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Pressure Demonstration for IPad

rongconcrx — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:30:36 +0000

This is a technical demonstration of pressure sensitivity on an Apple iPad using a Pogo Sketch. The video shows how pen pressure can be used to change the width of a line. Palm rejection capabilities are also demonstrated.

T-Mobile Sidekick LX 3G

rongconcrx — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:50:26 +0000

The fresh version of the Sidekick LX ($200 in on a two-year contract, as of 5/1/09), T-Mobile’s popular messaging phone generally aimed at teenagers, sports grown-up characteristics this as 3G support, GPS, and an improved, a greater number of sophisticated design. But unfortunately the Sidekick LX that much has a few quirks.
For example, the mailbox stores one and only 6MB of memory, contrary the occurence who the Sidekick LX now has Exchange Active Sync support. That on-board storage is a paltry total sum wanting to the likely information capacity of right now multimedia messaging phone. Additionally, the Sidekick LX much has the same awkward-design problems as we saw on the 2007 version.

The hardware, made by Sharp, retains the iconic swivel design and faintly slimmer dimensions. The 3.2-inch (0.2 inch large as opposed to the 2007 model), 854 by 480, F-WVGA rating is gorgeous–one of the highest quality I’ve observed on a handset, particularly a midrange messaging device. The paints are bright, things are crisp, and animations render smoothly.

The keyboard, as expected, is excellent. The keys are nicely spaced and tactile, and properties hold the exemplary extent of clickiness. But I was disappointed to see so T-Mobile kept the sum keys at the top of the keyboard. On the 2007 example we at last found the current design selection awkward and counterintuitive, and I suffer to say it is the same story now. T-Mobile looks as if it’s to suffer put so significantly gas to the messaging capabilities of the phone the present it did not ponder the encounters of bringing about a hire through right now design. The level keys are virtually directly underneath the display’s hinge, and you ought to swivel the keyboard out to dial and coming back in yet again to talk, that can get annoying.

The majority of navigation on the device is finished investing in the BlackBerry-esque trackball. For the the majority of part, it functions rather far investing in the UI, clearly gliding in the a multitude of menu choices. In particular instances, however, the UI a bit slow but sure to respond regardless of repeated finger flicks through the trackball.

Call top notch for the duration of T-Mobile’s 3G network was good, but I heard a faint hiss on my end–something we have have had to deal with amid T-Mobile phones in the past, this kind of as the Shadow. Parties on the supplementary end of the string claimed this my voice sounded obvious provided extensive volume. A few noticed a hiss but stated it was not distracting.

The Sidekick LX’s OS, the Danger OS, is able to use a refresh. Though it is easy sufficient to navigate, it feels a bit out-of-date. It just now does not undergo a massive lot of aesthetic appeal, that is unfortunate on the a lovely display. The Sidekick LX comes preloaded through Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter apps. The Facebook app is truly good: You can view your News feed (which informs all of your friends’ activity), update your status, search engine for new friends and send messages–almost all of it you can do on your PC. The Twitter app is not as full-featured as a great deal more mobile Twitter apps, but it becomes the job done. You can, obviously, update your status, reply to your friends’ tweets, supply and mimic new users, and view a friend’s timeline.

Another new feature, the on-device Download Catalog, is regrettably a bit sparse at this moment time, but it has potential. You can download themes, ring tones, games, and a few productivity, social, and entertainment apps.

The Sidekick LX’s camera has been heard upgraded on a measly 1 megapixel to 3.2 megapixels in on an LED flash. And unlike providing the original, you can now store video–a must-have for a messaging phone. Image grade was rather clever overall, even though a couple of of my indoor pictures looked a bit grainy. Video quality, unfortunately disappointed. My videos came out basically pixelated and motions appeared choppy and delayed.

The Sidekick LX is very much an improvement for the duration of the 2007 version, but I feel similar to such upgrade would own arrive a bit earlier. Sure, 3G validation and a 3.2-megapixel camera are desired additions, but a good amount messaging phones out there are way down the road of the Sidekick LX. The Samsung Impression, for example, has an AMOLED display and a smartphone-like user interface. Sidekick fans would with out a doubt know such upgrade, and regardless of its sophisticated enhancements, I can see it making remarkably popular among the teenage demographic.

IPHONE 3G 3.0 UNLOCK ULTRASN0W RELEASE!!

rongconcrx — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:57:31 +0000

Here it is boys and girls iPhone Dev-Team’s Ultrasn0w unlock for legacy iPhone 3G owners is ready. The unlock works with the original iPhone as well but not the iPhone 3GS; for that you’ll have to be patient. Just follow the easy steps below to get your iphone 3g 3.0 to unlock your iphone.

Here is how to install ultrasn0w:

Ensure you have upgraded to iPhone OS 3.0
Jailbreak your iPhone 3G using redsn0w or PwnageTool (this will also install Cydia/Icy)
Run Cydia or Icy
Please add the repo repo666.ultrasn0w.com to Cydia or Icy. That last “o” is actually the number zero “0”! If you use the letter “o” you’ll get an error.
Search for ‘ultrasn0w’ in cydia or icy and install ultrasn0w
Reboot your iPhone 3G
T-Mobile USA users should disable 3G before using ultrasn0w
Enjoy

[via : iphone dev-team blog]

Introducing T-Mobile myTouch 3g

Wired — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:28:53 +0000

T-Mobile annouced its much anticipated second Android phone officially called myTouch 3g with Google. Succeeding the G1, myTouch is much sleeker, slimmer, and boasting a wide array of new features. Touch screen display with a virtual keyboard will replace the old physical keypad. Just in time to compete with Apple’s new iPhone 3G S.

Running on the Android platform means you get all the Google services including Google maps, Gmail, Picasa, Stree View, Youtube, ect. All your instant messaging needs are included as it supports AOL, Windows Live, Google Talk, and Yahoo Messaging.

The phone itself is the same as the HTC launched in Europe earlier this year under the name HTC Magic. Available in three colors white, red, and black. It’ll come with updated Android OS 1.5. It’ll feature a 3.2-inch display (320 by 480 pixels), 3.15 mega pixel camera, 3G radio, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and 192MB RAM / 256MB ROM.

myTouch 3g can be preordered on July 8th with a price tag of $199 with a two year contract.

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iPhone 3G S Hands On

Wired — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:59:39 +0000

The Fastest iPhone Ever

“The first thing you’ll notice about iPhone 3GS is how quickly you can launch applications. Web pages render in a fraction of the time, and you can view email attachments faster. Improved performance and updated 3D graphics deliver an incredible gaming experience, too. In fact, everything you do on iPhone 3GS is up to 2x faster and more responsive than iPhone 3G”

The new iPhone will let you capture, record, and edit videos. Then share your video in an email, post it to your MobileMe gallery, publish it on YouTube, or sync it back to your Mac or PC using iTunes.

Its CPU is boosted to 600MHz from the regular iPhone 3G’s 412MHz CPU and its memory doubled to 256MB, indeed delivers a noticeably zippier user experience compared with the original iPhone and the iPhone 3G.

The camera will also be upgraded to a 3 megapixel.

They are available for $299 (32mb) or $199 (16mb) with a two year contract.

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