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Iris transparent tablet concept, augmented reality meets scanning

Iris transparent tablet concept, augmented reality meets scanning

Posted on Aug 29, 2011 by MG3

Filed in: Tablets

Here’s a really neat tablet concept that combines a transparent screen with augmented reality capabilities and a scanner. The different ways in which a tablet of this combination can be used seems endless, from purely scanning documents to translating text while hovering over a page to being an easy augmented reality navigation tool.

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Carriers worry over Android/iPhone, may return to BlackBerry

Carriers worry over Android/iPhone, may return to BlackBerry

Posted on Aug 29, 2011 by MG3

RIM may see a bounce back in the market simply out of carrier worries of an Apple and Google duopoly, Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu learned on Friday. After talking to carriers, he heard that networks are worried about the "growing dominance" of Android and the iPhone and were sorely looking for a third option to keep competition up. With Nokia not due to ship its first Windows Phones until September, he said, the BlackBerry could benefit simply by being a well-established company with a recently revamped phone line.

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Blackberry PlayBook OS 2.0 leaks and has Exchange ActiveSync but no BES or BB Internet Server accounts

Blackberry PlayBook OS 2.0 leaks and has Exchange ActiveSync but no BES or BB Internet Server accounts

Posted on Aug 29, 2011 by MG3

Earlier this week we mentioned that QNX using Blackberry smartphones would get access to Android apps. Another interesting tidbit about a Blackberry product has now surfaced. This time it has to do with the PlayBook tablet and a leaked version of OS 2.0 that turned up online. Version 2 of the PlayBook OS is a QNX-based OS and if the leaked screen shots are legit, some changes are in store.

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LG intros Worlds first 3D Game conversion engine for Smartphones

LG intros Worlds first 3D Game conversion engine for Smartphones

Posted on Aug 29, 2011 by MG15

Next week at IFA, LG will demonstrate its latest achievement in mobile technology with the world’s first OpenGL based 2D to 3D game conversion engine for Android smartphones.
Schedule to be released on LG’s Optimus 3D next firmware update, this October, players of 2D games will now then have the possibility to switch between 2D to 3D at any times for free to enjoy their purchased game in yet another dimension (2D to 3D).

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Google Kills Slide, Apps Like Photovine

Google Kills Slide, Apps Like Photovine

Posted on Aug 29, 2011 by MG3

Filed in: Google

The Google-owned Slide this week confirmed that it will be shutting down operations and retiring a number of its apps, including the recently launched photo-sharing app, Photovine.

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JailbreakMe developer Comex to join Apple as intern

JailbreakMe developer Comex to join Apple as intern

Posted on Aug 29, 2011 by MG3

Filed in: Apple

The Jailbreak community will see one of its most renowned members take off in a couple of weeks, as Comex, the guy behind JailBreakMe and Spirit joins Apple as an intern. The 19-year-old developer, whose real name is Nicholas Allegra, announced the news yesterday afternoon on his Twitter account.

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Acer Aspire 3951 photos leaked, new Ultrabooks to launch in September

Acer Aspire 3951 photos leaked, new Ultrabooks to launch in September

Posted on Aug 29, 2011 by MG15

Filed in: NotebooksAcer

We don't mind eyeballing a few impossibly clean renders when we get wind of a new toy, but there's nothing like the real McCoy. Today's bones slipped out of a (now pulled) HDblog hands-on of the Acer Aspire 3951 Ultrabook, possibly leaked ahead of an IFA 2011 embargo. The genuine article looks nearly identical to its rendered counterpart, albeit a bit thicker and more plasticky. The unveiled 13.3-inch MacBook Air competitor reportedly sports a second generation Intel Core processor, boots from sleep in under two seconds, and is only 13mm thick.

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Rumor: Apple 'almost certainly' making iOS TV set for 2012

Rumor: Apple 'almost certainly' making iOS TV set for 2012

Posted on Aug 29, 2011 by MG15

The persistent rumor of an Apple-branded TV was sparked once again with a rumor from multiple sources. The tips from San Francisco Bay area contacts for Alsop Louie Ventures didn't say much more than that it would most likely run iOS and with an aim for 2012. Co-founder Stewart Alsop explained to VentureBeat that he was on the boards of Sonos and TiVo and was connected to the hardware field.

He speculated that Apple was mostly held back by the costs of LCD panels.

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Sony PRS-T1 e-reader spotted on Dutch retail site for 165 euros

Sony PRS-T1 e-reader spotted on Dutch retail site for 165 euros

Posted on Aug 29, 2011 by MG15

It's nigh on a month since we caught the WiFi-toting Sony PRS-T1 flitting its way through the FCC. Now the unannounced e-reader has popped up again -- this time on a Dutch seller's webpage with some pics, specs and a price of €165 (or $240 after a straight currency conversion). If accurate, most of the new features merit a nod rather than a yelp: a six-inch 800x600 e-ink screen that allows dual-touch gestures like pinch-to-zoom; a plastic body that brings the weight down to 168g (six ounces, versus the 7.6-ounce PRS-650); plus, the inclusion of Wikipedia and Google search. Speaking of which, don't those look rather like Android buttons? Could it be that Sony is founding its latest Reader upo...

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Next Generation iPhone Parts Uncovered?

Next Generation iPhone Parts Uncovered?

Posted on Aug 29, 2011 by MG3

Filed in: Cell PhonesApple

The new iPhone release is near! REPENT and prepare your DOLLARS! And, in the meantime, take a look at the inevitable leaked photos of parts already arriving to the Chinese part resellers.

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Report: Samsung Will Make Third Google Phone, Nexus Prime

Report: Samsung Will Make Third Google Phone, Nexus Prime

Posted on Aug 29, 2011 by MG3

Did Samsung lawyers accidentally confirm the third Nexus phone? A source sent Geek.com, PCMag's sister site, a copy of the cease and desist letter allegedly written by Samsung America's lawyers, warning someone not to release details about the Nexus Prime.

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Apple TV to get subscription service?

Apple TV to get subscription service?

Posted on Aug 29, 2011 by MG3

Apple is looking into adding some sort of subscription to Apple TV, in a bid to bring more premium content to the service.
This is according to the Wall Street Journal, which has been speaking to undisclosed sources at Apple about what will be the next big move for the electronics giant now that Steve Jobs is no longer at the helm.
Buried in a piece about the future of Apple, the WSJ explained that some sort of subscription is on the cards for Apple TV, noting: "Apple is working on new technology to deliver video to televisions, and has been discussing whether to try to launch a subscription TV service."

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LG Unveils New PenTouch HDTVs

LG Unveils New PenTouch HDTVs

Posted on Aug 29, 2011 by MG15

LG is pleased to announce today three new HDTVs that will have the company’s latest technology, the PenTouch. The models include the 60PZ850, 60PV490, and 50PV490 and they all include plasma technology and a full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution. The 60PZ850 will also include 3D technology and it will be THX certified as well. The PenTouch technology is a stylus that can also act as the remote control for the TV. By touching the pen to the screen, the user can write, draw, and even control the programs that are displayed onto the screen. The TV follows typical point and click commands, but can be paired with a second pen for more gestures like zooming and enlarging. LG states that these TVs are n...

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Samsung Announces Home-brewed Mobile IM Service

Samsung Announces Home-brewed Mobile IM Service

Posted on Aug 29, 2011 by MG15

Filed in: Cell PhonesSamsung

Samsung today revealed its own, branded mobile instant messaging service called ChatON. The new service, which targets RIM's BlackBerry Messenger and Apple's forthcoming iMessage, will let mobile device users send text, picture, video, and hand-written notes between Samsung devices, as well as to BlackBerries and the iPhone. The ChatON service will be preinstalled on Samsung's feature phones, its Android phones, as well as its Bada smartphones. Samsung will also make a version of the software available to Android devices made by competitors, as well as BlackBerries and the iPhone. The service will go live in October. Samsung didn't immediately provide details on how the service will work.

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Nokia:

Nokia: "From now on, all of our products will have an NFC chip inside"

Posted on Aug 29, 2011 by MG15

Filed in: Cell PhonesNOKIA

At the launch of their new Symbian handsets in Hong Kong Nokia made a point of proclaiming their commitment to Near Field Communication technology, a feature of all three of their new Symbian handsets.

Ilari Nurmi, a vice-president of Nokia, said the company was moving aggressively to promote the NFC system.

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