Archive for June, 2010

Stamp.y Digital Camera Stamps Out Your Pictures

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

The Stamp.y concept is quite interesting, as it seeks to combine a digital compact camera with a traditional rubber stamp. What it does is it allows you to snap a picture using its camera functionalities, after which you’ll be able to open it up to reveal a stamp pad, with the picture that you just [...]

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iPhone 4 Encountering Issues With Its Proximity Sensor?

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Looks like the iPhone 4 might have some additional problems aside from display and cellular connectivity issues that have been detailed before this. Many users are reporting, over in the Apple forums, that the proximity sensor doesn’t seem to be functioning properly. The proximity sensor would normally turn the display off when the phone is [...]

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Android 2.2 FroYo Source Code Now Open To Developers

Monday, June 28th, 2010

If you’re an Android developer, you’ll be happy to hear that Andy Rubin, VP of engineering at Google and one of the main guys behind Android, has confirmed that the Android 2.2 (FroYo) source is now available. So if you’re a third-party developer who is looking to churn out the next breakthrough game/software for Android, [...]

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Skullcandy 50/50 earphones control your iPhone

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

Skullcandy has made quite a name for itself in the headphone world, thanks largely to its focus on funky fashion and its aggressive marketing tactics aimed at tweens, teens, and young adults. However, the latest Skullcandy earphones to come down the pipe are perhaps the most adult-oriented we’ve seen from the company. The 50/50 earbuds, [...]

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iPhone 4 teardown underway, 512MB RAM confirmed

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

With nary hours since the reviews went live, the gang at iFixit– no doubt blessed by the hands of early deliveries — have procured an iPhone 4. And as is their modus operandi, they wasted no time tearing that sucker apart screw by screw. The teardown is still ongoing, but here’s what we got so [...]

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Samsung Windows Phone 7 prototype hands-on

Friday, June 25th, 2010

It’s been a bit of a unicorn since making a quick appearance at MIX, but we just got the chance to go hands-on with Samsung’s Omnia i8910-based Windows Phone 7 prototype phone. Interestingly, we were told that this hardware will never be released to market — it’s just for testing purposes right now. That testing [...]

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Hate the office kettle? Get your own in a mug

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

I love new products that make life easier for lazy people, or at least save time. The Kug is a kettle-mug that boils its own water, saving you critical minutes when you’re late to work in the morning. It’s clearly the most groundbreaking revolution in lazy-drinking technology since the Self-Stirring Mug. Created by two industrial [...]

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Android 2.2 to integrate USB tethering, mobile hot spots

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

TechCrunch reported that Android 2.2 “Froyo” will feature built-in USB tethering and Wi-Fi hot-spot capability. This is exciting news for Android users as it could potentially provide all phones with one of the great selling features of the forthcoming HTC Evo 4G from Sprint. For those unfamiliar, mobile hot spots allow users to share their [...]

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GuitarJack puts studio in your pocket

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Recording with your iPhone’s built-in microphone is a quick and easy way for musicians to sketch out song ideas. But if you’re really bent on transforming your iPhone or iPod Touch into a mobile, multitrack recording studio, you’ll need to drop some money on a quality recording app, and some kind of adapter for connecting [...]

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First Picture of the Galaxy S Pro

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Usually we would call something like this a rumor but we now have cold hard evidence of its existence. I checked my mailbox and to my delight I was treated with the first real pictures of the Galaxy S Pro. As you can see from the picture, it’s the Galaxy S with a full QWERTY [...]

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