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Samsung Galaxy S Getting FroYo Soon

Daniel Georges — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:40:40 +0000

So, you went out and brought Samsung’s delicious Galaxy S on the day of release. You are sitting their contemplating your purchase, but feel slightly disenchanted. You have such a fast beautiful device, but all the cool kids with their HTC’s and Motorola’s are getting all this news of Android 2.2 while you are left without hope.
Today that changes my AMOLED loving friend, with Samsung saying September is the month that you get to really see if the humming in hummingbird is accurate. No exact day, but at least you will know that by October you will be all Flashed out and waiting eagerly for Gingerbread.

Via [BGR]

Amazon Release New Kindle

Daniel Georges — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:26:27 +0000

It was bound to happen, with Kindle selling better then it ever has and Amazon saying they were out of Kindle inventory. Today, Amazon has announced ‘The Kindle’, which is their new name for their familiar 6″ inch ereader we all know and love, but with some sleek new features.
There will now be 2 models. One will have WiFi and 3G, selling for $US189, and the other with only WiFi for a budget $US139. Both models will come in two colour option’s (white and DX style graphite), and will feature a much needed bump in screen refresh rate (20% faster). The Kindle will also feature 4GB of memory, be 21 percent smaller and 15 percent lighter than the previous and a bump in battery life up to a whole month.
Other news include the introduction of a UK store and a beta Webkit browser, but the best part is the fact that while Apple believe the future is colour Amazon have stuck to their guns and gone E-Ink once again. With all the improvements it isn’t just a compelling device to enter the E-Ink era, but also to upgrade your aging device.

Via [Engadget]

Stieg Larsson First Author To A Million On Kindle

Daniel Georges — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:41:22 +0000

Stieg Larsson, the author of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, is the first author to break the 1 million barrier on the Kindle ebook store. Though Mr Larsson passed away well before the Kindle was released, I am sure he would be very excited (and rich) to have reached such a large milestone on such a new concept (digital books that is).

Via [CrunchGear]

Interpad Marries Tegra 2 To Android 2.1

Daniel Georges — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:28:54 +0000

While it’s known that Android 2.1 isn’t exactly designed for tablets, the hardware coming out is definitely looking impressive. The next to the pad (get it) is a Tegra 2 based device from a German company, Interpad.
Being in the same 10″ range as another famous tablet, it features much more impressive hardware. Dual Core Cortex A9 Tegra 2 giving it unparalleled processing and graphics power, 1 GB of RAM (4 times what the iPad currently has), HDMI output to push all those FullHD movies and games to a much larger screen, and 3900mAH battery for 9-12 hours of battery life.
If you think the hardware is impressive then the price is the icing on the cake. For just over $500USD this baby could be yours when it is released sometime before the end of the year. If Google can get a more tablet friendly OS out the door before Christmas, I can’t imagine why I wouldn’t get one (other then the fact they will probably never leave Germany)?

Via [Lilputing]

Sony Remembers To Make Money

Daniel Georges — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:54:08 +0000

Sony have posted a much needed profit for his quarter. How much you ask? US$342 million (30 billion yen) or about 55.7 billion yen more then the last year. It is due to very aggressive cost-cutting.
It is incredible to see Sony recover, unfortunately if Move and 3D TV don’t have explosive growth, they might end up back in the same place. Fortunately the Playstation Move looks fantastic, and even though 3D is crap, it will be really cool with that virtual dual screen tech.

Via [Kotaku]

Android Just Got Its (PSX) Game On

Daniel Georges — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:35:43 +0000

Another reason to buy an Android device is the release of a handy little app titled PSX4Droid. For $6 and half a brain, you will soon be rolling in Playstation games on your handset. All we need now is a Bluetooth driver for a PS3 controller and it would be an unbeatable portable gaming experience.

Via [PocketNow]

Sony Patent Kills Clunky Split Screen Gaming

Daniel Georges — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:11:22 +0000

Is there anything more annoying then split screen gaming? You have a friend over to play some games, and all of a sudden your massive screen is cut in half and neither of you can see any of the action. Sony may have an awesome solution to this problem.
The patent basically turns your 3D screen into two 2D screen (when special glasses are used). By creating a 50/60 hz refresh on odds and the same on evens, Sony have created the illusion of having two different images visible on the same TV.
Not only will it work for gaming, you could also watch two different videos at once, ending the age old TV bickering of who controls the remote in the relationship (it should always be the man BTW). As an added bonus the glasses will also come with their own set of headphones, for split audio.
Other then the part where you have to wear stupid looking glasses and have a super expensive 3D television, I am starting to get excited by local multi player gaming again!

Via [3D Vision Blog]

Windows Mobile 7 Is All Bing

Daniel Georges — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:18:41 +0000

Microsoft may have made a largish mistake by making Bing the sole provider of search on the nextgen Windows Mobile platform. Apparently Greg Sullivan, senior product manager for Microsoft, has said “the search engine has been heavily integrated into the OS, so it would be hard to offer an alternative.” What this means is not only is Bing the default choice for search, it is also the only choice for search.
As long as Bing is up to the task, and from my experience it isn’t, then their shouldn’t be a problem. If you aren’t happy with Bing, give it a few months and every other search engine will sue them into submission.

Via [BGR]

Nook Joins Android Bandwagon

Daniel Georges — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:12:56 +0000

Nook has finally joined Kindle in the Android Marketplace. The interesting part is that the Nook is already an Android device, so porting it shouldn’t have been much of a challenge at all.
Apart from being ‘yet-another-ebook-store’ for the Android marketplace, it is the first application to offer ebook lending. That in itself makes using Nook over Kindle desirable if you ever want to share books with friends or strange homeless people.

Via [Engadget]

Amazon Is Either Doing Great Or Terrible?

Daniel Georges — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:59:37 +0000

Amazon have said that they are selling more electronics books then physical books. This is either great news for digital technology making leaps forward in the book market, or Amazon is selling less books because someone else is doing it better.
Additionally the Kindle is doing exceptionally well, with sales tripling after the slight price drop a few weeks ago. With the success of the iPad and the price drop of pretty much every ereader on the market, it makes a lot of sense that ebooks are really selling well. Lets face it, who doesn’t want to carry their entire book collection everywhere they go?

Via [AllThingDigital]