Archive for May, 2010

iPhone

Quick Look: myTexts touch for iPad

May 31st 2010 | Posted by admin

Quick Look posts are paid submissions offering only a brief overview of an app. Vote in the polls below if you think this app is worth an in-depth AppStorm review!
In this Quick Look, we’re highlighting myTexts touch. The developer describes myTexts touch as the iPad buddy of my successful myTexts for Mac OS X. myTexts [...]

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Skype 2.0 Finally Allows VoIP Calls Over 3G But Skype To Charge Monthly Fee From 2011

May 31st 2010 | Posted by admin

Skype has finally released a new version of Skype (Skype 2.0) that will allow users to make and receive VoIP calls over 3G. Skype 2.0 also brings near CD-quality sound for Skype-to-Skype calls using wideband audio (SILK codec) to iPhone 3GS and 2nd generation iPod touch. AT&T had lifted its…

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iPhone 4G Screen Will Be Running At A Higher Resolution Of 960×640

May 31st 2010 | Posted by admin

Folks at SuperPhone.cz, who are claiming to have received parts of the next generation iPhone have confirmed that Apple’s new iPhone screen will be running at a resolution of 960×640. They apparently figured it out by putting the screen of the next generation iPhone under a microscope. Engadget reports: The…

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New Apple TV Could Be Based On iPhone OS

May 31st 2010 | Posted by admin

For a long time, Apple has maintained that their foray into the television segment is just a “hobby”. However, according to a recent Engadget report, Cupertino may well be on course to chart an effective reentry into the home entertainment space. The sources have revealed that the next generation Apple…

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MSI follows fate’s whispers, intros 24-inch Wind Top AE2420 3D

May 30th 2010 | Posted by admin

Typical, right? As the 3D craze flows from the cinema to the television and onto the PC, it was just a matter of time before one of MSI’s Wind Top all-in-ones shipped with support for the third dimension. By most accounts, the new Wind Top AE2420 3D looks like a mildly larger version of the [...]

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Samsung develops USB-powered desktop PC monitor, plans 2011 street date

May 30th 2010 | Posted by admin

We’ve seen more than our fair share of USB displays as of late, and on the whole they’re usually tiny — say, around 7-inches. Sure, they’re well-suited for someone who wants to get that Tweetdeck or their IRC window off of their main desktop, but that’s about it. It looks like Samsung’s poised to take [...]

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CTA Digital’s Inflatable Kart for the Wii: at last you can be the coolest kid on your block

May 30th 2010 | Posted by admin

Put down that “rare” Transformers figurine, hide that box of “real” Japanese Anime, and don’t even think of showing us your Ninja Turtles costume: we’ve found the ticket to cool you’ve been looking for. CTA Digital, who has always excelled in building stunningly superfluous gaming accessories has outdone itself with the new Inflatable Racing Kart. [...]

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New Skype 2.0 app for the iPhone allows voice calls over 3G

May 30th 2010 | Posted by admin

Plenty of other VoIP apps have managed to work in this functionality since Apple / AT&T started allowing it last year, but the official Skype app has been a notable holdout. Now, two months after Skype started doing 3G calls on Android with Verizon, there’s a 2.0 version of the app for iPhone that brings [...]

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Switched On: Thunder in the cloud

May 30th 2010 | Posted by admin

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.

With each passing day it becomes less of an insult to say someone’s head is in the clouds, as more and more people begin to outright rely on web sites and applications like Facebook, Google Docs, Flickr, Farmville, YouTube and Hulu. Among [...]

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Engadget Podcast 198 – 05.29.2010

May 30th 2010 | Posted by admin

How many executives does it take to screw in a light bulb? Fewer than you would think! How many screens do you need to coordinate your digital life with the cloud? Less than 3, contrary to popular belief. How many Engadget Podcasteers need be present to convey the week’s news to you in a succinct [...]

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