Mar 04
It only takes a while. Give or take 3 months, and your iPhone looks like it came from a war. It’s scratched, dented, dull, and lost its charm. You’re hopeless, and are cursing Apple for not letting your iPhone stay good looking enough. You begin envying the Nexus One owner who will never have to face such an issue. Until MacRumors forum member Shenaniganz08 comes to save the world your iPhone! With this simple and easy step-by-step guide, your iPhone will look like it just came out of its box. You’ll need:
• Sandpaper 320(or 500),800,1000,1500,2000,2500,3000 grit
• 3M Rubbing compound
• Machine Polisher ( Power Drill or small buffer)
• Microfibers
• Sticky tack and or tape
Know what’s amazing? Half of the junk you’ll need to pull this off — those microfibers, the polishing disc and rubbing compound – is included in a $15 3M headlight restoration kit. Afterwards any household drill that works can be used for the buffing. The results from the picture above are truly stunning, so why don’t you make your iPhone feel happy again?
Then only in a few months time you’ll find the new iPhone 4G. This world….
Source: MacRumors, Giz
Mar 02
By far one of the cheapest cameras around, the FH1 is a 12-megapixel point-and-shoot camera with an HD video mode. It retails with a MSRP of $159.95, so that’s probably one of the closest rock-bottom prices you’ll find for a camera. Despite the cheap price, extremely modest looks, and of course the branding, the FH1 isn’t the type of digital camera you can mess around with in modern times: 5x optical zoom, a 28mm wide-angle lens, High Speed Auto Focus, HD video recording, Optical Image Stabilization, and an ISO range of up to 1600. Does it take great pictures? Read on to find out.
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Jan 18
If the official revealing of the Apple Tablet (or iSlate) is on the 27th of this month, then why not have a new rumor for another touchscreen Mac? This time according to the Commercial Times, Apple has signed a deal with a Korean company (Quanta, a long time partner) to provide 22-inch touchscreens that would be used on a full fledged all-in-one Mac computer. Yes, it’s more rumors, but it isn’t the Apple Tablet, which is becoming a tiring subject, but might be an exciting one at the end of the month.
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Jan 15
Of all of the terrible things in the gadget world, one of the most disgraceful is the stylus. I mean, come on, what would you be more comfortable with? Your finger or a plastic toothpick? Either way, HTC decided that you can buy a stylus for your gigantic 4.3-inch capacitive HD2, but they won’t tell you where you’ll put it, because there is no way to store the pen without possibly losing it. Despite having numerous delays, one British retailer has it available for shipment at the price of 17 quid (about $28 United States American Dollars).
I’m not so sure as to why you would buy it. [Via CoolSmartPhone]
Jan 13
Soon this spring Nintendo Wii owners will have access to Netflix’s media streaming services. Start at a minimum plan of $8.99 a month, users will have the same privileges as Xbox 360 and PS3 owners. As with the PS3, Wii owners will have to obtain a free disc from Netflix’s website, and will have to load the disc to actually stream content. The disc ships this Spring, and you’ll need a broadband connection on your Wii. What I’m wondering though is that since the Wii cannot go past the 480p mark, there will be no HD. Would you still bite?
[Via Associated Press]
Jan 09
MOTO Development Group has plenty of fingers to go around to test today’s capacitive touchscreens. In a recent DIY and scientific-based test, the iPhone knocked out the Droid, Droid Eris, and Google Nexus One, but only by a slight margin (except the Droid, which is the worst). The lines above, show that the iPhone has sleek, precise lines that are drawn with a finger. The Motorola Droid has the lowest score, while the HTC Droid Eris is only slightly better. The Nexus One? Almost as good as the iPhone. According to MOTO:
The iPhone’s touch sensor showed the most linear tracking with the least amount of stair-stepping. The Droid Eris and Nexus One tied for second with only faint wiggling – but actually performed best at the edge of the screen. Last in the line-up was the Motorola Droid, which demonstrated significant wavy artifacts or “stair-stepping.”
A video demonstration is after the “Read More” link. [Via TechCrunch]
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Jan 09
Way to go Google. Or sort of. According to iSuppli, the Nexus One costs $174.15 to build. The 2 -year contract makes the Nexus One price ring up to $179.99, and the unsubsidized? $529.99. Which makes me wonder: why the heck does the unsubsidized model costs so much? Not giving money every month to a carrier might be why, but come on? To break it all down, here’s exactly what Google spends money on to make each Nexus One:
- 1GHz Snapdragon ($30.50)
- AMOLED display ($23.50)
- Memory ($20.40) from Samsung
- Bluetooth and 802.11n WiFi transceiver costs $8.20
- $12.50 on a 5 megapixel camera
- Interestingly, Google has spent $17.50 on what’s described as “capacitive multitouch touchscreen assembly” from Synaptics.
So basically every person who buys a Nexus One pays for multitouch, but doesn’t get it? Google, I want my multitouch now.
People pay for it Google. Loosen up already.
[Via iSuppli]
Jan 05
By Stefan Etienne Filed under: Hardware at: 11:50 am
If there is more to know about the Boxee Box, then it’s probably in this press release. The Boxee Box will be under $200, and will have Flash 10.1 support, and will be manufactured by D-Link. Quick recap of what the Boxee Box is: it brings all social media services to your TV, as well as TV shows. Facebook, Twitter, Pandora, Flickr, you name it. And there is no monthly fees for service, because it uses Wi-Fi, or you can hook it up to your router, then hook up a hard drive to your router to access your media files, and don’t forget: it can play non-DRM files. In the simplest terms, it’s an HTPC (Home Theater PC). Press release after the cut.
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Jan 02
Less than a week before CES, HP’s line of netbooks and laptops are getting additions (about 14 in fact, and 8 are laptops), which looks pretty nice. The HP Mini 210 HD will include a 1.66GHz N450 Atom CPU and GMA 3150 graphics, along with a Broadcom Crystal HD chip, which is what makes it HD. The expected retail price is $330, with a range of colors which include: Sonoma Red, Solid Black, Silver Crystal or Pacific Blue. The folks at Engadget have all other 7 PCs that are headed to HP, so check it out.
[Engadget via LogicBuy]
Dec 30
Well, 4G is coming fast for Sprint isn’t it? From the training shot above, Sierra Wireless (who makes most of Sprint’s 3G cards) will be making a 3G/4G wireless hotspot that can fit in your pocket, much like the Mi-Fi from Verizon Wireless. While there isn’t any release date or pricing, it’s expected to launch in February. It will be able to support 5 users via Wi-Fi with an increased range of 100 feet. A nice addition is the SD card, which would allow all users connect to the mobile hotspot to access the data on the card, obviously without having to connect it to each person’s respective device.
[Via BGR]
