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We are now going to the full HD world. Many TV channels on cable are now going to High Definition. You will be able to see the detail of actor’s face and enjoy the movie experience right at the home. Well, for this Mad-TV sketch, there is another type of HD camera. This camera reveals liar. Although this video is a little bit old, this is still fun to watch.
iPhone has a camera. How do you use it? With Collage, you will be able to share the pictures to the world. Collage displays other people’s photo. You will be able to watch a higher resolution by tapping it. To share your world, click Add. The things you are going to capture will be shared to the world instantly. Just don’t share some censored stuff or you will be flagged.
Unwired View found out that recent Apple’s patent application reviews the new feature coming to iPhone. This time, it’s all about Sports. With the very long listed patent, most of them are useful for sports. The best part is that there is a patent about management softwares on PCs. With the software, you will be able to manage your health and training status easily.
There is a huge possibility treat iPhone as personal fitness trainer if these softwares actually comes out. Report additionally said that there are external sensors filed for patent. Those patent may work like Nike + iPod. iPhone for sports? Really cool and looking forward to it.
[via Unwired View]
Adobe now joins the web 2.0 party. They have released Photoshop Express which lets you to edit photos right on the internet. It’s similiar to the web 2.0 site that edit photos. Adobe Photoshop Express already have the function including Crop & Rotate, red eye removal, white balance and more. They provide 2GB storage for users. The service is available now. To use it, just register an account on the official page.
I thought MacBook Air’s multi-touch trackpad has filed a patent. Anyway, you may see something similar in ASUS products. ASUS EEEPC next model 900 will probably feature the following multi-touch trackpad which works very similar like Apple’s multi-touch technology. You can zoom in and out the picture using 2 fingers. In this ASUS trackpad, you can also scroll the page with 2 fingers. Oh, who cares whether it is copied from Apple or by ASUS innovation, it is a good stuff for users.
[via Gizmodo]
Thinking 2G is dead? Do you think only the iPhone users will use 2G technology for internet? Nokia Siemens has released a new technology for faster 2G EDGE connection. The download and upload speed will be doubled via a software upgrade to cellular network. For download speed, the maximum can be 1.2Mbps. And the upload speed can be 473Kbps. If existing EDGE mobile device can enjoy the upgraded speed, you just need your local mobile phone service provider to install this little software upgrade software. Then, you will be able to enjoy the higher speed on 2G mobile devices. The software will be available at Q3 of 2008.
[via GigaOM]
Google has introduced a new plugin for Windows Mobile users that can search stuff right on the home screen. They have similar product introduced to Symbian before, and now it comes to Windows Mobile. To install, users just need to go to “mobile.google.com” on their device and choose to download the plugin. After all, you will see something similar above and able to search with Google quickly and easily.
When we listen to the music on iPhone/iPod Touch, we normally turn off the screen. Some people think that this is not good for the device, because we turn it on and off so many times every single day.
PocketTouch will darken the screen and prevents you to access other programs. To use it, play a song from music library first. Then, run the program and the screen will turn dark. Turn on the volume by swipe from bottom to the top. If you do it in reverse, the volume will be turned down.
To play next song of the playlist, swipe from left to right. Or, you can swipe from right to left to play previous song.
PocketTouch also provides setting screen. Tap the icon on the top right. You will be able to adjust those view and swipe options. The fun stuff is in the “Shaker” part. After you turned it on, you will be able to shuffle songs by shaking your iPhone. Yes. When you shake the iPhone, the program will randomly choose a song to play. You can find similar in SonyEricsson’s mobile phones, and now it comes to the iPhone.
Since iPhone only works with your finger, you won’t be able to affect the iPhone after putting it in the pocket. To install PocketTouch, you need a jailbroken iPhone. Find “PocketTouch” under “Multimedia” of Installer.
AT&T are so aggressive to filter those SPAM emails. Or I should say, AT&T does not know how to filter emails. They filtered some legitimate emails which receivers don’t know what had happened. Those emails never reached the final destination because of wrong doing of AT&T. AT&T spokesperson said they will investigate what’s going on. I think they are learning and analyzing which one is really SPAM mail.
[via The Register]
Microsoft releases Office, MSN and some softwares for Mac users. Although Apple always laughing at Windows Vista, Microsoft wanna to develop more softwares for iPhone. According to reports of different sources, Microsoft is making money for their Office 2008 for Mac. And they wishes to develop a complete Office suite for iPhone. Why Microsoft is so nice to help Mac users?
