apple Tablet UI Video Leaked Online? Apple Holding Event on September 7th / 8th, "Inside Source" Spills the Beans
Apparently, one of Gizmodo's writers talked to an "inside source" about the Apple tablet. The source mentioned that there will be "two editions, one with a webcam and one for educational use." If you want to check out the whole article, head over to Gizmodo here.
Apple Event: Tech Crunch, The Next Web
Apple Tablet Information: Gizmodo, 9 to 5 Mac
Supposed Apple Tablet UI: Slash Gear, Tech Crunch
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
Two More Android-Based Handsets Pop Up; The MB200 to be the CLIQ, MB300 to be the Morrison -- What?
[Cell Passion]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
Samsung ND10 is the NC10 Without an OS, Someone Put Moblin / Android / Google Chrome OS On It Please
[Slash Gear]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
China Unicom Orders 5 Million iPhones From Apple, Launching Next Month -- Debunked
Update on August 14th: According to the latest MacNN post, China Unicom has denied these rumours. They've mentioned that they haven't finalized a deal with Apple yet, so the rumours are "not true."
[MacNN]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
New RIM Patent Shows Off Sliding Camera Cover
[Cell Passion]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
MSI Releases Five Budget Notebooks Starting at $550
They all have: 4GB of RAM, a 320GB HDD, a DVD burner (the CR600-017 has a Blu-ray drive though), WiFi b/g/n, giagbit Ethernet, three USB 2.0 ports, a 1.3MP webcam, a 4-in-1 card reader, a 6-cell battery, and discrete graphics. The CR notebooks have ATI Mobility Radeon HD4330 graphics and the CX notebooks have Nvidia GeForce 8300M G graphics, respectively. All of these notebooks have Windows Vista Home Premium and start out at just $549.99 USD. Check them out on MSI's website.
[Slash Gear]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
Canada's Koodo Mobile Launching the Motorola Rival Too
[Mobile Syrup]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
Unnamed MID Running Android, 4.3 to 5-Inch Touchscreen Display
[Engadget, Slash Gear]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
BenQ Announces LED-Backlit 21.5-Inch V2200 Eco and 24-Inch V2400 Eco Monitors, Hitting China Mid-August
Update on August 25th: According to Akihabara News, the Eco monitors were just made official. The correct dynamic contrast ratio is actually 50,000:1 on the monitors above. BenQ also went on to announce 19 and 21-inch LCD monitors at the event, but they're not Full HD-capable - the G920WL and the G922HDL.
[Engadget]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
Huawei U8220 Hits WiFi Alliance, Could Be Headed to Europe as the T-Mobile Pulse
[Cell Passion]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
CDMA Motorola Morrison Gets FCC Badge, Headed to Verizon?
[Phandroid]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
LG X130 Netbook is Average With a Beefy 9-Cell Battery
[Akihabara News, Electronista]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
Marvel vs Capcom 2 Available on PSN Today For $14.99; Package Hitting GameStop Today Too
[PlayStation.Blog]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
Dell Android Smartphone Specs and Pictured; Motorola Sholes Not Shules, Morrison Launching on T-Mobile in September
Boy Genius also went out to mention that the Motorola Android handset will actually be called the Sholes and not the Shules - it's also supposedly 13.7mm thin. And T-Mobile's Motorola Morrison could be launching in late September.
[Boy Genius, Engadget]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
Another Probably Fake Ad For the PS3 Slim; This Time It's Kmart
[Gizmodo]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
Samsung Instinct s50 / M850 Dash Hitting Sprint on September 8th as the Instinct HD?
[Phone Arena]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
More Rumours About the Nokia 5900 XpressMusic; 5MP Camera, 3.5-Inch Display, S60 5th Edition SP1
[Unwired View]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
Microsoft Zune HD Hitting Shelves on September 15th, Up For Pre-Orders Now!
If you're super impatient and in select markets (Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Minneapolis / St. Paul, New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C.) you can head into a Best Buy on August 22nd and 23rd to play with a device and drop $25 on a pre-order.
[Engadget]
Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 0 Comments