WorldWide tech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.HP webOS Veer TV commercial : "Little guys can pack a punch" with Manny Pacquiao. The second video was originally captured by a Palm Pre user and the first one bellow has a better quality.Nice to see the First HP TV commercials for webOS devic ...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Facebook Goes Audible on the iPad with Friends Aloud HD
Austin, Texas – Apple iPad owners can now access and listen to their Facebook news feed via Friends Aloud HD, created by VoiZapp, Inc. It is the first iPad app to bring optimized state of the art text-to-speech technology to Facebook. Using Friends Aloud HD, a user can:* Read aloud their latest Facebook news feed posts and their associated comments in a pleasant, easy-to-understand young woman’s voice* Scroll through each post on screen or ...
HP webOS TouchPad at the Festival de Cannes 2011. Video
WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.Do you remember to the HP’s senior VP for the Personal Systems Group in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa region) Eric Cador said, “In the PC world, with fewer ways of differentiating HP’s products from our competitors, we became number one; in the tablet world we’re going to become better than number one. We call it number one plus.” Here now is a video where he and HP´s executives showed up the TouchPad at the Festival de Cannes 2011:Related post: HP TouchPad Can ...
Nook Color: An Unexpected Competitor for the iPad
Want an Apple iPad but can't afford the minimum $499 entry fee? Look to Barnes & Noble's Nook Color, which was upgraded recently to offer many tablet features at $249.The Nook Color, which until May had been marketed primarily as an electronic book reader with extra features, now is being marketed as a tablet specifically made for book lovers.With the software upgrade introduced just over a month ago, the Nook Color now offers decent Web browsing, ...
Monday, May 30, 2011
Samsung Wants To See the Next iPhone & iPad
The Apple-Samsung patent infringement lawsuit is heating up: Samsung’s lawyers have filed a motion for Apple to provide them with a sample of the next generation iPhone and iPad.Since Apple keeps very tight wraps around all its upcoming products, it’s highly unlikely that the company will comply with this request, at least without a fight. However, recently Samsung was ordered by a judge to give Apple samples of its yet unreleased tablets and ...
Over dependence on iPhone, iPad, Android apps may lead to anxiety: Expert
MELBOURNE: Though technology has made our lives convenient and fast, psychologists warn people against developing an over-reliance on mobile and tablet applications. Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists chairman Daniel Varghese suggests smartphone users need to be wary of relying too heavily on their applications. "It's a general phenomenon that we're relying ...
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Can the iPad and iPhone Rescue the Cloud?
The hype on the cloud is just as loud as the hype on mobile computing. Both appear to be gold rush destinations for vendors seeking to capitalize on all the stuff that buyers allegedly can’t get enough of. But if you look at the numbers, you see that mobile is where the money is being made, while the entire cloud market pulls in about 1 or 2 percent of what mobile does.It seems to me that the cloud needs to be rescued, and perhaps ...
Friday, May 27, 2011
Special Stickers Will Bring Google Wallet To Android Phones That Lack NFC
We’re here at Google’s NFC payments announcement, where the search giant has announced a new, important product called Google Wallet (see our comprehensive post on the announcement here). Google Wallet will be launching this summer — it’s currently in field testing — allowing users to tap their phones against NFC-enabled terminals to pay for goods, redeem offers, and use their loyalty cards in a single tap.Of course, the vast majority ...
Thursday, May 26, 2011
iPad 2 Revolutionizes Tablet Market
Apple Inc. launched the newest addition to its tech market – the iPad 2. The company, which started revolutionizing the tablet market with the launch of its iPad last April 2010, will have the launching and unveiling of iPad 2 in an event in San Francisco, California. Analyst Peter Misek also I anticipating these following events during the launch of iPad 2: 1. A preview of the iOS 5 is considered to be possible as the company is looking ...
iPhone 4 with cash recovery scheme
May 25: The iPhone 4 — the fourth-generation variant of Apple’s smartphone — is being launched in India on Friday and will be sold through mobile service providers Aircel and Airtel.For the first time, the mobile service providers are using an innovative hook. They are offering a reverse subsidy plan under which the buyer pays the full cost of the handset upfront and recovers the entire amount over a period of two years through monthly credits ...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Firefox 5 Beta 2 Lands, Opera Mini 6 Released for iPhone, iPad
These days the Mozilla Foundation is feeling the heat. Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has delivered a surprisingly sporty and compatible Internet Explorer 9. And Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Chrome browser is becoming the first new browser in some time to gobble up a significant market share.I. Firefox 5 Blazes Ahead on ScheduleBut nothing lays concerns to rest better than adopting an aggressive schedule and sticking to it. That's ...
BlueStacks puts Android apps on Windows
If you miss your Android apps when using your PC, a start-up called BlueStacks says it has the answer.Today, the company announced first-round funding of $7.6 million from Ignition Ventures, Radar Partners, Helion Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz for its virtualization technology that provides a foundation for Google's mobile operating system atop Windows. It's got partnerships with Citrix for distribution to interested businesses ...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Opera Mini Browser Launches For iPad, iPhone (PICTURES, VIDEO)
A new version of the Opera Mini web browser, the most popular mobile browser in the world, has just been released, and the latest version comes with a slew of new features designed to make users' mobile web experience faster and more robust.Opera Mini 6, available for the iPhone 4, iPad, and iPad 2, offers better tabbed browsing, a customizable homepage, and social sharing features that enable users to post content directly to Facebook, Twitter, ...
iPad 2 from Apple is defeated by HP Touchpad Tablet from Hewlett Packard?
Hewlett-Packard (HP) claimed to be successful in the realm of tablets like they were successful in the PC market. This will happen when HP launched Touchpad summer 2011 in Europe. It is claim for Eric Cador, The Head of HP for Europe.HP is confident with their tablets, touchpad. Speaking at a press conference in Cannes, Cador even bragged touchpad would be better than the iPad.Cador did not mention explicitly that ‘the number one’ in question is ...
Monday, May 23, 2011
Google Maps updated for Android, iPhone
While the mobile location-sharing issue continues to brew, that hasn't stopped Google from pushing ahead to make its popular Google Maps program better. And if you have an Android or iOS device, phone or tablet, you can take advantage of the improved mobile Maps experience.Now, said Google software engineer Alireza Ali, on Google's blog Friday, "you can use many of the same Google Maps features you're used to from the desktop" on the go. When ...
iPhone 5 fire impact up in air as iPad 2, iPhone 4 availability steady
The impact on the iPhone 5 release date, initial availability, and even feature set from this week’s factory fire is still up in the air, but the mishap has yet to impact availability of Apple’s existing iOS 4 products including the iPad 2, iPhone 4, and iPod touch 4. With observers having spent all of 2011 scratching their heads as to just what Apple has up its sleeve for the iPhone 5 after watching the company uncharacteristically release ...
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Flickr: iPad 2 Camera Has Only 23 Active Daily Users
According to Flickr’s camera usage statistics, the iPad 2′s camera is used by very few people — only 23 active daily users. And so far, 12,811 photos have been taken and uploaded to Flickr with the device.By comparison, the iPhone 4 has 4,402 daily active users; more than a million photos have been taken with the device.We don’t have exact numbers of iPad 2 sales, but the tablet has been on the market since March 11. According to Apple, strong ...
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Review : HCL Me Android Tablet [Skip This Device, If You Can]
2011 is said to be the year of the tablet, and nobody wants to miss out on all the buzz that this device segment is creating. You can find android tablets from Chinese manufacturers for as low as 5,000/- rupees, running on out dated versions of Android 1.6. I thought that this would be an impetus for branded manufacturers to take these cheap knock offs and replace them with better devices that actually generate some sort of user interest. Today we look at one of the latest offerings from India’s own PC manufacturer HCL.A look at the specs sheet will give you a brief idea of the hardware ...
Friday, May 20, 2011
Future IPhone Will Support China Mobile's 4G Network
Future versions of Apple's iPhone will support China Mobile's fourth generation (4G) network, China's largest mobile carrier said, a sign that it will eventually offer the iconic device to its 600 million customers.China Mobile's chairman Wang Jianzhou reported the development on Thursday, according to a company spokeswoman. Both Apple and the carrier have reached a consensus on the development of Long-Term Evolution (LTE), a 4G technology ...
UPDATE 1 - John Lewis weekly sales flat despite iPad 2 boost
* Department store sales up 0.1 pct on yr in week to May 14 * Says retail market "undoubtedly challenging" * Electricals sales up 5 pct, helped by iPad 2 * Waitrose sales up 10.8 pct, boosted by meal deal (Adds detail, background) LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - John Lewis, Britain's biggest department store chain, reported flat weekly sales on Friday, strengthening the view that consumer spending has weakened after a strong April boosted by a ...
Thursday, May 19, 2011
PlayBook is great for BlackBerry users but results will vary
Yesterday, Research in Motion sent out the first review units for its new 16GB Wi-Fi only PlayBooks. In an email preceding this review offer, RIM’s PR rep advised journalists that to receive optimal functionality from the review unit, one would need to have a BlackBerry smartphone running 5.0 or higher and a BlackBerry SIM. I have a Torch 9800 and an Optus BlackBerry SIM, so I was perfectly set to play.The first thing to do when you open your ...
