Last year they were called smartphones, I think I’ll call them superphones, even if the phrase will go down in blasphemy, it’s pretty cool. But to save you from the confusion, I’ve titled this guide “smartphones”, so let’s continue. The phones seen below on all four major carriers in the United States are what I think were the best of this year, and deserve to be presents for the holidays. Let’s continue, shall we?
This is something I actually forgot to post from CES Preview, which was exactly 9 days ago. Turns out, one of the best (and only) things that there were was free food (!), my Samsung contacts and the Galaxy Tab with Galaxy S, and finally the Parrot AR Drone. This wonderment of technology that meets R/C, toys, and mobile smartphones is controlled by your iPhone/iPad using its motion censors. You’ve probably heard of it a thousand times, and if you haven’t I’ll continue with how it works.
Each one costs $299.99 and comes with an outdoor and indoor kit, both pictured in the gallery below. the AR Drone is a noisy UFO-like object, but when in action it’s a reason to smile at today’s toys. On numerous occasions, the demo AR Drone followed me around the showroom, and even tried to bump into me, while mostly everyone else smiled and laughed. And for some reason, my Dad wants one, and not me. Interesting.
Originally there was going to be HD video of it in this post, but then the file is not being read. Oh well. Enjoy the shots after the “more” then.
If you’re missing the $200 necessary for a new DROID smartphone, then if you don’t have a penny I’m going to have to report you. AmazonWireless is selling all the Droids — the X, Incredible, 2, and Pro — for one darn penny each on a new contract with free activation, which lasts until November 22nd.
You’d be a complete n00b not to buy one of these if you can. Via: AmazonWireless
Tesla and Toyota are pretty much in perfect harmony now with the RAV4 EV debuted at the LA Auto Show. Current models can go travel 100 miles on single charge, but Toyota is currently fine-tuning the 2012 RAV4 EV to get that 100 mile battery life in all conditions, and even more than just that. As for Tesla’s involvement, they pretty much have everything to do with designing the SUV; the power train, battery, electronics, electric motor, gearbox and software.
The HTC Merge looks like quite the Sense UI slider, with Android 2.2, the same 800 MHz processor in the G2, 5 megapixel camera, and 3.7-inch screen. It appeared on Verizon for a short period of time, and got taken down, but since it did make it there, then it’s launching soon. Pretty device, isn’t it?
Via: AndroidCentral
Apparently Twitter has gone out of their way tonight (that start is just not well-written) and released the “Who To Follow” page to the public. The URL is accessible to any Twitter user, but only a few thousand as it seems get access to the tab, which either has the name of “People”, “Who To Follow”, or “Directory”; the latter is what I see in my account @stefanetienne.
The main purpose it seems of this new trick up Twitter’s wing is to find users that you want to follow, calculated by the tweets you publish, for example tweets I’ve made about gaming have directed me to companies like Bungie and Machinima commentators like MuzzaFuzza, as well as the users that you follow and follow you.
Although most of these tools had already existed in past forms, this particular incarnation is different from all the others, because it completes the new site design and integrates deeply with one thing: getting you to be more active on the site by finding more accounts that are related to your interests.
But it’s a great idea.
Hopefully, this is the final Gold Master version of iOS 4.2.1, which should be inbound to iPhones, iPads, and iPods soon enough. Reported fixes is the final clamp on that Wi-Fi bug and a few other improvements for members of the Apple Dev Center. If you know a dev, ask him/her for iOS 4.2.1. If you don’t know anyone, then try not to get it off BitTorrent or something and wait for the release.
Like you’d ever listen to that.
Via: Apple
How can you make $650 million in five days? Well, you can be publisher Activision and developer Treyarch, and produce Call Of Duty: Black Ops. It was a mega hit among gamers, that’s all that has to be said. Via: Activision
Please approach this articles with precision. That means, if you’re an Apple investor, tear your hair out and stare at your multiple monitors with disbelief, and if you’re a regular reader, well, enjoy.
Apparently in an interview with Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf (pretty cool, huh?), Steve Number 2 says that Android phones, with the ”more features,” than the iPhone, will be like the PC has been to the Mac: absolutely squishy, you got pwned, you have little market share, etc. While talking about the iPhone however, Woz claimed that the iPhone “has very few weak points,” and that there “aren’t any real complaints and problems,” but still, it would be the more user appeal in the long run that would lure users to the Android side. The Dark Side, if you will.
Oh, and as for Nokia, Woz has this to say: a “brand from a previous generation.” Zing!
Via: De Telegraaf, Engadget
Update: And Nilay Patel, whom I’ve meet at a press event earlier this month, got an interview scored with Steve Woz, and Woz states that he was misquoted. *_*
If you have a SIM card and $450, along with some reason to infinitely love HP webOS 2.0 and the Palm Pre 2, then HP is selling an unlocked version of the handset for $450, starting today, and shipping in 24 hours. Oh, and as a refresher of the specs for you, here ya go: 1 GHz processor, 3.1-inch multi-touch display with 320 x 480 resolution (meh), Wi-Fi b/g, Bluetooth, GPS, 16GB of on-board storage, and a 5 megapixel camera. Via: HP
Have you ever experienced a 3D TV like you get at the cinema? Lightweight glasses, cool effects and a great picture experience? LG 3D televisions bring it right into your home.