Playing up his characteristic “one more thing” showmanship, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs introduced FaceTime for the new iPhone 4 as an easy to use video chat app that works over WiFi. Here’s why it matters, how it’s open, why it’s currently WiFi only, and how it stacks up to other Voice over IP video calling apps such as Skype
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Inside iPhone 4: FaceTime video calling
If you are stuck with an old iPhone but wish you had an Android device, there’s a way to combine the two, creating a smartphone with the body of the former and the brains of the latter. A recent hack shows how to run the latest version of Google’s mobile OS, Android 2.2 aka FroYo, on Apple’s iPhone 3G. The mod still has a few bugs and isn’t stable enough for everyday use, but it’s a first step towards creating a hacked Android operating system for the iPhone.
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iPhone Hacked to Run Android 2.2
In case you thought that iMovie for the iPhone 4 was great, then you probably need to watch this video. I’m not sure how Nokia’s N8 measures up to Apple’s mobile video editor, but I think it is interesting that the N8 lets the user add photos and videos to a storyboard, trim clips, as well as add and even customize titles and transitions
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Nokia N8 video editor demonstrated on video
I must be seeing things… is that an official WWE YouTube page , and one that already has last night’s episode of Monday Night Raw online? This is so unlike WWE, embracing technology. They must have hired someone new in recent weeks, someone who told them that, you know, the Internet isn’t merely for “geeks” anymore
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WWE finally has a YouTube account (and with full episodes)
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker comes out today in North America, and in 10 days in Europe. (It came out in Japan about two weeks ago.) Famous Japanese video game magazine Famitsu gave it a 40/40, so we can safely assume it’s not bad at all. Also not bad, probably?
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Astro A30 Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker headset coming at ya
Monday morning, Steve Jobs was highlighting the Pulse reader application for iPad during his WWDC 2010 keynote, but that afternoon a complaint from The New York Times prompted Apple to pull the software from the App Store [update: now available again].
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Pulse iPad app praised by Steve Jobs, later pulled from App Store [u]
I’m sure that you are wondering how iPhone version 4 OS could be jailbroken already, with the Phone not being released until sometime before the end of this month. Apparently, some Gold Master release of iOS 4 was “seeded to developers yesterday”, and attempts were immediately made to totally Alcatraz that thing. Go ahead and click on my source if you want to know more about it.
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iOS4 jailbroken already?
This is one of those articles where the Title really says it all. Considering that we have been publishing article after article about this whole Steve Jobs keynote thing, I thought that I would give you an easy way to see the whole thing for yourself.
In case you missed the keynote at WWDC, then you should know that Steve Jobs did use a lifeline of phoning a friend. He did so to show “one more thing” about the new iPhone: Facetime. It is a new feature that allows video chat, and it uses the front or rear cameras in portrait or landscape mode.
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Facetime video calling on the iPhone 4
Not to be outdone by iMovie on the iPhone , Apple ( NSDQ: AAPL )’s hottest new video editing application, Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) has given us a little video editing demo of its own. The N8, which was pretty much laughed at when it was announced, isn’t a slouch when it comes to photo or video editing itself: you can add and crop images, pictures and videos to your storyboard, trim video, customize transitions, add text titles and so much more. Another helpful feature actually comes in the form of hardware – Nokia’s USB On-The-Go attachment which allows you to use a USB flash stick to transfer files directly to and from the N8 and your thumb drive
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Nokia Shows Off N8 Photo and Video Editing Features
Adobe on Tuesday announced the release of Photoshop Lightroom 3 for Mac and Windows, the latest version of its professional photography software, with new features such as support for DSLR video files and tethering shooting on selected cameras.
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Adobe releases 64-bit Lightroom 3 with support for tethered shooting
BerryTunes is a MP3 Player application for BlackBerry smartphones.You will be able to play the audio files your BlackBerry supports. Most models will be able to play MP3, AAC, M4A, AMR, WAV, MID and certain WMA files.Also included in the features are Internet Radio stations and Listen to Streaming Podcasts.
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BerryTunes – Audio Player, Streaming Radio & Podcasts for BlackBerry Phones
Sprint’s 4G phone came out last week, and reviews are appearing. We’ll look a bit more at this phone even though it’s not Windows Mobile because it harbingers the 4G speeds that will eventually be available to you on Windows Phone 7 devices. Also, this week we’ll look more closely at Kin Studio, since it shows so clearly the direction that Microsoft is headed with its mobile devices
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Rumored Windows Phone 7 Devices, Microsoft’s Vision, More on 4G Phone Speeds
HTC’s Evo might be the last phone running custom software on top of Android that you should even consider buying. Because the whole trend of skinning Android has become a horrible, dividing mess. The problem with an Android phone running a phone manufacturer’s home-brew software, like HTC’s Sense or Sony’s TimeScape, is well-known: You’re going to wait a lot longer to get the freshest version of Android
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Why You Should Avoid Phones With Android Skins
We really, really want the Motorola Bei Hai to make an appearance in the United States. Too many devices are named thing like “Extreme,” and “Incredible.” It’s time we changed things up! Alas, it probably won’t happen, and if the Bei Hai ends up on these shores any time in the distant future, it will get a name change. Oh well
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Motorola Bei Hai and Goldfinch Make it Through Bluetooth Gauntlet
Before Apple announced its newly renamed iOS, the company came to an agreement with the owner of the trademark, Cisco. Also, a screenshot temporarily shown on Apple’s website suggested Keynote, part of the iWork suite, could be coming to the iPhone
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Cisco licenses iOS name to Apple, screenshot shows iWork on iPhone
Part of the iPhone 4 presentation yesterday was the fact that both the front and the back of the iPhone will be made of glass. When I heard the news, I thought to myself “wow, it’s gonna look so nice”. Then a few seconds later my mind went a different way and I started to realize that with the iPhone 4, I’ll have twice the trouble of protecting the screen
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iPhone 4 Likely to Cost Twice the Price in Screen Protection
Inspired Instruments , makers of a portable, real-string digital guitar dubbed the You Rock Guitar , has raised $1.25 million from a number of private investors in preparation for the launch of the You Rock Guitar platform and to move forward with a line of accessories and software solutions. The company’s flagship product, the You Rock Guitar, is a mobile digital guitar and game controller that plays nice with the Wii, PlayStation 3, your computer, iPod / iPhone, iPad, your amplifier or stereo and with popular games like Guitar Hero and RockBand.
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Inspired Instruments Raises $1.25M, Lets You Rock Out On A Digital Guitar (Video)
Aside from the usual under-the-hood improvements, Safari 5 ships with a new feature called Safari Reader (seen above). The concept is simple enough: you’re reading text on a Web site but don’t want to be distracted by terrible page layouts and extraordinarily annoying animated advertisements.
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Want Safari Reader functionality in Firefox or Google Chrome? Try Readability (it’s quite good).
Apple on Monday changed the terms of its iOS developer agreement to allow outside, independent advertising agencies to collect data with user consent, but the change also has a provision that appears to exclude Google’s AdMob.
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Apple’s modified iOS terms allow outside advertisers, limit AdMob
The Trackball Numeric Keypad Hub is something of a workaholic. Not only does it combine four massive technological achievements into one handy black plastic utensil, but also manages to broker world peace on the weekends
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Trackball Numeric Keypad Hub – aka the cram it all in-a-tastic…
This Water Bobble is a recycled plastic water bottle with its own filter purifier in the cap. Just fill it up with tap water and get some carbon filtered goodness down your throat instead of buying all that fancy shmancy 112 words | permalink | 2 comments | digg this
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Water Bobble – recycled water bottle with filter cap