Microsoft has updated its Zune software to add support of its newly launched Windows Phone 7 devices. The software now includes HD video streaming and music, video, and photo synchronization. Read the full story here.
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Microsoft adds Windows Phone 7 support, HD video streaming to Zune Marketplace software
The first batch of Windows Phone 7 devices has officially been unveiled, and HTC has got a handful of offerings running on Microsoft’s latest mobile operating system for their loyal followers. First up, there’s the HTC 7 Surround.
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HTC Windows Phone 7 line-up: HTC 7 Surround, HTC 7 Mozart, HTC 7 Trophy, HTC 7 Pro, HTC HD7
When you dry off in the morning, have you ever wondered what other part of your body (or God forbid your roommate’s body) touched the part of the towel you are currently using to wipe your face? Well, the True Clean Towel eliminates that problem by providing an easy to follow map that helps separate your towel drying into clean quadrants. Dry off with confidence in the knowledge that that hair you just found in your mouth is from your head. You can’t put a price on that kind of piece of mind
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True Clean Towel Keeps Your Face Away From Where Your Junk Has Been
Today Samsung announced via its mobile blog that it has launched a developer forum for its Galaxy Tab tablet. According to Samsung, developing for the Galaxy Tab should be no different than developing for any other Android- based device. Developers are encouraged to utilize the public APIs provided in the Android SDK and follow the guidelines and tips on the dedicated Samsung developer forum. Read the full story here.
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Samsung launches Galaxy Tab developer forum
Vodafone has announced that it will exclusively carry the HTC Trophy 7 smartphone in the UK. The Trophy 7 will be available free with a two-year service agreement at 25 GBP per month. The HTC 7 Trophy is a bit smaller than the HTC HD7 and offers a 3.8-inch touchscreen display with an 800 x 480 pixel resolution, a 1GHz processor, 8GB of internal storage as well as 512MB of ROM and 576MB of RAM. A 5mp camera with HD video capabilities as well as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi capabilities are also on-board. Read the full story here.
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Microsoft Windows Phone 7 HTC Trophy 7 headed to Vodafone UK
Remember when Apple’s iPhone didn’t have cut and paste? Well, it looks like Windows Phone 7 is taking a page from that playbook. Apparently, the company is planning on not having that feature on the first round of WP7. I believe the official date is November 8 , but cut and paste isn’t coming until “early 2011″. Will that affect the sales?
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Windows Phone 7 will have Copy and Paste in early 2011
Well folks today Microsoft held its big Windows Phone 7 event and showed off quite a few devices that will sport Microsoft’s latest operating system with WP7 devices coming from Samsung, LG, HTC, Dell and even Asus. The obvious big guns in the Windows Phone 7 family is of course HTC with no less than five Windows Phone 7 packing handsets namely the HTC 7 Mozart, HTC HD 7, HTC 7 Surround, HTC 7 Pro , and HTC 7 Trophy, followed by LG with three, the LG Optimus 7, LG Quantum/Optimus Q7, and the LG GW910. Samsung has pushed out the Samsung Focus and Samsung Omnia 7 while Dell has offered up the Dell Venue Pro, and one from Asus, although not too sure about what Asus has called their offering. Still, with so many Windows Phone 7 smartphone about the hit the mobile space it might be difficult to choose out of them all
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Windows Phone 7 Smartphone Will You Purchase One?
How’s this for interesting — Flurry is reporting that iPhone social gaming apps garner a larger audience than many prime-time TV shows, including the likes of Sunday Night Football, CBS’s Undercover Boss and NCIS Los Angeles. In a blog post published today titled “Is iPhone the Next American Idol,” Flurry estimates iOS social gaming apps have a daily audience of 19 million viewers and are averaging more than 22 minutes per day, per user
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iPhone Social Games Have Larger Audience Than Prime-Time TV, According To Flurry
Apple Granted Trademark For “There’s An App For That!” We all know and love Apple’s famous “there’s an app for that!” declaration, which has become the motto of many a fanboy since the App Store’s launch. Now, we’ve heard that Apple has …
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Apple Granted Trademark For “There's An App For That!” :: App Advice
When I’m in a hurry and all the supermarket checkout lines are long, I head for the self-service terminals to ring up and bag my own groceries.
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Singletary: Free advice for 401(k) plans long overdue
A new service called PrintingFacebook will put your friends’ profile pictures – every last one of them – on a high quality, 20-inch x 40 poster for just $US20. Throw a dart at it to decide which smouldering friendship to rekindle first! (more…)
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Buy A Poster Of All Your Facebook Friends For $US20
This is the HTC HD7, and it is virtually identical to the HD2. However, it does have one thing HD2 doesn’t have, and that is WP7. Yes, this is Windows Phone 7 day, and apparently, it is one of 10 WP7 phones Microsoft will have out which include the Samsung Focus , HTC Surround , and the LG Quantum . As far as the features, it has a 4.3-inch WVGA (800 x 480) TFT screen, 1GHz Qualcomm, MSM8250 on-chip, 576MB of RAM, 5 Megapixel camera with dual-LED flash.
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HTC HD7 Windows Phone
And surprisingly enough, it is pretty good! Of course, it is also only 15 minutes long! When you think about it, the core story of airplane is a classic – literally! The production team bought the rights to the 50′s drama Zero Hour!, which allowed them to use anything they wanted from the script. Check this summary out: Ted Stryker is an ex-World War II squadron leader and fighter pilot who, 10 years after the end of the war, is still haunted by a decision he made that resulted in the death of several of his men. He’s been unable to keep a job and when he gets home one day, he finds a note from his wife saying she and their young son Joey are leaving him and flying to Vancouver. He manages to get on board the aircraft before it leaves but when the pilot and co-pilot – along with many passengers, including his son Joey – fall severely ill due to food poisoning, Stryker is the only man on-board with any flying experience, though not in multi-engine aircraft. He has to overcome his fears if he is to save the life of his loved ones and the rest of the passengers and crew
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Random Cool Video: Airplane With No Jokes …
According to Apple, the first documented use of its catchphrase, “There’s an app for that,” was on Jan. 26, 2009 – even though it feels like that tagline has been around for much longer. Now, thanks to a recently-granted trademark , Apple owns the phrase. The application for trademark was filed last December, and covers “Retail store services featuring computer software provided via the Internet and other computer and electronic communication networks; retail store services featuring computer software for use on handheld mobile digital electronic devices and other consumer electronics.” What the heck does this mean? Find out after the jump
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Apple Trademarks "There’s an App For That"
Remember how I was gripping about how Windows Phone 7 didn’t seem to have an official release date ? Well, it appears my wish has been granted with this official and not-leaked ad. It follows the tradition of “ saving us from our phones “. And it has that lovely release date of 11.8.10. I was hoping I could try them out at CTIA Fall 2010, and I suppose a month’s wait will seem too long
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Official Ad for Windows Phone 7 appears
[Jair2K4] is using his unique RFID tag address as an online password . We’d bet that if you went far enough to get an implant in your hand you’d continually search for a reason to use it. Wanting to do more than just start his car with a wave of the hand , he built an interface module out of an Arduino and a Parallax RFID reader. Using a program called AAC Keys on Windows 7 he emulates a keyboard using the input from the Arduino.
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Embedded RFID for online passwords
We’ve already seen some of Nemoptic’s so-called Binem displays on their own, but the company’s just made things considerably more interesting by combing the low-power, black-and-white display with a full color OLED. That would function as a dual-mode display (a la Pixel Qi ), giving you the ability to use the reflective Binem component when you’re outdoors or just looking to save power, and switch to the OLED as needed. What’s more, the Binem display can actually retain an image even when the power is off, which could let you spruce up your e-reader with a favorite image as a persistent wallpaper, for instance.
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Nemoptic shows off OLED screen with dual-mode Binem display
By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics If you take a long strip of paper, tie a simple overhand knot in it, tighten it up, and press it flat, the result is a regular pentagon. That construction is well known, and can be found, for example, in Martin Gardner’s Second Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions , where it is also pointed out that if you add one more fold and hold the paper up to the light, a pentagram shows through.
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Math Monday: Paper knot pentagons
Can’t wait for Batman: Arkham Asylum sequel Arkham City ? Neither can we! Which is why I jumped for joy when Warner Bros. Interactive sent over these sweet new images today that show how the game’s coming along. Not due until the excruciatingly far away Fall 2011, Batman: Arkham City finds Arkham Asylum’s inmates in a brand new maximum security home for the criminally insane that’s an entire city suburb of Gotham that’s been walled in
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New ‘Batman: Arkham City’ Pics Will Get You All Tingly
It ain’t “on sale,” per se, but it’s there. And being there means a lot. ASUS’ Eee PC 1015PN — special due to its reliance on both a dual-core 1.5GHz Atom N550 and NVIDIA’s next generation Ion 2 GPU solution — is finally, almost ready to make its shipping debut in America
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ASUS Eee PC 1015PN makes Amazon debut, brings along Ion 2 and Atom N550
Brotman: The world of the CSO can seem intimidating; the music, daunting. Here is some expert advice for classical newbies.
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Advice on etiquette at the orchestra