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iPhone firmware 2.2 released, here are some details…

Editorial Staff — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:33:20 +0000

As we mentioned earlier last week, firmware 2.2 for both iPhone 2G (first generation) and 3G is now out and available for download.

For those who don’t plan on jailbreaking or unlocking their iPhones, going straight ahead for the update will give you the following new benefits to your iPhone:

Enhancements to Maps
- Google Street View*
- Public transit and walking directions
- Display address of dropped pins
- Share location via email
Decrease in call setup failures and dropped calls
Enhancements to Mail
- Resolved isolated issues with scheduled fetching of email
- Improved formatting of wide HTML email
Podcasts are now available for download in iTunes application (over Wi-Fi and cellular network)
Improved stability and performance of Safari
Improved sound quality of Visual Voicemail messages
Pressing Home button from any Home screen displays the first Home screen
Preference to turn on/off auto-correction in Keyboard Settings

However, if you are planning on jailbreaking or unlocking your iPhone or have already done so for ANY of the previous firmware releases, we suggest you hold back for just a bit, because the current supporting softwares for jailbreaking and unlocking the iPhone 2.1 do not yet support the latest firmware 2.2.

We expect further updates regarding the above issue to be available very soon!

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Video: New Zune ads

Editorial Staff — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:00:45 +0000

Check out some new Zune ads which were released just earlier this week!

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Cool Lego gadgets: The Lego Safe

Editorial Staff — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:30:12 +0000

If you thought the Lego V8 engine was cool, the Lego Safe is probably one of the best Lego gadgets we have featured here thus far. The Lego Safe is no gimmick and as you will see in the video, it really is a proper safe, don’t let the Lego bricks fool you into thinking that its only a toy. It’s got alot of neat features like digital display, motorised automatic locking and unlocking and closing / opening of the door, motion sensors and believe it or not, it has 30L of internal space for storage!

Put away your valuables in this Lego Mindstorms NXT Safe and nobody ever can get even close to it! This 6,5 Kilogram heavy weight SAFE has an electronic code lock. Five double digit codes are required to open the lock. The dial (left-hand wheel) is direction sensitive. Thus 35 to the left is something else than 35 to the right. Only one out of more than 305 Billion code combinations is unlocking the door!

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Sagem announces sim cards with built in GPS

Editorial Staff — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:00:43 +0000

This week, Sagem the mobile firm which not everyone knows alot about, announced that they have managed to embed a whole GPS receiver into a traditional sim card. This is extrememly exciting news, because the result of this technology would mean it could be possible in the future to bring GPS functionality into any phone. I suppose now the next step is the need to have a GPS software or application which could be globally supported in order to be able to exploit this further.

Here’s a quick quote from our source, find out more from the link below!

The primary purpose of A-GPS SIM is to provide accurate positioning information of the phone to emergency services in case of an emergency call as required by E112 and E911 legislation in the EU and the U.S. respectively. In addition to this, it can support generic location-based services such as navigation, ‘find a place or person’ services, location-aware games, and many more.

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World’s thinnest speakers made by the Chinese using nanotechnology

Editorial Staff — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:30:06 +0000

The latest technology trend spotlight were placed on Chinese researchers at Tsinghua University this week as they have developed super thin carbon nanotubes, 1/1,000th the width of a single human hair, capable of transmitting music and sounds. In laboratory tests, the researchers mounted a thin CNT film onto two electrodes to form a simple loudspeaker. The speaker produced sound with the same excellent quality as conventional loudspeakers, but without magnets and moving components. They also demonstrated that the flexible film could be used just as effectively to play music from an iPod. With such attractive features and functionalities, these latest results and finds in nanotechnology will definitely make it the next most sought after technology to be used in the consumer electronics market, so watch this space!

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Gallery: Nokia N96 vs N85

Editorial Staff — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:00:19 +0000

You will probably remember seeing another similar gallery where we featured the Nokia N95 vs the N85 it raised a few mixed comments and questions about whether or not the N85 was actually more superior than the N95. Now we have for you another comparison, N95’s successor: N96 gets compared to the N85, see what you think!

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Latest iPod Touch Nano concept has dual removable controllers

Editorial Staff — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:30:15 +0000

Designed by Isamu Sanada the iPod concept features a 2.8-inch touchscreen display, a 3.5mm headphone jack and also dual dock connectors next to the removable game controller.

As you can see this iPod touch nano concept is stuffed with a dual removable game controller. Apple’s next generation of iPods have been in the pipeline for some time now, patents have been filled but nothing has come out on the other side. While iPod touch nano is only a dream for Apple fans and nothing more than image disclosers have really come about – seeing this iPod touch nano concept, we can take the liberty to state that when touch nano is actually delivered, it could bear a resemblance to this… or not?

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Video: Latest iPhone 3G unlocking progress update from iPhone Dev

Editorial Staff — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:14:42 +0000

The iPhone Dev Team last night released some further updates on their progress in unlocking the iPhone 3G with their software. The video below at first glance seemed confusing to me and reminded me of the classic Matrix screensaver fortunately the second part of the video explained what was going on!

The iPhone Dev Team updates on us and explains thus far they have managed to achieve the following:

Unsigned code execution on 3G baseband
Reverting 01.45 baseband to previous versions
Patching of static text (the AT&V demo)
Injection of AT routines (the task list demo)
Injection of background tasks (this demo)

The next step they hope to overcome is override the baseband code that enforces the carrier lock.

Watch the video below…

Not a very long way to go now!

The video above is available for download, if you’re interested, hit the link below…

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Google voice search application finally arrives the iPhone

Editorial Staff — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:00:32 +0000

Google’s latest Google Mobile iPhone app caused quite a big buzz over the weekend just because it wasn’t approved by Apple in time for Friday which was when it was expected. Now that it’s out and free for download from the App Store, I had a chance to download it and see whether the excitement was actually worth it. The much anticipated Google app basically is a search app for the iPhone with the extra special functionality that lets users to speak into their iPhones to submit search to Google’s search engine, which can serve up both standard search results as well as movie showtimes, addresses, and other handy information. While most users did not seem to have any problem with voice recognition, it seems clear that much work still needs to be done for searches involving multiple words for example, as the application takes ages just to recognise the wrong words!

And this is not the end of all the critique, as Jason from TechCrunch have mentioned…

My biggest issue with the app is that there is apparently no way to use the voice detection feature to call a contact, despite the fact that you can search through contacts using manual text entry. One of my biggest gripes about the iPhone is that there’s no way to make a hands-free call, and while this would still require at least one buttonpress, it would be an improvement.

I suppose we shouldn’t have that much of an expectation to take it for granted that Google’s application should provide voice recognise for our iPhone contacts. Afterall these have nothing to do with Google, it sounds more like an issue that should be built in to the iPhone and addressed by Apple altogether, instead of having the functionality imported from different applications just to fill in bits of missing gaps of a puzzle. Nevertheless, the app does seem promising and makes it quite convenient to browse the internet and your onboard contacts, so I would highly recommend you give it a try, afterall it’s free!

Click here and the link should take you directly to iTunes. Alternatively, if you’re using your iPhone now, just tap into the App Store and you should be able to find it by simply searching “Google”.

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Gallery: Unboxing LG KC910 Renoir

Editorial Staff — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:30:57 +0000

You’ve seen the gallery and video of the LG KC910 which we featured recently, now here’s yet another one which features its elegant packagings get unwrapped. Though I’m not sure why LG decided to call it Renoir (a French painter I believe), it certainly has lived up to my expectations as the successor to the Viewty. Check out the gallery and you’ll see what I mean…

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Video: aSleep iPhone application

Editorial Staff — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:00:54 +0000

If you find it difficult sometimes to get to sleep at night (insomnia), here’s a good excuse to make use of your belove it iPhone while in bed. aSleep is an application designed to generate soothing sounds to relax the person desiring sleep and to drown out any other sounds that might disturb your sleep. It has a timer function for controlling how long the sounds should last and by default the timer is set to 15 hours. The volume of sound produced by aSleep on the iPhone’s speaker is quite good and there is a huge range of sounds to choose from. Of course, this won’t work for the iPod Touch, as there isn’t an external speaker.

Here’s a video demo…

So, if aSleep sounds like something that could interest you, you might be happy to know that it’s currently available for download via iTunes App Store for just 59p, which isn’t too bad if you’re sleep deprived!

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Funny iPhone gadgets: Gold handset, very retro!

Sharon — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:30:07 +0000

This is the biggest mobile phone handset I have ever seen. But its geeky but could be cool if I saw someone on the street one of these to their head (I would probably stare instead of laugh). I am sure it’s much more comfortable then the conventional in-ear handset though

It comes in three color: gold, white and black. It’s an ideal gift for those who are crazy about collecting retro style gadgets. I suppose my only concern is that I wouldn’t be able to fit it into my pocket after using it!

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Video: Demo of Optoma Pico Pocket Projector plugged into Nokia N96

Editorial Staff — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:00:54 +0000

A few months back, Optoma announced the first Pico projector based on the DLP Pico chipset and said that it would be in limited distribution in Europe and Asia in late 2008, with a worldwide launch in 2009.

Smaller than most smart phones, this new micro-portable projector fits in your palm and is the ideal companion to ultra-portable media devices such as iPods, PDA’s, smart phones and digital cameras. Optoma’s Pico Projector utilizes the latest LED technology resulting in a colorful and vivid image. The small and powerful unit is based upon DLP technology assuring the highest possible contrast.

As you will see in the demo video which was tipped into us. Once connected to a mobile device, the four-ounce Optoma Pico Projector allows users to share photos and videos and enjoy a far better visual experience with an image that is up to 100 times larger than the small screen of the source device.

Skip the recap of Optoma’s press release from June this year if you already know enough!

Optoma Introduces World’s First Pico Handheld Projector
Based on Texas Instruments’ DLP Pico® Chipset, Features Sleek Design and Extreme Portability

LAS VEGAS, NV (June 18, 2008) – Optoma, a leading manufacturer of award-winning digital projection and display devices, introduces the first Pico projector based on the DLP Pico chipset. Smaller than most smart phones, this new micro-portable projector fits in your palm and is the ideal companion to ultra-portable media devices such as iPods®, PDA’s, smart phones and digital cameras.

When connected to an ultra-mobile device, the four-ounce Optoma Pico Projector allows users to share photos and videos, and enjoy a far better visual experience with an image that is up to 100 times larger than the small screen of the source device.

“The Pico Projector is the next step in sharing visual media for today’s ultra-mobile consumers. Fitting in your shirt pocket, the Pico Projector can display pictures, videos or any content from a mobile media player or smart phone” says Jon Grodem, director of Product Management for Optoma. “Optoma’s Pico breaks free from the limitations of the 2 or 3 inch displays found on today’s mobile devices. This category defining projector creates a new benchmark for sharing content-on-the-go.”

Optoma’s Pico Projector utilizes the latest LED technology resulting in a colorful and vivid image. The small and powerful unit is based upon DLP technology assuring the highest possible contrast.

“The handheld Pico projector represents the latest advancement in the mobile device display industry. We view the Pico projector as a completely new and exciting market – one which dramatically expands the reach and potential of projection products into new end user applications,” says Dr. William Coggshall, founder and president of Pacific Media Associates.

The product will be first shown at Texas Instrument’s InfoComm 2008 booth C909 and will be available in limited distribution in Europe and Asia in late 2008, with a worldwide launch in 2009.

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Latest HTC Max 4G: World’s first GSM-WiMax mobile

Editorial Staff — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:00:06 +0000

Talk about high tech gadgets, HTC is certainly on a role. For those who are addicted and just can’t stop from craving on the latest technology, HTC has announced the world’s first GSM/WiMAX headset. Unforunately, this may mean you will need to brush up your Russian, the device will be available only in Russia (at least for now) on the Yota Mobile WiMAX network. The MAX 4G appears similar to the super high-end HTC Touch HD that was recently announced with a large 3.8 inch 800×480 display and touch screen interface. The MAX 4G will support the Yota Video network and the device is capable of displaying up to nine TV channels simultaneously!

The HTC MAX 4G is the world’s first smartphone to feature the integration of GSM and WiMAX radios. With this integration the MAX 4G can switch seamlessly from GSM networks to Mobile WiMAX networks. With the addition of a SIM card, the MAX 4G can make voice calls over most GSM networks which makes it a very useful mobile to have for those visiting Europe.

The HTC MAX 4G features the same 3.8 inch, 800×480 WVGA touch screen display that is used in the HTC Touch HD. With the integrated GPS receiver you will always know exactly where you are, while the WiFi and WiMAX will ensure you have high-speed wireless data (you will be able to get proper data speeds of 70Mb/sec!).

The HTC MAX 4G is powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and is integrated with HTC´s TouchFLO 3D UI. The TouchFLO 3D UI turns Windows Mobile interface into a competent multimedia platform that should optimizes HTC MAX 4G´s 8GB of onboard storage.

HTC designed the MAX 4G for ultra high-speed access to video on demand, full track music downloads, online gaming, and file exchange for true broadband speeds.

HTC MAX 4G Features include:

Qualcomm ESM7206A 528 MHz processor
TouchFLO 3D interface
Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Integrated GPS, WiFi, and Bluetooth 2.0
256MB ROM and 288MB RAM with 8GB Flash drive
5 megapixel camera with VGA front camera for conference calls
FM radio
Standard 3.5mm headset jack

Its said the HTC MAX 4G will be shipping in Russia by the end of November for more than $1,000! Though, very typically, the company did not say when the Max 4G would be released in other parts of the globe.

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Latest Miele S7 vacuum cleaners - one is all you will need!

Editorial Staff — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:30:39 +0000

Check out these pretty amazing high tech luxurious hoovers. Not only do the Miele S7 vacuum cleaners look like it came from outer space thanks to the front LEDs, sensors, and LCD screen, but also because of its smart design, which allows it to twist in every direction to the point of laying flat and transform with all kinds of built-in contraptions.

The Miele S7 has LED lights to illuminate every place it reaches while you suck pizza crumbles, Lego pieces, and dead spiders thanks to a 1,800-watt engine, built-in sensors that adjust speed and height depending on the surface and a six-litre vacuum bag. The S7 has a twisting head design that allows it to turn into every direction possible, including laying down on the floor, completely flat.

Unlike other vacuum cleaners, this one comes with all the different accessories to clean special surfaces built in its own body. Therefore, there’s no need to go to the closet to get them.

The range includes five different models that vary in price and function from the lemon yellow S7210 at £249 to the LED-controlled S7580 pictured here at £370.

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iPhone accessories: Bluetooth wireless iPhone keyboard

Sharon — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:00:26 +0000

Have you found typing on the iphone difficult? Ever thought something could be done about it, apart from slimming down so that your fat fingers can shrink abit (I have!). With iPhone’s tiny touchscreen keypad, it makes typing emails or messages extremely hard and time consuming. This deivce called the BTleyMini, has been designed to solve the above problem.

The BTKeyMini is a bluethooth keyboard which is designed for iPhone and iPod Touch. Using your iPhone’s bluetooth connection, you can sync the keyboard shown above with your iPhone thus no wire is required. There is also a flap on the keyboard which is presumably there to hold the iPhone in place.

Although the BTleyMini sounds promising and convenient for texts and emails. I don’t think there are that many people that type so much on the iPhone to the extent that they would want to carry a separate keyboard along with the iPhone. Some businessmen might do but then most of them also have laptops and netbooks these days.

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iPhone Dev Team: iPhone 3G unlocking progress and firmware update 2.2

Editorial Staff — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:51:21 +0000

As expected, the iPhone Dev Team has revealed a further update on their progress with unlocking the iPhone 3G and preparation from the coming iPhone firmware update version 2.2.

Jailbreakers, in case you were wondering whether it you should update your jailbroken iPhone to 2.2 once Apple prompts you to do so in iTunes, here is what the iPhone Dev Team themselves said…

“Now for something a bit more serious, we’ve explained about Apple’s updates in the past and we’ve warned against the immediate installation of these updates without knowing what they do to your device.

This is indeed true of the iPhone 3G’s upcoming 2.2 release. Installing ‘2.2’ on the iPhone 3G could slow down your chances of a software unlock in the near future (should one be found and released), so when you see an update in iTunes await our instructions first!

Please don’t blindly install the update and then complain about it later ;-)”

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Review: Sync with confidence using GoodSync

Editorial Staff — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:13:44 +0000

First of all we would just like to apologise to Andrea who sent us this demo of GoodSync version 7-5-2 to be reviewed, we’ve been having some trouble with our one and only PC after it was sent in, its given up on us! So as a result, you will probably notice from some of our screenshots, we’re doing this review using a freshly installed Windows XP Pro via VMware Fusion on a Mac!

Let’s first tell you what GoodSync is all about…

GoodSync, is the latest software in a series of highly reliable, easy to use products from Siber Systems, the makers of RoboForm. The program automatically synchronizes and backs up emails, photos, financial documents, MP3s and any other important files between desktops, laptops, servers, and external drives.

GoodSync uses an innovative synchronization algorithm to prevent file deletion, data loss, and eliminate duplicate files. GoodSync already enjoys numerous favorable reviews from both users and the press. Its powerful technology is remarkably easy to use, and is the only solution that offers true bi-directional synchronization.

Also it’s worth pointing out to those who aren’t used to the two terms sync and backup. The simple difference between synchronisation and backup is that backing up is a one way transfer, whereas in synchronisation, you’re performing a transfer process that’s two way and the end result is that both sources (computer folders which you have pre-specified for example) will have the same files.

So without further ado, let’s tell you what we thought of GoodSync. Just from first impressions, launching GoodSync was fast, no delays, we thought on first glance that it was simple but also professionally made and well thought out.

And if we take a closer look at what it’s doing to our virtual PC, for those who are cautious about memory usage, we can see that it’s consumption on system’s memory is very minimal:

We then give it a simple task to do in order to test it out. This task was a very common one, we wanted GoodSync to sync for us some music files from another computer on the same network to this computer via WiFi. The aim wasn’t to test out its transfer speed but to find out how it performed a job, as well as reliability, does it crash half way through, does it have bits of missing data at the end of the transfer process, etc…

Another feature I would like to point out is that you can ask GoodSync to perform multiple jobs at the same time by pressing the yellow plus button in the top left corner.

Of course this will compromise your system memory, but it’s not something we see in all synchronisation tools you come across these days.

Now that I have given GoodSync the location I would llike my files to be synced from, it immediately provides me with a tooltip pointing out to me as to where I need to press to select the local folder for files to arrive and this is great for those who just hate reading instructions or find it difficult to recognise what the next step required actually is. As soon as I have provided it with the two locations I would like my files to be synced, again it now points to me that my next action is to use the analyze function.

After quickly analyzing, it provides me with a data report like screen, telling me which folders and files will be synced, as well as the memory that I will require to complete this task, any conflicts or errors that it encountered that I should give attention to.

Another good thing about this feature is that now I can see which files it will be synchronising for me, I can easily right click on a file or folder on the left and tell it to exclude synchronisation for those if I had regrets. As oppose to some softwares which go ahead and sync automatically, you often end up finding out that files you didn’t want to get transferred got transferred anyway.

So now that I’ve just clicked on Sync, let’s see how much more system resource it’s using up:

Surprisingly it’s just taken a tiny fraction more.

I guess now is a good time to recap and show you what I’ve just done using an example instruction taken from GoodSync:

In addition GoodSync isn’t just for synchronising and backuping files from two computers. A key part of GoodSync’s value is the options that you can use to control when items are synced. For USB flashdrive / key users, the option of having a sync start whenever a key is inserted is a must have. The periodic scheduling down to a one-minute sync is also very useful.

Check out the instructions below:

In my opinion this is my favourite feature, not only because I loose USB flashdrives all the time, this feature will ensure that I have my lost files right where I want them as long as I have plugged it in for a sync recently.

GoodSync also gives you a simple check box option whether or not you want to propagate deletions across a sync pair. That is, if a file is deleted from one side of the sync, it’s up to the user (in the options) to choose whether or not the file should be deleted on the other side.

For those who were wondering whether GoodSync would work with other devices or servers. GoodSync does offer the same smooth functionality for FTPs, Amazon S3, WebDAV and also Windows Mobile. See screenshot below:

Did I mention our music transfer test went smoothly? After synchronising for us GoodSync also gave us a quick report, this is what I found useful. Especially if you plan on synchronising anything important, you would want to know which files or folders its missed out.

So in a short summary here are what we thought were the good points and the bad points:

Pros:

Good simple user interface

Runs smoothly, no instability issues

Only a tiny bit of your system memory resource will be required

Has some very useful features such as analysis, easy customisation for specified jobs

Supports multiple types of files sources and destinations such as FTPs, Amazon S3, WebDAV and also Windows Mobile

A reliable tool for those who need to sync priceless pictures, files and data

Cons:

None! No issues were identified

Some past reviews commented that “some configuration menus are quite heavy, with loads of text explaining each option” (http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=5941), but we felt this has been much improved on the latest release which we tested

Unfortunately, no support for Macs

We weren’t asked to give a rating, however if we needed to, GoodSync would easily deserve a rating of 5/5 from us. So if you’re looking for a software that’s reliable for transferring, synchronising and backing up important files across different devices or servers, no matter what type of files, we would definitely recommend you try out GoodSync.

Though it isn’t free, the download is just 1.05Mb and supports Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista, you can test out its 30-day trial with no limitations or restrictions, click here to find out more via GoodSync…

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