Devin recently reviewed the ContourHD 1080p , a wearable HD camcorder designed to be worn during activities that would cause other camcorders to self-destruct. One thing it couldn’t do, however, was go into the water (though it resisted some splashing). It’s not designed to be waterproof out of the box, which definitely could be a problem for divers, rafters, or other water-sport enthusiasts.
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Wearable ContourHD cam gets lens kit and waterproof housing accessories
When it comes to courtroom justice on the Nintendo DS, Phoenix Wright is the judge, jury, and executioner. All terrible court jokes aside, Capcom’s Mobile Contents Head Takeshi Tezuka announced earlier today they’ll be bringing Phoenix Wright to the iPhone during a talk session at the Apple ( NSDQ: AAPL ) Store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan. The title that started it all, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, will be the first title in the series to be given the iPhone treatment. Takeshi-san told attendees to expect more than just a simple port, saying the iPhone’s ‘flick’ input when selecting different commands to input. No word yet on a release date, but we’re told it should be out “soon”
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Objection! Phoenix Wright Being Released for the iPhone
Smirnoff and Time Out are launching the ‘Smirnoff & Time Out iPhone app’ on 14th December 2009. The app features up-to-the-minute Time Out content on one-of-a-kind events and experiences in London, including the best nightlife, culture and eating out as picked by Time Out’s expert team of editors. Lovers of unique nightlife and culture without iPhones can also access the information at www.timeout.com/smirnoff
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The New Smirnoff & Time Out iPhone App Set To Transform Londoner’s Social Lives
Listen to this MP3 file [ 9 minutes 53 seconds; 3.5 MB ] to get a taste of one of the most brutal questions asked at Nokia ( NYSE: NOK )’s Capital Markets Day event on Wednesday.
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Audio: The most painful question and answer session Nokia has ever had to go through [Ovi Store]
OtterBox have announced some new cases, just in time for the holiday spending season. Now available are Commuter Series cases for the HTC Ozone and LG Arena KM900 … PLUS, there’s also an Impact Series case for the LG Arena KM900. The Impact Series case for the LG Arena provides the minimal level of protection OtterBox offers (which, let’s be honest… is still a lot!)
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OtterBox Announces Commuter and Impact Series Cases for HTC Ozone and LG Arena KM900
Not a day goes by without coming across one or more stories related to The Pirate Bay . Today is no different, with OpenBitTorrent (a tracker that Hollywood has accused of being The Pirate Bay’s spiritual successor, serving some 550,000 “works”) being given a new lease on life by a Swedish court. The gist is, Hollywood wanted the tracker shut down, but said Swedish court denied the action
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Targeted by Hollywood, OpenBitTorrent lives to fight another day
MTV and the Associated Press surveyed 1,247 people between the ages of 14 and 24 in September to find out what they thought about sexting. For those unfamiliar with the term, sexting refers to people sending naughty photos to other people. Of the people who admitted to sexting, half of them didn’t see sexting as a big deal, while the other half called it a serious problem
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MTV survey says boys think sexting is hot, girls think it’s slutty, and a third of you have done it
The biggest Twitter client for Android, Twidroid , has updated to version 3.0 with a lengthy changelog. threaded conversations in-app image previews for twitpic, yfrog, twitgoo, phodroid, posterous and twitter profile images in-app link previews twidroid plugins 1.0 + example on our website action menu design streamlined with icons share option for single tweet view large avatar in profile saved searches sync with twitter marker for tweets annotated with geo information report spam remember timeline position setting (default: on) jump to top in timeline button autocomplete usernames for timeline and replies bring up tweet box directly by typing @ DM list now with avatars HTC hero image upload (finally) friends/followers also available in free version | moved to profile view Plug-ins sound like a really interesting initiative, and it’s easy to imagine interest among devs who are looking for quick and dirty Android social networking integration without the fuss of making something from scratch.
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Twidroid Updated to 3.0, Featuring Plug-Ins, Image Previews and Threaded Conversations
eXpansys are bringing their usual raft of great deals this week – but remember offers are only valid between 11am and 5pm, UK time, on December 4th 2009! HP iPAQ Data Messenger Windows Smartphone – save £20 http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=175461&partner=intomobile Novatel Wireless Merlin XU870 3G HSDPA 3.6/7.2 Mbps ExpressCard – save £20 http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=190396&partner=intomobile Tech21 iBand Case – save £5 http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=186550&partner=intomobile iGo EverywherePower 3500 Charger 2-Pack – save £5 http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=173095&partner=intomobile Premier Systems Breathalyser 2-Pack – save £5 http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=188675&partner=intomobile iGo CoolStand for Laptops 2-Pack – save £3 http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=189301&partner=intomobile I have to say that my personal fave there is the Tech21 iBand case – it’s as hard as nails, but only when dropped, due to some very clever materials in the case that toughen on impact – spooky, but very very cool! Again, offers are only valid between 11am and 5pm, UK time, on December 4th 2009! eXpansys are bringing their usual raft of great deals this week – but remember the offers are only valid between 11am and 5pm, UK time, on December 4th 2009! HP iPAQ Data Messenger Windows Smartphone – save £20 Novatel Wireless Merlin XU870 3G HSDPA 3.6/7.2 Mbps ExpressCard – save £20 Tech21 iBand Case – save £5 iGo EverywherePower 3500 Charger 2-Pack – save £5 Premier Systems Breathalyser 2-Pack – save £5 iGo CoolStand for Laptops 2-Pack – save £3 I have to say that my personal fave there is the Tech21 iBand case – it’s as hard as nails, but only when dropped, due to some very clever materials in the case that toughen on impact – spooky, but very very cool! Again, the offers are only valid between 11am and 5pm, UK time, on December 4th 2009! Related News from IntoMobile: eXpansys Friday Deals: 20th November eXpansys Friday Deals: Selected deals between 11am and 5pm, 13th November 2009 eXpansys Thursday deals, October 22nd 2009 (for those in the UK) UK: eXpansys: Most Wanted Gadgets in 2009 eXpansys – New Windows Mobile 6.5 & Android Smartphones Share this:
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eXpansys Friday deals for December 4th 2009
Opera launched the second beta versions of Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10, available as free downloads. In this second beta release, Opera Mini and Opera Mobile users can now enjoy popular desktop features, such as Opera Link and the Download Manager, from their mobile phones. With Opera Link, users can synchronize personal browser settings with their Opera desktop browser, as well as all their connected devices, ensuring that their bookmarks, Speed Dial and search engines are always accessible.
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Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10 beta2 Available
Two very unofficial BlackBerry ( NSDQ: RIMM ) OS leaks have come down the pipe over the last 12 hours or so… This time around the leaks concern the Curve 8530, and Storm2 9520. OS 5.0.0.386 for the Curve 8530 is available right here , and it said to be the version that TELUS ( NYSE: TU ) will ship said device with
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BlackBerry OS Leaks: OS 5.0.0.386 for the Curve 8530 and OS 5.0.0.402 for the Storm2
Pocket-lint.com is reporting that The Carphone Warehouse (major mobile retailer in the UK) will exclusively sell two new handsets from Samsung this week – the S5560, and B3410. The Samsung S5560 The S5560 is packing a touchscreen display with handwriting recognition, WiFi, 5MP camera, and will take up to 16GB MicroSD cards. Quite reasonable, I think you’ll agree, for £149.95 on PAYG (it’s also on contract)
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Samsung debuts B3410 and S5560 exclusively with Carphone Warehouse
Namco Networks has today made Garters & Ghouls the first game to utilise the digital compass on the iPhone 3GS with the launch of its Version 1.1 update. The game, with is also compatible with other iPhone and iPod touch models, takes place in 19th century Washington D.C. where the player takes control of Marie Dupois, a young debutante brought back to life.
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First game to use iPhone 3GS digital compass is on the App Store now!
What is going on? Is there some kind of mobile device software sickness happening at Sony Ericsson ( NYSE: SNE )? First, they pull their premier device, the Satio, due to ’software issues’ (that’s deliberately vague methinks), and now it’s little brother, the Aino gets pulled too! The same reasoning is being given for the recall of the Aino from shelves, in that there are software glitches – the nature of which is again pretty unclear
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Sony Ericsson Aino struck down by software woes also
Boston-based Localytics is offering a mobile analytics solution to give app developers real-time dashboards and the “deepest insights” into how customers use their applications. As a result, companies and individuals behind the apps can drill-down into their users’ experiences, and eventually tweak the apps and test new strategies to drive sales
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Localytics provides iPhone, Android and BlackBerry app developers with the idea how customers use their apps
Mobile media network and service provider GoTV Networks announced an exclusive agreement with CallOnJesus.com to bring a library of faith-based apps to mobile phones. Under the agreement, GoTV will syndicate content from CallOnJesus.com — including books, video and audio files — to mobile phones through GoTV’s carrier network and application storefronts. Three applications have been already launched: CallOnJesus – Integrated sermon video, Bible reader and daily devotional application ( $5.99 from the AppStore ) Bible in a Year – Integrated Bible reader and devotional video application ( $4.99 from the AppStore ) Romancing Royalty – Daily devotional application ( $3.99 from the AppStore ) The three apps are currently available for the iPhone/iPod Touch users, as well as Android-powered smartphone owners, and can be downloaded from the Apple ( NSDQ: AAPL )’s AppStore and Google ( NSDQ: GOOG )’s Android Market, respectively
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GoTV Networks mobile-izes CallOnJesus content
There’s a bit of a tizzy this week about Sprint allowing police officials to read up to 8 million “pings” on its network in order to track felons. Sprint made it considerably easier for police to do this by adding a special “portal,” probably a phone number-based dump of GPS data for phones over time, to the service they offer upon receiving a court order or a subpoena. I wonder, however, if this 8 million number isn’t far too high to be within the realm of sanity and/or if this number should make us concerned.
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Is Sprint letting the police follow us around?
Tokyo-based Kenko-Tokina , normally known for its camera accessories, has announced a cute Disney-themed digital camera [JP] for the Japanese market today. Spec-wise, this 8MP point-and-shoot camera isn’t anything special, but that’s what you’d expect from a camera whose case shows Mickey Mouse giving Minnie a bucket of hearts. You’ll get a 1/2.5 CMOS sensor, 4x digital zoom, 16MB of internal memory, an SDHC/SD memory card slot (up to 8GB), a USB 2.0 port and a 2.36-inch TFT screen.
A friend of mine just asked me a few minutes ago whether she should spring for an SSD in her new laptop. No way, I told her — SSDs are improving far too quickly for a consumer to invest hundreds of dollars in something guaranteed to be superseded almost instantly. And lo and behold, almost as I was texting her, I noticed this post over at Giz about the newest Microns breaking speed records that were probably set within the last couple months
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New Micron SSDs fastest in the world – but for how long?
Vodafone ( NYSE: VOD ) Spain has launched the SHOWWX pico projector, a portable (pico) projector from Microvision. The SHOWWX pico projector uses revolutionary laser-based display technology that delivers large, colorful, bright, and vivid images that are always in focus, regardless of projection distance The accessory product is a simple plug-n-play pico projector (think large matchbox) for people who wants to view and share mobile TV, movies, photos, presentations and more content anywhere they go! Users can take the pocket-sized projector anywhere, plug it into their portable media players, mobile phones, notebooks, MP3 and other portable mobile media devices with TV-Out or VGA functionality and share a big screen experience with friends, family or business associates
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Vodafone Spain launches Microvision SHOWWX Pico projector
This must be the best take-off of the year by one of the red-top newspapers in the UK The Sun, which is celebrating 40 years of informing the nation this year, has parodied the iPhone advert in ad for their own newspaper. There are some excellent mirth-making touches in this little vid – I highly recommend you watch and be amused This must be the best take-off of the year by one of the red-top newspapers in the UK …
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Awesome parody of iPhone ads by UK newspaper
Hmmm - following on from my last post about placement of mobile devices in videos, I was expecting a ton of them to pop up in Beyonce’s latest music video – given the song is called Videophone… Well you’ll be disappointed – there’s no product placement of any mobile devices, in fact, it’s got some potentially questionable content (at least that’s what the UK press/members of parliament think…).
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New track from Beyonce – Videophone (no phones in it though)