Is anyone ready for a dual-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon processor, 4.3-inch Super LCD at qHD resolution, 1080p HD video recording with an 8 megapixel camera, HSPA+ “4G”, and a price of $199 at T-Mobile retail stores on June 15th, for the HTC Sensation 4G? Good. Also, Walmart will be selling the Sensation three days earlier, on the 12th. Looks like the Samsung Galaxy S II isn’t the only hot handset on the block right now. Press release after the cut.
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We’ve heard from multiple sources that Twitter is likely to have a big-time partner for such a service: Apple. Specifically, we’re hearing that Apple’s new iOS 5 will come with an option to share images to Twitter baked into the OS. This would be similar to the way you can currently share videos on YouTube with one click in iOS. Obviously, a user would have to enable this feature by logging in with their Twitter credentials in iOS. There would then be a “Send to Twitter” option for pictures stored on your device.
So close to the bigger story, but yet so far. Imagine what else the system could provide if your Twitter account was a system-level service.
The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer has published what may be a game-changer combined with some fear about the doubt of cell phone usage and it possibly being linked to cancer risks. According to WHO, “radio frequency electromagnetic fields” are “possibly carcinogenic to humans based on an increased risk for glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer associated with wireless phone use.” Moreover, 31 scientists from 14 countries from May 24th through May 31st, 2011 came together to evaluate and conduct the studies. Also: “Given the potential consequences for public health of this classification and findings, it is important that additional research be conducted into the long-term, heavy use of mobile phones,” IARC Director Chrisopher Wild said. “Pending the availability of such information, it is important to take pragmatic measures to reduce exposure such as hands-free devices or texting.”
The full report is available at the source link as a PDF, and another news story coming from The Washington Post.
If you ask Markus ‘Notch’ Persson, genius creator of Minecraft, then he’ll probably tell you Minecraft 1.6 was one of the biggest updates and worst to maintain in the history of the game. After 6 different patches, Minecraft Beta 1.6.6 is here and is easily acquired: Just start up Minecraft Beta and it will auto-update. Notch also mentioned that this will be the last update until 1.7 (unless something goes wrong), which is a good thing.
It also seems Notch is getting the long-awaited Adventure mode to debut in version 1.7 — Adventure is a game mode where you complete a series of puzzles or challenges in the Minecraft world without the ability to break blocks (unless you are told to) and materials of any sort are provided (if needed). It sort of makes the game more straightforward rather than the current Survival mode, which forces you to use your surrounding environment to survive, defeat mobs, build mega-structures and invent.
The full changelist of bug fixes and new features is at the source link. Via: The Word Of Notch
It’s going to be crazy and amazing. In a short press release, seen below, Apple confirmed iCloud as their “upcoming cloud services offering”. Also mentioned is iOS 5 and Mac OS X Lion, the latter being the only software that has been demoed to the press and played with by developers. Also is the appearance of Steve Jobs, perhaps meaning that his health is in a better state. Who can’t wait for the World Wide Developers Conference 2011? This guy. And I’ll be covering everything that comes out of there on the morning of Monday, June 6th. Should be interesting.
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This is just a short news quip: The Galaxy Tab 10.1 is now at BestBuy’s site with a “Coming Soon” label on it. That is all, really.
Besides the fact that BestBuy will obviously be selling the new Tab, they listed those sweet specs: 1GHz dual-core Tegra 2 processor, 10.1″ widescreen (1280 x 800) display, a 2MP front-facing camera; 3MP rear-facing camera with LED flash, Android Honeycomb 3.1, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth 3.0, has a 7,000 mAh battery, is .34″ thin and weighs 1.25lbs, and will come in either metallic grey or pure white in 16GB or 32GB memory sizes.
Via: BestBuy
About time. The all too hard-to-find ASUS Eee Pad Transformer is getting the much-needed Android Honeycomb update to make one of the best tablets out there even better. Keep in mind Android 3.1 will add resizeable widgets, better multitasking, UI improvements, bug fixes, more speed, and Movies (with rental options) via the Android Market, all rolling out to Eee Pad Transformer users starting tomorrow.
Via: ASUS’ Facebook page
Hey, shiny new gadgets! Oh, hey reader! You may have heard (or may have not) that ASUS planned on announcing several new gadgets at this year’s Computex event in Taiwan. Which is completely true: ASUS debuted a tablet which is powered by a 4.3-inch smartphone, which ASUS dubs the Padfone, a MeeGo-based Eee PC, a 3D MeMO tablet with an IPS screen, and finally some really thin laptops. See past the jump for what ASUS is planning on releasing this year.
NVIDIA has just blasted the press release to my inbox and I am totally stunned. The upcoming quad-core processor by NVIDIA destined for tablets, Kal-El being the codename, is fully capable of dynamic lighting, real-time physics in a game, and when near release, will be 20-30% faster than what is seen in the video above. The technology will be showed off at Computex for all to see in all of its glorious awesomeness. Moreover, the Kal-El processor gaming demo seen above is running on none other than Android Honeycomb (HComb for short?) with a 1280×800 resolution. Also, the four cores powering this monster also ensures the operating system itself will be clearly faster than NVIDIA’s current crop of Tegra 2 tablets, which already are great mobile CPUs.
[Thanks, Meza!]
Via: NVIDIA
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