The latest beta for iPhone’s recently-announced OS 4.0 was briefly released to developers, then pulled, but after some rooting around, a new feature has been found: media player controls over the dock. The widget is summoned with a swipe to the left. It’s a slightly different implementation than the old popup player, but a nice change of pace
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iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 3 Features New Media Control
We all know what the Three Wolf Moon shirt looks like, so I won’t link it here. But did you know that it was actually made up of not one, but four separate images? True fact is true! Yes, it’s another clever little shirt from the chaps whose entire business is clever little shirts.
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Three JPEG moon T-shirt: meta meta meta ironic
It’s an endless battle: a new transport protocol replaces an old one and all of the drives based on the older system are completely obsolete. Well, Seagate thought long and hard and created the GoFlex system, a drive with removable transport hardware that can turn a standard SATA drive into a USB 2.0/3.0 drive, a Firewire storage device, or even a powered eSATA device
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Quick Look: Seagate launches the FreeAgent GoFlex system
Comedian Ellen Degeneres claimed she upset Apple officials with a parody of the company’s iPhone commercials, prompting the talk show host to apologize for jokingly portraying the touchscreen device as difficult to use.
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Comedian Ellen DeGeneres apologizes for iPhone commercial parody
We like electric vehicles here at CrunchGear, from the Volt to the Leaf to the Eneloop to the U3-X . But none of those are very common purchases, and although electric cars are looked forward to with anticipation, electric bikes seem to have escaped the notice of the US altogether.
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A few things to know about electric bikes
Seagate’s making a big bet on SATA connectors, though the company wouldn’t describe it that way: Its new FreeAgent GoFlex line of hard drives and accessories makes use of the standard interface to offer a wide range of easy connectivity options. Out of the box, the basic drive comes with a USB 2.0 connector. If your next notebook sports a USB 3.0 port, eSATA port, or a FireWire 800 connection, no problem: Just remove the Seagate drive’s back end and plug in the corresponding cable kit (sold separately by Seagate for $20 to $40)
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Seagate’s New Drives Offer Mix-and-Match Connectors
This is an upcoming iPhone app that allows for translation, without switching back and forth between languages. As you can see, this app has two sets of keyboards that allow both users to type what they are saying on one side, and have it translated on the other. This creates a conversation that is two-sided
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iPhone App uses two keypads for translation
There must be some new fad for putting celebrity voices onto GPS devices, as Mio released their Knight Rider GPS a while ago. I heard that Homer Simpson was done in a similar manner. Tom Tom has made their contribution to this fad by putting Star Wars voices on their GPS devices
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Star Wars Voices put on TomTom GPS devices
With Android’s fragmentation issues , there has been a lot of concern when it comes to updating a device, especially when it comes to wondering whether or not a particular Android phone will be upgraded to the next software version. Now that most Motorola ( NYSE: MOT ) Droid users are upgraded to Android 2.1 (Eclair), it has surpassed the numbers of Android 1.6 (Donut). But but even the increased number of Eclair users now, Android 1.5 (Cupcake) users are still the biggest piece of the Android pie.
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Eclair users surpass Donut, Cupcake still king of Android
Newspaper executives are reporting early success for iPad subscriptions, although their previous contracts related to Amazon’s Kindle are affecting the price and content they are able to offer, reportedly leaving Steve Jobs angry.
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Apple’s iPad beating Kindle for news, but hurt by Amazon contracts
Writing about the newest technology can be tiring. As a man once said , “Everything’s amazing and nobody’s happy.” More storage! More speed! I want apps and GPS and privacy! The days before terabyte external drives and gigahertz phone processors were a more tranquil time, though admittedly we look back on it through a rose-tinted lens. Still, in between all the underpowered Windows 98SE PCs, fragile flip-phones, and mammoth laptops, there were plenty of gadgets we still remember with no small affection
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Gadgets Of Days Gone By
Apple has issued a third beta release of the upcoming iPhone OS 4 firmware reference release to registered developers, although the initial update has been temporarily suspended to fix an installation issue. It fixes bugs and debuts new iPod playback and orientation lock features.
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Apple releases iPhone OS 4 beta 3 with lock, iPod widget features
In a conversation with Fox Business News, business luminaries Bill Gates and Warren Buffett praised Apple’s performance while talking about tablet technologies and presented an overall strong outlook for the American economy.
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Bill Gates, Warren Buffett praise Apple, US economic outlook
China Unicom got a lot of flak for launching the iPhone without Wi-Fi , but even though the 3GS will soon be available with it ( as expected ), the criticisms might not recede. The 3GS listed here in a regulatory document will have WAPI , a special wireless designation much like Wi-Fi that could potentially allow the Chinese government to eavesdrop on transmissions (though the specifics of WAPI have been obscured, preventing confirmation) .
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China Unicom to Offer WAPI (Wi-Fi) iPhone 3GS
CardStar launched an app for iPhone last summer that allowed you to store all of your loyalty card info on your phone, knocking down the girth of your wallet considerably, and now it’s available on Android and BlackBerry ( NSDQ: RIMM ) handsets.
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CardStar Saves Loyalty Cards on BlackBerry and Android
Short version : LiveBooks is a website designed to provide a platform for photographers and other artists to display and sell their work online. It’s an interesting alternative to the other sites out there in that it’s relatively easy to use, and the standard design templates are extremely well done. Features : No upload limit Drag and drop image management Password protected portfolios; perfect for clients Pros : Easy to set up Nice design templates Includes shopping cart integration MSRP: $39 a month/$399 a year Cons : Some loss of image quality during re-size Can’t easily change design template; requires help from support There’s no shortage of websites out there designed for photographers.
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Review: LiveBooks photo site
Data hogs, rejoice: The 3G iPad’s unlimited data plan appears to be truly unlimited. A tech blogger put AT&T’s network through a “torture test” by downloading a huge amount of data, and he faced zero obstacles
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3G iPad’s ‘Unlimited’ Data Plan Survives Torture Test
I’ve always been a huge fan of the Star Walk app for iPhone . Not only it is an amazing app to discover the sky, but it is also beautifully made, taking full advantage of the iPhone’s features. For those of you who don’t know what Star Walk is about, here is the App Store description: Star Walk is your personal planetarium that can answer all of your curiosities about the sky! For anyone who is interested in stargazing, amateurs or professionals Star Walk makes discovering more than 9,000 stars, planets, constellations, and messier objects as beautiful and easy as it has never been before! With Star Walk, you can see the sky in front of you in real-time.
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Star Walk for iPad, Because Bigger is Better [App Giveaway]
This week at CrunchGear , we’re looking back at some of our favorite gadgets from the not-so-distant past — old phones, computers, media players, toys… those devices that still stand out in our memories despite their obsolescence. Feel free to contribute some of your own nostalgia. The Hewlett Packard DeskJet 500 was the first printer I bought with my own money
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Gadgets of days gone by: HP DeskJet 500
Looks like Virgin Mobile (which is now owned by Sprint ( NYSE: S )) is aggressively pursuing the texting crowd as it is rumored to be launching some cheap plans that include unlimited texts, e-mails and data.
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Virgin Mobile nabs new phones, will intro cheap unlimited plans
We’ve been yearning to learn more and more about the Motorola Shadow , and even with the upcoming Motorola ( NYSE: MOT ) Android smartphone’s leak from the WiFi Alliance , we just can’t get enough! Hearing anything about this device is music to my ears. That is, until a rumor surfaces saying that the Shadow isn’t the new Nexus Two , but the Droid Two instead – as possibly a Verizon ( NYSE: VZ )-only handset.
The indie game scene has been blowing up in recent years along with a wealth of blogs and communities surrounding the sub-industry. Even “major” indie games, however, still get overlooked if they don’t have a console release, and as a consequence a number of excellent games get passed up and some really ingenious developers don’t get the compensation they deserve.
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“Humble Indie Bundle” lets you pay what you want for a stellar lineup