Apple iOS 4.1 released to devs, offers signal bar ‘fix’ change

July 14, 2010 5:49 PM ⋅

So in a whip of news in today’s cycle (I’ve been busy all day y’know, with other gadgets), iOS 4.1 just got the go to the official dev channels at Apple’s website (developer.apple.com), which brings plenty of bug fixes, the Game Center (which has yet to launch), and interestingly that “signal bar fix”, which falsely according to Apple at this point fixes the death grip issue. The trick here is that even a single bar of service doesn’t look so bad — due to all bars now being taller, as seen below. This won’t work on me, Steve Jobs and Cupertino! Via: BGR

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Hands-On: Samsung Intercept with Sprint (yay, video!)

July 13, 2010 10:16 PM ⋅

The Samsung Intercept, aka Moment2, just strolled by (in the form of a BBQ-eating family attendee). To cut the story short, the lighting conditions and amount of space available was epically abysmal, on top of the Panasonic LUMIX G10′s poor ISO performance. Forgive me for the shots, but you can take a short look at the Intercept by watching the video after the cut.

Hands-On With The Samsung Intercept

The handset itself is plasticky, with a 3.2 megapixel camera with poor ISO performance, but great daylight shots. Coupled with Sprint 3G, Android 2.1 with a light version of Touchwiz 3.0 (FroYo comes this summer), and a 3.2-inch 800 x 480 WVGA resolution AMOLED display, which for some reason didn’t quite impress me much like other AMOLED Android offerings. The same also goes for the entire phone, though the keyboard can beat the Ally’s and Droid’s by a mile. Video after the break!

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Velocity Micro outs the Cruz Reader and Cruz Android tablets

July 13, 2010 4:07 PM ⋅

In a cruddy news day, Velocity Micro announced the Cruz Storybook, a child-friendly eBook reader, the 16:9 Cruz Tablet, and a 7″ adult-friendly eBook reader. The whole product line debuts this August, with prices starting at $149 for the Cruz Storybook, going up to $299 for the 7-inch screen, 800×480 capacitive display, Wi-Fi built-in Cruz Tablet. The whole group runs Android, and the full specs and press release are after the break!

Source: Cruz

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Andrew Bocking Gives Us A New Look At Blackberry 6 (video)

July 12, 2010 11:09 AM ⋅

In an official blog post on the Inside Blackberry blog by RIM, Andrew Bocking, VP of Handheld Software Product Management said over and over again using different words how excited he is over Blackberry 6. I don’t blame him. The video above is a new sneak peak at Blackberry OS 6. Now where’s my popcorn…

Source: Inside Blackberry

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Andrew Kim’s ‘HTC 1′ is the best concept Android phone ever designed

July 12, 2010 11:04 AM ⋅

The HTC 1 is the only phone that I wish HTC could make, besides a high-end slidey Android. A new Sense UI looks like a cleaner and higher-end approach to skinning with Synergy-like actions (combined messaging) with a large Helvetica interface that looks streamlined. The HTC 1, if ever built, would include stereo speakers (at the top and bottom of the handset), a kickstand which is actually the bottom portion of the casing (epic!), and the from-the-future concept of a built-in UV light that kills germs on the surface of the phone while you charge it up. The entire glory of Andrew Kim’s design concept of the sexiest Android phone to date is at the “source” link.

Source: Design Fabulous

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Zero Punctuation: Something About E3 2010

July 12, 2010 8:49 AM ⋅

If you wanna click that “play” button, you know, no pressure.

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This Week On LaptopMemo: Summer Vacation Edition?

July 12, 2010 8:45 AM ⋅
Clearly this week on LaptopMemo was nothing short of fresh, new tech news, while on summer vacation with family in Old Bridge, New Jersey with 2 acres of land to spare. So above is a shot of the front yard, using the Lumix DMC-G10 that’ll appear later on the site.
Otherwise, here’s what’s what in this week of mobile tech:

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Motorola WX445 is Verizon’s answer to the mediocre Android phone

July 10, 2010 6:51 PM ⋅

With all of those nice smartphone (ahem, superphones) out there, would you really buy something that’s sub-par (read: sucks)? In Engadget’s case, the source mentioned that it’s “cheaper looking” than a Palm Pre Plus, and is just “not a very impressive phone.” It has a small 2.5 to 3 inch screen, a terribly small 1170mAh battery, and lastly a flash-less camera with Android 2.1 and MOTOBLUR (possibly the DROID X’s version).

Pass?

Via: Engadget

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Samsung Vibrant’s T-Mobile release going early — July 15th

July 10, 2010 12:00 PM ⋅

So for whatever reason T-Mobile has decided that the Samsung Vibrant (a Galaxy S phone) is coming on July 15th, for $199 on a 2-year agreement. Maybe it could be that  T-Mobile is trying to dodge the DROID X release by exactly two days?

Whatever the reason, it would be nice if someone (preferably T-Mobile) tells us why.

Source: Twitter (T-Mobile USA official account)

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Leaked Apple touchscreen found to be tiny, mysterious

July 9, 2010 1:21 PM ⋅

So what’s this, eh? A touchscreen that measures 3cm (1.18 inches)!? Perhaps it is for the iWatch, or a new iPod Nano? Or maybe for a new iPod Shuffle? Whatever it might be, the source of the photo is Taiwanese site Apple.pro, which leaked out the white iPhone 4 and the new Unibody Macbook Pro, so at least we might be looking at something real here.

Via: Mac Rumors

Source: Apple.pro

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