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At this point, is there anyone that doesn’t suspect the next iPad will sport a camera? We’ve heard as much, more or less, and now here’s more fodder for the suspicious out there: according to Digitimes, a Taiwan Stock Exchange filing from Largan Precision pegs itself as the “sole lens module supplier” for the impending second-generation iPad, with shipments (of the part or of the tablet, we’re not sure) due out in the first quarter of 2011. It’s worth noting that Largan is the camera parts supplier for the iPhone 4. We haven’t been able to check out the filing ourselves yet, and for its part Largan’s not saying a word, but we’ll let you know what we dig up. You can now return to the part of your iPad 2 dream where it’s rocking a glasses-free 3D ultra-retina display… on both sides… and it’s transparent… and foldable… and not real.

Update: China Times is reporting that Largan got lucky with the exclusive order because Apple’s other iPhone 4 camera supplier GSEO (Genius Electronic Optical) is already running at full capacity. Said publication also casually mentions an “end of Q1” launch for the iPad 2, which makes sense given that the original iPad was launched in April.

Next iPad’s camera supplier outs itself in Taiwan Stock Exchange filing? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Dec 2010 07:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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For about a month now browser developers have been eyeing the new Acid3 test to see how they can push to meet the standards it tests for. Shortly after the test was released we took a look at how the browsers stacked up to each other, but none of them passed the test. Then just last week both Opera and Safari released test builds that demonstrate their compliance.

What about Firefox? Mozilla co-founder Mike Shaver wrote about his thoughts on Ian Hixie’s Acid3 test, and I think it’s safe to say that he’s not overly fond of it:

Ian’s Acid 3, unlike its predecessors, is not about establishing a baseline of useful web capabilities. It’s quite explicitly about making browser developers jump — Ian specifically sought out tests that were broken in WebKit, Opera, and Gecko, perhaps out of a twisted attempt at fairness. But the Acid tests shouldn’t be fair to browsers, they should be fair to the web; they should be based on how good the web will be as a platform if all browsers conform, not about how far any given browser has to stretch to get there.

Mike then went on to say how they won’t be getting support for the Acid3 test into the Firefox 3 browser, which is completely understandable. It’s very unlikely that Opera and Internet Explorer will be adding support Acid3 for their next major milestone releases either. And Safari just released a new version of their browser, and so their next milestone won’t exactly be soon. It’s obvious that the browser developers need time to test the necessary changes, and I don’t think anyone will criticize them for that.

Ian Hixie, one of the developers of the Acid 3 test, responded to Mike in the comments of his post. Here’s a snippet of what he had to say:

I would love to have tested innerHTML and setTimeout and all kinds of stuff like that, but sadly there is no spec for those yet (other than the very much in-progress HTML5 drafts). We can’t write Acid tests for things that we don’t have a spec for. I’ve been working my ass off for the past few years to write a spec for these things. Hopefully by, say, Acid5, we’ll be able to write an Acid test for them.

With Acid2, the original “first cut” failed a lot in IE, Mozilla, and Safari, but actually did pretty well in Opera. We (Håkon and I) then went on a hunt for Opera bugs and made Opera fare much worse on the test. With Acid3, IE and Opera ended up doing really badly on the first cut, and Firefox and Safari did well, so we added some more things that failed in Firefox and Safari. (Then we added even more stuff that failed in Safari, because they kept fixing the damn bugs as I was adding them to the test.)

Of course you wouldn’t want a bunch of the browsers to pass the test immediately after it is released because it wouldn’t really be doing any good. What are your thoughts about this?

[via ZDNet] Thanks to “Change” for the tip!

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AirSync, a new feature in doubleTwist, lets you sync your music, movies and photos wirelessly between your computer and your Android phone. It’s like a wireless iTunes, only without the slowdowns, hangs and general frustration of Apple’s “solution”.

DoubleTwist is a media-manager that lets you get content on and off your devices, offering the same seamless iPod experience you get from Apple, only for pretty much any phone, Kindle or even iPods. It comes from DVD Jon, the legendary hacker who cracked DVD encryption all those years ago.

Air sync, currently $1 in the Android Marketplace (doubleTwist itself is free) let’s you beam your photos, movies and music to your phone or tablet over a Wi-Fi network, relegating the cable to mere charging duties. If all your devices use 802.11n connections, then this should be as fast as hooking up to USB. If not, then you might not be cutting the cord quite yet.

AirSync is available now.

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• DoubleTwist for Android Brings iTunes-Like Syncing
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It’s quite fitting for a device that’s purportedly codenamed Zeus to make its first video appearance somewhere in the wilds of Greece. What we have here is the apparent full motion debut of Sony Ericsson’s big crossover device, the PlayStation Phone, one half portable gaming console, one half Android smartphone. Unfortunately, we never see it flexing out its slider to reveal that delicious control pad, but judging from its curves and little design details, it does indeed look to be the real deal. Techblog.gr reports that it’s dubbed the Sony Ericsson Z1 and comes with Gingerbread on board — something that meshes well with earlier indications that some Zeus devices in the wild are already running Android 2.3 (and above) — while the screen is a 4-inch panel that apparently offers great touchscreen responsiveness. See the mythical creature for yourself after the break.

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ASUS is still holding back some of the details on this one, but what it has revealed about its new U36 ultraportable is certainly enough to get us interested. Weighing in at just over three pounds, the laptop is said to pack your choice of a Core i3 or i5 processors, along with NVIDIA Optimus graphics, and a four-cell battery that promises ten hours of battery life — all of which comes wrapped in a 0.75-inch magnesium shell that’s apparently available in your choice of black or silver. Unfortunately, all other details, including the screen size (though 13.3-inch seems likely), remain a bit of a mystery, as does the pricing and launch details.

Update: We’ve come across a couple of Taiwanese listings for the U36 spilling the full specs: 13.3-inch LED-backlit screen, Intel Core i5-460M CPU, NVIDIA GeForce 310M graphics with 1GB of memory, 2GB of system RAM, a 500GB 7200RPM hard disk, HDMI output, one USB 3.0 port, a 1.66kg weight, and Windows 7 Home Premium as the OS. Pricing is less reliable, but we’ve seen a top MSRP of NT$41,900 ($1,375), which has invariably been discounted by local retailers to saner levels. Let’s just wait and see how things turn out when the U36 makes its way westward.

Update 2: ASUS just informed us that the MSRP for this model in the US will be $999, and that it’s expected to arrive in about three weeks. At least some retailers are already taking pre-orders, and an Amazon listing is said to be coming “shortly.”

ASUS announces ultraportable U36 laptop (updated with specs and price) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Dec 2010 04:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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