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Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Apple iTV Coming 2012 – Sharp To Produce Displays [Rumor]

Over the last few weeks we have heard more rumors on Apple’s possible iTv project. We reported a few days ago that Sharp was a possible supplier of displays for the new iPad and now we have seen news thatSharp may also be supplying screen for an upcoming TV.A Wall Street analyst with a history of accurately predicting Apple’s development process...

Video hands-on with Cluzee: Not quite a Siri competitor

There are a few things a voice-recognition app needs to do well to be successful -- and must do extremely well if it wants to call itself a competitor to Apple's Siri. It needs to be easilly accessible, and launch quickly. Very quickly. It needs to actually understand what you're saying. It needs to return results quickly. As we continue to find out, this is easier said than done. The latest victim candidate is Cluzee, which bills itself as "Your Intelligent Personal Assisant" -- and which despite some initial glowing press...

Galaxy Nexus cracked open -- silicon, tiny screws and magic found inside

As is customary with any big, new phone, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus recently received the teardown treatment from the fearless spudgers over at iFixit. There's nothing too surprising lurking inside the chassis -- after all, we've been over and over the specs for this thing in the lead up to its release. Nevertheless, if you're big on electronics and want to...

Monday, 28 November 2011

Skyrocket in white, afternoon delight

We're still not seeing it on AT&T's product page, but Samsung most certainly does have a white version of the Galaxy S II Skyrocket waiting in the wings, for those of you who are into that sort of things. Specs look to be identical to the black Skyrocket, save for the shell. Keep an eye out for this one to be available at some point, we reckon. Source: Samsung; Thanks,...

Android Game Review: Ground Effect Pro XHD

If there's one game I loved playing as I was growing up, it'd have to be Hydro Thunder. Piloting souped-up speed boats with ridiculous turbo jets tacked onto their backs was one of the highlights of any trip to the arcade, and I could burn endless amounts of quarters playing again and again and again...

Tweaks Of The Week: StatusBarSeconds, CustomColor, InstaURL, LaunchVibrate, and AutoScroller

There have been a lot of tweaks that have come out this week. Many of these tweaks can be useful, but some are just for plain out fun. This week we review StatusBarSeconds, CustomColor, InstaURL, LaunchVibrate, and AutoScroller. StatusBarSeconds is a free tweak that puts seconds on your status bar’s clock. I find this tweak pretty neat because I like to know the seconds of the day. The developer mentioned that there might be somebattery drainage due to the constant updating of the time. I, however, have...

Saturday, 26 November 2011

Microsoft TellMe vs Siri

Microsoft claims that they have had Siri like capabilities on Windows phones for over a year. While this might be true there is quite a difference between the two. A video came out from TechAU proving this. TellMe (Microsoft’s assistant) stuggles to recognize what the user is saying meanwhile Siri is executing the tasks and guideing the user through their options New...

High Resolution iPad 3 Due To Come In March

iLounge’s sources claim that a “slightly thicker” next generation iPad is due to come in March of 2012.It will feature a body change along with the next iPhone and Macbook Pro. The display of the iPad will be improved (possibly retina) and the reason that the device will be 0.7mm thicker. The source also claims that the product could be shown off as soon as January of...

How To Get Settings Panel Shortcuts On Your Home Screen For Free! (No Jailbreak Required)

We reported a couple of weeks ago about how to get SBSettings like toggles for free without a jailbreak. It was really neat and I personally liked it a lot, but now I am here to show you a new faster, easier, nicer looking, and free way to add toggles. Here are the steps that you need to follow: Step 1: Open Safari and type in this address: brdrck.me/settings Step 2: Once...