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October 1st, 2011, 23:51 Posted By: wraggster
It looks like the iPhone speculation train is gaining steam on the way to its final destination, and this time it's flying by Cincinnati Bell's pre-paid service, i-Wireless. A helpful tipster sent in the above screenshot of an iPhone 5 placeholder, accompanied by a $639.99 price tag and a handful of specs: 32GB, 4-inch screen and 4G data speeds. Our friends over at TUAW have also procured a screenshot (after the break) from the same site, displaying a $99.99 16GB iPhone 4S, sporting a 5MP camera, 3.5-inch screen and an A5 processor. Of course, there's also a chance these are just placeholders, but we're hoping Tuesday's announcement will bear dual fruits, nonetheless.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/01/i...ll-questionab/
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October 2nd, 2011, 22:39 Posted By: wraggster
Have a soft spot for wireless speakers? There were tons of options out there already, but JBL just threw one more into the ring with its On Tour iBT. As we'd expect form the audio gurus, the system boasts wireless audio internals that play nice with both A2DP and AVRCP Bluetooth devices. In addition to four JBL Odyssey transducers, the kit packs a built-in microphone for Facetime or hands-free calls, an adjustable iPad stand and a USB connector for charging -- when the Katy Perry tune blastin' device is plugged in itself, of course. Interested? It can be yours now via the source link for $150, but if you'd care to take a closer look before committing, peep the gallery below.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/02/j...or-150-ipad-s/
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October 2nd, 2011, 23:02 Posted By: wraggster
See that? That just might be the cheaper iPhone that Apple's rumored to formally unveil on Tuesday.Gizmodo Brazil managed to get a hold of a purported iPhone 4s from within a Brazilian Foxconn factory, and while the hardware itself looks just about identical to the iPhone 4 that exists today, there's a new SKU that's leading to understandable speculation. The N90A model number that popped up has certainly emerged before, but where things really get interesting is the "reprovado" ("disqualified") labeling. Is this batch an early set of prototypes that didn't quite pass QA? Will the eventual iPhone 4s even look anything like the iPhone 4 that's on shelves today? You can bet we'll be on hand in Cupertinoto find out, and there's no time like the present to clear out your Tuesday morning / afternoon / evening schedule (depending on time zone, of course) to find out with us.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/02/i...aper-iphone-4/
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October 2nd, 2011, 23:40 Posted By: wraggster
AtnSnes is Snes9x emulator for Symbian. It is actually based on DrPocketSNES version 6.4.4, which in turn is based on snes9x 1.39
The new AntSnes comes with multitouch and with new transparent keys. You’ll need a Symbian^3 based phone with Symbian Belle update to run this (N8, C7, E7 etc..). The Symbian Anna users should still stick up with the older AntSnes 0.8.6 The old S60 5th edition is not supported by this version anymore. S60 5th edition users should use AntSnesQt 0.7
What’s newKnown issues:- Mounted shares(Dropbox etc.) breaks the filemanger, so do not use mounted shares.
http://www.summeli.fi/?p=2753
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October 2nd, 2011, 23:42 Posted By: wraggster
the gpSP is a gameboy advance emulator originally written by Exophase. And now it’s ported to the Symbian OS!
This version supports only Symbian^3 phones with Symbian Belle update installed (N8, E7 etc.). The old Symbian Anna users should still use the older gpSP 0.7. The S60 5th edition users should use the gpsp 0.6.5 for S60 5th edition
What’s new:- Support for Symbian Belle
Controls:
- You can choose between 8-directional and 4-directional DPads.
- You can add hidden A+B button areas, to press both of them at once
http://www.summeli.fi/?p=2756
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October 3rd, 2011, 01:22 Posted By: wraggster
via http://emu-russia.net/en/
PCE emulator for Android has been updated. Changes:
- Multi-iControlPad support;
- option to change Bluetooth scan time;
- more Zoom options (100-70%), including exact pixel scaling; (Integer-only)
- confirmation dialog for exiting the app;
- improve app behavior when going in/out of focus for certain lock-screens.
News source: http://www.emucr.com
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October 3rd, 2011, 22:35 Posted By: wraggster
Oh, iFaithful, your newest Apple phone(s) are only a day away. Which is even more reason to hunker down into this latest chunk of pre-announcement gossip. According to information obtained by the Wall Street Journal, Sprint's betting the farm on a 30 million-plus order of next-generation iPhones to put it on an even battle ground with heavyweight rivals AT&T and Verizon. The cost of this loss-absorbing gamble? That would be about $20 billion, with the Hesse-led co. subsidizing the $500 cost of each handset. For the third place operator it's matter of do-or-die, as there really isn't an alternative to the critically-praised, Jony Ive-designed handset that set off this smartphone race. Hesse's purported admission to the company's board that customer churn is directly linked to its iPhone omission only serves to underscore the uncomfortable plight his company faces. It remains to be seen if Sprint can convert its base of 52 million subscribers (mostly pre-paid) into the contracted customers it needs to stay financially afloat. While an iPhone on Sprint certainly seems a given, it's unclear whether this next device will opt for a WiMAX or LTE radio.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/03/s...inges-company/
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October 3rd, 2011, 22:40 Posted By: wraggster
Apple's app review process is today under question after a fake, unplayable Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game was found on the App Store.
The app in question is named Ninja Turtles, by Vietnamese developer Namphuong Star, and was spotted last week by Daring Fireball. The app uses official Ninja Turtles art for its icon, backgrounds from NES shooter Contra, effects from SNK's Metal Slug, and some amateurish recreations of the titular turtles.
According to customer reviews on the App Store, the game isn't even playable. "The character immediately slides off the side of the screen," one reads. "There seems to be no way to interact with the game. And there doesn't seem to be any way to start a new game.
"The use of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters on the splash screen are almost certainly infringement; the blob that slides off the screen during the actual game isn't identifiable as a turtle. Or much of anything."
The developer's official website, applehome.com.vn, is a store selling iPhone and iPad accessories. It has five other apps on the App Store, all released in the last two months, none of which appear to have been reviewed or rated.
Apple's App Store review guidelines are private to licensed developers, but its review guidelines page reads: "The app approval process is in place to ensure that applications are reliable, perform as expected, and are free ot explicit and offensive material.
"We review every app on the App Store based on a set of technical, content, and design criteria."
Yet somehow a clearly fake, unplayable game which may also be in violation of trademarks has been available on the App Store since August 18 for Ł2.99.
http://www.next-gen.biz/news/fake-tu...review-process
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October 4th, 2011, 23:35 Posted By: wraggster
It looks like Apple's making good on its promise to standardize its charger port for EU territories. Behind all the big hitters announced by Apple today, an official micro-USB adapter has shuffled into the UK's online store in a very typically English way. Sure, there have been third-party options for a while, but this one's the real deal and looks set to go on sale on October 14th, alongside the newly crowned iPhone 4S. We hope and expect that this will come packaged with Apple's latest phone in Euroland -- but on the off-chance that it doesn't, we'd question whether charging an extra Ł8 obeys the spirit of the regulation.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/04/o...to-uk-apple-s/
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October 4th, 2011, 23:38 Posted By: wraggster
It's not an iPhone mini or anything, but it's the first iPhone with Siri. And that has to count for something, right? Right? While it's no iPhone 5 (not even close, really), the iPhone 4S is far from being "last year's iPhone," and the greatly enhanced camera, bolstered A5 dual-core processor and inbuilt voice command should provide plenty of reason for folks to upgrade if they're near the end of their contract. Furthermore, having the option on Sprint -- despite Apple almost announcing it as an afterthought -- is bound to make folks already entrenched on the Now Network think twice about what their next phone will be come upgrade time.
We were able to spend a few quality moments with the refreshed iPhone 4 here at Apple's campus, the Sprint flavor no less, and as you might expect... it's an iPhone 4. But S-ier. Much in the same way that the3GS improved the overall experience of the 3G, the 4S does likewise compared to the existing 4. The dual-core A5 chip is a laudatory improvement, and whisking about pages, loading the camera application and launching -- well, just about everything -- just feels zippier. As it should. The other major change, the antennas, weren't readily different at a glance, but as Mr. Cook stated, you'd have to be iFixit to notice (and we're sure they will).
The most impressive part was the demo of Siri, the new assistant that lets you do just about anything you can do on your phone -- but with your voice. We tried to psych it out with a bunch of random requests, including the history of Chester, Vermont (a lovely town) and the best Ramen places in San Francisco. Siri never faltered, never missed a beat. It worked as well as Scott's demo up on the stage. There's nothing better to say than that. We even sent ourselves a few text messages, which Siri transcribed to a T. Of course, the lady on the other end still sounds eerily robotic, but we're hoping for smoother responses from the alien within in a future update.
The 8 megapixel sensor doesn't look any different from the outside, but we're trusting that Apple's re-engineered the interior. We snapped a few photos in the demo room to test and not a one came out as great as the retina-bursting contrasty pictures of balloons and flowers we saw in the demo, but then again, we didn't have any balloons or flowers to capture.
As for weight and feel? Just like the old king. We'll be updating this post with our impressions live from Cupertino, and are working to get you some better pictures to look at. Hang tight -- they're coming!
Update: Sorry, guys, but this time around Apple isn't allowing anyone to take photos or videos of the new iPhone in the hands-on area at its event. But don't worry, we'll give you all that and more when we review it in the coming weeks!
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/04/iphone-4s-hands-on/
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October 4th, 2011, 23:40 Posted By: wraggster
You can finally lay all that speculation to rest because here it is! Apple's set its latest iPhone family member free, and out into the wireless wild for your future consumption. Pictured above is the new dual-core A5 processor-equipped, dual CDMA / GSM iPhone 4S -- awash in Siri-enabled voice control. You can snag this black or white update on October 14th in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB configurations for $199, $299 and $399, respectively. Click through the gallery below to get intimate with Cupertino's latest smartphone refresh.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/04/m...new-iphone-4s/
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October 4th, 2011, 23:42 Posted By: wraggster
No big surprises here, but the iPhone 4S' older siblings are getting drastic price reductions. An 8GB 3GSis now free on contract, while the iPhone 4 is now only $99 with a carrier agreement -- that one bill gets you an 8GB iPhone 4. We've received no indication of cuts for other flavors of the old guard, but we suppose congratulations are in order for bargain hunters with limited iTunes libraries.
Update: According to the Apple Store, the iPhone 4 is also "coming soon" to Sprint.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/04/a...hone-4-now-99/
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October 4th, 2011, 23:43 Posted By: wraggster
Regardless of whether Sprint dropped $20 billion, or just the right combination of phrases to the right combination of people, Dan Hesse finally (finally!) has an iPhone to call his own. Despite The Now Network's stellar lineup of Android devices (and that increasingly valuable Everything plan), Sprint's been struggling to gain postpaid subscribers for as long as most can remember. Granted, the prepaid arm is doing alright, but without Apple's cash cow sitting on its shelves -- well, let's just say the company's shareholders are apt to be pleased with today's turn of events. As you might have guessed, the specs for Sprint's version perfectly match the Verizon model -- both have an EVDO radio for 3G within the US, and a GSM one for service outside the country. As with AT&T and Verizon, Sprint customers hankering for the 4S' dual-core A5 processor, 8MP camera, dual-mode radio and Siri personal assistant can place their pre-orders starting this Friday, October 7th, with the phone officially landing a week later, on the 14th.
Update: And now that Apple's site is live again we're seeing that Sprint is getting not just the iPhone 4S, but the 8GB iPhone 4 as well. Screenshot from Apple.com after the break.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/04/s...le-october-14/
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October 4th, 2011, 23:44 Posted By: wraggster
You've heard the rumors, and Apple has now confirmed that it will be bringing Siri voice control to its new iPhone 4S -- and, yes, it will still be called Siri. That will let you use natural language to perform tasks like asking for a weather forecast or getting directions, setting an alarm or making a calendar appointment, and searching Wikipedia or Wolfram Alpha for information (among many other possibilities). Described as a "humble personal assistant," Siri will work in English (including the UK and Australia), French and German for now, and it'll work with all built-in apps and over both 3G and WiFi. It'll also be a beta to start with, and Apple promises that it "gets better" as it learns your voice. Unfortunately for current iPhone owners, however, it looks like Siri will only be available on the iPhone 4S (at least initially).
Update: Perhaps not surprisingly, Apple appears to have pulled the existing Siri Assistant app from the App Store. There's also somewhat curiously no mention of Siri at all on Apple's Canadian website, although the Siri app itself was never available in Canada to begin with. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in]Apple bring
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/04/a...rol-to-iphone/
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October 4th, 2011, 23:45 Posted By: wraggster
That snazzy AirPlay Mirroring feature Apple showed off at WWDC earlier this year is back for an encore, and now it's strutting its stuff on the iPhone 4S. Previously we saw AirPlay piping an iPad 2 to the big screen by way of Apple TV, but the upcoming iOS 5 features seems to have broadened it horizons -- letting Apple handsets get in on the HDTV mirroring love. AirPlay not your thing? Don't worry, you can still score high-def mirroring action using a wired dongle. Skip on past the break for a peek at the accessory that will make your next $2,000 Halloween costume that much easier to build.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/04/a...ust-for-ipads/
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October 4th, 2011, 23:46 Posted By: wraggster
While the iPhone 4S takes the headlines with its dual antennas and upgraded processor, we also have a new white iPod touch joining the family. Pricing for the "#1 portable game player" (Apple's words, with some numbers to back them up) still starts at $199 for the 8GB version, going up $399 for a 64GB. All will be available in black or white October 12th. There's no hardware changes to speak of, so hopefully all those sweet iOS 5 upgrades are enough to hold you. Check out the full details in our live blog or in the press release, conveniently available after the break.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/04/n...n-white-octob/
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October 4th, 2011, 23:46 Posted By: wraggster
Apple keeps coming with the news from its "Let's talk iPhone" event, and the latest is a price drop for its diminutive PMP, the nano. From now on, you'll be forking over $129 for an 8GB version and $149 for twice the tunage space. Additionally, Cupertino's tossing in big icons -- as opposed to the grid of 4 that was the only option previously -- 16 new clocks (Mickey Mouse included!) to go with all those fabulous watch accessories, and workout tracking abilities right out of the box so you no longer need a Nike+ shoe dongle to see how many calories you've burned. Not bad for a little guy, eh? Full PR after the break.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/04/a...d-129-for-8gb/
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October 4th, 2011, 23:47 Posted By: wraggster
We already had the details on iTunes Match, but now we've got a ballpark release date. According to Apple, the iTunes service will make its debut by the end of the month in the great U S of A, and it can be yours for $24.99 a year. Here's hoping Apple's got a nice, clean (DRM-free 256kbps AAC file) version of Monster Mash floating in the cloud for your Halloween listening pleasure.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/04/i...ber-for-24-99/
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October 4th, 2011, 23:47 Posted By: wraggster
Apple spent a fair bit of time recapping some already announced iOS 5 features during its keynote today, but it also got around to announcing a new one: Find My Friends. That will let you easily find friends in the real world who have opted to share their location with you, and you'll also be able to invite friends to share their location for a limited time -- when they're driving to your house, for instance, so you can give them directions. Naturally, there are also some parental controls and other "simple" privacy settings.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/04/a...ure-for-ios-5/
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October 4th, 2011, 23:48 Posted By: wraggster
Mark your calendars, kids. Scott Forstall's on stage here at "Let's Talk iPhone" and just gave a hard date for iOS 5's arrival: expect it to hit next week, on October 12th, with Apple's iCloud service launching that same day. Though developers have been playing with it for four months now, this will be the first time the general, non-tinkering public gets to taste its 200-plus new features -- a list that includes Newsstand, Reminders, iMessage, WiFi sync, Find My Friends, split keyboards, AirPlay mirroring for the iPad 2 (and iPhone 4S!) and the Notification Center. (And, you know, greeting cards, if you're into that sort of thing.) iOS 5 will be free for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches, while iCloud's standard 5GB of email / storage will come gratis to folks already using iOS 5 and Lion. Take note that if it's iTunes Match you're after (and you live in the states), you'll have to sit tight a few more weeks yet.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/04/i...ng-october-12/
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October 4th, 2011, 23:49 Posted By: wraggster
We've got at least one completely unexpected announcement from Apple's Let's Talk iPhone Event: a new app that sends out greeting cards. For $2.99 within the US and $4.99 internationally, sending a greeting card the old fashioned way is just one click away on your mobile, complete with notifications when your card is mailed. Taking shots at PC makers and Android's apps are a given, but a bomb dropped on Hallmark? Welcome to the Tim Cook era. Check the liveblog and gallery below for more details.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/04/c...s-for-a-price/
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October 4th, 2011, 23:50 Posted By: wraggster
Among the glut of numbers coming out of the Apple keynote today, delaying the reveal of your next iPhone, was a particularly impressive one: 250 million. That's the number of iOS devices sold. That's 250 million iPhones and iPads in the wild worldwide, running a grand total of 18 billion apps between them, which have netted developers a whopping $3 billion. That ladies and gentlemen, is nothing to sniff at.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/04/a...-devices-sold/
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October 4th, 2011, 23:50 Posted By: wraggster
Tim Cook's dishing out plenty of numbers today, and there's some big ones when it comes to the iPod and iTunes. He confirmed that there's now been a whopping 16 billion songs downloaded from iTunes, and 300 million iPods sold. To put that in a bit of perspective, he also noted that it took Sony 30 years to sell a mere 220,000 Walkman cassette players.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/04/a...ion-ipods-sol/
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October 5th, 2011, 00:01 Posted By: wraggster
Epic's Mike Capps and Donald Mustard of Chair took the stage at Apple's press event this evening to demonstrate the power of the new 4S model iPhone with Infinity Blade 2.
After demonstrating a boss battle on stage at the event, Mike Capps dated the game for December 1 and told audiences that it was "only going to run like this on the iPhone 4S. Why? Because it's awesome."
The new phone will feature a dual core CPU and A5 processor, giving it a theoretical 7x graphical performance boost over the iPhone 4.
Battery life has been improved to eight hours of talk time and data transfer has been increased to a potential of around 14.4mbs download. The phone's camera has also been improved.
The iPhone 4S will be available on 14 October in the US, Canada, Australia, the UK, France Germany and Japan. Pre-orders will be taken from 7 October. US Pricing will be a 16GB model for $199, 32GB for $299, and 64GB for $399.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...finity-blade-2
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October 5th, 2011, 00:05 Posted By: wraggster
Apple's Phil Schiller has announced that the iPod touch is now the world's most popular portable gaming device, according to Apple statistics.
"Not only is it the most popular music player in the world, but we're excited to announce it's now also the most popular portable game player in the world," said Schiller.
Apple also revealed that over 68 million users are signed up to its Gamecentre network, which has been updated to feature friends' photos, friend recommendations and achievement points.
Apple also revealed that it had paid out over $3 billion to App Store developers, with 18 billion apps having been downloaded in total. Apps are currently downloaded at the rate of 1 billion a month.
The update was announced at the ongoing event in Cupertino, where the previously leaked iPhone 4S is likely to be confirmed.
The current iPhone 4 represents over half of all iPhone units ever sold, said new CEO Tim Cook, and iPhone now constitutes 5 per cent of the global handset market.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ple-gamecentre
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October 5th, 2011, 00:28 Posted By: wraggster
Leaked screens from Amazon's internal stock monitoring and assignment system (Alaska) has revealed just how popular the Kindle Fire tablet is already. In just 5 days of being up for pre-order there have been 250,000 reserved. That's more than 50,000 per day or 2,000 sold every hour. If that continues to launch day Amazon will need to have 2.5 million ready to ship to meet demand. To put that in context, the original iPad managed to ship 1 million in its first month."The key phrase seems to be "if this level of consumer demand continues" — but given the success of the e-ink Kindle line, that might not be crazy. Do you want one, or not?
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10...orders-per-day
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October 5th, 2011, 23:30 Posted By: wraggster
A Sprint spokesperson gave us a ring to let us know that the newly announced iPhone 4S will be eligible for the carrier's unlimited data plan. According to Sprint, pricing will start at $69.99 for unlimited data and 450 talk minutes, with the Simply Everything unlimited calling and data running you $99.99. At the very least, the company's confirmation that the plan is sticking around will help the third US carrier tonab the iPhone stand out among its predecessors. We'll add some PR as soon as it hits.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/05/s...the-iphone-4s/
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October 5th, 2011, 23:32 Posted By: wraggster
TouchPad firesale hysteria may have finally died down, but those of you with newly acquired HP slates should pay attention. A poster by the name of Chomper has uploaded a walkthrough of Android running atop webOS. Yes, you may have seen that particular feat before, but this time 'round the appropriated Google OS gets the emulated treatment. The mobile platform, installed via an .ipk, is accessible as an app and appears to run somewhat smoothly, although certain tics become noticeable when switching between homescreens or attempting to playback YouTube video. Audio and multi-touch have both yet to be successfully implemented in this rogue use of Android, and there's also a pesky power off issue that requires a hard reset of the system. Still, it's good to see the dev community doing what it does best, and inching us ever closer to a Rubin afterlife on HP's deceased tab. Skip past the break for a silent video tour.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/05/a...or-that-video/
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October 6th, 2011, 00:41 Posted By: wraggster
This Daft Punk helmet replica is beautiful to look at, but the deeper we delve into the build process, the more we begin to think that the entire project is a piece of artwork. [Harrison Krix] has been working on it for months, and just posted his three-part build log in September. Check out the video and the links to all three parts after the break.
Now [Harrison] isn’t new to prop replica scene. He’s the guy responsible for the otherfantastic Daft Punk helmet we saw last year. He’s tapped the same fabrication skills to churn out an equally impressive chromed helmet, complete with addressable flashing LEDs. He built his own mold to create the body of the helmet, reminding us of theStorm Trooper helmet replicas we saw in July. While this was off being coated in chrome, he got down to business with the electronics.
The visor of the helmet has a red LED marquee. This, along with the multicolored visor sides and ear pucks, is controlled by an Arduino yellow jacket. The lights can be controlled by an iPhone app that connects to the helmet via WiFi, letting a user push custom messages to the display, and alter the light patterns. The build shines on the inside as well as the outside with an incredibly clean LED matrix build, and clever control placement for switching each part on or off.
http://hackaday.com/2011/10/05/iphon...azzling-build/
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October 6th, 2011, 00:53 Posted By: wraggster
 Yuji Naka's company, Prope, whose most recent game is Fishing Resort for Wii, has a new iOS/Android game on the way in conjunction with the newly merged Marvelous AQL. Buddy Monster sounds like a Monster Hunter sort of thing, with just a dash of Pokemon.
Your knight is partnered with a creature, which will help you fight giant monsters in the field, but also requires your care. Taking care of your monster builds a bond between the two of you.
Marvelous intends for this to be "the greatest social RPG in history," which we can only take to mean you'll be interacting with other humans, and not just fictional critters.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/05/pr...s-and-android/
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October 6th, 2011, 23:42 Posted By: wraggster
Sony is getting tired of sitting idly in sixth place in the battle for cellphone supremacy. Sure, there have been a few noteworthy devices from the company's joint venture with Ericsson (i.e. the Arc), but for the most part it has struggled since its inception in 2001 to run with the alpha dogs. The Japanese manufacturer's new strategy involves buying out Ericsson's stake in the company and having its tablet, smartphone and handheld gaming units work closely together to develop future products. According to the Wall Street Journal, a deal for the Stockholm company's half of the venture is nearing completion. Some difficulties remain, such as properly valuing the company and settling on a price for Ericsson's roughly $1.3 to $1.7 billion worth of mobile technology patents, but a deal is expected to be reached sooner rather than later. And maybe, just maybe, the new found flexibility will allow Sony handsets to keep pace with the Samsungs and Apples of the world.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/06/s...house-buy-out/
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October 6th, 2011, 23:48 Posted By: wraggster
We just got some very, very sad news. Steve Jobs has passed away. As confirmed on Apple's site, Mr. Jobs has died at the age of 56 after recently stepping down from the position of CEO and naming Tim Cook his successor. Steve has had a profound effect on the world of technology, both at Apple and through his many other endeavors. Our thoughts go out to his family.
Update: All Things D has posted a memo sent out by Tim Cook to Apple employees stating that there will be an internal celebration to honor Steve's life soon. Those words can be found after the break, along with statements from Apple's Board of Directors, his family, and Bill Gates.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/05/s...is-dead-at-56/
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October 7th, 2011, 23:43 Posted By: wraggster
A funny thing happened to the folks at Android Police, the same group responsible for leaking some of the first screenshots of Ice Cream Sandwich. They've since come across a few apps from Google's upcoming release -- purportedly straight from a Nexus Prime. The first is Google Music 4.0.1 -- a marked upgrade from the current 3.0.1 found in the Market today -- which sports refined tabs, a contextual dialog and new player controls. For reference, the latest version is shown on the right, which is most likely installed onto a Gingerbread device. Best yet, the APK is currently up for download (which you're able to grab for yourself from the source). There's also a sneak peek of the upcoming Google+ 2.0, which suggests Messenger (formerly Huddle) and Conversations will be renamed to... get this... Chords. Feel free to take a peek after the break, or check out the full gallery at the second source link below.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/07/i...load-previews/
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October 7th, 2011, 23:55 Posted By: wraggster
Rearing to make the most of the iPhone 4S' new AirPlay compatibility? How about streaming not just one device to your big screen, but four? That's the setup Firemint is teasing for its next big update toReal Racing 2: four-player streaming over AirPlay. The apps' upcoming "Party Play" feature lets an iPad 2 or iPhone 4S play host to up to three additional iOS devices running the game, piping the stream for all four to your boob tube via Apple TV. The update also promises to make the most of the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S' A5 processor, kicking the graphics up a notch. Now you can relive those lazy summer days playing Mario Kart in your friends garage, albeit with faster cars and minus those infuriating blue shells.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/07/r...-brings-split/
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October 8th, 2011, 00:00 Posted By: wraggster
Independent iOS developers are being pushed out of the iPhone and iPad top ten by social games firms using marketing to "buy their way up the charts."
That's according to Hungry Shark developer Future Games of London, which claims that media companies are using Cost Per Install programs to quickly drive downloads, improve rankings and increase visibility by hitting the top of the charts.
"Any developer who hasn't already had a hit on the app store faces that challenge, 'can I get anybody to play it in the first place?'," said MD Ian Harper, speaking to GamesIndustry.biz.
"I think if you can get people to see you're in with a fighting chance, but the issue nowadays is lots of big social media games companies are coming into iPhone and buying huge numbers of CPI [cost-per-install] installs and advertising, essentially buying their way up the charts, which really kind of crowds out the space for other people quite a lot.
It's really an alternative to going cap in hand to one of the big publishers and doing some terrible deal with them where you end up with quite a restrictive contract, potentially having to give up your IP
Ian Harper, Future Games of London
"That's been getting progressively worse in the last year, to the point where now it's very, very difficult to get an app seen at all."
Harper says that his company is happy to share its own technology, the Future Games Network, an in-app promotional tool that prompts players to try out other titles on the network, in a bid to unite smaller companies in an increasingly noisy market.
"We'd done this anyway just to promote our own software, and then we were 'oh, y'know, actually other people might be interested in using it.' We're independent developers, we like the idea of general moral helpfulness - we've done quite well on the App Store and we'd like to see other independent developers doing quite well too, so we'd like to help them.
"It's really an alternative to going cap in hand to Chillingo or one of the other big publishers and doing some terrible deal with them where you end up with quite a restrictive contract, potentially having to give up your IP or something like that. So this is just to give people an alternative."
Future Games of London does regulate its partners, with Harper noting there's no long-term value in promoting poor quality content to players.
"We don't guarantee to publish anything that anybody sends us - we're very much cherry-picking what we want to promote and that's really because we don't want to promote apps from within our own games that we don't think are that good. There's not much too point in doing that."
Earlier this week the company revealed that it now reaches a user base of 25 million gamers, following continued success with the Hungry Shark brand.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-up-the-charts
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October 8th, 2011, 00:15 Posted By: wraggster
Sony is reported to be preparing to buy out Ericsson's half of their joint mobile handset business, for an unspecified sum.
A report in the Wall Street Journal estimates that the price would probably be around $1.3 to $1.7 billion. Sony Ericsson was formulated as a joint venture between the two companies ten years ago in 2001.
The company's latest product was the Xperia Play, the manifestation of the long-rumoured 'PlayStation Phone'. Featuring PlayStation branding, controls and a PSone back catalogue, the phone was designed to bridge the gap between handheld gaming devices and smartphones in response to Apple's cornering of the mobile gaming market.
However, sales of the handset have been relatively low so far, despite a recent marketing push. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz at Gamescom in Cologne this year, Sony Ericsson's head of content marketing & strategy Tim Harrison discussed plans for the brand.
"We're not able to share any official sales figures as yet, but just to say where we are in terms of the journey - obviously the device has been out for a number of months but it's still very early in its lifespan.
"We're still very much building the overall content story - we obviously released with a bunch of games and we've announced a great new catalogue of games here at Gamescom. We've got a really broad cross-section of content for it."
Asked about the distinction between the Play and the forthcoming Vita, and whether the overlap caused any company tensions, Harrison was keen to stress the delineation between the two halves of the corporation.
"I don't know whether it's formal or not," he replied when asked about the prevention of feature creep. "This is primarily a smartphone, we're not trying to pretend otherwise. It's always been positioned and marketed as a smartphone that does great gaming. It's not a handheld portable gaming console - we believe that they are different markets and that there's room for both in the market.
"A mad keen crazy gamer will buy every device under the sun, but this is very firmly positioned as a smartphone with a gaming optimised control pad. Smartphone gaming has seen a massive surge of growth in the last two or three years, especially on Android in the past year.
"What we're trying to do is position ourselves as part of that, but because we have a Sony heritage, because we have a PlayStation certified device, because we have the access to PlayStation classic games, and by the end of the year full access to the PlayStation store, this is very much a smartphone that has access to the gaming audience as well. So we see them very much as distinctive devices."
Sony has been contacted for comment on the potential merger.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...et-partnership
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October 8th, 2011, 00:48 Posted By: wraggster
It’s no secret that the audio quality of the iPhone’s built-in speakers isn’t exactly what you would consider to be hi-fi. Sound quality aside, there are plenty of times where even the volume doesn’t do the music justice. While you can always go out and buy a fancy dock to amplify your iGadget’s sound, artist [Christopher Locke] has a different take on the subject.
For a while now, he has been constructing what he calls “Analog Tele-Phonographers”, metal sculptures that can be used to amplify a mobile phone’s audio. Built out of steel and old trumpets, his audio sculptures require no electricity, instead utilizing the same amplification technology as the original phonographs.
While the Tele-Phonographers won’t make your iPhone sound like a high quality tube amp, they do undoubtedly increase the phone’s volume and they are nice to look at. We can certainly get behind this sort of recycling/reuse of old items.
Continue reading to see a quick video of his Analog Tele-Phonographer in action.
http://hackaday.com/2011/10/07/analo...cled-trumpets/
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October 8th, 2011, 23:28 Posted By: wraggster
If there was any question of how hot a tamale Apple's iPhone 4S would be, the answer's edging toward muy caliente. AT&T's stated that the iPhone 4S has ushered in its best iPhone launch to date, receiving over 200,000 pre-orders for the device during the first 12 hours of availability (crediting its success to having the only US version operating over 14.4Mb/s HSPA+, aka FauxG). While that's good news for Ma Bell, as of today, you'll be looking at a wait time of "one to two weeks" after placing an order for this latest iThing (Sprint and Verizon included). We've yet to hear how the latter two telecoms have fared, but we'd imagine it won't be a secret for too long -- the iPhone 4S is officially available on October 14th, after all. Full AT&T PR just past the break.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/08/a...-over-200-000/
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October 9th, 2011, 23:17 Posted By: wraggster
via http://www.aep-emu.de/
EddenSoft has released a commercial Atari ST-emulator for Android devices: SToid (Atari ST emulator)
Quote:
SToid is a Complete Atari 1040 STF emulator for any android device running on System 2.1 minimum.
SToid reproduce the behavior of an Atari ST , like sound processor, cpu speed , joystick,etc...
SToid contain many features like:
Support for many disk image format like .st, .msa, .stt or zip file containing one of those 3 formats.
- Full CPU Motorola 68000 processor emulation (trace and prefetch included)
- Complete AYG8910 sound processor emulation, and samples emulation
- Very high compatibility
- Auto fire
- Automatic Save and load
- Realtime savestate and loadstate
- Onscreen Pads
- Dynamic onscreen pad positionning and resizing
(very usefull to place and size PAD regarding differents screen size of all Android devices)
- Dynamic landscape screen positioning and resizing.
(Very usefull too like Pads...size and place the screen where you want)
- Color and Monochrome monitors emulation
It´s recommended to get the Hacker´s keyboard from Android market which will let you access to all keys like a true ST keyboard.
If you have any question, contact don´t hesitate to contact us.
Atari trademark is a registered trademark of Atari, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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October 9th, 2011, 23:51 Posted By: wraggster
via http://www.emucr.com/2011/10/colem-v...r-android.html
ColEm v2.6.7 for Android is released. ColEm is a ColecoVision emulator for Android. ColEm will run software written for the ColecoVision video game console. ColEm package itself does not contain any games. You should place your own game files onto the SD card before running ColEm. Please, do not run any software you do not own with ColEm. The author cannot and will not tell you where to find free ColecoVision games.
ColEm-Android 2.6.7 Changelog:
The updated ColEm will save game state on exit, to let you restart the game where you left off. It also changes the virtual joypad layout, moving fire buttons to the top-right corner.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.fms.colem
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October 10th, 2011, 22:01 Posted By: wraggster
This just in: Microsoft is ready to take the plunge into mobile modernity... at its own pace. During a recent interview with All Things D, Windows Phone President Andy Lees revealed a few details about Redmond's future crop of handsets, which will apparently include both LTE capabilities and dual-core processors. The exec confirmed that LTE-equipped devices are indeed in the pipeline, but declined to specify whether they'd hit the market this year or next. Turns out, Microsoft wants to wait until current LTE networks prove capable of supporting more power-efficient smartphones. "The first LTE phones were big and big [users] of the battery," Lees said. "I think it's possible to do it in a way that is far more efficient, and that's what we will be doing."
Lees was similarly opaque about Microsoft's plans to incorporate dual-core CPUs into its mobile lineup, saying only that they're on the way. According to him, however, even single-core Windows Phones can hold their own against the dual-core competition: "They're all single core, but I suspect that they will be faster in usage than any dual-core phone that you put against it, and that's the point." Lees went on to wax Panglossian about Microsoft's strategy, claiming that the absence of LTE and dual-core processing doesn't necessarily mean that his company is behind the times. "I think that what our strategy is is to put things in place that allow us to leapfrog, and I think that's how we've gone from worse [sic] browser to the best browser," he explained, "and I think the same is true with hardware."
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/10/s...ws-phones-oth/
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October 10th, 2011, 22:02 Posted By: wraggster
Well, here it is. After months of beta tests, Motorola's ET1 tablet was finally unveiled today, bringing a taste of Android 2.3 to the enterprise market. Powered by a 1GHz dual-core CPU, this rugged slate packs 8GB of internal storage, along with a 32GB microSD card slot, and features a seven-inch, Gorilla Glass capacitive touchscreen with 1024 x 600 resolution. Weighing in at 1.4 pounds, the ET1 also boasts an eight megapixel rear camera, a front-facing shooter designed for videoconferencing and 720p video capabilities. Plus, retailers can choose to outfit the tablet with a host of accessories, including a barcode reader, magnetic stripe reader, handstrap and holster. At this point, the ET1 boasts only WiFi connectivity, though Motorola Solutions' Sheldon Safir says a Wide Area Network version is in the works. The manufacturer didn't offer a specific price, but Safir tells Computer World that bulk purchases should cost less than $1,000 by the time the slab hits the market, later this year. Head past the break for a full platter of PR, along with a demo video.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/10/m...erprise-types/
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October 10th, 2011, 22:10 Posted By: wraggster
Trials for mobile broadband 4G have started in Cornwall, with around 200 people taking part.
4G, or Long Term Evolution standard broadband, is available to those taking part as both home and mobile broadband, with BT and Everything Everywhere running the tests.
"BT is committed to working with the government and using technology innovation to find ways of addressing the remaining challenges within the UK where there are still broadband 'not-spots'," said Neil Stagg, BT Wholesale CEO.
Many of those chosen to take part in the trial previously struggled to get a broadband connection.
Ofcom recently announced its intention to delay its 4G spectrum auction until late next year.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...arts-4g-trials
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October 10th, 2011, 22:31 Posted By: wraggster
An anonymous reader writes with this snippet from Examiner.com, citing a report at gagdet.ro, about Samsung's upcoming high-end Nexus Prime, the first phone to be delivered with Ice Cream Sandwich."This version of the Nexus Series (Google's Android flag bearer) runs the next version of Android: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. This version is meant to combine Honycomb (Android 3.0) with Gingerbread(Android 2.3) into one OS, that will run on all devices. In addition to the merger of the two OS's, it also changes the Android UI a bit. One major change, is that the icons and the UI is a lot more sophisticated and clean, making even iOS look old and clunky. Also, it removes the requirement for Android phones to have hard/soft-hard mixed buttons, in favor of allowing manufacturers to use whichever type of button they wish. Also, it adds a soft button on the lock screen, to go straight to the camera app."
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/...r-a-video-tour
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October 11th, 2011, 00:13 Posted By: wraggster
The most surprising thing about the iPhone 4S is that people were surprised by the iPhone 4S, for there is ample precedent to the company both confining upgrades largely to a speed bump and to saying no to a host of potential new features. As to the former, the iPhone 4S is straight out of the playbook of Apple's successful upgrade of the Apple 3G to the 3GS, although the competition wasn't as strong as it is today.
Similarly, when Apple first lowered the price of the iPod touch below $200 in 2009 amidst widespread speculation that it would add a front-facing camera for FaceTime (which it did in the next generation), the company noted that it didn't think the product needed any more "stuff." So, what, then, defines the iPhone 4S? The differentiators can be thought of as four "Ses."
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/09/s...the-iphone-4s/
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October 11th, 2011, 00:17 Posted By: wraggster
Kind of like eating a peanut butter sandwich with no jelly, the most obvious app missing from the iPadhas been Facebook -- until today. The New York Times reports that the site has finally confirmed the app's availability just in time for eager social networkers to like, subscribe and stalk from their slates. According to software engineer Leon Dubinsky, the app will highlight the multitouch awesomeness of the iPad, something that's unavailable from the website alone even from a touchscreen device. The folks at FB also added that some of the newly released features will be integrated into the iPhone app as well, making it a win / win for iOS fanatics. Consider it liked.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/10/t...k-app-finally/
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October 11th, 2011, 01:09 Posted By: wraggster
It may be a minimal upgrade compared to some of the more creative predictions that were published, but the iPhone 4S has definitely struck a chord with consumers.
Apple has revealed that over one million pre-orders were placed for the device in just one day, beating the record laid down by the iPhone 4 by 400,000 universals.
"We are blown away with the incredible customer response to iPhone 4S," Apple’s senior VP of worldwide product marketing Philip Schiller stated.
"The first day pre-orders for iPhone 4S have been the most for any new product that Apple has ever launched and we are thrilled that customers love iPhone 4S as much as we do."
Those who buy the iPhone 4S from an official Apple store on its launch day of Friday October 14th will also be offered a free Personal Setup Service that will help customers set up their email and familiarise themselves with the new apps.
Features of the new handset include Apple’s dual-core A5 chip, 1080p video recording, iCloud and new voice command system Siri.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/1m-ip...one-day/086152
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October 11th, 2011, 01:37 Posted By: wraggster
The Guardian has published an guide to UK iPhone 4S mobile tariffs, concluding that some two-year contract deals are cheaper than buying the new iPhone outright on a SIM-only contract.
"The entire phone contract field is a thicket," wrote Guardian journalist Charles Arthur. The conclusion that two-year contracts are better than SIM-only deals was also made with the cheapest SIM-only provider, GiffGaff.
"From our calculations, the best deals generally come from Three. The most expensive ones - generally (but not always) - are with Vodafone," said the Guardian.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/a-24-...u-money/086138
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October 11th, 2011, 01:41 Posted By: wraggster
Apple’s Covent Garden store was the victim of a smash and grab raid this morning after at least seven moped riders broke the front window and made off with goods.
Two men have since been arrested by the Metropolitan Police.
“Detectives are appealing for witnesses and information after a smash-and-grab in central London,” a MET statement explained.
“Police were alerted at approx. 01.00hrs this morning (Monday 10 October) to a window broken and property taken from the Apple Store in Covent Garden. It is believed there were around 7 moped riders / motorcyclists involved, most if not all with a pillion passenger. All persons were in full face crash helmets.
“Shortly afterwards Islington police saw a moped and followed and attempted to stop it, but it was lost. A moped was subsequently found abandoned in the vicinity of Wyclif Court, St John Street EC1 – officers saw two men inside the block of flats, and they were pursued on foot and apprehended within the block at approx 01.20hrs.
“Some property, believed stolen from the store, was found in bags in their possession. The men [A - 16 ys; B - 21 ys] are now in custody at a north London police station.”
The same store was raided just a few weeks ago after a vehicle ploughed into the front window.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/biker...n-store/086136
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October 11th, 2011, 01:54 Posted By: wraggster
If you’re looking to build a really big Android tablet the trick is not to start from scratch. [Peter] pulled off a 23″ Android Tablet hack using a collection of easily acquired parts, leaving the hard work up to hardware that was designed to do it.
He didn’t really build a tablet, as much as he built a big touch-screen add-on for one. He already had a couple of inexpensive tablets on hand to play around with. One of them has an HDMI out port, which let him easily push the display onto a 23″ monitor. He knew the tablet was a 4-wire resistive touchscreen, but he didn’t know if other touchscreens with the same number of connectors and be directly swapped and still work. To test this, he cracked open a second tablet device and connected its touchscreen to the first one’s hardware. When he was met with success it was time to source a couple of 23″ touchscreen overlays to test with the external monitor. As you can see in the clip after the break, it works like a charm!
[Peter] was inspired to write about his experiences after seeing the 23″ Android tablet video in our recent links post.
http://hackaday.com/2011/10/10/how-t...ndroid-tablet/
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October 11th, 2011, 02:12 Posted By: wraggster
Korea's finest have been very coy on the dual-core and Honeycomb update to the Galaxy Tab 7, the 7 Plus. We knew that Austria and Indonesia would get it by the end of October but didn't know when it was likely to land in the States, or how much it would cost when it got here. Fortunately, it has now been spotted at J&R.com, where you will be happy to know that the 16GB version will cost $400, while the 32GB costs a bit more at $500. Now they just need to tell us when the thing will actually arrive.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/10/s...9-16gb-499-32/
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October 11th, 2011, 16:19 Posted By: wraggster
If you've been dreaming of a world where Android apps are free to roam across your Windows desktop, you're in luck, because BlueStacks has just turned your reverie into reality. Today, the startup unveiled an alpha version of its App Player -- software that allows users to run a host of Android apps on Windows PCs, tablets or desktops, without requiring them to make modifications to their original OS. Available as a free download, this early test version comes pre-loaded with ten apps, and can support an extra 26, on top of that. BlueStacks' free Cloud Connect app, meanwhile, allows you to port third-party apps directly from your handset to your computer, though some games, including Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja, are prohibited. Those, it turns out, will be included under a paid version of the App Player, which BlueStacks hopes to launch at a later date. You can take the free software for a spin at the source link below, or meander past the break for a demo video, along with a pair of press releases.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/11/b...windows-pcs-o/
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October 11th, 2011, 16:21 Posted By: wraggster
Pre-orders for the iPhone 4S only began shipping this week, but a handful of early owners have already taken Apple's first A5-based smartphone for a test run, and they've got the benchmarks to prove it. The results, obtained by AnandTech, are hardly what we'd call shocking. In terms of Javascript performance (pictured above), the 4S measures up rather nicely against the Tegra 2-based Honeycomb competition, while out-dueling the iPhone 4 in overall CPU muscle. Geekbench results, meanwhile, clock the 4S at around 800MHz, with a score of 623. That's about 25 percent lower than the A5-based iPad 2, but notably higher than the iPhone 4 (see graphic, after the break). When it comes to GPU performance, GLBenchmark 2.1 tests in 1280 x 720, off-screen render mode place Apple's new handset well above the Galaxy S II, with scores of 122.7 and 67.1, respectively. It still trails the iPad 2, not surprisingly, but the 4S' scores show a major advantage over the iPhone 4, which registered a score of 15.3. For more statistics and graphics, check out the source link below.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/11/b...major-gpu-upg/
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October 11th, 2011, 16:33 Posted By: wraggster
New research from comScore – 'Digital Omnivores: How Tablets, Smartphones and Connected Devices are Changing U.S. Digital Media Consumption Habits' – merely consolidates what we all knew: in the US, the tablet market is the iPad market.
It also found iPads have also begun to account for a higher share of internet traffic than iPhones (46.8 per cent vs. 42.6 per cent of all iOS device traffic).
This explosion is helping to make mobile creep up as a proportion of overall data traffic.
In fact, 6.8 per cent of US data traffic comes from smartphones and tablets.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/ipod-...-market/086260
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October 14th, 2011, 18:13 Posted By: wraggster
There's still no further word on Samsung's recent attempt to block sales of the iPhone 4S in France and Italy, but the company's now been dealt a blow in its similar efforts in the Netherlands. According toReuters, a Dutch court has turned down Samsung's request for a ban on certain Apple products, and rejected claims that they infringe on Samsung's patents (it's also rejected Apple's counterclaims in the case). The particular patents in question here are not related to software or the design of the devices, as in other cases, but rather their 3G capabilities, which Samsung had claimed Apple was infringing on with the various iterations of the iPhone and iPad.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/14/d...pple-products/
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October 14th, 2011, 18:16 Posted By: wraggster
It's hard being the Jan to Japan's Marsha, always sitting quietly on the sidelines and watching as the "prettier" sister gets lavished with the latest goods. Well, envy doth strike again as Sony's partnered withNTT DoCoMo to add a dash of cellular connectivity to its line of slates. While the country's already seen the launch of the Tablet S earlier this September, that particular model was WiFi-only. Now, the privileged, electronic-consuming hordes over to our East can make the most of their Honeycomb 3.2, PlayStation Certified tabs at speeds of up to 14Mbps down / 5.7Mbps up. There'll be two flat-rate data plans on offer when the devices go on sale this October 28th, with the promo "FOMA Tablet Start Campaign" running until the end of next April. Feel like turning Japanese or at least moving overseas? In this case, we really think so.http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/13/s...reps-for-octo/
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October 14th, 2011, 18:19 Posted By: wraggster
Yeah, that makes just as much sense to us as it does to you. Following yesterday's PR debacle, the final word from Sprint appears to be as follows:"Sprint's policy is to have the iPhone 4S SIM locked to our network domestically and internationally. At launch, the International SIM will be unlocked. We do expect a SIM lock to be pushed to the devices shortly after launch. We will then allow existing customers in good standing to unlock the SIM for international use if needed in the future."
So, if we're reading that correctly, the iPhone you purchase and activate will be unlocked. Then, a SIM lock will be "pushed" to your device. But, if you've been a good, policy-abiding customer, your iPhone can then be unlocked manually by Sprint. Who knows what'll happen if you buy your phone and flee to a non-extradition country before Sprint comes knocking at the door, shackles in hand. Will you be left to live in peace with your newly-acquired international Micro SIM? Will you need to plead your case before a tribunal of mobile carrier overlords? Only time will tell, we suppose, or perhaps further clarification from Sprint. Jump past the break for the complete announcement.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/13/s...will-be-unloc/
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October 14th, 2011, 18:21 Posted By: wraggster
Sure, plenty of folks are still waiting for their shipments to arrive, but Apple's latest magical handset is already baring its innards, courtesy of the screwdriver-wielding mad scientists at iFixit. The teardown is still carrying the "In Progress" badge at the moment, but among the findings thus far is the discovery of a slightly larger battery. Can the stash of magic dust be too far behind?
Update: The good folks over at iFixit have finished mucking about the iPhone 4S's innards and have confirmed the handset's packing 512MB of DDR2 RAM, an updated Qualcomm MDM6610 chip and 16GB of NAND flash memory courtesy of Toshiba. Idle hands'll be happy to know the phone's been awarded a six out of ten repairability rating -- it's not quite amateur territory, but you don't have to be a pro to get your hands dirty.http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/13/i...sps-in-terror/
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October 14th, 2011, 18:24 Posted By: wraggster
"AT&T is adopting technology that gives a person with an Android device two user profiles, enabling company email and other data to reside in an encrypted partition separate from a user's apps, games and unfettered web browsing. AT&T is calling the feature Toggle, and plans to release it later this year. Toggle is a regular app that, once installed, creates its own encrypted desktop under the control of company IT bosses. Toggle is a rebranding of an app developed by startupEnterproid, which continues to develop its own version. AT&T think this move will encourage smartphone adoption in the enterprise. Interestingly, Apple's current version of iOS and app guidelines exclude multiple profiles on one device."
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/1...-dual-accounts
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October 14th, 2011, 18:27 Posted By: wraggster
yesakmac joins the teeming hordes of successful Slashdot submitters, with this excerpt from PC World that says the frenziedeffort to port Android to HP's discontinued TouchPad has actually succeeded:"CyanogenMod also released a 'lower your expectations edition' release guide to let you know exactly what is working (or not) under the hood. Modders will be happy to know that basically all the TouchPad's guts are recognized. It supports dual-booting and fake SD cards in case you need to restore the TouchPad. What does not work, though, is the camera, which can only be used for video chat. Power efficiency is still an issue, too. As for the final build, CyanogenMod says they won't be giving a hard date, and that it will be ready when it is ready."
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/1...to-hp-touchpad
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October 15th, 2011, 14:50 Posted By: wraggster
If you've unboxed a shiny new iPhone 4S from AT&T today, you've most likely had an experience similar to many others who made the same purchase: frustration. It seems that the surge in activity from the release of Apple's new handset has reduced activation traffic on Ma Bell's network to a crawl. This isn't the first time the carrier has had issues on launch day -- but back then, it didn't have any competition. Now that Verizon and Sprint have joined the iPhone party, the pressure's on and AT&T's not looking good compared to the other carriers who don't appear to be having issues. As if that weren't enough for the folks in Cupertino, iCloud had a rocky debut this week as well -- from absent verification emails to an inability to backup data. Apple has documented all five of the new service's foibles via the coverage link below, but it appears everything's been peachy since early this morning. So, have you been waiting for your new iPhone to be more than a shiny new paperweight? Leave a comment, and let us know.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/14/i...d-stumbles-ou/
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October 16th, 2011, 11:42 Posted By: wraggster
You didn't think the latest iPhone would be saved from Colorware's paint-dipped hands, did you?
Lo and behold, the company's swatches are currently ready for application on the 4S. Similar to itsiPhone 4 treatments, you'll be able to spice up your device -- and its earbuds -- with a mixture of glossy, metallic and soft-touch coatings (excluding mainly the front face, which remains stock black or white). Colorware'll gladly sell you a fresh 16 or 64GB model for a whopping $1,500 or $1,700, respectively, or you can mail yours in to get a Benetton-esque makeover for just $250.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/16/c...es-dearly-for/
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October 16th, 2011, 11:44 Posted By: wraggster
If you're among the teeming masses holding a brand new iPhone 4S in your hands, you may be surprised (as we were) to find there's something conspicuously absent from the Network Settings menu on your new device: specifically the ability to manually shut off 3G data. After receiving word, and a screenshot, from a helpful tipster, rocking a 4S on Vodafone's network, we found the same option missing from our own AT&T iteration. Of course this isn't the sort of thing that's likely to have an impact on most users, but if you're the type that likes to squeeze every last bit of juice out of that Apple, the omission could cause some frustration. We gave Apple support a call to see what they had to say, and were told AppleCare has no official response on the matter. If you're lamenting the loss of the 3G flip-switch sound off in the comments below.
Update: A few of our readers are reporting that the original Verizon iPhone 4 also lacked the 3G switch, which means the absence is most likely on a carrier-by-carrier basis.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/15/i...ble-3g-switch/
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October 17th, 2011, 22:08 Posted By: wraggster
How did you spend your weekend? If you're Apple, the answer is simple, really: selling a whole lot of iPhones. Cupertino this morning announced that iPhone 4S sales have reached four million -- quite an impressive number compared to what its predecessor was capable of, a fact no doubt helped by the addition of some carriers, like Verizon and Sprint here in the States. The handset is currently available in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the UK, with plenty more countries coming by the end of the year. Press info can be found after the jump.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/17/i...first-weekend/
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October 19th, 2011, 01:21 Posted By: wraggster
Apple has recorded full year profits of $25.9 billion for the financial year, up from $12 billion the previous year. Sales hit $108.2 billion, up from $65.2 billion.
Sales of the iPad were up 166 per cent in the fourth quarter ended September 24 to 11.12 million units, while the iPhone sold a further 17.07 million units, up 21 per cent.
Fourth quarter revenues were $28.27 billion with profits at $6.62 billion, compared to $20.34 billion and $4.21 billion the previous year.
The company sold 4.89 million Macs, up 26 per cent of the 2010 quarter, and 6.62 million iPods, down 27 per cent on last year.
"We are thrilled with the very strong finish of an outstanding fiscal 2011, growing annual revenue to $108 billion and growing earnings to $26 billion," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO.
"Customer response to iPhone 4S has been fantastic, we have strong momentum going into the holiday season, and we remain really enthusiastic about our product pipeline."
"We are extremely pleased with our record September quarter revenue and earnings and with cash generation of $5.4 billion during the quarter," said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's CFO.
For the current quarter in which it launched the iPhone 4S, Apple expects revenues of $37 billion and projected earnings of $9.30 per share.
Despite the high numbers, analysts were expecting higher shipments of hardware during the fourth quarter, including an expected 20 million iPhone sales. Oppenheimer addressed this in a call to investors following the results, saying the company expected lower sales due to rumours of a new model.
Tim Cook told investors he was confident the company will set a new record for iPhone sales in the current quarter.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...soar-for-apple
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October 19th, 2011, 01:25 Posted By: wraggster
Unity Technologies co-founders David Helgason and Nicholas Francis believe that improvements in mobile hardware will soon yield diminishing returns for games.
Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz at Unite 11, Francis, the company's CCO, agreed that mobile technology is approaching the power of the current generation of consoles, but questioned how useful that will be for games.
"If Sony and Microsoft did the PlayStation 4 and Xbox 720, they would completely blow mobiles out of the water, and that's good if you want to make those big experiences," said Francis.
"But having something that's much more powerful than an Xbox in my cell-phone? What am I going to do with that? It's a small screen, I'm playing on the bus, everything is shaking, there's light coming in."
"With mobile, I can see a point in making them two or four times as powerful, but after that it's diminishing returns."
Francis also predicted that consoles will survive for one more generation, "and then that will be it."
This will place more emphasis on improving tools: making them more efficient for established developers, and more accessible to aspiring talent.
What doesn't go away is the need for great workflows - the ability to put in a lot of complex content into scenes," added Unity CEO David Helgason. "That may run out at some point, but we can think of so many ways we can improve that experience."
"We have already made it possible for like 10 times more people to approach game tools than before, and there's probably another 10 times more."
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...on-mobile-tech
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October 19th, 2011, 01:27 Posted By: wraggster
Apple sold over four million iPhone 4S in the three days after it hit the market, more than double that of the iPhone 4 in the same period, making it the fastest-selling phone ever.
Over one million people pre-ordered the phone in the 24 hours after it was announced.
More than 25 million customers have also downloaded the new iOS 5 operating system for their Apple handset.
"iPhone 4S is off to a great start with more than four million sold in its first weekend - the most ever for a phone and more than double the iPhone 4 launch during its first three days," said senior VP of Worldwide Product Marketing Philip Schiller.
"iPhone 4S is a hit with customers around the world, and together with iOS 5 and iCloud, is the best iPhone ever.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ing-phone-ever
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October 19th, 2011, 01:39 Posted By: wraggster
"In the latest edition of the Apple vs. Samsung patent fight, the ABC is reporting that Samsung has filed in Australian and Japanese courts seeking an injunction to halt sales of the iPhone 4S for alleged 3G patent violations. It remains to be seen whether Samsung has any better luck with the retaliatory strike in Australian and Japanese courts than it did with courts in the Netherlands. Unfortunately, I expect that Samsung will fail partly because of overseas precedent, but mostly because their patents are sane, technical and narrow in scope (unlike the patent-a-rectangle nature of the opposition). If this stupidity ever stops, then millions of dollars, euro, or Won that are being spent on lawyers might actually go into the innovation that patents are meant to promote. Who knows where that might lead?
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/1...tat-down-under
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October 19th, 2011, 01:46 Posted By: wraggster
Japanese developer Level-5 has revealed that a new entry in itsProfessor Layton series - up until now a Nintendo exclusive - will be making its way to iOS.
The game will be called Layton Brothers: Mystery Room and will star Layton's son, Alfendy Layton, not Layton himself. The game will, of course, use the touch screen for navigation and puzzle-solving, and Alfendy will be aided by his assistant, Lucy Grey.
There's no news yet on a western release, though.
The announcement makes Layton the latest in a recent string of surprise console to mobile ports following the release ofScribblenauts Remix on iOS last week and Rockstar's revelationthat Grand Theft Auto III will be coming to iOS and Android.
Yesterday, Namco Bandai announced that it would be publishing Ni No Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch, the RPG collaboration between Level-5 and Studio Ghibli, in Europe and North America next year.
http://www.next-gen.biz/news/profess...oom-coming-ios
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October 19th, 2011, 01:51 Posted By: wraggster
Blackberry manufacturer RIM has revealed that it will compensate beleaguered users affected by last week's service outage with free games.
Games up for grabs include The Sims 3, N.O.V.A., Bubble Bash 2and PopCap's Bejeweled among others, and can be downloaded at no cost from Blackberry's App World for one month from tomorrow.
A number of other non-game apps are also included in the offer, and free technical support is also offered for the same period.
“We are grateful to our loyal BlackBerry customers for their patience,” said RIM Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis in a press release. “We have apologized to our customers and we will work tirelessly to restore their confidence. We are taking immediate and aggressive steps to help prevent something like this from happening again.”
http://www.next-gen.biz/news/rim-off...service-outage
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October 19th, 2011, 01:56 Posted By: wraggster
Sales of Future’s UK magazine portfolio have increased by a staggering 750 per cent since the release of Newsstand as part of Apple’s iOS5 last week.
AOP reports that the combined downloads of Future’s 50+ free and premium publications via the Apple store has passed the 2m mark in just four days.
It is not known how many of those customers also chose to subscribe to Future’s magazines.
“Future had sold more digital editions in the past four days through Apple’s Newsstand than in a normal month,” Future CEO Mark Wood stated.
“It’s clear that Newsstand creates an amazing opportunity for publishers – and I’m committed to continue driving our brands through this great new distribution channel.”
The news is a huge boost for the publisher, which just last month hinted at a possible sale of its US operationsas the print magazine market continues to decline.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/futur...wsstand/086645
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October 19th, 2011, 01:57 Posted By: wraggster
Two weeks ago the iPhone 4S was unveiled, which didn't sit well with many who were anticipating the iPhone 5.
Now an analyst claims the late Steve Jobs has been involved with the creation of the iPhone 5 from concept to final design, according to Cnet.
In a research note, Ashok Kumar, analyst at Rodman & Renshaw, said the next iPhone "was the last project that Steve Jobs was intimately involved with from concept to final design. For that reason...this product will establish the high water mark for iPhone volumes."
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/did-s...he-died/086644
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October 19th, 2011, 02:00 Posted By: wraggster
Google has removed a popular software emulator that allows Android users to play illegal copies of SNES games on their handsets from the Android Marketplace.
Pocket Gamer reports that Google said the download “violated the Developer Content policy”. Furthermore, its developer Ex Plus Alpha risks a permanent ban from the portal if it tries to resubmit the app under a different name.
Other emulators to be banned from the Android Marketplace include PSX4Droid (PlayStation), Gensoid (Mega Drive) and N64oid (N64).
Amongst the features included on Snes9x was the ability to play multiplayer games using a Wii Remote or Wii Classic Controller. Of course, the software can still be had directly from the developer’s website.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/snes9...-market/086581
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October 19th, 2011, 02:18 Posted By: wraggster
We expect to be hearing plenty more about Ice Cream Sandwich before the day is out, but that doesn't mean there isn't still room for some last-minute leaks. We've already seen a couple of updated apps slip out, and we now also have what appears to be our first look at Google's refreshed widgets for the new OS. Those include both Gmail and Calendar, as well one for your non-Gmail email, all of which boast a similar appearance that's been further streamlined from their Honeycomb counterparts. As Android Police notes, there's curiously no labels in the Gmail widget, although we'd assume that's just due to the particular messages being displayed (we hope so, at least). Hit the source link below for a look at the rest.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/18/i...ficial-launch/
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October 19th, 2011, 02:19 Posted By: wraggster
It may not have resulted in much of a numerical bump, but the just-released webOS 3.0.4 software update for the HP TouchPad is a fairly significant one. The big new addition is the ability to pair non-webOS phones, which will let you answer calls on your TouchPad (pairing with third-party Bluetooth keyboards is also said to be "streamlined"). It also adds a new Camera app for photos and videos, plus support for Ogg Vorbis music files, and online / offline messaging status support. Perhaps just as notably, HP is also promising "better performance" and "user interface improvements," as well as a number of other enhancements and "more robust Skype video calling." We'll be giving it a go ourselves, but feel free to share your own impressions in the comments below.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/18/h...swer-calls-fr/
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October 19th, 2011, 23:55 Posted By: wraggster
Honeycomb tablet owners have already been able to use Netflix unofficially thanks to some .APKs that have been floating about, but the company has now finally updated the app with some official support for Android 3.x tablets beyond those that shipped with it pre-installed. What's more, the latest version of the app also brings with it support for Netflix users in Canada and Latin America, who can likewise enjoy some some streaming video on both their Android phones and tablets without the need for a workaround.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/19/n...blets-extends/
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October 19th, 2011, 23:59 Posted By: wraggster
Canadian retailer Future Shop gave us an accidental sneak peek at the tablet last month, but now Kobo is making Vox official, complete with a 7-inch 1024 x 600 resolution AFFS+ display with multi-touch, a 7-hour battery and 8 gigs of internal memory with support for up to 32GB of SD storage. The $200 tablet is running Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and is powered by an 800 MHz processor and 512MB of RAM. There's also a built-in speaker and 3.5mm headphone jack, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi and a variety of pre-loaded apps (naturally you'll have access to Android Market as well). Vox is listed as in-stock on Kobo's online store, though you'll have to wait until October 28th for yours to ship. It'll also be available at Best Buy and Fry's Electronics stores in the U.S., and Best Buy, Future Shop and Indigo in Canada. Jump past the break for the PR from Kobo.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/19/k...ch-display-gi/
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October 20th, 2011, 00:00 Posted By: wraggster
Google's Andy Rubin kicked off the opening keynote here at the Asian branch of All Things D (that's AsiaD, if you're curious), and he finally cleared up a figure we've been wondering about for eons. During a back-and-forth with Walt Mossberg about the proliferation of the iPad and whether or not Android was "a flop" in the tablet market, he affirmed that around six million Android-based tablets were "out there." Of course, that's only tablets that access Google services, as those are the only ones Google can account for with any degree of certainty. For comparison's sake, Apple pushed 15 million iPads onto the market in 2010 alone, selling three million in just 80 days after the launch of the original. In fact, Apple sold 11.12 million iPads in its most recent quarter (9.25 million the one before that), which represented a 166 percent increase year-over-year. Moral of the story? Apple still owns the tablet market, but hey, at least we now know the score.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/19/g...blets-out-the/
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October 20th, 2011, 00:02 Posted By: wraggster
Hello there, Ice Cream Sandwich! Google and Samsung just took the wraps off of the former's newest mobile operating system here in Hong Kong, and boy -- she's a beauty. Of course, we've known about ICS for months now, but outside of a few sneak peeks courtesy of Mr. Blurrycam, we didn't know precisely what to expect. Strangely, Motorola's recent introduction of the Droid RAZR only delivered the freshest offering of Gingerbread, but the Galaxy Nexus is oh-ficially the first smartphone in the world to launch with Android 4.0. Our test unit was actually running 4.0.1 for reasons unknown, but as we mentioned in our Galaxy Nexus hands-on, it was as smooth as ever. Without question, this is easily the slickest, most polished version of Android yet, and we invite you to take a tour yourself via the hands-on gallery below. Apologies for the quantity, but we wanted to explore every nook and cranny while we had the chance.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/19/g...-screenshot-g/
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October 20th, 2011, 00:04 Posted By: wraggster
Google has taken the stage in Hong Kong to make the next version of Android OS, nicknamed Ice Cream Sandwich, a thing of reality. Better known as Android 4.0, the update offers a massive redesign to the user interface and adds a plethora of new features. Some of the highlights include an NFC-enabled feature called Android Beam, offline search in Gmail, new lock screen features and a fancy unlocking method called "Face Unlock," which uses facial recognition to ensure strangers can't use your phone without permission. Ice Cream Sandwich also includes enhancements in almost every native app within Android itself. The SDK is already available for Android 4.0, and the update itself will make its first public appearance on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, also unveiled tonight. After the break, we'll cover all of the nitty gritty details, along with some excellent screenshots below. So come along, why won't you?
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/18/a...-now-official/
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October 20th, 2011, 00:12 Posted By: wraggster
Apple CEO Tim Cook claims that the hunger for Apple products in China is the greatest he has seen in his lifetime.
Speaking to investors following the publication of Apple's full year results, Cook called the company's progress in China "amazing."
The region generated 2 per cent of overall sales for fiscal year '09, but last year it accounted for 16 per cent, making it Apple's second biggest market and its "fastest growing major region by far."
"It delivered $4.5 billion of our revenue for the current quarter, and that's up...about 270 per cent year-over-year," Said Cook. "That brought the total revenue for the fiscal year to over $13 billion. And to further put that in context, a year ago in fiscal year '10, we were just right above $3 billion. So it is growing at a feverish pace."
Apple now has 6 retail stores in Greater China, as well as a fully localised online store and a network of more than 200 resellers. The region also has 7000 "point-of-sales" for the iPhone.
"Certainly in my lifetime, I've never seen a country with as many people rising into the middle class that aspire to buy products that Apple makes. And so I think it's an area of enormous opportunity, and it has become number 2 on our list of top revenue countries very, very quickly."
Cook also said that the iPhone would play a pivotal role in breaking emerging markets like Russia, the Middle East and Brazil.
"There's several of these markets that historically Apple has not been strong and that the iPhone has really opened up and introduced Apple to a whole set of customers that didn't get excited about looking at other products that we have. And I think certainly, the iPad will be doing the same."
Cook went on to say that the tablet market would ultimately prove to be larger than the PC market, admitting that the iPad's popularity has cannibalised Mac sales.
"I think that some people are electing to buy an iPad rather than a Mac," he said. "However, I believe a materially larger number of people are electing to buy an iPad instead of a Windows-based PC. I think we are overwhelmingly coming out very, very well in that cannibalisation question."
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-feverish-pace
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October 20th, 2011, 00:13 Posted By: wraggster
A new report by analytics company Localytics revealed that iOS 5 could be on up to 33 per cent of iPhones and iPads.
The new operating system, launched on October 12, has seen enough downloads to appear on a third of all iOS 5 devices, and even taking the new iPhone 4S out of calculations, that's still enough for 31 per cent of devices.
The iPad 2 currently has the highest number of iOS 5, with around 36 per cent installing the software on their tablet. That's closely followed by 35 per cent on iPhone 4, and 33 per cent on the original iPad.
Localytics sourced the figures from analysis of all iOS devices between the launch date and October 17.
The new iPhone 4S became the fastest selling phone ever on release after selling 4 million in just three days.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-apple-devices
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October 20th, 2011, 00:27 Posted By: wraggster
The highly anticipated Android 4.0 (codenamed Ice Cream Sandwich) has been released and finally brings the features of 3.x Honeycomb to smaller devices. Some of the highlights include: a revamped UI, a much faster browser, face unlock, a vastly improved camera app, improved task switching, streaming voice recognition, Wi-Fi Direct, and Bluetooth Health Device Profile. ... The API level is 14, download the new SDK here."calc noted that the source code has yet to be released (Google account required) except to legally required GPL components. Supposedly progress is being made toward getting AOSP back online: "We're working on it and we're making good progress, but we're not ready to announce any additional details yet." How many of the new features will remain proprietary and tied to Google services remains to be seen.
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/...h-sdk-released
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October 20th, 2011, 23:31 Posted By: wraggster
It's been a week of upgrades for Sony Tablet S owners. First came news of the PlayStation Store's arrival and now comes confirmation that Sony's Music Unlimited service is available, as well. Yesterday, the company announced that its music streaming service has finally made its way to the Tablet S and other Android slates, a little more than four months after launching on Google-laced handsets. The basics remain the same: $4 per month for a basic subscription or $10 per month for premium service, though Tablet S owners can take advantage of a 180-day free trial, in case they still have their hesitations. Stream past the break for the full PR, or grab the app for yourself at the source link, below.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/20/s...bearing-gifts/
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October 20th, 2011, 23:32 Posted By: wraggster
What does a Russian satellite system have to do with the iPhone 4S' GPS capabilities? Allow us to explain. Russian site iPhones.ru recently noticed that the 4S' spec page lists support for both assisted GPS and GLONASS -- the Kremlin's global navigation satellite system and acronym for GLObalnaya NAvigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema. The country launched GLONASS 35 years ago in the hopes that it would eventually provide an alternative to GPS and the EU's forthcoming Galileo, thereby reducing Russia's dependence upon US- or Europe-operated systems. The global system has since been beset by delays and budgetary setbacks, but last week, a Russian rocket successfully launched the 24th and final GLONASS satellite, completing the constellation and inching the infrastructure closer to full activation.
News of the iPhone 4S' support has already elicited a delightfully surprised response from the Russian media, with daily Vedomosti writing: "If the iPhone 4S really does have Glonass navigation, this would be the first time the Russian system reached the world market." (Nokia, it's worth noting, announced in August that it would manufacture GLONASS-compliant handsets, while Samsung's High Fidelity Positionapp offers similar compatibility.) In light of Russia's economic and regulatory climate, however, the move may not seem so shocking. The Kremlin already imposes import taxes on handsets that don't support GLONASS and, as Russia's iGuides.ru points out, has even threatened non-compliant devices with an outright ban. Apple, meanwhile, has made no secret of its interest in expanding its influence within the country, with CEO Tim Cook recently referring to the Russian market as "more promising." It remains to be seen whether this added support results in sharper navigation capabilities, or if it enhances Apple's presence within Russia, but it's certainly a compelling development, nonetheless.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/20/i...o-the-delight/
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October 20th, 2011, 23:35 Posted By: wraggster
Want to write on your tablet without all of the requisite finger grease? How about a stylus? Too pedestrian? What about a Smart Pen? Better yet, what about the aPen A5 Smart Pen? eFun's peripheral includes a stylus and a receiver that hooks into your iPad or iPhone's 30 pin connector, digitizing your handwriting or drawings via a number of compatible apps, including the company's own free Studio Basic Light. The A5 is set, broadly, for a release some time in 2012, and should run you around $99 whenever it actually hits the market.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/20/e...ipad-iphone-w/
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October 20th, 2011, 23:42 Posted By: wraggster
Many people were upset at the revelation, reported here in May, that the Honeycomb version of Android would not be open sourced. But Google promised that the next version, Ice Cream Sandwich, would have full source available. Now that ICS is out, though, the source is nowhere in sight. In the thread, Android's Jean-Baptiste Queru offers the following, as to the question of whether source will ever be made available: 'At the moment I don't have anything to say on that subject
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/...-gone-for-good
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October 22nd, 2011, 01:22 Posted By: wraggster
Styli and Android haven't exactly been strangers as of late -- with devices like the HTC Flyer andSamsung Galaxy Note offering pen-based input -- but it looks like that option will soon be even easier to implement with Ice Cream Sandwich. As noted on Reddit, Google's recent overview of some Android 4.0 platform highlights includes a small tidbit towards the end that details the "full support for stylus input events" in the OS -- including features like pressure sensitivity and the ability to distinguish motion events from different sources (i.e. a pen and your finger). Of course, it still requires some hardware-level assistance from tablet and smartphone makers, but native support in the OS could well open up some interesting possibilities, especially when it comes to third-party apps.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/21/a...tylus-support/
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October 22nd, 2011, 01:38 Posted By: wraggster
"It's clear Steve Jobs didn't pull any punches from the interviews for his forthcoming biography. In the latest release from the book, hosted over at AP, 'Isaacson wrote that Jobs was livid in January 2010 when HTC introduced an Android phone that boasted many of the popular features of the iPhone. Apple sued, and Jobs told Isaacson in an expletive-laced rant that Google's actions amounted to "grand theft." ... "I'm going to destroy Android, because it's a stolen product. I'm willing to go thermonuclear war on this." ... In a subsequent meeting with Schmidt at a Palo Alto, Calif., cafe, Jobs told Schmidt that he wasn't interested in settling the lawsuit, the book says. "I don't want your money. If you offer me $5 billion, I won't want it. I've got plenty of money. I want you to stop using our ideas in Android, that's all I want." The meeting, Isaacson wrote, resolved nothing.'"
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/1...estroy-android
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October 23rd, 2011, 00:02 Posted By: wraggster
Remember when T-Mobile CMO Cole Brodman splashed a bucket of cold water on our hot iPhone 4S dreams? Yeah, well the carrier's back to clarify its glaring lack of the handset in its lineup, and it appears the choice wasn't the company's to make. In a statement released today, SVP of Marketing Andrew Sherrard expressed the operator's desire to play host to Apple's latest device, but claims Cupertino's omission of an AWS-friendly radio is the true culprit. In order for that phone to run competently on T-Mo's 4G network, those 1700MHz bands would need to be serviced. In its stead, the exec points to other more capable phones currently on offer -- namely, those bearing Android -- while referring to the 4S' apparent network issues. Fighting words or just a case of the sads? Follow past the break for the full quote straight from Magenta's mouth.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/22/t...e-only-option/
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October 23rd, 2011, 00:05 Posted By: wraggster
"Like Amazon last month, Kobo is now making the jump to an Android-based tablet e-reader. Priced at $200 and available on October 28th, the Kobo Vox is set to complete with the Kindle Fire rather than the iPad. While Kobo can't match up with Amazon's sheer mass of available content, it is partnered with various major book sellers and has a good-sized base of existing customers. Also, previous Kobo products have made a point of supporting open standards for media, and that will presumably continue with the Vox. For those who aren't familiar with Kobo: they have little presence in the US, but their e-readers are fairly popular in Canada, Australia, and a number of other countries.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/1...ablet-e-reader
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October 23rd, 2011, 00:26 Posted By: wraggster
Desperately in need of a graduation paper, [Andrei] decided to build a few computer controlled recon vehicles (PDF warning), and we’re really impressed with the minimalist approach [Andrei] took.
The Computer Operated Recon Entity (C.O.R.E.) mk. I is based around a laptop. Instead of an Arduino, [Andrei] used a car stereo amp to control the motors. The two channel amp [Andrei] picked out has four outputs. Tying a motor to each output gives a four-wheel drive robot that’s really clever in its simplicity. With an onboard webcam, [Andrei] can do live video streaming from his remote vehicle. Outputting a specific tone with the sound card allows for full control of the robot.
The C.O.R.E. mk. II uses a Samsung Galaxy I5500 phone – the cheapest Android phone [Andrei] could find. The setup is similar to the mk. I C.O.R.E. with a WiFi connection sending video back to a base station. Control of the two motors is still handled by playing sound files and sending that to a stereo amp connected to the motors.
Check out the C.O.R.E. mk. II going Bach and forth after the break.
http://hackaday.com/2011/10/21/a-ver...recon-vehicle/
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October 23rd, 2011, 13:03 Posted By: wraggster
Of all the upgrades that distinguish the new iPhone 4S from its predecessors, probably the feature that's gotten the most attention is the voice-based personal assistant app called Siri, which allows a user to accomplish certain tasks almost entirely by voice. A few days ago, as reported by TechCrunch, a team of Android developers has come up with an Android equivalent to Siri called Iris (spell that backwards), and that it took them only 8 hours to have a working, if imperfect, app to play with and submit to the Android Market. This says the app is unpolished, but shows promise. For now, it generates some accurate results, and some amusing ones.
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/1...res-to-android
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October 23rd, 2011, 13:12 Posted By: wraggster
Batman is great at fighting crime, using gadgets and not killing people. He's not, however, that creative in naming things -- Bat cave, batmobile, batarang, batclaw, Batgirl. His wordsmith skills may be lacking, but this predictability makes naming the official Batman: Arkham City iOS app extremely easy. It's the Chiroptera app, obviously.
Fine, it's the bat app. Whatever you call it, the Arkham City official map app is a handy tool to help keep track of progress through the game, showing the locations of hundreds of Riddler trophies and item hotspots, and allowing users to mark off the ones they've collected. Developer Dorling Kindersley made a similar app extension for Dead Island. The bat app is available for the same price, $2.99, right now on iTunes.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/22/ar...gs-app-for-io/
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October 23rd, 2011, 21:58 Posted By: wraggster
MAME4droid is a version of iMAME4all (iPhone, iPad) for Android, developed also by David Valdeita (Seleuco).
They emulates arcade games supported by original MAME 0.37b5 plus some additional games from newer MAME versions.
This version emulates over 2000 different romsets.
Please, try to understand that that with that amount of games, some will run better than others and some might not even run with iMAME4all. Please, don´t email me asking for a specific game to run.
Although the performance is very good with modern devices (all games I tested on iPad run practically perfect), owners of older devices should not expect a good performance; please turn off sound because that's very helpful.
After installing, place your MAME-titled zipped roms in /var/mobile/Media/ROMs/iMAME4all/roms (iMAME4all) or /sdcard/ROMs/MAME4all/roms (MAME4droid) folder.
MAME4droid & iMAME4all uses only '0.37b5', 'GP2X, WIZ 0.37b11 mame romset'. Use "clrmame.dat" file included in '/var/mobile/Media/ROMs/iMAME4all' or /sdcard '/ROMs/MAME4all/' to convert romsets from other MAME versions to the ones used by this version, using ClrMAME Pro utility, available in next webpage:
http://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/
iMAME4ll & MAME4droid will never have "save states" since it is based on a MAME version that does not support it.
I am releasing everything for free, in keeping with the licensing MAME terms, which is free for non-commercial use only. This is strictly something I made because I wanted to play with it and have the skills to make it so. That said, if you are thinking on ways to support my development I suggest you to check my other free works for the community.
MAME4droid v1.2. Added Analog or DPAD touch control (selectable), iCade+ICP support, vibrate on keypress, more scaling options, fixed cheats.
http://code.google.com/p/imame4all/
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October 23rd, 2011, 23:29 Posted By: wraggster
via http://emu-russia.net/en/
NES emulator for Android has been updated. Changes:
- now automatically saving state on exit, letting you restart where you left off;
- changed virtual joystick to make fire buttons more comfortable;
- MIDI recordings are now named after original program files;
- fixed audio latency controls, try setting your latency to 100ms;
- fixed MIDI soundtrack logging;
- reduced minimal audio latency.
News source: http://www.emucr.com
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October 23rd, 2011, 23:30 Posted By: wraggster
via http://emu-russia.net/en/
SMS, GG & their predecessors (SG1000, SC3000, SF7000 and Mark2) emulator for Android has been updated. Changes:
- now automatically saving state on exit, letting you restart where you left off;
- changed virtual joystick to make fire buttons more comfortable;
- MIDI recordings are now named after original program files;
- fixed audio latency controls, try setting your latency to 100ms;
- fixed MIDI soundtrack logging;
- reduced minimal audio latency.
News source: http://www.emucr.com
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October 23rd, 2011, 23:31 Posted By: wraggster
via http://emu-russia.net/en/
MSX emulator for Android has been updated. Changes:
- fixed loading of files with spaces in their names;
- MIDI recordings are now named after original program files;
- fixed audio latency controls. Try setting your latency to 100ms;
- fixed MIDI soundtrack logging;
- reduced minimal audio latency;
- made physical SPACE/SHIFT buttons act as joystick fire buttons.
News source: http://www.emucr.com
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October 23rd, 2011, 23:33 Posted By: wraggster
via http://emu-russia.net/en/
ZX Spectrum emulator for Android has been updated. Changes:
- fixed loading of files with spaces in their names;
- MIDI recordings are now named after original program files;
- fixed audio latency controls. Try setting your latency to 100ms;
- fixed MIDI soundtrack logging;
- reduced minimal audio latency.
News source: http://fms.komkon.org
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October 23rd, 2011, 23:38 Posted By: wraggster
via http://emu-russia.net/en/
Coleco ColecoVision emulator for Android has been updated recently. Changes:
- fixed loading of files with spaces in their names;
- MIDI recordings are now named after original program files;
- fixed audio latency controls, try setting your latency to 100ms;
- fixed MIDI soundtrack logging;
- reduced minimal audio latency.
News source: http://www.emucr.com
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October 24th, 2011, 12:38 Posted By: wraggster
News via http://www.aep-emu.de/
Marat Fayzullin has ported his (commercial) Game Boy / Game Boy Color and Super Game Boy emulator VGB to the Android platform: VGB for Android
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New in 3.5.6: - Added option to save screenshots on exit (enabled by default).
- Added option to record music to a MIDI file.
- Added initial accelerometer support.
- Bigger, easier to press on-screen corner buttons.
- Some on-screen cues shifted to the right for better visibility.
- Sony Xperia Play buttons are fully supported now.
- Fixed sync frequency computation for more precision.
- Fixed TV scanlines effect that got applied to more pixels than needed.
- Fixed accidental crashes when exiting emulation.
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October 24th, 2011, 12:39 Posted By: wraggster
News via http://0xff.akop.org/2011/10/20/new-...hies-releases/
Since the release of Trophies over a year ago, Spark 360 and Trophies have been completely standalone applications – yet for the last couple of months, I’ve been wanting to streamline their operation, to somehow allow the two to access each other’s data transparently, but securely. Today’s releases do just that – for those who have both Trophies and 360 installed, either application can manage the other’s accounts – view, add, edit, or delete them. To get most functionality, please make sure you have the latest versions of both – you can grab Spark 360 v4.00 and Spark Trophies v2.50 from Android Market.
Recent Xbox Live hacks
Joystiq and Ars have recently reported of a spate of Xbox Live hacks which revolve around stolen points, changed passwords, and, oddly enough, FIFA games. While I have no idea if these are related my earlier post, and no additional information seems to be available about the “FIFA” hacks, I would like to take this moment to mention again the importance of using good passwords and being wary of pirated software. The legitimate versions of Spark Trophies and Spark 360 do not funnel your account information – they communicate solely with PlayStation Network and Xbox Live, respectively, and are therefore about as secure as your phone’s web browser.
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October 24th, 2011, 19:47 Posted By: wraggster
Developers wasted no time bringing Siri to the iPhone 4, and nine days later, it's been brought to the iPad as well. This version, running on a first-generation jailbroken Apple tablet, suffers from a similar problem as past non-iPhone 4S ports: it's still not talking to Apple's data servers. This means that until devs manage to get voice commands recognized and initiated, the iPad's unofficial virtual assistant will remain effectively gagged.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/24/s...-from-apple-s/
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October 24th, 2011, 19:48 Posted By: wraggster
Take that, Xperia Play. USB gamepads are already supported in Honeycomb, so we had plenty of hope that Android 4.0 -- also lovingly referred to as Ice Cream Sandwich -- would offer the same functionality. We finally have the answer, and it's a resounding yes, courtesy of Google framework engineer Romain Guy's Twitter account. The cool part, though, is that HDMI's playing nice as well. In short, you could hook up an external gamepad to a USB-to-microUSB adapter on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, connect it to your TV and transform your handset into a fancy portable gaming console. It's definitely something we can see developers flock towards, and we'll expect some cool stuff to come out of it. Just in case you thought the Nexus wouldn't let you get anything else done around the house already, this pretty much seals the deal. Move below the break to see a screenshot from the SDK.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/24/i...nd-hdmi-turns/
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October 24th, 2011, 19:49 Posted By: wraggster
It's hard to believe, but it's been exactly ten years since the iPod was first unveiled, ultimately changing the music industry forever. The iPod wasn't the first, it wasn't the smallest, it didn't have the largest hard drive, but it did have an iconic style and simple to use interface that led march away from CDs. When the history of Apple is written the iPod (perhaps more than the iMac, OS X or the iPhone) will be credited with helping spearhead the company's second coming. Over the years the music player has seen countless iterations and redesigns, and an expansion of the product line to include smaller devices and touch screens -- but for most it's the scroll wheel and white earbuds that define the iPod. Sure, what is now called the iPod classic hasn't seen a serious update since about 2007, but it still holds a special place in our hearts, especially for those of us who don't measure their music collection in a few dozen iTunes downloads.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/23/t...g-physical-me/
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October 24th, 2011, 19:53 Posted By: wraggster
"New smartphones may be lightweight, compact objects, but their OSs are anything but. Ice Cream Sandwich will need workstations with no less than 16 GB RAM to build the source code, twice the amount Gingerbread needed. It will take 5 hours to compile on a dual quad-core 2+GHz workstation, and need 80GB disk space for all AOSP configs. Android developers are also being warned to be cautious of undocumented APIs: 'In almost every case, there's only one reason for leaving APIs undocumented: We're not sure that what we have now is the best solution, and we think we might have to improve it, and we're not prepared to make those commitments to testing and preservation. We're not claiming that they're "Private" or "Secret" — How could they be, when anyone in the world can discover them? We're also not claiming they're forbidden: If you use them, your code will compile and probably run.'"
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10...ram-to-compile
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October 24th, 2011, 19:58 Posted By: wraggster
Tiny Speck, the studio behind the browser-based MMO Glitch, believes that mobile devices will be the dominant gaming platform for the next ten years.
Speaking to IndustryGamers, Kakul Srivastava, the company's vice president of product and operations, stated that mobile's dominance is not a matter for the future. "It is what is happening right now," she said.
"I think the killer console is going to be your mobile device. That is absolutely where people will play more rich and involving, and even graphically intensive games."
"What excites us is how much more you can do on the iPhone 4 than you were able to do with previous generations of iPhone. And if you watch Android development cycles, it's going to be your mobile device."
The pace at which hardware manufacturers are adding features and iterating on the technology cannot be matched by the traditional console cycle of 5 to 7 years. Srivastava believes that mobile will be far ahead by the time the next consoles actually arrive.
"That pace of change is why mobile devices are going to be the console of the future. The way player interaction and player needs are changing, it's much faster than the five to seven years that we're talking about."
Srivastava's comments echo those made by Bioware co-founder Dr. Ray Muzyka in an earlier interview, in which Muzyka admitted that the studio would pursue mobile extensions of all of its franchises.
"Mobile's going to be one of the dominant platforms going forward," he said. "It's going to be right up there with anything else - it already is in a sense."
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ning-right-now
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October 25th, 2011, 21:52 Posted By: wraggster
See those boxes up there? They appear to contain a yet-to-be-announced QWERTY phone, that also seems to be running Symbian. We were able to get a quick glance at the phones from above as Nokia reps were discretely unpacking boxes for that little three-wheeled vehicular contraption parked behind the boxes. Another picture (after the break) reveals a red portrait QWERTY along with the tagline "You. Me. Everyone. Let's QWERTY," along with a model number covered up by a white piece of paper. It appears that this one may be the Nokia 303 leaked a couple weeks ago, which seems to be a low-end S40 6th Edition Touch-and-Type device. We know it includes WiFi and 3G connectivity, social functions and comes in colors (at least red and gray). We're just hours away from keynote confirmation at this point, and something tells us that these guys will be making their way into some attendee swag bags come tomorrow. Jump past the break for a few more pics.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/25/e...hone-tomorrow/
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October 25th, 2011, 21:53 Posted By: wraggster
Nokia's big announcement isn't until tomorrow, but it looks like some of the surprise has now been spoiled by a leak out of Nokia World in London. As you can see in the image above obtained byWinRumors, Nokia is apparently set to announce the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710, both of which of course run Windows Phone, and each of which have turned up in some less-than-clear leaks before. In fact, we just got a hold of a shot of the 800 earlier today ourselves (looking a lot like the company's Meego-basedN9), while the Lumia 710 has previously surfaced under the Sabre codename. If the rumors are to be believed, you can apparently look for both to hit European markets in November with a US launch slated for sometime next year, although we'd certainly recommend waiting until tomorrow before you get too disappointed about that latter possibility. Two more close-up shots are after the break.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/25/n...ad-of-tomorro/
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October 25th, 2011, 22:16 Posted By: wraggster
MapleStory publisher Nexon Mobile has become the latest company to licence the Unreal Engine 3 for its new iOS title.
"Using Epic Games' cutting-edge Unreal Engine technologies, Combat Arms: Zombies will set a new standard for graphics and quality game play on mobile devices," said CEO Albert Rim.
"Combat Arms: Zombies has been a major effort for us and it will help establish Nexon Mobile as a top developer of multi-platform games."
Nexon Mobile is a development arm of Nexon Co, and its MapleStory series has seen 14 million mobile downloads in Korea alone.
Nexon recently had to take MMO Mabinogi offline after incidents of real-money trading.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...gine-3-for-ios
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October 26th, 2011, 23:43 Posted By: wraggster
Hidden within Nokia's Future Lounge, this very flexible display offers up a glimpse of what sort of thing we could possibly be dealing with when we roll up to Nokia World in 2021. The prototype Nokia Kinetic Device, including its display, can be flexed across both the vertical and horizontal planes -- with bending and twisting motions controlling the interface. If you bend the screen towards yourself, it acts as a selection function, or zooms in on any pictures you're viewing. In music mode, you can navigate, play and pause with the tactile interface. It's still a way off from arriving on phones, though Nokia is aiming to whet developers' appetites with this prototype. We may have seen some twisty interfaces already, but nothing packing a four-inch screen and built-in functionality like this. Nokia couldn't confirm the screen technology being used. Could that be a flexible AMOLED display? See those impressive viewing angles and contortions after the break and judge for yourself.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/26/n...ted-interface/
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October 26th, 2011, 23:47 Posted By: wraggster
We've already seen Tango video calling demonstrated on a Windows Phone Mango handset, and the company has now confirmed that it will indeed be the first video calling service available for the OS. The app is slated to roll out on November 7th, and it will include both some tight integration with the operating system (aided by some input from Microsoft) and hardware acceleration for smoother video calls. It will also apparently come pre-loaded on at least some of the forthcoming Mango-based handsets, although Tango isn't ready to specify exactly which just yet. Naturally, all of this now puts some considerable attention on Skype, which Microsoft acquired earlier this year for the tidy sum of $8.5 billion, but it still has some catching up to do with Tango on the Windows Phone front -- a spokesperson tells Forbes that it "does not have anything to announce at this time regarding Skype on Windows Phone."
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/26/t...o-set-to-roll/
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October 26th, 2011, 23:54 Posted By: wraggster
You didn't think Nokia would go through all this hoo hah just for one handset, did you? Nope, the potential audience is far too big to be satisfied with just one device at one price point, so here comes the Lumia 710. It takes advantage of the same 1.4GHz CPU found in the Lumia 800, offers a 3.7-inch ClearBlack display and comes in "stealthy black" and "crisp white," with replaceable back covers. Look for the 710 to be priced around €270, or $375. For availability, you can expect to see the Lumia 710 hitting France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK in November and then Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore and Taiwan by the end of the year, with additional markets in the first part of 2012.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/26/n...gside-the-800/
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October 27th, 2011, 00:03 Posted By: wraggster
Big Ideas Digital, publisher of the popular iOS app Say What You See: The Collection has raised over Ł21,000 for five year old Grace Windram, who suffers from Spastic Dyplegic Cerebral Palsy.
The company created a special update that could be purchased in game, to raise funds to send Grace to America for an operation.
"We were delighted that our game, Say What You See: The Collection could be used to help Grace," said David Stevens, Big Ideas Digital's MD.
"We'd like to thank our amazing fans and other corporate sponsors who donated so generously."
Ł22,000 had already been raised by Gavin and Helen Windram, Grace's parents, with help from the Tree of Hope Children's Charity. As well as paying for the Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy that will allow Grace to walk, Grace's Fund hopes to help the five year old with physiotherapy and further treatment.
"We will be eternally grateful for the generous support that Big Idea's has given Grace's Fund," said Helen Windram.
"Thanks to Big Ideas Digital, Grace can begin her journey to a better life."
Big Ideas Digital was founded in 2009 and specialises in smartphone apps. Say What You See: The Collection allows users to pick out film, song or book titles from a series of canvases. They created a special canvas, Grace's Toons, for the fund.
Those who wish to contribute to Grace's Fund can do so at the charity's website.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...for-sick-child
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October 27th, 2011, 00:06 Posted By: wraggster
Social gaming network PapayaMobile's Social Game Engine and Social SDK are now available on iOS.
"While we've experienced great success and growth by mainly focusing on the Android platform since our launch in 2008, we feel that now is the right time to expand our offerings to the iOS market," said CEO Si Shen.
"Both iOS and Android are here to stay and the release of our iOS toolset allows our developers to maximize user engagement and distribution through our cross-platform social graph."
The beta release of the Social Game Engine allows developers to build games for both iOS and Android from one code base, while the Social SDK makes it easy to connect gamers across both platforms.
PapayaMobile was founded in 2008, and in August announced user numbers of 25 million.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ine-now-on-ios
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October 27th, 2011, 00:22 Posted By: wraggster
A consumer rights activist has a filed a lawsuit against Apple at a Chinese court accusing the firm of selling refurbished iPhones, according to Shanghai Daily.
He claims the company is trying to pass them off as new at a Beijing store.
The report says Wang Hai is representing two consumers who bought iPhones complete with a one-year warranty in July but upon examination of the serial numbers, the warranties were revealed to expire within six months time.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/apple...iphones/087017
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October 27th, 2011, 00:44 Posted By: wraggster
Cries of “I am root!” abound once again with the rooting of Sony’s PRS-T1 eBook reader. The eBook Reader Blog took the original rooting directions and then looked atsome of the things you can do with root access.
This hardware is based around an ePaper display, but we must say that the performance seems to be fantastic. There may be a few missing features from the original user interface (like how pages are turned) that can be fixed with root access, but we think it’s the added Android access that makes this worth it. In the video after the break you’ll see that you can drop through to the Android 2.2 desktop and install any application you’re interested in using. This is a multi-touch display so it’s well suited for navigation although applications don’t work well yet because of excessive screen refreshing. But we’re sure that will improve with time. Of note is the ability to play music through apps like Pandora, and the ability to load content from other providers like Amazon books via the Kindle app.
Every time we write one of these rooted features we can’t help but think back to …. you’ll see why in the last few seconds.
http://hackaday.com/2011/10/26/rooti...droid-goodies/
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October 27th, 2011, 00:55 Posted By: wraggster
Whether you're a fervent supporter of independent development studio WayFoward or you're a diehard fan of the illustrious Shantae franchise -- and, really, who isn't -- you'll have reason to celebrate tomorrow. WayForward just announced on Twitter that Shantae: Risky's Revenge will arrive on the iOS App Store tomorrow.
If you're familiar with the DSiWare original, you're in for a similar experience, though the game has been optimized to make it a bit more virtual-controller-friendly. Which is to say, it's a little bit easier this time around. Also, whenever you die because you jumped when you meant to attack, a soothing note pops up, reminding you not to hurl your phone into oncoming traffic.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/26/wa...this-thursday/
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October 27th, 2011, 23:54 Posted By: wraggster
October's dizzying spate of high-end smartphone announcements gave us plenty of pizzazz, but not much in the way of release date meat. Well, that's about to change for those of you craving an Ice Cream Sandwich delight across the pond. Leaked out via an Amazon product page and officially confirmed by Samsung today, the Galaxy Nexus is slated to arrive on UK retailers' shelves this coming November 17th. If you've had your eye on this Android 4.0 flagship, you can always sign-up for a subsidized handset on Vodafone, O2 and 3UK -- its intended HSPA+ carrier homes. Or, if you like your Google experiences pure and contract free, hit up the source below to pre-order it with no strings attached.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-I925...9740416&sr=8-1
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October 27th, 2011, 23:59 Posted By: wraggster
A top Nokia exec just confirmed the much-rumored schedule for the next Windows Phone update, codenamed Apollo. Michael Halbherr, Executive VP for Location and Commerce, told us that it'll launch in mid-2012 and be a "very different game" to Mango -- hinting that Apollo actually refers to Windows Phone 8 rather than any mere decimal increment. What do we know about Apollo at this point? Well, not a great deal, but Halbherr also revealed that he's been pushing Microsoft to integrate NFC and a "positioning framework" to make its mobile OS work better with Nokia's Navteq mapping platform and thereby provide new location-based services. Sorry HTC, Samsung, but everything points to a more 'Nokia-fied' OS.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/27/w...says-nokia-vp/
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October 28th, 2011, 00:00 Posted By: wraggster
We all saw it coming and, sure enough, it's finally happened. After all the rumors and opaque comments, Sony has just bought out Ericsson's share of Sony Ericsson, effectively assuming ownership of the entire venture. Ericsson confirmed the buyout this morning, adding that it will receive a cash consideration of €1.05 billion in exchange for its 50 percent stake. Sony, meanwhile, will now have the chance to integrate smartphones more tightly within its arsenal of tablets, laptops and gaming devices. The agreement also gives Sony an IP cross-licensing agreement and ownership of "five essential patent families" pertaining to wireless tech, though the breadth of this coverage remains unclear. The separation won't be finalized, however, until January 2012, pending regulatory approval. Find more details in the full PR, after the break.
Update: Sony president and CEO Sir Howard Stringer has just addressed the media on the proposed buyout and confirmed that the company will indeed move away from feature phones, as previously stated. This effectively heralds the death of the Walkman line and the dawn of Sony's exclusively Android era, though Stringer's not ruling out the possibility of bringing another OS on board. When asked whether his firm would consider buying webOS, the exec said simply, "Never say never."
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/27/s...sumes-ownersh/
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October 28th, 2011, 00:06 Posted By: wraggster
Rockstar co-founder and VP Dan Houser has given his thoughts on the current state of mobile gaming, which he believes puts money before quality.
"This is my personal opinion, but I think a lot of people in the general mobile industry are more focused on making money than making good products," he told Japanese magazine Famitsu.
"We're a business, too - we have to think about how to build revenue and we value the knowledge you need for that, but we want to conduct business with superior products. Focusing on nothing but business is depressing to me; it's boring. I want people to understand that we make games for more than just to make money."
In the interview, translated by 1Up, Houser stated for Rockstar developing new products wasn't about business opportunities or filling niches, but creating products it could be confident about.
He also didn't see the mobile sector as a threat to more traditional gaming, and touched on Rockstar's previous experiments with mobile, namely the iOS port of GTA: Chinatown Wars.
"I don't think mobile is going to swallow up video games, but it's an important topic," he said.
"The massive phenomenon we saw when portable game systems came out has already spread over the mobile market, but we've experienced successes and failures in portables in the past."
Rockstar also plans to release a GTA III port on iOS, and has just announced the hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto V.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...before-quality
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October 28th, 2011, 01:17 Posted By: wraggster
Ubisoft is adding yet another Assassin's Creed title to its stable of iOS releases. Unveiled last night in San Francisco during an Ubisoft event, Assassin's Creed: Recollection is a melange of art exploration and real-time strategy, employing "key characters and locations" from across the entire AC franchise.
How does it work, exactly? We're just as curious as you are, as the PR only vaguely explains the RTS elements as a stand-in for "political battles" raging throughout the world of Assassin's Creed. We'll undoubtedly learn more soon, though, as Recollection is due to launch "before the end of the calendar year."
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/27/as...o-ios-in-reco/
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October 28th, 2011, 01:23 Posted By: wraggster
Ubisoft is porting the 2007 HD remake of the original Prince of Persia to iOS.
All we've got to go on are the screenshots below. Looks like you can expect standard touch screen controls, social networking-integration and three game modes: Normal Attack, time Attack and Survival. There's no hint of a release date.
Gameloft's original tarted-up PSN/XBLA take on Jordan Mechner's 1989 side-scrolling classic won a 7/10 from Eurogamer on release. For details, head on over to our Prince of Persia Classic review.
Ubisoft has also announced a pair of Rabbids games due for release on the App Store before the end of the year.
Details are scant on both Rabbids Go HD and Rabbids Go Phone Again, but both seem to be virtual pet sims in which you get to torment one of the titular critters which has got itself stuck inside your phone.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-coming-to-ios
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October 28th, 2011, 22:38 Posted By: wraggster
Could the writing have already been on the wall for webOS when former VP of worldwide developer relations Richard Kerris left HP for Nokia this week? While nothing is yet confirmed, The Guardian is now reporting that HP will indeed finally shut down its webOS division, which could affect up to 500 jobs (either through reassignment or layoffs -- we've previously heard that some layoffs had already begun). That word comes from some unnamed internal HP sources, who reportedly expect an "imminent closure," with one employee adding that "there's a 95% chance we all get laid off between now and November." For its part, HP remained noticeably mum on any news about webOS when it announcedthat it would hang onto its PC business this week, and its decision to use Windows 8 on tablets certainly didn't do much to inspire the webOS faithful.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/28/t...o-be-imminent/
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October 28th, 2011, 22:43 Posted By: wraggster
Even if you're not planning on picking up one of Espoo's latest handsets, Microsoft is also on the scene atNokia World 2011 giving live demos of the upcoming Xbox Companion remote app for Windows Phone 7. It allows for simple remote control of video playback on one's console, plus content browsing / search with Bing and other metadata display, as seen in two demo videos from the show floor embedded after the break. Also seen in both of the demo videos? An orange tile suspiciously labeled Vudu Movies, despite the lack of any official announcement that the (currently PS3 exclusive) Wal-mart owned service is coming to Xbox Live. A third demo shows off gaming integration with Kinectimals that lets animals jump back and forth from console to phone. Now that the Xbox 360 will integrate search and playback from more video services than ever after the fall update, we'll see if the remote app draws Xbox fans to Microsoft's phone platform.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/28/x...ld-leaks-vudu/
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October 28th, 2011, 22:45 Posted By: wraggster
Let's be honest: with the size of a brick and a relatively short battery life, it's no surprise that ITG's xpPhone hasn't quite dominated the smartphone market since its launch back in November. In fact, we haven't even seen one in the wild, and we certainly wouldn't have missed it if there ever was one on the street. That said, ITG hasn't given up, as the company's just announced its second-generation Windows-powered smartphone. The reason? Well, interestingly enough, ITG prefers Windows' greater range of compatible software compared to those of mobile OSes, namely Android and iOS. Let's just leave it at that for now.
Simply dubbed the xpPhone 2, this beast of a QWERTY slider packs a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 chip, along with 2GB RAM, up to 112GB of SSD storage, 4.3-inch display and compatibility with both Windows 7 and Windows 8 -- obviously the latter OS will depend on its final release date. Not only has battery life been bumped up to around 18 hours of call time or 46 days on standby, but the phone's also been slimmed down to 140mm x 73mm x 17.5mm, which is a huge improvement compared to its bulky predecessor. With the touch-friendly Windows 8 on board along with a non-underclocked CPU, we have a feeling that the xpPhone 2 will at least fare much better than Fujitsu's F-07C; as for the rest, we shall see when it comes out in January next year. And no, it probably won't run Crysis.
Update: Looks like we were misled by the company's other promotional photos and thus mistakenly thought the xpPhone 2 will have a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. This would explain the slimmer body then.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/28/i...ving-large-in/
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October 28th, 2011, 22:47 Posted By: wraggster
While everyone was in a tizzy about Amazon's $199 Kindle Fire price point, the Indian government was busily working to help bring out the $35 Aakash Android tablet. The tablet was developed with similarly good intentions as OLPC's XO laptop before it -- an attempt to get low-cost computing devices into the hands of students. One of the tablets landed in the VentureBeat offices this week. The site spent some hands-on time with the Froyo slate, and mostly liked what it saw, noting that seeming compromises made for price and a speedy release date ultimately benefit the whole of the device. The tablet will start hitting India next month, at the $35 government-subsidized pricepoint (actual retail price is a still mega-cheap $60).
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/27/3...-on-treatment/
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October 29th, 2011, 22:29 Posted By: wraggster
If you haven't updated to iOS 5 by now, let's face it: you never will. It's cool. We get it. Some of us are still using Netscape, too. For the rest of the iOS universe, though, iOS 5 has almost certainly been installed, and now that you've had a few weeks to tinker with it, we're interested in seeing what quirks are being found. We've received a number of reports surrounding call connection issues (on both Verizon Wireless and AT&T), "invalid SIM" warnings, a bug that shows an inbox as being full (when it clearly isn't) and iCloud refusing to load email altogether. Oh, and then there's that pesky Siri pincode bypass -- tsk, tsk! Toss your vote in below, and converse amongst yourselves in comments. Sharing is caring!
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/29/p...-you-in-ios-5/
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October 29th, 2011, 22:39 Posted By: wraggster
As it turns out, Dolphin HD, one of the top browsers the Android platform has to offer, sends pretty much every web page URL you visit, including those that start with https, to a remote server en.mywebzines.com, which belongs to the company. In fact, the WebZines feature was introduced only recently back in June with version 6.0, so it's safe to say this tracking started around the same time.'"The Dolphin team quickly responded with a blog post saying they did not store any of the data, and no browsing information was captured about users. They also rolled out a new version of the browser, 7.0.2, which fixed the issue.
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/...layed-url-data
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October 29th, 2011, 22:57 Posted By: wraggster
Samsung has become the largest manufacturer of smartphones on the planet.
Shipments in the last quarter grew 44 per cent to give it 23.8 per cent of the market. The firm sold 27.8 million units in Q3, up nearly four times from a year ago, according to research firm Strategy Analytics. That helped the Korean firm's smartphone profit double to $2.2bn.
The 44 per cent growth is almost four times as much as last year, and is attributable to the great success of its Galaxy range and, to a lesser extent, its Wave bada devices.
And the growth also takes Samsung ahead of Apple, which saw iPhone sales fall by 16 per cent to 17.1 million units in Q3, according to the report.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/and-t...t-apple/087053
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October 29th, 2011, 23:40 Posted By: wraggster
[Ytai], the lead developer for the IOIO breakout board for the Android Open Accessory kit, figured out how to control just about anything from an Android phone wirelessly over Bluetooth.
When [Ytai] first announced the IOIO breakout board for Android devices, one of the commentors on his post said a standard Bluetooth dongle could stand in for the USB cable between the phone and the IOIO. Wireless control of home automation project and robots was just too good of an idea to let go, so [Ytai] dove into this new Bluetooth project.
After getting a cheap Bluetooth dongle from DealExtreme, [Ytai] found btstack, a lightweight Bluetooth stack that was perfect for an embedded environment. Dealing with the USB driver for a no-name Bluetooth adapter didn’t come as easily, but after a few long nights, [Ytai] emerged victorious.
He still has a few more problems to overcome. Namely, supporting environments where more than IOIO board is available. [Ytai] is thinking about adding support for WiFi dongles, something we’d love to see. Check out [Ytai]‘s demo of wireless control of a servo after the break.
http://hackaday.com/2011/10/29/bluet...n-accessories/
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October 29th, 2011, 23:46 Posted By: wraggster
[Phillip] and the crew at Voltaic Systems took a look at the Sunnan solar powered desk lamp from IKEA a while back, and while they thought it was pretty useful, there were definitely some things they wanted to change.
First on their list of revisions was to increase the capacity of the stock battery pack. Taking the lamp apart and unscrewing the pack’s lid revealed a set of 3 AA cells, which they swapped out for higher-capacity models with more than double the watt-hour rating.
A beefed up battery is a good start, but the lamp’s tiny solar panel has no hope of topping off the batteries outside of Death Valley. To ensure that they get a nice full charge, a small jack was wired into to the battery pack, allowing the group to connect any size external solar panel they pleased.
Finally, [Phillip] and Co. wanted the ability to charge an iPad2 from the lamp’s battery pack. They hacked in a small USB connector and a slightly modified MintyBoost board to provide a little extra juice to their tablet.
While they are still testing the modifications, they say that everything is working nicely, citing that the extra battery capacity and charging abilities are a great addition.
http://hackaday.com/2011/10/28/upgra...harge-an-ipad/
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October 30th, 2011, 00:03 Posted By: wraggster
Halloween is just around the corner and Capcom feels like celebrating by giving you horror games for pennies.
Resident Evil 4, arguably one of the most worthwhile full-fat games on the iPhone, iPad and iPod App Store, is now on sale for $.99.
 That price has also been slapped on the series spin-off, Resident Evil Mercenaries VS, which is for iPhone and iPod Touch.
Sega is also joining the cheap iOS game trend with the offer of Streets of Rage 2 for free. What's that got to do with Halloween? Nothing. It's part of some AppAllStar promotion.
Cheap games are good. Free games are better.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...4-is-1-on-ios/
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October 30th, 2011, 18:07 Posted By: wraggster
A little cajoling from a clever developer got Siri talking to the iPhone 4 and the iPad, but Apple's tight-lipped servers kept the conversation effectively one-sided. The last-gen port was still missing something, and developer Steven Troughton-Smith knew where to find it: a jailbroken iPhone 4S. In an interview with 9to5Mac, Troughton-Smith said that getting Siri to talk to Cupertino's data servers only took ten minutes after he had all of the pieces in place. Ready for your personal assistant port? Hold the phone, the process is a bit dodgy -- our hacking hero said that getting Siri on the older device is a 20-step process, and it requires files from the iPhone 4S that he says aren't his to distribute. When asked about distributing the hack over Cydia, Troughton-Smith said it was something he couldn't be a part of. On Twitter he suggested that a release would "anger the hive," but promised to post detailed notes on the hack after a iPhone 4S jailbreak drops.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/30/s...voiding-cydia/
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October 30th, 2011, 18:10 Posted By: wraggster
Last we saw of C3 Technologies' 3D mapping software it was making an appearance on Sony Ericsson's X10, but if 9to5Mac turns out to be right, its next stop could be the iPhone. According to the publication, Cupertino recently scooped up the Saab spin-off and C3 execs have since been working closely with the iOS division. Earlier this year, Apple posted job listings, looking for developers to "radically improve how people interact with maps and location-based services." On a related note, the outfit previously acquired Poly9, a web-based mapping company. So is the fruity one looking to up its street (navigation) cred? Is it finally ready to give Google Maps the boot? We'll just have to wait and see.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/29/a...s-overhaul-on/
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October 30th, 2011, 22:00 Posted By: wraggster
Support for 2.1 and upper Android devices. Native support for Android Honeycomb tablets. Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) 2D Hardware Accelerated. HW Keys remapping. Wiimote (and other external controllers) with 3rd party apps like WiimoteController.
MAME4droid v1.3.1. added much faster OpenGL ES selectable video render mode (default is SW), added CRT or Scanlines overlay filters, added CPU ASM core selector per game, fixed battery drain when paused.
http://code.google.com/p/imame4all/
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October 31st, 2011, 20:26 Posted By: wraggster
Unless their chipset has already been exploited and jailbroken on a previous device, it takes a lot of time for the iOS jailbreaking community to jailbreak for a new iOS device. The iPhone 4S and iPad 2, both of which are based on a still unexploited dual-core A5 chip, haven't received a jailbreak for iOS 5 yet. However, it appears they'll be getting one soon, as a certain eminent iPhone hacker has let us know that the iPhone 4S has jailbroken, and a jailbreak for the iPad 2 is in the works."In related news, Hackers have succeeded in bringing a limited port of Apple's new Siri voice assistant feature onto jailbroken versions of the iPhone 4 and the fourth-generation iPod touch.
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/1...ri-on-iphone-4
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October 31st, 2011, 20:34 Posted By: wraggster
Rovio is turning the rampant piracy of Angry Birds merchandise in China to its advantage, TechCrunch reports.
At the Disrupt conference in Beijing, Rovio CEO Peter Vesterbackawalked on-stage holding a clutch of illegal Angry Birds balloons that he purchased on the street.
"There are a lot of Angry Birds products out there, but most of them aren't officially licensed," he said. "Angry Birds is now the most copied brand in China, and we get a lot of inspiration from local producers."
Not only does Rovio use these illegal products and designs as inspiration for its official lines, but also the obvious demand for the Angry Birds brand influenced its retail strategy.
"Right now, we've proven that there's demand, and we're going for 100 million downloads this year for Angry Birds, and again the same demand for the physical products."
"The way we look at it is, of course we want to sell the officially licensed, good quality products, but at the same time we have to be happy about the fact that the brand is so loved that it is the most copied brand in China."
"It's great for us to see the demand, and that's why we're building our own stores here. And actually we're building our first stores here, and not in Helsinki... We hope to have quite a few over the next 12 months."
China is the second biggest market for Angry Birds products behind the US, but it is growing far more quickly, and Rovio is determined to recognise that consumer demand in its future strategy.
"We actually expect to do a lot of services, a lot of products, here first. It's a different approach to some of our competitors. We want to be more Chinese than the Chinese companies."
Angry Birds Is currently at 50 million downloads in China, and Vesterbacka expects to hit 100 million by the end of the year. With global downloads now approaching 500 million, China is playing a vital role in making Angry Birds "the fastest growing brand ever" - "much faster than Google, Facebook, YouTube, Skype, and so on," Vesterbacka added.
He also reiterated the idea that Rovio is no longer a games company - "more like a Disney than an Electronic Arts" - and its ongoing plans to grow Angry Birds across the entertainment spectrum, including toys, cookbooks, animated shorts, and feature films .
However, Vesterbacka acknowledged that the Angry Birds animated film is "two or three years" away from completion, and openly expressed doubt about releasing it in cinemas.
"Who knows if they will even hit the theatres, because distribution on the movie side is changing. Right now, we have pretty massive distribution power through our game. We probably have more distribution power than any of the Hollywood studios."
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...of-angry-birds
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October 31st, 2011, 20:41 Posted By: wraggster
Mobile monetisation and analytics firm Tapjoy is to launch an iOS software marketplace of its own, though it insists it is not doing so to escape Apple's new advertising policies.
Tapjoy fell foul of a change to Apple's policy which prohibited appsthat made use of "pay-per-install". Tapjoy's core business model involves advertising one app within another; when the new app is downloaded and played the user is rewarded with virtual currency in the game they were playing before.
Apple believed the practice was falsely distorting App Store rankings, with games climbing the charts because of what they were giving away as opposed to their quality.
Speaking to VentureBeat, a company spokesperson insisted the move was not in response to Apple's change in policy.
"Tapjoy realised in order to get really big, we needed direct relationships with consumers," the spokesperson said. "It is not a way [to circumvent Apple]. In fact, the wheels for this were put in motion long before Apple ever changed [its] policies."
Tapjoy's marketplace will enable players to link their accounts to the App Store and gain virtual currency in games they already play. The company launched its own publishing platform, Tapjoy Publishing, in March, and in June set up a $5 million fund to help mobile devs port their creations to Android.
http://www.next-gen.biz/news/tapjoy-...pp-marketplace
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October 31st, 2011, 21:53 Posted By: wraggster
"The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has certified its first secure mobile device running Android 2.2— the Dell Streak 5. It is certified for use in the Defense Department's secure but unclassified communications. 'Although the Streak 5 is no longer available commercially, Dell is supplying it to DOD because the military likes the form factor,' said John Marinho, director of Dell enterprise mobility solutions. It 'includes a set of Android application interfaces designed to enhance the security of the device. Besides being able to transmit secure unclassified messages, the device can have its data remotely wiped in the event of loss or theft.' The device also has the ability to lock down after multiple unsuccessful password entries and allows admins to remotely control the peripherals and security policy levels on the device. You may recall that President Obama got an NSA-certified phone-PDA to use instead of his BlackBerry. We also discussed a related article last year about the US Army considering smartphones. So, how soon will we start seeing other smartphone vendors bid for secure-communications-devices contracts?
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/...-dod-personnel
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October 31st, 2011, 22:16 Posted By: wraggster
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and San Andreas could one day follow GTA 3 to the iOS platform.
While Rockstar's ability to get GTA 3 running smoothly on the mobile devices is impressive enough, it doesn't rule out the possibility that the game's bigger and more advanced sequels could follow suit.
When quizzed on the chances of it happening, Rockstar told Digital Trends (via Kotaku) that it would be a "technical challenge", but said it was "very possible".
For now though, you'll have to make do with GTA 3 - a true PS2 classic.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...-but-possible/
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November 1st, 2011, 00:30 Posted By: wraggster
via http://www.emucr.com/
Virtual GameBoy Advance v3.6.6 for Android is released. Virtual GameBoy Advance (VGBA) is a program that emulates Nintendo's GameBoy Advance on your computer. It runs GameBoy Advance games on PCs, PDAs, or just about any other sufficiently fast computer. It also helps debugging GameBoy Advance software without using a costly development system.
Virtual GameBoy Advance v3.6.6 for Android Changelog:
Most importantly, this version fixes flickering garbage lines that
showed up in some games. It also contains many other fixes and
enhancements, previously introduced in my other emulators. I am
adding the complete list below, although it mostly repeats the
items from my previous announcements:
* Now automatically saving state on exit, letting you continue where you left.
* MIDI recordings are now named after original program files.
* Fixed flickering garbage lines.
* Fixed audio latency controls. Try setting your latency to 100ms.
* Fixed MIDI soundtrack logging.
* Fixed accelerometer to work on both phones and tablets.
* Fixed accidental exits on Xoom.
* Reduced minimal audio latency.
* Made virtual fire buttons more comfortable.
* Attempted fixing Galaxy S2 crashes (please test).
http://fms.komkon.org/VGBA/
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